By MukBreaking News: This fight is still on, none of this ever became official ------
Well in a somewhat strange, and shocking move, Pearl Gonzalez has been pulled from her UFC debut at tomorrow night's UFC 210, for a reason we don't hear everyday. The New York State Athletic Commission told Gonzalez today that she could not fight in New York state because of her breast implants, which are banned for all combat sport athletes in New York. Pearl Gonzalez was set to make her UFC debut against fellow Strawweight Cynthia Calvillo, who made her UFC debut a few weeks ago and made quick work of her opponent, winning via first round submission at UFC 209. This fight was a big one for the Strawweight division, as both of these young women are potentially the future of the division - and possibly the present as well. We will have to wait and see how this plays out, and so far I have not seen Gonzalez comment on the issue yet, so we will watch for that, and maybe any attempts to salvage the fight.
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By MukWell, after some drama at today's weigh-ins, we luckily will still have our two big fights on tomorrow night's UFC 210 card. It came down to the wire, with Daniel Cormier weighing in with less than 10 minutes on the clock for the weigh-ins, and he almost didn't make it. He first weighed 206.2 pounds, missing weight, but after leaving and returning a minute later, he somehow weighed 205 pounds. Then entered Rumble who weighed in smoothly at 203 pounds with no issues. Weidman and Mousasi both made weight easily and had no issues leading up to their big fight tomorrow night.
Tomorrow night's card should be a good one, featuring some potentially real good fights on the main card. First, Will Brooks and Charles Oliveira will square off in a Lightweight fight, followed by Thiago Alves and Patrick Cote facing off in a Welterweight matchup. Then the action gets real good. Prediction: Charles Oliveira Wins Via 3rd Round TKO ; Patrick Cote Wins Via Unanimous Decision Chris Weidman vs. Gegard Mousasi is a huge fight for the Middleweight division, with both men needing a win to push their title shot hopes forward. Weidman absolutely needs a win in this fight, more than ever before. He's been knocked out in two straight fights, and has had a serious neck injury, so a 3rd straight loss would be awful for his chances at ever getting back to the title in a division that is already stagnant and stacked. Mousasi on the other hand, has much less to lose, but I think a ton to gain. I think Mousasi is going to beat Weidman, and potentially anyone in the division. I think if things go as planned for Gegard Mousasi, he should have a title shot in his near future. He brings it all to his fights, and has a ton of career experience and is still young. Prediction: Gegard Mousasi Wins Via 2nd Round TKO First I wanna say, DC, I pray we get to see Anthony "Rumble" Johnson knock your fat head to the canvas tomorrow night. He basically cheated, somehow or another in today's weigh-ins, because losing 1.2 pounds in 60 seconds is virtually impossible, but that's neither here nor there because I would have been even more devastated if the fight was off. This fight is a big one, for a few reasons. First, DC has been running his mouth all month long, and has been taking shot after shot at Rumble, and Jon Jones as well, and I would love nothing more than seeing him get knocked unconscious by a Rumble uppercut. The fight is going to go one of two ways. DC claims he will stand and trade with Rumble because he's not afraid and "trusts" his striking game, but there is no way that he sticks to that. Rumble has basically two rounds to knockout DC, otherwise Cormier is going to land enough takedowns to begin to exhaust Rumble, and will get the win somehow or another, either by late round submission, or a decision victory. This rematch will hopefully be a good one, because their first fight was good, although Rumble basically died out within the opening moments of the second round. Go get that belt Rumble. Prediction: Anthony Johnson Wins Via 2nd Round TKO The next big storyline in this fight is that it is in Buffalo New York, which is very close to where Jon Jones' is from, so Jon Jones will in fact be in attendance tomorrow night. DC, being the "tough guy" that he is, has issued a "warning" that if Jon Jones tries to enter the Octagon after the fight, "there will be problems", but that is something I would love to see because in a street fight, Jones would destroy DC even worse than he would in the Octagon. Jon Jones will face the winner of this fight, barring any craziness, when he returns to the UFC in July, and the fight will likely be soon after his official return. Daniel Cormier loves to harp on the fact that Jon Jones was caught juicing, and while we truly may never know the truth, we will find out in the future just how good Jon Jones is, because he will certainly be caught juicing from here on out if he has been doing it his whole career (which I absolutely doubt 100%, but that's just me). By MukOn April 6th, 2013, "The Notorious" Conor McGregor made his UFC debut, and the rest, as we know, is history. It's amazing to think that everything that Conor McGregor has accomplished as the face of the