Jake Hughes, Author at Fighters Only

Khabib still holding out for GSP fight – but after Ferguson

By Jake Hughes|2019-11-20T23:36:06+00:00November 20th, 2019|Latest News|

Khabib Nurmagomedov has made it no secret that he would like to fight the retired Georges St. Pierre even if he fighting Tony Ferguson next.

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Ben Askren officially retires from MMA competition

By Jake Hughes|2019-11-20T23:02:09+00:00November 18th, 2019|Latest News|

Former Bellator and One Championship welterweight champion Ben Askren has announced his retirement from mixed martial arts competition.

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UFC Sao Paulo recap: Jan Blachowicz vs. Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza

By Jake Hughes|2019-11-17T06:02:18+00:00November 17th, 2019|Latest News|

Read what went down in the main and co-main events as Jan Blachowicz took on Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza in the night's main events in Sao Paulo. Brazil.

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Jorge Masvidal: Conor McGregor doesn’t want to fight me

By Jake Hughes|2019-11-13T21:27:17+00:00November 13th, 2019|Latest News|

Jorge Masvidal's phenomenal 2019 was capped off by winning the BMF title against Nate Diaz and now thinks Conor McGregor doesn't want to fight him.

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Kamaru Usman isn’t impressed by Jorge Masvidal’s resurrection in 2019

By Jake Hughes|2019-11-12T20:54:49+00:00November 12th, 2019|Latest News|

Jorge Masvidal has become one of the biggest names in MMA in 2019 thanks to three spectacular wins, but UFC champion Kamaru Usman isn't impressed.

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UFC 244: Jorge Masvidal is officially the UFC’s BMF

By Jake Hughes|2019-11-03T07:47:28+00:00November 3rd, 2019|Latest News|

Read what went down at UFC 244 as Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz vied for the BMF belt, while Darren Till made his middleweight debut against Kelvin Gastelum.

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Emil “Valhalla” Meek is on the UFC comeback trail and wants to do battle

By Jake Hughes|2019-10-31T19:41:35+00:00October 31st, 2019|Interviews|

Emil Meek has had a string of injury issues which has limited his cage time since 2018. He's now eyeing up a return and would like a war to welcome him back.

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Forget the $1m prize, Douglas Lima showed he is one of the best welterweights fighting today

By Jake Hughes|2019-10-28T15:32:37+00:00October 28th, 2019|Features|

Douglas Lima has looked near-perfect in each welterweight grand prix fight since losing his belt to Rory MacDonald. Now, he is champion and $1million richer.

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Bellator 232: Rory MacDonald vs. Douglas Lima 2 preview – brought to you by Perfect Sports

By Jake Hughes|2019-10-24T22:15:52+00:00October 24th, 2019|Home, Latest News|

Rory MacDonald will defend his Bellator welterweight title against Douglas Lima in a hotly anticpated rematch at Bellator 232. Here's why you should tune in.

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