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SHERDOG NEWS AUGUST 2018
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Cage Warriors 96 Weigh-ins: Lee Chadwick Loses Title on the Scale A bit of drama unfolded in Liverpool, England, during the Cage Warriors 96 weigh-ins Friday morning.
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Invicta FC 31 Weigh-in Results: Mallory Martin Misses Weight The weigh-ins for Saturday night’s Invicta Fighting Championships 31 event has concluded, with only one fighter missing weight. The card features a strawweight title fight between Virna Jandiroba and...
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Nick Diaz Releases Statement After Domestic Violence Case Dismissed Nick Diaz was cleared of all domestic assault charges on Thursday after a Las Vegas judge dropped the case against him, and now the outspoken...
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Report: Junior dos Santos, Tai Tuivasa Verbally Agree to Headline UFC Adelaide In December The Ultimate Fighting Championship heads back down under in December for a Fight Night event in Adelaide. It will be the second time in three years the UFC has visited South Australia. It seems the main event for the card is set, with Australia’s own rising heavyweight...
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Mike Perry Takes Aim At 'Cowboy,' Promises Him a 'Spartan Death' The fallout between Donald Cerrone and the Jackson-Wink MMA gym continues to unravel with fighters and trainers alike providing their insight into what the situation is really like at ground zero. The...
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Smealinho Rama Outslugs Jamie Abdallah in PFL 7 Headliner to Earn Playoffs Spot It took a little bit of calculating and some controversy, but Smealinho Rama earned a spot in the The 2018 Professional Fighters League playoffs...
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Report: Tim Means, Ricky Rainey Added to ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ Season 28 Finale on Nov. 30 Tim Means is a risk-taker in the cage, but those risks haven’t paid off for the “Dirty Bird” in his last two fights.
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Diego Sanchez Tears into ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone over Jackson-Wink MMA Comments The fallout from Donald Cerrone’s unceremonious departure from longtime training camp Jackson-Wink MMA, which ultimately chose to train his opponent,...
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Nick Diaz Cleared of Domestic Violence Charges as Las Vegas Judge Dismisses Case Nick Diaz was cleared of domestic violence charges after a judge dismissed the case just a few months after his initial arrest, according to...
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Invicta Fighting Championships Expands Roster with UFC, Rizin FF Veterans The premier women’s mixed martial arts promotion has added eight new fighters to their roster, five of which will compete in Invicta Fighting...
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Paulo Costa Accuses Yoel Romero Of 'Stalling,' Pulling Out of UFC 230 For More Time To Train Surging Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight Paulo Costa has taken a shot at Yoel Romero for pulling out of their scheduled fight at UFC...
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Mike Winkeljohn Responds: 'Narcissistic' Cerrone 'Not Loyal to Anybody' Coach Mike Winkeljohn of Jackson-Wink MMA did not take long to respond to Donald Cerrone's withering explanation of his departure from the...
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Ilir Latifi to Face Corey Anderson at UFC 232 on Dec. 29 in Las Vegas Ilir Latifi will lock horns with Corey Anderson in a battle of light heavyweight contenders at UFC 232.
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Donald Cerrone Explains Departure from Jackson-Wink: ‘It’s All About the Money There Now’ Donald Cerrone has parted ways with longtime gym Jackson-Wink MMA ahead of his UFC Fight Night 139 showdown with Mike Perry, and to hear him...
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UFC Fight Night Lincoln Medical Suspensions: Five Fighters Facing Potential 6-Month Layoffs Five fighters from this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 135 card could be looking at an extended time on the shelf.
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Antonio Carlos Jr. vs. Elias Theodorou Moved from UFC Sao Paulo to UFC 231 in Toronto Antonio Carlos Jr. and Elias Theodorou are going to square off at a later date than originally anticipated.
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Daniel Cormier Still Plans to Defend Light Heavyweight Title Before Facing Brock Lesnar The big-money bout looming on the horizon for Daniel Cormier remains Brock Lesnar. But that doesn’t mean “DC” has forgetting about...
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AKA's Javier Mendez Calls McGregor's Standup 'Best In The UFC' American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez, who trains Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, has come out in admiration of his fighter’s next opponent...
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Chael Sonnen Doesn't Believe McGregor's Cardio Issues Are Related To Being 'Out of Shape' Bellator MMA Heavyweight Grand Prix semi-finalist Chael Sonnen has provided his two cents regarding Conor McGregor’s much-discussed cardio problems.
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Conor McGregor Says ‘F—k the Mayweathers’ After Floyd’s Offer to Train at Vegas Gym If you thought that Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. were on their way to becoming drinking buddies, think again.
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Floyd Mayweather Invites Conor McGregor to Train at Boxing Club in Las Vegas Conor McGregor will have the opportunity to get some tips from a former foe ahead of his title bout at UFC 229 if he so chooses.
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UFC Fight Night Lincoln Main Card Averages 596,000 Viewers on Fox Sports 1 The UFC Fight Night 135 main card attracted an average audience of 596,000 to Fox Sports 1, according to ShowBuzz Daily.
