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• UFC Announces April 2016 Event at Madison Square Garden Despite New York MMA Ban

  28-09-2015 23:15 via sherdog.com
  
  It seems the Ultimate Fighting Championship is tired of waiting for mixed martial arts to be legalized in New York.
  
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• Scott Coker says Kimbo Slice won’t be an opponent for Fedor Emelianenko: ‘We have other plans for Kimbo’

  28-09-2015 23:12
  
  Don't expect to see Kimbo Slice vs. Fedor Emelianenko anytime soon.
  A showdown between Bellator's cash cow and the legendary Russian heavyweight has been bandied about since the announcement of Emelianenko's New Year's Eve comeback on Spike TV, but Bellator president Scott Coker shot down the idea when presented with it Monday on The MMA Hour.
  "No, no. Kimbo is a Bellator fighter," Coker said. "We have other plans for Kimbo."
  Slice (5-2) propelled Bellator to its biggest ever ratings when h
  
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• UFC schedules 2016 event in New York pending federal injunction

  28-09-2015 21:41
  
  The UFC is finally heading to New York -- maybe. The promotion on Monday announced intentions to stage a major event featuring "top champions" at New York's legendary Madison Square Garden on April 23, 2016, pending the result of a federal injunction which is to be filed later this week.
  Professional mixed martial arts is illegal in New York. The UFC has long lobbied for a reversal of the ban, but has been rebuffed at every turn, due largely to the efforts of the Culinary Union and its ongo
  
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• UFC Sues New York State To Overturn MMA Ban

  28-09-2015 21:35
  
  The latest chapter in the fight to legalize professional mixed martial arts in New York state has begun. The New York Daily News was the first to report that Zuffa LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has sued New York state to try to get the law overturned judicially. ESPN's Brett Okamoto also tweeted this:https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/648572686369554432In a previous lawsuit against the state, where the UFC was joined by various co-plaintiffs like NY-based fi
  
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• Aljamain Sterling Says He’s Fighting Johnny Eduardo on Dec. 10 UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas

  28-09-2015 20:10 via sherdog.com
  
  World-ranked bantamweight prospect Aljamain Sterling will welcome Johnny Eduardo back to the Octagon at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas on Dec. 10.
  
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• Aljamain Sterling Says He’s Fighting Johnny Eduardo on Dec. 10 UFC Fight Night

  28-09-2015 20:10 via sherdog.com
  
  World-ranked bantamweight prospect Aljamain Sterling will welcome Johnny Eduardo back to the Octagon at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas on Dec. 10.
  
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• Aljamain Sterling to face Johnny Eduardo at UFC Fight Night 80

  28-09-2015 20:04
  
  If Aljamain Sterling really is considering MMA retirement, it'll have to wait a little while longer. The top-ranked UFC bantamweight is set to face Johnny Eduardo on Fight Pass as part of UFC Fight Night 80 on December 10th. Sterling made the news official on Monday as part of his interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour.
  Sterling, 26, most recently fought Takeya Mizugaki at UFC on FOX 15 in April where he won via third-round arm triangle submission. He holds a perfect 11-0 record in profess
  
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• Former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin Officially Announces Retirement

  28-09-2015 18:43 via sherdog.com
  
  Ending nearly three years of speculation about his future as a mixed martial artist, former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion Rich Franklin officially announced his retirement Monday morning via Twitter.
  
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• Former Bellator Announcer Sean Wheelock: Spike TV Execs Replaced Me, Not Scott Coker

  28-09-2015 18:40 via sherdog.com
  
  Sean Wheelock, the longtime Bellator MMA play-by-play man who was suddenly replaced in July, wants people to know that his departure is not the fault of Bellator President Scott Coker.
  
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• Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin officially retires

  28-09-2015 18:13
  
  Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin has officially called it a career.
  The Cincinnati native had not fought since a Nov. 10, 2012 loss to Cung Le in Macau, but had long held the door slightly open to a return.
  On Monday, Franklin, who turns 41 next week, made retirement official in a piece he authored in The Players' Tribune.
  "I am announcing that I have closed one chapter of my life and begun another," Franklin said.
  Franklin got his start during the pre-Unified Rules era, winni
  
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• Grappling Superstar Garry Tonon Planning MMA Debut

  28-09-2015 18:07 via sherdog.com
  
  One of the world’s premier no-gi grapplers is planning his mixed martial arts debut.
  
