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• Bellator's Michael Chandler considering training with Anthony Pettis at Roufusport

  06-11-2015 23:00
  
  "Iron" sharpens "Showtime?"
  Former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler is considering an opportunity to train with Anthony Pettis at Roufusport, he told MMA Fighting in a recent interview. Chandler, who said he has spoken about it with Duke Roufus, would not be leaving his new gym, Power MMA in Arizona, but he could spend some time in Milwaukee for Pettis' training camp in preparation for Eddie Alvarez.
  Of course, Chandler knows Alvarez better than anyone. Those two had a pair of the
  
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• UFC Fight Night Weigh-in Results: Vitor Belfort-Dan Henderson Rubber Match OK’d in Brazil

  06-11-2015 22:34 via sherdog.com
  
  A rivalry that reaches back nearly a decade will soon draw to a close.
  
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• UFC Middleweight Alan Belcher Retires From MMA

  06-11-2015 21:31
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6nijorzkgUEarlier today, Alan Belcher, a UFC middleweight fighter who's been on hiatus for over two years, announced his retirement from mixed martial arts in a Periscope chat. During the chat, which doubled as a speaking engagement where he was addressing gym owners and martial arts instructors, he told the room and the world that "I'm done fighting. I'm finished. I'll never, ever fight again. This is my official retirement, Unfortunately, I didn't get to d
  
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• Patricio Freire: Conor McGregor isn’t good enough to beat me or Jose Aldo

  06-11-2015 21:00
  
  Bellator featherweight champion Patricio Freire defends his title against Daniel Straus Friday night at Bellator 145 in St. Louis, but feels he’s not getting the attention he deserves a month before UFC stars Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor battle in arguably the biggest featherweight fight in the history of the sport.
  "It’s the commercial aspect of the business," Freire told MMAFighting.com. "McGregor isn’t the best featherweight on the planet. The best in the world is Jose Aldo,
  
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• UFC Veteran Alan Belcher Retires from MMA: ‘I’ll Never, Ever Fight Again’

  06-11-2015 20:08 via sherdog.com
  
  Some three years ago, Alan Belcher thwarted feared leg-lock specialist Rousimar Palhares in dominant fashion to earn his fourth straight Octagon triumph at UFC on Fox 3. It would turn out to be his last professional mixed martial arts win.
  
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• Bellator 145 live stream online

  06-11-2015 20:00
  
  Watch Bellator 145 stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card at 6:45 p.m. ET. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows:Alex Huddleston vs. Augusto SakaiAdam Cella vs. Chel Erwin-Davis
  Garrett Gross vs. Luke Nelson 
  Steven Mann vs. Hugh Pulley
  Kevin Engel vs. Kyle Kurts 
  Kain Royer vs. Clay Mitchell 
  Adam Meredith vs. Jordan Dowdy 
  Scott Ettling vs. Garrett MuellerBrandon Lowe vs. Rashard LovelaceBellator 145 takes place at th
  
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• Bellator To Feature Kurt Angle On Commentary Tonight?

  06-11-2015 19:19
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_12qn29WKASean Grande, the play by play announcer for Bellator MMA, tweeted this a short while ago:https://twitter.com/SeanGrandePBP/status/662677610124611584That's a not so veiled reference to 1996 Olympic freestyle gold medalist turned pro wrestling superstar Kurt Angle. He's signed some kind of deal with Bellator and was already in St. Louis, Missouri for this week's festivities. As much as the idea of him fighting seems farfetched, there's clearly a
  
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• Bellator 145 ‘Vengeance’ Results, Updates & Play-by-Play

  06-11-2015 19:14 via sherdog.com
  
  Along with a free live stream of the Bellator 145 undercard/prelims, Sherdog.com has play-by-play and round-by-round scoring below.
  
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• A decade into the game, Clay Guida reaches a curious crossroads in Sao Paulo

  06-11-2015 19:00
  
  Clay Guida is ostensibly a UFC featherweight. If you want proof, just pull up the UFC rankings. There he is, listed below Irish green and Brazilian gold, standing guard over the top-10 with his manic pressure and occasional belch. Guida is three years into this 145-pound experiment, yet for a guy who's been around longer than the division itself, he remains strangely hard to pin down.
  Part of it is his own making. In the minutes after Guida earned a smothering win over Robbie Peralta in April, h
  
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• Bellator Champion Patricio Freire Believes He Has ‘Stronger Spirit’ Than Jose Aldo

  06-11-2015 18:54 via sherdog.com
  
  Bellator MMA champion Patricio Freire has established himself as the top featherweight in the sport outside of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and believes he could more than hold his own against reigning UFC titleholder Jose Aldo.
  
