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BADOU JACK MAKES BIG MOVES IN DUBAI

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Two-Division World Champion Makes Whirlwind Trip that Featured Invitation to Participate in Dubai Fitness Challenge,
Meeting Khabib Nurmagomedov & Okuningi
Las Vegas (November 12, 2018) – Two-division boxing champion Badou Jack continued to show that he is truly a champion of the entire world as he made an exciting trip to Dubai that included an invitation to participate in the Dubai Fitness Challenge, a meeting with UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov and much more.
With an invitation from Dubai Tourism, Jack participated in the initiative that encourages UAE nationals, residents and visitors to exercise for at least 30 minutes a day, ngoba 30 consecutive days. A public event gave Jack a chance to further spread his positive messages.
“It was such an honor to be invited to this event that was part of an unforgettable trip,” wathi Jack. “I’m very thankful to the city of Dubai for letting me talk to people about the importance of staying active. It’s important for me to be able to make an impact all over the world and this was a great opportunity.”
In addition to that invitation, Jack visited with UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov, fresh off his victory over Conor McGregor last month. The two world champions, who both practice the Muslim faith, met for the first time and discussed a variety of topics, while also touring a local boxing/MMA gym and posing with Jack’s championship belts.
“It was an awesome experience to get to talk with another champion and competitor like Khabib,” wathi Jack. “I’m a big fan of what he’s able to do in the ring and as a fellow ambassador for the Muslim faith. It was really a fun time talking to him while we were both in Dubai.”
As part of the trip, Jack spoke with Men’s Health Middle East for an article that will run inside the magazine and detail more of the numerous endeavors Jack is currently pursuing both inside and outside of the ring. Jack’s time in Dubai also saw him invited by GQ Middle East as a special guest to the launch event ahead of their inaugural issue.
“I love taking these trips around the world to experience a variety of cultures and also continue to build my brand and give back anywhere that I can make a difference,” wathi Jack. “Whether it’s Ripper Nutrition, the Badou Jack Foundation or my boxing career, I’m proud to use my platform. I have a lot of goals and dreams in the sport of boxing, but also outside of it. Making these kinds of connections is going to aid me long past my boxing career.”
With more and more recognition being laid upon Jack year after year, the groundswell of worldwide support for “The Ripper” is rising as he prepares to return to the ring in early 2019. Keep an eye out for more news from Jack, including charity events for the upcoming holiday season.
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Fight Talk Unlimited DOUBLE Episode

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Tonight, Tom, Tony and Rich recapped the last two weeks of action in combat sports. Listen to the whole broadcast to catch up on all the major news and events that you missed and what’s coming up this weekend, too.

 

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FNU Combat Sports Show: McGregor Goes Berserk, UFC 223 Card Suffers, Event Recaps and Previews

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This week’s show features Tom, Tony and Rich chatting about the circus atmosphere surrounding UFC 223, starting with Conor McGregor’s hand cart throwing incident. We also recap the past week’s boxing and MMA events, and we even briefly discuss Ronda Rousey’s Wrestlemania performance and the news that Brock Lesnar recently signed an extension to stay with the WWE. Listen to the broadcast below:

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FNU COMBAT SPORTS SHOW: Lou Duva Tribute Show, Psychic Tom Padgett absolutely crushes UFC 209 Predictions, Garcia vs. Thurman Recap and Analysis

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Tony Penecale (kwesokunxele) and Lou Duva (kwesokudla) at the Brockton, Massachusetts dedication of the Rocky Marciano statue.

Our show this week was dedicated to Lou Duva (above right with our co-host Tony Penecale). Lou died earlier this week at the ripe old age of 1994. He was a great friend to Rocky Marciano, a promoter of 19 ompetha bomhlaba, and a man who had all his irons in the one fire that lit his life: boxing. The promoter/trainer/manager/legend appeared on the FNU Combat Sports show years back, but unfortunately the audio is grainy and spotty. If you listen closely the gems our talk contains outweigh the difficult spots to hear.

The full Lou Duva interview is here:

http://hosts.blogtalkradio.com/fightnewsunlimited/2009/07/03/joey-giambra-the-uncrowned-champion

I’m also posting a couple specific remastered clips here:

 

 

 

 

 

Tom, Tony and Rich also recap Garcia vs. Thurman, The latest on Mayweather vs. McGregor, UFC 209 and the many controversies attached, GSP’s dark warning about weight cutting, and Tony Bellew’s shocking upset of David Haye.