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Two Bouts Added to UFC Fight Night in Beijing on Nov. 24 A pair of new contests have been confirmed for UFC Fight Night 141 in Beijing on Nov. 24.
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Robert Whittaker: UFC Should Do More To Deter Fighters From Missing Weight Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion Robert Whittaker believes fighters will keep missing weight in the UFC because the punishment is not severe enough. The 27 year-old Australian had...
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Tyron Woodley Claims He Won't Fight Kamaru Usman if Till Misses Weight Due to some high-profile fighter withdrawals this year in pay-per-view events, Ultimate Fighting Championship brass are finally listening to fans by implementing some contingency plans in an effort to save...
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Robson Gracie Jr., Brother of Renzo, to Make MMA Debut at Bellator 208 Another member of the sport’s first family is set to make his mixed martial arts debut.
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Ketlen Vieira Withdraws from UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo Bout vs. Tonya Evinger Ketlen Vieira has been forced to withdraw from a proposed bantamweight clash against Tonya Evinger at UFC Fight Night 137 in Sao Paulo on Sept. 22.
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Brian Foster, Ramsey Nijem Ruled out of Professional Fighters League Lightweight Playoffs Lightweights Brian Foster and Ramsey Nijem will not be able to compete in the Professional Fighters League October playoffs.
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Alexander Gustafsson Back Training After Minor Injury, Wants Spot on UFC 229 Card Alexander Gustafsson seems to have recovered from the “minor injury” that forced him out of UFC 227, and now the Swede is ready to make a...
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Polish Rapper ‘Popek Monster,’ Fitness Model Erko Jun to Collide at KSW 45 on Oct. 6 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki has booked a showdown between a rapper and a fitness model for its Oct. 6 event in London.
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Brian Ortega Doubles Down on Decision to Wait for a Healthy Max Holloway At UFC 226, an intriguing title fight was scheduled to take place in the featherweight division between the champion Max Holloway and his challenger,...
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Erik Koch vs. Dwight Grant, Jared Gordon vs. Joaquim Silva Set for UFC Milwaukee The card for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first trip to Milwaukee since 2013 is beginning to take shape, as Erik Koch will meet Dwight Grant at welterweight, while Jared Gordon will face...
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Tony Ferguson References Previous Run-in with Anthony Pettis on Instagram Ahead of UFC 229 While UFC 229 is headlined by arguably the biggest fight in Ultimate Fighting Championship history between lightweights Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor, the rest of the card is taking shape with another exciting 155-pound battle between...
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Nate Diaz Responds to Bruce Buffer: 'Get Off the UFC’s Nuts' It didn’t take long for Nate Diaz to respond to Bruce Buffer after the longtime UFC ring announcer ripped the fighter for his gripes about being underpromoted.
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Reports: Lawler vs. ‘Wonderboy’, VanZant vs. Ostovich Targeted for UFC’s Debut Event on ESPN The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s debut event on ESPN appears to be taking shape with a pair of rumored bouts.
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Chad Laprise vs. Dhiego Lima Booked for UFC 231 in Toronto on Dec. 8 A welterweight clash pitting Chad Laprise against Dhiego Lima has been booked for UFC 231.
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Bruce Buffer: Nate Diaz Should Be Thanking UFC, ‘Bowing to Dana White’ for Good Fortune Nate Diaz wasn’t happy when he learned that he would not be part of the card featuring the blockbuster lightweight title bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov and...
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James Vick Calls Knockout Loss to Justin Gaethje the ‘Worst Night of My Life’ James Vick entered UFC Fight Night 135 brimming with confidence, but he exited the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday night a...
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'Kid' Yamamoto Reveals He Is Battling Cancer Mixed martial arts legend Norifumi Yamamoto has announced that he is battling cancer. The man nicknamed "Kid," a former K-1 HEROES tournament champion and veteran of Shooto, Dream and the...
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UFC Fight Night 135 Bonuses: Gaethje, Anders, Sandhagen, Alcantara Earn $50K Awards When MMA fans look back on UFC Fight Night 135, Justin Gaethje’s knockout of James Vick in the evening’s main event will leave the most...
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Justin Gaethje Folds James Vick with One Punch in UFC Fight Night 135 Headliner After storming onto the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s roster and creating a fervor, Justin Gaethje had suffered back-to-back losses and...
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Jake Ellenberger Announces Retirement Following TKO Defeat at UFC Fight Night Lincoln It’s been a tough stretch lately for former welterweight contender Jake Ellenberger, but on Saturday, “The Juggernaut” got to say a...
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UFC Fight Night 135 Prelims: James Krause Wrecks Warlley Alves James Krause moved from lightweight up to welterweight and by the looks of things, it was a wise decision.
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Clay Guida Won’t Press Charges Against Nate Diaz for Altercation at Combate Americas Event Clay Guida won’t press charges against fellow UFC fighter Nate Diaz after an altercation at a Combate Americas event in May left “The...
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Conor McGregor Refers to Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Father as ‘A Quivering Coward’ Conor McGregor is beginning his mental warfare against Khabib Nurmagomedov and those around him as their UFC 229 headlining bout draws near.
