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Now ranked, Diego Lopes reflects on meteoric UFC rise: ‘It’s exceeded my expectations’
Diego Lopes’s rise in the UFC has been a special one. The 29-year-old has the MMA world by storm. Less than a year after he signed with the UFC, Lopes (24-6 MMA, 3-1 UFC) is a fan favorite and dark horse featherweight contender. Lopes debuted on just a few...
UFC’s Ignacio Bahamondes strengthened by personal and professional struggles: ‘I’m a completely different person’
Ignacio Bahamondes has been through a lot in recent months, personally and professionally. The UFC lightweight prospect feels he’s a new version of himself in and out of the octagon ahead of his return this Saturday at UFC Fight Night 240. Bahamondes (14-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) takes on veteran...
Taila Santos expects Valentina Shevchenko to lose Alexa Grasso trilogy bout: ‘I think her time is passing’
Taila Santos knows a thing or two about the elite in the UFC women’s flyweight division, and she thinks Alexa Grasso is here to stay as champion. Santos, a former UFC women’s flyweight title challenger and now PFL fighter, doesn’t think Valentina Shevchenko will regain her title in her...
Loopy Godinez forsees UFC title fight vs. Zhang Weili in 2024: ‘I have a good feeling it’s going to happen’
Loopy Godinez believes a UFC championship fight is coming her way this calendar year. Quickly cementing herself as a contender in 2023, Godinez (12-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) is confident she can bring her historic momentum into 2024 and get herself a shot at the UFC women’s strawweight title. She...
Coach Jorge Climent confident Ilia Topuria ‘can bang up’ UFC lightweight champ Islam Makhachev
Ilia Topuria challenging UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, that’s what Jorge Climent would like to see next. Climent, Topuria’s head coach, wants to see an eventual clash between the two UFC champions, and he likes the chances of Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) taking the lightweight title and becoming...
Ilia Topuria’s coach advises Alexander Volkanovski to take tuneup fight over rematch: ‘That would be the smartest thing’
Jorge Climent thinks Alexander Volkanovski should avoid taking an immediate rematch against his pupil, Ilia Topuria, at all costs. Coach Climent, who coaches Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) along with brother Agustin Climent, thinks Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) should really consider taking a tuneup fight before trying to...
Daniel Marcos sets goal of entering UFC bantamweight rankings in 2024
Daniel Marcos is a man with a plan, and he’s set the goal of earning a spot on the UFC official rankings this year. The Peruvian bantamweight remains unbeaten in his professional career, and has a chance this Saturday to go 3-0 inside the octagon. Marcos (15-0 MMA, 2-0...
Ex-Bellator title challenger Alejandra Lara staying positive despite PFL release: ‘I’m not scared of the future’
Alejandra Lara now is a free agent. The former Bellator women’s flyweight title challenger was released by the PFL in the wake of its recent acquisition of Bellator. Lara (9-7), who renewed her contract with Bellator after her most recent performance, had been working with the promotion prior to...
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