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WATCH: Becky Lynch Doing Work For UFC

It’s a side gig. Wrestlers are in a weird place when it comes to being a celebrity. They are on television every week but that does not mean they are going to be seen as stars outside of the wrestling world. There are places where they fit in rather well though, including some other forms of athletics. This includes UFC, where a top WWE star has gotten to help things out a bit. Former Raw and SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch is featured in a new video hyping up the Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier fight at UFC 264 for BT Sports. In the video, Lynch speaks about McGregor, who is also from Ireland. Lynch has been out of action for over a year on maternity leave, giving birth to her daughter in December. She has recently been training for a return to the ring. This is pretty cool. Check out the video and Lynch at her regular job: [This post contains video, click to play] [This post contains video, click to play] [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: It’s always..

2018 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards Revealed

It’s that time of year again. The latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter contains their annual awards for the year 2018. They are based on the time frame from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 and are voted upon by the readers. Here are the various categories, along with the winners: LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) : Kenny Omega MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE: Conor McGregor MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER: Kenny Omega MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR: Daniel Cormier TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR: Young Bucks BEST ON INTERVIEWS: Daniel Bryan PROMOTION OF THE YEAR: New Japan Pro Wrestling BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW: NXT PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR: Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada, Dominion 6.9, June 9, Osaka MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR: Justin Gaethje vs. Dustin Poirier, April 14 [This post contains video, click to play] UNITED STATES/CANADA MVP: AJ Styles JAPANESE MVP: Kenny Omega MEXICO MVP: L.A. Park EUROPE MVP: Walter NON-HEAVYWEIGHT MVP: Will Osp..

Exclusive: Colby Covington Calls Conor McGregor A "Coked Up Leprechaun," Says RDA Did Steroids

Colby Covington's months of trash talk -- and in-cage success -- has paid off, and he'll have his first crack at UFC gold in June against Rafael dos Anjos. The fight, originally planned for Brazil, got moved to Chicago for UFC 225 on June 9. When asked by Fightful.com if the Conor McGregor bus attack incident and subsequent reshuffling of several shows played into it, Covington had other theories. "It had nothing to do with the McGregor incident. They wanted this moment in American history to happen on U.S. soil. The filthy animals in Brazil don't deserve it," said Covington. "If we get the steroid version of RDA, it'll probably take me until the second or third round to finish him. If we get the clean version, he's leaving on a stretcher. That's a spoiler for you." Never one to pass up an opportunity to take a shot at a big name, Covington also reacted to the issues McGregor faced in New York. "I was actually getting on a plane to New York as it happ..

Max Holloway Defends Featherweight Title Against Brian Ortega At UFC 226

A second title fight has been added to the UFC 226, as first reported by MMA Junkie as UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway defends the gold against #1 Brian Ortega. The UFC confirmed the news Saturday night at UFC Atlantic City. Holloway (19-3-0) is going to be making the second defense of his championship at the event, last defending it against Jose Aldo at UFC 218. Holloway became the undisputed featherweight champion when he defeated Aldo the first time by third round TKO at UFC 212. Holloway hasn’t suffered a defeat in almost five years, with that last loss coming against former two division champion Conor McGregor at UFC Fight Night 26. Ortega (14-0-0-1NC) has already earned six victories under the UFC banner, last defeating former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar by first round knockout at UFC 222. Ortega hasn’t had a bout go the distance in over four years and he has yet to go to a decision while competing in the UFC. Ortega is a former Resurrection Fighting Alliance..

