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  • Dana White: No Rousey on MSG show, McGregor vs. Diaz rematch might not happen

    Dana White was on both ESPN SportsCenter and Colin Cowherd’s show on Fox Sports One Thursday promoting Saturday’s UFC 199, and also updated the status of Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey while he was at it.

    In regards to McGregor, White said that a rematch with he and Nate Diaz may never happen. He said that McGregor badly wants the fight, White is trying to get the deal done, and Diaz has interest. He said he is trying, but doesn’t know if it will ever happen.

    This stems from the meeting White and Lorenzo Fertitta had with Diaz on May 20. Diaz made demands for a rematch with McGregor that were evidently well above what UFC was going to offer. The talks ended without the sides coming close.

    Regarding Rousey, White targeted either December or January for her return. She is believed to have two fights left on her current contract, and it should be noted that at least one potential buyer of UFC has wanted Rousey signed to a longer term deal due to her value as part of the product.

    White said that Rousey just had arthroscopic knee surgery yesterday and is hoping she fights in December. If not, she’d fight on the first show of 2017, but that the 11/12 show in Madison Square Garden is out.

    Rousey has a number of acting commitments, but the days are continually changing.

    White also said that Rousey’s first fight back would be against whoever holds the bantamweight title.  Miesha Tate holds the title right now and will defend at UFC 200 against Amanda Nunes. Should Holly Holm beat Valentina Shevchenko two weeks later on FOX, one would think it’s an easy decision for Holm to challenge for the title in the fall.

  • Ronda Rousey says suicide crossed her mind after first UFC loss

    On a segment that will appears on Tuesday’s episode of Ellen, an emotional Ronda Rousey told host Ellen DeGeneres that she contemplated suicide following her November 2015 loss to Holly Hom.

    The former UFC champion appeared on the show to help promote her Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover, but the first part of their conversation centered around her title loss to Holm, the first time she’s truly opened up on camera about that night. At first, subdued and serious, she said that things weren’t perfect going into the fight but that’s how things go. She cited that it was her third title fight in nine months and that she felt tired, but nothing too out of sorts with other fights she’s had.

    She said that Holm’s first shot “knocked out on her feet”, cutting open her mouth and knocking her teeth loose. She lost her depth perception and that she was swinging blindly.

    She then got choked up when talking about what happened in the locker room afterward. She said she thought, “What am I anymore if I’m not this?” and said she had thought about “killing myself” and that she was “nothing” before looking up to boyfriend and UFC heavyweight Travis Browne. She said she saw him, thought that “I need to have his babies and to stay alive” and that he was meant to be there at that time. 

    She said she does want to fight Holm next and to be the one that beats her.

    Watch the six minute clip below and more with Rousey on today’s episode of Ellen.

  • January 25, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 2015 Observer Awards Issue

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  • Josh Nason’s Punch-Out: 2015 MMA Year In Review (October-December)

    In the final installment of our look back at 2015 in the world of MMA, Josh Nason and Paul Fontaine of WrestlingObserver.com and MMADraws.com look at one of the most eventful quarters in MMA history: October – December. Here’s part 1 and part 2 for subscribers.

    Here’s just a bit of what Josh and Paul discussed:

    • Conor McGregor’s 13-second exclamation point on his year long feud with Jose Aldo
    • Daniel Cormier’s eventful first title defense at UFC 192 against Alexander Gustafsson that also included Johny Hendricks missing weight and the debut of Sage Northcutt
    • UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw leaving Team Alpha Male and heading to work with Urijah Faber rival Duane Ludwig
    • Holly Holm’s shocking knockout and dominance of Ronda Rousey in Australia
    • Bellator booking Ken Shamrock vs. Royce Gracie III for early-2016
    • ONE’s answer to weight cutting issues
    • And tons more!

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  • Report: Conor McGregor to challenge for UFC lightweight title in March

    Alluded to by UFC President Dana White on UFC Tonight Wednesday, Bleacher Report’s Jeremy Botter cited multiple sources in reporting Thursday night that UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will move up in weight to challenge UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos in an effort to become the UFC’s first dual belt holder and their third fighter to win belts in two weight classes.

    If the report is accurate, the fight will happen at UFC 197 on March 5th in Las Vegas with a co-main event of women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm vs. Miesha Tate, a fight that became quite clear after White said that the 10-0 Holm’s next title defense would not be against Ronda Rousey as he had originally said. Holm dominated Rousey to win the title in a shocking upset via 2nd round knockout in November while the 29-year-old Tate (17-5) is riding a four-fight winning streak after downing Jessica Eye in a July unanimous decison win.

