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• Amir Khan: Floyd Mayweather 'afraid' to fight me, because he knows I'll win

  16-08-2015 23:00
  
  Amir Khan thought forming an affiliation with Al Haymon would have helped him earn a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. He thought wrong.
  Mayweather will meet Andre Berto on Sept. 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, an announcement that was made last week to a collective groan. Berto is 3-3 in his last six fights and not considered a real challenge to the undefeated Mayweather, the world's best pound-for-pound boxer. The bout will air live on pay-per-view.
  Khan thinks there is one ver
  
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• Heatmaps, motion tracking and 'the next frontier' in mixed martial arts statistical data

  16-08-2015 21:30
  
  Why didn't Michael Johnson defeat Beniel Dariush at UFC Fight Night 73? The question isn't meant to evaluate whether we personally agree with the judges awarding Dariush the split decision victory, but rather, why there was controversy in the first place? The judges themselves were not unanimous and neither was the audience watching. If there's smoke, is there also verifiable fire?
  It turns out, we might be able to tap into what drives the belief among some that Johnson deserved the nod if we lo
  
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• Former MMA Champion Shot And Killed In The Philippines

  16-08-2015 21:15
  
  Former MMA champion Ale Cali, who was a Flyweight title holder in the PXC (Pacific Xtreme Combat) promotion, was shot and killed
  Cali, an exciting MMA fighter from the Philippines, suffered multiple fatal gunshot wounds to the head and neck in Ulas Crossing in Davao City, a province in the Philippines.Multiple media outlets are reporting that an unidentified gunman struck Cali from behind and fired three shots before fleeing the scene.Cali started off his athletic career as a boxer before jumpin
  
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• Video: Shaquille O’Neal Trains MMA With Nate Diaz

  16-08-2015 20:49
  
  Have you ever wondered what it looks like when a seven-foot-tall NBA legend trains MMA with one of the Diaz brothers? Well, wonder no more.This weekend, Stockton, California native and longtime MMA bad boy Nate Diaz posted some footage of himself training Shaquille O'Neal during a seminar he hosted at the 6 Levels Gym in Florida.Below is a clip that Diaz posted, showing he and Shaq working on some MMA techniques.https://instagram.com/p/6ZFZRHOPjv/
  
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• MMA fighter wins title while 12 weeks pregnant in Brazil

  16-08-2015 20:01
  
  Kinberly Novaes was expected to make her RFA debut next week against Jocelyn Jones Lybarger, but won’t be able to step inside the cage.
  The Brazilian strawweight had some trouble cutting weight as soon as she signed a her bout agreement to fight on Aug. 21, and eventually found out that she’s six months pregnant. When she did the math, Novaes realized she fought and won a MMA fight in Brazil while pregnant, and she’s having a boy.
  Novaes (8-2) defeated Renata Baldan (4-2) on Ma
  
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• Tyron Woodley promises to beat Johny Hendricks 'like he's never been beat before'

  16-08-2015 18:00
  I was excited. Sometimes you get offered a fight and you got those butterflies. You know this is a good fight, especially in our division. Everybody in our division is so tough and they're so gamey. Every fight's a hard fight, but this was really calm, it was really relaxed. It was like, 'Alright, win. What's the date? When do I get my contract?' It was really subtle and it's not because he's not that type of an opponent that gives you that fear or anxiety because he can knock you out. He can wr
  
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• Eddie Cummings Submits Joe Soto to Win Eddie Bravo Invitational 4

  16-08-2015 17:23 via sherdog.com
  
  It was almost -- almost -- the perfect Cinderella story for Joe Soto Saturday night at the Eddie Bravo Invitational 4 inside the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.
  
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• Ronda Rousey Upset She Didn’t Break Bethe Correia’s Neck?

