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• Bisping Fires Back at Rampage: “He’s Unprofessional”

  11-10-2015 23:49
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpboGV7OEFoDuring his Twitch.TV broadcast last week, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson said he believes Michael Bisping is a traitor. Bisping took to Twitter to respond to his comments:@weddler1983 he's so unprofessional he can't even make 205, let alone a catch weight. I'll fight him any weight he wants though.— michael (@bisping) October 8, 2015Here are Rampage's original statements about Bisping:“F**k Michael Bisping,” Jackson said. &ldquo
  
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• UFC Signs An Undefeated Heavyweight Fighter

  11-10-2015 23:17
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xn1bnzLGeEUFC has signed the undefeated Jarjis Danho (6-0) to their roster. The signing has been confirmed by Danho’s management team, Control Master Management, and UFC officialsDanho released this statement:“Signing with the UFC is something I can tell my grandchildren about. It will hopefully encourage all of my countrymen that even a poor little refugee from Syria can make it. Hard work and perseverance goes a long way. How far I can go? I don&rsq
  
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• Kimbo Slice targets February return, vows 'to put asses in seats'

  11-10-2015 23:00
  
  Kimbo Slice is not having a bad 2015. His return to MMA has been a promotional success for his Bellator and on Spike TV. And while competitively his win over Ken Shamrock isn't particularly noteworthy, it's made the heavyweight relevant as an attraction years after his entrance and first exit from the sport.
  "It felt good," Slice told Ariel Helwani on Monday's The MMA Hour, regarding his return to the cage. "You kinda miss it. You know what to expect from it. You just build up a confidence level
  
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• Conor McGregor: Nick Diaz's suspension 'is absolutely ridiculous'

  11-10-2015 21:00
  
  From the biggest pay-per-view draws down to the opening match Fight Night competitors, the UFC roster has been nearly unanimous in its agreement that Nick Diaz got hosed by the Nevada Athletic Commission.
  Add Conor McGregor's considerable voice to the mix.
  The UFC interim featherweight champion added his voice to the mix on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour, strongly disagreeing with the five-year ban the NAC handed down for a marijuana infraction.
  "The Nick Diaz situation ... is absolutely ridic
  
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• Mike Dolce plays nice in response to B.J. Penn's barbs

  11-10-2015 20:00
  
  Mike Dolce is not interested in getting into a war of words with B.J. Penn. That much is clear.
  After Penn went on UFC Tonight and hammered Dolce and his former client Nik Lentz, Dolce put the kid gloves on during an interview with Ariel Helwani on the 300th episode of The MMA Hour on Monday.
  "It's kind of an honor for me to be involved in a B.J. headline, though they're not always the nicest," said Dolce, a well-known MMA nutrition guru. "I have nothing bad to say about B.J. He's certainly
  
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• Daniel Cormier: Critics would have 'had a field day with me' if I lost to Alexander Gustafsson

  11-10-2015 19:00
  
  Daniel Cormier knew more was at stake on Saturday then the UFC light heavyweight title.
  The shadow of Jon Jones loomed over UFC 192 all of fight week in Houston, and Cormier didn't help matters by heaping scorn upon opponent Alexander Gustafsson for a less than perfect road to the belt.
  All of that pressure culminated in excellence though, as Cormier defended his UFC strap in a grueling, five-round instant classic.
  "Honestly, I just went to bed last night," Cormier reflected Monday on The MMA Ho
  
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• Dan Hardy returns with harrowing, rewarding tales of his sea voyage

  11-10-2015 18:00
  
  Dan Hardy has always been an adventuresome sort, having spent time with the monks at the Yee Hee castle in Changchun to building his own American muscle cars. But his latest adventure — 28 days at sea aboard Team Great Britain’s yacht in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race — takes the cake.At least for now.
  Hardy and a crew of 23 sailed from London to Rio de Janeiro amidst a fleet of a dozen vessels. Hardy arrived in Brazil earlier this week with a new understanding of what
  