Report: Max Holloway Defends Featherweight Title Against Brian Ortega At UFC 226

A second title fight could be added to the UFC 226 card according to MMA Junkie as UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway defends the gold against #1 Brian Ortega. Holloway (19-3-0) is going to be making the second defense of his championship at the event, last defending it against Jose Aldo at UFC 218. Holloway became the undisputed featherweight champion when he defeated Aldo the first time by third round TKO at UFC 212. Holloway hasn’t suffered a defeat in almost five years, with that last loss coming against former two division champion Conor McGregor at UFC Fight Night 26. Ortega (14-0-0-1NC) has already earned six victories under the UFC banner, last defeating former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar by first round knockout at UFC 222. Ortega hasn’t had a bout go the distance in over four years and he has yet to go to a decision while competing in the UFC. Ortega is a former Resurrection Fighting Alliance Featherweight Champion, defeating Keoni Koch to win the gold at RFA..

UFC 223 Preliminary Card Ratings Are In

This past weekend, MMA fans were treated to a circus of craziness called UFC 223, which took place from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. While the weekend may be best remembered for former UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor attacking a bus full of UFC fighters, it was also a weekend filled with some excellent bouts, four of which were part of the preliminary card that aired live on Fox Sports 1. The four fight preliminary card, with Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Felice Herrig in the featured spot, brought in 852,000 viewers. It was the featured bout between Kowalkiewicz and Herrig that brought in the most viewers, with 1,057,000 people checking out that encounter. Other fights on the preliminary card saw Devin Clark defeat Mike Rodriguez, Ashlee Evans-Smith defeat Bec Rawlings and Olivier Aubin-Mercier defeat Evan Dunham. A pre-fight show aired on Fox Sports 1 and that drew 373,000 viewers, while the post-fight show on Fox Sports 1 brought in 138,000 viewers. There were..

Joe Rogan & Jimmy Smith Blast Conor McGregor Bus Attack During UFC 223

Former UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor and a gaggle of friends attacked a bus full of UFC stars this past Thursday, allegedly trying to get their hands on UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Joe Rogan took part of the UFC 223 broadcast alongside Jon Anik and Jimmy Smith, offering the following about the bus attack by the Irishman and cohorts. “It’s crazy,” Rogan said during the broadcast. “It’s pathetic, it’s disgusting. I hate it. I hate that it happened. And I hate that it happened, caused by a guy I love. I’m a giant Conor McGregor fan, and to see him step out this badly just really, really upsets me.” The attack by the Irishman and pals lead to the cancellation of three bouts at UFC 223, including Anthony Pettis versus Michael Chiesa, Artem Lobov versus Alex Caceres and Ray Borg versus Brandon Moreno. Smith was also a part of the UFC 223 broadcast and he stated the following about the bus attack. “It’s taken something that was supposed to be about the fighter..

UFC 194 Las Vegas live results: Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor, Chris Weidman vs. Luke Rockhold

Submitted by dave on Sat, 2015-12-12 15:30Welcome to WrestlingObserver.com's live coverage of UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The biggest UFC event of 2015 is headlined by two title fights, two of the most intriguing fights of the year, and possibly the best main/co-main combination the UFC has ever put together. UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo takes on Interim UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor to unify the titles in the main event, and UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman defends against Luke Rockhold. Follow along with our live coverage beginning at 6:30 PM eastern time with preliminary action. We are looking for your thoughts on the show, so send us a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best fight and worst fight to Dave Meltzer. UFC 194 Weigh-In Results UFC 194 5 Storylines To Watch UFC 194 DFS Playbook UFC 194 Our Picks & Preview Coverage provided by Dave Meltzer PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC ..

The Taz Show Recap – NXT Analysis, Kurt Angle Documentary, Where Does Strowman Go From Here? More!

