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• Rousey “Not Surprised” By Drawing More PPV Buys Than Mayweather For Their Latest Fights

  21-09-2015 23:15
  
  While Ronda Rousey and Floyd Mayweather can never actually fight each other, it hasn't stopped Rousey from kicking Mayweather's butt in many others ways, including one that has to be a bitter pill to swallow for the man who calls himself "Money" Mayweather.After beating out Mayweather for the 2015 "Fighter of the Year" at the ESPY Awards, where she would then take a public shot at Mayweather's past with domestic abuse, "Rowdy" Ronda has bested the boxing pound-for-pound king yet again, this time
  
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• Henry Cejudo won’t fight in Las Vegas ‘even if that means leaving the belt on the line’

  21-09-2015 23:00
  
  In light of the extreme five-year ban the Nevada Athletic Commission handed down to Nick Diaz for testing positive for marijuana, plenty of people — fighters, fans and media — expressed their disgust. Yet nobody took as much action as Olympic gold medalist and current UFC flyweight contender Henry Cejudo, who drafted a letter to the commission declaring, among other things, that he’d never fight in Las Vegas again.Cejudo — along with his manager, Bill McFarlane — to
  
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• UFC signs Polish strawweight prospect Karolina Kowalkiewicz

  21-09-2015 21:32
  
  The UFC has added yet another undefeated Polish fighter to its women's strawweight division.
  Karolina Kowalkiewicz, who has fought for Invicta FC and KSW, signed a deal with the UFC on Monday, officials confirmed with MMA Fighting. Sherdog was the first to report the news.Dreams are there to meet them and I am one step closer to my dreams. Here we go! @ufc pic.twitter.com/82aAU7w4Tr
  — KarolinaKowalkiewicz (@KarolinaMMA) September 21, 2015Kowalkiewicz (9-0) is regarded as someone who c
  
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• Dana White Says Georges St-Pierre Is Not Returning To The UFC

  21-09-2015 21:23
  
  UFC President delivered a kick in the gut to die-hard MMA fans recently, as he basically confirmed that MMA legend and former UFC 170-pound king Georges St-Pierre will not be returning to the Octagon."I don't think so, buddy, I'm sorry," White said to a fan during a UFC 193 Q&A in Melbourne, Australia. "GSP's rich, man, he's hanging out and he's living the good life."According to White, to be successful in MMA, you have to be hungry."In this sport you have to be hungry," White said. "You hav
  
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• UFC signs Polish heavyweight Damian Grabowski

  21-09-2015 19:44
  
  The UFC has signed another talent from Poland."Polish Pitbull" Damian Grabowski, a former M-1 Global heavyweight champion with a record of 20-2, has signed a multi-fight deal with the UFC, MMAFighting.com learned on Monday. The heavyweight prospect is still waiting for a date and an opponent to make his Octagon debut.
  "Grabowski is very happy to sign to UFC and I'm sure his name will be in the official rankings soon," Grabowski’s manager Stefano Sartori confirmed to MMAFighting.com.
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• Tito Ortiz Talks About The Possibility Of Retiring

  21-09-2015 19:01
  
  Following his loss to Bellator light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary at Bellator: Dynamite 1 this past Saturday in San Jose, California, Tito Ortiz discussed the possibility of retirement."As far as me coming back, I'll wait," said Ortiz at the Bellator: Dynamite 1 post-fight press conference. "I'm gonna chill for a little bit. I'm just gonna enjoy this time right now. I missed out on the summer; I missed out on a lot of time with my family. I'm 40 years old, man. I've been doing this sh*t for
  
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• Undefeated Strawweight Prospect Karolina Kowalkiewicz Signs with UFC

  21-09-2015 18:40 via sherdog.com
  
  The Ultimate Fighting Championship has added an undefeated strawweight to contend with the best the division has to offer.
  
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• Undefeated Strawweight Prospect Karolina Kowalkiewicz Signs with the UFC

  21-09-2015 18:40 via sherdog.com
  
  The Ultimate Fighting Championship has added an undefeated strawweight to contend with the best the division has to offer.
  
