With Rafael Dos Anjos pulling out of UFC 196’s superfight. Speculation is building as to who Conor McGregor will fight.
Rafael Dos Anjos has pulled out of the UFC 196 super-fight against Conor McGregor with a broken foot leaving fans disappointed. Although unavoidable given the circumstances, I have no doubt that McGregor will jump at the chance to use this against Dos Anjos in the build up for the inevitable future re-match up.
The question remains: Who will McGregor fight at UFC 196? Continue reading “Rafael Dos Anjos pulls out of UFC 196”
Spencer O’Brien takes her first gold and 15 year old Hailey Langland takes Bronze on the podium
With big names like Silje Norendal and Jamie Anderson, the 2016 Winter X Games was sure to be as big as ever. Continue reading “Women’s Slopetyle at Winter X Aspen 2016”
Munich plays host to one of the most thrilling sporting events, here’s why you should be watching!
If you haven’t seen it yet, I thoroughly recommend you take a look at Ice Cross Downhill, it is well worth a watch. It is one of the single most exciting sports I have ever seen. In a battle of bravery, six competitors race down an ice track on nothing but skates. It is utter mayhem! Continue reading “Red Bull Crashed Ice full of thrills in Munich”
With McGregor vs Dos Anjos and Holm vs Tate, could UFC 197 be one of the biggest cards ever?
After beating Jose Aldo in a record 13 seconds, there was speculation that Conor McGregor was to move up a weight class to fight at 155lbs. The smack talking fighter has gained something of a cult following, with fans intoxicated by his loud taunting, flashy style and knockout power. His move to 155lbs has now been confirmed as the story was leaked online. Continue reading “UFC 197 shaping up to be an instant classic”
Holm set to fight sooner than UFC 200, but who will be her next opponent?
The UFC has finally announced that Holly Holm’s next opponent will NOT be Ronda Rousey! The pair are set to rematch at UFC 200, which will be one of the biggest rematches in MMA history after Holm created quite the upset in not only beating Rousey, but utterly dismantling her. Continue reading “Holly Holm to fight before Rousey rematch”
The long anticipated UFC featherweight title fight between Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo made history tonight.
Conor McGregor has made UFC history tonight, defeating Jose Aldo Jr. by KO in just 13 seconds. After months of build up, smack talk and insults, the most talked about UFC match-up ever finally happened! But for all of the build up it was McGregor’s second punch which ended the fight and saw him crowned UFC featherweight champion of the world. The shocking result came as Aldo charged forward throwing a wide hook, McGregor countered with a strong cross followed by a hammer fist to the grounded former champion to end the match. Continue reading “Vegas sees green white and orange as McGregor becomes UFC featherweight champion”
The snowboarding legend Shaun White won the Dew Tour men’s super-pipe in style.
In an outcome that comes as very little surprise to viewers, the Dew Tour men’s snowboarding super-pipe has been won by Shaun White. As one of the most dominating athletes arguably in any sport, White has won all of the big snowboarding competitions and taken the sport to new levels by inventing new tricks. White has been competing on the professional scene since the age of 13, and was the first athlete to achieve a perfect score of 100.00 in a competition. The boarder has become a household name with both avid viewers of the sport and even viewers who have a fleeting interest in the Winter Olympics. White has won a winter X Games medal every year since 2002 and is the only competitor ever to win medals in both the summer and winter X games. Continue reading “Shaun White takes gold in Dew Tour snowboard superpipe”
British and Commonwealth champion boxer Anthony Joshua is now 15-0-0. Winning once again by KO.
Anthony Joshua increases his professional record to 15-0-0 with 15 wins by knockout, retaining his British and commonwealth heavyweight titles, following his victory over Dillan Whyte. Although putting up more of a fight than many predicted, Whyte was finally defeated by a big uppercut in the 7th round. And what a knockout it was, Whyte fell into the ropes appearing to be out cold! This was Anthony Joshua’s longest fight and he looked as though he dominated the score card for the first 5 rounds. Joshua is a very strong, aggressive fighter and did not disappoint; hitting Whyte with some big punches. The fight however was not always one sided and Whyte did returns some big shots and appeared to rock Joshua a couple of times. In the end, Joshua’s superior fitness and adaptability appeared to be what won him the fight. Continue reading “Joshua makes it 15 KOs in 15”
Gasser was a cut above the rest in the Dew Tour’s Women’s slopestyle competition.
The 2015/16 snowboard season has begun in style with the (Mountain) Dew tour in Breckenridge Colorado. Kicking things off was the Women’s slopestyle competition, with a final six comprising of; Spencer O’Brien, Hailey Langland, Anna Gasser, Cheryl Maas, Katie Ormerod, Klaudia Medlova and Anna Gasser. The roster for the final was strong, with all competitors putting in strong performances and no competitor achieving a score lower than 73.60. The top three justified their places on the podium, achieving scores greater than 85, however Anna Gasser was a cut above the rest with a mighty score of 91.20. The 24 year old Austrian won her first ever major competition putting on a master class in spinning tricks, stomping a frontside 540 , a cab 540, a switchback 180 and a frontside 720 to finish her strong run a full 4.80 points ahead of Spencer O’Brien in second. Hailey Langland who finished top in the semi-finals with a score of 93.60 finished in third.
Continue reading “Anna Gasser spins to victory in women’s slopestyle”
Tyson Fury is stripped of IBF title belt after a breach in contract allowing him a rematch with former champion Wladamir Klitschkov
In a shock result, Tyson Fury beat heavyweight boxing champion Wladamir Klitschko winning the IBF, WBO, WBF heavyweight and WBA super heavyweight world titles. Fury won the match on a judge’s decision, beating the former champion: 116-111, 115-112 and 115-112. The newly crowned champion is now 25 wins for 0 losses with 18 wins by knockout. Continue reading “Tyson Fury stripped of IBF title”
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