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The story of Usman’s father

In 2009, Usman’s father was raided by a swat team and taken in - he was later sentenced on 14 federal charges and jailed for 15 years But over the past seven years, almost every time UFC welterweight Kamaru Usman fought, the minimum security satellite camp turned into a full-fledged cheering section. All six televisions, which the inmates usually divided, were turned to the UFC broadcast. Just about every inmate packed himself into the television room, leaving the library, dormitory and multipurpose room empty."I honestly can't say there was anything else we looked forward to more," says Dee Ray, an inmate in 2007-13 and 2017-20. "Nothing could replace that. That was a time when everyone came together -- Black, white and Mexican -- and enjoyed the festivities. It kind of put us in the arena, so to speak. We didn't think about what we were going through during that time."From 2015 to 2019, Kamaru fought 11 times in the UFC, including his bouts on TUF. Despite going undefeated, he never made a single appearance on pay-per-view. Colby Covington, one of Kamaru's fiercest rivals, actually used that fact against him during a news conference in 2018. Covington told Kamaru to "stick to basic cable," because he wasn't popular enough for PPV events.Almost no one knew that behind the scenes, Kamaru had asked the UFC not to book him on PPV until he fought for a title and would have no choice. He knew the Seagoville prison camp wouldn't purchase a PPV for his father. Usman’s father is now released and Usman wrapped the belt around him after his KO win at UFC 261

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Bruce Lee is synonymous with Mixed Martial Arts. In addition to being a pioneer of mixed martial arts, Lee was a director, philosopher, instructor, and an actor.

Bruce Lee was born on November 27. 1940 in San Fransico, California. Lee was a key figure in taking the sport of mixed martial arts to the west. He also played a pivotal role in changing the American views towards the Asians at the time.

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The news of the death of Nurmagomedov’s father sent shock waves through the MMA world. Everyone knew how close he was to his father Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov and could sympathize with him for his loss. The entire MMA community came together to mourn the death of the legend. His rivals like Conor McGregor and Tony Ferguson brushed their differences apart and conveyed their condolences to him and his family.

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This is an important fight for Gastelum who will be looking for a win as he is currently riding on a two-fight losing streak. He last fought against Darren Till at UFC 244, which took place at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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The Nigerian Nightmare’ defended his welterweight strap for the second time extending his winning streak to 12. The champ has now defeated six of out the top 10 ranked welterweights including kingpins like Tyron Woodley, Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal. However that’s obviously not enough for the champ as he looks to push his stock a notch higher.

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Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley made his most anticipated appearance on Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s ‘The Titan Games.’ However, the match-up. However, the match-up didn’t go well for him as he was beaten by a school teacher.

After clearing the initial rounds, he faced a school teacher named Will Sutton, who hails from Trenton, New Jersey. Sutton is an agriculture teacher and JV basketball coach at Croatan High School.

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Usually, when fans talk about the biggest stars in the UFC, the #1 spot is usually reserved for the Irishmen Conor McGregor, who holds the record for headlining most PPV cards selling over a million buys.

The #2 spot, however, has been reserved for UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov for the past few years. But with Jorge Masvidal selling 1.3 Million PPV buys on six-days notice has taken his stardom to a different stratosphere.

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In a sport as predictable as MMA, a fight can fell through at any given time. From injuries, medical issues and weight cut issues to even a fighter tripping off a piece of wire as it happened to Tony Ferguson. A plethora of reasons can lead to any fight been called off at any given time. You can also add a global pandemic to that list.

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Kamaru Usman outstruck Jorge Masvidal 94-66 in terms of significant strikes. He also scored 5 of his 16 attempted takedowns and was able to pass guards twice in the fight. While Jorge Masvidal did have success early in the fight as he was able to outstrike Usman on the feet. While he was maintaining the distance, he was able to lands combinations and kicks on Usman.

But as rounds passed by, Usman started to walk Masvidal down and with his relentless pressure managed to slow him down.

However, kamaru usman was trolled for on twitter for his comments.

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There aren’t that many UFC cards where fans are blessed with three title fights in a row. These are the titles the fighters are gonna fight for the bantamweight title, featherweight title, welterweight tite.

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The world’s biggest MMA organization signed an exclusive five-year deal with Reebok in 2015.

The deal was worth $70 Million and was very controversial amongst the fans. After UFC signed with Reebok, fighters couldn’t wear shorts made by other companies and they couldn’t even have custom sponsorship for themselves. In short, the fighters were making less because of no sponsors.

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The sport of Mixed Martial Arts has been growing in India for quite some time now, Fighters from numerous parts of the country have fought in both international and local promotions. However, none of them has managed to capture an audience for themselves except Ritu Phogat.

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Steve-O however met Gamebred for a reason. The request had the ‘BMF champ’ flustered as well. Being an MMA enthusiast, Steve-O wanted Masvidal to give him the infamous ‘cauliflower ears’. Though hesitantly, Gamebred obliged his wish.

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While Conor McGregor may have retired from the sport, it hasn’t stopped him from training. The Irishmen took to Instagram and shared a video of him hitting the heavy bag.

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Max Holloway lost his UFC featherweight title last December to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 245. The 28-year old from Hawaii suffered his first loss in the featherweight division in six-years and fourteen fights.