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• Jon Jones’ Plea Bargain Hearing Set For Next Week

  21-09-2015 18:21
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLCDJF51oR4Jon Jones' latest out of the cage saga may be nearing its end. Marc Raimondi of MMAFighting.com reported this morning that according to documents from Albuquerque Second Judicial District Court, Jones has a plea hearing set forSeptember 29th (a week from tomorrow/Tuesday)at 8:30 a.m. local time. Raimondi had previously reported a few days ago that the case was moved to a different court "on the stipulation of the parties for the entry of a pre
  
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• Invicta FC Adds Five to its Roster

  21-09-2015 17:50 via sherdog.com
  
  Invicta Fighting Championships’s roster has grown by five.
  
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• Invicta FC Adds 5 New Fighters to Roster

  21-09-2015 17:50 via sherdog.com
  
  Invicta Fighting Championships’s roster has grown by five.
  
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• Video: Miesha Tate Says She Doesn’t Trust UFC, Done Being Pushed Around By Them

  21-09-2015 17:08
  
  https://youtu.be/ei7iPPgxM3wMiesha Tate appears to still be upset that she was passed over for the next title shot against Ronda Rousey, and according to "Cupcake" Tate, she is not going to be "pushed around" by the UFC anymore.After it was publicly announced that Tate would get a third fight against Rousey in December for the UFC women's bantamweight title, UFC quickly changed their plans and announced Rousey vs. Holly Holm, essentially taking Tate's title shot away from her for no real reason.
  
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• Bethe Correia training at AKA, still seeking fight with Miesha Tate

  21-09-2015 17:00
  
  Bethe Correia is looking for evolution.
  The Brazilian bantamweight came up short against UFC champion Ronda Rousey at Rio de Janeiro’s UFC 190 on Aug. 1, losing via knockout in just 34 seconds, and decided to change camps before her return to the Octagon.
  Correia, who trained at Pitbull Brothers for all of her previous UFC fights, has joined American Kickboxing Academy in California.
  "Everything is so different here," Correia told MMAFighting.com after her first week of training in the Uni
  
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• Plea hearing set for former UFC champion Jon Jones in hit-and-run case

  21-09-2015 15:00
  
  Jon Jones will be in front of a judge before the end of the month.
  The former UFC light heavyweight champion will have a plea hearing in Albuquerque's Second Judicial District Court on Sept. 29 at 8:30 a.m. local time, according to official New Mexico court documents. Jones was arrested in April and is facing a felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident involving great bodily harm or death.
  Documents obtained by MMA Fighting this week indicated that Jones' legal team is positioning him fo
  
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• Brendan O’Reilly’s UFC 193 Opponent William Macario Injured; James Moontasri Fills In

  21-09-2015 14:40 via sherdog.com
  
  Ultimate Fighting Championship has shuffled the deck for UFC 193.
  
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• The MMA Hour with Josh Barnett, Henry Cejudo, Urijah Faber, Eddie Alvarez, Michael Chiesa, Nick Diaz's lawyer Lucas Middlebrook, Luke Thomas

  21-09-2015 14:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1:00 p.m. ET -- Henry Cejudo will discuss the Nick Diaz case and his upcoming fight against Jussier Formiga.
  1:25 p.m. -- Luke Thomas will recap Bellator: Dynamite 1 and discuss other MMA news.
  1:45 p.m. -- Josh Barnett will preview his UFC Fight Night: Japan main event against Roy Nelson.
  2:05 p.m. -- Eddie Alvarez will talk about what's next for him.
  2:25 p.m. -- Michael Chiesa will look ahead to his Dec. 10 fight against
  
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• Morning Report: Miesha Tate says she's done being 'pushed around' by UFC

  21-09-2015 14:00
  
  Miesha Tate still seems peeved over losing her shot at Ronda Rousey.
  Tate was penciled in to face the UFC women's bantamweight champ following her unanimous decision victory over Jessica Eye at UFC on FOX 16 in July, but it wasn't meant to be.
  On Aug. 21, Rousey announced on Good Morning America that she'd be fighting Holly Holm instead. Tate found out when everyone else did.
  UFC president Dana White spun the news saying it was in the best interest of Tate's career, but the contender respon
  
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• Tickets for Two Dec. Events on Sale Friday

  21-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  Las Vegas – UFC’s December to remember will be highlighted by an unprecedented three-event fight week featuring some of the sport’s biggest stars. The action begins Thursday, December 10 as No. 6 strawweight contender Paige VanZant battles No. 8 Joanne Calderwood on UFC FIGHT PASS® in the main event of UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: VanZANT vs. CALDERWOOD. The following night No. 2 featherweight contender Frankie Edgar and No. 3 Chad Mendes serve as the marquee bout of The Ultimate
  
