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An invincible perspective of the super medium weight Tommy Hyde

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Melbourne, Australia -In his 10 professional fights so far the undefeated Irish perspective of the super medium medium weight Tommy “Governor” Hyde (10-0, 7 KO), currently preparing for his fight with April 11 in Australia, decided to fight only three times in his family Ireland, because he likes to travel.

25-year-old Hyde will face Anuara Mlawa (8-2, 4 KO) from Tanzania in an octa-like fight for “SLB Fight Night”, presented by Sam Labruny in Melbourne Pavilion. Hyde fans around the world will be able to watch his fight live http://streems.com.au/.

Before flying from the hometown of Cork in Ireland to Australia, Hyde gathered 47,064 both ways in the United States: Greater Boston, and once in Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Connecticut, Redwood City, Kalifornia and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Add another 10,827 miles both ways to Cork to Melbourne and back, Hyde is really an Irish road warrior. And these almost 60,000 miles do not even include additional miles that traveled to many training camps in the United States and Great Britain.

Why fight in the middle of the world in Australia?

“I have many friends living in Australia and we knew that there was a huge Irish population,” Hyde explained. “So we decided to fight and build fans here. As an amateur, in places such as South Africa, Canada, America and Russia to mention only a few, but I never had the opportunity to fight in Australia. I am very much, for example.

Hyde competed in over 100 amateur matches. He was a 9-time national finalist, he reached the quarter-finals of World Junior Championships in 2015, he won the Hararingey Box Cup 2019 and is a 3-time gold medalist Celtic Box Cup.

“Wherever you are going in the world,” Hyde added, “you will find an Irish bar because the Irish people are everywhere. We support our own and do not matter where I am fighting, it seems to me that I receive brilliant support from local Irish people.

“I love traveling and I love to fight, so the possibility of making both during one journey is like hitting two birds with one stone. I get such a valuable fight experience around the world, and when I undertake on the world stage, I think that it made him stop well.”

Tommy’s father/manager, Gary Hyde, believes that his son’s experiences fighting all over the world will pay off in a not too distant future.

“I believe that fighting away from home will become Tommy when he fights in major fights,” said Gary. “He is not alien to great programs because he has participated in huge programs for nine years. The brighter the lights, the better it will work. He does not fight with the additional advantage of being in the main corner, which will also bring him benefits when he is in great fighting.”

Tommy Hyde is Irish Road Warrior!

About Nowheretohyde: Founded in 2007 by Gary Hyde in Cork, Ireland, nowhere offers full services for professional boxers around the world. During his career, Hyde managed numerous world -class boxers, including world champions Guillermo Rigondeaux, Youri Kalenga, Nassam N’dam and Simpiwe Vetyeaka. In addition to his son, Gary is also represented by the Dominican Republic of Poland Rohan “El Rayo” Polanco (15-0, 10 KO), WBO #10 World Welter Weight, Brandon McCarthy (4-0, 1 KO) and French lithe weighty Mickael Dalwallo (21-2, 18 Kos).

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Morning Report | Raul Rosas Jr. still aiming to be youngest UFC champion, retire by 25

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Morning Report | Raul Rosas Jr. still aiming to be youngest UFC champion, retire by 25

Raul Rosas Jr. still has the same big goals he had when he entered the UFC.

On Saturday, Rosas steps into the octagon for the eighth when he takes on Raoni Barcelos in the main event of UFC Vegas 121. It's Rosas' first UFC main event, and still only 21 years old, he believes a big win on Saturday keeps him on the right track toward making history by becoming the youngest UFC champion ever.

“Yeah, that's the goal,†Rosas told Full Send MMA. “I think right now I'm on a good path. Winning this main event, I think, puts my in a very good position to keep chasing that dream.â€

Even if Rosas does score a big win on Saturday, he's still in a race against time. “El Niño Problema†turns 22 in a couple of weeks, and Jon Jones currently holds the record for youngest UFC champion, winning the light heavyweight title at 23 years and 243 days. That gives Rosas under two years to work his way up the stacked bantamweight ladder, something he realizes is no easy feat.

“I've got to be ready for short notice fights, be willing to take risks, and this Saturday, make a big statement for sure,†Rosas said. “Not just a win, but I've got to make a statement.â€

But even if Rosas achieves his dreams and breaks Jones' record, don't expect a long title reign. Because Rosas doesn't just want to rush his way to a title, he also wants to get out of the sport quickly, too.

