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• Bellator 145 Medical Suspensions: David Rickels, James Thompson Get 30-Day Layoffs

  09-11-2015 23:24 via sherdog.com
  
  Despite eight finishes and a pair of five-round title fights, it appears the fighters of Bellator 145 emerged relatively unscathed from the Nov. 6 show.
  
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• Video: UFC 193 Embedded: Rousey vs. Holm

  09-11-2015 23:03
  
  UFC has added the entire episode of UFC 193 Embedded: Rousey vs. Holm to their YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3-F6DcGUskUFC 193 will air on November 14, 2015 from Melbourne, Australia at Etihad Stadium.
  
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• Royce Gracie returning in part to stop Ken Shamrock's talking: 'I can't stand the guy'

  09-11-2015 23:00
  
  When Bellator president Scott Coker first approached Royce Gracie about returning to the cage, the MMA legend said he wasn't sure. When Coker said it would be against longtime rival Ken Shamrock, Gracie still "played hard to get."
  But when Gracie returned home to his family after the discussion, he was beaming.
  "I was like, yes!" Gracie told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour.
  And so the trilogy bout -- 20 years after their last fight -- was booked about a month ago, Gracie said.
  
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• Freddie Roach believes Georges St-Pierre will return to the UFC

  09-11-2015 22:00
  
  After working with Georges St-Pierre for three days, famed boxing trainer Freddie Roach believes the beloved former longtime UFC welterweight champion will return to the sport of mixed martial arts and fight again.
  "Yes, I do," Roach said on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour. "He's so positive, so good, and it was the best three training sessions we've ever had.
  The Montreal-based fighter has ventured to Los Angeles several times over the course of his career to train at Roach's famed W
  
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• Kron Gracie added to Rizin FF card in December

  09-11-2015 21:30
  
  Following a quick win in his MMA debut, Kron Gracie will return to action in December.
  Kron, the son of the legendary Rickson Gracie,is scheduled to take on Asen Yamamoto at Rizon Fighting Federation’s card on Dec. 29 in Saitama, Japan, the promotion announced Monday.
  Gracie (1-0), a multiple time jiu-jitsu champion, defeated Hyung Soo Kim in his mixed martial arts debut last December, while 19-year-old Yamamoto, nephew of MMA veteran Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto" and grandson of former Olympic
  
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• FOX Sports Working On CM Punk Documentary Series

  09-11-2015 19:44
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrvgwnzJOLoFOX Sports is currently working on a documentary-style series about CM Punk. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the series about the former WWE champion will air on FOX Sports 1.The series will profile CM Punk training to become an MMA fighter, and recovering from his shoulder injury that set back his UFC debut.Punk is currently looking at Spring 2016 for his first fight. There's no word on who his opponent will be.
  
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• UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo Medical Suspensions: 5 Fighters Facing 6 Months Off for Injuries

  09-11-2015 19:23 via sherdog.com
  
  Five undercard fighters from last Saturday’s UFC Fight Night could be sidelined for half a year due to injuries sustained during the Nov. 7 show.
  
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• UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo Medical Suspensions: 5 Fighters Facing 6 Months

  09-11-2015 19:23 via sherdog.com
  
  Five undercard fighters from last Saturday’s UFC Fight Night could be sidelined for half a year due to injuries sustained during the Nov. 7 show.
  
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• Kron Gracie to Face Nephew of ‘Kid’ Yamamoto at New Year’s Eve Rizin Event

  09-11-2015 19:14 via sherdog.com
  
  Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Kron Gracie will make his sophomore MMA appearance in Japan as part of the New Year’s Eve card from Rizin Fighting Federation.
  
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• Network TV war brewing in Japan on New Year's Eve

  09-11-2015 18:00
  
  After years off network television in Japan, two of Japan's major networks, and a third television station, will all be broadcasting MMA type events on New Year's Eve.Nobuyuki Sakakibara's Rizin debut on the Fuji Network with Fedor Emelianenko, plus a taped fight from two nights earlier with Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Shinya Aoki, was announced last month. On Saturday night's Bellator show, a battle between Gabi Garcia, a multiple time woman's world champion in Jiu Jitsu, and Lei'd Tapa (real name Sei
  
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• UFC Fight Night 77 medical suspensions: Five fighters potentially out six months

  09-11-2015 17:25
  
  Five athletes could face long medical suspensions following UFC Fight Night 77.
  The Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) announced on Monday that Kevin Souza, Pedro Munhoz, Piotr Hallman, Johnny Case and Gasan Umalatov are sidelined 180 days pending clearance from injuries sustained in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Nov. 7.
  Souza and Umalatov, who lost to Chas Skelly and Viscardi Andrade, respectively, suffered right hand injuries, while Case, who defeated Yan Cabral via decision, has a right leg i
  
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• After Second Dan Henderson KO, Vitor Belfort Knows Who He Wants Next

  09-11-2015 16:04
  
  Following his second knockout victory over MMA legend Dan Henderson at UFC Fight Night 77 this past Saturday night, "The Phenom" Vitor Belfort has a definite take on who he'd like to see across from him inside the Octagon in his next fight.At the UFN 77 post-fight press conference, Belfort spoke about wanting to fight Luke Rockhold again, despite the fact that he already knocked him out in the first round of their last fight."There’s a guy, Luke Rockhold, that keeps talking a lot," said Be
  
