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Dana White: UFC to release Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino from contract

LAS VEGAS (UPI) -- UFC president Dana White is ending the relationship between the company and former featherweight champion Cris "Cyborg" Justino. In an interview posted Friday on the UFC's YouTube channel, White said the promotion is "out of the Cyborg business" and will release Justino from her contract without offering her a new deal or matching any outside offers. "I'm going to release her from her contract and I will not match any offers," White said. "She is free […]

todayAugust 2, 2019 4

Conor McGregor mixed martial arts

Entertainment

UFC star McGregor says he’s retiring from MMA

LAS VEGAS (UPI) -- UFC athlete Conor McGregor announced Tuesday he is retiring from mixed martial arts and will not fight at a planned event in July. "Hey guys quick announcement, I've decided to retire from the sport formally known as 'Mixed Martial Art' today," McGregor wrote in a tweet early Tuesday. "I wish all my old colleagues well going forward in competition. I now join my former partners on this venture, already in retirement." The timing is curious because […]

todayMarch 28, 2019 1

Entertainment

McGregor submitted to be included in UFC 222 vs. Frankie Edgar

LAS VEGAS (UPI) -- Conor McGregor says he put his name in for UFC 222, but was told there "wasn't enough time to generate the money that the UFC would need." McGregor, 29, is 21-3 in his UFC career. He hasn't had an MMA fight since Nov. 12, 2016 when he beat Eddie Alvarez by TKO. "I am fighting again. Period," McGregor posted Thursday on Instagram. "I am the best at this." "I put my name forward to step in at UFC […]

todayFebruary 23, 2018 1

Business & Lifestyle

Former UFC star Ronda Rousey reportedly close to finalizing wrestling contract with WWE

VENICE, Calif./STAMFORD, Conn. (UPI) -- Former UFC star Ronda Rousey was once at the top of the sport, but now she is turning her efforts toward World Wresting Entertainment. Two sources close to Rousey told USA Today that she is "finalizing details" for a move to WWE. Her move has not yet been officially announced. Rousey hasn't fought since her 2016 loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207. She suffered her first loss from a knockout in 2015 from Holly Holm. The 30-year-old has not officially […]

todayDecember 7, 2017 4

Business & Lifestyle

UFC Hall of Famer & Former Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes Airlifted To HSHS St. John’s Hospital After Morning Accident With Train

RAYMOND/SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A UFC Hall of Famer and former UFC Welterweight Champion was airlifted to HSHS St. John's Hospital in Springfield following an accident that involved his vehicle's collision with a train Friday morning near Raymond. According to a press release from the Illinois State Police, 43-year-old Matt Hughes of Hillsboro drove his pickup truck eastbound on Beelers Trail across a railroad grade "directly in front of a train" and was struck on the passenger side of the […]

todayJune 16, 2017 8

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