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NewsGracie Breakdown: Rockhold taps Bisping (with WWE’s CM Punk)
In the latest edition of the Gracie Breakdown, brothers Rener and Ryron team up with the WWE’s CM Punk walk us through the submission.
NewsKhabib Nurmagomedov not happy about US sanctions on Russia
“To go to America and fight Russian fighters is not so nice. Because there are so many foreign fighters who can and must be beaten. Especially the Americans.”
NewsGuillard: I’m an A-list fighter in the B league
Melvin Guillard: “It was almost like a fraternity of only guys good enough to be in the UFC. It doesn’t feel like that anymore.”
NewsLineker asks for title shot, promises to make weight
John Lineker: “UFC, please, give me this opportunity. I have evolved a lot since my first fight in the UFC, and I’m 100 percent ready to fight for the title.”
NewsVelasquez: Knee injury was ‘devastating to me’
Cain Velasquez: “Like, this is where I’m destined to be, I’m destined to fight on this card, and it just didn’t turn out that way. So it was just kind of devastating to me.”
NewsAl Iaquinta was ‘pretty pissed’ at no performance bonus
Al Iaquinta: “I was pretty pissed man I think any other card, a fight like that, coming in and being the underdog, getting a win the way I got it… but, it is what it is.”
NewsRockhold: I want to knock out the top guys
Luke Rockhold was already ranked fifth in the division and the win over ninth ranked Bisping likely won’t move him up, but he’s hoping his next fight will do exactly that.