“Yeah, if by 25 I accomplish everything that I want to accomplish in my career, I'm just going to step back from the sport,†Rosas said. “The goal is to get the belt and then defend it a couple of times, try to challenge myself, go up a weight class, maybe two, and after I'm done, like, I run out of goals, that's when I'm just gonna quit. It could be 26, 27, 28, but I'm just saying whenever I'm done with my goals, that's when I'm gonna step out of the game.â€

Champ. Justin Gaethje thinks Ilia Topuria is too small for lightweight, says Arman Tsarukyan is ‘next in line.'

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Carlos Prates says UFC has confirmed he’s next for Islam Makhachev

So, I think most of us believe this is what’s going to happen, but speaking at Contender Series, Carlos Prates said the UFC confirmed he’s next, and he’s hoping for January.

Thoughts? Is Carlos gonna stop Islam’s run?

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Jose Aldo was actually champion at nearly 6 months younger than Jon, but since the UFC didn't officially fold the WEC into its organization until long after Zuffa acquired it, he was only the de fact UFC featherweight champion, and Jon is technically the youngest UFC champion.

I always feel its important to note that because people desperately want to forget how incredible Jose Aldo was.

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Justin Gaethjes manager says Ilia Topuria doesnt call the shots

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Justin Gaethje's manager says Ilia Topuria 'doesn't call the shots'
Justin
Gaethje's manager, Ali Abdelaziz, believes Ilia
Topuria has no say in whether an immediate rematch happens.

Topuria suffered the first loss of his professional career against
Gaethje, losing the
Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title at
UFC Freedom 250 in June. Topuria has since pushed for a
rematch. Abdelaziz, however, dismissed the possibility.

Ali Abdelaziz says Justin Gaethje has nothing to gain from an
immediate Ilia Topuria rematch

Talking with Submission Radio, Abdelaziz emphasized that Topuria
doesn't have the power to call for an immediate rematch. He further
claimed that Gaethje simply has the Georgian-Spaniard's number and
will beat him again should they run it back.

“He’s not fighting Justin Gaethje next,†Abdelaziz said. “He
doesn’t call the shots. Only one guy in the past did that and his
name is Conor
McGregor and he’s not Conor McGregor. Nobody is. He was a
favorite because everybody thought he was better than Justin. I
believe Justin Gaethje will beat him nine out of 10 times. You know
why? Justin has his number. I don’t think he can beat Justin
Gaethje. He thinks he can, and he should think he can. He was close
to beating Justin Gaethje, but he didn’t. At the end of the day,
this fight will never happen. I can tell you this: Justin Gaethje
has zero gain to beat Ilia Topuria again.â€

Abdelaziz then addressed Topuria's claim that Gaethje had something
unusual in his gloves during their fight.

“If this is what he wants to say that he had rocks in his gloves,
that’s a compliment to Justin Gaethje; how hard he punches,â€
Abdelaziz said. “I’m not going to be insulted by that, because the
Las Vegas Commission was there, the D.C. Commission was there,
Andy
Foster from California was there. He had three commissions
watching him about the gloves. But he said that (during) Arman’s
fight week to take away from Arman and Ruffy’s hype. This is what
Conor used to do, and he did a good job. He got himself in the
media.â€

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Dana White fires back at Paulo Costa over UFC fight dispute

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Dana White fires back at Paulo Costa over UFC fight dispute
Dana
White has addressed Paulo
Costa's frustration with the
Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Costa recently slammed UFC exec Hunter Campbell after he was
seemingly offered a short-notice five-round bout for the final
fight of his current contract. While the former title challenger is
open to accepting a five-rounder, he wants to be compensated
accordingly and have ample time to prepare for a 25-minute bout.
The Brazilian has even repeatedly requested his release from the
promotion.

Paulo Costa says he wants his final UFC fight as Dana White
points to offers he turned down

When asked about Costa's comments following
Week 7 of
Dana White's Contender Series, White acknowledged the fighter's
frustration but revealed that “Borrachinha†has turned down several
fights.

“Oh, yeah. [Paulo is] frustrated, yeah,†White said. “He’s been
offered fights and turned them down. We don’t just say, ‘f*ck Paulo
Costa,’ and, ‘you’re not going to get a fight,’ and ‘no, we’re not
going to pay you,’ and ‘no, we’re not going to do this.’ Guys get
offered three fights a year regularly, even guys who aren’t
fighting. Tom
Aspinall’s eyes are messed up. He’s getting offered fights. You
think Paulo Costa isn’t getting offered fights?â€

Costa previously called for an interim title fight amidst light
heavyweight champ Carlos
Ulberg's rehabilitation from injury, but later claimed the UFC
wasn't interested. Most recently, he was called out by former champ
Magomed
Ankalaev.


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