    White and other UFC officials had previously shot down any other previous champion who said they wanted to move up in weight, win another title, and defend both belts. The 19-2 McGregor, however, has a lot of bargaining power and a fight against the talented but promotionally flat dos Anjos (25-7) is the biggest draw of a fight the champion currently has. 

    Unfortunately, this also puts a McGregor/Frankie Edgar featherweight title on ice, as well as stunts the next steps for top lightweight contender Tony Ferguson and the winner of January 17th’s Anthony Pettis vs. Eddie Alvarez bout on Fox Sports One. 

    Regardless, putting these two huge fights on the same show assures the UFC of another big PPV buyrate for the first quarter of the year.

    Holm instantly became one of UFC’s biggest stars with a knockout win over Ronda Rousey, winning the bantamweight title. While UFC officials had stated many times that Holm’s first title defense would be a rematch, which would be the biggest money fight in UFC history, the decision was made to give Rousey more time and have Holm defend against Tate.  Tate was originally scheduled for the shot at Rousey that Holm got, but it was pulled because UFC officials decided that even though Tate was the top contender and had won a match over Jessica Eye to get the shot, that since Rousey had beaten her twice, they would put Rousey with a new opponent.

    It’s virtually a lock that the winner of this fight would face Rousey later in 2016.

  • Ronda Rousey hosting Saturday Night Live in January

    NBC announced Tuesday morning that former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will be hosting the Saturday, January 23rd episode of Saturday Night Live, putting her in a very small category of athletes who have hosted an episode of the iconic series.

    Yahoo’s Kevin Iole reported the story this morning, confirming reports from those close to the show that had started surfacing two days earlier.

    Rousey will be the first MMA fighter to host the show. Rousey was actually in Dwayne Johnson’s backstage entourage when he hosted the show this past March, the night before WrestleMania when the two did the in-ring skit together with HHH and Stephanie McMahon.

    Iole noted that the only previous fighters to host the show have been Marvin Hagler and George Foreman. Past athletes who have hosted include Michael Jordan, Chris Evert, Derek Jeter, Lebron James, Tom Brady, and Peyton Manning.

    After appearing in the Entourage movie and Furious 7, Rousey is set to be the lead in the Road House reboot that will film this year.

  • WOL 12/4: Ronda Rousey and CM Punk news, Max Smashmaster interview, more!

    Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk tons of news in wrestling and MMA including the latest on Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm, the search for an opponent for CM Punk, TNA Impact ratings, and more, plus MAX SMASHMASTER of Chikara joins us to talk this weekend’s season-ending TOP BANANA show in Philadelphia! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • WOL 12/3: Tons of news, appearances by Dave Meltzer and Eddie Kingston of Chikara!

    Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with a packed show! We’ve got tons of news, an appearance by Dave Meltzer talking the newest Observer, Rousey vs. Holm II and more, plus Eddie Kingston joins us to talk Chikara TOP BANANA coming up this Saturday at the former ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA. A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • Dana White: Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm rematch imminent

    Dana White is spending the day at ESPN in Bristol, CT and has made two announcements thus far.

    The first is that he said a Holly Holm vs. Ronda Rousey rematch is imminent.

    “I think that if we didn’t make the rematch, me and Lorenzo should probably lose our promoters’ license,” White said on the Mike & Mike show.  “Yeah, that fight’s going too happen.  I don’t know when, but that’s the fight that will happen.”

    White also said on Sports Center that the winner of the Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor fight on 12/12 would be sharing the upcoming video game cover with Rousey, saying that he believed it was the first time in major sports that a result of a match would determine who is on the cover of the new video game.

    Holm knocked out Rousey in an historic upset in 59 seconds of the second round in the main event of UFC 193 from Melbourne, Australia on November 15th.  The show drew one of the three biggest buyrates in company history.  A properly-promoted rematch should beat that number, perhaps handily.

    Bryan Alvarez, Dave Meltzer and Filthy Tom Lawlor’s coverage of UFC 193 is available in the archives for subscribers.

  • FREE! WOL 11/19: Rousey vs. Holm buyrate notes, Sombra to WWE, TNA to POP TV, more

    Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with tons of news and notes! Dave Meltzer joins us to talk the Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm buyrate and a big underreported story in sports, then news on TNA to POP TV, La Sombra to WWE developmental, Survivor Series and so much more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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