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• Graham Stops Exhausted Pudzianowski, Mankowski Retains 170-Pound Title at KSW 32

  31-10-2015 23:31 via sherdog.com
  
  Peter Graham didn’t deliver any treats to the pro-Mariusz Pudzianowski crowd in attendance at Wembley Arena in London on Halloween night.
  
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• Jon Jones, Daniel Cormier's latest Twitter barbs: 'You on your way, p----?'

  31-10-2015 22:42
  
  UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and former champ Jon Jones don't have a date set yet for their rematch.
  But their Twitter war is back on in full force.
  The latest back and forth was kicked off Friday, when Cormier claimed he'd show up at Saturday's grand opening of the new Jackson/Winkeljohn facility in Albuquerque, N.M., which is Jones' home gym, while taking a zing at Jones' legal troubles in the process.I'm gonna be there but I need u to make it to the octagon, we don't wanna vi
  
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• Holly Holm says Jon Jones has been 'instrumental' in helping her prepare for Ronda Rousey

  31-10-2015 21:00
  
  "Bones" knows. And Holly Holm is counting on it.
  The former boxing standout has the biggest MMA bout of her life coming up against UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey in the main event of UFC 193 on Nov. 14 in Melbourne, Australia. With her position as a heavy underdog against a champion who has never even been threatened, Holm has turned to someone who knows a thing or two about competing on the big stage: Jon Jones.
  Jones, the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world, is Holm's tea
  
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• To keep up with Vitor Belfort, one must battle fatigue

  31-10-2015 20:00
  
  Vitor Belfort hasn’t been the lesser controversial figure in a fight equation since UFC 142, back when the behemoth Anthony Johnson couldn’t squeeze into his middleweight trunks. Since that time it’s been one grand inquiry into the "Phenom," who camps somewhere between the letters WWJD and TRT. Whenever Belfort is preparing for a fight, media gets to juggling his asterisks. At some point, it gets as old as the old lion himself.He doesn’t like it. And neither do we. Vitor
  
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• Jon Jones To Daniel Cormier: “You On Your Way, P*ssy?”

  31-10-2015 19:38
  
  As Jon Jones nears his UFC return, the trash talk between her and current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier has intensified.Jones and Cormier set up a showdown at Greg Jackson's gym in New Mexico, with Jones asking D.C., "you on your way, p*ssy?"Below is the latest trash-talk between Jones and Cormier:https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/659998913777131521https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/660212973407834112https://twitter.com/dc_mma/status/660218521868079104
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• Glover Teixeira wants to test Patrick Cummins’ chin at UFC Fight Night 77

  31-10-2015 19:00
  
  Glover Teixeira returned to the win column with a third-round submission over Ovince Saint Preux in August, and wants to keep the momentum going against Patrick Cummins at UFC Fight Night 77 on Nov. 7."It was really important for me," Teixeira told MMAFighting.com of his win over Saint Preux. "I was really focused for that fight, and everything worked out perfect. And that’s the plan for this next fight. Not only win, but to put on on a great performance. It’s not about finishing the
  
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• NAC Members Receiving Death Threats Regarding Nick Diaz 5-Year Suspension

  31-10-2015 17:09
  
  https://youtu.be/Dr8qqT4tDo0It's looking more and more like the Nevada Athletic Commission is going to succumb to public pressure regarding reducing the suspension handed down to Nick Diaz for popping hot for marijuana metabolites, especially now that certain commission members are receiving death threats.According to Amy Dardashtian, the legal correspondent who broke the story earlier this week via social media, commission members have begun receiving death threats."Multiple sources are telling
  
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• Fightweets: Ronda Rousey, record crowds, and mounting pressure

  31-10-2015 17:00
  
  Are you sitting around this weekend, lamenting the fact your Halloween features little in the way of MMA?
  Well, fret not, because our next schedule glut is just around the corner. November sweeps feature a UFC event every weekend, Bellator's next tentpole event, and a World Series of Fighting one-man tournament, among other events.
  So enjoy your free time now while you can. And in the meantime, time for another edition of Fightweets.
  Trouble in paradise?
  @hunt5588 if Ronda fails to set the all
  
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• Daniel Cormier needs the Jon Jones fight every bit as much as Jones does

  31-10-2015 15:00
  
  Daniel Cormier may be the UFC's light heavyweight champion on paper, but to the public, the only way he'll be viewed as the real world champion is to beat Jon Jones. The announcement last week that Jon Jones was reinstated by the UFC was taken by many as bad news for current light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier.That thinking isn't wrong on the surface. It is inevitable that Jones will be getting a title shot. Dana White had already gone on record as saying if Jones was reinstated, he would
  
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• Ben Askren wants to fight 'dummy' Johny Hendricks more than any other potential opponent

  31-10-2015 14:00
  
  Ben Askren has a wishlist of potential opponents. It contains exactly one name.
  Johny Hendricks.
  "If you got to say one fight, you could pick any fight, regardless of organization or anything else, you have one fight -- that's my fight," Askren told MMA Fighting.
  Why would Askren, perhaps the best fighter in the world not currently in the UFC, choose someone who isn't even a world champion? Simple, really. At least to "Funky."
  "Man, because he's a dummy," Askren said. "And I don't like him."
  Ask
  
