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• Alex Oliveira returns to lightweight, meets Piotr Hallman at UFC Fight Night 77

  26-08-2015 23:01
  
  Alex Oliveira will enter the UFC Octagon for a fourth time in less than nine months.
  The Brazilian fighter, who moved up from lightweight to welterweight on short notice a couples times to defeat K.J. Noons and Joey Merritt earlier this year, will return to 155 pounds to take on Piotr Hallman at UFC Fight Night 77 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Nov. 7.
  Sources close to the situation confirmed the match-up to MMAFighting.com following a report by Combate.
  Oliveira (13-2-1, 1 no-contest) will have a ful
  
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• Alex Oliveira to Face Piotr Hallmann at UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo on Nov. 7

  26-08-2015 22:58 via sherdog.com
  
  Alex Oliveira will square off against Pitor Hallmann at UFC Fight Night "Belfort vs. Henderson 3" on Nov. 7.
  
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• Former UFC head Campbell McLaren debuts new Hispanic themed MMA company

  26-08-2015 21:01
  
  Campbell McLaren, who was one of the key players in the introduction of MMA, long before it was ever called MMA, to the North American market, has announced that his Combate Americas reality show from last year will turn into a monthly live event promotion on NBC Universo, a Spanish language cable station.Shows will air on Thursday at 11 p.m. Eastern and 8 p.m. Pacific time, with the first show on Sept. 17, in an outdoor venue from The D Casino in Las Vegas. The debut show main event will be Ram
  
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• Tensions erupt between ‘Pitbull,’ Awad camps at Bellator 141 poster signing

  26-08-2015 20:00
  
  The bad blood between Saad Awad's camp and the ‘Pitbull' brothers spilled over late Tuesday night.
  After weeks of back-and-forth on social media, the two teams finally crossed paths while Awad and opponent Patricky Freire signed posters for Bellator 141 in Temecula, CA, leading to an explosive exchange between the fighters and their respective training partners, featherweight contender Georgi Karakhanyan and Bellator champion Patricio Freire.
  Bellator 141 takes place this Friday, Aug. 28 a
  
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• Underdog Brandon Girtz Believes Bellator 141 Foe Melvin Guillard Will Break Under Pressure

  26-08-2015 19:14 via sherdog.com
  
  Minnesota transplant Brandon Girtz estimates that his arrival at Grudge Training Center in Denver came about a month or two after Melvin Guillard skipped town.
  
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• Brandon Girtz Believes Bellator 141 Foe Melvin Guillard Will Break Under Pressure

  26-08-2015 19:14 via sherdog.com
  
  Minnesota transplant Brandon Girtz estimates that his arrival at Grudge Training Center in Denver came about a month or two after Melvin Guillard skipped town.
  
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• Ronda Rousey to Floyd Mayweather: ‘When he learns to read and write, he can text me'

  26-08-2015 18:15
  
  Score this round 10-9 for Ronda Rousey.
  On Wednesday, Rousey, the UFC women's bantamweight champion, fired back at Floyd Mayweather for comments the champion boxer made disparaging the purse splits between the two fighters.
  "It's kind of funny, people bring up pay to me a lot," Rousey said to TMZ. "I don't know if you saw the Floyd thing. He said, ‘when you make $300 million in a night, then you can give me a call.' And I actually did the math, and given the numbers of my last fight,
  
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• All UFC 190 Drug Tests Return Clean

  26-08-2015 18:06 via sherdog.com
  
  If you were waiting for drug test results from UFC 190 to be released, you can finally be at ease.
  
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• UFC 190 drug tests come back clean

  26-08-2015 18:03
  
  All 26 fighters who competed at the UFC 190 event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 1, were tested for steroids and drugs of abuse and passed the screenings, the Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) announced Wednesday.
  According to a statement released by CABMMA, "the athletes were subject to a comprehensive testing program that consisted of both blood and urine collections", with a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) official present during the collection process, and samples were set to a
  
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• Charles ‘Do Bronx’ Oliveira Injury Update

  26-08-2015 17:30 via sherdog.com
  
  Following frightening news that Charles Oliveira had suffered a micro-tear to his esophagus against Max Holloway Aug. 23 at UFC Fight Night “Holloway vs. Oliveira” in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the 25-year-old Brazilian has been released from the hospital.
  
