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• Breaking! UFC 249 canceled, all UFC events postponed indefinitely

  April 9, 2020 0 Comments

  

  
  

  Before Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president, Dana White, could confirm UFC 249’s location — all signs pointed to Tachi Palace Casino Resort In Lemoore, Calif. — the event has been canceled. ESPN broke the news revealing that not only is UFC 249 — which was set for April 18, 2020 — postponed indefinitely, so are […]

  
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• Updated Canadian Rankings – Welterweight to Heavyweight Edition

  March 31, 2020 0 Comments

  

  
  

  In this edition of Canadian Rankings, we look at the top rated professional competitors across Canada in the Welterweight to Heavyweight divisions. With MMA practically on hold for the time being (and many months to come), do not expect a change in these rankings anytime soon. Canada has produced some outstanding homegrown talent over the […]

  
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• Bellator postpones next three shows due to coronavirus concerns

  March 31, 2020 0 Comments

  

  
  

  The turnaround point is not yet in sight in the ongoing battle against coronavirus. And as such, Bellator continues to demonstrate their commitment to ensuring the health and safety of their athletes and employees in the wake of the worldwide pandemic. The company’s May events have been officially postponed. MMA Junkie confirmed a Monday report […]

  
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• ‘Relentless’ Dana White on UFC 249 – ‘I said that this fight is going to go on and it will’

  March 31, 2020 0 Comments

  

  
  

  Current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, is still trying to find a way out of Russia to make his scheduled title defense against Tony Ferguson, which is set to go down at UFC 249 on April 18, 2020. Where, exactly? No one knows. But if “The Eagle” can’t take flight and leave […]

  
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• Dana White details mission to host UFC 249: ‘I know it’s the right thing to do’

  March 28, 2020 0 Comments

  

  
  

  As the world continues to combat the ongoing COVID-19 spread, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White is fighting tooth and nail to stage UFC 249 next month. While the world certainly needs a distraction such as a highly-anticipated grudge match between UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and streaking veteran Tony Ferguson, White is catching […]

  
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• Dana White says he has found a location for UFC 249, will be a closed door event

  March 24, 2020 0 Comments

  

  
  

  Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President, Dana White, was adamant that UFC 249 would go down on April 18, 2020, despite COVID-19 forcing the promotion to close down for a few weeks. And now it seems he has found a location. According to the outspoken head honcho, while he couldn’t reveal where exactly the Lightweight title […]

  
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• UFC issues official statement regarding status of UFC 249 ‘Khabib vs Ferguson’ on April 18

  March 19, 2020 0 Comments

  

  
  

  Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White recently declared that UFC 249: “Khabib vs Ferguson,” which is scheduled to go down on April 18, 2020, must go on. This even though the mixed martial arts (MMA) organization is on lock down because of the current Covid-19 pandemic affecting the entire globe. The problem White and […]

  
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• Windsor, Ontario’s Randa Markos sick, concerned about COVID-19 after UFC Brasilia fight

  March 18, 2020 0 Comments

  

  
  

  Andrew Richardson – Last week, Dana White and UFC adamantly proclaimed for all to hear that the show would continue on, regardless of whether that meant venue changes or empty arenas. Cooler heads have since prevailed — or rather, government shutdowns and regulations forced them to — and the next three events have been postponed […]

  
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• Dana White: Khabib vs Ferguson will happen at UFC 249 on April 18 … even if it’s behind closed doors in another country

  March 17, 2020 0 Comments

  

  
  

  Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently announced that its next three events, UFC Fight Night 170, UFC Fight Night 171 and UFC on ESPN 8, have been postponed indefinitely because of the coronavirus outbreak. In a letter sent out to all UFC employees by promotion president Dana White announcing the decision (read it), he was confident […]

  
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• Who will Canada’s top MMA fighters be in 2020?

  March 11, 2020 0 Comments

  

  
  

  Mixed martial arts has become a massive business since it burst onto the scene in the early 1990s. Since then, around 450 million people globally have gotten into MMA, and it is certainly popular within Canada. Of course, if you follow MMA, you can also make money by backing Canadian-born fighters to emerge victorious at […]

  
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