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• Bellator’s Keri Anne Taylor-Melendez Hoping to Make MMA Debut in Early 2016

  15-09-2015 22:42 via sherdog.com
  
  Keri Anne Taylor-Melendez is aware of the expectations that accompany her name.
  
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• Boxing: Unbeaten Heavyweight Prospect Dominic Breazeale to Fight on Sept. 26

  15-09-2015 22:24 via sherdog.com
  
  Premier Boxing Champions on Tuesday announced that undefeated heavyweight prospect Dominic Breazeale will fight in the opening bout of the next PBC on NBC card.
  
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• Erik Koch vs. Drew Dober slated for UFC 195

  15-09-2015 22:00
  
  A lightweight contest between Erik Koch and Drew Dober has been targeted for UFC 195 on Jan. 2 in Las Vegas, according to UFC officials Tuesday.Koch (14-4) has lost three of his past four fights. He was knocked out in the first round of his last trip to the Octagon by Daron Cruickshank at UFC Fight Night 40 on May 10, 2014.Dober is 1-3 with 1 no-contest in his past five fights. He was submitted by Efrain Escudero at UFC 188 this past June.Robbie Lawler will defend his UFC welterweight title agai
  
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• T.J. Dillashaw down for superfight with 'best in the world' Demetrious Johnson

  15-09-2015 21:00
  
  After another routine title defense, UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson expressed a desire to meet bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw in a champion vs. champion superfight.
  Dillashaw, for his part, has a long-awaited title defense against Dominick Cruz lined up for January in Boston. However, during last week's edition of The MMA Hour, the bantamweight champ praised the 125-pound champion's abilities and said he'd be down to meet him in the Octagon at some point.
  "What's going to build
  
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• Erik Koch, Drew Dober to Collide at UFC 195

  15-09-2015 18:48 via sherdog.com
  
  The Ultimate Fighting Championship has added an intriguing lightweight contest to its growing UFC 195 card.
  
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• Nick Diaz vs. the Nevada Athletic Commission: Three lessons learned

  15-09-2015 18:44
  
  In the wake of UFC welterweight Nick Diaz's outrageous suspension and fine from the Nevada Athletic Commission on Monday, there are three major lessons to takeaway.
  
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• King Mo: MMA 'ain't really a true sport,' because Dana White is its biggest star

  15-09-2015 16:38
  
  LOS ANGELES -- One by one, Muhammed Lawal went through most of the major sports, asking reporters and videographers to name the biggest star in each. Football. Basketball. Track and field. Swimming. Tennis.
  When the time came to ask about the biggest star ever in MMA, "King Mo" had the journalists stumped.
  Brock Lesnar? Nah. Georges St-Pierre? Not him. Ronda Rousey? Nope.
  "Dana!" Lawal said finally at a Bellator: Dynamite media day Tuesday in Hollywood. "Dana White. Biggest star. Hands down. Her
  
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• Morning Report: Josh Barnett hasn't signed to grapple Chael Sonnen at Metamoris

  15-09-2015 14:00
  
  Chael Sonnen says he's challenging Josh Barnett at Metamoris 7 in November, but it's news to the promotion's heavyweight champion.
  "I'll even give you gentleman a prediction," Sonnen told Submission Radio. "Sonnen wins. I'm going to take his fat ass down and he will never get up. And let him know I said that.
  "I'm going to take Josh down and then I'm going to whisper in his ear, `Welcome to the next 20 minutes of your life.'"
  Well, Barnett says nothing's on the books, but that he'd be more
  
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• TUF Latin America 2 - Episode 4 Preview

  15-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Team Escudero was finally able to get in the win column a week ago, as Horacio Gutierrez set aside an ankle injury that was hampering him in practice to take out Team Gastelum fighter Danny Salas by unanimous decision. Gutierrez had to dig down deep to find the willpower to fight through his ankle injury, but once he got in the Octagon, the dream of fighting in the UFC finally came true and he performed like there wasn't anything holding him back. The win by Gutierrez also gave control to c
  
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• The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber - Episode 2 Recap

  15-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
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  A ton of stories surfaced after the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter finished filming, many of them regarding Conor McGregor and his rather unique approach to coaching his team of eight European athletes.Fellow coach Urijah Faber has taken shots at McGregor for not being a hands-on coach who was deeply embedded in every, single practice with his team, but if the second episode was any indication, the interim featherweight champion might just introduce an entirely new way of thinkin
  
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• The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber - Ep. 2 Recap

  15-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
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  A ton of stories surfaced after the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter finished filming, many of them regarding Conor McGregor and his rather unique approach to coaching his team of eight European athletes.Fellow coach Urijah Faber has taken shots at McGregor for not being a hands-on coach who was deeply embedded in every, single practice with his team, but if the second episode was any indication, the interim featherweight champion might just introduce an entirely new way of thinkin
  
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• The Ultimate Fighter 22 - Episode 2 Preview