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• With legacy secure, Bellator's Marloes Coenen won't hate on others' success

  26-08-2015 17:01
  
  It would be easy for Marloes Coenen to view others' success with bitterness.
  After all, during this age in which women's mixed martial arts has reached unimaginable levels of visibility, others reap the biggest rewards off the foundation Coenen helped build.
  But Coenen, is in the 15th year over his professional fighting journey, and she doesn't want to waste her remaining time in the sport tearing anyone else down.
  "I love every minute of this," Coenen told MMAFighting.com. "I'm happy for everyo
  
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• Travis Browne’s Wife Claims He Is Having An Affair With Ronda Rousey

  26-08-2015 16:33
  
  According to Travis Browne's wife, the UFC Heavyweight contender has been cheating on her "for a while" with Ronda Rousey.For the past couple of weeks, there have been some rumors going around claiming Rousey has been dating Browne. Both Rousey and Browne have been spotted alone together at various locations during the last month or so.While that may seem harmless on the surface, Browne's wife, Jenna Renee, saw photos posted online of Browne and Rousey together and immediately started addressing
  
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• Reports: Frankie Edgar, Chad Mendes in the Works for ‘TUF 22 Finale’ on Dec. 11

  26-08-2015 16:22 via sherdog.com
  
  Multiple outlets are reporting that Frankie Edgar and Chad Mendes have agreed to collide on Dec. 11 in Las Vegas at “The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale.” Brazilian outlet Lancenet was the first to report the news.
  
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• Chael Sonnen: “Jon Jones Is Gonna Be Back A Lot Sooner Than You Think”

  26-08-2015 16:16
  
  While one would assume former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones still has a ways to go before he settles all of the legal matters related to his hit-and-run incident earlier this year, Chael Sonnen has a completely different timetable for "Bones'" Octagon return.Sonnen spoke with News.com.au about noted that he expects Jones back "sooner than you think.""I think Jon Jones is gonna be back a lot sooner than you think," said Sonnen. "He's still got to get through a court date and anything c
  
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• Carlos Condit on Nick Diaz: ‘I don't think anything short of a rematch' would change things

  26-08-2015 16:00
  
  Over three years have passed since Carlos Condit edged Nick Diaz to become interim UFC welterweight champion. But considering all the cries of ‘Diaz 1, 2, 5' that continue to litter MMA comments sections, it may as well have been yesterday.
  With then-champion Georges St-Pierre sidelined by injury in Feb. 2012, Condit scored a unanimous decision over Diaz to capture the interim title at UFC 143. The win, however, was not without controversy. Ardent Diaz supporters bombarded social media wit
  
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• Narantungalag Jadambaa to Defend Title at One Championship’s ‘Odyssey of Champions’

  26-08-2015 15:56 via sherdog.com
  
  One Championship’s return to Jakarta is expected to be an intense one as the Asian MMA giant has just announced that its “Odyssey of Champions” event will be anchored by a featherweight tilt between champion Narantungalag Jadambaa and Marat Gafurov.
  
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• Brandon Vera to Face Undefeated Chi Lewis-Parry for One Championship Heavyweight Title

  26-08-2015 15:56 via sherdog.com
  
  Former Ultimate Fighting Championship star Brandon Vera will fight for One Championship gold on Dec. 11 in Manila.
  
