MMA News and Articles by Jacob Debets - Page 12

Nadia Kassem Eyes Matchup with Paige VanZant After Facing Montana De La Rosa at UFC 234 Nadia Kassem spoke with Sherdog’s Jacob Debets about her 14-month absence from the octagon, what a win over Montana De La Rosa would do for...

Jacob Debets

Feb 07, 2019

Flyweight Kai Kara-France Wants to Put On Exciting UFC 234 Performance ‘For My Division’ Barely two months ago, Auckland’s Kai Kara-France stormed into UFC Fight Night 142 and won a “Fight of the Night”-worthy decision over Elias Garcia, pocketing $50,000 before jumping right back into camp for...

Jacob Debets

Feb 07, 2019

Michael Chiesa Targeting May-June Return, Picking Woodley to Retain Title at UFC 235 Sherdog’s Jacob Debets spoke with welterweight contender Michael Chiesa at the UFC 234 media day about his successful move up to welterweight, his prediction for the Tyron Woodley-...

Jacob Debets

Feb 07, 2019

Thomas Q Jones: Football, Fighting & ‘A Violent Man’ Former NFL player and actor Thomas Q Jones talks with Jacob Debets about his new MMA-themed film “A Violent Man,” working with Chuck Liddell and...

Jacob Debets

Feb 07, 2019

John Lewis: Fighting, Film and the Fertittas Jacob Debets spoke with the MMA pioneer about his fighting career in the late 1990s, his role in introducing the Fertitta brothers to MMA, his...

Jacob Debets

Feb 06, 2019

Dan Kelly: The Swan Song That Wasn't Sherdog’s Jacob Debets spoke with former Olympic judoka and 10-fight UFC veteran Dan Kelly, who confirmed he’s retired from MMA and weighed...

Jacob Debets

Feb 01, 2019

Ben Nguyen: The Best Is Yet To Come Jacob Debets sat down with flyweight Ben Nguyen to talk about his release from the UFC, watching Rizin FF's New Year's Eve spectacle from the bleachers and chasing down fights with Demetrious Johnson and...

Jacob Debets

Jan 24, 2019

Protector of the Realm or Soldier of Fortune? Henry Cejudo Can Only Pick One “The Messenger” can be the guy who saves the flyweights, or he can be the guy who chases a second Ultimate Fighting Championship title. He...

Jacob Debets

Jan 23, 2019

Catching up with the King Jacob Debets talked with Australian MMA pioneer Elvis Sinosic about his early career, the ascendancy of oceanic fighters in the UFC, the...

Jacob Debets

Jan 22, 2019

Counterpunch: What’s at Stake When Dillashaw, Cejudo Clash on ESPN+? Jacob Debets breaks down the more intriguing storylines heading into the UFC’s first event of its partnership with ESPN, including the fate of the flyweight division and...

Jacob Debets

Jan 18, 2019