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Jon Jones is in the middle of another peculiar situation due to drug testing. Less than a week from UFC 232 and two days from Christmas, news broke that the venue of the event changed from Las Vegas to Inglewood, California. Many were deeply upset by yet another card altering transgression coming...
A ruckus surrounds the UFC and its year ending event UFC 232. Headliner Jon Jones tested positive for a trace metabolite ahead of the event. Due to the metabolite being consistent with the Jones’ 2017 failed drug test, per USADA. The organization concluded that the athlete did not violate the UFC...
Up until today, the plan has been for UFC 232 to take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, On Saturday, December 29th, 2018. Per Dana White and Jeff Novitzky, the fight card will now be held at The Forum in Inglewood, California. That’s right. On one week’s notice, one of the largest...
Joel Suprenant is a former mixed martial artist who was a large part of the original Team Quest. He previously worked closely with Chael Sonnen as a voice on the podcast ‘You’re Welcome – With Chael Sonnen.’ He contacted MMASucka and asked to share his thoughts regarding UFC 231. ****** In Novemb...
UFC 232 As 2018 comes to a close, the final UFC PPV lingers on the edge of the calendar year. Many storylines lay on the other side of December. One being a new broadcast deal takes hold. A deal that could change the landscape of the UFC due to the sheer magnitude. Yet, UFC 232 […]
Walt Harris has quite the opportunity ahead of him at UFC 232. “The Big Ticket” is slated to fight former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski on the preliminary card headliner of a pay-per-view marked by the return of Jon Jones, who fights Alexander Gustafsson in a rematch of arguably the gr...
Can Cain Velasquez Save the Heavyweight Division? The UFC‘s heavyweight division is experiencing a bit of a logjam. It doesn’t help that Daniel Cormier didn’t want to give a much-deserved immediate rematch to former champ Stipe Miocic. Instead, Cormier will be fighting Brock Lesnar in a fight tha...
Sometimes, a fight can be won or lost during the training camp. In the case of Mike Rodriguez, he was able to put together a great camp en route to his first UFC victory courtesy of a lifestyle change. For the first time ever during a camp, Rodriguez said he gave his friend his gaming […]
Montel Jackson (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) is eager to get back into the UFC Octagon when he faces Brian Kelleher (19-9 MMA, 3-2 UFC) at UFC 232 on December 29. The two bantamweights were supposed to meet last month at UFC 230 before Kelleher fell ill just hours before the fight. “I was kind of like “What...
UFC welterweight Sean Strickland was injured in a motorcycle accident this past weekend. Following his surgery, the 27-year-old posted the following video on Instagram giving details of the incident. “I was riding back from Kings [MMA], and I got in an accident,” he said. “It wasn’t my fault, but...
The UFC is returning to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the 31st and final iteration of UFC on FOX. In the main event, “Ragin” Al Iaquinta looks to validate his earlier victory from February of 2014 in a rematch against Kevin Lee. Since then, they both have left their mark on the lightweight division’s ...
The UFC’s light heavyweight division has felt the bitter tinge of criticism for quite some time now. It wasn’t too long ago that the 205 lb. weight class was arguably the deepest on the roster. At the moment, the division is again on the rise as young are climbing into the top of the division. […]
Mixed martial arts is often times an unforgiving and ever-changing game that forces fighters to either adapt and grow with the times or to get lost in the shuffle and left behind. In other words, fighters must constantly evolve over time in order to see success. This idea can certainly be connect...
Max Holloway just extended his UFC winning streak to 13 against the highly talented Brian Ortega. Max answered many questions on Saturday night, including the most important one of them all—’Is Max Holloway still able to compete?’ Despite his recent scary and unexplained cognitive ailment, the an...
UFC on FOX 31 Walkout Songs UFC on FOX 31 goes down this weekend live from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI! In the main event, lightweights Al Iaquinta and Kevin Lee will go to war in a UFC 169 rematch. Underneath the pair, all over the card, people are wanting to make a mark with […]
The never-ending weekend of combat sports madness has finally concluded. It was a loaded stretch, another dominant Lomachenko performance, the K-1 World Grand Prix, and KNOCK OUT Muay Thai extravaganza were particularly delightful. But the sheer depth of violent content was overshadowed by UFC 23...