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  • Manliest Fighter Ever: Don Frye
    2024/11/01

    #Donfrye #seanstrickland #UFC

    Don Frye is a legendary MMA pioneer, well-known for his exciting fights beginning at UFC 8. Under the tutelage of Dan Severn, Don Frye enrolled in UFC 8 in 1996, knocking out Thomas Ramirez, finishing Sam Adkins, and submitting Gary Goodridge to win the UFC 8 tournament. Don Frye then returned at UFC 9 to TKO Amaury Bitetti and UFC 10 where he TKO'd Mark Hall, and finished Brian Johnston, but unfortunately lost to Mark Coleman in the finals to lose the UFC 10 tournament. After submitting Mark Hall in UFC Japan, Don Frye returned at UFC Ultimate Ultimate 96 to finish Gary Goodridge, submitted Mark Hall and submitted Tank Abbnot to win the Ultimate Ultimate 96 tournament. Don Frye continued his win streak until 2002, defeating Eric Valdez, Gilbert Yvel, Cyril Abidi, Ken Shamrock and ultimately defeating Yoshihiro Takayama at Backstage Pride in what is considered the manliest fight ever. This was the high point of Don's career, but he continued fighting until 2011. Don's contributions to early MMA as a 2-time UFC tournament champion earned him a spot in the UFC Hall of Fame.

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  • Why Sean Strickland Derailed UFC
    2024/09/09

    Sean Strickland is one of the most controversial champions the UFC has ever had. Sean Strickland is of course most famous not only for his outspoken and unhinged personality but also because of his shockingly dominant performance at UFC 293 to defeat Israel Adesanya via unanimous decision to become the UFC middleweight champion on September 10th, 2023. Prior to this, Sean Strickland had an extensive MMA career, becoming the King of the Cage Middleweight Champion and defending his KOTC title 4 times before joining the UFC. After Sean Strickland's lackluster welterweight run in the UFC, including a loss to both Kamaru Usman and Santiago Ponzinibbio, Strickland moved up to the UFC's middleweight division, where he gathered a 6-fight win streak before getting knocked out by Alex Pereira at UFC 276 in 2022, which was unfortunately followed by a highly controversial split decision loss to Jared Cannonier in December 2022. Sean Stricklan rebounded in 2023 with 2 victories over Nassourdine Imavov and Abus Magomedov before earning his title shot to Israel Adesanya. After dethroning Adesanya, Strickland's first title defense against Dricus Du Plessis ended in a controversial Split Decision for Dricus Du Plessis. However, losing his title would not keep Sean Strickland down as Sean would rebound with a victory over Paulo Costa at UFC 302.

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  • Why Dustin Poirier Failed UFC
    2024/08/10

    Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier was one of the most respected mixed martial artists to ever compete in the UFC. His UFC record contains names of some of the most legendary lightweights and featherweights to ever compete in the sport including Max Holloway, Conor McGregor, the Korean Zombie, Eddie Alvarez, Anthony Pettis, Justin Gaethje, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Charles Oliveira, Michael Chandler, and Islam Makhachev. Dustin Poirier's crowning achievements are his decision win over Max Holloway at UFC 236 to become the interim lightweight champion, his two knockout victories over Conor McGregor at UFC 264 and UFC 257. Dustin Poirier attempted to claim the UFC BMF championship at UFC 291, but was instead knocked out by Justin Gaethje. Dustin Poirier competed for an undisputed lightweight title 3 times but never captured undisputed gold as he was submitted by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 242, submitted by Charles Oliveira at UFC 269, and Submitted by Islam Makhachev at UFC 302. Dustin Poirier may have never captured undisputed UFC gold, but his legacy lives on as one of the greatest fighters to ever compete in MMA. Fans will forever hold Poirier in high regards no matter his lack of a world title.

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  • Why Max Holloway is the Baddest man on Earth
    2024/07/06

    Visit https://DrinkLMNT.com/lionelrivera for a FREE sample pack with any LMNT drink mix purchase! You'll love it! 🛍️ Shop UFC Gear: https://amzn.to/4aMBnhJ 🎬 Videos you'll like: ✅ Why Ilia Topuria Destroys Everyone: https://youtu.be/g- ✅ Why Fighting Broke Anderson Silva: https://youtu.be/-uSCsGFLe3g ✅ Why Dricus is the Last African Champion: https://youtu.be/nORh_u8eBkk 👉 Become a Member: https://bit.ly/LionelRivera 👉 Become a Patron: https://patreon.com/lionelrivera 👉 Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lionelrivera #MaxHolloway #alexandervolkanovski #IliaTopuria

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  • Why Dricus Du Plessis is the last African Champion
    2024/06/08

    Du Plessis became UFC middleweight champion after defeating Sean Strickland at UFC 297 via unanimous decision, becoming the first South African Champion of the UFC. Dricus Du Plessis has had a storied professional MMA career, making a name for himself in Extreme Fighting Championship. Dricus debuted at EFC 21, building a strong resume of impressive submissions, especially the rear naked choke, and after Dricus Du Plessis lost to Garreth McLellan in an EFC middleweight title fight, Dricus Du Plessis went on an impressive winning streak to beat Martin Van Staden at EFC 50 for the EFC welterweight championship and on top of that, beating Yannick Bahati at EFC 62 for the EFC middleweight championship, turning Dricus into an MMA double champion at EFC. Afterward, Dricus won and lost the KSW welterweight championship, defended his EFC middleweight championship, and debuted in the UFC against Markus Perez at UFC Fight Island 5, where Dricus Du Plessis knocked out Markus Perez in October 2020. Dricus then developed his UFC win streak, knocking out Trevin Giles at UFC 264, defeating Brad Tavares at UFC 276, submitting Darren Till at UFC 282, knocking out Robert Whittaker at UFC 290, and then defeating Sean Strickland at UFC 297 to become the UFC middleweight champion. Along the way, Dricus Du Plessis developed a rivalry with former UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya regarding their African heritage.

