UFC women’s strawweight fighter Tecia Torres announced in a video she posted on Twitter that she has signed her first commercial deal with a Toyota dealership.
Here is her video of her announcement she posted on Twitter:
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Ronda Rousey Slated To Return In November
UFC President Dana White recently had an interview with BigboyTv where he discussed the future of former Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey.
He said Rousey will probably be making her return to the octagon in November of this year. If Rousey does indeed return in November it’ll be one year after her devastating loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193
White also went on to say that whoever wins at UFC 196 their next title defense will be against a returning Rousey. Whether that’ll be Holly Holm or Miesha Tate remains to be unseen.
Regardless who wins at UFC 196 it’ll be a rematch for Rousey and that alone is the making of an anticipated fight.
It’s official: Jedrzejczyk and Gadelha to coach TUF23
The Ultimate Fighter Team Joanna vs. Team Claudia will kick-off on FS1 on Wednesday, April 20 with a two-hour season premiere airing at 10 p.m. ET as 32 competitors fight for one of 16 slots – eight in each weight class – available to be coached by two of the sport’s best. The season will continue with 11 one-hour shows Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET. The series is the highest rated and most watched original program since the network’s inception in August 2013.
Poland’s first UFC champion, Jedrzejczyk (11-0, fighting out of Olsztyn, Poland) stormed onto the scene in 2014 with her first Octagon appearance. Since then, she’s gone on to win five straight, won the strawweight title, cemented her place on the top pound-for-pound list and is widely considered as one of the best strikers in the sport. She’ll now lend her expertise to the next generation of athletes who hope to follow in her footsteps and one day wear UFC gold themselves.
Gadelha (13-1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) trains at the renowned Nova Uniao gym, home to former champions Jose Aldo & Renan Barao. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist hopes to get another crack at current strawweight champion, Jedrzejczyk, who provided Gadelha with the only blemish on her record – a three-round split decision loss in late 2014. Their contrasting styles should provide for an entertaining season between the two teams. The Brazilian’s comfort zone is on the canvas and will provide a stark contrast to the Pole’s highly skilled striking attack brings a completely different skillset to the show.
The series culminates on live on FS1 Friday, July 8 in Las Vegas as part of International Fight Week and will be headlined by Jedrzejczyk and Gadelha in a championship
Source: UFC.com
Dana White Made Announcement On Holly Holm’s Next Fight
On last night’s episode of UFC Tonight, UFC President Dana White announced that UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm will compete again before her rematch with Ronda Rousey. He didn’t name an opponent for Holm, but it’s been speculated that she’ll fight Miesha Tate sometime this Spring.
Ronda Rousey To Host SNL
Ronda Rousey will make her debut as host of Saturday Night Live on January 23 with musical guest Selena Gomez.
This is sure to be Rousey’s first major television appearance since her crushing defeat to Holly Holm on November 14, 2015 at UFC 193.
Source: Deadline
UFC 195: Lawler VS Condit 1/2/16
UFC 195: Lawler VS Condit Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Main Card PPV 10PM ET
Welterweight Title Fight: (C) Robbie Lawler VS #4 Carlos Condit
Miocic VS Arlovski
Larkin VS Tumenov
Brandao VS Ortega
Trujillo VS Sims
FS1 Prelims 8PM ET
McDonald VS Kanehara
Noke VS Morono
Kish VS Ansaroff
Holtzman VS Dober
UFC Fight Pass Early Prelims 6:30PM ET
Poirier VS Duffy
Soto VS Tanaka
Westcott VS Garcia
For more information on the event visit http://www.ufc.com
Claudia Gadelha next in line for strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk
During last nights post fight press conference for UFC Fight night 80 president Dana White confirmed that Claudia Gadelha would be the next Challanger for undefeated Strawweight Champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
With the Strawweight division just one year young this fight has been an anticipated rematch amongst the majority of fight fans.
In their first fight back in December of last year many believed that Gadelha won the fight while others believed it was a draw. Further more Gadelha’s only career loss was at the hands of Jedrzejczyk.