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• Vitor Belfort says UFC, commission approved his pre-UFC 152 drug tests

  31-10-2015 13:11
  
  Vitor Belfort finally decided to answer questions about his controversial pre-UFC 152 drug test.
  The Brazilian veteran stepped in to face light heavyweight champion Jon Jones on short notice on Sept. 22, 2012, and was cleared to compete even though his pre-fight test raised a red flag.
  Josh Gross reported in September, three years after the fight, that the UFC knew about Belfort’s test and still cleared him to compete. According to the fighter, he was just starting his testosterone replace
  
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• Pancrase 271 Preview

  31-10-2015 06:00 via ufc.com
  
  Less than a month after their last event, Pancrase is back with another deep fight card. While the last show in Differ Ariake was headlined by a pair of former Ultimate Fighter teammates (Andy Main and Nam Phan from Season 12), the main event for this weekend’s show features a respected Japanese veteran taking on a man seven years his junior looking to earn his third straight victory in a battle for the vacant King of Pancrase lightweight title.Anyone that has followed Japanese MMA over th
  
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• Dana looks forward to 'great' Cruz-Dillashaw clash

  31-10-2015 06:00 via ufc.com
  
  It may be more than two months away and there may be six scheduled title fights between now and Jan. 17, but Fight Night Boston is headlined by one of the most intriguing championship bouts in recent memory.UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw takes on former title holder Dominick Cruz in a fight that has been gaining steam ever since Dillashaw shocked the world at UFC 173, finishing former champion Renan Barao in dominant fashion.If you don’t remember Dominick Cruz, here is a quick cras
  
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• Gil de Freitas Kneebar Nets Vacant Welterweight Title in CES MMA 31 Main Event

  31-10-2015 04:12 via sherdog.com
  
  Team Link’s Gil de Freitas captured the vacant 170-pound title, as he submitted Chip Moraza-Pollard with a first-round kneebar in the CES MMA 31 headliner on Friday at the Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I.
  
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• Buck Pineau suffers gruesome injury at CES 31

  31-10-2015 03:40
  
  If watching limbs bend in ways they're not supposed to disturbs you, close this window immediately.
  For the rest of you, Buck Pineau's injury suffered at CES 31 Friday evening against Pat McCrohan will provide more horror than any Halloween costume you'll see this season.
  Less than one minute into their encounter, McCrohan looked to slam Pineau to the mat. In an effort to defend himself from the impending impact, Pineau posted his arm. What happened next is just disgusting.
  Kudos to Twitter user
  
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• Mark Hunt vs. Cheick Kongo full fight video

  31-10-2015 03:00
  
  Watch Mark Hunt vs. Cheick Kongo full fight video to see Hunt's impressive knockout win over Kongo at UFC 144 on Feb. 26, 2012.Hunt returns to action at UFC 193 when he squares off against against Bigfoot Silva on the main card.
  
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• John Lineker would love to accept Bryan Caraway's challenge to fight

  31-10-2015 01:00
  
  If Bryan Caraway wants a fight with John Lineker, the Brazilian slugger would happily take him up on it.
  Lineker's manager Alex Davis told Ariel Helwani for Wednesday's UFC Tonight that Lineker would "love" a fight with Caraway. Caraway told MMAjunkie Radio on Tuesday that he'd be down to fight Lineker, Johnny Eduardo or Frankie Saenz next.
  Lineker (26-7) made his UFC bantamweight debut with a first-round knockout of Francisco Rivera at UFC 191 last month. In total, the former flyweight con
  
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• Photo: Seth Petruzelli Training With WWE Diva As New “Striking Coach” Of WWE

  31-10-2015 00:58
  
  Former UFC fighter and Ultimate Fighter veteran Seth Petruzelli has officially started his tenure as the official "striking coach" of the UFC.WWE Diva Becky Lynch worked out with Petruzelli at The Jungle in Orlando, Florida this week, as seen by the photo Petruzelli posted below.Petruzelli was signed by WWE to be the official striking coach at the WWE Performance Center, which is also located in Orlando.https://instagram.com/p/9cXvqtpBsO/
  
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• UFC 192 Flops On PPV, One Of Lowest Buyrates In Modern 205-Pound Title Fight History

  31-10-2015 00:51
  
  It looks like UFC 192 was a pay-per-view flop.The October 3, 2015 pay-per-view is rumored to have drawn "in the ballpark of 250,000 buys," according to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter.The show, which was headlined by the Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson title fight, is apparently one of the least purchased pay-per-views for a UFC Light Heavyweight title fight in modern UFC history.Cormier-Gustafsson was considered one of the better fights of the year, however if the reports are a
  
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• Houston Alexander Added to Bellator 146 Card

  31-10-2015 00:19 via sherdog.com
  
  Bellator MMA announced Friday afternoon the addition of a light heavyweight battle between Houston Alexander and Guilherme Viana toBellator 146, officially completing the main card.
  
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