Ultimate Fighting Championship champion and actress Ronda Rousey on Tuesday endorsed Vermont senator Bernie Sanders for president.
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The statement that Las Vegas lacks big-league sports isn’t true. The city is the undisputed combat sports capital of the world and home base for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the world’s top mixed martial arts organization.
A quick look at the odds would suggest Holly Holm is getting in way over her head when she steps in the octagon to challenge UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey for the belt in the main event of UFC 193 on Saturday in Melbourne, Australia.
Dan Henderson entered his UFC Fight Night 77 main event bout against Vitor Belfort early Sunday hoping to avenge a first-round knockout loss in 2013 suffered when Belfort connected with a head kick.
Ronda Rousey has vanquished her last four opponents in the Octagon in an average time of less than 33 seconds. But when it comes to her intimate encounters outside the cage, the UFC star likes to take her time.
UFC veteran Dan Henderson was shocked to learn he had company when he returned to his room in Sao Paulo, Brazil, after dinner this week.
UFC welterweight Matt Brown suffered an ankle injury and will be unable to fight Kelvin Gastelum in the main event of a card in Monterrey, Mexico, on Nov. 21.
UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor has teased a move up in weight classes for some time now, but this is a bit ridiculous.
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has become the biggest star in the sport largely due to her propensity to take on all challengers to her belt head on with fearless aggression.
Now that former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been reinstated from his indefinite suspension, the mixed martial arts world awaits an announcement on exactly when he will fight Daniel Cormier in hopes of reclaiming his belt. While that might be several months down the road, the battle is already heating up on social media
Rose Namajunas has agreed to step in for an injured Joanne Calderwood to face Paige VanZant in the main event of an Ultimate Fighting Championship card on Dec. 10 in Las Vegas.
It’s almost news at this point when a magazine decides not to put Ronda Rousey on the cover.
Even when he was mired in a 2-4 stretch that culminated with a decision loss to Lorenz Larkin in July 2012, Robbie Lawler never lost confidence.
Louis Smolka submitted Paddy Holohan in the second round of the re-worked main event of Saturday’s Ultimate Fighting Championship card in Dublin.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been re-instated by the organization on Friday and could soon challenge Daniel Cormier for the belt.
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