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by Mike Bohn on January 20, 2019 at 5:00 pm

Check out all the facts, figures and footnotes from UFC on ESPN+ 1, which took place Saturday in Brooklyn, N.Y. […]

by Ben Fowlkes on January 20, 2019 at 4:15 pm

Henry Cejudo tried his best to save the flyweight division, only to be met with more vague non-answers and complaints about the stoppage. 1 2 3 4 …5 […]

by Ben Fowlkes on January 20, 2019 at 3:30 pm

Al Iaquinta knows how he’d like 2019 to go, and it begins with fighting Conor McGregor, then leads to a rematch with Khabib Nurmagomedov. […]

by MMAjunkie Staff on January 20, 2019 at 3:24 pm

Check out these photos highlighting Glover Teixeira’s submission win over Karl Roberson at UFC on ESPN+ 1 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. […]

by Misagh Norouzi on January 20, 2019 at 12:37 pm

Yosuke Saruta new ONE Championship Strawweight titleholder Asian promotion ONE Championship presented its first event for 2019 this past Saturday (Jan. 19) in Jakarta, Indonesia. The 12-fight card billed as “Eternal Glory” took place at Istora Senayan featuring a series of MMA, Muay Thai and kickboxing bouts. In the main event the defending ONE Strawweight […] The post One Championship ‘Eternal Glory’ results: Yosuke Saruta defeats Joshua Pacio appeared first on FIGHTMAG. […]

by Parviz Iskenderov on January 20, 2019 at 11:26 am

Manny Pacquiao scores a unanimous decision against Adrien Broner Boxing great Manny Pacquiao returned to action on January 20 (AEDT). Going through the ropes in Las Vegas, the eight-division world champion faced Adrien Broner in defense of his World Boxing Association Welterweight title. The pair headlined the fight card held at MGM Grand Garden Arena. […] The post Manny Pacquiao defeats Adrien Broner, retains WBA Welterweight title appeared first on FIGHTMAG. […]

by Parviz Iskenderov on January 20, 2019 at 10:21 am

UFC Fight Night 143 results UFC Fight Night 143 took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on January 20 (AEDT). MMA event was the first show presented by Ultimate Fighting Championship on ESPN. The fight card comprised 13 bouts. Top of the bill featured the Champion vs. Champion matchup with the flyweight title on […] The post UFC Brooklyn results: Henry Cejudo stops T.J. Dillashaw in 32 seconds appeared first on FIGHTMAG. […]

by Parviz Iskenderov on January 19, 2019 at 4:41 am

ONE Championship: Hero’s Ascent Honorio “The Rock” Banario is gearing up for what could be the toughest outing in his career when he takes on Lowen Tynanes of the United States in the opening round of the ONE Championship Lightweight World Grand Prix. They will be locking horns at ONE: Hero’s Ascent, which takes places […] The post ONE Championship Lightweight WGP: Honorio Banario faces Lowen Tynanes appeared first on FIGHTMAG. […]

by Lewis Mckeever on January 20, 2019 at 7:30 pm

T.J. Dillashaw is struggling to come to terms with his loss to Henry Cejudo at UFC on ESPN+1. T.J. Dillashaw had high hopes heading into his title bout against Henry Cejudo at UFC on ESPN+1. The reigning bantamweight champion was planning to steamroll Cejudo in the main event, capture the flyweight title, and then move up to the featherweight division in hopes of becoming a three-division world champ. That didn’t quite go as planned, however, as Cejudo dropped Dillashaw several times before earning the TKO stoppage at 0:32 of the opening round. Dillashaw is absolutely livid with the result, as the 32-year-old felt the referee intervened and stopped the fight way too early. “This is not right. It’s complete bullsh-t. I’m completely effing bitter right now. I’m pretty pissed off. I worked my ass off, bro. I’m about to f—ng cry. I put in a lot of work,” Dillashaw said at the post-fight press conference. The Ultimate Fighter 14 finalist has somewhat simmered down since then, however, but is still devastated with Saturday night’s disastrous result. View this post on Instagram Well F*#% that didn’t go as planned. Sorry to all my fans that I didn’t get to show all my hard work. Tough one to swallow having the fight taken from me like that. But I need to lead by example for my son and practice what I preach, brush my self off and pray that I get the chance to do it again. A post shared by tjdillashaw (@tjdillashaw) on Jan 19, 2019 at 11:21pm PST “Well F*#% that didn’t go as planned. Sorry to all my fans that I didn’t get to show all my hard work. Tough one to swallow having the fight taken from me like that. But I need to lead by example for my son and practice what I preach, brush my self off and pray that I get the chance to do it again,” Dillashaw posted on Instagram earlier. Although Dillashaw wants an immediate rematch, it’s highly unlikely that the UFC will grant his request. The top-five pound-for-pound fighter is much more suited to the bantamweight division and would be wise to return to 135 lbs. to defend his title. […]

