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ANAHEIM, Calif. — What Francis Ngannou did Saturday in defeating Ciryl Gane with his grappling would be like Usain Bolt setting a world record in the 100 meters running on his hands, or Tom Brady rushing for 250 yards to lead the Buccaneers to another Super Bowl title. Exactly no one saw that coming, though it shows the growth in Ngannou’s game and the brilliant work of coaches Eric Nicksick and Dewey Cooper that the sport’s most fearsome fighter could win a bout by grappling. He was a… Source link

The exhibition boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and YouTuber Logan Paul generated plenty of conversation among other professional fighters. A big topic of the conversation among them was the amount of money the fighters earned. Mayweather told Yahoo Sports before the bout that he expected to make between $50 million and $100 million for the fight. At the news conference afterward, he said he got $30 million alone for the ads on his ring attire. Paul said before the fight he expected to… Source link

This may shock you, but negotiations between Jon Jones and the UFC do not appear to be going well. The former UFC light heavyweight champion took to Twitter on Friday to respond to UFC president Dana White’s claim that he had demanded $30 million to fight heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou: White threw out that claim during an appearance on “The Bill Simmons Podcast,” saying that he is ready to give Derrick Lewis the next shot at the heavyweight crown: From MMA Fighting: “In his deal, he’s… Source link

LAS VEGAS — The new UFC heavyweight champion is so powerful and so scary that when Dana White was asked about putting Jon Jones in the cage against him, the UFC president had some stunning advice for his long-time light heavyweight champion. “If I’m Jon Jones and I see that, I’m moving to 185,” White said in an obvious tweak to the man he’s had an uneven relationship with over the years, but also an acknowledgement of new champ Francis Ngannou’s scary punching power. That was the… Source link

The Daily Beast UK History Channel Under Fire for Featuring Guy with Suspected Neo-Nazi Tattoos The UK’s History channel is getting taken to school.On Monday, Sky HISTORY—the History channel’s counterpart across the pond—posted a promotional clip for its competition series The Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker on Twitter. Featured contestant Darren Lumsden, a heavily-tattooed joiner from Bristol, was portrayed as good-natured and folksy; contemplating the competition ahead, he described… Source link