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Chris PalmquistApr 41 min read

Mendes, Poirier, Pena, & Johnson earn $50k bonuses

Today the post-fight news conference for UFC Fight Night 63, UFC official announced the winners of four ‘Performance of the Night’ bonuses.

Iaquinta: I’m not a good fight for Masvidal

Al Iaquinta: “Everyone I talked to says [Jorge Masvidal]’s not real intelligent. He sounds pretty dumb. I’m not really taking it too serious.”

Complete results of Glory 20

Glory 20 Dubai was available via paid livestream on the UG, Friday at 1:00 p.m. ET. This stream was geoblocked in the USA, but the event aired on Spike, Friday, at 10:00 p.m. ET.

Complete results of Glory 20 Superfight Series

The Superfight Series for Glory 20 was available via paid ($9.99) livestream on the Underground, Friday at 10:30 am ET. This stream was available worldwide, but the results are now complete.

McGregor reads mean tweets from fans

Borrowing from the popular segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live, BT Sport recently had featherweight contender Conor McGregor read mean tweets from fans:

Robin’s Black Eye drinking game for UFN 63

Fight Network’s Robin Black gives us the Black Eye Drinking Game by breaking down Al Iaquinta vs. Jorge Masvidal for this Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 63.

Will Ribeiro fights on nobly, from a wheelchair

Will Ribeiro a top-10 bantamweights when in 2008 he got into a motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed on one side, but he fights on, teaching poor children.

Matt Hamill saves child in bizarre highway incident

Mat Hamill: “If she hadn’t been stopped I definitely feel like someone would’ve ran into something. The mother was on drugs and had been drinking apparently.”

Masvidal: I’m just fighting to get paid

Jorge Masvidal: “It’s no disrespect to Iaquinta; I think he’s a talented dude, and I haven’t said that about many dudes in the division – it’s just not the fight I want.”

Apr 31 min read

Julianna Pena: Everyone forgot about me

Julianna Pena: “I feel like I had so much momentum coming off of the show and so much support and then all of a sudden I got hurt and I died. Everyone forgot about me.”

Johnson: Hopefully I can run through Benson

Michael Johnson: “I definitely feel that I have a stand-up striking advantage against [Benson Henderson], and he doesn’t really use his wrestling anymore.”

Apr 31 min read

Stout: My chin isn’t what it used to be

Sam Stout: “Five years ago, I had an iron jaw. That punch (by Ross Pearson at UFC 185), I don’t even think would have even made me flinch.”