Fight-Size MMA Update: Former Champ Calls Out Lesnar, Cain Velasquez Injury Free?, Ronda Rousey, Cormier’s Next Opponent
By Fightful Staff
– The UFC have released the UFC 202: McGregor vs. Diaz II trailer, which you can check out above.
– After Flyweight Champion Demetrious Johnson’s injury, the UFC is searching for an opponent to face Wilson Reis at UFC 201.
– Daniel Cormier thinks he’ll fight the winner of Glover Teixiera vs. Anthony “Rumble” Johnson.
– Junior dos Santos called Brock Lesnar out on Twitter following Lesnar’s UFC 202 victory. The two were slated to fight at UFC 131 in 2011, but Brock Lesnar withdrew due to diverticulitis.
– Sage Northcutt said that he battled a staph infection throughout his camp while training for Enrique Marin.
– Cain Velasquez noted to media that he was injury free throughout his fight camp for UFC 200.
– Dana White is steadfast in saying that whoever the champion when Ronda Rousey returns is who she’ll face.
– White also said he never seriously considered Michael Bisping or Dan Henderson to face Daniel Cormier, because he’d already planned to book Bisping vs. Henderson II.
– UFC 200 drew 18,202 for a $10.7 million gate, both breaking UFC records in Las Vegas.
– UFC 200 was the first event that the company broadcast in full in 4K.
