Tag: UFC

  • Litecoin Takes to the UFC Octagon in New Sponsorship Deal

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    The Litecoin Foundation has partnered with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), one of the leading mixed martial arts organizations, in a deal to promote the cryptocurrency. The deal will see the litecoin logo displayed on the octagonal fighting canvas at an upcoming event called UFC 232 – a rematch between former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon […]

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  • Conor McGregor & Khabib Nurmagomedov’s bans extended after brawl following UFC fight

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    The bans issued to Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov have been extended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission until an investigation into the brawl that followed their UFC lightweight world title fight is completed. Following his victory on 7 October, Nurmagomedov jumped the octagon fence and started fighting his rival’s team. McGregor then fought with […]

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  • Conor McGregor — victim of an American Dream that takes far more than it gives

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    A global icon for whom the only constraint is none whatsoever, who wears his vulgarity, bombast and disregard for humility as a badge of honour, what does MMA star and currently Ireland’s most famous son represent if not the moral void in which sits the values of an American Dream that stand as a grotesque […]

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  • Conor McGregor is heading for pro-wrestling

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    Is it time for the Dublin UFC champ to join the ranks of WWE following in the footsteps of Ronda Rousey and Vince McMahon? Conor McGregor “is destined for pro wrestling, which is the only place his outrageous marketing shtick will survive,” USA Today writer Josh Peter has predicted. After his crushing defeat “Conor McGregor […]

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