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Fighters Only's Global Head of Content, Simon is a veteran sports journalist and editor who has covered MMA for more than a decade for a host of major international outlets, including BBC Sport, BT Sport, MMA Junkie/USA Today, The Sun, and the Daily Mirror.
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Francis Ngannou promises he’ll be ‘hunting that guy’s head’ ahead of Tyson Fury clash

By |2023-09-08T18:50:04+01:00September 8th, 2023|Latest News|

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is enjoying every moment as he gets set for his huge cross-codes boxing match with Tyson Fury, but he made clear he’s not showing up for a playful spar with boxing’s lineal heavyweight champion of the world.

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Tyson Fury tells Francis Ngannou he’d beat him in both boxing and MMA: ‘I would kick your ass in the cage, no problem’

By |2023-09-08T15:49:53+01:00September 8th, 2023|Latest News|

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said he's taking Francis Ngannou very seriously ahead of their heavyweight boxing clash in Saudi Arabia in October.

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Sean Strickland says he’s more than just a trash talker: ‘I run my mouth so much, I think people forget I can fight’

By |2023-09-07T12:27:41+01:00September 7th, 2023|Latest News|

Sean Strickland is turning the volume up to 11 ahead of his middleweight title tilt against Israel Adesanya at UFC 293, but he warned people not to let his noise distract them from his fighting abilities.

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Israel Adesanya says Sean Strickland will go the same way as Paulo Costa at UFC 293: ‘This is deja vu to me’

By |2023-09-08T16:10:15+01:00September 7th, 2023|Latest News|

Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland may be exchanging plenty of verbal barbs ahead of fight night at UFC 293, but when he strips everything back to the basics, the reigning UFC middleweight champion sees a very similar matchup to one that produced one of his best UFC performances.

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