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Carmouche: Why I deserved the Shevchenko fight
Inaugural women's flyweight champ Nicco Montano saw her title stripped after she was hospitalized during a failed weight cut, and now former strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk fights bantamweight title contender Valentina Shevchenko. But former bantamweight title contender Liz Carmouce holds a KO win over 'Bullet' in 2010, and argues she deserved the shot: “I’m the only one who has ever finished her in MMA. Not in Muay Thai or kickboxing. I’m talking MMA. So, that would just, you think that would make sense for me to be the one to compete against her. ... I understand you always want drama leading up to the fight. You want whatever publicity you can get for it. It’s more appealing for fans, for media for everything. So I understand why everyone wants that.” H/T MMA Fighting
EFC's Sylvester Chipfumbu dreams of bringing MMA to Zimbabwe
5-1 Zimbabwean flyweight Sylvester 'Gladiator' Chipfumbu is shining brightly in South Africa's EFC, and harbors dreams of pioneering the sport in his home nation. “I want to introduce the sport to the people back home. Having been involved in martial arts in the country before, I believe there is so much potential and if we can introduce as many guys as we can to the sport, there’s no doubt we’ll have world champions in future. That said, the most important part for me is to work my way up to the biggest MMA organisation in the world, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and become a champ thereWell, for now I just want to focus on the next fight. The plan is to take it one step at a time. I want to build a legacy, repay the effort my teammates and coaches put in by winning my fights and flying my country’s flag high. I want to be the first Zimbabwean champion in the world of MMA, and fly the flag high." H/T Zimbabwe Standard
Khabib awarded ‘1st Russian UFC champ’ cup at Anzhi Arena in Dagestan
Russian prospect Nikolay Aleksakhin eyes fruitful free agency, possible UFC Signing
22-5 Russian welterweight Nikolay Aleksakhin is on a four-fight win streak, the last three vs. UFC vets: “My Fight Nights Global contract expires in November, and I had a lot of talks with scouts. Absolute Championship Berkut, Russian Cagefighting Championship, M-1 Global, and ONE Championship have approached me. I’m still thinking. Depends on who will offer the best terms. I have beaten UFC fighters. And the contract with UFC? I will leave that with no comment.” H/T MMAjunkie
Mousasi: I thought I lost my eye, plan to retire in three
Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi appeared recently on The MMA Hour and said that thinking he was blind after fighting former champ Alexander Shlemenko in 2017 led him to decided to retire after his three-fight contract runs out: “I was in a hospital. I couldn’t move and I didn’t know if I lose my eye or not. People didn’t see those parts. ... For a long time I was in the dark. Thank god it was no serious injury to the eye. ... I want to make money but I want to end up healthy. ... if you fight 100 times, eventually you’re going to see a punch that you’re not going to see or it’s going to land in the wrong place. ... [Shlemenko] got me in the first minute and s*** happens. If I have wins like [vs. MacDonald] and I’m just winning without any damage without any injury, of course I could go another three fights. But to be honest I’m looking to see how the next three fights will go and then to be honest, I’ll quit yeah.” H/T MMA Fighting
Alvarez about to take a deep dive into ONE's lightweight division
"[ONE Championship] put a pullout of possible opponents to fight, and that was kind of the first time I understood who the top contenders there are. I study my opponents. Some of them I’m sure I’m going to find out their pets’ names within the next month or so. I kind of do a deep dive into understanding who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are. I’ll know who’s who and what’s what very soon. ... I’ll take each opponent one by one. Whether it’s Aoki or whoever the other guys are, the opponent right now is not really my concern. ... I probably haven’t taken an easy fight in – I can’t think of the last time I had an easy fight. I don’t imagine getting an easy fight." H/T MMAjunkie
DC: There will be no Hail Mary for The Black Beast
Champ champ Daniel Cormier on his fight vs. Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on November 3, 2018 at Madison Square Garden: "I respect what he's had to accomplish to get to where he is today. But, again, I won’t let him off the hook. There’s no Hail Mary’s when you’re fighting someone like me. He’s going to have to set up that strike more than he’s ever had to set up that strike in his career. I’m not just going to hang my chin out there for him to hit.” H/T MMA Fighting
Chris Brown CANNOT be tapped vs. Thomas Gifford at V3 Fights 70
Conor visits Irish unified lightweight world champ Katie Taylor before fight, she won
ONE CEO: The odds do not favor Angela Lee next month
Undefeated ONE atomweight champion Angela Lee challenges 13-1 strawweight champ Jing Nan Xiong at ONE Championship 83 on 11/9, live on the Super App. ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong was frank: “I actually don’t know why Angela is doing this moving up to fight a bigger, stronger, faster champion. This could be Angela’s first potential loss. This is a high-stakes game. This is a world champion vs. world champion fight. I put Angela as a heavy underdog in this fight because she’s moving up a weight against a very, very dangerous KO striker with a 13-1 record. ... That being said, I also know Angela and she’s always about making history. At 19 years old she became the youngest world champion in the history of any major organization globally. She’s going to try to make history again as a two-division world champion.” H/T MMAjunkie
Khabib vs. Conor: The Battle of Lezginka
Ray Cooper III earns his way to a shot at $1 million at PFL finals on 12/1
Anderson Silva game for fight vs. Conor
Andeson Silva is the best fighter in UFC history. Conor McGregor is the biggest draw. A fight between the pair would make money; 'The Spider' is game: "I just waiting. I accept the challenge for Conor. Two big names. Two big legends. And, why not? It's not about money, Conor. It's about martial arts challenge." H/T TMZ
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UFC to return to Fortaleza, Brazil on 2/2
The UFC will hold a Fight Night event at the new 14,069 capacity Centro de Formacao Olímpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceara. UFC Senior VP for International and Content David Shaw also said there would be a total of three fight cards in Brazil in 2019, one of them a PPV. The dates and locations of the other two events are TBA. H/T Combate