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Report: Max Holloway, Brian Ortega Title Fight Set for UFC 231 Max Holloway appears to be feeling much better following a medical scare just prior to his scheduled title defense at UFC 226, as MMAJunkie is reporting that “Blessed” will return to face No. 1 contender...
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Olivier Aubin-Mercier, Gilbert Burns Lightweight Scrap Rebooked for UFC 231 Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight Olivier Aubin-Mercier is already scheduled for his next fight as he will take on Gilbert Burns at UFC 231, the Las Vegas-based promotion announced Friday, just weeks after...
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All Fighters on Weight for UFC Fight Night 135 in Lincoln, Nebraska The Ultimate Fighting Championship is back after a two-week break, and UFC Fight Night 135 is only a day away with a lightweight main event between Justin Gaethje and surging...
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UFC, Strikeforce Veterans Fill Rizin FF 13 Card in Late September Rizin FF 13 is just a little over a month away, and North American mixed martial arts fans will recognize many, if not most of the fighters set...
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Feeling No Support From The UFC, Al Iaquinta is Enjoying Life Without Pressure of Fighting The relationship between Al Iaquinta and the Ultimate Fighting Championship seems to get worse by the day and now it might be close to breaking point after the New York native pulled out of his most recent...
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Cody Garbrandt Reveals How His Brother Saved Him From Committing Suicide in High School Cody Garbrandt has made a very successful career for himself in mixed martial arts. The 27 year-old entered the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2015 with a perfect 5-0 record and worked his way through the...
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Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis Added to UFC 229 Add Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis to the growing list of crucial lightweight matchups, as the two will fight on the same card as the 155-pound title fight between current champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and...
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Karl Roberson vs. Jack Marshman Added to UFC 230 in New York City An intriguing middleweight matchup has been added to UFC 230 in New York City, with Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series standout Karl Roberson taking on former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship champion Jack Marshman...
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Carlo Pedersoli Jr. Steps in for Neil Magny, Faces Alex Olivieira At UFC Sao Paulo It didn’t take long for the Ultimate Fighting Championship to find a new opponent for Alex Oliveira at UFC Fight Night 137. Oliveira was originally scheduled to fight Neil Magny in Sao Paulo. Magny, however, pulled out of the bout to face...
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Neil Magny vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio To Headline UFC's First-Ever Event in Buenos Aires Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight contender Santiago Ponzinibbio is set to return against Neil Magny as the Argentine native seeks to pick up his seventh victory in a row in front of his homeland in the UFC’s first event in Buenos Aires in November,...
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One Championship Announces Event in Land of the Rising Sun One Championship is making its promotional debut in Japan as it announced their first-ever event in Tokyo in March 2019.
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Jimi Manuwa says Thiago Santos Needs to Be Taught Some Respect Britain’s Jimi Manuwa was scheduled to fight Glover Teixeira next month at UFC Fight Night 137 in a light heavyweight bout before injury forced the Brazilian off the card. With Teixeira’s withdrawal,...
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T.J. Dillashaw Speaks on Importance of Fighters Aligning With Brands Outside of Competition When the Ultimate Fighting Championship partnered with Reebok as its official provider of fighter apparel, many fighters expressed their disappointment as the deal meant a loss of sponsorship income since...
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UFC Fighter Andrea Lee Releases Statement Regarding Husband’s Domestic Violence Charge Andrea Lee has broken her silence regarding the domestic violence charges against her husband.
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Cris Cyborg, Amanda Nunes Officially Sign to Meet at UFC 232 on Dec. 29 A long-rumored superfight between featherweight queen Cristiane Justino and bantamweight titlist Amanda Nunes at UFC 232 is now official.
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Paulo Costa Says He’ll Wait for Yoel Romero to Return: ‘No Reason to Take Another Fight’ Paulo Henrique Costa lost his dance partner for UFC 230, but he doesn’t sound interested in facing a replacement opponent.
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Contender Series Vets Anthony Hernandez, Jordan Williams Suspended 6 Months for Marijuana A couple of winners from the second season of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series were suspended six months after testing positive for...
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Combate Americas Opening Production Studio in New York Combate America plans to produce a great deal of content in the near future, as The Wrap has confirmed that two projects in what will be known as La Juala Studios in New York will focus on Erik Perez and...
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Middleweights Tom Breese, Cezar ‘Mutante’ to Collide at UFC Fight Night Buenos Aires Tom Breese will square off against Cezar Ferreira in a middleweight matchup at UFC Fight Night 140.
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Contender Series Standout Jim Crute to Face Paul Craig at UFC Fight Night Adelaide Another winner from Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series will make his first Octagon foray when Jim Crute squares off against Paul...
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Bellator 204 Peaks at 699,000 Viewers for Ricky Bandejas vs. James Gallagher James Gallagher is right about one thing: Win or lose, he makes people care.
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UFC President Dana White Will Continue to Criticize His Fighters' Performances 'If They Deserve It' It might not come as a surprise to hear that Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White doesn’t intend to hold back his criticism of...
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‘TUF 27’ Alum Bryce Mitchell Describes Drill Accident That ‘Ripped My Nutsack in Half’ When it comes to gruesome injuries, Bryce Mitchell will probably have a leg up on most of his peers.
