Combat Sports Report

UFC 216  is nine days away, but two fighters looked ready to go during Thursday’s media lunch in Los Angeles. UFC lightweight contender  Tony Ferguson  and former heavyweight champion  Fabricio Werdum  sat down to talk to the media in Los Angeles, and “El Cucuy” didn’t like when “Vai Cavalo” started to talk to a reporter while he was answering a question. “Hold on, I’m talking, brother,” Ferguson told Werdum. Werdum immediately fired back, saying"f*ck you” several times in Portuguese, and that ignited a back and forth in Spanish. “When I’m talking you shut your mouth,” Ferguson replied. “Shut your mouth, you f*cking f****t,” Werdum responded. "Don’t talk to me like that, that’s not how it works. You can talk like that to your division but with me you can’t talk like that f****t.” Both fighters had to be separated by UFC PR man Chris Costello, and Werdum left the media lunch. “Have fun fighting on my undercard,” Ferguson said as the Brazilian wa...

NJPW BRINGING BACK YOUNG LION'S CUP From:   Bryan Rose After being dormant for over 12 years, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced last night that the Young Lion’s Cup tournament would be making a return on their Lion’s Gate Project events. It will be called the Kotetsu Yamamoto Memorial 11th Young Lion Cup tournament, in honor of Yamamoto who was a longtime trainer in the New Japan Dojo after retiring from active competition in 1980. The format this time around will be round-robin style, taking place on more than one show with six young lions vying for the cup. They are: Tomoyuki Oka, 26, a former amateur wrestling champion Katsuya Kitamura, 31, another former amateur wrestling champion whose career in that field was cut short after testing positive for steroids in 2011  Hirai Kawato, 20, who has trained in MMA and joined NJPW right out of high school, making him one of the youngest wrestlers on the roster Ren Narita, 20, who is actually a few months young...

So much can be said about Bobby Heenan, but the first thing we must say is rest in peace. Raymond Louis Heenan  (November 1, 1944 – September 17, 2017), better known as  Bobby "The Brain" Heenan , was an American former  professional wrestling   manager , wrestler and  color commentator , best known for his time with the  American Wrestling Association  (AWA), the  World Wrestling Federation  (WWF) and  World Championship Wrestling  (WCW). He was known for his skill in drawing  heel heat  for himself and his wrestlers, and for his on-screen repartee with  Gorilla Monsoon  as a  color commentator . He was inducted into the  WWE Hall of Fame  in 2004, by  Blackjack Lanza . Heenan was born in Chicago on November 1, 1943. [1]  Always a fan of wrestling growing up in  Chicago  and  Indianapolis , he started in the wrestling profession early on, carrying bags and jackets f...

Courtesy of Sean Reuter of SB Nation   Adam Cole, Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly’s NXT stable gets a name! They’re been causing trouble since  TakeOver: Brooklyn III  and look to be involved in two separate NXT title programs. Now, Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish have a stable name - possibly two! - and some merchandise. Meet The Undisputed Era. Mmm... okay. Doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, and seems like it might be giving away the result of their feuds with Drew McIntyre and SAnitY before they even start, as having a stable with “undisputed” in their name that can’t win belts would be a bad look. I could get used to it, though. Let me know what you think of the name in the comments below!

Jon Jones ‘B’ sample comes back positive for steroid Jon Jones ’ drug-test failure has been officially confirmed. The ‘B’ sample taken from Jones in an in-competition collection July 28 in relation to  UFC 214  came back positive Tuesday for Turinabol, the steroid Jones tested positive for in the ‘A’ sample, MMA Fighting confirmed with UFC vice president of athlete health and performance Jeff Novitzky. ESPN was the first to report  the news. A ‘B’ sample not having the same results of the ‘A’ sample is rare. “Mr. Jones’ B sample has confirmed the A sample findings,” USADA said in a statement through a spokesperson. “Importantly — as previously stated — due process should occur before drawing any conclusions about this matter.” With the ‘B’ sample confirming the positive test, Jones will now begin his adjudication process with USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner. It’s unclear how long that will take. Jones’ disciplinary hearing in front of the California S...