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Mayweather and McGregor will fight in smaller gloves

Aug. 16, 2017

Associated Press

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor got their wish to fight in smaller gloves, but not before being chastised by a Nevada boxing official for using the issue to ...
Analysis: Age shows no sign of affecting Floyd Mayweather at open workout

Aug. 11, 2017

By Case Keefer

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. ducked under a team member’s intruding hands well before they ever got into his vicinity and fired a pair of hooks into his faux opponent’s body protector. Thwap. Thwap. The startling firecracker-like noise echoed through Mayweather Boxing Club Thursday afternoon and ...
Mayweather, McGregor still trying to hype their fight

Aug. 6, 2017

By Tim Dahlberg, AP Boxing Writer

It's a fight (or at least an event) born and bred by social media. There is really no reason for Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor to meet in a boxing ring Aug. 26 other than a lot of UFC fans think it's a great idea and it will make the two fighters a great deal of money. ...
UFC 214 breakdown, betting odds and picks

July 29, 2017

By Case Keefer

Jon Jones’ odds to defeat Daniel Cormier dipped as low as minus-150 (risking $1.50 to win $1) before the first time the rivals fought at UFC 182 in January 2015. ....
Analysis: Jones vs. Cormier is the UFC’s best fight despite diminished buzz

July 27, 2017

By Case Keefer

Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier were ubiquitous before the first time they fought. ...
McGregor meets community service for Vegas pre-bout fracas

July 21, 2017

By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

UFC star Conor McGregor has completed the 25 hours of community service imposed by Nevada officials following a profanity-laced, bottle-throwing fracas with a rival during ...
McGregor makes fun of Mayweather's tax problems

July 13, 2017

Associated Press

UFC star Conor McGregor played to a partisan Toronto audience and made fun of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s tax problems at the second stop of their four-city promotional tour ...
Palms valet parker wins UFC contract on first night of new fighting series

July 12, 2017

By Case Keefer

The first time new UFC signee Boston Salmon encountered Dana White, it wasn’t to fight for him. Three years before Salmon ever competed in front of the UFC President, he helped park his car. ...
Mayweather-McGregor promo tour gets off to frenzied start

July 11, 2017

By Greg Beacham, Associated Press

The undefeated boxer and the Irish UFC champion have thrown their first jabs in a summer of verbal sparring before the fighting spectacle of the year. Mayweather and McGregor kicked off a four-city promotional tour, facing off in front of ...
Analysis: Michael Bisping vs. Robert Whittaker must happen after UFC 213

July 9, 2017

By Case Keefer

The post-fight scene in the octagon at UFC 213 turned from heartwarming to hokey in an instant. Robert Whittaker had barely finished describing how he persevered past a hyperextended left knee to beat Yoel Romero by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) and win the interim middleweight title when Michael Bisping intervened. ...
UFC 213: Robert Whittaker fights through injury to seize interim title

July 8, 2017

By Case Keefer

Robert Whittaker limped to his corner after the first round of the UFC 213 main event, and used an expletive to describe the state of his left knee. ...
Vegas Play of the Day: Yoel Romero vs. Robert Whittaker at UFC 213

July 8, 2017

By Case Keefer

I guess you’re just going to have to take my word for it, but I had written my whole Play of the Day on why Valentina Shevchenko would beat Amanda Nunes right before the fight was canceled. ...
Amanda Nunes removed from UFC 213 main event

July 8, 2017

By Case Keefer

UFC 213 has lost its main event a couple hours before the annual International Fight Week pay-per-view card was set to begin at T-Mobile Arena. ...
UFC 213 breakdown, betting odds and picks

July 8, 2017

By Case Keefer

Money will fly in on straight bets in local sports books all day ahead of tonight’s UFC 213. Mixed martial arts gambling is usually dominated by the masses playing ...
'TUF' finale: Jesse Taylor earns the ultimate redemption

July 7, 2017

By Case Keefer

The UFC coined the 25th season of its long-running reality show “The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption”, and wound up with the result most fitting for the name. Jesse Taylor squandered an opportunity to win the seventh season when UFC President Dana White had to pull him from the finale after a drunken rampage at Palace Station, but he made up for it eight years later ...
For Valentina Shevchenko, fighting is the family business

July 7, 2017

By Case Keefer

The woman Valentina Shevchenko chased from the beginning of her martial arts career won’t be standing across from her in the octagon in the main event of UFC 213 Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. ...
Ice Cube: Big3 open to moving venue for Mayweather fight

July 6, 2017

By Brian Mahoney, Associated Press

Before getting to Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather has to deal with Ice Cube. Mayweather is supposed to fight McGregor on Aug. 26 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in what could be the richest boxing match ever. Problem is, Cube already has ...
Scaled-back International Fight Week begins with interim title fight in focus

July 6, 2017

By Case Keefer

In past years, the UFC held open workouts during International Fight Week at exclusive clubs and drew overflow crowds that poured out of the building. The conditions went from cramped to cavernous this year. ....
With Rousey's support, fiance Browne determined to end loss streak

July 6, 2017

By Greg Beacham, Associated Press

While Travis Browne's relationship with Ronda Rousey blossomed, his mixed martial arts career wilted ...
You always need to tune in for the UFC’s International Fight Week

July 6, 2017

By Case Keefer

Amanda Nunes has effectively retired the two most famous female fighters in history in her past two fights.
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