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• Luke Rockhold: UFC should oversee and administer post-weigh-in IVs

  28-09-2015 16:00
  
  LOS ANGELES -- The USADA's impending ban on post-weigh-in IV hydration remains a hot topic among fighters on the UFC roster.
  Top UFC middleweight contender Luke Rockhold and former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber both rehydrate via IV following their weigh-ins, and both are skeptical about the new policy.
  Rockhold, in fact, believes the UFC should take things in a completely different direction. Rockhold believes the UFC should both facilitate and oversee the administration of IV for fig
  
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• The MMA Hour with Rafael dos Anjos, Scott Coker, Aljamain Sterling, Dan Hardy, Javier Mendez, Andy Main, Dave Meltzer

  28-09-2015 14:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1:00 p.m. ET -- Our own Dave Meltzer will recap UFC Fight Night Japan and talk other MMA news.
  1:25 p.m. -- American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez will preview Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson and discuss other AKA-related news items.
  1:45 p.m. -- UFC bantamweight contender Aljamain Sterling will talk about his efforts to secure an upcoming fight.
  2:05 p.m. -- UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos wi
  
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• The MMA Hour with Rafael dos Anjos, Rich Franklin, Scott Coker, Aljamain Sterling, Dan Hardy, Javier Mendez, Andy Main, Dave Meltzer

  28-09-2015 14:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1 p.m. ET -- Our own Dave Meltzer will recap UFC Fight Night Japan and talk other MMA news.
  1:25 p.m. -- American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez will preview Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson and discuss other AKA-related news items.
  1:45 p.m. -- UFC bantamweight contender Aljamain Sterling will talk about his efforts to secure an upcoming fight.
  2:05 p.m. -- UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos will
  
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• Morning Report: Anthony Pettis vows to get his strap back during Twitter beef with Rafael dos Anjos

  28-09-2015 14:00
  
  There seems to be some lasting hostility between UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos and former champ Anthony Pettis.
  In March at UFC 185, Dos Anjos battered Pettis over five rounds to take the crown. According to No. 1 lightweight contender Donald Cerrone, Pettis even offered to help him prepare for his upcoming title challenge against Dos Anjos at UFC on Fox 17 in December.
  "Anthony told me, he said, 'Hey Cowyboy, you need me to come down and train you for Dos Anjos," Cerrone told U
  
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• UFC Taking New York to Court

  28-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship is taking the state to court.The popular sport that has long sought to hold events in the lucrative New York market sued Monday in Manhattan Federal Court, alleging that a law banning it from the state “is so badly written that neither ordinary persons nor state officials are able to say with any certainty what it permits and what it prohibits.”UFC events have been deemed illegal since the state passed a law governing “combative sport” in 19
  
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• UFC Schedules Event in New York's Madison Square Garden

  28-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  Las Vegas ‒ UFC® today announced a series of important steps to bring mixed martial arts (MMA) events to New York.  These efforts include the scheduling of the organization’s first, professional MMA event in New York since the state’s ban in 1997.  This event will take place at Madison Square Garden on April 23, 2016 featuring UFC’s top champions competing with other world-class athletes inside the Octagon®. UFC is also taking additional steps through th
  
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• UFC Planning Event at MSG

  28-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  The UFC is confident it’ll be able to hold an event in New York City – so confident, in fact, it’s announced April 23, 2016, as an event date at the famed Madison Square Garden.UFC officials today announced the planned event, which is likely to be UFC 198, though an official designation hasn’t been determined. Although no fights were announced for the card, which is expected to air on pay-per-view, it’ll include the “UFC’s top champions competing with ot
  
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• Relieved Cormier ready to defend crown

