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• Shooto Brazil Champ Suspended 2 Years, Stripped of Title After Positive Steroid Test

  09-10-2015 23:32 via sherdog.com
  
  Newly crowned Shooto Brazil light heavyweight champion Amilcar Alves has been stripped of his title and suspended for two years following a failed drug test at Shooto Brazil 56.
  
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• Two fighters test positive for banned substances at Shooto Brazil 56, Amilcar Alves stripped of title

  09-10-2015 23:05
  
  Two fighters have tested positive for banned substances after Shooto Brazil 56 in Rio de Janeiro.
  The Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) announced on Friday that Amilcar Alves and Fabio Lima, who fought in the main and co-main event on the show on Aug. 21, respectively, failed drug tests. Both fighters received two-year suspensions.
  According to the commission, four fighters were tested and all samples were analyzed by WADA-accredited labs UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory and INRS-Inst
  
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• Yair Rodriguez Suffered A Severe Foot Injury At UFC 192

  09-10-2015 22:33
  
  Rodriguez severely injured his right foot during the first round of his fight at UFC 192. Now a week the consequences are showing, and they’re not pretty to say the least.His head coach Izzy Martinez sent MMAFighting.com the following photos of Rodriguez’s injured foot:According to Martinez, the status of how damaged the foot is not known at this time. When Rodriguez went to the doctor to show him what happened to his foot, the doctor told him that they want to wait for the swelling
  
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• Press Release: Cormier On Jones: “Jon and I Did Big Business, And We’ll Do Bigger Business Next Time”

  09-10-2015 21:43
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfmW6vldtccLOS ANGELES – UFC TONIGHT host Kenny Florian is joined by co-host Daniel Cormier to talk about his fight at UFC 192. Florian also interviews Sage Northcutt. Karyn Bryant and Ariel Helwani add reports.UFC TONIGHT host Kenny Florian on Daniel Cormier’s fighting style at UFC 192: “I was surprised he took the harder path to victory. Intuitively he felt he could strike with Gustafsson. I don’t think he needed to do that. He should hav
  
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• Joe Schilling 'still 100 percent committed' to doing both kickboxing and MMA

  09-10-2015 21:00
  
  One knockout loss is not going to deter Joe Schilling.
  The kickboxing phenom has not strayed from his path as an MMA fighter due to a second-round KO defeat against Hisaki Kato at Bellator 139 in June, he told MMA Fighting. Schilling still plans on competing in both sports as often as he can.
  "I'm still 100 percent committed to fighting," Schilling said. "I like to fight. I fight regularly."
  His next bout will be back in a kickboxing ring, though. "Stitch 'Em Up" will meet Jason Wilnis in the ma
  
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• Onetime UFC Fighter Guilherme Vasconcelos Says Chael Sonnen Got Him WSOF Contract

  09-10-2015 20:59 via sherdog.com
  
  Brazilian welterweight Guilherme Vasconcelos this week signed a contract to compete in the Las Vegas-based World Series of Fighting, and the onetime UFC fighter says it’s all thanks to Chael Sonnen.
  
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• Video: Faber Speaks On Dillashaw Departure: ‘He Walked Away From The Family’

  09-10-2015 20:46
  
  https://youtu.be/jtYCjoldkys?t=1h20m20sUFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw leaving Team Alpha Male became official this week, and there's been relative silence from the man who is the head of the team Dillashaw left: former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber.On the Stud Show Radio podcast on Thursday, Faber went into detail about Dillashaw's decision, what happened and what the future holds. "It's been hard for everybody," Faber says. "It's been really uncomfortable. Obviously, it's a
  
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• TV Ratings For Episode 5 Of The Ultimate Fighter 22

  09-10-2015 20:24
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZJ8olrdqisThe Ultimate Fighter 22 on FOX Sports 1 drew 498,000 viewers on Wednesday for the 10 PM ET airing. The 1 AM ET replay drew another 58,000, for a combined 556,000 viewers of the episode.This was the fifth episode of the show and featured Saul Rogers of Team McGregor defeating Billy Quarantillo of Team Faber.Mehdi Baghdad vs. Julian Erosa will fight on next week’s episode.
  
