LinusCaldwell
From The Eastside with Love
Jon Jones back
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Dante Manning
Banned
the way all these fighters are jumping on the bare knuckle wave makes me wince
Starting to think USADA accepts "donations" but its all good glad that mess is over with but he wont be able to live it down like romero for a while..
Pool_Shark
Can’t move with me in this digital space
Johny Hendricks set to return in bare knuckle fight against Brennan Ward
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Former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks may be retired from MMA, but that doesn’t mean he’s done with the fight game entirely.
Hendricks and longtime Bellator contender Brennan Ward have agreed to make their bare-knuckle boxing debuts in a 185-pound matchup at the inaugural show of the World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation (WBKFF), which takes place Nov. 9 at the Casper Events Center in Casper, Wyoming. MMA Fighting confirmed the booking Monday following an initial report by FightbookMMA.
Hendricks, 35, retired from mixed martial arts this past June. “Bigg Rigg” spent 10 years competing in the UFC and memorably started his Octagon career with 10-1 run to the welterweight title which included victories over Carlos Condit, Josh Koscheck, Jon Fitch, Martin Kampmann, and TJ Grant. In his first title opportunity, Hendricks lost a controversial split decision to Georges St-Pierre, but then rebounded to win the 170-pound strap with a Fight of the Year performance over Robbie Lawler in 2014.
Hendricks (18-8) exited the sport earlier this year following a 1-5 run that culminated with back-to-back knockout losses to Tim Boestch and Paulo Costa at 185 pounds.
He’ll now return to the ring against Ward (14-6), a one-time Bellator title contender whose momentum was recently halted by a two-fight losing skid suffered at the hands of Paul Daley and Fernando Gonzalez. Ward was scheduled to fight Andre Fialho at Bellator 207 in October, but last week pulled out of the fight and announced his retirement from MMA.
In addition to Hendricks vs. Ward, a bare-knuckle rematch between Joey Beltran and Tony Lopez is in the works for WBKFF’s debut event, WBKFF vice president Paul Tyler told MMA Fighting.
Beltran and Lopez collided in a frenetic war of attrition this past June at the debut show of Bare Knuckle FC, which MMA Fighting was able to cover behind-the-scenes.
Video of Beltran and Lopez’s classic battle can be seen below.
Johny Hendricks set to return in bare knuckle fight against Brennan Ward
Watch Hendricks miss weight
So UnThotful
Superstar
Glenn Robinson, who owned rhe blackzilians gym passed away from a heart attack
TheNatureBoy
Veteran
It takes 14 months to suspend Jones for 15 months retroactively, despite him not really being able to provide evidence, it being his 2nd offense, and apparently informing on other cases 
. MMA fukkery at its finest 
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Can't blame Lyoto for going to Bellator or DC not wanting USADA to show up at his house at 6am for testing anymore
. MMA fukkery at its finest .Can't blame Lyoto for going to Bellator or DC not wanting USADA to show up at his house at 6am for testing anymore
storyteller
Veteran
It takes 14 months to suspend Jones for 15 months retroactively, despite him not really being able to provide evidence, it being his 2nd offense, and apparently informing on other cases
Can't blame Lyoto for going to Bellator or DC not wanting USADA to show up at his house at 6am for testing anymore
Has Barnett sounded off on this? He's got to be HEATED, tainted supplement he didn't know about and how long was shelved for? Also me and @LinusCaldwell were talking about it, but who makes sense for Jones to come back against? DC is waiting on Brock, I like the Gus rematch but Jones sounds uninterested and then look at the LHW and HW rankings...I don't see anything that makes much sense.
Ya' Cousin Cleon
OG COUCH CORNER HUSTLA
all that barkingact like he wasn’t getting tossed around like a damn child with fighters smaller than him
bumping all them gums but finna be on his back all night. Better call Ben Askren for a overnight tutorial
Conor tried to get Khabib assassinated a few times
LinusCaldwell
From The Eastside with Love
Conor can’t be serious with 8 fights
TheNatureBoy
Veteran
Only LHW fight that is interesting for me is the Gus rematch. Otherwise seeing how he looks at HW.
TheNatureBoy
Veteran
From what I’ve heard he signed a terrible UFC contract, and he lost a fortune on his failed restaurant venture. I wouldn’t be shocked if he needed the money.
Mason quartermaine
Banned
Wouldnt mind seeing him derail lionheartsmith's hypetrain (if he beats no time) as a tune up tho
Mason quartermaine
Banned
Havent liked this fight since it was rumoured, i suppose it gives the title the much needed prestige its previous owner lacked however its a no win situation for jj. And once she fails here her career is going to be uriah faber post barao level irrelevent
who does valentina even have to face afterwards, was hearing chookagian say shes no 1 contender