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Hector Lombard Relocates to Sweden’s Allstars Training Center Ahead of UFC Sao Paulo Hector Lombard is looking to change things up in order to halt a six-fight winless streak.
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Yoel Romero Unable to Face Paulo Costa at UFC 230 Due to Broken Orbital It appears that top middleweight contender Yoel Romero won’t be able to compete at UFC 230 as originally planned.
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Kamaru Usman Compares Darren Till’s Weight Struggles With Anthony Johnson Kamaru Usman has been officially named by the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a back-up for the UFC 228’s welterweight title fight between the current champion Tyron Woodley and Liverpool, England’s...
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Michael Chandler 'Would Love to Finish That Trilogy' with Eddie Alvarez Former Ultimate Fighting Championship and Bellator MMA lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez is officially a free agent after his rematch with Dustin...
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‘TUF 27’ Competitors Michael Trizano, Luis Pena to Clash at UFC Fight Night Denver “The Ultimate Fighter 27” winner Michael Trizano will lock horns with fellow cast member Luis Pena at UFC Fight Night 139, the promotion announced via the Denver...
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Gray Maynard Returns to Lightweight, Meets Nik Lentz at UFC 229 in Las Vegas Gray Maynard will return to the division where he challenged for championship gold when he meets Nik Lentz in a lightweight affair at UFC 229 in...
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Evan Dunham Plans to Retire Following UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo on Sept. 22 After he faces Francisco Trinaldo at UFC Fight Night 137, Evan Dunham plans to retire from mixed martial arts “with my head held high.”
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Arrest Warrant Issued for Andrea Lee’s Husband on Domestic Violence Charges The Shreveport Police Department has officially issued an arrest warrant for the husband of UFC flyweight Andrea Lee.
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Phil Davis vs. Vadim Nemkov, Two Other Bouts Set for Bellator’s Return to Israel on Nov. 15 Light heavyweight contender Phil Davis will square off against Vadim Nemkov when Bellator MMA returns to Israel on Nov. 15.
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Dana White Claims UFC Now ‘Worth $7 Billion’ After TV, Streaming Deal with ESPN William Morris Endeavor and International Management Group (WME-IMG) bought the UFC from Zuffa in the summer of 2016 for more than $4 billion....
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Report: UFC Fighter Desmond Green Involved in Five-Vehicle Crash That Leaves Two Dead Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight Desmond Green reportedly triggered a five-vehicle crash in Davie, Fla., early Saturday morning.
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Veteran Coach Andre Pederneiras Provides Insight on UFC 229 Nurmagomedov-McGregor Scrap When former Ultimate Fighting Championship dual-division champion Conor McGregor was interviewed by TMZ days after Jose Aldo’s stoppage victory over Jeremy Stephens, fans were surprised when the Irishman gave...
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Daniel Cormier Sends Message to Brock Lesnar Following Defeat at WWE’s SummerSlam Daniel Cormier doesn’t hide the fact that he’s a professional wrestling fan, and he had even more incentive than usual to watch WWE’s...
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Artem Lobov to Face Zubaira Tukhugov at UFC Fight Night 138 in Moncton Conor McGregor training partner Artem Lobov will lock horns with Zubaira Tukhugov at UFC Fight Night 138 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada on Oct. 27.
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Yana Kunitskaya Relieved to be Back at Bantamweight Against Lina Lansberg at UFC 229 Making your debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championship is a daunting task. Now imagine if that debut was against the pound-for-pound king or queen.
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‘The Ultimate Fighter 27’ Finalist Joe Giannetti Released from UFC After One Bout Joe Giannetti didn’t make much of a first impression at “The Ultimate Fighter 27” finale, and now he’s no longer part of the Ultimate...
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Dana White: UFC Not Interested in ‘One-Off’ Title Fights for Georges St. Pierre Now that Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor is official for the UFC 229 headliner, there figure to be plenty of suitors willing to face the...
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Professional Fighters League Semifinal Round Set for Washington, D.C. on Oct. 20 Another location and venue is set for the Professional Fighters League semifinals.
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James Gallagher Remains Defiant Following KO Defeat at Bellator 204: ‘I’m Still the S—t’ Highly-touted SBG Ireland prospect James Gallagher was served a heaping helping of humble pie at Bellator 204 on Friday night.
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Darrion Caldwell Knocks Out Noad Lahat in Bellator 204 Main Event Reigning Bellator MMA bantamweight monarch Darrion Caldwell looked right at home at featherweight in the Bellator 204 main event on Friday night.
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Omar Antonio Morales Ferrer Blows Away Troy Nawrocki in Bellator 204 Prelim Headliner Knockouts were plentiful on the Bellator 204 preliminary card inside Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Friday night.
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UFC 229 Tickets Sell Out Within 3 Minutes in Anticipation of McGregor's UFC Return UFC 229 sold out within three minutes after tickets went on sale this week, likely due to the return of Conor McGregor. “The Notorious” is set to take on Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion...