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• 10 Questions with Emmanuel Sanchez

  06-11-2015 18:53 via sherdog.com
  
  The Roufusport featherweight calls himself a “champion in the making” ahead of his Bellator 145 clash with Justin Lawrence.
  
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• Dethroning Lightweight Champ Will Brooks at Bellator 145 All Part of Marcin Held’s Plan

  06-11-2015 18:49 via sherdog.com
  
  Submission savant Marcin Held has no intention of letting his latest opportunity slip through his fingers.
  
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• David Rickels Hits Reset Button Before Bellator 145 Rematch with Michael Chandler

  06-11-2015 18:34 via sherdog.com
  
  While David Rickels will likely walk to the cage using one of his wild entrances, “The Caveman” promises he is a changed man. He no longer fluffs off training, no longer takes his career lightly and never again wants to leave an arena as a loser.
  
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• Anthony Johnson: Daniel Cormier Hasn’t Earned His Time Off

  06-11-2015 18:26
  Anthony Johnson has weighed in on his recent opponent Daniel Cormier saying he wants to take several months off from competition. Johnson doesn't agree with Cormier's decision, and compared the situation to Jon Jones' run as a champion in UFC.“I don’t know why he would say he wants six months off; maybe he wants time to heal, spend more time with his family and train more and just perfect his craft – I don’t know,” Johnson told MMAjunkie. “Do I see it as being
  
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• Brendan Schaub: “Jon Jones Is The Best Fighter To Ever Walk In The Octagon”

  06-11-2015 18:11
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hUpDWpBp_sHere's a clip from a recent episode of The Fighter & The Kid podcast, where former UFC heavyweight contender Brendan Schaub praises Jon Jones and speaks on his feud with Daniel Cormier. Schaub gones on to say he feels there is no one in the world right now who can beat Jones.Related: Jon Jones Confesses: “I Was Living Like An Idiot”
  
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• James Thompson is hurtling towards a Kimbo Slice sequel, and he's bringing his demons with him

  06-11-2015 18:00
  
  Please excuse James Thompson if he is sensing the creeping touch of déjà vu lately, but this is all starting to feel a little too familiar. Of course there is the obvious, the rematch of giants between he and part-time brick wall Bobby Lashley. That booking took three tries to stay intact, and even now, a few days before Bellator 145, Thompson can't help but admit the small part of him waiting for the other shoe to drop — for Lashley to become the next casualty of the sauna,
  
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• 'Panqueca' party with Patrick Cummins in Brazil

  06-11-2015 17:57
  
  SAO PAULO -- Pancake enthusiast Patrick Cummins returns to Brazil a third time to face Glover Teixeira in the co-main event of Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night 77 in Sao Paulo, and skipped his pre-fight diet to find out if Brazilian panquecas taste like his beloved pancakes.
  
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• Alan Belcher announces retirement from MMA

  06-11-2015 17:26
  
  Middleweight fighter Alan Belcher has announced his retirement from MMA.
  The former UFC combatant made the announcement Friday via Periscope.
  "I'm done fighting. I'm finished. I'll never, ever fight again. This is my official retirement," he said during the session.
  Following this statement, Belcher said he'll continue teaching martial arts and focus more on business and helping others expand their martial arts businesses into the future.
  "I really feel like talking to instructors and gym o
  
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• Bellator 145 predictions

  06-11-2015 17:00
  
  Bellator brings back another tent-pole event on Friday night with title fights headlining the card. In the co-main event, Will Brooks puts his belt up for grabs against a Polish leg lock master while one of the Pitbull brothers defends his title against a former champion. The card also features rising prospects, a former lightweight champion and a pro wrestling crossover sensation.
  What: Bellator 145: Pitbull vs. Straus 3
  Where: Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO.
  When: Friday, the preliminary card
  
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• Bobby Lashley: CM Punk 'feeds on' fan hate, uses it to better himself

  06-11-2015 16:30
  
  CM Punk has gotten more than his fair share of heat for attempting to make the transition from pro wrestling to MMA. Bobby Lashley has been there, though many people have forgotten that he was bashed as well.
  "It's just that I'm not one of those people to fight the criticism," Lashley told MMA Fighting. "I don't go on social media. If somebody has something negative to say, I'm a very -- I won't say introverted, because I'm not introverted -- I'm a very just calm person. I don't move into the ne
  
