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MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month for June: Islam Makhachev’s D’Arce on Dustin Poirier
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from June 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month award for June. At the bottom of the post, let us know...
Georges St-Pierre: UFC champ Islam Makhachev is ‘the best pound-for-pound right now’
UFC Hall of Famer Georges St-Pierre is the latest high-profile name to back Islam Makhachev as the top pound-for-pound fighter in MMA over Jon Jones. After Makhachev (25-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC) registered his third consecutive lightweight title defense with a fifth-round submission of Dustin Poirier at UFC 302 this...
Dustin Poirier ‘leaning towards being done’ with MMA but ‘scared’ to retire prematurely
Dustin Poirier is conflicted as he tries to come to a definitive decision about his fighting future. Poirier (30-8 MMA, 22-7 UFC) made it clear entering and coming out of his title-fight loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC 302 this month that his days of active competition could be...
USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, June 4: Jailton Almeida, Ailin Perez climb up
UFC 302 is in the books and with a handful of ranked fighters on the card, there was bound to be movement. The biggest winner in the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings is heavyweight contender Jailton Almeida, who quickly submitted Alexandr Romanov in the first round. As a result,...
Sean Strickland blames ‘awkward’ UFC 302 fight on Paulo Costa: ‘What the f*ck are we doing here?’
NEWARK, N.J. – Sean Strickland is the first to admit his decision win over Paulo Costa wasn’t a very entertaining fight. The former UFC middleweight champion was critical of the way things played out in his co-main event bout at UFC 302 on Saturday. Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC)...
Daniel Cormier urges Dustin Poirier not to retire after UFC 302: ‘He’s got a lot of money to be made’
Daniel Cormier advises Dustin Poirier against retirement after UFC 302. Poirier (30-8 MMA, 22-7 UFC) fell short in his third shot at undisputed gold when he was submitted by lightweight champion Islam Makhachev (25-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC) in this past Saturday’s headliner at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. After...
UFC 302 winner Niko Price: ‘I don’t plan on retiring until God takes my legs from me’
NEWARK, N.J. – Niko Price still has plenty of fight left in him. Price (16-7 MMA, 8-7 UFC) snapped his two-fight losing skid by defeating Alex Morono (24-10 MMA, 13-7 UFC) Saturday at UFC 302 from Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Price won their first meeting in 2017 by...
Kevin Holland breaks down armbar finish of Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC 302
NEWARK, N.J. – Kevin Holland had one of the nastiest submission finishes of recent memory. The fan-favorite UFC fighter defeated Michal Oleksiejczuk by technical submission on the main card of Saturday’s UFC 302. Oleksiejczuk (19-8 MMA, 7-6 UFC) refused to tap to an armbar and Holland (26-11 MMA, 13-8...
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