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• Brandon Vera fights for inaugural ONE Championship heavyweight title in December

  26-08-2015 15:31
  
  Brandon Vera will fight for the ONE Championship heavyweight title on Dec. 11.
  The promotion announced on Wednesday that the longtime UFC veteran, who made his debut under the ONE banner last December with a first-round knockout over Igor Subora, will meet undefeated Chi Lewis Parry at Manila’s Mall of Asia Arena.
  "We're thrilled to be returning to Manila to bring our loyal fans one of the biggest fights of the year," ONE CEO Victor Cui stated in a release. "Brandon Vera and Chi Lewis Parr
  
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• Live Chat: Frankie Edgar vs. Chad Mendes, Chris Weidman vs. Luke Rockhold, UFC's December and more

  26-08-2015 15:00
  
  This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.
  First and foremost, the UFC is positively stacking three events in the month of December. We already knew about UFC 194's middleweight cast, but now Frankie Edgar and Chad Mendes are set to face off the night before at the finale for The Ultimate Fighter, season 22. That means in case Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo falls through, there's a ready substitute to fill in. I like this approach and have been asking for it for years. There are other reasons
  
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• Morning Report: Joe Lauzon explains why Nate Diaz is the last lightweight he'd ever want to fight

  26-08-2015 14:01
  
  Joe Lauzon loves him some Nate Diaz.
  The pair of UFC lightweights emerged in 2007 as castmates on the fifth season of The Ultimate Fighter, but have somehow avoided having to scrap.
  Hosting a Q&A session Tuesday, a fan told Lauzon he'd asked Diaz why the two haven't been booked. According to Diaz, he just plain likes Joe too much.
  "I also love Nate," Lauzon replied. "I think it's kind of a natural thing that we'll probably fight at some point, maybe. But I would always try to fight someone e
  
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• Live Video Stream: Floyd Mayweather Jr. Open Workout (6 p.m. ET)

  26-08-2015 09:05 via sherdog.com
  
  Wednesday's Floyd Mayweather Jr. open workout will air live on Sherdog.com and be available via archive directly following the conclusion of events. The festivities kick off at 6 p.m. ET /3 p.m. PT
  
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• Chad Mendes vs. Frankie Edgar Expected At TUF 22 Finale

  26-08-2015 07:05
  
  It looks like the two best UFC Featherweight contenders in the world not named Jose Aldo or Conor McGregor will be meeting inside the Octagon at The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale.According to multiple sources, both Chad Mendes (17-3) and Frankie Edgar (19-4-1) have verbally agreed to fight each other at the TUF 22 Finale in December.While nothing is official, if the fight does happen, it's safe to say that the winner between Mendes and Edgar, particularly if Edgar wins, will probably be fighting th
  
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• Trinaldo hosts 100 kids to celebrate win

  26-08-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Francisco “Massaranduba” Trinaldo does not talk much, especially when he’s inside the Octagon. But after beating Chad Laprise by knockout at UFC Fight Night Saskatoon, the Brazilian featherweight delivered a speech to his family that touched a lot of people.“Tomorrow (Monday) I will turn 37 years old,” Trinaldo said. “Mom, have a party for the kids. I never had the means to have a birthday party, but now I can pay for one.”Few people watching the fight a
  
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• The Decade-Long Road to Arlovski-Mir

  26-08-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
   I talked to Frank Mir at length about Andrei Arlovski. In 2005. At the time, Mir didn’t have a fight scheduled, and frankly, he was M.I.A. from the MMA world as he recovered from the motorcycle accident that threatened his life and took his UFC heavyweight title. The man now holding the belt Mir never lost in the Octagon was Belarus native Arlovski, who shook off a 1-2 start to his UFC career to become perhaps the most complete heavyweight fighter in the sport. He was a fearsome and
  
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• Teams Decided, Fights Begin on TUF LATAM 2

  26-08-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The newest season of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America got underway this week with coaches Kelvin Gastelum and Efrain Escudero leading a team of welterweights and lightweights as they attempt to earn a contract in the UFC while surviving the toughest tournament in combat sports. Unlike the first season from Latin America, the second go round won't feature region versus region, but instead, Gastelum and Escudero were able to evaluate all the fighters on the show and then select their eight
  
