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Global Fight League (GFL) is dedicated to booking the match ups fans want to see.
Or, at least, the ones they think fans want to see? Earlier on Friday, the upstart promotion announced another match up featuring a decorated former UFC fighter in Tony Ferguson. Per the GFL, Ferguson will face controversial ex-Bellator fighter and Logan Paul opponent Dillon Danis, who still remains just 2-0 in his professional career. Apparently, that’s enough to qualify him for legend status, and GFL claims that match up was highly demanded.
The immediate reactions aren’t so positive despite the alleged desire from the fighting community. UFC Lightweight Terrance McKinney, for example, quickly responded that “Nobody asked for this.”
Take a gander at more of the responses on social media below:
“This one hurts”
“Quite possibly the worst poster ive ever seen”
“Dillon’s going to make 165? He’s fighting at 185 on March 29.”
“Dillion Danis is a country mile far from anything legendary positive”
“Wait Tony can actually win this”
“I’ll believe it when I see Danis in the cage. This dude’s flakier than a whole box of corn flakes.”
“Bumfights are making a comeback?”
For those who don’t remember, Ferguson was once one of the best Lightweights around, a genuine rival to Khabib Nurmagomedov and owner of one of the best 155-pound win streaks in UFC history. Alas, “El Cucuy” began to fall apart after a five-round shellacking at the hands of Justin Gaethje. As soon as his win streak ended, Ferguson began the longest losing streak in UFC history.
Maybe he rebounds in GFL? There’s still no debut date for the controversial legends promotion, but theoretically it should happen at some point in Q2 2025.
Insomnia
Is it not time to give Montel Jackson a high-profile fight? Guy has won five in a row in consistently impressive fashion.
Yuki Yoza has perhaps the coolest close quarters punch-and-kick combinations I’ve ever seen.
I’ll confess that seeing several of my friends in their early-to-mid 20s “live the dream” of getting signed to the UFC via Contenders Series and then end up released with little to show for it within a few years was rather demoralizing. A tough industry has gotten tougher …
Since 2017, a total of 268 athletes have been signed by the UFC via DWCS, and among them, 95 athletes have been cut.
Of these 95, 62 athletes (~65%) were cut after 4 matches or less, while 33 athletes (~34%) were cut after 5 or more matches.
Detailed breakdown below. pic.twitter.com/PaR9xhUjCE
— Al Zullino (@phre) February 28, 2025
It can be easy to accidentally be disrespectful of a cutting fighter. Ilia Topuria was ready to throw it all away!
#ApexSlopStats
The UFC roster bloodletting continues …
❌ Fighter removed: Roosevelt Roberts
— UFC Roster Tracker (@RosterTracker) February 28, 2025
If you weren’t around back in 2013 or so, there was a brief period where old man Vitor Belfort was the scariest fighter alive. He will ALWAYS be the face of TRT to those who remember!
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Karate Combat and spinning backfists are a match made in heaven.
Ex-UFC Welterweight Dwight Grant falls victim to the parry across the body-left hook counter shot.
Fatigued and on the fence is another bad spot to be … note the standing hammerfist!
Random Land
Biblical.
Midnight Music: Hip-hop, 2024
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