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• Kajan Johnson Figures Things Out

  21-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Despite being nicknamed “Ragin,” Kajan Johnson is one of the most soft-spoken and thoughtful prizefighters in combat sports today, and maybe that’s because he doesn’t consider himself as someone fighting for a prize in mixed martial arts, but for something more, something bigger than bonuses or championship belts.“I don’t really see my journey as a journey to be the best fighter in the world,” he explains. “That’s part of it, but overall, I&r
  
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• ICYMI: Barnett-Nelson clash is a big deal

  21-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  On the streets of Tokyo, Roy Nelson and Josh Barnett are larger than life, sort of like two giant Redwoods in the asphalt jungle.It’s more than just their immense size. Both are popular MMA figures in Japan, so it figures that their five-round heavyweight main event Saturday night at UFC Fight Night Japan is an anticipated event. //
  “It’s like walking into Walmart in Las Vegas,” Nelson said. “When I go to Tokyo, I get recognized. People want to take pictures.&r
  
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• Barnett-Nelson clash is a big deal in Japan

  21-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  On the streets of Tokyo, Roy Nelson and Josh Barnett are larger than life, sort of like two giant Redwoods in the asphalt jungle.It’s more than just their immense size. Both are popular MMA figures in Japan, so it figures that their five-round heavyweight main event Saturday night at UFC Fight Night Japan is an anticipated event. //
  “It’s like walking into Walmart in Las Vegas,” Nelson said. “When I go to Tokyo, I get recognized. People want to take pictures.&r
  
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• A New and Improved Kyoji Horiguchi Returns

  21-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Coming out on the losing end of a fight isn’t something that sits very well with Kyoji Horiguchi.Going into his bout with dominant flyweight champion and top-ranked pound-for-pound fighter Demetrious Johnson at UFC 186 back in April, defeat was something the Tokyo product hadn’t tasted in more than three years. During that time, the Kid Yamamoto protégé had not only racked up a lengthy collection of victories in impressive fashion, but he did so with performances that e
  
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• Phoenix Jones: 'The fans think I just got here because I run around in a rubber suit'

  21-09-2015 02:00
  
  PHOENIX -- Ben Fodor's first World Series of Fighting win was an emotional one. The 27-year-old welterweight, better known by his crime-fighting alias "Phoenix Jones," submitted Roberto Yong on Friday night at WSOF 23, and afterward admitted that the road back from his listless promotional debut was one of the most challenging experiences of his professional life.
  "I've had to figure out what it's like, for lack of a better word, to be a loser for a while," Fodor told MMAFighting.com. "That was
  
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• Phil Davis’s Shot At Liam McGeary Earmarked For 1st Quarter 2016

  21-09-2015 01:27
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FVquRhwD9cThe one fight we know for sure is being made based on the results of last night's Bellator Dynamite card now has an approximate date. Liam McGeary will be defending the Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship against tournament winner and former UFC fighter Phil Davis in the first quarter of next year. MMA Junkie quoted Bellator President Scott Coker as saying that “I think that’s probably a fight we’ll promote sometime in the fir
  
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• Nick Diaz Suspended For Not “Ass-Kissing” The “Corrupt” NSAC Says Jon Fitch

  21-09-2015 00:55
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvsRZc42NWgA we already saw with his thoughts on the treatment of Rousimar Palhares, Jon Fitch is not shy about throwing shade at the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Well, in addition to sharing his thoughts on that mess, he also talked to MMAFighting.com about the issue of the week: The same commission suspending Nick Diaz for five years over a questionable marijuana test failure. Fitch, a former UFC welterweight contender, didn't mince words at all in going ov
  
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• Bellator Lightweight Champion Will Brooks Goes Off On Management

  21-09-2015 00:27
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQOxXdHWhIIt's not the first time and it probably won't be the last, but Bellator Lightweight Champion Will Brooks decided to air his grievances with management late last night on Twitter:https://twitter.com/illwillbrooks86/status/645465507706064896https://twitter.com/illwillbrooks86/status/645467309453275136https://twitter.com/illwillbrooks86/status/645467723066179584https://twitter.com/illwillbrooks86/status/645468114520547328Brooks, an American Top Team produc
  
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