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• RFA 32 Weigh-in Results: Blumer, Higo on Point

  06-11-2015 16:12 via sherdog.com
  
  RFA 32 will go on as planned as all the main card fighters cleared the weigh-in hurdle Thursday evening. Set for Friday night at the Mystic Lake Showroom in the Mystic Lake Hotel Casino in Prior Lake, Minn., the event will be televised live on AXS TV beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
  
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• UFC Fight Night 77 weigh-in video

  06-11-2015 15:00
  
  At the UFC Fight Night 77 weigh-ins, all 26 fighters taking part in Saturday's UFC Fight Night 77 fights will step on the scale Friday, and we'll have the live video here at MMAFighting.com.For the main event, Vitor Belfort and Dan Henderson will have to make the middleweight limit of 185 pounds.The UFC Fight Night 77 weigh-in takes place at 4 p.m. ET, and the video is above.Main card (FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET)
  Vitor Belfort vs. Dan Henderson
  Glover Teixeira vs. Patrick Cummins
  Thomas Almeida
  
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• Morning Report: Urijah Faber says Paige VanZant believes 'in her mind' she's ready for Joanna Jedrzejczyk

  06-11-2015 14:00
  
  Paige VanZant is already headlining UFC events, but is she ready Joanna Champion?
  The 21-year-old strawweight was slated to headline opposite No. 8 Joanne Calderwood Dec. 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada, but now faces former top contender Rose Namajunas after the Scot suffered a knee injury.
  With VanZant sitting at No. 6 in the division, her Team Alpha Male head coach Urijah Faber was asked if fighting third-ranked Namajunas is too big of a step up in competition.
  "The more I get to know VanZant, t
  
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• Free Live Stream: Bellator 145 Undercard & Prelims

  06-11-2015 09:14 via sherdog.com
  
  Watch the Bellator 145 undercard and prelims live & free on Sherdog.com at 6:45 p.m. ET.
  
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• Welcome to the UFC: Anton Zafir

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  Queensland’s Anton Zafir is like most in the mixed martial arts community in Australia. His plans for next weekend have been set for a while, and they involve making the close to four-hour plane ride to Melbourne to watch UFC 193.Then he got a call Friday, and all of a sudden he needs to unload that ticket. Usually, that’s bad news, but in Zafir’s case, he will move from the stands at Etihad Stadium to center stage in the Octagon, as he will replace the injured Brendan O’
  
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• Watch Jedrzejczyk and Letourneau train for UFC 193

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  This morning, you can eat breakfast with UFC champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and join challenger Valerie Letourneau as she leaves her daughter at home and heads to the gym for sparring ... well, sort of. If you watch our above UFC 193: Training Day video, you'll get inside the camp of Joanna "Champion" in Poland and see her sprint towards her title defense next week in Melbourne.You'll also get to hear from the challenger and her coach as they do a hard day of training in Florida at A
  
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• UFC relaunches site to help legalize MMA in New York

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  The UFC's campaign to legalize mixed martial arts in New York is getting an early start for 2016.On Friday, the UFC will relaunch its website ufc.com/NY -- a grassroots effort for New Yorkers to show their support for making professional MMA a legal sport in their state.UFC first launched the effort earlier this year for its push during the 2015 legislative session. The bill to legalize MMA passed through the State Senate for a sixth straight year, but did not reach the Assembly floor
  
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• UFC Relaunches New York Website

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  New York – The UFC® organization today announced the relaunching of www.ufc.com/NY, a page on the official UFC website to provide New Yorkers with a way to show their support for legalizing and regulating professional mixed martial arts (MMA) in the last place in North America where professional MMA is illegal.New Yorkers are urged to join tens of thousands of fans from Buffalo to Montauk and sign up and for a grassroots campaign to urge the New York State Assembly to finally pass the
  
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• Tweets of the Week - 11/6

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Fight Night: Belfort vs HendersonBelfort. Henderson. The Trilogy. Who you got? #UFCSP Saturday at 10/7pm ETPT live on @FS1 https://t.co/HhfeVMo2pG— UFC (@ufc) November 4, 2015 Peso quase batido! Cutting weight, almost there! #bsn #bancobmg #teambelfort #cafebelfort #rise2life pic.twitter.com/5UAJ7gbu0U— Vitor Belfort (@vitorbelfort) November 6, 2015 #tbt apparently this was from my first mma fight. I'm not quite that old https://t.co/50gfgWoDxo pic.twitter.com/9jliH9EI4A&md
  