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Anthony Smith Wants Shot at Daniel Cormier or Vacant Title with Win Over Volkan Oezdemir Surging light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith has already brutally knocked out two former divisional champions in a row since moving up from...
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UFC 230 Adds Lando Vannata-Matt Frevola, Brian Kelleher-Domingo Pilarte Two new bouts featuring Long Island, New York-based fighters have been added to UFC 230, with a lightweight matchup between Matt Frevola and Lando Vannata and bantamweights Brian Kelleher and UFC newcomer Domingo Pilarte filling out the promotion’s next...
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Report: Jimi Manuwa to Collide with Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night 137 in Sao Paulo Jimi Manuwa has been looking to fight Glover Teixeira ever since the two light heavyweights signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship back in 2012.
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Luke Rockhold Happy to Fight Weidman at UFC 230 But Needs 'The Right Contract' It has been reported for a number of weeks now that a matchup between former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champions Luke Rockhold and...
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Demetrious Johnson Endorses Dillashaw-Cejudo Superfight Former flyweight king Demetrious Johnson has been the most dominant champion in Ultimate Fighting Championship history recording 11 consecutive title defenses. Until he lost to...
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Ray Cooper III Evaporates Pavel Kusch in PFL 6 Headliner Ray Cooper III proved to be the far superior welterweight when he torched Pavel Kusch in the main event of PFL 6 on Thursday night inside Ocean...
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Source: Brennan Ward, Andre Fialho Middleweight Scrap Booked for Bellator 207 Bellator MMA heavy hitters Brennan Ward (14-6) and Andre Fialho (9-1) will square off in a 185-pound duel on the main card of Bellator 207 on...
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One Championship 'Conquest of Heroes' Lineup Announced for Sept. 22 One Championship just announced its return to Indonesia on Thursday, as they prepare for their “Conquest of Heroes” card set for Sept. 22 in Jakarta, featuring a highly anticipated strawweight title fight rematch. Reigning promotional strawweight champion...
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Bellator 204 Weigh-In Video and Results: Two Fighters Miss Weight, One By 15 Pounds The official weigh-ins for Friday’s Bellator 204 have concluded, and two fighters missed their mark, with one coming in 15 pounds overweight.
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Colby Covington Says UFC 228 Will Be a Failure Without Him Headlining Colby Covington is at it again, suggesting that the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s next pay-per-view event, UFC 228, which features a title bout between welterweight champion Tyrone Woodley and...
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Anthony Smith Volunteers to Fight Jimi Manuwa at UFC Fight Night 137 Ultimate Fighting Championship matchmakers are scrambling to find a replacement for Britain’s Jimi Manuwa after his scheduled opponent, Glover...
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Kongo vs. Johnson Added to Bellator 208 Lineup; ‘Baby Slice’ to Compete at Bellator 207 The cards for Bellator’s doubleheader weekend in October continue to grow.
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All Fighters on Weight for Professional Fighters League 6 Professional Fighters League has successfully created a niche identity for itself amidst a mixed martial arts promotion industry dominated by a...
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Donny Aaron, Husband of UFC Fighter Andrea Lee, Faces Domestic Violence Charges Donny Aaron, the husband of UFC flyweight Andrea Lee, is facing charges of false imprisonment and domestic violence battery stemming from an...
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Golden Boy Promotions Applies for November MMA Event in California Golden Boy Promotions has submitted an application with the California State Athletic Commission to hold its first-ever mixed martial arts event.
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Colby Covington Wants Tyron Woodley to Emerge Victorious at UFC 228 Colby Covington claims he wants Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight champion Tyrone Woodley to come out on top against Darren Till next...
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Glover Teixeira Withdraws from UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo Main Event Due to Injury Glover Teixeira has been forced to pull of the UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo headliner against Jimi Manuwa due to a shoulder injury.
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Ticket Prices Revealed for UFC 229 Card Headlined by Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor The UFC is billing the lightweight championship bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor as the biggest fight in promotion history,...
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Bellator 207 Update: Mike Kimbel, Alex Potts to Clash in Connecticut on Oct. 12 Connecticut native Mike Kimbel will compete on home soil when he meets Alex Potts in a preliminary bout at Bellator 207 at Mohegan Sun Arena in...
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UFC Cuts Ties with Veteran Fighters Gleison Tibau, Tom Lawlor The Ultimate Fighting Championship has parted ways with a pair of long-tenured veterans.
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Report: UFC 227 Estimated at 300,000 Pay-Per-View Buys Pay-per-view buy rates have been down across the board for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, but it appears that UFC 227 has exceeded...
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Paulie Malignaggi: Conor McGregor Has ‘No Balls,’ Will Look for Way Out vs. Khabib It’s no secret that Paulie Malignaggi has bad blood with Conor McGregor, so it’s no surprise that he isn’t expecting much from the Irishman in his bout against...
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Derrick Lewis Provides Update on Back Issues Ahead of UFC 229 Fight with Alexander Volkov Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis is set to return to the Octagon Oct. 6 in the co-main event of UFC 229 against Alexander Volkov. The pairing was first reported by...
