One of the big differences between UFC 200 and 202 was the names on the undercard.
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The UFC no doubt is waiting to hear if former women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey wants to make her long-awaited comeback in NY, but unless something is announced soon, that’s not very likely. Johnson did exactly what he needed to get that chance, and emphatically: All he needed was one huge uppercut and a hammerfist to dispatch Teixeira in a mere 13 seconds.
It’s just that former champ Jon Jones’ name keeps floating around. Even though the weight class has crowned an interim champion in Jose Aldo, it has largely been stuck in a holding pattern since McGregor’s exit. He said it wouldn’t be permanent – more of a trial run than anything else.
Yes, McGregor does not want to fight Aldo again but their fight still has the potential to draw a lot of people.
After dominating the opening two rounds, where he cut, rocked and dropped his arch rival three times, McGregor suddenly stopped dead in the third.
Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone wants to be Alvarez’s next opponent. Neither fighter denied the option to go on for a third bout, according to their responses to post-fight interviews with Joe Rogen. Dana White wants him to stay at welterweight. He kept the fight on his feet the whole time, and forced Nate to fight a much different fight from the first go around.
Means overwhelmed Hamasi throughout the fight on Saturday.
He was joined by One Direction’s Niall, and celebrity chef Ramsay, who cheered on McGregor as he won the match by a majority decision.
But what were the two saying to each other during the 25 minute fight? For a moment, this fight seemed destined to go down the same way as the first, as McGregor looked exhausted and frustrated as Diaz weathered another storm, doing it with a smile and a middle finger for his rival. McGregor is a man with a keen eye for the record books and a crack at the lightweight championship could be his likeliest next step.
Jake Shields spoke about who he thought won the UFC 202 main event, and discussed Nate Diaz’s injury issues going in.
Their first fight was fascinating, Their second will be as well.
Indeed, when McGregor had fronted the same media pack earlier, he did so on crutches. Was everything finally getting to McGregor?
The charismatic Irishman defeated Nate Diaz this past weekend in a UFC battle that was so big that all members of the fight community (including boxing) have been talking about it. He had his own resurgence, throwing heavy shots and kicks at Diaz. The judges got it right, with no controversy in the scorecards.
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“Then he’d make a little remark and I was like ‘Man!’ At the end, though, you’ve got to respect someone that can tough it out to the end of the fight”.