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• SPOILER ALERT: Teams Decided, Fights Begin on TUF LATAM 2

  26-08-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The newest season of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America got underway this week with coaches Kelvin Gastelum and Efrain Escudero leading a team of welterweights and lightweights as they attempt to earn a contract in the UFC while surviving the toughest tournament in combat sports. Unlike the first season from Latin America, the second go round won't feature region versus region, but instead, Gastelum and Escudero were able to evaluate all the fighters on the show and then select their eight
  
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• Rousey rips Mayweather again, says she nets more 'per second' than him

  26-08-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  "[Floyd] said, 'You make $300 million a night, then you can give me a call' ... and I actually did the math, and given the numbers of my last fight, I'm actually the highest-paid UFC fighter and I'm a woman," she said.Rousey, approached Tuesday by a TMZ Sports photographer in Los Angeles, said that Mayweather can contact her to discuss her rebuttal to his recent boast about how big a payday he got this year once "he learns to read."Read Full Article  Read the Full Article Here
  
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• Jordan Mein Retires at 25

  26-08-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  In any combat sport, an athlete leaving at the top of his game is a rarity. Jordan Mein joined that select group Wednesday, announcing his retirement from professional MMA competition at the age of 25.“I’m ready to transition to a different part of my life. I’ve been at this for 12 years, 10 years professionally, so I’m just ready to move on in my life.”If 25 seems to be young for a fighter to call it quits, the above statement will display just how long the Lethbri
  
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• Edgar vs. Mendes Headlines TUF 22 Finale

  26-08-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  The number two and three-ranked featherweights in the world will meet in the Octagon on Friday, December 11, as Frankie Edgar battles Chad Mendes in the main event of the Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale card in Las Vegas.The bout, which will take place at a venue to be determined, comes one night before Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor meet for the undisputed UFC featherweight crown in the main event of UFC 194 on December 12.FOX Sports 1 will air the TUF 22 Finale, and Mendes will discuss the bout on th
  
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• UFC To Announce Full Schedule For Next Four Months At “UFC: Go Big”

  26-08-2015 06:57
  
  Following the success of UFC's "The Time Is Now" and "Welcome To The Show," the promotion has announced UFC "Go Big," an event with many of UFC's top stars to announce their complete fight schedule from UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson in September of 2015 all the way through UFC 195: Rousey vs. Holm in January of 2016.UFC announced the following details on the special event this week:UFC TO 'GO BIG' WITH NEW SEASONAL CAMPAIGNLAUNCH EVENT IN LAS VEGAS ON SEPT. 4Las Vegas – UFC® will
  
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• Alexis Davis Announces UFC Hiatus Due To Pregnancy

  26-08-2015 06:34
  
  Alexis Davis has likely seen her last Octagon outing in the 2015 calendar year, as the UFC Women's Bantamweight contender announced that she is pregnant.Davis took to her official Instagram page to share the news:"Big news to announce today a slight delay in my return to the octagon," wrote Davis. "I planned on spending as much time back home as possible to help with my niece anyways. But we are over joyed by this news and should be expecting our new arrival early 2016!! And planned to back in t
  
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• John Dodson's Fab Five

  26-08-2015 06:25 via ufc.com
  
  John Dodson has gone on the record with his desire to not just win a UFC title, but to win three of them in different weight classes. On Saturday, September 5, he can start that remarkable quest when he faces UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson for the second time in the main event of UFC 191 in Las Vegas. So can he win belts at 125, 135 and 145 pounds? He’s got the confidence, and his performances in the defining bouts below show that he may have the talent to make history as well.2
  
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• Video: UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson II Extended Preview

  26-08-2015 05:54
  
  https://youtu.be/-2QPjC79by8On Tuesday, UFC released the ten minute "Extended Preview" for the September 5th UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson II pay-per-view at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.The official description for the video, which focuses on the two main events -- Demetrious Johnson vs. Johnson Dodson II for Johnson's UFC Flyweight Championship, and a battle of former UFC Heavyweight Champions in Andrei Arlovski vs. Frank Mir -- reads as follows:"The biggest flyweight fight in
  
