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UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta was at the bill signing Thursday along with Ronda Rousey and former middleweight champion Chris Weidman. After the signing, Fertitta spoke to Sporting News on a variety of topics. MORE: Return to N.Y. is ‘huge’ | Must-see UFC photos SPORTING NEWS: What were you thinking when Gov. Cuomo was putting the pen to the paper? LORENZO FERTITTA: Just that we finally got to New York. We put in a lot of hard work going to (the state capital) Albany....

Kattar triumphed by unanimous decision in the main event of Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night card, staged on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island, aka Fight Island, before quickly turning his focus to the man in possession of the title. MORE: Dana White slams ‘bad judging’ after Volkanovski defends title Kattar’s latest success comes just over two months after he defeated Jeremy Stephens by TKO at UFC 249 in a catchweight contest, and puts him firmly in the picture in a stacked group at 145 pounds....

In a recent conversation with Submission Radio, ‘The Spider’ weighed in on Conor McGregor’s injury and his path to recovery. Anderson Silva had some words of advice for the Irishman. According to the Brazilian, McGregor must shift his focus to rehabilitation, physiotherapy, and complete recovery instead of thinking about returning to fighting anytime soon. Anderson Silva wants Conor McGregor to step out of a fighter’s shoes for some time and spend some time with his family....

Eight months have passed since Mayweather and Paul took on each other in an exhibition encounter. Initial reports indicated that the YouTube star was in line to take home a base purse of $250,000, plus a 10 percent cut of the fight’s pay-per-view sales. Meanwhile, Mayweather was guaranteed to receive $10 million and 50 percent of the pay-per-view sales. It was later reported that Paul earned $14 million in total, while ‘Money’ bagged around $65 million....

Umar Nurmagomedov happens to be the cousin of former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. ‘The Eagle’ is expected to be in his corner for the fight. Now, ‘Boom’ wants Conor McGregor to corner him. He recently proposed his suggestions to the former two-division champion via Twitter. However, Ali Abdelaziz chimed in with his thoughts on the situation. He wrote: McGregor has been on a bit of a slide since losing to ‘The Eagle’....

In a recent interview with The MMA Hour, Smith claimed that Jon Jones will be an easier fight than his last opponent, Volkan Oezdemir. In case you didn’t know… This past weekend at UFC Fight Night 138 in Moncton, Anthony Smith marked another impressive win by defeating former Light Heavyweight Title contender Oezdemir via third-round submission in the main event of the evening. The heart of the matter While speaking with MMA Hour, Smith made his intentions clear about getting a shot at the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship in the near future and in order to do so, Lionheart is seemingly willing to face off against the top guys who are currently representing the 205-pound division including the returning Jon Jones....

Conor McGregor will be live on pay-per-view (PPV) on January 28th, 2017. However, this time, it won’t be in a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight. Instead, McGregor is all set to feature in an hour-long, no-holds-barred interview with well-known MMA journalist Ariel Helwani. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) phenom and outspoken fighter will speak about his past, present and future life happenings; all on PPV. The event hosts ‘An Experience With’, have undertaken this opportunity to allow MMA fans and even the casual combat sports viewers to get an all-inclusive peek, into the life of the ‘Notorious’....

In case you didn’t know… At UFC 228 earlier in the year, Till earned his first shot at the coveted UFC Welterweight Championship, but, unfortunately, despite a resilient effort, the Liverpool upstart couldn’t get the job done against Tyron Woodley, who made Till tap out in the second round. Much like Till’s title fight loss to Woodley, former two-division UFC Champion, Conor McGregor is also coming off a huge loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov in UFC 229, when The Notorious One tapped out to a nasty neck-crank submission....

While in conversation with the ‘Schmo’ on a Thanksgiving segment of ‘The Triple C and the Schmo Show’, the former UFC champ-champ was seen critiquing a self-defense tutorial from one of the more popular YouTube channels. The video, which was initially posted by the Detroit Threat Management Center, was posted to teach people how to defend against attackers who were looking to harm them with kicks. ‘Triple C’, however, was hardly impressed, to say the least....

