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Anderson Silva Petitioning To Compete In Taekwondo At The Olympics
Troll King Anderson Silva is petitioning the Brazilian federation to allow the MMA fighter to compete in his original discipline, taekwondo, at the Rio Olympics in 2016. As the host nation, Brazil will have four guaranteed slots in the event, and Silva will meet with the Brazilian sport chief this ...
UFC Hires Former IRS Shitbag, Presumably To Oppress Its Athletes
The UFC, lately embarrassed by its fighters failing a lot of drug tests, has hired shitbag/former IRS agent Jeff Novitzky, best known as beloved baseball legend Barry Bonds’s persecutor, to be its “Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance.” This seems like a high-falutin’ and more than faint...
UFC Fighter Has A Message For President Obama About College Wrestling
Clay Guida won his featherweight bout at UFC Fight Night today by unanimous decision over Robbie Peralta, but it was his enthusiastic pro wrestling-style promo he cut afterward that draws our attention today as Guida shouted out to President Obama to “don’t forget wrestling.”...
Ronda Rousey Considers Herself An "Ovarian Goldmine"
Allison Glock of espnW interviewed Ronda Rousey earlier this month, and the conversation produced a few funny quotes. For example, we now know that high-school-aged Ronda Rousey was mean as hell, courtesy of her friend Marina Shafir:...
Brock Lesnar Admits He's Done With The UFC, Will Remain A Pro Wrestler
Brock Lesnar, who is scheduled to defend his WWE heavyweight champion title against Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania 31 this weekend, went on SportsCenter today for an interview with Michelle Beadle. Once there, he announced that he had re-signed with WWE, and will not be returning to UFC....
Idiot Referee Makes Possibly The Worst Call In UFC History
On the prelims of tonight's UFC Fight Night event in Rio de Janeiro, airing on Fox Sports 2, lightweight Leandro Silva—the fighter wearing orange in the video below—defeated Drew Dober by ... who the fuck knows?...
Heyman Promo: Brock Lesnar Will "Unify" The UFC & WWE Titles
The fuzzy lines that divide pro wrestling from UFC got even more blurred tonight on WWE Raw when promoter Paul Heyman offered up a threat that his charge, Brock Lesnar, would return to UFC and "unify" the pro wrestling and MMA heavyweight belts....
Watch Ronda Rousey Destroy Some Jamoke's Ribcage
Some guy who is the host of an internet show of some sort thought it would be a good idea to goad UFC champion Ronda Rousey into engaging in some friendly judo with him. The dude's ribcage probably wishes he'd just kept his mouth shut....
Ronda Rousey Isn't The Female Anyone; She's The First Ronda Rousey
On Saturday night, undefeated UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey took on Cat Zingano, a strong and undefeated fighter in her own right, and one of maybe two women alive who, on paper at least, possibly had a chance to at least maybe show Rousey something. Then the fight started, and it b...
Arianny Celeste Calls Ronda Rousey "A Big Bully"; Rousey Snaps Back
UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and UFC ring girl Arianny Celeste have a history of sorts. Rousey is unimpressed by the job of ring girl; Celeste thinks Rousey is mean. This week, they added another point to their timeline of taking shots at each other....
Even God Cheats: How Anderson Silva Shocked Us By Doing The Expected
The Nevada State Athletic Commission is a bumbling, soulless government agency, and so a strange agent for the delivery of the message that our gods have forsaken us. They never have been particularly diligent messengers in any event, but for whatever reason—bureaucracy, incompetence, something more...
Anderson Silva And Nick Diaz Both Flunk Drug Tests
If Deadspin had a "LOLUFC" tag, this would be the perfect story to append it to. ...
UFC Fighter Tased By Cops; Wife Records The Whole Thing
The video above was shot by Madeleine Herman, wife of UFC fighter Dave Herman, and it shows the fighter getting tased by cops at a gas station after exiting his car during a traffic stop....
Jon Jones's Interview Last Night Was A Ridiculous, Hilarious Sham
Last night, Jon Jones sat down with Fox Sports 1's Charissa Thompson to explain what's happened since his successful UFC light-heavyweight title defense against rival Daniel Cormier earlier this month. Just days after the bout, news broke that Jones had tested positive for cocaine in a Dec. 4 drug t...
It Looks Like McGregor Wants Aldo
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Conor McGregor Flips Dennis Siver The Bird
Fox Sports 1 cut away early from Conor McGregor's middle finger to Dennis Siver before their UFC Fight Night featherweight bout, but our friends at Fox Deportes stuck with the gesture. In McGregor's defense, Siver wouldn't touch gloves....
Jon Jones, Overachiever, Beats Alleged Cocaine Addiction In 24 Hours
A week ago, just three days after dismantling rival Daniel Cormier in a brilliant title defense, UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones announced he was entering a drug treatment facility after testing positive for cocaine on a December 4 test. "I am taking this drug treatment program very seriou...
Jon Jones Is Checking Into Rehab After Testing Positive For Cocaine
Just three days after handling longtime rival Daniel Cormier, UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones is voluntarily checking into a drug treatment facility. ...
How Jon Jones Finished Daniel Cormier
Last night, UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon "Bones" Jones defended his title against Olympian Daniel Cormier, Jones's nemesis and the one man many thought could equal him in a cage fight. Shortly after the fight, in the post-fight presser, a defeated Cormier vowed to come back stronger than eve...
Jon Jones Outwrestles Daniel Cormier In All Senses
Jon Jones, the baddest motherfucker on Earth, retained his light heavyweight belt at UFC 182 with a unanimous decision over Daniel Cormier that left him with the last words:...