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Survival. And belief. Leon Edwards' triumph in becoming a UFC world champion last weekend is about so much more than sport, so much more than the history-creating moment of being only the second …
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Three years ago, the plaudits came thick and fast for Amanda Nunes when she knocked out Cris Cyborg inside a minute for the UFC women's featherweight title. A decade as a professional fighter …
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"I don't get the recognition I deserve, but it doesn't faze me," says Michael 'Venom' Page on being asked if his elite level fighting skills and achievements get fully recognised. It is a …
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Should Conor McGregor make a highly anticipated return to the UFC octagon this summer, lightweight Michael Chandler has emerged as arguably the perfect comeback opponent. Not, however, at …
So, who is the leading featherweight on the planet right now in mixed martial arts? In retaining the UFC featherweight title in the manner he did against Chan Sung Jung, 33-year-old Alexander 'the …
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It was 2017 and, after winning two Olympic gold medals in judo back to back for the United States, Kayla Harrison became a couch potato. Depression hit. Ambition dissolved. "I sort of fell …
