CONOR MCGREGOR FORCED TO RELINQUISH UFC FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE!!

Live on the UFC fight night Melbourne show the UFC announced that Conor McGregor has relinquished the featherweight title. As of yet it's sounding slightly sly and that McGregor doesn't know about it yet but no news on that so far.

The UFC has appointed Jose Aldo the featherweight champion which is... hilarious. They've done this because Daniel Cormier has had to pull out of his UFC 206 main event light heavyweight championship against Anthony Johnson and the card isn't really worth the PPV especially with a fight of that magnitude has fallen off

They have made Max Holloway vs Anthony Pettis the main event for the interim featherweight title because it's also not worth the PPV without the title and for them to do that they have to upgrade Aldo's interim to a full title. (Interesting to note that Aldo has never won the title he has always been 'upgraded').

McGregor haters are happy where as the rest of us genuine fans are a little bit disappointed, not surprised but disappointed. Now we have a 'champion' that was knocked out in 13 seconds by the actual champion. Greeeaaaattt... Basically now we just wait for McGregor's tweet telling Dana White to suck his big Irish balls.

Now we speculate McGregor's next opponent! obviously with the featherweight division no longer an option it leaves a lightweight contender or the trilogy with Nate Diaz. With no stand out contender at lightweight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson, Diaz would offer the perfect solution however with that fight now very likely to be held at 155 that would mean Nate leap frogging the 2 contenders. So that puts in the place where the most likely situation is they let Conor take time off for his baby and do Khabib vs Tony for the #1 contender. If that doesn't happen then it's likely to be a McGregor vs Khabib for the 155 title because Khabib's been calling him out and talking trash about him.

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UFC Melbourne Picks

Fight Pass Prelims
Jenel Lausa                              by KO/TKO
Marlon Vera                            by Submission
Jason Knight                            by Submission

Preliminaries
Ben Nguyen                             by KO/TKO
Jonathan Meunier                    by KO/TKO
Damien Brown                        by Decision
Daniel Kelly                            by Decision

Main Card
Danielle Taylor                        by KO/TKO
Tyson Pedro                             by Submission
Alexander Volkanovski            by KO/TKO
Omari Akhmedov                     by Decision
Jake Matthews                          by KO/TKO
Derek Brunson                         by KO/TKO

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WHO WON THE $50,000 BONUSES AT UFC 205??

After an incredible night of fights I bring you a few short cooldown posts on the events of last night. UFC 205 was a historic night with some of the best performances we've seen in a long time.

The Performance Of The Night bonuses ($50,000) go to

• Yoel Romero for a brutal flying knee knockout of Chris Weidman

• Conor McGregor for the pure dominance over Eddie Alvarez winning by TKO in R2 after accumulating 5 knockdowns.

The Fight Of The Night bonus ($50,000 each) goes to

• Tyron Woodley and Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson for their incredible fight which resulted in a majority draw.

The attendance for the event was 20,427

The Gate was $17.7 million (New UFC and MSG record)

UFC 205 broke the Pay-Per-View record

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CONOR MCGREGOR DESTROYS ALVAREZ! TWO WEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION!!

For the first time ever, we have a 2 division world champion and his name is Conor McGregor. This was an insane card with a spectacular finish!! It was a long build up as the UFC constructed their mega card for the first ever MMA event in New York, they of course choose MSG.

This fight happened exactly as every Conor fan dreamt it would. Conor came out composed and loose with hands ready. I'm trying to think of a way to hype this up but straight up this was men against boys.

In the first round Conor dropped Eddie with a big left hand and there was a little scramble then Eddie got back up. Conor still looked cool calm and collected, Conor preceded to look for the shots and found another left hand which dropped Alvarez again and then he dropped him another time!! Yes you did read that correctly, McGregor dropped him 3 times in the first round and Eddie offered almost no offence. That's a 10-8 round.

In the second round it was more of the same, he dropped him early but Eddie recovered then McGregor hit him with a ridiculous combo of killer after killer as he fell to the canvas. He was out, John McCarthy stops the fight and saves Eddie from himself.

History is made. An incredible event. A great venue. Incredible performances. SUPERB.

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UFC 205 RESULTS!!

Fight Pass
Liz Carmouche def. Katlyn Chookagian by split decision
Jim Miller def. Thiago Alves by unanimous decision

Prelims
Vicente Luque def. Belal Muhammad by KO (R1 1:19)
Tim Boetsch def. Rafael Natal by TKO (R1 3:22)
Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Michael Johnson by submission (kimura) (R3 2:31)
Frankie Edgar def. Jeremy Stephens by unanimous decision

Main Card
Yoel Romero def. Chris Weidman by TKO (R3 0:24)
Joanna Jedrzejcyk def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz by unanimous decision
Tyron Woodley VS Stephen Thompson was a majority draw (they will fight again)
Conor McGregor def. Eddie Alvarez by TKO (R2 3:04)

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UFC 205: THOMPSON VS WOODLEY CO-MAIN EVENT BREAKDOWN!!

