Chris Avila had a front-row ticket to watch the mayhem earlier this month at UFC 279. Avila’s teammate and mentor, Nate Diaz, was at the center of drama in Las Vegas after Diaz’s original opponent, Khamzat Chimaev, lost 7.5 pounds a day after fight night. Chimaev’s glaring lack of weight sparked a flurry of last-minute …
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Former UFC fighter and ‘TUF Nations’ winner Elias Theodorou has died. Theodorou died on Sunday after a battle with cancer. Sources who knew Theodorou confirmed the news to MMA Junkie after various reports of his death surfaced online. Theodorou had not publicly disclosed his illness before his death. According TSN journalist Aaron Bronsteter, Theodorou was …
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Nate Diaz escaped unscathed. After a wild and chaotic week, Stockton’s native son left the UFC with a fourth round submission of Tony Ferguson in UFC 279the impromptu main event. The performance capped off an explosive card that also saw Khamzat Chimaev truck across Kevin Holland, a new name emerges in the mix of women’s …
Nothing about the UFC 279 main event was what it was supposed to be. Nothing, that is, except for the fight between Nate Diaz and Tony Ferguson serving as perhaps the perfect swan song for the always defiant Stockton, Calif. native as he wrapped up his UFC contract. with a fourth-round submission win. Ferguson came …
