UFC featherweight Brian Ortega talks about his rise in the division, gives his thoughts on UFC 222’s main event and explains why he’s in town for Super Bowl 52.
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Heidi Fang is an award-winning sports videographer for the Review-Journal, covering MMA and the Raiders primarily. A graduate of Santa Clara University, she has worked primarily in sports for 20 years. While in New York City, she worked on CBS-TV’s college sports and NFL shows. She supervised the sports newsroom at Sirius-XM satellite radio in New York City, occasionally appeared on-air for their MMA and fantasy football shows and edited highlights for all on-air sports shows prior to moving to Las Vegas to host a MMA radio show. In the 5 years spent on the show, she produced videos, wrote for and managed the website. Before landing at the Review-Journal in 2016, Heidi was an MMA reporter for FoxSports.com and freelanced for other websites. She has appeared on various national and local radio and television shows and podcasts as a MMA analyst.
Ahead of UFC 220 on Jan. 20, heavyweight title challenger Francis Ngannou said on a conference call that the reigning champion, Stipe Miocic, is merely the interim champion who is holding on to his belt for him.
With just one UFC bout on record, Emil Meek says he’s preparing harder than ever for his next opponent. The Norwegian fighter who’s nicknamed “Valhalla” will collide with Kamaru Usman at UFC Fight Night 124 in St. Louis, Missouri, on Jan 14.
UFC heavyweight Curtis Blaydes is unbeaten through his last four fights. His loss to Francis Ngannou in his promotional debut remains his only career setback.
Former UFC competitor Sarah Kaufman told reporters at UFC 219 when she headlines Invicta FC 27 on Jan. 18, she wants to remind the UFC that she’s the type of exciting fighter that they need in their bantamweight division.
UFC strawweight Michelle Waterson spoke to media at UFC 219 about suffering back-to-back losses for the first time in her career and explained what those setbacks have taught her.
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