 

Here’s the tape: (THE TAPE DOESN’T LIE)

 

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FNU Combat Sports Show: UFC, Bellator and Boxing Recaps/Previews; Dana The Drama Queen; Muhammad Ali Jr. Detained at Florida Airport; Transgender Wrestler Wins Women’s Wrestling Title in Texas

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Tom, Rich and Tony recap the major combat sports events from last week, including a major heavyweight showdown between Deontay Wilder and Gerald Washington, a successful title defense by Liam McGeary last Friday at a Dublin, Ireland Bellator show, and a superb comeback by Jarrett Hurd over Tony Harrison. We also look forward to the inaugural women’s featherweight title bout in Bellator tomorrow night and a star-studded UFC 209 fight card including two of the most anticipated co-main events in recent UFC history. Stephen Thompson gets his rematch with UFC Welterweight Champ Tyron Woodley in the main event while Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson fight for a shot to face Conor McGregor for the lightweight title in the co-main event. We also discuss GSP’s comeback fight against Michael Bisping, a transgender female on her way to becoming a male winning a Texas women’s wrestling title, and Muhammad Ali’s son being detained at a Florida airport in early February. Check out our first Full FNU Combat Sports Show hosted on YouTube:

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UFC 209: Woodley vs. Wonderboy and Khabib vs. Ferguson Preview and Prediction

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By: Rich Bergeron

UFC 209 is fast approaching with two dynamic fights headlining the card, including a highly anticipated rematch closing the show. Fans are itching for a solid fight card to watch after multiple disappointing Pay-Per-View events left them wanting more in recent months. This is a card that could definitely deliver the action-packed, adrenaline-filled spectacle fans have come to expect for the price of admission. Here are my previews and predictions for the two blockbuster fights at the top of the bill.

Stephen Thompson (13-1-1) gets another crack at the welterweight title against Tyron Woodley (16-3-1) kwenzeka main. Even the odds makers (Check out the M88 sportsbook for more betting info) have a tough time predicting how this highly charged rematch will go. Woodley comes in as the slight underdog at +110 to Thompson’s -140.

Still, the Champion came close to finishing the first fight in the fourth round. Rather than continue with his powerful ground and pound approach against the in-trouble Thompson, Woodley switched to a failed choke attempt instead. Thompson was able to weather the storm and eke out the draw, but he also won three out of the five rounds on the scorecard. The experts who set the betting lines are obviously conscious of this and factoring it into their calculations.

Can Woodley put himself in position to get the knockout win this time or will Thompson make the right adjustments to win every round this time?

Ukubikezela: Stephen Thompson made one glaring mistake in the first fight that led to Woodley having a huge chance to win by knockout. Woodley picked his spots and made the fight competitive, but with both fighters knowing so much about each other now he may not be able to repeat or improve upon his performance in the first fight. Khonamanjalo, Thompson is a skilled tactician, and he will focus on cage control this time around. He will use distance striking, superb defense, and constant movement to keep Woodley from doing any major damage this time around. Woodley of course has a chance to quiet all his doubters with one punch, but Thompson is the type of fighter who may not give the champ a chance to land that shot.

THOMPSON WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

The co-main event will set the stage for Conor MacGregor’s return to the UFC cage. The Irish superstar will eventually face the winner of UFC 209’s co-main event: Khabib Nurmagomedov (24-0) vs. Tony Ferguson (22-3). This fight could potentially upstage the main event, despite the fact that Khabib is a -205 favorite to Ferguson’s +165 odds to win. Both fighters have enough momentum going for them to earn a title shot without fighting each other, but that doesn’t make this bout any less exciting on paper. Ferguson is 12-1 in the UFC with his only loss coming against Khabib’s last opponent: Michael Johnson. Ferguson lost to Johnson in 2012 by unanimous decision while Khabib submitted Johnson via Kimura in the third round of their UFC 205 clash last November.

Both fighters have equally imposing strengths. Khabib smothers many of his opponents with crisp wrestling skills to match his more than capable striking and submission ability. Sambo and judo are also staples of Nurmagomedov’s intense approach to cage fighting. He is so well rounded that he has an equal number (8) of submission, decision and T/KO wins, and all of his decision wins are unanimous.

Ferguson is on a nine-fight win streak. He is more of a volume striker, and he used excellent boxing to impose his will on the opponents he’s dominated so far. He is also well rounded like Nurmagomedov and can use that superb striking to secure submissions on stunned opponents. Uyala 8 submissions to go with 9 T/KOs and five decisions.

PREDICTION: Ferguson may be on a tremendous run right now, but Khabib’s absolutely dominated every opponent he ever faced in his MMA career. McGregor may actually be rooting for a tie in this fight so he can have some extra time to negotiate a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. while these two contenders are setting up an inevitable rematch. Nokho, ties are rare enough in the UFC that one here is far fetched to imagine. It’s much more likely that this fight ends up with one fighter on the canvas, out cold or too dazed to continue. All signs point to that fighter being Ferguson, leaving MacGregor with the prospect of having to prove his mettle by beating a man nobody’s been able to beat before. Kunjalo, anything can happen in that cage and anyone can have a bad night at the office, but perfection is hard to argue with.

NURMAGOMEDOV BY 2nd Round TKO

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WSOF30: IGATSHA VS. STARKS World Championship DOUBLEHEADER uhlelo ithola FIVE neziqubu Preliminary

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Las Vegas (March 21, 2016) -World Series of Fighting (WSOF.com) umemezele ukwengeza ezinhlanu sokuqulwa kwecala neziqubu ikhadi layo kakhulu-iWSOF30 nticipated: Branch vs. Starks izwe ubuqhawe Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) doubleheader umcimbi Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas ngoMgqibelo, April 2, siphile on NBCSN at 11 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. PT.