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• Angela Hill confirms UFC release

  09-11-2015 16:00
  
  The Ultimate Fighter 20 contestant Angela Hill has been released by the UFC.
  The strawweight combatant confirmed the news via social media.Last year in April I had my first MMA fight. 2 days later I flew out to Vegas and tried out for The Ultimate Fighter. It's been a roller coaster ride and I proved to myself how strong I could be through the shittiest situations. After 2 losses to top 5 ranked opponents I got the call that I've been released from the UFC. It's bittersweet, but I'll hopefu
  
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• Miesha Tate predicts Ronda Rousey will beat Holly Holm: ‘I just don't think it's a good style match-up'

  09-11-2015 15:00
  
  Miesha Tate may not be happy with how UFC 193's main event came to be, but she still has a vested interest in how it shakes out. And while the boxing credentials of Holly Holm present a vastly different puzzle to reigning UFC champion Ronda Rousey than any challenge has before, Tate isn't expecting to see a different outcome once Nov. 14 rolls around.
  "If I had to pick, I'm definitely going to go with the champion," Tate said Monday on The MMA Hour. "It's nothing against [Holm], I just
  
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• The MMA Hour with Royce Gracie, Freddie Roach, Ryan Bader, Stephen Thompson, Alan Belcher, Louis Smolka, Erick Silva in studio

  09-11-2015 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 a busy weekend in MMA.
  1:25 p.m. -- Stephen Thompson will talk about what's next after the UFC scrapped his fight against Neil Magny.
  1:45 p.m. -- Ryan Bader will discuss his UFC on FOX 18 main event fight against Anthony Johnson.
  2:05 p.m. -- Legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach will discuss his time with Georges St-Pierre recently.
  2:25 p.m. -- Louis Smolka will talk about
  
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• Morning Report: Daniel Cormier won't discuss a booking against Jon Jones until 2016

  09-11-2015 14:00
  
  Don't hold your breath waiting for Daniel Cormier to book a rematch with Jon Jones.
  The UFC light heavyweight champion needs to take some time to recover from a busy few years and that's just fine with UFC president Dana White.
  According to Cormier, he and White have agreed to not even discuss a return against Jones until sometime next year.
  "I don't want to start a fight camp right now," Cormier told FOX Sports. "I want to relax through the holidays with my family and when I told that to D
  
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• Stefan Struve Moves Forward

  09-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Finally, we can talk about the fighting career of Stefan Struve again. It seems like forever since the Netherlands native was discussed as a rising star or heavyweight contender without bringing up the 21 months he spent away from the Octagon due to a leaking bicuspid aortic valve in his heart.Yes, medication got that situation under control, but then there was his missed fight with Matt Mitrione, when he passed out in the locker room before the bout, and his subsequent loss to Alistair Overeem.
  
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• Ronda Rousey Signs On To Fan Requests As Fight Week Begins

  09-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia Fan requests for Ronda Rousey began pouring in Tuesday afternoon in Melbourne in advance of UFC 193, and the women’s bantamweight champion had fun with some of the more interesting questions posed via social media. An early Fight Week arrival ritual features each athlete autographing event posters in the UFC’s media offices.
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  Rousey dutifully joined other fighters at the autograph table, Sharpie pen in hand, and answered live social media questions via a
  
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• Mayday McDonald Returns in January

  09-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  Sidelined by injuries since a December 2013 loss to Urijah Faber, former bantamweight title challenger Michael "Mayday" McDonald will finally return to active duty when he faces Japan's Masanori Kanehara at UFC 195 in Las Vegas's MGM Grand Garden Arena on January 2.Tickets for UFC 195, which is headlined by the UFC welterweight title fight between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit, are on sale now.The 24-year-old McDonald may have lost the last two years due to injury, but with a clean bill of hea
  
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• Matthews' Homecoming Dream Realized

  09-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  By their very nature, fighter are a nomadic breed. Training and the effort to expand one’s skill set often requires athletes to set out into the world to find coaches and fellow fighters who will help them push toward the next level of their progression. Even if they can find what they need within a comfortable distance, competing in the sport they’ve committed to will undoubtedly take them into foreign lands to exercise their craft.Yet, before a fighter can shift into a different gl
  
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• A Tall Task Awaits Jared Rosholt

  09-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  As humble as an individual may be, it still takes a certain amount of ego to be a professional athlete, and any hits to that ego are often hard to overcome. So when someone does take those hits and continues to move forward, that’s how champions are made.Jared Rosholt isn’t a UFC champion yet, but he’s shown the determination that is needed to one day wear that gold around his waist. More importantly, he’s gone from mixed martial arts neophyte to young man on the verge of
  
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• Josh Samman on journalistic work: 'It's become a passion of mine'

  09-11-2015 02:00
  After Nick Diaz’ five-year suspension was announced by the Nevada Athletic Commission on Sep. 14, many fighters expressed their opinion on social media, but one fighter took a different approach to the situation.
  UFC middleweight and writer for Bloody Elbow Josh Samman wrote a prominent article where UFC anti-doping representative Jeff Novitzky expressed his disagreement with the NAC’s suspension of Diaz.
  Originally, Samman had spoken to Novitzky off the record but quickly reali
  
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