  16-08-2015 17:13
  
  Although the MMA world was thoroughly impressed with her performance at UFC 190 against Bethe Correia, Ronda Rousey's longtime mentor, "Judo" Gene LeBell claims "Rowdy" Ronda feels she didn't get "rowdy" enough for her own personal liking.According to LeBell, Rousey was not kidding when talking in the pre-fight build up about wanting to hurt Correia for making tasteless comments about suicide, which Rousey felt full well Correia made knowing the situation with he father and their past."I think s
  
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• Werdum vs. Velasquez 2 and getting UFC title shots coming off losses

  16-08-2015 17:00
  
  The announcement on Wednesday that Cain Velasquez would be getting a rematch with Fabricio Werdum for the UFC heavyweight title seemed to get a mostly negative reaction, even though Dana White had strongly hinted it already, and the two most viable contenders were linked to other opponents.
  I can understand the feeling. When Velasquez lost on June 13 to Werdum, it felt logical to me that Werdum should face Junior dos Santos next, and Velasquez should face someone like Andrei Arlovski or Stipe Mi
  
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• Focus: 189 Edition

  16-08-2015 15:46
  MMA Fighting's Esther Lin discusses her favorite photos from UFC 189.
  
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• Gene LeBell: Ronda Rousey 'disappointed' she didn't break Bethe Correia's 'arm, leg, or neck'

  16-08-2015 15:00
  
  By most accounts, Ronda Rousey's 34-second knockout of Bethe Correia at UFC 190 was thoroughly satisfying for the victor, as Rousey settled the score with a woman who insulted her friends and family all throughout the leadup to the fight.
  But according to Rousey's mentor, "Judo" Gene LeBell, the UFC women's bantamweight champion left Brazil feeling like she had left a little something on the table.
  "I think she was a little disappointed," the 83-year-old LeBell said on a recent edition of The MM
  
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• Chris Weidman Reveals Plans To Move Up To 205 Pounds And Fight Jon Jones

  16-08-2015 07:04
  
  Current UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman, who made his name in the upper-echelon of the sport by defeating the legendary Anderson Silva twice, the only fighter to this day to defeat "The Spider" inside the Octagon, is apparently looking to do the same thing to former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones.Weidman confirmed plans this week to move up to the Light Heavyweight division, where the current UFC Middleweight Champion claims he is most interested in fighting "Bones" Jones.The U
  
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• By The Numbers: The Flyweights Thus Far

  16-08-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  125Pounds is the limit for the UFC flyweight division1281Days the UFC flyweight division will have been in existence since its inception on March 3rd, 2012 to UFC 191 where UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson will take on John Dodson in a highly-anticipated rematch4UFC fighters - Joseph Benavidez, Demetrious Johnson, Ian McCall and Yasuhiro Urushitani - kicked off the new division at UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann in a tournament to decide the inaugural champion152The UFC event where tourna
  
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• PBC on NBCSN: Lucian Bute Takes Andrea Di Luisa Out in 4th

  16-08-2015 05:14 via sherdog.com
  
  Forgive Lucian Bute. After a 19-month layoff, following a crushing defeat at the hands of rival Jean Pascal, the former super middleweight world champ needed to ease back into boxing.
  
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• Frank Mir vs. Tim Sylvia full fight video

  16-08-2015 04:00
  
  Watch Frank Mir vs. Tim Sylvia full fight video to see Mir's win over Sylvia for the UFC heavyweight title at UFC 48. Mir, who will square off against Andrei Arlovski at UFC 191, broke Sylvia's arm in multiple places in the victory.
  
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• BJJ ace ‘Tanquinho’ Mendes: More than 15 fighters have declined to fight me

  16-08-2015 01:00
  
  Jiu-jitsu world champion Augusto Mendes wants to add a title to his MMA career.
  A black belt under the legendary Francisco Mansor, "Tanquinho" improved his mixed martial arts record to 5-0 with another finish at Legacy FC 43 in July, and he hopes to finally have a chance to fight for the bantamweight gold in his next bout.
  "They already promised me the title before my last fight, but the truth is nobody wants to fight me," Mendes told MMAFighting.com. "I asked them for a fight, title or not, and
  
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