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• Ten reasons to watch UFC Fight Night 77

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  UFC Fight Night 77 is the kind of fight card you look at, nod your head a few times and whisper to yourself, “Well, that’s all right.”One of the reasons the card is so strong is that it hasn’t been ravaged by injuries. For the most part, the card UFC matchmakers wanted to present is the one that will go off on Saturday.In the main event, Vitor Belfort and Dan Henderson meet for the third time in nine years to decide who walks away from their trilogy wi
  
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• Must-see tv: UFC Embedded - Rousey vs. Holm

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  In case you're looking for things to watch on TV this weekend (and you're already totally caught up on "The Walking Dead"), then look no further. Ahead of the upcoming UFC 193, Fox is airing a special on Saturday (2 p.m. ET) that profiles the meteoric rise of Ronda Rousey and women's MMA, and the incredible talents of both Rousey and her opponent, Holly Holm.With appearances from everyone from Demi Lovato to Arnold Schwarzenegger to Jada Pinkett Smith, this hour-long show definitely will get all
  
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• Michelle Waterson ready for Tecia Torres

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  LOS ANGELES – With her next fight booked for more than two months already, and still more than a month away, Michelle Waterson has had a lot of time to think about Tecia Torres.Waterson (13-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Torres (6-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) are two of the UFC’s most highly touted women’s strawweight contenders, and while their placement on the giant UFC 194 card in December hasn’t been made official, the pair is likely to open the pay-per-view main car
  
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• McGregor calls on the help of Ido Portal

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  Conor McGregor has summoned the support of Ido Portal to help him become the master of movement ahead of his eagerly awaited UFC 194 title unification bout against Jose Aldo in December.McGregor demonstrated his array of skills in his most recent sparring session, showing nimble footwork in taking evasive action to avoid being hit against martial artist Portal.The Irishman enjoyed a light session with Icelandic strongman Hafthor Julius Bjornsson earlier this week, and the 27-year-
  
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• Jimmie Rivera Just Keeps Fighting

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  For a time, it looked like all the time Jimmie Rivera was going to spend in the UFC Octagon were the six minutes and change he accumulated during his fight to get into the house on Season 14 of The Ultimate Fighter.After a strong first round, Rivera got submitted by fellow East Coast staple and eventual finalist Dennis Bermudez, and his dream of making it to the biggest stage in the sport was put on hold. Undaunted, he went back to the tough East Coast regional circuit and kept doing his thing,
  
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• http://www.ufc.com/media/Fight-Night-Belfort-Henderson-2015-Antonio-Minotauro-Nogueira-preview

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  It's nearly impossible to comb through Ronda Rousey's 12-fight career to find any moments where she's actually been pushed in a fight much less put into any real trouble, but the closest she's come was in her UFC debut against Liz Carmouche in 2013.Rousey joined the UFC following an undefeated run in Strikeforce where she won the women's bantamweight title before defending it on one occasion prior to the UFC enveloping the division all together.While Rousey has faced challeng
  
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• How to Watch UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Skip ahead to Main CardUFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson Saturday, November 7thFIGHT PASS Prelims 6:30PM EDT / 3:30PM PDT / 10:30PM GMTOnline Airings FIGHT PASS on UFC.tv: Available Worldwide Excluded Countries: Brazil and Latin America Cable/Satellite AiringsCentral/South AmericaBrazil - CombateMexico - UFC NetworkArgentina - UFC NetworkBolivia - UFC NetworkChile - UFC NetworkColombia - UFC NetworkEcuador - UFC NetworkPanama - UFC NetworkParaguay - UFC NetworkPeru - UFC NetworkRe
  
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• Fight Night Sao Paulo: By The Numbers

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  4Current ranking of Vitor Belfort as a UFC middleweight11KO/TKOs by “The Phenom” inside the Octagon, tied with former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva for most in UFC history3Consecutive KO/TKOs by Belfort via head kick over Michael Bisping, Luke Rockhold and Dan Henderson, only fighter in UFC history to accomplish such a task17Career KO/TKOs by Belfort12First round finishes by The Phenom inside the Octagon, most in UFC history8UFC fighters including Belfort have earned three
  
