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Dana White Refuses to Contact Jon Jones After Doping Violation
The latest news of Jon "Bones" Jones being removed from the main card of UFC 200 has come with some unforeseen consequences, for Jones that is. Since his removal from the fight on Wednesday (July 6th), many have questioned why Jones was removed, and now that the whole story is out on Jon Jones being removed from the fight for a doping violation, Jones could be in for more than he bargained for when he decided to ingest banned supplements during training for his fight with Cormier at UFC 200. Jon Jones was originally placed at the top of the main card against Daniel Cormier in a match-up that would have united the two Interim UFC Light-Heavyweight titles. Jones now has more to think about than training for a fight, he has to contend with possible sanctions imposed by the USADA, impeding his ability to fight for up to two years.
Allie Z.Published 6 years ago in Unbalanced6 MMA Fighters Who Are Just As Nerdy As You
Not often do we hear about a crossover between mixed martial mrts and nerd culture, yet recently it's become more common for people in any of the common fandoms like #popculture, #anime, #gaming or even #cosplay to become MMA fans. The draw of MMA has a lot to do with the intense nature of the sport and the massive followings that several fighters have built while MMA rose to become one of the most watched sports, surpassing Major League Baseball with over 300 Million worldwide fans.
Matthew BaileyPublished 6 years ago in UnbalancedDana White Offers McGregor Fight to Mayweather. Will It Be a Boxing or an MMA Fight?
In a recent appearance on The Herd with Colin Cowherd, Dana White made some astounding comments which could be the first step to setting up a fight between the UFC's Conor McGregor and boxing star, Floyd Mayweather.
Allie Z.Published 6 years ago in UnbalancedIs Conor McGregor the Greatest MMA Fighter of All-Time?
Four years ago, an Irishman with a dream debuted in the UFC. In that debut, he won by knockout in the first round and earned his first "Knockout of the Night" award. This man's name was Conor McGregor.
Dennis BegleyPublished 6 years ago in UnbalancedKurt Angle and AJ Styles to Work WWE TLC, But Is It the Right Move?
When a case of Viral Meningitis affects your roster, what is a company to do, right? WWE knows how this feels better than most, as they have a case of this and mumps going around the WWE RAW locker room. However, they are thankful for the brand split now more than ever. The rosters are not with each other as much as they used to be, which allows for many to be save from harm if an issue like this goes down.
Joe BurgettPublished 6 years ago in UnbalancedAn Open Letter to Myself as a Younger Wrestler
Dear Dennis, Your last year of wrestling in high school will be an interesting one to say the least. I realize looking back now that I can't change the past and so the feelings I had back then won't change simply because what I'm feeling now, but I wish to tell you this nonetheless. Your first day of practice your senior year will be hard. Not hard in the sense of a hard workout, you've been through much harder workouts at this point, but hard in the sense that you realize it's the beginning of the end. Something you've held dear, and as much as you don't want it to go, time wants to happen and we as humans are no match for time, no matter what we try to do. You won't go back after your first practice to your room and cry or whatever. It's not the time to be emotional. No, there's too much work to be done and so instead you'll go home, run and go to bed, exhausted and frustrated from cutting weight. Every day of the season will be a tough one. "Last meet with this team." "Last time I'll ever wrestle in this tournament." You'll love wrestling more than ever before because you realize more than all the previous years that it's fleeting. Yet there will also always be a sort a melancholic ring to every match. After every win, you'll be excited for a minute before thinking about how much you love this sport and get scared that it's leaving you or rather you're leaving it. Not due to your own accord, but due to time forcing the clock around. When you go into Sectionals your senior year you'll get the one seed, you'll be excited as at this point you still have only ever gotten second at a tournament before and feel that winning Sectionals would be the most amazing tournament to get your first tournament win at, sadly though, you will place 4th. Upon getting to States you won't really be that excited, just kind of content. Happy for your season to go on another week and you don't have to say goodbye so soon, but angry when you look at the top of the stand and realize that should be you. You vow to be even hungrier next week, shock the state at the tournament. At your last practice you won't be nearly as heartbroken as your first practice. Maybe it's because you're so confident