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The crowd at SSE Arena, Wembley, in London roared Friday as the final horn sounded to end the rematch between hometown hero Michael “Venom” Page and his nemesis, ex-champion Douglas Lima. It was almost as if they were trying to will him to victory after an agonizingly close and difficult-to-score bout. The flashy Page had
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Oct 30, 2019 Anna Katherine Clemmons Close Anna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. Editor’s note: This story was originally published before UFC 244. Walker’s next fight takes place on Oct. 2 against Thiago Santos. Good luck finding a recent UFC fighter who’s had quite the rapid rise as that of
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2:02 AM ET Why can’t all nights of fighting be like this? Why do we get swept up in trashy melodramas when we instead could stimulate our minds and endorphins with a night of fighting such as what we just witnessed at UFC 266? Saturday night had everything. Alexander Volkanovski stood up to another challenge
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Getty Images With no shortage of storylines and talking points coming in, Saturday’s UFC 266 card from Las Vegas somehow succeeded in supplying even more to chat about on the way out following an exciting pay-per-view event.  Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski outlasted a determined Brian Ortega in their thriller of a five-round main event to
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LAS VEGAS — This was to be Nick Diaz’s night. The veteran returned to mixed martial arts after a mind-boggling nearly seven years on the sidelines. Imagine a quarterback who retired in 2015 to come back and start in the NFL in 2021, or a pitcher to do the same. It’s unheard of, something that
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Jon Jones was reportedly arrested Friday morning. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) MMA star Jon Jones was reportedly arrested Friday and charged with battery domestic violence and injuring and tampering with a vehicle, according to ESPN’s Marc Raimondi. Jones was arrested by Las Vegas police early Friday morning. He is currently being held on bail
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LAS VEGAS — Ronda Rousey was a star from the first moment she competed in the UFC, but her star really went to the next level after she knocked out Bethe Correira at UFC 190. She defeated Correia with strikes on Aug. 1, 2015, in 34 seconds. It made her 12-0 as a pro and
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