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• Fight Night Sao Paulo 2015 Weigh-In Results

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  UFC Fight Night, which is headlined by the middleweight bout between Vitor Belfort and Dan Henderson and the light heavyweight bout between Glover Teixeira and Patrick Cummins, airs live on FOX Sports 1 from the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil at 10pm ET / 7pm PT. Four prelim bouts will air live on FOX Sports 1 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT, and three early prelims may be viewed on UFC FIGHT PASS at 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT.HERE WE GO! @VitorBelfort vs @DanHendo Who you got? #UFCSP https://t
  
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• Dan Henderson: No Introduction Necessary

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Dan Henderson isn’t one for labels.The former Olympian turned mixed martial artist turned multi-divisional knockout artist shrugs off words like “legend” and “pioneer,” choosing rather to focus on things in the here and now. Granted, the California-based middleweight can’t fully escape acknowledging how much of an impact he’s had on the sport he loves and the generations of hungry fighters that have come up in his wake, but even in doing so he cops to in
  
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• Alan 'The Talent' Belcher Retires

  06-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  A fighter has to be pretty bold to carry a nickname like “The Talent” into a fight, but Alan Belcher wore it proudly and lived up to that moniker over the course of an 11-year pro mixed martial arts career that ended Friday with his retirement at the age of 31.I'm done fighting,” Belcher said during a Periscope presentation that began a seminar in his hometown of Biloxi, Mississippi. “I'm finished. I will never, ever fight again. This is my official retirement.” Own
  
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• Bellator 145 Results: Pitbull vs. Straus 3

  06-11-2015 06:00
  
  MMA Fighting has Bellator 145 results for the Pitbull vs. Straus 3 fight card Friday night at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo. In the main event, featherweight champion Patricio Freire will attempt to defend his title against Daniel Straus. Gold is also on the line in the co-main event, where lightweight champ Will Brooks faces Marcin Held. Also on the card are Bellator standouts Bobby Lashley and Michael Chandler. Check out the Bellator 145 results below.
  Main card (Spike a
  
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• Vitor Belfort vs. Dan Henderson 2 full fight video

  06-11-2015 04:00
  
  Watch Vitor Belfort vs. Dan Henderson 2 full fight video to see Vitor Belfort avenge his loss to Dan Henderson by knocking out the former Olympic wrestler in one round at UFC Fight Night 32. With this performance, Belfort became the first man to knock out ‘Hendo’.
  Belfort defeated Henderson via KO at 1:17 of round 1.
  These two UFC and Pride FC veterans are scheduled to settle the score in the main-event of UFC Fight Night 77 on Nov. 7 in São Paulo, Brazil.
  
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• Brett Cooper retires from mixed martial arts: 'I think it's time for me'

  06-11-2015 02:00
  
  Mixed martial arts veteran Brett Cooper announced his retirement from the sport Thursday. Cooper, 28, cited the need to be a father and the unwillingness to put his career ahead of his family as a key reason for his exit from the sport.
  On a post on Facebook, Cooper wrote:
  "It's looks as though I will be retiring from Hi-level competition in MMA. In order to compete at the highest level I would have to do certain things that I'm not comfortable with. It is time for me to be a dad and not be
  
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• Bellator 145 Weigh-in Results: Will Brooks Misses Weight on First Attempt

  06-11-2015 01:41 via sherdog.com
  
  Bellator MMA featherweight champion Patricio Freire has been down this road before with Daniel Straus and twice emerged as the better man.
  
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• Bellator 145 Weigh-in Results: Title Fight Participants Now on Target

  06-11-2015 01:41 via sherdog.com
  
  Bellator MMA featherweight champion Patricio Freire has been down this road before with Daniel Straus and twice emerged as the better man.
  
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• Patricio Freire interested in fighting for Rizin FF, open to lightweight bout

  06-11-2015 00:00
  
  Focused on his upcoming featherweight title defense against Daniel Straus at Bellator 145, Patricio Freire wants to make a dream come true in 2015.
  With former PRIDE head Nobuyuki Sakakibara returning to the MMA world as president of Rizin Fighting Federation in December, "Pitbull" is open to fighting in Japan by the end of the year.
  "I’d love to fight in Japan. I always dreamed about this when I was a kid and started watching PRIDE, so I would love to fight there," Freire told MMAFighting
  
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