When Raúl Rosas Jr. was 10 years old, Robbie Lawler (then the welterweight Champion) was his idol. He used to stand on front of the TV and pretended to be him.
Raúl will become the youngest fighter in UFC history this Saturday at
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UFC President Dana White congratulated Diego Lopes after the fight: “you lost nothing tonight”.
The Brazilian took his first fight in the promotion with five day notice against a Top 10 opponent in Movsar Evloev.
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Can confirm: Charles Oliveira is OUT of his
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title Fight. UFC working on the rematch between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski as the new main event.
News was first reported by Overdogs podcast on instragam.
Diego Lopes tells me he went to sleep at 146.5 lbs last night. His manager woke him up at 4 am with the news that Brian Ortega was not making weight.
Diego asked for 150 but they said 155 so he had to rehydrate early before coming to the scale at 155 this morning.
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Dana White tells me
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will be held in european prime time at
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so fans can see Khabib Nurmagomedov Vs. Justin Gaethje. Afternoon in American time like what they did on
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BREAKING: Diego Sánchez is also out of the May 8th UFC card. Sources tell me Donald Cerrone is still fighting and the promotion is looking for a replacement at 170 for him.
Per sources: Movsar Evloev it’s OUT of the Nov. 5th UFC card due to injury. Promotion it’s looking for a replacement.
Ilia Topuria has been saying that he would step to fight Bryce Mitchell in this case but nothing is done yet.
Via
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Alejandre Pantoja congratulates Brandon Moreno after becoming the undisputed champion. He weighed as an alternate for
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and seems to be the next in line
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Diego Lopes tells me: "Dana White told me that I did my job this week and now is on thier side to give me what I want, and thats a Top 5 opponent in the Sphere"
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Ilia Topuria: "Its clear for me, my next fight is against Max Holloway, congratulations and enjoy tonight, but after fighting me he will have to go back in the line"
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Per UFC officials: The lightweight title is now vacant, Justin Gaethje is elegible for championship tomorrow. Fight is still on but if Charles Oliveira wins he won’t be elegible and the belt will still vacant.
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BREAKING: TJ Dillashaw is out from his comeback fight vs. Cory Sandhagen due to injury. UFC currently working on new main event for may 8th. (Per sources).
Acá el video de
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peleador de UFC luego de su victoria, ya es tradición gritar ‘arriba las
@Chivas
’ en sus festejos,
@CCLegaspi
nos contó que porque es fan de Nacho Vázquez 😮💨👌🏻
LO PROMETIÓ Y LO CUMPLIÓ. En 2014 Brandon Moreno me aseguraba que sería el primer campeón nacido en México del
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a los 26 años. Fue a los 27.
Esa fue su primera entrevista.
Khabib Nurmagomedov met again with Nelly Gonzalez, his 66 year old fan that waited for 3 hours outside the UFC Apex to have a picture with him
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Los tres campeones, Alexa Grasso, Brandon Moreno y Yair Rodríguez con los cinturones del
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en Mexico 🇲🇽 con una pieza especial de Mode Orozco.
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El peso ligero tiene un gran campeón. Completo, finalizador y sobre todo humilde. Hace unos meses en
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me tocó ver cómo esperaba a Brandon Moreno para felicitarlo por su gran pelea con Figueiredo por el título de
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Raúl Rosas Jr. will be fighting in Contender Series on Sep. 20th at 17 years old. “I know I’m young, I know I’m 17 but I’ve shown everybody with my 5-0 record, since my pro debut the were saying I was too young, but I know I’m ready”
UFC president Dana White tells me that his working on a "Cinco de Mayo Weekend" show in Las Vegas now that Canelo decided to fight in Jalisco, México on May 6th.
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Raúl Rosas Jr. was born in the US but he learned English until he was over five years old, by watching Sponge Bob Squarepants and other cartoons with subtitles.
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Montserrat Conejo
@ConejoMad
se convierte en la primera peleadora nacida en México 🇲🇽 en debutar con una victoria en
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desde 2016, cuando Martín Bravo ganó la final de TUF en CDMX.
De Baja California para el mundo:
Édgar Chairez (Mexicali), Brandon Moreno (Tijuana), Yazmín Jáuregui (Rosarito) y Jesús Aguilar (Ensenada) en
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Breaking: Brandon Moreno confirms Amir Albazi is out of the Feb 24th. card in Mexico City, Brandon Royval will be his new opponent in the main event
More to come on
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Max Holloway
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on Yair Rodríguez style: "I might be yelling I'm the best kickboxer in the UFC", promises a fight that can turn anyone into an MMA Fan
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Spoke with the Lightweight Champion, Islam Makhachev who wants a KO over Alex Volkanovski to prove his striking skills, prefers a fight against Beniel Dariush next and explains how Khabib Nurmagomedov is still helping with the fight plan for
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Via
@ESPNDeportes
@espnmma
Increíble momento para Julianna Peña, que espero esta pelas durante más de cinco años, desde UFC 200 y derrotó Amanda Nunes para convertirse en la campeona gallo del
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Aspen Ladd almost fainted when trying to stand on her feet and raise both hands on the scale. (She weighed in at 137). Commission is now checking her condition and if she’s able to fight tomorrow.
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