<h1>Blocks 1 & 2:</h1><p>Taz opens today’s show by speaking about the second of four straight press conferences, promoting the upcoming boxing match between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather. He calls these press conferences riveting entertainment, but if they continue to do the exact same thing it’s going to get old rather quickly. He believes that these two are going to have to get physical at the last press conference, just to give the fans something to hold onto as they build towards the fight in August.</p><p>A listener calls into the show and says that he wishes WWE would just turn Roman Reigns heel, and he believes that even Reigns wants to turn heel at this point. Taz agrees with the caller, and says that for the longest time he thought Reigns was determined to get over as a babyface, but as of late it sure seems like Reigns has embraced the heel overtones of his character.</p><p></p><p>Taz wonders if we’ve seen the last of <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/braun-strowman" title="Braun Strowman">Braun Strowman</a></strong> vs. Roman Reigns, because if WWE wanted to keep Strowman off television for a while they wouldn’t have shown him walking out of ambulance at Great Balls of Fire. The caller says that he has heard rumours that WWE if preparing for a Fatal 4-way match at SummerSlam for Universal Title between Strowman, Reigns, <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/samoa-joe" title="Samoa Joe">Samoa Joe</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/brock-lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></strong>. Taz says he’ll be surprised if that happens.</p><p>Taz expects we’ll see Strowman back on RAW by next Monday, and then we should get some answers as to where WWE is heading with him creatively moving forward.</p>

Becky Lynch Has Words for UFC Fighter Cris Cyborg

<p>As previously noted, <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/triple-h" title="Triple H">Triple H</a></strong> sent out an <a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/2017/07/12/triple-h-invites-conor-mcgregor-floyd-mayweather-raw/">invitation to Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor</a> to add RAW to their promotional tour dates ahead of their boxing match on August 26.</p><p>Apparently fellow UFC Fighter Cris Cyborg <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/wants/" title="wants">wants</a></strong> in on that action as well and sent a tweet to Triple H telling him not to let <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/becky-lynch" title="Becky Lynch">Becky Lynch</a></strong> near her. She also commented on how Ireland can’t handle another star losing this summer.</p><p>Becky Lynch wasn’t going to let Cyborg’s remarks slide and mentioned how Cyborg needs to be sure Dana White would let her.</p>

Triple H Invites Mayweather & McGregor to RAW

<p><strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/triple-h" title="Triple H">Triple H</a></strong> recently spoke with <a href="http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/wwe/10921254/exclusive-interview-with-triple-h" target="new">Sky Sports</a>. Here are some highlights from the interview.</p><p><strong>The announcement of Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor in a boxing match</strong>: “I think that is the – look I’ll go a step further and say all sports is entertainment, the news is entertainment today, it’s just the way of the world. This is what people do with their time. It’s no different. I think there is an interest level there. Can a world class boxer, probably the best ever, can he stand in the ring with an MMA guy and can that MMA guy bring his striking skills up to the level of someone, like say, a Floyd Mayweather? The one thing it will be, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is entertaining. One thing Floyd Mayweather is, is entertaining. One thing Conor McGregor is, is entertaining, and it’s funny that you say it’s sports entertainment. I’d invite both guys, that really want to showcase what they do, I invite both guys to come to Monday Night RAW because there is no bigger platform that they can have to show the world, and tell the world, who they are and why they’re the man.”</p><p><strong>Previously Working With Mayweather</strong>: “Yeah, Floyd got involved then. I trained Floyd to step into the ring with The Big Show, which was a big highlight for me, and he did. He got it the ring at our Super Bowl, Floyd is a big fan and has a huge respect for what we do, we have stayed in touch over the years, and here he is getting thrown out of the ring by the Big Show. At the level of athlete that he’s at, for Floyd to agree to that kind of stuff was amazing for us, but you know he’s a huge fan and couldn’t have been more engaged in what we do. The Mayweather / McGregor fight, people can say what they want, but it’ll be entertaining.”</p><p><strong>Possibility of </strong><strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/doing/" title="doing">doing</a></strong> a match with boxing star Gennady Golovkin (GGG): “It would be the perfect fight, we have a little beef over the three letter thing going on, maybe. It’s funny you should – we had a date at Madison Square Garden for GGG’s last fight and we made an arrangement to <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/allow/" title="allow">allow</a></strong> GGG to have that date for his last fight – there’s a little bit of history there. I’d love to get in the ring with him and see what we can do.”</p>