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• Watch Conor McGregor's triumphant homecoming in Ireland

  08-09-2015 23:06
  
  Talk about a homecoming a long time in the making. Watch video above of Conor McGregor making his triumphant return to Dublin for the first time since winning the UFC interim featherweight championship with a second-round knockout of Chad Mendes on July 11 at UFC 189.
  After winning the title, McGregor went directly into six weeks of filming The Ultimate Fighter 22 opposite Urijah Faber. The season debuts this Wednesday on FOX Sports 1.
  McGregor is scheduled to finally settle his rivalry with UFC
  
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• Hisaki Kato vs. Melvin Manhoef to Headline Bellator 146 on Nov. 20

  08-09-2015 22:55 via sherdog.com
  
  A potential striker’s delight has been tabbed to headline Bellator 146, as Hisaki Kato will lock horns with Melvin Manhoef in a middleweight duel.
  
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• UFC 191 Medical Suspensions: Arlovski, Mir Among Five Fighters Facing 6 Months

  08-09-2015 22:36 via sherdog.com
  
  Heavyweight co-headliners Andrei Arlovski and Frank Mir top of a list of five fighters from UFC 191 who are facing potential six-month suspensions following Saturday’s event.
  
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• UFC 191 medical suspensions: Andrei Arlovski, Frank Mir among five fighters potentially out until 2016

  08-09-2015 22:30
  
  In the aftermath of UFC 191, five fighters received medical suspensions potentially stretching into the new year, including heavyweight co-headliners Andrei Arlovski and Frank Mir. The Nevada Athletic Commission released the event's official medical suspension list Tuesday to MMAFighting.com.
  Arlovski and Mir fought to a closely contested decision on the Sept. 5 card, and though Arlovski took home the win, both heavyweights left with potential injuries to their right hands which could keep them
  
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• UFC 191 salaries: Three fighters out-earn champ Demetrious Johnson

  08-09-2015 22:03
  
  Demetrious Johnson may have topped the headlines with a dominant seventh consecutive defense of his UFC flyweight title at UFC 191, but it was veteran Anthony Johnson who ultimately led the event's salary report, according to information released Tuesday to MMAFighting.com by the Nevada Athletic Commission.
  "Rumble" pocketed an event-high $230,000 in purse money for his second-round knockout of light heavyweight slugger Jimi Manuwa on the night's pay-per-view card. His total just barely edged ou
  
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• UFC 191 Salaries: Champ Demetrious Johnson ($191K) Earns Event’s Fourth-Highest Payday

  08-09-2015 21:57 via sherdog.com
  
  Demetrious Johnson continued to prove that he is one the sport’s pound-for-pound best performers at UFC 191, but that didn’t mean he topped Saturday’s payroll.
  
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• Unbeaten Contender Julian Williams to Headline Sept. 22 Fox Sports 1 Card

  08-09-2015 21:56 via sherdog.com
  
  Boxing continues its resurgence in the U.S. as Premier Boxing Champions on Fox Sports 1’s Toe-To-Toe Tuesdays will have another intriguing card on Sept. 22.
  
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• Quartet of Mayweather Promotions Fighters to Flood Saturday’s Undercard

  08-09-2015 21:56 via sherdog.com
  
  A crop of mostly local talent will be on display Saturday afternoon during the non-televised undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto event inside the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
  
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• T.J. Dillashaw: I'll finish Dominick Cruz faster than I did Renan Barao

  08-09-2015 20:56
  
  After UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw finished Renan Barao in their rematch at UFC on FOX 16, former champ Dominick Cruz went on The MMA Hour and all but called Dillashaw an imitator who is lucky to be where he is.
  Tuesday was Dillashaw's chance to fire back. Appearing on The MMA Hour, Dillashaw took exception to the notion he stole Cruz's footwork- and movement-based style and ridiculed the idea Cruz was the first person to employ such tactics.
  "It's so ridiculous, he's saying he's the
  
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• Alex Chambers Says She Blew Out Knee in Second Round vs. Paige VanZant at UFC 191

  08-09-2015 19:35 via sherdog.com
  
  Alex Chambers was a significant underdog heading into her matchup with Paige VanZant at UFC 191, but an apparent knee injury suffered in the middle of the fight certainly didn’t make life any easier.
  
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• Welterweights Brennan Ward, Dennis Olson to Meet at Bellator 144 on Oct. 23

  08-09-2015 19:16 via sherdog.com
  
  Brennan Ward will go for his third straight win when he squares off with Dennis Olson at Bellator 144.
  
