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The UFC and July 2016: A historic month for all the right and wrong reasons
- Updated: August 1, 2016
If Brock Lesnar fighting in a cage against Mark Hunt doesn’t make the top five craziest moments, then you know it was an absolutely insane month. The month of July in the year 2016 will go down in UFC history for so many reasons, a few good and a lot bad.
It was the month that resulted in the most championship losses, the most main event upsets, the first openly gay champion, the most dramatic removal from a fight, the highest profile drug test failure, the largest deal in MMA history and what was supposed to be the biggest event in UFC history.
JULY 1st
Bisping vs. Henderson rumored
Undisclosed sources close to Brazilian outlet, Combate, claimed there is was a verbal agreement on the rematch between Dan Henderson and the current UFC middleweight champion, Michael Bisping. While the UFC has yet to deny these rumors and has posted media about the fight, there has been no official announcement about the fight taking place at UFC 204.
JULY 6th
Jon Jones removed from UFC 200
The most shocking news of the month took place days before UFC 200. The UFC light heavyweight title fight crowning their massive UFC 200 PPV event had been cancelled following the news that Jon Jones failed an out of competition drug test. More news about the test failure followed in the coming days.
JULY 7th
Jones addressed media
Jon Jones, who was in floods of tears at the press conference, told reporters that he didn’t know what substance he tested positive for and denied knowingly taking performance-enhancing drugs.
UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor Press Conference
In one of the weirdest and most disappointing press conferences, Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor tried to add to the hype of their rematch. Unfortunately technical issues with the microphones derailed the press conference.
Anderson Silva steps in to fight Daniel Cormier
Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva filled in for Jon Jones against Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier at UFC 200. Brazilian outlet Combate’s initially reported the news, which was denied by Dana White at first, but followed by a report by TMZ Sports later that night.
Alvarez dethrones RDA in 1st Round
After all of the drama, UFC …
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