Posted by thesportsjunky on January 20, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The UFC officially launched their new era with ESPN as another fighter looked to become the fourth to win two titles at once but those plans are never guaranteed.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on January 17, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The UFC’s new deal with ESPN begins with a title fight between two champions in a division that might not be around for much longer.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on August 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The UFC is all about the big fights and at UFC 227 it seemed like another big fight was being set up but like any sport it’s hard to get everything the way they want with not every champion walking away with his title.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on October 8, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Two champions had a massive impact on UFC 216 and one never even showed up as two divisions looked to find determine their championships with two polar opposite champions.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on September 7, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The UFC travels to Edmonton with two title fights were the champions are looking to solidify themselves as some of the best fighters in the world although both are at different spots in that pursuit.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on April 13, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The UFC is in need of stars but there may be a few that come out of UFC on FOX 24 with a lot of very good fighters taking on some big challenges and putting on some very important fights.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 4, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The Ultimate Fighter has been used to bring in great prospects for years but this time around it was used to try to find a challenger for the toughest title in the promotion.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 1, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The UFC continues to keep the spark plug of their popularity relevant tweaking The Ultimate Fighter into what it was in the 24th season as a tournament of champions determined a challenger.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on April 24, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The two top pound-for-pound fighters went into the octagon at UFC 197 looking to prevent the pattern of upsets that have dominated the UFC over the last year and a half.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on April 21, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Although the best pound-for-pound fighters don’t get to face each other UFC 197 will provide the opportunity to compare the top two in back-to-back fights.
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