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UFC Welterweight Rafael dos Anjos Wants Kamaru Usman at UFC 228 With the announcement that Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight champion Tyron Woodley would be returning to defend his belt against Darren Till at UFC 228 next month, another middleweight contender in...
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Sean O’Malley Announces Matchup with Jose Alberto Quinonez at UFC 229 in Las Vegas One of the UFC’s most exciting young talents has his next fight booked.
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Olympic Gold Medalist Jordan Burroughs Denies Working with Conor McGregor Ahead of UFC 229 Despite speculation to the contrary, Jordan Burroughs is not helping Conor McGregor hone his wrestling ahead of UFC 229.
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UFC Champions T.J. Dillashaw, Henry Cejudo Face Off on Set of ‘Extra’ It would appear as though T.J. Dillashaw and Henry Cejudo are setting the stage for a champion vs. champion bout in the UFC somewhere down the road.
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Video: UFC Featherweight Queen Cris ‘Cyborg’ Visits Los Angeles Chargers Camp UFC women’s featherweight champion Cristiane Justino has some fans in the National Football League.
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Unbeaten Welterweight Prospects Top LFA’s Inaugural Visit to Atlantic City on Sept. 14 Legacy Fighting Alliance will make its maiden voyage to Atlantic City, N.J., on Sept. 14.
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Flyweights Ben Nguyen, Wilson Reis to Lock Horns at UFC Fight Night in Adelaide Ben Nguyen will face Wilson Reis in a flyweight bout at UFC Fight Night 142 in Adelaide on Dec. 1.
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Tony Ferguson Announces He is Medically Cleared To Fight With all the talk of the high profile Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title fight taking place on October 6 at UFC 229 between champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Irish superstar Conor McGregor, former...
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Coach Duane Ludwig: 'T.J. Dillashaw Is The Best Martial Artist Ever' Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw, who is coming off a resounding victory in his rematch against former teammate Cody Garbrandt at UFC 227, is the greatest mixed martial...
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Damon Jackson Knocks Out Nate Jennerman to Capture Interim LFA Featherweight Crown Damon Jackson had not scored a knockout in five years. That changed on Friday in Dallas.
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Kamaru Usman Tapped As Replacement If Tyron Woodley Withdraws From UFC 228 Title Defense Kamaru Usman has been tapped as Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight champion Tyron Woodley’s replacement in case the champ is forced to pull out of his UFC 228 title fight against...
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Source: NCAA Wrestling Standout Romero Cotton Added to Bellator 204 Card Bellator MMA just added an interesting fight on the Bellator 204 preliminary card, with a middleweight bout between Willie Whitehead and NCAA wrestling standout...
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Report: Diego Sanchez vs. Craig White Added to UFC 228 The sole remaining contestant on roster from the first season of the Ultimate Fighter has at least one fight left with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, as the promotion announced the longtime UFC veteran...
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Raquel Pennington-Germaine de Randamie Tilt Revealed for UFC Fight Night 139 in Denver The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s 25th Anniversary card in Denver just landed another Colorado native, as Colorado Springs’ Raquel Pennington vs....
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Mark Henry Explains Relationship With Dustin Poirier After Confrontation at UFC Calgary Mark Henry, one of the most respected coaches in MMA, has spoken about the friction between himself and Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight contender Dustin Poirier and what transpired after the fight...
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Aussie Duo Tai Tuivasa, Tyson Pedro Both Sign New Six-Fight Contracts With The UFC The current batch of Australians plying their trade in the Ultimate Fighting Championship is arguably the strongest ever, including current undisputed middleweight champion Robert Whittaker, women’s featherweight Megan Anderson, light heavyweight...
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UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman Claims He Was Victim Of Sexual Abuse By Ohio State Team Doctor Former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Mark Coleman says he was a victim of a now-deceased Ohio State University team doctor who is accused of sexually abusing over 100 former...
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'The Ultimate Fighter' Season 1 Cast Assembles for 14-Year Reunion The cast of “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 1 may have mostly retired or moved on from MMA, but the majority of cast members assembled for a...
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Dominick Reyes vs. Ovince St. Preux Confirmed for UFC 229 Surging Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight prospect Dominick Reyes gets a step up in competition as he takes on Ovince St. Preux...
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Report: Matt Sayles Suffers Torn Retina Due to Eye Pokes Against Sheymon Moraes at UFC 227 Matt Sayles suffered a series of eye pokes in his UFC 227 fight against Sheymon Moraes last weekend, all of which went undisciplined by referee...
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Elite Prospect Aaron Pico Matched Up with Leandro Higo at Bellator 206 Bellator MMA’s blue-chip prospect Aaron Pico had a rough debut as a professional fighter, but since then has looked unstoppable.
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Niko Price, Abdul Razak Alhassan Welterweight Fight Announced for UFC 228 Niko Price will make a quick turnaround and look to extend his winning streak to three in a row against Abdul Razak Alhassan at UFC 228 next...
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UFC Interim Welterweight Champ Colby Covington Breaks Silence After UFC 228 Snub Current Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight interim champion Colby Covington has been uncharacteristically quiet since the UFC announced that he would not be fighting champion Tyron Woodley next...