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• 8 Questions with RFA 31’s Zoila Frausto

  09-10-2015 19:48 via sherdog.com
  
  Zoila Frausto holds a few notable distinctions inside the cage.
  
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• Urijah Faber opens up about T.J. Dillashaw departure: 'He walked away from the family'

  09-10-2015 19:40
  
  With the departure of UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw from Team Alpha Male becoming publicly official this week, there's been relative silence from the man who is the head of the team Dillashaw left: former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber.
  On the Stud Show Radio podcast on Thursday, Faber spoke at length about Dillashaw's decision, how it happened and what it means for their future. "It's been hard for everybody," Faber acknowledges. "It's been really uncomfortable. Obviously, i
  
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• Photos reveal major swelling on Yair Rodriguez's injured foot

  09-10-2015 19:35
  
  Yair Rodriguez improved his UFC record to 3-0 last Saturday night, but it was not without incident.
  The featherweight prospect severely injured his right foot during the first round of his unanimous decision win against Daniel Hooker at UFC 192, and five days later his head coach Izzy Martinez provided MMAFighting.com with the following photos of Rodriguez's injured foot:According to Martinez, it's unclear at this time just how severe the injury is. Rodriguez's doctors want to wait for the swell
  
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• Nik Lentz Wrote A Poem Trashing BJ Penn

  09-10-2015 18:33
  
  UFC Hall of Famer as well as one-time UFC light and welterweight champion BJ Penn revealed on FOX Sports that he would come out of retirement for a fight against Nik Lentz at featherweight due to personal issues with not only Lentz, but Mike Dolce.Penn has not fought since 2014. He ended his career on somewhat of a low-note with a three-fight losing streak. Penn claims he has not been in a gym since his last fight.Once the news broke, Lentz took to Instagram and even wrote a poem to address Penn
  
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• Audio: Quinton Jackson Prank Calls Rashad Evans

  09-10-2015 18:27
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV1djSJb9BMEver wonder what a professional cage fighter does when he's bored? On Thursday while streaming on Twitch.TV, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson decided to prank call his old The Ultimate Fighter 10 rival Rashad Evans to pass the time.Related: Rampage Jackson Explains His UFC/Bellator Situation & Says Michael Bisping Is A TraitorHere's an excerpt from the full call in the YouTube video above:Rampage: “Do you like dragons?”Rashad: “Dragons?&r
  
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• ONE Championship 32 results: Vitaly Bigdash rallies to KO Igor Svirid, capture middleweight title

  09-10-2015 18:13
  
  Vitaly Bigdash pulled off the comeback of a lifetime Friday in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. The undefeated Russian rallied from several near knockouts to defeat Igor Svirid and capture the ONE middleweight title in the dramatic main event of ONE 32: Tigers of Asia.
  The fight couldn't have started worse for Bigdash (8-0), who ate huge punches from the opening horn and hit the floor multiple times, including one knockdown from a clubbing Svirid right hand that nearly put the 31-year-old away. Bigdash s
  
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• Irina Mazepa grabs cage, knocks out Ann Osman at ONE Championship 32

  09-10-2015 17:43
  
  The odds were stacked against Irena Mazepa (1-0) when she made her pro debut Friday in Malaysia at ONE Championship 32.
  But the Russian flyweight scored the upset of the night, knocking out one of ONE Championship's brightest Malaysian stars, Ann Osman (3-2), with a dramatic sequence midway through the first round that began with a cage grab and ended with a thunderous looping left that sent Osman sprawling to the canvas, out cold. The official time of the stoppage came at 3:05
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• Vitaly Bigdash Takes Gold via Comeback KO at One Championship ‘Tigers of Asia’

  09-10-2015 17:31 via sherdog.com
  
  One Championship's middleweight title fight isn't what the crowd at the Putra Stadium in Kuala Lumpur came to see. Nonetheless, unbeaten Russian Vitaly Bigdash stole the show and Igor Svirid's gold.
  