by Mookie Alexander on January 20, 2019 at 7:07 pm

Watch highlights of Manny Pacquiao’s unanimous decision win over Adrien Broner. Manny Pacquiao (61-7-2, 39 KOs) easily dispatched Adrien Broner (33-4-1-1 NC, 24 KOs) in the eyes of everyone except Adrien Broner, who thought he won the fight. Luckily, Broner isn’t a judge, and the actual scorers all saw it clearly in Pacquiao’s favor, much to the delight of more than 13,000 pro-Pacquiao fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Watch the highlights (of which there weren’t many) at the top of the page, along with highlights from the rest of the PPV card. Here’s our play-by-play of round 7, which saw Broner badly hurt: Round 7 - Pacquiao returns to the body attack. Broner gets out of the way of a Pacquiao left hand. Pacquiao with the flurry as he chases after Broner and gets in two clean punches. Good change-up shot by Pacquiao catches Broner off-guard. Broner with a decent jab. Pacquiao sweeps a left hand across the face of Broner. Big left hand and Pacquiao tees off on Broner as he holds on! Broner was hurt there. Big shots by Pacquiao! Broner looks to be in trouble. Uppercut by Pacquiao! The onslaught continues but Broner should be able to survive it. He does! Barely. 69-64 Pacquiao. […]

by Lewis Mckeever on January 20, 2019 at 6:00 pm

Donald Cerrone thinks it would be ‘cool’ to fight Conor McGregor, and Dana White might be coming around to the idea. Donald Cerrone’s absolute slug-fest against Alexander Hernandez at UFC on ESPN+1 earned the praise of Conor McGregor, as the Irishman tweeted that he would be down to fight ‘The Cowboy’ after his Fight of the Night performance at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Saturday. For a fight like that Donald, I’ll fight you. Congratulations.— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) January 20, 2019 Cerrone, who knocked out Hernandez in the second round, has been calling for a fight with McGregor ever since his submission win over Mike Perry at UFC Fight Night 139. And, after McGregor’s latest Tweet, the UFC veteran said it would be ‘cool’ to finally lock horns with the former ‘champ-champ.’ “That’d be cool,” Cerrone told reporters after he got news of McGregor’s Tweet (h/t MMA Junkie). “I hope the fight goes through. I can’t get my hopes up.” Although Cerrone isn’t getting his hopes up about the bout, the 35-year-old would love to engage with McGregor outside the cage as much as he would inside the cage, hailing the former featherweight and lightweight champ a master of mental warfare. “He dictates everything, man,” Cerrone said of McGregor. “I can say yes. Well, I can’t say I’ll fight anybody anymore, because now I told my team I’ll take it easy. I want a top-five guy. Conor’s (No.) 2. That equals top-five to me. He’s the master of talking (expletive). I’m sure he’ll try and get under my skin. It will be fun.” Cerrone is even willing to fight McGregor in his backyard of Dublin, Ireland. “March, April, May – the sun’s out,” Cerrone said. “I can bring my boat and RV to (Las) Vegas. I’m sure it will be in Vegas, or Ireland. (Expletive) yeah. Let’s go.” UFC president Dana White is also coming around to the idea, telling reporters that ‘anything’s possible’ when it comes to Conor McGregor. “I mean, anything’s possible,” White said. “If those guys want that and the fans want to see it, that’s what I do.” “Obviously, don’t run out there and say that’s the fight I’m making. I don’t know what I’m going to do. But I like the fact that two of these guys that are complete dogs and fight anybody are willing to fight each other. That’s fun.” Before there’s any more talk of the potential matchup, however, McGregor must first meet with the Nevada Athletic Commission over his involvement in the chaotic UFC 229 post-fight brawl in Las Vegas. McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov are expected to be fined — and possibly suspended — over their behavior. Nurmagomedov submitted McGregor in the fourth round to defend his lightweight title. […]

by Milan Ordoñez on January 20, 2019 at 4:30 pm

Greg Hardy was emotional about how his UFC debut ended on Saturday night in Brooklyn. After a strong start in his first three professional fights, Greg Hardy’s UFC debut did not end how he intended it to. The former NFL standout was slapped with a disqualification loss after throwing an illegal knee strike to opponent Allen Crowder, who at the time had his right knee down on the mat. In a post-fight interview with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Hardy maintained that his foul was not intentionally committed. “I was aware of the rule as it stands, I was not aware that that was what was going on,” he said. “I got deep into the fight, I was in the moment. I was trying to time it and I mistimed it. And for that to end my day, man, it’s a hard pill to swallow. “It’s a hard way to go down, especially when I wanted to portray a lot of appreciation and show everybody that I’m here to do it the right way. This is not how I wanted to do things, and I just hope everybody understands that this is not who I am, that is not something I would do purposely.” The 30-year-old Hardy says what stings more for him was letting his team down, and as early as now, he already recognizes the changes he needs to make. “I gotta get it together. This is a learning curve that I’ve got to catch up with real quick. It’s two years in the making, thrown into the big show. I’m 100% ready,” Hardy said. “It’s the learning Jones, man. Something that I’ve got to pick up on and adjust to quickly.” Despite the outcome, UFC president Dana White was left impressed with Hardy’s performance, while also stating that the former Dallas Cowboys defensive end will get to carry on with his career in the UFC. […]