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Dana White Says Conor McGregor Is Not a Co-owner of The UFC Despite His Demands Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White has shot down suggestions that his biggest star, former two-divisional champion Conor...
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Derrick Lewis, Alexander Volkov Verbally Agree to Match At UFC 229 Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweights Derrick Lewis and Alexander Volkov have verbally agreed to fight in to co-main event of UFC 229 in a pivotal matchup for the division,...
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Report: Kajan Johnson Makes Quick Turnaround Against Rustam Khabilov at UFC Moscow Kajan Johnson will be making a quick turnaround as he prepares to take on Rustam Khabilov at UFC Moscow in September after submitting to an armbar by Islam Makhachev on July 28, according to a report by...
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Gavin Tucker, Andre Soukhamthath Bantamweight Scrap Added to UFC Fight Night 138 Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight prospect Gavin Tucker will look to bounce back from his first career loss as he takes on Andre Soukhamthath at...
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Kevin Hart, Tony Robbins Among New Professional Fighters League Investors The Professional Fighters League’s pockets just got a lot deeper after several high profile investors, including the likes of comedian Kevin...
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Joe Rogan: Extreme Weight Cutting is 'Sanctioned Cheating' Longtime Ultimate Fighting Championship color commentator Joe Rogan believes extreme weight cutting is tantamount to cheating, and is actually...
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Dillon Danis: 'Conor Could Beat Khabib in a Grappling Match' Grappling ace and current Bellator MMA fighter Dillon Danis not only believes his teammate Conor McGregor will defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC...
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Dana White’s Contender Series ‘Season 2, Week 8’ Play-by-Play & Results Sherdog's live DWTNCS coverage kicks off Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.
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Video: Khabib Nurmagomedov Pays Homeless to do Pushups Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight king Khabib Nurmagomedov posted video of himself and a cousin paying what seems to be homeless people to do push-ups, just days after his blockbuster title fight...
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Dustin Poirier Dismisses Talk of 'GSP' facing winner of Nurmagomedov-McGregor: 'It's Not Happening' Last week the Ultimate Fighting Championship held a press event to promote the remaining fights of the year and threw a curve ball when it announced an explosive lightweight bout between Dustin Poirier and...
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Report: Benavidez vs. Borg, Kunitskaya vs. Lansberg Set For UFC 229 in Las Vegas Since the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced arguably the year’s biggest fight between current lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former champion...
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Bellator MMA Reveals Welterweight Grand Prix Matchups Bellator MMA officially announced the first round of its welterweight tournament, with a Douglas Lima vs. Andrey Koreshkov trilogy fight and a Paul Daley vs....
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Georges St. Pierre: My Money’s on Khabib Nurmagomedov to Beat Conor McGregor at UFC 229 Former two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship king Georges St. Pierre isn’t necessarily a gambling man, but he knows who he has his money on for the newly-announced Conor McGregor vs....
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UFC President Dana White Says He’ll Only Make a ‘Superfight’ When It’s Right The term “superfight,” once understood to mean a matchup between the champions of two weight divisions -- the most recent example being Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion Daniel...
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Thiago Santos Teases Move to 205, Fighting at UFC 230 in New York Heavy-hitting Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight Thiago Santos is coming off a hard-fought unanimous decision victory over debutant Kevin Holland on Saturday night at UFC 227 in Los Angeles. Santos...
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Dana White Explains How ‘Big Mouth’ Kevin Holland Won Him Over at UFC 227 Kevin Holland was a winner on Dana White’s Contender Series earlier this year, but he didn’t initially win over the man for whom the event...
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‘Neglected’ Henry Cejudo Had Chip on Shoulder After First Loss to Demetrious Johnson During his streak of 11 consecutive flyweight title defenses, Demetrious Johnson rarely lost rounds as he usually outclassed every opponent put...
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T.J. Dillashaw Wants Dominick Cruz to ‘Get to Work’ to Earn UFC Bantamweight Title Shot One of the most logical next opponents for UFC bantamweight king T.J. Dillashaw would seem to be the last man to defeat him.
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Daniel Cormier Willing to Give Stipe Miocic Rematch If Lesnar Misses Their Fight ‘For Any Reason’ It’s essentially settled that Daniel Cormier will make his first – and likely only – heavyweight title defense against Brock Lesnar at...
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Demetrious Johnson More Disappointed with Injuries Than Streak-Ending Defeat at UFC 227 Not only did Demetrious Johnson lose his flyweight belt at UFC 227, but he also emerged from his bout against Henry Cejudo with a couple of...
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Dana White: No International Press Tour for Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor The lightweight championship clash between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor is shaping up as perhaps the biggest bout on the Ultimate...
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UFC to Make First Appearance in Beijing with Fight Night Card on Nov. 24 The Ultimate Fighting Championship will make its second visit to mainland China – and first trip to Beijing – this fall.
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UFC 227 Bonuses: Cejudo, Johnson Snag ‘Fight of the Night’ Honors for Tense Title Bout It’s not every night that a record title reign comes to an end.