Scenic bill undercard ezokwenza usakaze bukhoma, yaphelela on an ishumekeka video umdlali on WSOF.com, isiqala at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT, kuyoba welterweight (170 amakhilogremu) ukushayisana phakathi Abubakar Nurmagomedov (11-1-1) futhi Math "The Thunder From ENew Zealand" Frincu (7-1).

I yokutholwa umzalwane ukuqeqeshwa umlingani superstar Khabib Nurmagomedov, the Abubakar oneminyaka engu-26 ubudala, ngubani ekudumisa kusuka Dagestan, Russia ugibele ezintathu-mpi win streak, kuyilapho Frincu of Tempe, Ariz. nge Queensland, Australia uyobhala amahlanu mpi win streak on the line.

Nurmagomedov inama umxhwele 82 Amaphesenti angu sekugcineni rate, kanti Frincu uzuze ayisithupha kwi zakhe eziyisikhombisa ngaphandle kwezimbili professional kuze kube yimanje ngendlela (T)KO noma ukuzithoba.

In engasindi (155 amakhilogremu) sokuqulwa kwecala isenzo ikhadi, Ezingakanqotshwa Knockout artist Steve "Thunderbeast" Kozola (6-0) uyokwenza World yakhe Series of Ukulwa aseqala kummelwane fast-Rising Star Gil Guardado (5-1).

On umlilo kusukela yakhe professional okokuqala ukunqoba ngo-July 2013, Kozola of San Diego, Calif. nge Chicago, Ill. kanyees World Series of Ukulwa emva ikhiqiza emuva kuya emuva, okwadala umonakalo KO ephathelene nokunqoba - ngasinye ukuhlaselwa okunokufutheka punches – ngaphansi ukugqugquzelwa Bellator.

ngoJanuwari 16, 2015, Kozola amaphuzu emzuliswaneni wesibili (1:25) KO on Jonathan Rivera at Bellator 132 futhi, ngoMashi 15, 2015, yena amagoli emzuliswaneni wokuqala (2:22) KO on Ian Butler at Bellator 137.

Guardado Las Vegas uyobheka notch yesithathu win yakhe elandelanayo ngemva perfor amabili evelele kunazo zonkeHus mancede World Series of Ukulwa decagon yezinyoni.

Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-30 ubudala Xtreme Couture prodigy okufakiwe Pete Martin nge binda guillotine in the emzuliswaneni wokuqala (3:31) of action at WSOF22 on August 1, 2015, futhi wavala out unyaka ngazwi-linye isinqumo ukumehlula Giga Chikadze at WSOF26 ngoDisemba 18.

In a flyweight (125 amakhilogremu) scrap, Carlos Garcia (1-1) San Bernardino, Calif. uzokwenza DEBUT yakhe professional ngokumelene Jason Pacheco (1-0) of Las Vegas.

Adam Aquaviva (4-2) Las Vegas iyobhekana nge Andres Ponce (3-2) of Tempe in a enyakazayo bantamweight futhi, kuvulwa sokuqulwa kwecala matchup ikhadi, Jeff Roman (1-2-1) Las Vegas ngeke Square off Igama lomsebenzisi Salantri (0-1) at welterweight.

A yesithupha, middleweight (185 pounds) fight sokuqulwa kwecala featuring Clinton-Williams(7-3) Las Vegas uzobe umemezele maduze.

Ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe kusuka $20, amathikithi WSOF30: Branch vs. Starks, ayatholakala ukuze ithengwe inthanethi at WSOF.com futhi AXS.com.

Doors Ukuhlala Ngokuhlanganyela Kwezindlu Zombili at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino sizovula for umcimbi 4 p.m. PT, kanye iziqubu lokuqala wokulungiselela uzoqala at 5 p.m.

In the umcimbi main, reigning World Series of Fighting middleweight champion David Branch (17-3), phiko yokuqala ngqa, ezimbili-division isihloko kumnikazi welungelo, uyobhala umqhele wakhe akhethekile ayefiswa abaningi on the line ngokumelene Olwa phezulu Clifford Starks (13-2).

In the umcimbi co-main, superstar Jon Fitch (27-7-1, 1 NC) ayokulwa wamuva we-World Series of Ukulwa olulodwa, -Man nesishiyagalombili mqhudelwano umgijimi-up Joao "Brazilian Samurai" Zeferino (20-7) ne singenamuntu World Series of Ukulwa welterweight ubuqhawe kwabantu kusengozini.

Kwenye indawo kwi-mpi ezine, siphile NBCSN telecast, isazi ukuzithoba Vinny "Pezao" Magalhães (13-7) ngeke izikwele off with Jake "The Honey Bear" Heun(9-4) in a wesibhakela ekukhanyeni (205 amakhilogremu) umncintiswano, kuyilapho World Series of Ukulwa elisha futhi Knockout umculi Abu "Gladiator" Azaitar (11-1-1) ngeke Ilokhi izimpondo kanye Danny "Dee1" Davis, Jr. (11-10-1) at welterweight.