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A year ago, the UFC put together UFC 236 with two interim title fights. The first was Kelvin Gastelum facing Israel Adesanya for the interim middleweight title. The second was Dustin Poirier facing Max Holloway for the interim lightweight title. MMASucka presents Fight Card Flashbacks, starting w...
UFC 246 goes down this Saturday evening and with all the hype surrounding the main event between Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone, there is one main card fight flying well under the radar. A women’s strawweight bout between Claudia Gadelha and Alexa Grasso has not been talked about enough. The n...
The moment Dana White announced that Max Holloway would be fighting Dustin Poirier for the interim UFC lightweight title, voices of anticipation and dread filled the air. Holloway had a deserved case as the sport’s best fighter, and Poirier had been chipping away at the lightweight elite repeated...
MMA Journalist James Lynch is live answering all of your MMA questions for the next hour. You can submit your questions on Twitter @LynchOnSports or join the YouTube chat on the link below. This is the MMA Sucka Live Q&A. MMA Sucka Live Q&A (Apr. 2019) with James Lynch Each month Lynch will sit d...
Musical choices can tell us a lot about a fighter. UFC 236 had some phenomenal walkout songs throughout the card, it’s great seeing fighters ”dance” their way to the octagon. Walkout consultant Justin Pierrot advised on potential UFC 236 walkout songs before the card. Let’s see what the fighters ...
The UFC travels to Atlanta, Georgia for possibly one of the biggest cards of the year, UFC 236. In the main event, a new interim lightweight champion will be crowned. The current UFC featherweight champion, Max Holloway, will be moving up a weight class to face Dustin Poirier for the interim titl...
Who are the MMASucka staff picking to win on the main card of #UFC236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2?
UFC 236 Walkout Songs After a short break, the UFC is back with UFC 236! Topped by an interim lightweight title bout rematching featherweight champ Max Holloway against Dustin Poirier. Below that, Kelvin Gastelum will take on the electrifying Israel Adesanya for the interim middleweight crown. St...
“Is there anyone else?” After decimating Brian Ortega at UFC 231, featherweight champion Max “Blessed” Holloway beckoned the world to send him its best. On Saturday, April 13, Max Holloway will face, what by earth’s standards is its “hardest naturally occurring substance,” in Dustin “The Diamond”...
On Saturday, April 13, UFC 236 goes down and it is one for the ages. Not only because the card features two title fights, but also because it is the first pay-per-view that will be broadcast on ESPN+. ESPN+ will be the exclusive provider of UFC pay-per-view events for U.S. fans. In addition to gi...
Dustin Poirier faces the biggest fight of his mixed martial arts career at UFC 236. “The Diamond” takes on featherweight champion Max Holloway for the UFC interim lightweight title. It’s fitting that he’ll use it to achieve one of his biggest charitable goals. In Aaron Hill’s Honor With each of P...
By all accounts, the UFC lightweight division has come a long way over the years. Once considered the black sheep of the UFC’s ever-evolving divisions, box office draws were hard to come by until a certain BJ Penn put the “smaller” fighters on the map. It is now arguably the most star-studded col...
Ronaldo Jacare Souza will have to consider his options given the recent turn of events involving the UFC middleweight title picture The gator will be staying in the swamp for a little while longer. This past Tuesday the news broke that Israel Adesanya will face Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236 for th...