  28-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif.It’s good to be the champ. In fact, Daniel Cormier can tell you that it’s actually great.But even after winning the UFC light heavyweight title in May, Cormier remains pretty much the same guy. He drives a fuel-efficient Prius. He still lives in the same house in the decidedly un-hip city of Gilroy – the proud Garlic Capital of the World – where you’re likely to find him hanging out quietly with his fiancé and two young children.And while it&r
  
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• Rashad Evans Hoping For Title Shot With Win

  28-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  Similarly to his oft-injured Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Bantamweight counterpart Dominick Cruz, Rashad Evans (19-3-1) will soon make a long-awaited return to the Octagon at the UFC 192 pay-per-view (PPV) on Oct. 3, 2015 versus streaking Light Heavyweight contender Ryan Bader (19-4).Evans, a former 205-pound champion, has occupied a spot within the elite divisional ranks for the past 23 months despite having multiple knee surgeries that have kept him sideli
  
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• Rankings: Uriah Hall breaks into Top 15

  28-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Uriah Hall has been hanging around on the outside of the top 15 in the UFC middleweight division for a while now. On Saturday night, “Primetime” kicked his way onto the list in dramatic fashion.Hall knocked out Gegard Mousasi with a spinning back kick in the second round at UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson. Hall, who was previously unranked, climbs to No. 10 at 185 pounds while Mousasi drops from No. 6 to eighth in Monday’s official UFC rankings release.It’s Hall&rsquo
  
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• MMA Junkie: UFC 192 Preview

  28-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  The UFC returns to pay-per-view this weekend with “UFC 192: Cormer vs. Gustafsson.” Check out all the key information for Saturday’s event.UFC 192 takes place at Toyota Center in Houston. The main card airs on pay-per-view (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT) following prelims on FOX Sports 1 (8 p.m. ET) and UFC Fight Pass (6 p.m. ET).The light-heavyweight title is on the line in the headliner as recently crowned titleholder Daniel Cormier (16-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) looks for his first title defens
  
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• Gustafsson overcomes setbacks for title shot

  28-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  STOCKHOLM, SwedenIn the small hours of Jan. 25, Alexander Gustafsson walked out to a huge roar from 30,000 fans at the Tele 2 Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.  It was an historic event for the UFC, the biggest ever in Europe and the promotion’s second biggest attendance to date.It quickly became a nightmare for Sweden’s celebrity sports star. After 2 minutes, 15 seconds he was floored by the powerful fists of Anthony Johnson, surely eliminating any chance of challenging for UFC gold
  
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• Franklin, Champion and Ambassador, Retires

  28-09-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Rich Franklin was always the most unlikely of UFC champions. Perhaps that’s what made “Ace” – who retired on Monday at the age of 40 – such a key part of the promotion’s rise at a pivotal time in its history.A former high school teacher with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and master’s degree in education, Franklin emerged on the world MMA scene in 2005 as one-half of a nationally televised main event against Ken Shamrock.The Cincinnati native w
  
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• Michael Chiesa 'critical' of fighters on UFC Tonight, wants shot at analyst gig

  28-09-2015 03:00
  
  Michael Chiesa watches UFC programming on FOX Sports 1 religiously. And every time he's sitting in front of the television watching a show like UFC Tonight, he finds himself shaking his head.
  "I see some of these guys do it, like god dang, dude," Chiesa told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour. "Quit saying 'like' and quit saying 'um.' Speak clearly."
  The UFC lightweight admits to assessing his peers who work as FOX analysts. It's for one simple reason: He thinks he can do as good
  
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• Nick Diaz's lawyer calls Henry Cejudo refusing to fight in Nevada an 'amazing gesture'

  28-09-2015 00:00
  
  Nick Diaz's peers have banded together outwardly with vehicles like social media. A few have even been willing to put their money where their mouths are.
  Henry Cejudo said earlier this month that he would not compete in Nevada following the Nevada Athletic Commission's five-year suspension of Diaz for marijuana. Leslie Smith, one of Diaz's training partners, has followed suit.
  Lucas Middlebrook, Diaz's lawyer, was impressed by the sentiment.
  "That's a very individualized decision for a fighter,"
  
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