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01 Jan UFC full fight video: Nate Diaz calls out Conor McGregor after Michael Johnson beatdown

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/hTlhUvIQczpPRJNb84vImao4nd4=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66699501/080_Nathan_Diaz_vs_Michael_Johnson.0.0.0.0.jpg"> Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Watch <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight/5300/nate-diaz-vs-michael-johnson">Nate Diaz vs. Michael Johnson</a> full fight video to see <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/365/nate-diaz">Diaz</a> pick up a dominant decision win over <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/728/michael-johnson">Johnson</a> and then make an unforgettable callout of <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1859/conor-mcgregor">Conor McGregor</a> at <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/748/ufc-on-fox-17">UFC...

01 Jan Report: Jacksonville, Fla., arena hosts UFC 249 on May 9

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<img alt="NCAA Basketball Tournament - First Round - Jacksonville - Practice Sessions" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/nkuxOjKN_-q3lkoJuhfZ2ZT6uPY=/1x0:3600x2399/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66699800/1137352843.jpg.0.jpg"> Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images A new report names Jacksonville, Fla., as the host of the <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1094/ufc-249-ferguson-vs-gaethje">UFC 249</a> pay-per-view event on May 9. <a href="https://www.f4wonline.com/ufc-news/ufc-249-reportedly-set-vystar-arena-jacksonville-florida-309501?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter">Wrestling Observer Newsletter</a> on Thursday...

01 Jan Morning Report: Justin Gaethje on ending the Khabib Nurmagomedov-Tony Ferguson saga: ‘I’m going to be very happy to royally screw that up’

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<img alt="Justin Gaethje" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Im_z6gU3iQ91-YTXP_JhVbpyC7o=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66694368/307_Justin_Gaethje_vs_Dustin_Poirier.0.jpg"> Esther Lin, MMA Fighting The last few weeks have been a journey for <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1526/justin-gaethje">Justin Gaethje</a>. First, when lightweight champion <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1480/khabib-nurmagomedov">Khabib Nurmagomedov</a> was forced out of <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1094/ufc-249-ferguson-vs-gaethje">UFC 249</a> due to travel complications caused by the coronavirus, Gaethje...

01 Jan Alexander Hernandez ‘maybe’ got COVID-19, ‘but I just fu*ked it up’

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/SRDxr0KST42V32UrmbuJiGUZo0c=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66694607/047_Alexander_Hernandez_vs_Beneil_Dariush.0.jpg"> Esther Lin, MMA Fighting <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4390/alexander-hernandez">Alexander Hernandez</a> isn’t 100 percent sure if he caught the coronavirus. And even if he did, he said he’s fully recovered. Hernandez was scheduled to compete in the first installment of <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1094/ufc-249-khabib-vs-ferguson">UFC 249</a> on April...

01 Jan Video: What the Heck: Episode 4 with Frankie Edgar, Dominick Reyes, Alexander Hernandez, Laura Sanko and Gilbert Burns

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/2c8XtX6rldM9-DYifArjqZ3oUv4=/131x0:1751x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66694955/wth_ep4_16x9_clean.0.png"> On this week’s episode of What the Heck, UFC lightweight <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4390/alexander-hernandez">Alexander Hernandez</a> (4:43) discusses the cancellation of the originally scheduled <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1094/ufc-249-ferguson-vs-gaethje">UFC 249</a> event on April 18, the rollercoaster ride to get there with multiple opponents and locations, possibly contracting...

01 Jan Patricio Pitbull critical of ‘inhuman’ UFC pushing forward with events: ‘Fighters come last’

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/eTDlyn8jXZodvBijng2Nj00DhyE=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66689698/068_Patricio_Pitbull_vs_Daniel_Weichel.0.0.1461161904.0.jpg"> Patricio Pitbull is the featherweight and lightweight champion in Bellator, | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Bellator is slowly starting to move in the direction of hosting MMA events again, and two-division champion <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/451/patricio-freire">Patricio Freire</a> feels the promotion is doing...

01 Jan Paige VanZant plans to fight, have one more arm surgery, talk new contract – in that order

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/x5ELcWZ_oNgmCNIWiELWXqN1Z0w=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66690578/004_Paige_VanZant.0.0.0.0.jpg"> Esther Lin, MMA Fighting <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2025/paige-vanzant">Paige VanZant</a> has been one fight from free agency for over one year. A nagging arm injury has been the thing preventing her from finishing her current contract. The veteran strawweight and flyweight contender first suffered...

01 Jan Luke Rockhold ‘might be getting an itch’ to fight again

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<img alt="UFC 199 Open Workouts" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/JqnMDJvPj0d-DbIB7-Ixldm7cqg=/0x0:2000x1333/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66691096/042_Luke_Rockhold.0.0.jpg"> Esther Lin, MMA Fighting <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/98/luke-rockhold">Luke Rockhold</a> needed a break from fighting but there’s a reason he never actually retired. The former UFC middleweight champion has been out of action since this past July when he suffered a...

01 Jan PFL cuts several fighters after suspending 2020 season

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/HVe18D01skIbzh_THlyulrLG068=/0x0:3000x2000/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66692067/g91BLZyA.0.jpeg"> Retired kickboxer and mixed martial artist Ray Sefo (pictured) is the president of PFL. | Photo via PFL Professional Fighters League decided to <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2020/4/20/21228063/pfl-suspends-2020-season-fighters-to-be-paid-monthly-stipend">pay athletes a monthly stipend</a> for the remainder of 2020 after suspending the entire season amid...

01 Jan UFC free fight video: Tito Ortiz bloodies and batters Ken Shamrock in first meeting at UFC 40

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<img alt="Gallery Photo: Tito Ortiz Photos" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/AnNbI2RIpIaenYMgw6b4myAAJp4=/0x0:1100x733/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66692816/02titoortizvsforrestgriffin-1298001716.0.jpg"> The UFC has featured some of the most intense rivalries in the history of combat sports but <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/52/tito-ortiz">Tito Ortiz</a> and <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/729/ken-shamrock">Ken Shamrock</a> were arguably the first to gain crossover appeal in the mainstream. Ortiz had already run...