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• Frankie Edgar, Chad Mendes agree to fight in Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale main event

  26-08-2015 04:25
  
  Two of the best featherweights in the world are set to face off one day before the title is unified.
  Chad Mendes and Frankie Edgar have verbally agreed to fight in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale on Dec. 11 in Las Vegas, multiple sources confirmed with MMAFighting.com. Lancenet.com in Brazil was the first to report the news. The next day, champion Jose Aldo and titleholder Conor McGregor will fight in the UFC 194 main event in the same city.
  Mendes (17-3) took an interim ti
  
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• Nik Lentz goes up to lightweight, meets Danny Castillo at UFC on FOX 17

  26-08-2015 04:01
  
  Nik Lentz is moving on up.
  The perennially ranked featherweight is shifting back to lightweight and will meet Danny Castillo at UFC on FOX 17 on Dec. 19 in Orlando, the UFC confirmed Tuesday. The Orlando Sentinel was the first to report the news.
  Lentz (25-7-2, 1 NC) moved down to 145 in 2012 and went 4-2 in the weight class. However, the Minnesota native has lost two of his last three fights, including a third-round submission defeat against Charles Oliveira in May. Lentz, 31, only has los
  
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• Charles Oliveira released from hospital, preliminary tests negative for 'major' injuries

  26-08-2015 02:57
  
  Charles Oliveira has been released from the hospital two days after his disastrous setback at UFC Fight Night 74.
  The UFC announced the news Tuesday night, adding in a statement that preliminary test results for the featherweight's chest, neck, and throat have come back free of "major" injuries, and that Oliveira plans to have a follow-up appointment with doctors after returning home on Wednesday.
  Oliveira (20-5, 1 NC) saw his three-fight win streak snapped after suffering what appeared to be a
  
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• UFC Announces Anthony Johnson’s Punishment For Gym Altercation With Woman

  26-08-2015 02:04
  
  UFC issued a statement this week to announce the consequences that their Light Heavyweight contender Anthony "Rumble" Johnson will face as a result of his recent semi-physical gym altercation with a woman.Below is the statement UFC issued, along with a link to a FOX Sports article with more information on the story.UFC STATEMENT ON ANTHONY JOHNSONFollowing a thorough investigation by a third-party law firm, UFC® is extremely disappointed with Anthony Johnson’s recent actions, as the or
  
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• UFC Fight Night 74: Holloway vs. Oliveira falls below 2015 ratings average

  26-08-2015 01:00
  
  Sunday's UFC Fight Night from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan did 796,000 viewers, about 12-percent lower than a normal prime time Fight Night show would do this year.
  Although Sunday has been a good day in the past for UFC events on FS1, this week's show from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan did below average numbers.
  UFC Fight Night 74, headlined by a disappointing 99-second main event with Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira, was weak on star power overall. It did 796,000 viewers, the third-lowest for a prime t
  
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• UFC on Fox 17 Update: Nik Lentz Returns to Lightweight, Faces Danny Castillo on Dec. 19

  26-08-2015 00:47 via sherdog.com
  
  Ranked featherweight Nik Lentz will move back up the scale to 155 pounds for a December fight against Danny Castillo.
  
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• Luke Rockhold calls his shot against Chris Weidman: 'A left kick or a left hand' will finish him

  26-08-2015 00:01
  UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is confident ahead of his UFC 194 title defense against Luke Rockhold. So confident, in fact, that he told Ariel Helwani on last week's The MMA Hour that he thought the surging Rockhold's tough talk in the media bout him was just a display of insecurity.
  "I'm excited to go out there and just really run through Luke," Weidman said. "I just really cannot imagine myself losing to him. I know he'll talk the same way, but I think he's just kind of faking i
  
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