in how hungry you are and your ability to shock the state or maybe you've just matured to the fact that you can't change time. The next day at States is when you'll cry. Immensely. Truth is you are close to doing something at the tournament when a badly shot takedown (while being up on points) will put you to your back. You'll leave the mat after rising your shoes above your head and putting them there. You'll cry harder than ever before shouting out "THIS WASN'T HOW MY CAREER WAS SUPPOSED TO GO OUT!" Which yes, you'll be right, you worked harder than that, but it happens. You'll be a broken man the next day looking at brackets. Just kind of hurt and mad at yourself. That day isn't the last day you'll be hurt. You'll be hurt for a while but you'll get over it. You'll have surgery on your wrist and that will hurt, but your pride will still hurt more, but eventually the pain will subside and you'll go on to choose a college and graduate and appreciate all what you had in wrestling even if it ends. Now if you want to know what's happened later on, well. You didn't wrestle your first two years of college. Life gets in the way sometimes. You'll coach though and as you'll tell the newspaper that you would love to coach one day, you're nothing if not true to your word. You love it more than anything and you seem to potentially have even more talent for it than you did the sport itself. Wrestling, though, you've decided to finally go back to it this year realizing yes, you've squandered the opportunity to continue a sport you love more than almost anything for two years, but you're not squandering that opportunity anymore. Because opportunity doesn't come around much. If there's any advice I can give you for life that I've learned these past years, it is don't squander opportunity and live in the moment and I think you're learning that just fine.
Dennis BegleyPublished 6 years ago in UnbalancedWhy Millennials Need Martial Arts
It was a normal day like any other. I was distracted, not doing my assigned schoolwork and goofing off like I always did. I didn't know today would be the day that testing my training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. This would be more important than any other test I had ever taken in a classroom.
Cody DavidPublished 6 years ago in UnbalancedDescriptive Side of You
The Leather Sphere It had been traveling as if it was on a set course passing by like an out-of-state family member visiting. The body weirdly was shaped in an oval type of look, its skin coat brown like wet dirt freshly mixed with a white rigid lace exerting down the spine with gap sizes like SpongeBob’s teeth that fingers are placed in for grip. It is stitched in to help hold and accurately place the ball. The shape looked like the head of Hey Arnold from Cartoon Network. The feel of the brown leather oval shape instrument hones like a missile chasing its target. The force could be heard coming at the rip of a whip. If you were to hear the cut of the air, it was literally too late.
isaiah cruzPublished 6 years ago in UnbalancedXFL 2020
The “XFL” is making a return? If you where born anytime after the mid-nineties like myself, you were probably left scratching your head while referencing Vince McMahon’s proposal to resurrect this pre-cell phone display of football.
Spencer MacAdamPublished 6 years ago in UnbalancedBest NFL Running Backs of All Time
Running back has become a devalued position in the modern NFL game. It's a passing league now and quarterbacks are all the rage. They are the ones who receive the most praise and have offenses designed around them as the centerpiece. However, having a game-changing running back can make all the difference and may even be more valuable than a quarterback. Only a select few NFL running backs would fall under that category but all who do were beasts and changed the sport of football. Narrowing it down was rough, but someone had to do it. So these are the runners that would even give the best defenses in NFL history broken ankles and will be remembered forever.
Jesse KinneyPublished 6 years ago in UnbalancedBrady Retirement?
Just a Girl, on the Couch, in Her Football Jersey: Monday, Brady did not attend the Optional training for the team. He was in Qatar with his family, visiting our troops, and working his Best Buddies Charity. It was optional training, and though it is rare for Brady to miss these OTAs, sometimes life does intercede.
Jenna LoganPublished 6 years ago in UnbalancedWhy I Love the CFL
I love the CFL, or the Canadian Football League, for those of you who don't know. I am, of course, Canadian and that's why I got into it, but I've tried many times and have never fully been able to get into the NFL. It's just not for me. I love football, though, and think that the CFL sometimes gets made fun of without having someone to stick up for it. So, here are some reasons why I love the CFL and why I think you should give it a try.
Matt V. UngerPublished 6 years ago in Unbalanced