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• UFC Releases Nine Fighters From The Promotion This Week?

  01-06-2015 21:23
  
  It appears that UFC is cleaning house again, as the promotion is rumored to be releasing several fighters this week.Several of the UFC fighter profiles were deleted on Monday, which is usually an indication that the fighter has been, or is going to be released from the company.Among those included were number 13 ranked Flyweight contender Tim Elliot and UFC Women's Bantamweight pioneer Shayna Baszler.Also removed from the UFC roster page were Tateki Matsuda, Alex Torres, Dylan Andrews, Shane How
  
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• Video: Rousey Responds To Shaq’s Claims That He Could Last 45 Seconds In A Fight With Her

  01-06-2015 19:40
  
  NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal recently made headlines in the MMA world for claiming that he could last 45 seconds with Ronda Rousey. Well, now we have a response from the UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion.Celebrity-gossip website TMZ recently caught up with "Rowdy" Ronda and asked for her take on Shaq's comments."Sure," said Rousey. "If a chick can last past 45 seconds, I don't see why Shaq couldn't."So, there you have it. Case closed.
  
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• Jose Aldo Says UFC’s New Reebok Deal Is “Sh*t,” Calls For Fighters To Unionize

  01-06-2015 19:31
  
  UFC's new Reebok deal is causing a lot of problems with fighters on their roster these days, and UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo is the latest to speak out about it.Aldo, who makes the next defense of his title against Conor McGregor at UFC 189 in July, recently spoke with Brazilian media outlet Combate and explained why UFC's Reebok deal is "sh*t.""First of all, it's sh*t," said Aldo. "That's a huge setback for us. We live for each fight, we have to keep fighting and nobody fights more tha
  
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• UFC Contenders Leslie Smith, Heather Jo Clark Badly Beat Up Disrespectful Man At A Bar

  01-06-2015 19:25
  
  Respected MMA trainer Cesar Gracie recently shared a story about two UFC Women's contenders beating the crap out of a man who was being disrespectful at a bar in San Francisco.Gracie recapped the story, which features Leslie Smith and Heather Jo Clark beating down a drunken, groping man outside of a local bar.Below is Gracie's post, courtesy of his official Facebook page:Dirtbag decides to sexually harass group of females. What he didn't know was that 2 of the women were MMA fighters currently i
  
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• Ryan Bader Calls Daniel Cormier A “Diva,” Talks About Their Press Conference Altercation

  01-06-2015 19:16
  
  UFC Light Heavyweight contender Ryan Bader recently appeared as a guest on Submission Radio and spoke in-depth about his feud with UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier.Below are some highlights from the interview, which you can listen to in full above.Thoughts on Jon Jones hit and run: “Yeah so I got the call, kind of in that morning from my manager, saying there’s rumours around. And then I got, you know I was kind of campaigning to get that fight with Anthony Johnson. I was probab
  
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• UFC Fight Night Medical Suspensions: Thiago Alves Faces Potential 6-Month Layoff

  01-06-2015 18:09 via sherdog.com
  
  Welterweight Thiago Alves could be out of action for six months thanks to the thrashing he received from Carlos Condit in the pair’s UFC Fight Night headlining clash.
  
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