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  • Why Everyone Feared Anderson Silva
    2024/05/18

    🎬 Videos you'll like: ✅ Why Alex Pereira Speedran UFC: https://youtu.be/dW92qYrR9Vw ✅ Why Georges St-Pierre is Better than Everyone: https://youtu.be/CvFIH0T5VJQ ✅ How Joe Rogan Made Us All UFC Fans: https://youtu.be/fqhO_ThIghQ 👉Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAupuzZQhQNlECnRFlRGg5g/join 👉 Become a Patron: https://patreon.com/lionelrivera 👉Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/lionelrivera Anderson Silva is the UFC’s most dominant middleweight champion, holding the record for the longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days. Anderson Silva was a mystifying knockout artist who after making a name for himself dominating Pride Fighting Championships, winning the Shoot middleweight championship, and winning the Cage Rage Middleweight championship, ventured to the UFC and knocked out Chris Leben in 49 seconds in his UFC debut in 2006. Anderson Silva then immediately challenged for the UFC middleweight championship against Rich Franklin and knocked him out at UFC 64 to become UFC middleweight champion. Over Anderson Silva’s next 10 consecutive title defenses, Anderson Silva decimated his competition. Anderson Silva TKO’d Travis Lutter at UFC 67, TKO’d Nate Marquardt at UFC 73, TKO’d Rich Franklin in their rematch at UFC 77, Submitted Dan Henderson at UFC 82, knocked out James Irvin, TKO’d Patrick Cote, got a decision against Thales Leites, knocked out Forrest Griffin in spectacular fashion at UFC 101, defeated Demain Main, submitted Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 in one of the greatest comebacks in UFC history, knocked out Vitor Belfort with a front kick to the face, finished Yushin Okami, finished Chael Sonnen in the rematch at UFC 148, and finished Stephan Bonnar in his final title defense. However, Anderson Silva would then go on an unprecedented losing streak by getting knocked out to Chris Weidman, breaking his leg against chris weidman at UFC 168, having a no-contest to Nick Diaz after testing positive for banned substances, and then losing to Michael Bisping, Daniel Cormier, Israel Adesanya, Jared Cannonier, Urijah Hall, and most embarrassingly, Jake Paul in a boxing match. Despite Anderson Silva’s dramatic downfall, he is a beloved UFC pioneer and UFC hall-of-famer with the longest UFC title reign and 10 consecutive title defenses, most finishes in UFC title fights, most knockouts and most knockdowns in UFC title fights, and most UFC middleweight title fight wins. Anderson Silva’s story is magnificent. This is the Anderson Silva Documentary. #AndersonSilva #UFC #ChaelSonnen

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  • Why Ilia Topuria Dominates UFC
    2024/04/06

    Ilia Topuria is the Georgian and Spanish UFC Fighter Who Became UFC Featherweight Champion by knocking out Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298. Ilia Topuria, nicknamed “El Matador,” is primed to become one of the biggest stars in UFC history, skin to Conor McGregor and Israel Adesanya. Topuria’s exciting fighting style and mixed martial arts career began in 2015 and over the next 8 MMA fights, he gathered 7 submissions and 1 knockout in professional MMA before earning his UFC debut in 2020. At UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs Sandhagen, Ilia Topuria defeated Youssef Zalal via unanimous decision. 2 months later, Ilia Topuria defeated Damon Jackson via knockout. In the performance that put Ilia Topuria on UFC fans’ radar, Topuria knocked out Ryan Hall at UFC 264. The following year, Ilia Topuria had a rocky start to his bout against Jai Herbert before knocking out Jai Herbert in round 2. In perhaps, Ilia Topuria’s 2 most impressive performances before his title shot, Topuria submitted Bryce Mitchell at UFC 282 and then absolutely dominated Josh Emmett to earn a unanimous decision and a UFC featherweight title shot against Alexander Volkanovski. As we all know, Topuria knocked out Volkanovski to begin his title reign. This is the Ilia Topuria Documentary.

    #IliaTopuria #UFC #Topuria


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  • Why Georges St-Pierre is better than everyone
    2024/03/23

    Georges St-Pierre is the GOAT of MMA and the UFC, even when compared to other greats like Jon Jones, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Anderson Silva, Demetrious Johnson and other Greats in MMA. GSP's story from losing to Matt Hughes and Matt Serra, to avenging both his losses and becoming the dominant champion of welterweight is inspiring to UFC fighters of the modern era. And even if we consider Georges St-Pierre's greatest criticisms, those being his boring wrestling, lack of finishes, and never moving up in weight, those critiques were all put to bed when GSP submitted Michael Bisping and became a UFC double champion (2-division champion) of both the UFC middleweight division and the UFC welterweight division. GSP is not only the greatest UFC welterweight, and greatest UFC fighter ever but his vulnerability and the way he carries himself as a representative of the sport makes him stand tall among the greatest UFC fighters ever. In this Georges St-Pierre Documentary, I dive into GSP's career and prove that he is the greatest UFC fighter ever over Jon Jones, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Demetrious Mighty Mouse Johnson. #gsp #georgesstpierre #ufcdocumentary

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