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• Jose Aldo thinks a fighters' union 'would be great'

  09-10-2015 17:06
  
  The No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC supports the idea of a fighters' union, and doesn’t rule out helping start one in the future.
  UFC featherweight kingpin Jose Aldo, who faces interim champion Conor McGregor at UFC 194 in Las Vegas on Dec. 12, believes that a union "would be great" for MMA athletes, and has a theory on why fighters never started one before.
  "Nobody ever talked to me about a union, but that would be great," Aldo told Combate. "It’s a protection for the fight
  
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• In the Hands of a Judge

  09-10-2015 15:00
  
  The many lives of Douglas Crosby, who aside from being a Hollywood stuntman with a bombastic personality, is the man fans love to hate as an MMA official.In the Hands of a Judge
  By Chuck MindenhallThe many lives of Douglas Crosby, who aside from being a Hollywood stuntman with a bombastic personality, is the man fans love to hate as an MMA official
  It’ll be well into the afternoon by the time we get around to the Russian Mermaid Spa in Sea Gate on the western tip of Coney Island, and every
  
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• RFA 31 Weigh-in Results: Marunde, Smith Cleared for Welterweight Title Fight

  09-10-2015 14:52 via sherdog.com
  
  Las Vegas-based Resurrection Fighting Alliance returns home Friday night for a championship double-header.
  
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• Jessica Aguilar Not Happy About Losing Her #1 Ranking In UFC

  09-10-2015 14:24
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfOm_ITajUUJessica Aguilar has dropped dramatically in the UFC rankings since her loss at UFC 190 against Claudia Gadelha, and she wants back up on the list.“I went from being ranked the No. 1 strawweight in the world to losing and being ranked the No. 12 strawweight,” Aguilar told reporters backstage at UFC 192 this past Saturday at Toyota Center in Houston. “For me, it’s finding the right opponents to get back to that title contention.&rd
  
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• Morning Report: 'Angry and resentful' Michael McDonald not interested in returning under current contract

  09-10-2015 14:00
  
  Just where the hell has Michael McDonald been?
  After a busy 2013 that included losses to former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao and former WEC champ Urijah Faber, McDonald has been shelved.
  Spending two years rehabbing hand and wrist injuries, McDonald may be healthy but he's not exactly rushing back into action.
  As it turns out, McDonald isn't thrilled about how much he's earning fighting in MMA's premier organization.
  "I think everyone has expectations of being a professional athlete, an
  
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• ONE 32 Results: Svirid vs. Bigdash

  09-10-2015 13:57
  
  MMA Fighting has ONE 32 results for the Svirid vs. Bigdash fight card Friday from the Stadium Putra in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.In the main event, Igor Svirid will defend his ONE middleweight world title against Vitaly Bigdash.Check out the ONE 32 results below.Main card
  Igor Svirid vs. Vitaly BigdashAnn Osman vs. Irina MazepaEv Ting vs. Honorio Banario
  Peter Davis vs. Adrian PangEric Kelly vs. Hiroshige TanakaEugene Toquero vs. Riku ShibuyaDae Hwan Kim vs. Teng Li Ge
  Gianni Subba vs. Almiro Barro
  
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• Kyra Gracie's Series Entertains and Educates

  09-10-2015 13:43 via ufc.com
  
  This should not come as any kind of surprise, but Kyra Gracie’s one-year-old daughter Ayra already has a Jiu-Jitsu gi. That’s the Gracie way.“She just started walking now, and I put the gi over her and then I play around with her on the mat,” the proud mother said. “She doesn’t know anything yet, but she’s getting used to it. I put her on the mount position and she laughs a lot, so I think that’s a good way to start. It’s just a playing area
  