A name that has popped up to Masvidal as a potential next opponent is Conor McGregor, but Masvidal rubbished the idea of a fight against him in the UFC 244 post-fight press conference, calling the Irishman a “midget” and warning him not to take that fight. He would, of course, be open to it as it would mean the “most zeroes” in his paycheque - something that Masvidal has been open about....

You can see the full interview here CM Punk was submitted within the first round of his fight against Mickey Gall, without getting even a punch in. In an interview with Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com, Punk says that he wanted to fight again in the UFC, and told Dana that if he were to be cut off, he would completely understand it. However, he had a conversation with Dana about it, and the final call is up to him....

With an equal number of wins and losses in UFC under his belt, Paul Craig is expecting that his newest show of dominance will get him his next contract with the promotion. MMA Junkie reported on the matter. Paul Craig talks about the first-round win “Bearjew” said that he had expected the fight to last longer than it did, but he is certainly glad about how it ended. The 31-year-old was successful in submitting his opponent with a rear-naked choke within the very first round, which is indeed a true show of his mettle....

I would like to thank Wrestling Inc. for the following quotes. While Cormier did not rule out a future appearance, he felt that it was far too late in the game to pick up sports entertainment. In case you didn’t know… UFC 226 saw Daniel Cormier become a two-division champion. He defeated Stipe Miocic and currently holds the UFC Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Championships, and is considered to be one of the best MMA fighters of all time....

A successful kickboxer, Adesanya made his MMA debut in 2012. He is 10-1 in the UFC since joining the promotion in 2018. After beating Whittaker for the UFC middleweight title at UFC 243, he has successfully defended it against Yoel Romero, Paulo Costa and Marvin Vettori. Whittaker made his MMA debut in 2009. After winning “The Ultimate Fighter” in 2012, he moved from welterweight to middleweight. He was to fight for the interim title at first, but plans changed and Whittaker eventually beat Yoel Romero to become undisputed champion....

The fight will take place inside New York’s Madison Square Garden. The two have faced off twice in kickboxing. Pereira defeated Adesanya via decision in April 2016 and via KO in March 2017. Since then, Adesanya has gone 12-1 in the UFC and has defended the middleweight title five times. Neutralizing his opponents, Adesanya has always shown confidence heading into his fights. He feels the same way against a familiar foe....

Yahoo Sports first reported that Jon Jones tested positive for cocaine during a random drug test that was administered by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) on Dec. 4. Jones tested positive for the cocaine metabolite, benzoylecgonine, the drug’s main metabolite Jones competed on Saturday night in the main event of UFC 182, beating Cormier by unanimous decision. MORE: Jones enters rehab facility | Jones defends title in UFC 182...

Elliot’s comment in the Twitter thread caught the attention of Harrison. The Olympic Gold-Medalist responded by claiming that she’s willing to pay the UFC fighter one quarter of her purse and also asked to accept Harrison’s open challenge. Here is the exchange between Tim Elliott and Kayla Harrison: After her debut under the Invicta FC banner, Kayla Harrison issued an open challenge for her next fight. The unbeaten Olympic gold medalist will be fighting on Titan FC’s December 18 card and as seen in her reply, is willing to fight UFC flyweight, Tim Elliot....

Rodriguez will enter the cage Saturday for the first time since then as he takes on fellow featherweight contender Jeremy Stephens in the headliner of UFC Mexico City. The 26-year-old will be competing for the third time in his native Mexico under the UFC banner. While Rodriguez is appreciative of getting his second straight main event spot, he also understands the reasoning for him earning this prestigious tip of the cap....

Goddard tweeted: At the recently concluded UFC Vegas 48 event that took place at the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas on February 19, Miller faced Nikolas Motta. Miller picked up an impressive second-round TKO win on the night where he made his 39th octagon appearance. With the win, he is now level with Donald Cerrone for the most victories in UFC history. Khabib Nurmagomedov all praise for “legend” Jim Miller following UFC Vegas 48 Khabib Nurmagomedov was present octagon-side to witness Jim Miller’s performance at UFC Vegas 48....

The former UFC two-division champion showcased his penchant for poetry by writing a few stanzas about his life and career. McGregor took to Twitter to share the literary piece. The poem reads: “Oh blood splatter, we meet again Never mine, never will Always yours, Always spill Jaw gone, jog on For Maude is not gone She is at the Black Forge Her favorite song Oh blood splatter, from the Octagon”...