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• Coach: Matt Brown, Clay Guida will join T.J. Dillashaw with Elevation Fight Team

  11-10-2015 17:00
  
  T.J. Dillashaw isn't the only relative newcomer to Elevation Fight Team.
  Leister Bowling, the squad's head coach, told MMA Fighting that UFC stalwarts Matt Brown and Clay Guida have also recently come on board, joining a roster that already includes Brandon Thatch, Neil Magny, Cat Zingano and others.
  Previously, Elevation fighters had to visit four different gyms in the Denver area to get all their training. Not any longer. With a new investment from MusclePharm, all of the work will be done und
  
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• Chael Sonnen: 'History is not going to reflect well on Fedor Emelianenko'

  11-10-2015 16:00
  
  Forgettable. That's how Chael Sonnen sees Fedor Emelianenko's MMA career in the future.
  The retired UFC star thinks hardcore MMA fans have a skewed perspective of Emelianenko and his accomplishments, he said Monday on the 300th episode of The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. Sonnen doesn't think "The Last Emperor" is really on the radar of the casual fanbase.
  "He's definitely overrated," Sonnen said. "But he's not that highly rated. The people who listen to your show, the people who listen to my pod
  
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• WWE Helps Former UFC Star Get A Job With EVOLVE Wrestling

  11-10-2015 15:10
  
  The pro wrestling promotion EVOLVE recently announced that they have signed former UFC fighter and Ultimate Fighter veteran Matt Riddle.Riddle is set to make his in-ring debut for the promotion on October 17, 2015 in Queens, New York at EVOLVE 49 and again on October 18, 2015 in Deer Park, New York at EVOLVE 50. Both events will air at WWNLive.com on live iPPV. Riddle has been preparing for his debut by training at The Monster Factory wrestling school since last November.During a recent appearan
  
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• For Urijah Faber and TJ Dillashaw, the line is blurred between mentor and tormentor

  11-10-2015 15:00
  
  In terms of miniature drama, the thing going on with TJ Dillashaw, Team Alpha Male, the Elevation Fight Team, Urijah Faber, California’s capital city of Sacramento and the town’s best-known peanut butter salesman Duane "Bang" Ludwig is really pretty colorful under a microscope.
  TJ Dillashaw was a wide-eyed prospect who found his legs in Faber’s gym. Six years into the discovery, those same legs walked out. He’s headed to Colorado for his fight-related doings. Even though
  
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• Video: Gabriel Bracero Scores a Knockout of the Year Candidate at PBC on NBCSN

  11-10-2015 05:09 via sherdog.com
  
  The loss haunted him. You got the impression Danny O'Connor was even seeing Gabriel Bracero in his nightmares. Then Bracero did just that, re-entering his subconscious by putting O’Connor to sleep a mere 41 seconds into their rematch on the Premier Boxing Champions show on NBCSN, Saturday night from the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, in Lowell, Mass.
  
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• Dustin Poirier vs. Yancy Medeiros full fight video

  11-10-2015 04:00
  
  At UFC Fight Night 63, Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier found his groove early and didn't slow down until referee Herb Dean called it quits.
  Taking on the tough and aggressive Yancy Medeiros in his home state of Louisiana, the stage was set for a thrilling, high-octane Poirier performance, and that's exactly what The Diamond delivered. Watch the full fight above to see how the action unfolded.
  Poirier will look to build on this victory, and notch his third straight win inside the UFC's lightweight d
  
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• Aljamain Sterling believes Bryan Caraway 'doesn't want to fight' him

  11-10-2015 01:00
  2015 has been in some ways good for Aljamain Sterling, but equally frustrating. The elite UFC bantamweight contender defeated Takeya Mizugaki via submission in April, which served as the high point of his MMA career to date.
  Yet, he hasn't fought since. So bad did his situation get that Sterling took to social media two weeks ago to suggest if he didn't fight soon, he'd have to consider early retirement and take up post-graduate studies.
  "The past few weeks have kinda been going in a downward sp
  
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