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• Controversial Xplode Fight Series brings in third-party sanctioning body

  08-09-2015 17:00
  
  One of the most controversial regional MMA promotions in the country is taking a step to clean up its act.
  Xplode Fight Series, one of the principles in a recent investigate series by MMA Fighting, has hired a third-party sanctioning body, the U.S. Mixed Martial Arts Federation (UMMAF), to oversee its events, the UMMAF announced last week. XFS is able to avoid regulation by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC), because it runs events on the San Pasqual Native American reservation near
  
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• Daniel Cormier: I need Jon Jones back, so I can 'stop playing around with these guys'

  08-09-2015 15:01
  
  LAS VEGAS -- Daniel Cormier said after winning the UFC light heavyweight title over Anthony Johnson four months ago that he would be fine if Jon Jones never came back and tried to regain the belt. Cormier seems to have changed his tune a bit now.
  "Obviously, I need [Jones]," Cormier said Friday at the Go Big press conference. "As I move forward, in this fight in October and I face Alexander [Gustafsson], I need that guy. I need that guy to get back in here and fight me again. For my journey to b
  
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• The MMA Hour with TJ Dillashaw, Mark Hunt, Holly Holm, Sam Stout, Brad Pickett, Valerie Letourneau, Kyra Gracie, Jinh Yu Frey

  08-09-2015 14:01
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Tuesday's show:
  1:00 p.m. ET -- UFC bantamweight Brad Pickett will talk about his foray into MMA promoting and what's next for him.
  1:25 p.m. -- Holly Holm will talk about fighting Ronda Rousey at UFC 193.
  1:45 p.m. -- UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw will discuss what's next for him.
  2:05 p.m. -- Sam Stout will explain why he decided to retire last week.
  2:25 p.m. -- Kyra Gracie will discuss her new show on UFC Fight Pass, "The Th
  
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• Morning Report: Max Holloway believes a UFC event in Hawaii would draw B.J. Penn out of retirement

  08-09-2015 14:01
  
  Would an event in Hawaii be enough to bring former UFC champion B.J. Penn out of retirement? Max Holloway thinks so.
  "I heard Dana White talking about UFC: Hawaii," Holloway told fans on Periscope (via Bloody Elbow). "I heard he said it was already on the agenda and just needed to get over some obstacles. B.J. Penn said if UFC ever came to Hawaii he would come out of retirement for a last one. You guys might just get your wish and see the legend back in action."
  Penn retired last July following
  
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• UFC 191 fallout - DJ, VanZant move up ranks

  08-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The latest UFC rankings are out - and it looks like Paige VanZant and Demetrious Johnson are the biggest winners to emerge from UFC 191.See the full rankings hereJohnson, the UFC flyweight champion, defeated John Dodson for his seventh consecutive succesful defense of his crown. As a result, he maintains the top spot in his division and moves up one position to second overall in the pound-for-pound rankings above middleweight champion Chris Weidman but still behind featherweight champion Jose Al
  
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• TUF LATAM 2 - Episode 3 Sneak Preview

  08-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  As a professional fighter, reality can deal out a cruel fate at any time or any place, and all the competitors on the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America learned that harsh lesson a week ago when they saw what happened to Marco Olano from Team Escudero.  Before Olano really had much of a chance to battle Erick Montano from Team Gastelum, he was thrown to the ground on a takedown, and when he rolled over his forearm looked like a lightning bolt instead of a straight line. Ol
  
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• The TUF 30 - Part One

  08-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  On Wednesday, September 9, The Ultimate Fighter kicks off a new season on FOX Sports 1 with coaches Conor McGregor and Urijah Faber leading a group of hopefuls through the toughest tournament in sports. When it’s over, the fighters who go on to compete in the Octagon will try to follow in the footsteps of those who have become champions and contenders in the Octagon, and if they do they may earn a place on the TUF 30, which celebrates the best fighters to come off the reality series. 30 &n
  
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• Vitor Belfort: Jose Aldo is a real athlete, Conor McGregor is a trash talker

  08-09-2015 02:01
  
  The UFC got some of their top stars in a press conference Friday, but interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor taking over the day didn’t please everyone.
  Vitor Belfort flew to Las Vegas to promote his Nov. 7 main event clash with Dan Henderson, and expressed his disappointment with the situation over his social media. The former UFC light heavyweight champion, who headlines the upcoming Fight Night card in Sao Paulo, believes MMA is becoming entertainment only.
  Belfort, who was asked
  
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• Henry Cejudo: 'It's just a matter of time' before I take out Demetrious Johnson

  08-09-2015 00:00
  
  LAS VEGAS -- UFC flyweight contender Henry Cejudo spoke to the media at UFC 191 about his upcoming fight against Jussier Formiga, why the match-up against Joseph Benavidez fell through, how the altitude of Mexico City affected his latest performance, his title aspirations, challenging Demetrious Johnson, graduating from college, and much more.
  
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