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Dillashaw Puts Away Garbrandt Early, Cejudo Dethrones ‘Mighty Mouse’ at UFC 227 T.J. Dillashaw left no doubt as to who the best at bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship is as he torched hated rival Cody Garbrandt in the main event of...
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UFC 227 Prelims: Pedro Munhoz, Ricky Simon Grab Unanimous Decision Wins Brazil’s Pedro Munhoz put on a clinic in the featured UFC 227 preliminary bout on Saturday as he tore apart Brett Johns’ legs and liver en...
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Khabib Nurmagomedov Opens as Slight Favorite Over Conor McGregor at UFC 229 The betting odds are in for the newly announced Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov superfight, and they might be closer than you’d think...
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Joseph Benavidez: Team Alpha Male Drama Already in the Rearview Ahead of tonight’s rematch between former teammates T.J. Dillashaw and Cody Garbrandt, fellow Team Alpha Male staple Joseph Benavidez is...
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Conor McGregor-Khabib Nurmagomedov Booked for UFC 229 Conor McGregor will finally make his long awaited Octagon return as he takes on newly-crowned lightweight champion and rival Khabib Nurmagomedov (26-0) at...
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Glover Teixeira-Jimi Manuwa Light Heavyweight Tilt Booked for UFC Sao Paulo Headliner Two light heavyweight sluggers are set to throw down in the main event of UFC Sao Paulo in September, with Glover Teixeira and Jimi Manuwa scheduled for five rounds, the...
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UFC 227 Weigh-in Video & Results: All Fighters on Target UFC 227 is not the card fans initially were expecting, with Alexander Gustafsson and Georges St. Pierre rumored to be attached to the event at...
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Pat Barry: Joanna Jedrzejczyk Won’t Grow as a Fighter Until She Accepts Her Losses Former Ultimate Fighting Championship women's strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk refuses to believe current champion Rose Namajunas is the best woman in the division despite the fact she has been...
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Report: Nate Diaz vs. Dustin Poirier to Be Co-main Event at UFC 230 in New York In a rather surprising move, it looks like Stockton’s own Nate Diaz will finally make his long awaited return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship against lightweight contender Dustin Poirier in the co-main event at UFC 230 on November 3 at...
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Natan Schulte Puts Jason High to Sleep in PFL 5 Headliner Natan Schulte dominated Jason High is every aspect of their lightweight battle until he put him to sleep in the first.
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Anthony Smith, Volkan Oezdemir Clash Announced for UFC Fight Night Card in New Brunswick Surging light heavyweight Anthony Smith is already booked for another big fight just a week after knocking out former divisional champion Mauricio Rua, as the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced Thursday...
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Invicta FC Announces Jandiroba-Morandin Strawweight Title Fight For Sept. 1 Undefeated Invicta FCstrawweight champion Virna Jandiroba is set to defend her belt against Janaisa Morandin on Sept. 1 at the historic Scottish...
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Cody Garbrandt: The UFC Wants Me to Be the Champ, Not T.J. Dillashaw Former Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight king Cody Garbrandt thinks the UFC wants him to recapture the 135-pound title from the man...
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Donald Cerrone Parts Ways With Striking Coach Brandon Gibson Former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title contender Donald Cerrone has parted ways with his striking coach, Brandon Gibson, in an...
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Darren Till Doesn't Consider Tyron Woodley a Threat Darren Till’s profile has definitely risen in the wake of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s announcement that he would be taking on 170-pound champion...
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UFC Lightweight Jared Gordon Shares Video of Street Fight That Nearly Cost Him Three Fingers UFC lightweight Jared Gordon was far from 100 percent for his last Octagon appearance, but he has a good reason for it.
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Sergio Pettis vs. Jussier da Silva Targeted for UFC 229 in Las Vegas on Oct. 6 A flyweight bout between top contenders Sergio Pettis and Jussier da Silva is in the works for UFC 229.
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Bethe Correia Unhappy with UFC 227 Removal, Says She Received Clearance from Three Doctors Bethe Correia is well aware of the eye issues that have plagued her during her career, but she claims she took the necessary steps to be able to compete at...
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Eddie Alvarez Congratulates Dustin Poirier for UFC on Fox 30 Win: ‘This Makes Us 1-1’ There was a little bit of controversy behind Dustin Poirier’s win over Eddie Alvarez at UFC on Fox 30, as a standup in the second round set...
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Demetrious Johnson Claims He Accepted Fight vs. T.J. Dillashaw Before Shoulder Surgery Demetrious Johnson apparently accepted a champion vs. champion superfight against T.J. Dillashaw earlier this year before an injury derailed...
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Former NFL Star Shawne Merriman Signs with World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation Former NFL linebacker Shawne Merriman will make his combat sports debut with World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation later this year.
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'Cyborg' Says Superfight With Nunes Not The Biggest Challenge of Her Career A superfight between current Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s featherweight champion Cristiane Justino, better known as “Cyborg,” and bantamweight champion...
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Paulo Costa Hoping Romero Misses Weight For A Third Straight Fight The Ultimate Fighting Championship announced a mouth-watering middleweight bout between two juggernauts in the 185-pound division between Paulo...


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