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Rousey: It would be difficult to have MMA in Olympics

Fightland sits down with Ronda Rousey to discuss her upcoming fight to defend her UFC title, fame, and why she thinks of the Olympics as a “bubble-wrapped pageant.”

UFC 170 prefight press con: Cormier shoves Cummins

Headliners Ronda Rousey and Sara McMann faced off and answered questions, but sparks flew when Daniel Cormier and Patrick Cummins faced off.

Crazy new Russian obstacle course show with MMA to debut on AXS TV

‘The Arena’ includes five different obstacles that present a realistic, urban-style of combat. Fighters look to score points through striking, grappling and controlling the obstacles.

Chris PalmquistFeb 208 min read

Jessica Eye details circumstances around positive marijuana test

In a letter to the TDLR Jessica Eye details an evening during which her father smoked marijuana near her and then attacked her, leading to the positive test.

Cummins: I have no money to bet on myself

Patrick Cummins: “Someone told me the odds were pretty crazy…“I would love to (bet on me). I just don’t have any money.”

Chris PalmquistFeb 205 min read

Fertitta and White respond to Quarry remarks

“You come to work every day and you kind of feel beaten down because it’s something new every day,” said Lorenzo Fertitta of the litany of complaints the past weeks.

McMann on Rousey: Don’t hate

“I think people are getting way, way, way too worked up about Ronda Rousey’s personality,” said Sara McMann. “It’s so blown out of proportion.”

Feb 202 min read

MacDonald looking to have title in 2014

Rory MacDonald: “Now, it has me looking in the direction of the title…I’m really looking and motivated to have that belt around my waist this year.”

The ways Ronda Rousey aspires to be like Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

“He is someone I aspire to be very much like in a business sense,” said Ronda Rousey ahead of her fight Sat with Sara McCann. “And I try to take every lesson that I can.”

Cormier’s light-heavyweight debut almost spoiled by Popeye’s Chicken

Daniel Cormier: “The only thing that can make a Louisiana boy feel better is Popeyes. So I freaked out the next day. It was bad, it was horrible.”

McMann: Not tapping is foolishness, instead I won’t get there

“There’s toughness and then there’s foolishness,” said Sara McMann. “The object is not to get there, that’s how you win. I don’t want to just not lose.”

Feb 202 min read

Will UFC 170 put MMA on the path to main stream?

Yahoo’s Kevin Iole argues that UFC 170, featuring three former Olympians might be a good push in the direction of main stream status for mixed martial arts.