The most recent episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Expose on Monday featured a dominant UFC champion, extra than one prime trainers and prospects as effectively as one amongst the easiest pound-for-pound opponents ever.
Right here is what you could perhaps also merely own neglected:
Cormier is fully commence to Jones trilogy after Miocic bout
UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, who fights dilapidated titleholder Stipe Miocic within the principle match of UFC 241, said he’s satisfied leaving mixed martial arts after Saturday’s bout. The matchup is a rematch from a July 2018 warfare wherein Cormier knocked out Miocic within the first spherical.
“This warfare could well also merely additionally be the final warfare,” Cormier said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Expose. “I will purchase the warfare this weekend and watch what happens. Actually, if I even own to stride a long way from this thing after Saturday, I’m OK with it.
“I’ve done so unheard of. My household is worked up with the prospects of me being around extra. The diversified aspect appears to be like to be valid, too. But magnificent now I even own to be focused for this weekend.”
Cormier, 40, most recently defeated Derrick Lewis by 2d-spherical submission at UFC 230 final November. He in the initiating planned to stride a long way from the sport by the level of his 40th birthday in March, however made up our minds to continue on a while longer.
Some deem part of the reason is he’s preserving out for a trilogy warfare with Jon Jones, Cormier’s greatest rival. They’ve competed twice earlier than. In the first matchup, at UFC 182 in 2015, Jones received by unanimous resolution. They fought again at UFC 214 in 2017, and it ended in a head-kick knockout by Jones. The tip result changed into once later overturned to no contest after Jones examined certain for the banned substance turinabol. Cormier changed into once reinstated as light heavyweight champion.
Asked just a few skill third warfare with Jones, Cormier said, “The ball is in my court docket now. I score to judge whether or no longer I are looking out to warfare Jon Jones or I let him continue to warfare guys devour Thiago Santos and Corey Anderson. By hook or by crook, for him to plan the immense bucks, we now own to warfare every diversified.”
Cormier added that if this bout had been to happen, it could well own to be light heavyweight so he could well also “plan magnificent what changed into once grisly in the initiating.”
Cormier said it’s Jones or no one. “It is fully immense fights for me,” he said. “It could perhaps also be Stipe Miocic and, if I warfare again, it shall be Jones. It is rarely going to be any one else.”
Jones took to Twitter to answer.
I’ve been the sunshine heavyweight champion for practically my entire MMA occupation, never own I moved as a lot as effort a heavyweight champion. I’m merely no longer attracted to it magnificent now, never significantly had been.
– Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) August 12, 2019
I own devour the switch is inevitable however as of magnificent now, Im dominating fights and making weight merely horny. Daniels and I no longer reverie, however pork started on the sunshine heavyweight division and that is the reason the assign it could well also merely peaceable cease.(even supposing I could well also’ve sworn I performed this once or twice already)
– Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) August 12, 2019
Despite what he says to the media, I will guarantee you guys there shall be no third warfare. No means will he lose that weight again, no means will he be nice looking to reface these nightmares that comes when facing the beast.
– Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) August 12, 2019
Shevchenko on Cejudo’s effort: ‘Be careful what you desire for’
Henry Cejudo is a UFC champion at each bantamweight and flyweight and — no longer constructive for folk that perceive this — also an Olympic gold medalist. But he’s no longer done in his pursuit of gold. Cejudo took to social media over the weekend to playfully call out UFC females’s flyweight titleholder Valentina Shevchenko for a hypothetical “intergender championship” bout.
The next is a public provider announcement for the supposed flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko. Signed, Triple C and soon to be The IGC. #bendtheknee @BulletValentina pic.twitter.com/kUQbCnmIWd
— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) August 11, 2019
Shevchenko is rarely antagonistic.
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Valentina Shevchenko says she is no longer shy of anybody and would genuinely warfare Henry Cejudo within the Octagon.
Waterson the use of accomplice’s father as inspiration
UFC strawweight contender Michelle Waterson has arguably the easiest warfare of her occupation on Oct. 12 in Tampa, Florida, when she takes on dilapidated champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. A purchase could well also propel her to a title warfare with either champion Jessica Andrade or Zhang Weili, who compete on the tip of August.Her greatest inspiration? Her accomplice’s father, who changed into once recently in a automobile accident and initailly instructed he would never stride again.
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Michelle Waterson shares the emotional story of her accomplice’s father’s automobile accident and the miraculous restoration he continues to plan.
Anthony Pettis’ coach thanks Nate Diaz ‘for bringing out the easiest in Showtime’
Anthony Pettis flat-out does no longer devour Nate Diaz. The dilapidated UFC welterweight champion spoke with Ariel Helwani earlier this summer season and did no longer withhold support on why this warfare changed into once well-known to him.
“I’m in a position to’t wait to hurt this guy. It is a non-public warfare for me,” Pettis said. “This is one guy I merely don’t devour. Me and Diaz got complications. Now we are in a position to resolve them.”
Pettis’ coach, Duke Roufus, joined the conceal on Monday and described what he called “the easiest training camp of our occupation.”
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Anthony Pettis’ coach Duke Roufus says Pettis has had the easiest training camp he’s ever had in his occupation earlier than stopping Nate Diaz. Explore the rematch at UFC 241 right here on ESPN+ https://plus.espn.com/ufc/ppv.
Costa’s coach is envisioning a championship warfare
Eric Albarracin knows quite of one thing about champions. He coaches Henry Cejudo, the UFC champion at each flyweight and bantamweight. He coaches Patricio “Pitbull” Freire, the Bellator champion at featherweight and light-weight-weight. And he coaches Paulo Costa (12-0), whose warfare against Yoel Romero (13-3) on Saturday is, to Albarracin, a championship warfare.
“In my eyes, Yoel already received the enviornment title,” he instructed Helwani. “I judge he is the enviornment champion. I judge he received that final warfare. You respect, three knockdowns.”
Albarracin is referring to Romero’s June 2018 bout with UFC middleweight champ Robert Whittaker, which Whittaker received by fracture up resolution. It changed into once no longer a title bout, though, on narrative of Romero neglected weight.
“I judge he’s the easiest 185-pounder that Paulo can warfare magnificent now,” said Albarracin. “I’ve been treating this devour an international title warfare.”
Demetrious Johnson does no longer want Henry Cejudo trilogy
ONE Championship fighter Demetrious Johnson, arguably the easiest pound-for-pound fighter ever, defended his UFC flyweight belt 11 consecutive times earlier than Henry Cejudo upset the longtime champion in August 2018. The 2 had fought once prior, a first-spherical TKO purchase for Johnson in 2016.
With the matchup at one purchase apiece, will we watch a trilogy purchase position down the avenue? “Mighty Mouse” is rarely worthy .
“I’m fascinated with better things,” Johnson said. “On the lookout for to purchase my first-ever World Wide Prix and score a belt. Then inch off and purchase one more belt in an awfully diversified group.”
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Demetrious Johnson tells Ariel Helwani he is rarely unnerved just a few third warfare vs. Henry Cejudo and is focusing on successful the ONE Championship Flyweight World Wide Prix.
Darren Till describes jail time in one be aware: ‘grim’
Traditional UFC welterweight title challenger Darren Till and numerous different friends had been arrested and fined in April for trashing a hotel room and stealing a taxi within the Canary Islands. Earlier than their day in court docket, they spent four days in a jail cell.
What changed into once which own devour? We’ll let him conceal.
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Darren Till tells the wild story of when he changed into once jailed for four days after fireplace extinguishers had been position off in his hotel.
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