  15-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Following 16 fights to get into the house, the Americans and Europeans will meet their coaches and prepare for the first contest on the newest episode of The Ultimate Fighter, airing this Wednesday night at 10pm ET on FS1. It was a hard-fought competition as the teams were determined by American vs. American and European vs. European bouts, with the best 16 fighters left standing making up the teams who will be represented by Urijah Faber and Conor McGregor. //
  There were some serious
  
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• The Ultimate Fighter 22 - Ep. 2 Preview

  15-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Following 16 fights to get into the house, the Americans and Europeans will meet their coaches and prepare for the first contest on the newest episode of The Ultimate Fighter, airing this Wednesday night at 10pm ET on FS1. It was a hard-fought competition as the teams were determined by American vs. American and European vs. European bouts, with the best 16 fighters left standing making up the teams who will be represented by Urijah Faber and Conor McGregor. //
  There were some serious
  
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• Best of a Nation: Japan

  15-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The UFC returns to Japan next week for UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson at Saitama Super Arena. The Japanese contingent will be well-represented on the card, and each of those local heroes competing at home will be looking to take the next step toward Octagon immortality. So who are the top fighters from the Land of the Rising Sun to compete in the UFC? Here are 20 of the best.In alphabetical order…Yoshihiro Akiyama - OsakaA skilled judo black belt who has no qualms about standing and
  
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• Aldo's coach: McGregor in for a beating

  15-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIROThe rivalry between Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor has become one of the UFC’s most compelling storylines, and Aldo’s coach Andre Pederneiras is doing his part to ramp up the rhetoric before the highly anticipated Dec. 2 showdown at UFC 194. //
  "Aldo has a great attitude. During the fight, what (McGregor) said will make no difference. He will hit McGregor anywhere he can - and with a lot of desire,” Pederneiras told UFC Brazil between training sessions at the f
  
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• Nick Diaz opens old wounds on a dark day in his career

  15-09-2015 04:20
  
  Moments after the Nevada Athletic Commission handed Nick Diaz a controversial five-year suspension, the popular fighter opened up to MMAFighting.com, perhaps like never before.
  Here's what Diaz had to say:"I'm the only one who's invested in a fight life. That's why noneof these other guys can ever say shit. They're too worried about whattheir families and their wives and the people around them will think, sothey're too scared to speak up. That's why I invested everything in myfight life. That's
  
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• PBC on Fox Sports 1 ‘Toe-to-Toe Tuesdays’ Weigh-in Results: Vasquez, Lopez on Weight

  15-09-2015 04:01 via sherdog.com
  
  Premier Boxing Champions’ “Toe-to-Toe Tuesdays” on Fox Sports 1 is official as headliners Sammy Vazquez and Jose Lopez hit their marks at Monday’s weigh-ins in California, Pennsylvania.
  
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• Nick Diaz’s five-year ban from a spurned commission comes with its own set of words: Travesty, ego, ridiculous…

  15-09-2015 02:30
  
  First of all, the Nevada Athletic Commission’s Pat Lundvall isn’t one to cross. Nobody plays as fast and loose with an athlete’s livelihood as the frosty commissioner, who can barely conceal her contempt when somebody has the audacity to dredge it up. But let’s start with the basics in the case of the UFC’s Nick Diaz, who appeared before Lundvall and the rest of the NAC on Monday to defend himself against his latest hot marijuana test.
  You knew it wouldn’t be
  
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• Injuries to Isaac Vallie-Flagg, Kelvin Tiller Alter Undercard for Friday’s WSOF 23

  15-09-2015 02:19 via sherdog.com
  
  Injuries have forced Isaac Vallie-Flagg and Kelvin Tiller to withdraw from their respective bouts at WSOF 23 “Gaethje vs. Palomino 2.”
  
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• Nick Diaz's team will file petition for judicial review of 'draconian' NAC suspension

  15-09-2015 01:40
  
  Nick Diaz's battle with Nevada is only just beginning.
  Diaz's lawyer Lucas Middlebrook told MMA Fighting that the plan is to file a petition for judicial review with regards to the Nevada Athletic Commission's discipline of Diaz for marijuana usage Monday. The NAC suspended Diaz for five years and hit him with a $150,000 fine, which is 33-percent of his $500,000 fight purse, at its monthly meeting in Las Vegas. Diaz's team has 30 days to file the petition.
  "We think it's absolutely draconia
  
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• Pedro Rizzo Announces Retirement, Wins Final Bout in Brazil with Trademark Leg Kicks

  15-09-2015 00:56 via sherdog.com
  
  Less than two weeks after Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira announced his retirement from MMA, another legendary Brazilian heavyweight left the sport: Pedro Rizzo.
  
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• NAC Suspends Nick Diaz Five Years, Fines Him $165,000 For Failed Drug Tests

  15-09-2015 00:20
  
  Nick Diaz was suspended for five years and fined $165,000 by the Nevada Athletic Commission due to his multiple failed drug tests.Diaz has failed multiple tests throughout his career for marijuana, however many are finding it absurd that Anderson Silva would only receive a one-year suspension for performance-enhancing drugs, while Diaz gets five years for marijuana.Diaz reportedly pleaded the fifth to every question asked of him at the hearing.
  
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