Tyron 'The Chosen One' Woodley sets on to defend his newly claimed welterweight title, this Saturday against the number two contender Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson. I have already made my pick for this fight. However I'm going to keep this as unbiased as possible. If you want to see mine and Caleb's picks click on the link at the bottom of the article.

I'm going to start of with the champion The Chosen One. The number one thing for Tyron to use is fakes. Everyone talks about the blitzing speed he poses it is nothing new for Wonderboy. So Tyron needs to get around his side kick by faking the blitz to get a reaction out of Wonderboy then blitzing in afterwards. Secondly he can not let it be a chess match like Rory MacDonald did. He has to take a page out of Matt Browns book and make it an ugly dirty fight and just grind Wonderboy into positions he isn't comfortable with. Although Tyron only has three takedowns in the UFC all coming from when he fought Condit. Tyron is a decorated wrestler he needs to use it during this fight or at least he has to threaten Wonderboy with the takedown. Finally he can't be scared of Wonderboy's leg most of Wonderboy's opponents lose as soon as he lifts his leg. Tyron has to shut his leg down before Wonderboy gets his timing because once he does it will be difficult to shut down.

Right now on to the number two contender. I think it is pretty obvious what the game plan if for Wonderboy and that is to keep the fight at his range and distance. He needs to keep the fight a clean pretty fight. So that he can slow Tyron down and keep the fight at his pace. He needs to stay on his side kick once Tyron has blitzed in to a couple of them Tyron will start shooting in for desperate takedowns. When Tyron starts to lower his hands to protect his body that is when Wonderboy needs to go head hunting but keeping the head kicks diverse throwing everything he has from hook kicks to axe kicks. Wonderboy needs to keep his back off of the cage he can not allow Tyron to settle in to the fight and built his confidence making him charge in. Wonderboy needs to be the one to back Tyron up against the cage just like when he fought Hendricks allowing him to tee off and pick his shots still keeping it a clean and pretty fight.

Mine and Caleb's picks: http://themmagenius.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/ufc-205-full-card-picks.html

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UFC 205 FULL CARD PICKS!!

We're finally here!! On Saturday night we will have the first MMA event in New York City, New York. UFC 205 is the biggest card the UFC has ever put on with incredible fights right down to the prelims, topped with some of the biggest match ups and stars in the game.

Caleb's Picks
Fight Pass Prelims
Katlyn Chookagian                 by Decision
Jim Miller                                by Submission

Prelims
Vicente Luque                         by Submission
Rafael Natal                             by Decision
Khabib Nurmagomedov          by Decision
Jeremy Stephens                      by KO/TKO

Main Card
Miesha Tate                             by Decision
Chris Weidman                        by Submission
Joanna Jedrzejcyk                    by KO/TKO
Stephen Thompson                  by KO/TKO
Conor McGregor                     by KO/TKO

Jordan's Picks
Fight Pass Prelims
Liz Carmouche                        by Decision
Jim Miller                                by KO/TKO

Prelims
Belal Muhammad                    by Decision
Tim Boetsch                             by KO/TKO
Khabib Nurmagomedov          by KO/TKO
Frankie Edgar                          by Decision

Main Card
Miesha Tate                             by Submission
Chris Weidman                        by Decision
Joanna Jedrzejcyk                    by KO/TKO
Stephen Thompson                  by KO/TKO
Eddie Alvarez                          by KO/TKO

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CONOR MCGREGOR FILM - A MUST WATCH!!

About 3 days ago I watched the best MMA film ever produced by an 'amateur'. A YouTuber by the name of Hizzer Edits released a Film about the MMA superstar Conor McGregor. The film covers his rise to the title and the events leading up to and including the Aldo fight and the last two fights with Nate Diaz.

It's a mastery of editing and honestly credits a job with the UFC, it portrays so many different looks and provokes different emotions from the viewer. I know you didn't click to read this so simply YOU MUST WATCH THIS!!



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UFC Mexico Full Card Picks!!

Tonight's UFC fight night is in Mexico tonight!! The card has an earlier start tonight. Fight Pass Prelims start at 10:30PM however as usual the fights on this card are local fighters making their debut's or first few fights. The Prelims start at 12AM on BT Sport or UFC Fight Pass and the Main card starts at 2AM on BT Sport.

Fight Pass Prelims

Enrique Barzola                 by Decision

Jason Novelli                     by Decision

Sam Alvey                          by KO/TKO

Prelims

Douglas Silva de Andrade  by KO/TKO

Max Griffin                         by Decision

Marco Beltran                     by Submission

Felipe Arantes                     by KO/TKO

Main Card

Alexa Grasso                     by KO/TKO

Rashid Magomedov           by Decision

Martin Bravo                     by Decision

Charles Oliveira                 by Submission

Diego Sanchez                   by Decision

Tony Fergusion                  by Decision

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