UFC, has all been done in just four short years. It took McGregor all of a minute and seven seconds to knockout Marcus Brimage in his UFC debut, and he never looked back. McGregor joined the UFC right after he had completed his promise of becoming a two-weight class champion in the Cage Warriors promotion. He won the promotions Lightweight belt in December of 2012, after already winning the Featherweight belt in June of the same year, and after that, he set his sights on the ultimate stage, with the ultimate goal - to become a two-weight class world champion in the UFC. The Notorious' took the UFC by storm, and not just inside the cage, but out as well. In his second UFC fight, that came in August of 2013, McGregor faced a young Max Holloway, and for the first time in his professional career, the fight went to decision, but it was a lopsided unanimous decision where Conor McGregor was able to showcase his whole range of skills, against a great young opponent (Max is the current Interim Featherweight Champ). However, this fight proved to be more a step backwards for Conor McGregor's surging career, as he tore his ACL in the fight, and would sidelined for the next 10 months with the injury. However, his comeback was nothing short of incredible. McGregor returned to the Octagon in July of 2014, where he dominated Diego Brandao in a first round TKO. His next fight was the biggest of his career thus far, as he faced Dustin Poirier in September of 2014 at UFC 178, and this fight was the coming out party for Conor McGregor's full on trash-talking game. He and Poirier traded verbal jabs for weeks, but when it came time to get into the cage, Poirier proved to be no match for The Notorious, as McGregor put him away after a shot to the temple just a minute and 46 seconds into the fight. That Dustin Poirier fight was the first time I had seen a Conor McGregor fight, and I instantly became a fan. His next fight, against Dennis Siver came in January of 2015, and this is where Conor McGregor truly transformed into the icon that he is. Watching that fight live, I truly felt bad for Dennis Siver, as McGregor absolutely dominated every single second of the fight, and while Siver somehow miraculously survived the first round of the fight, he couldn't make it out of the first two minutes in round two. McGregor then set the arena into a frenzy when he jumped the fence on the Octagon and ran straight up to Jose Aldo in the front row (who was the current Featherweight champ) and began screaming and yelling like a madman. The moment Conor McGregor jumped that fence, he became the King. He would then be scheduled for a title fight with Aldo for July of 2015, but when Aldo pulled out just a few weeks before the fight, Chad Mendes stepped in and the fight became an Interim title fight. Mendes proved to be the biggest threat to Conor McGregor yet, because Mendes was an elite wrestler of a caliber that McGregor had never faced. Chad Mendes did all he could to execute his game plan of taking Conor McGregor down and wearing him out with ground and pound, looking for a TKO or submission from the ground. When the first round ended and the bell rang, McGregor sat up from the canvas where Mendes had been dropping elbow after elbow, and smiled as big of a smile as possible right in Mendes' face, and this is where you could see that McGregor had no doubts he would still win this fight. After a similar second round, of McGregor dominating the standup and Mendes taking McGregor down and attempting to finish the fight there, Conor McGregor stood up with under 20 seconds in the 2nd round, and promptly demolished Mendes with a flurry of strikes. He finally had his first taste of UFC gold. His fight with Jose Aldo would then be rescheduled, and as we all know, that fight lasted all of 13 seconds, and Conor McGregor was officially a UFC World Champion. He then took the long, winding detour in 2016, after trying to fight for the Lightweight belt, but when RDA pulled out, and Nate Diaz stepped in, possibly the most important moment in Conor McGregor's UFC career occurred - he lost. He then avenged his loss, looking deep inside himself and into the mirror, and then, finally going after the Lightweight belt in November against Eddie Alvarez, whom he embarrassed and toyed with, en route to becoming the first fighter in UFC history to hold two Championship belts simultaneously. Love him or hate him, it truly doesn't matter. Conor McGregor picked up where Ronda Rousey left off as far as carrying the UFC brand, and took the sport to its highest point. Although he has ruffled the feathers of fighters, coaches, and fans, he has stayed true to himself and to his ways. Cocky in prediction, confident in preparation, and humble in victory or defeat, The Notorious is one of a kind. By MukPaige VanZant has had an incredibly successful career for someone who is only 23 years old, however, the majority of her success has come outside of the Octagon, not in. Tuesday night Paige VanZant beat the competition on her episode of Celebrity "Chopped", advancing to the tournament finals, where the grand prize is $50,000 for the charity she is representing, which is Cancer Train (a charity whose proceeds go directly to helping cancer patients with their medical bills).