The rematch was originally set for UFC193 but due to a thumb injury Gadelha was unable to complete and was replaced by Valerie Letourneau.
It would now seem Gadelha is cleared and ready to go but Jedrzejczyk is on a 6 month medical suspension after suffering a hand injury in her last title defense.
There is no exact timeline as to when this fight will take place but we here at WNB would put our money on UFC 200 during international fight week in July. Another title shot pegged for that monumental event is the rematch between Bantamweight champ Holly Holm and Ronda Rousey, so it’s possible that two women’s bouts could be headlining the card once more.
One things for sure whenever Gadelha vs Jedrzejczyk happens it’ll be one for the ages.
UFC 194: Aldo VS McGregor 12/12/15
UFC 194 – Sat. Dec. 12, 2015 – Las Vegas, Nevada
Main Card PPV – 10 PM ET
Featherweight Title Fight: (C) Jose Aldo VS (IC) #1 Conor McGregor
Middleweight Title Fight: (C) Chris Weidman VS #1 Luke Rockhold
Middleweight: #2 Ronaldo Souza VS #3 Yoel Romero
Welterweight: #6 Demian Maia VS #12 Gunnar Nelson
Featherweight: #5 Max Holloway VS #8 Jeremy Stephens
FS1 Prelims – 8 PM ET
Bantamweight: #4 Urijah Faber VS #13 Frankie Saenz
Women’s Strawweight: #5 Tecia Torres VS Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger
Warlley Alves VS Colby Covington
Lightweight: Santos VS Lee
UFC Fight Pass Early Prelims – 6:30 PM ET
Proctor VS Mustafaev
Makdessi VS Medeiros
McGee VS Alexandre
Holm VS Rousey Rematch Set For UFC 200 On 7/9/16
UFC President Dana White says UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm’s next fight will be against former champion Ronda Rousey. White said that UFC 200 on July 9 has been cleared as the date for the rematch.
Holm’s manager and promoter Lenny Fesquez was wanting Holm’s next fight to be against Meisha Tate in February or march. He doesn’t think Rousey will be ready for a July fight. White says he’s been in constant contact with Rousey and he believes she will be ready for the rematch.
Rousey was placed on a six-month medical suspension after her loss to Holm, with the stipulation that she pass a CT scan to be cleared for her next fight. It’s not known if she’s been cleared yet.
Source: Fox Sports
Ronda Rousey breaks her silence
Yesterday on ESPN.com an interview with former battemweight champion Ronda Rousey was released. The interview was conducted by Romana Shelburne and it will also be available in the latest issue of ESPN Magazine on newsstands today.
This is the fist public interview since Rousey’s devistating TKO lost against Holy Holm at UFC193 and luckily we’ve got the answers we’ve been waiting for.
Is Rousey done? No. Rousey said “I have to come back I have to beat this chick: I don’t know if I’m going to get my teeth knocked loose or break my jaw or split my lip open again I don’t care I have to fu****** do it”
But how long will it be before we see The Rowdy one back in the cage? That remains unknown but she went on record saying “it’ll probably take 3-6 months before I can eat an apple again let alone take contact” in the interview the former champion also admitted to being “really fu***** sad about the loss. She stated that early into the first round Holm landed a hammer fist that left her loopy and she never fully recovered. Rousey said after the round was over she didn’t even wait for her corner to give her the bucket and she just spat the blood on the floor.
She continued by saying “that fight was a really poor representation of myself, I feel really embarrassed I wasn’t even Fu***** there” when asked about the backlash she’s been receiving she said she hasn’t even turned on her phone but could guess that “people are saying I’m a failure and I got what I deserved”
So what’s next for Ronda Rousey? Here is what she had to say: “I guess it’s all going to be determined by what happens in the rematch,” “Everything is going to be determined by that. Either I’ll win and keep going or I won’t and I’ll be done with everything.”
You can check out the full interview here http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/espnwrousey/in-exclusive-interview-ronda-rousey-says-not-losing-holly-holm
so there you have it folks. This interview cleared up a lot of things but also left things hanging in the balance. I guess one fact remains: only time will tell
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