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Let's talk about training methods.

Traditional martial arts training is designed to acquire and hone traditional fighting movements (ie strikes, chokes, etc). By contrast, the 'movement approach' practiced by Conor is intended to improve the options and quality of TOTAL human movement. In other words, Conor reaches outside the set of the traditional fighting movements and training methods. He trains with Ido Portal, does gymnastics, dance, reaction drills, etc., and while all this is certainly part of his mystique... Читать дальше...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Matthew Lopez discusses his UFC 212 win over Johnny Eduardo, being the first fighter to TKO the veteran in his 21-year MMA career, his thoughts on the stoppage by Brazilian referee Mario Yamasaki, being Justin Gaethje's "punching bag," and much more.

Some nights just feel like a changing of the guard.

Not just any old championship switch, mind you. We’ve had eight of those in the UFC alone in the past 13 months, and that’s not even bothering to count the interim belts which have been handed out like Halloween candies.

No, sometimes you know when you’ve seen a generational passing of the torch, the equivalent of the scene in the nature show where the young buck wins the territorial battle with the alpha male and assumes control of the herd. Читать дальше...

Watch Vitor Belfort vs. Nate Marquardt full fight video highlights from UFC 212's main card above, courtesy of FOX Sports.

Who’s down for round three?

It’s no secret whispers have been growing louder about a potential comeback from former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell. Well, the 47-year-old Hall of Famer threw more fuel onto the fire Sunday night on Instagram, posting a staredown opposite his old rival, “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy,” Tito Ortiz.

Why not?

A post shared by Chuck Liddell (@chuckliddell) on Jun 3, 2017 at 9:02pm PDT

Liddell and Ortiz, of course, share quite a history. Читать дальше...

The fighter who Japanese MMA in the 2000s was built on the back of, Kazushi Sakuraba, will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on July 6.

Max Holloway is the new undisputed UFC featherweight champion, and it’s safe to say he’s worked hard to earn that title.

Heading into her co-main event fight against Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 212 on Saturday night, Claudia Gadelha had just two losses on her record. Both came against current strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Miesha Tate has left no doubt where she stands on the now infamous incident between Cris Cyborg and Angela Magana.

Max Holloway had to know the Conor question was coming.

Never mind that he just won his 11th fight in a row, having gone down to Brazil and handed Jose Aldo just his second loss in 21 fights to unify the UFC featherweight championship on Saturday night.

The only other person to beat Aldo in the past decade, of course, is Conor McGregor, who did so with a 13-second knockout back at UFC 194. Then McGregor went up to lightweight and won that title, too, instead of defending the featherweight belt. Читать дальше...

After 20 years, Vitor Belfort still believes he is evolving as a fighter. And he sought out to show that Saturday night.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- With UFC 212 in the books, MMA Fighting's Guilherme Cruz and Combate's Adriano Albuquerque break down the top storylines.

Check out the UFC 212 photos for Saturday’s event in Rio de Janeiro. In the main event, Jose Aldo squared off against Max Holloway.

You all realize that Cub and Max fought pretty recently right?

You remember how that fight went? Max DOMINATED Cub. Molly Whopped Him.

Frankie and Max have never fought. The ONLY fight for Max is Frankie. Go Cub vs Aldo. Everyone wins.

And stop with the Conor/Max talk. There is not a chance in hell we ever see Conor at 145 again. Heck, there is a good chance we never even see him in the octagon again.

You can wax poetic about how much Max has improved but Conor has improves just as much... Читать дальше...

Max Holloway will leave Brazil with a shiny new UFC featherweight belt and an extra $50,000 in his pocket.

Watch Jose Aldo vs. Max Holloway full fight video highlights from UFC 212's main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.

Watch Claudia Gadelha vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz full fight video highlights from UFC 212's co-main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.

The featherweight division has a new king.

In the performance of a lifetime, Max Holloway defeated Jose Aldo via third-round TKO in the main event of UFC 212, stopping the Brazilian legend with a ruthless assault to claim the title of undisputed UFC featherweight champion. The finish propelled Holloway’s ridiculous win streak to 11 straight, tying him for the fourth-best mark in UFC history at the young age of 25.

Check out reaction to Holloway’s violent ascension below, plus the best of the rest from UFC 212. Читать дальше...

A new era has dawned in the UFC featherweight division.

In a superlative performance, Max Holloway defeated Jose Aldo for the UFC featherweight championship on Saturday night, starting slow and then turning up the heat to win via TKO at 4:13 of the third round of UFC 212’s main event.

The victory was not only the 11th in a row for Holloway (18-3), but marked just the second defeat in 21 fights for Aldo (26-, whose various 145-pound titles reigns between the UFC and the WEC have last a total of nearly seven years. Читать дальше...

The UFC 212 post-fight press conference is the last piece of business to take care of after the action is over in the Octagon, and we have the live video below at MMAFighting.com.

Claudia Gadelha knows she has to make a big impression if she’s going to get another shot at UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

This is the UFC 212 live blog for Jose Aldo vs. Max Holloway, a featherweight bout at Saturday night's UFC event at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

At UFC 179 on Oct. 25, 2014, Jose Aldo successfully defended his featherweight title in a rematch against Chad Mendes. The victory over Mendes marked Aldo’s sixth title defense in the UFC. Aldo went on to lose the belt to Conor McGregor in his following fight, but then he later picked up the interim featherweight title by outpointing Frankie Edgar. He was later promoted to the undisputed champion.

Watch UFC 212 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the pay-per-view card at 10 p.m. ET.