What Happened to UFC 200?

What Happened to UFC 200?

There is so much build up for UFC 200; everyone was excited to see what the UFC had in store for us. UFC 100 is still the organizations highest selling event so one would imagine that UFC 200 would be pushing to top that record.  For some reason though, Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz 2 is the headlining fight for what could potentially be UFC’s biggest event to date.  But wait, didn’t that fight just happen? I’m pretty sure McGregor went up two weight classes to fight Diaz, who didn’t have a full camp, and got embarrassed when he lost the fight via rear-naked choke.  Now I wouldn’t mind seeing Diaz beat up on McGregor again, but I didn’t expect to see it so soon and if I’m not mistaken, doesn’t McGregor have a title he’s supposed to defend?   Speaking of the Featherweight championship, the UFC scheduled another fight for UFC 200, Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar for the Interim Featherweight Championship belt. It’s pretty interesting that there is a fight for an interim title when the Champion of that division is not only healthy and active, but is fighting on the same card. I’m really not mad at McGregor, I’m sure he’s doing what he feels is best for him.  I have grown to appreciate both the skills he has shown inside the octagon, and his comedy act outside the octagon.  I still can’t help but to feel insulted by the UFC for putting McGregor on a pedestal, above all other fans and fighters. I was excited the first time he was scheduled to fight Nate because he had just won the title and I wanted to see if he could go beyond that.  After the loss though he should go back and defend the title, it doesn’t seem right for him to just stall a division while he gets to hand pick who he fights next. It raises the question that maybe McGregor just doesn’t want to fight Frankie Edgar?  I’ve never heard Conor go off on one of his rants about Edgar before, and McGregor has something to say about everyone.  Maybe McGregor is hoping Jose Aldo takes out Frankie because Conor feels safer fighting Aldo again.  To me it seems like Edgar has a good chance at beating McGregor, if I was Conor I might try to dodge him too.I’ll only forgive the UFC for this if they make the Madison Square Garden event the greatest card in history.  There is so many great fighters from all over NY and Long Island.  I know that all the guys fighting out of Long Island MMA in Farmingdale want a piece of that card.  If we could get a card filled with the likes of Jon Jones, Chris Weidman, Ryan LaFlare, Dennis Bermudez, and Chris Wade the fans in NY would go crazy!


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Nate Diaz gets the golden ticket to fight Conor McGregor at UFC 196 | Long Island MMA

Nate Diaz gets the golden ticket to fight Conor McGregor at UFC 196

Yesterday news broke that Rafael Dos Anjos was out of the UFC 196 super-fight with Conor McGregor. There was no shortage of people who lined up to get the fight with Conor McGregor; amongst the list of the possible contenders was Long Island MMA’s Chris Wade. Unfortunately Chris Wade was not the winner of the Conor McGregor fight but instead just as Long Island MMA predicted Nate Diaz will step in for the injured Dos Anjos and challenge McGregor.

UFC president Dana White revealed late yesterday that Diaz would step in for RDA. Dana also revealed that not only will Diaz be fighting McGregor but he will be fighting him at 170lbs instead of 155lbs the weight he was going to fight RDA at.

According to the UFC’s president the fight was also offered to both former featherweight champion Jose Aldo and fan favorite Frankie Edgar who both turned it down.

Although Long Island MMA would prefer to have seen RDA vs McGregor we are excited to hear the verbal fight before the physical one on March 5^th! 

BREAKING NEWS: RDA out of UFC 196 with foot injury

Rafael dos Anjos out of UFC 196 with Conor McGregor.

The biggest MMA fight in history was set to for Saturday march 5^th in Las Vegas, Conor McGregor the UFC featherweight champion of the world was set to fight Rafael Dos Anjos the UFC’s lightweight champion. This fight was going to be the first time two current UFC champions faced off inside the octagon.

However there have been multiple reports today saying Rafael Dos Anjos is out due to a foot injury. The UFC has not made any official announcements about the fight but a broken foot will side line RDA. It is also unclear if McGregor will stay on the card, but Long Island MMA believes it is more than likely that Conor will fight on the card.

This is not the first time something like this has happened to Conor, on July 11^th 2015 Conor was set to face the Jose Aldo who held the 145lb belt, but Aldo was sidelined. The UFC offered Conor Chad Mendes an almost complete opposite stylistic match up and Conor took that fight without hesitation. So if we had to guess we would imagine Conor would fight someone at 155 on March 5^th the question is who?

UFC Fight Night: T.J. Dillashaw vs Dominick Cruz | Long Island MMA

UFC Fight Night: T.J. Dillashaw vs Dominick Cruz

UFC is heading to Boston, Massachusetts on January 17th 2016 with another exciting Fight Night card, airing exclusively on Fox Sports 1.  The headliner for this one is going to be an exciting battle for the UFC Bantamweight Championship.  T.J. Dillashaw will defend his title against former Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz, who had never actually lost the title in the first place!
Dominick Cruz was stripped of the Bantamweight Championship due to inactivity caused by repeated long-term injuries.  Upon his return, Cruz finished Takeya Mizugaki in an explosive knockout, 1:01 into the 1st round.  Cruz has defeated many great opponents and is actually the last person to defeat the Flyweight Champion Demetrious Johnson.  Dominick feels he is the rightful Champion of the division until someone can beat him inside the octagon, and Dillashaw believes he’s the man to do it!
T.J. Dillashaw’s most notable feat is when he took the title from the former champion, Renan Barao. Barao was on an undefeated win streak that lasted 9 years, at the time he was at the top of the Pound-for-Pound list.  Barao had the odds to win 20 to 1, but Dillashaw put on such an impressive and dominant performance that finished the former champion halfway through the 5th round.  Barao got his rematch a year later and Dillashaw put on an even better performance, this time finishing Barao in the 4th round.

There are some other matchups that evening that are very promising as well.  Eddie Alvarez vs. Anthony Pettis is bound to be an exciting war.  This is Pettis’s first fight since his loss to Lightweight Champion Rafael Dos Anjos, and Alverez will be riding off of his victory against Gilbert Melendez, both men trying to get there shot at the UFC Lightweight Championship.  Another match to pay attention to is Chris Wade vs. Mairbek Taisumov, both of these men are extremely explosive and have the potential to finish fights.  Chris Wade is a strong up-comer in the division fighting out of Long Island MMA in Farmingdale, New York.

The entire Fight Night Boston card is an exciting one, but make sure you really pay attention to the fights mentioned here, you will not be disappointed!