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• Boxing: Austin Trout, Joey Hernandez on Point for PBC on Fox Sports 1 Debut

  07-09-2015 23:30 via sherdog.com
  
  Tuesday’s Premier Boxing Champions clash of southpaws on the inaugural PBC on Fox Sports 1 bill is now official.
  
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• UFC plans to have weekly live events on Fight Pass in near future

  07-09-2015 22:00
  
  With UFC's Fight Pass being about a year-and-a-half old, Eric Winter, who has been hired to oversee the project, has a very simple philosophy."Live content rules," said Winter, who was hired from Yahoo several weeks ago as the new Senior Vice President and General Manager for UFC Fight Pass.Winter is looking at a future where there is a full fight card every week on the service, and is looking at technological advances for a planned heavily promoted relaunch early next year."I owe them a strateg
  
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• Junior dos Santos is ‘a different fighter today’, but would knock Fabricio Werdum out again

  07-09-2015 21:01
  
  A lot has changed since the first time Junior dos Santos was booked into a fight against Alistair Overeem, and "Cigano" has looked to make improvements ahead of his UFC on FOX 17 clash with the Dutch heavyweight.
  A former UFC heavyweight champion, dos Santos moved his camp to Nova Uniao and returned to the win column with a hard-fought decision victory over Stipe Miocic in his only appearance inside the Octagon in 2014. Yet training in a gym full of lightweights wasn’t the right fit for a
  
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• Holly Holm: Cris Cyborg is serious about cutting to 135 pounds for UFC title fight

  07-09-2015 20:01
  
  Cris Cyborg is Ronda Rousey's most anticipated potential opponent. Holly Holm is Rousey's next foe. The two women filmed the movie "Fight Valley" together last week, and Holm said the encounter wasn't awkward at all. Just the opposite.
  Holm said as she and Cyborg took a photo together, Cyborg noticed they were around the same height.
  "She goes, 'Hey, you're my height. How tall are you?'" Holm told MMA Fighting. "I said, 'I'm 5'8.' She goes, 'I'm 5'8. There's hope. I'm gonna get there.' That was
  
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• Nate Diaz Says Conor McGregor Punked Cowboy Cerrone & Rafael Dos Anjos “Like B*tches”

  07-09-2015 19:06
  
  By now, if you haven't seen the already infamous UFC: Go Big launch event from Friday afternoon, you've definitely heard about it. One thing is for sure, UFC lightweight contender Nate Diaz saw it, and after watching Conor McGregor verbally pick both Donald Cerrone and Rafael Dos Anjos apart, he is now questioning the manhood of his fellow lightweights.The Stockton bad boy took to social media on Sunday to address the way current UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael Dos Anjos, as well as his upcoming
  
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• Fortunes changed for five at UFC 191

  07-09-2015 18:01
  
  Demetrious Johnson on Saturday night continued being DemetriousJohnson.That is, being the best technical fighter in the sport, and a seeminglyuntouchable champion with no discernible flaws. And he also, on the flip side,remained someone the public has little interest in, particularly when contrasted with hisrecord.It's become the narrative before every Johnson main event about how good heis and how it doesn't translate to the box office. His previous title defense,in Montreal, did a $668,000 ga
  
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• Reebok Fighter Payouts For UFC 191 Revealed

  07-09-2015 16:39
  
  With UFC 191 officially in the books, it's time to find out how much money fighters who competed on Saturday's fight card earned via their new, mandatory Reebok sponsorship deals.Below are the figures that the Reebok sponsorship deal paid out to fighters who competed on the UFC 191 card.Note: These are not the usual fighter salaries we post after each event, but instead the amount of money fighters earned strictly from the new Reebok sponsorship deal.UFC 191 Pay-Per-View Fights- Demetrious Johns
  
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• With Conor McGregor, going big is the only way he knows how

  07-09-2015 16:27
  
  Late last week, when Conor McGregor went bigger than everyone else at the UFC’s "Go Big" event, it felt a little bit like the unveiling of the monster we created. If you didn’t see it, do yourself a favor.
  McGregor picked fights with the entire pantheon of fighters who were gathered to bring home the sheer immensity of the occasion. Holly Holm, sitting right next to McGregor, was like the bookish girl who got stuck next to the obnoxious kid in class. She was mortified. Donald Cerrone
  
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• T.J. Dillashaw: Conor McGregor 'wasn't there for his team at all' on TUF 22

  07-09-2015 15:01
  
  LAS VEGAS -- UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw spoke to the media at UFC 191 about a potential fight against Dominick Cruz, life as champion, Conor McGregor's recent comments to Urijah Faber, McGregor's persona, whether he would like to fight the Irishman, putting Renan Barao behind him, the relationship between Team Alpha Male and Duane Ludwig, and much more.
  
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• Dana White In-Depth On “Fake” Wrestling Controversy, His Battles With Vince McMahon

  07-09-2015 14:04
  
  During a recent radio appearance, UFC President Dana White finally spent some time to properly address all of the controversy stemming from his "fake" pro wrestling comments, as well as shed some light on some "behind-the-scenes battles" he has had with Vince McMahon.“Listen, try to do anything today without pissing people off.Try it.I mean anything you say people get mad, you just gotta not care and I don’t care.Anything you say on Twitter or Instagram or anywhere these days every w
  
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• Morning Report: Nate Diaz slams Rafael dos Anjos and Donald Cerrone for getting 'punked' by Conor McGregor

  07-09-2015 14:00
  
  If you missed the UFC's "GO BIG" event on Friday, don't worry. All you really need to know is that Conor McGregor has fights booked through 2020.
  McGregor's actually fighting featherweight champion Jose Aldo Dec. 12 at UFC 194 but you wouldn't know it watching the event. McGregor threw a few jabs at Aldo, but the real show started when he turned his attention on lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos and No. 1 contender Donald Cerrone.
  Dubbing their weight class as the "stick in the mud division,
  
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• Video: Beyonce Uses Ronda Rousey’s “Do Nothing B*tch” Audio During Concert

  07-09-2015 13:44
  
  When music royalty Beyonce borrows from you for a clip for her live concert performance, you know you've made it. Having said that, it's pretty safe to say, if he wasn't already, that Ronda Rousey has "arrived."During her concert on Saturday in Toronto, prior to the performance of her song "Diva," Beyonce aired a message -- with audio included - of Rousey delivering her already infamous "Do Nothing B*tch" speech.UFC Vice President of Public Relations Dave Sholler told MMAFighting.com that Beyonc
  
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• Premier Boxing Champions on Fox Sports 1 ‘Trout vs. Hernandez’ Results & Play-by-Play

  07-09-2015 09:09 via sherdog.com
  
  Sherdog.com's live PBC on Fox Sports 1 coverage kicks off at 9 p.m. ET.
  
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• Anthony Johnson vs. Jimi Manuwa full fight video highlights

  07-09-2015 03:00
  
  Watch Anthony Johnson vs. Jimi Manuwa full fight video highlights from UFC 191's main card above, courtesy of FOX Sports 1.
  UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson 2 took place Sept. 5, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Light heavyweight bruiser Anthony Johnson (20-5) took on British slugger Jimi Manuwa (15-2) on the night's main card, which aired live on pay-per-view. Catch the video highlights above.More Coverage: UFC 191 Results | UFC News
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• PBC on CBS: Anthony Dirrell Remains Relevant by Busting Up Marco Antonio Rubio

  07-09-2015 00:18 via sherdog.com
  
  Anthony Dirrellhas had his share of near tragedies.
  
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