VanZant was thrust into the spotlight in 2014 when she made her UFC debut, and while she has been impressive, winning 5 of her 7 career UFC fights, she has shown major holes in her game. But again - she's 23. Paige VanZant has a very high ceiling as far as where she can go and how far she can go in the UFC, but it's what she has done outside the UFC that is more impressive. Yes, there are some people who find it to be problematic that VanZant is becoming a mega-star, while still not really being a star inside the cage. They claim her good looks, smile and blonde hair have helped her into the limelight, and not her skills. To that I say, so what? Yes, Paige VanZant has absolutely benefited from her good looks and charm, but why is that an issue? She's making a name for herself, and having a blast while she's doing it. She killed it on Dancing With The Stars, advancing all the way to the finals where she and her partner finished in second-place, and now is making TV headlines once again with "Chopped". Maybe she needs to focus some more time on her training, and maybe until she does that she won't completely blossom into a superstar, but she is more than blossoming into one outside of the Octagon, so you can't knock her hustle regardless. By MukBREAKING NEWS Per Dana White: Lawler vs. Cerrone booked for UFC 213 on July 8th in Vegas
Robbie Lawler was set to make his return to the Octagon against Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone last November at UFC 205, but the fight was scratched a month prior to the card. Lawler pulled himself from the fight after deciding he needed more time off after losing his belt via Knockout to Tyron Woodley. Robbie Lawler has been at the top of the welterweight division since his return to the UFC in early 2013, and was an awesome champion, producing one of the greatest fights in UFC history when he defended his belt against Rory MacDonald. Lawler has gone 8-2 since his return, having two successful title defenses before being knocked out last summer, but is absolutely still a huge threat to the division. Cowboy has been at the top of the lightweight division for years now, and in 2016 he made the jump up to welterweight, where he has gone 4-1, losing his last fight to Jorge Masvidal, where he seemed to meet his match, being defeated by TKO in the 2nd round after barely escaping the 1st round. But if we know anything about Cowboy, it's that he will never shy away from a fight, and we know that this fight against Robbie Lawler was one that he was very interested and hopeful for. This fight is as big of a fan-favorite type fight we could ever ask for, as both of these guys are absolute warriors and bring every single bit of that mentality to every single fight. If this fight is teased to me once again, and pulled away for some reason, I might lose it. I can't handle many more heartbreaks this early in 2017 Dana!!! By MukI am in no way still a WWE fan or follower, so I won't be able to necessarily comment on WrestleMania itself, but once upon a time I was a die-hard fan, and two of the biggest storylines from last night's WrestleMania 33 really hit home. Last night, one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time, and one of the biggest name's in the sport's history, may have wrestled his last match. As The Undertaker lost last night to Roman Reigns, he removed his patented Black Hat and Jacket, and laid them in the ring, before walking up the ramp for what most believe to be the last time. The Undertaker made his wrestling debut in 1984, and has had one of the longest and most profound careers imaginable, while becoming one of the most popular wrestlers of all-time. Yet, at 52 years old, and 30+ years in the sport, "The Deadman" has officially called it quits, and his next stop will be the Hall of Fame. You've gotta tip your cap to one of the most entertaining wrestlers ever, and I truly loved every bit of being an Undertaker fan and follower, and will especially look back on his days of battling with and against Kane fondly. I am however, upset with the WWE for scripting a loss for The Undertaker in his final match, because after all that he has done in his career and for the "sport" and company, you would think they could at least send him off on a high-note. The whole show is pre-determined so it shouldn't even have been a question to give him a story-book ending, but that's just me so, whatever. The next storyline that shocked the wrestling world, was the return of the Hardy Boyz, who made their WWE return after almost a 6 year hiatus from the company. The Hardy brothers have spent the last 6 years or so bouncing around between TNA and the Independent circuit, but their return last night seems to be likely they will stay with the WWE until retirement at this point. The brothers made a surprise appearance as the 4th team in the 4-way Ladder Match for the WWE tag-team championship, and they won the match in pure-Hardy fashion. There are no two wrestlers who are more exciting in a ladder match than Matt and Jeff Hardy, as the two have made a career off of giving the fans absolutely electric performances and putting their bodies through pain and madness that most people would call insane. I may be checking in on the WWE more often if the Hardy's keep doing what they do best. Long live the Swanton Bomb baby #HardyBoyz PS - I always wanted those arm sleeves that the Hardy's wore so badly, I thought they would help me land Swanton's on the trampoline |
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