Waching daily Mar 31 2018

MMA Fighting reported that Ben Saunders will be replacing Bryan Barberena to fight Jake

Ellenberger on June 1st.

Ellenberger has only won 3 of his last 10 fights and his last two losses have come via

TKO and KO.

Saunders has gone 6-4 in his last 10 bouts and has also lost his two last fights via

KO and TKO.

This very well maybe a retirement fight for either veteran since both are over the age

of 33 and are outside of the top 15.

Tony Ferguson was asked at a media lunch if anything in his life has changed since winning

the interim belt he answered the question but then also delved into how he stays driven

to keep improving and continue his winning ways.

Here's what he had to say: "I've become more humble.

Instead of carrying it around and really tarnishing it.

I kept it up where my pictures at where my black belt where my coach Eddie Bravo is at,

and, I like it for a long time, and I had it in that spot and took it down from there.

I put it in it's case.

Why would I do that?

What do you guys think?

Stay hungry.

Stay Driven.

When you lose that track, when you start worrying about the shiny gold and all that stuff, I

wear, did you guys ever notice that I used to have silver glasses right?

Metaphor, second place.

I will always be second, always be second.

When people realize that, they reach that first top tier and you think that's it,

you will never get to that spot.

You will never be number 1 and that's what keeps me going.

Because, I get it.

I will never be #1 and that's in my head.

When you adopt that into your head how hungry do you get? and do you think, look it, when

people wanna go up a mountain, I bring people to these places and I have to encourage them

to get to certain spots.

When there's a spot with a hill can I go around it?

Or can I go up it?

What do you guys think?

You go up it.

Why?

Because I know it will make me stronger.

My first task that I do every single day is make my bed.

Straight up, where does that sound familiar?"

He was also asked who his dream matchup would be.

His answer was interesting but Ferguson did have more than 10 fights at welterweight and

even won TUF 13 in that weight class before ultimately moving down to the lightweight

division.

Here was his answer

"GSP.

That's what I signed up for in the beginning.

I was at 170 pounds.

155 was forced on me.

A force to move, right?

Ultimate reality is that it's not the end result.

170 pounds where I have 12 fights.

A GSP match, I mean really, he wants a money fight but he's an athlete.

We all have to pay bills, you have to pay your taxes.

Straight up, pay attention because when your not doing it your not paying attention your

going on just fighting for money fights, you forget and this thing becomes tarnished."

and finally Farah Hannoun interviewed Neil Magny ahead of his fight vs Gunnar Nelson

and asked him where he felt Gunnar is most dangerous and what his game plan for the fight

is.

Here's what he had to say.

"I feel that gunnar nelson is most dangerous on the ground.

I mean, I think he has 10 or 11 submission wins under his belt so, I won't underestimate

his ground game I feel that's where he prefers the fight to go I feel that's where he has

the most success.

But, I still can't look past the fact that he's an orthodox striker with a pretty good

karate background, so, at the end of the day it's one of those fights that's gonna

keep me on my toes and force me to take every training session throughout this training

camp seriously in order to grow across the board.

I feel that Gunnar Nelson is going to bring out the best in me.

I'm gonna have to be a better striker, better grappler, better wrestler, in order to be

successful in this fight and that's what I'm looking forward to.

I know that I can rise to that level of competition that my opponent is going to be at and it's

gonna bring out the best in me.

So, I'm looking forward to it."

He was also asked whether he would be willing to fill in and fight Darren Till or Wonderboy

if one of them pulled out since they're both fighting on the same card in Liverpool.

Here's his response: "If something happens where Darren Till

or Wonderboy has to pull out of the fight and the UFC needs me to step up and be a replacement

to headline that card, I wouldn't have hesitation whatsoever in stepping up to fight either

one of those guys even if it's as little as 12 hours notice.

So, I'm excited about it.

I mean, whether I fight Gunnar Nelson in the Co-main event or if something happens and

I have to bump up and fight either one of those guys I'm ready for it, but, at

the moment I'm 100% focused on beating Gunnar."

For more infomation >> Tony Ferguson's Dream Match Is George St. Pierre; Neil Magny Not Afraid of Darren Till or Wonderboy - Duration: 4:41.

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Its time for a little reunion!  The cast of Jersey Shore is back and more intense than ever. Its like they never left, and fans can rejoice because if our interviews hold true, they are older but not any wiser.

While not everyone ended on good terms, this time around, it was all about wiping the slate clean and getting ready for a fresh start.  Seeing Mike again was kind of like clean slate. What happened in the past happened.

Were grownups now—well kind of. Were 30 but we act like were 12. We kind of just started fresh, Nicole Snooki Polizzi shared with E! News. . Watch the video above to get all the details! .

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