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• Tweets of the Week - 10/9

  09-10-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Oh No... AwwwwRonda and Joanna getting ready for Australia with a stare down... And koala fight! https://t.co/6oE6JNawfC— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 7, 2015The Acerbic Wit of KenFlo, Folks!My boy @arielhelwani looks great! pic.twitter.com/Wyi9FLkTPt— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) October 7, 2015UFC: Wherein the F Stands for GymnasticsTUMBLE young men TUMBLE!!!! Marcus Brimage vs Maximo Blanco at UFC 145, Atlanta, GA 4/21/12 #DWCOTD pic.twitter.com/bi793slhwu— Dana Whi
  
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• Gustafsson at pivotal stage of his career

  09-10-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The hard work begins now for Alexander Gustafsson.The light heavyweight contender has been involved in two of the most thrilling championship bouts in history – pushing former champion Jon Jones and current champ Daniel Cormier to the absolute limit in 2013 and 2015, respectively.“This guy has been in some of the best title fights not only in light heavyweight history, but in UFC history,” UFC Vice President of Public Relations Dave Sholler proclaimed after UFC 192. &ldquo
  
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• By The Numbers: The Biggest and The Best

  09-10-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  With UFC 193 looming in the not too distant future and the record for largest UFC attendance primed to be overtaken by a possible 70,000+ at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, here’s a look back at the top 10 most-attended UFC events. 10. UFC 68 - 19,049They say a fighter is only retired until their next fight and let’s be honest, most fighters’ return to action does not go well. But that was far from the case in Columbus on March 3rd, 2007, as Randy “The Natural&rdq
  
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• Aisling Daly is Not Missing This Dublin Card

  09-10-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Aisling Daly may have lost her chance to compete on the UFC’s return to Dublin card in 2014 due to her participation on season 20 of The Ultimate Fighter, but when the First Lady of Irish MMA found out about another event taking place in her hometown, she was not about to miss this one. “I think it might have been a given,” Daly said of fighting Ericka Almeida at 3Arena on October 24, “but I wasn’t going to take that risk, so I blew up (UFC matchmaker) Sean (Shelby)
  
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• Joe Duffy vs. Jake Lindsey full fight video

  09-10-2015 04:00
  
  Watch Joe Duffy, the last man to defeat Conor McGregor, make his UFC debut at UFC 185 on March 14, 2015. Duffy defeated Jake Lindsey via TKO at 1:47 of round 1.
  Duffy is now scheduled to fight Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC Fight Night 76 on Oct. 24, 2015.
  
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• Jessica Andrade to Move to Strawweight

  09-10-2015 02:43 via sherdog.com
  
  According to the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Portuguese-language web site, popular fighter Jessica Andrade is abandoning the bantamweight division for what might be friendlier confines down at strawweight.
  
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• Bellator 145: Vengeance fight card complete with addition of seven preliminary bouts

  09-10-2015 02:00
  
  Bellator MMA recently finalized the lineup for its Nov. 6 event, Bellator 145: Vengeance, with the addition of seven preliminary bouts.
  Taking place at St. Louis' Scottrade Center, the event boasts two world title fights at the top of the card and a strong cast of supporting matchups.
  In the main event, featherweight champion Patricio "Pitbull" Freire (24-2) will look to defend his title against challenger Daniel Straus (23-6, 1 no-contest). This marks the third time these two fighters will meet
  
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• Glory 24 Weigh-in Results: Schilling and Wilnis on Weight; Heavyweight Tourney Official

  09-10-2015 01:59 via sherdog.com
  
  Glory returns to the Mile High City Friday night and the main card has been made official. The two main event fighters and the four tournament fighters all weighed in Thursday, allowing the card to officially move forward.
  
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• UFC Fight Pass adds Australian BRACE promotion

  09-10-2015 00:00
  
  UFC's Fight Pass streaming service has inked a deal with BRACE MMA, considered by many as Australia's leading MMA promotion.In a story at news.com.au, Eric Winter, the general manager of Fight Pass, stated that the agreement to air all events live will start with a Nov. 21 show."We are especially pleased to offer our Australia UFC Fight Pass customers a regular live event in their own time zone, and to give up-and-coming Aussie MMA fighters an international platform to showcase their skills" Win
  
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