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• UFC President Dana White Skeptical of Georges St. Pierre Comeback Talk

  19-11-2015 23:53 via sherdog.com
  
  While renowned boxing trainer Freddie Roach recently revealed that Georges St. Pierre planned to try a six-week training camp to test the waters for a potential MMA return, UFC President Dana White isn’t buying it.
  
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• Dennis Bermudez, Maximo Blanco to Lock Horns at UFC Fight Night in Boston on Jan. 17

  19-11-2015 23:12 via sherdog.com
  
  A featherweight showdown pitting Dennis Bermudez against Maximo Blanco has been added to the UFC Fight Night "Dillashaw vs. Cruz" lineup.
  
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• Bellator 146 predictions

  19-11-2015 23:00
  
  There's no title on the line, nor is Friday's fight night a tent-pole event. Yet, Bellator is putting five bouts on the main card as opposed to the customary four. The card is headlined by a battle between an aging Dutch kickboxer in Melvin Manhoef and Hisaki Kato, a fighter who most recently scored a shocking upset of Joe Schilling in June. Long-time prospect Bubba Jenkins also returns as does UFC veteran Houston Alexander.
  What: Bellator 146: Kato vs. Manhoef
  Where: WinStar World Casino and Re
  
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• Jon Jones shows off shredded transformation in just seven months

  19-11-2015 22:34
  
  Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been in the weight room and is using social media to show the world his results.
  The Greg Jackson-trained fighter posted a picture on his Instagram account on Thursday showing his physique in between fight camps during 2013 and now side-by-side. The difference is musculature is quite noticeable.
  "Started powerlifting June 1, 2015. In just about seven months of training four days a week, my body has made a complete transformation," Jones wrote.
  
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• Bellator 146 weigh-in video

  19-11-2015 21:30
  
  At the Bellator 146 weigh-ins, all 28 fighters taking part in Friday's Bellator 146 fights will step on the scale Thursday evening, and we'll have the live video here at MMAFighting.com.In the main event, Hisaki Kato and Melvin Manhoef will have to make the middleweight limit of 185 pounds.
  The Bellator 146 weigh-ins take place at 6 p.m. ET, and the video is above.Check out the Bellator 146 weigh-in results below.Main card (Spike TV at 9 p.m. ET)
  Hisaki Kato vs. Melvin Manhoef
  Bubba Jenkins vs.
  
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• Victory FC Inks Fight Pass Deal, Debuts Jan. 29 with Anthony Smith vs. Elvis Mutapcic

  19-11-2015 21:18 via sherdog.com
  
  Victory Fighting Championship has signed a deal with UFC Fight Pass and will debut on the streaming platform Jan. 29.
  
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• UFC 193 On Track To Be UFC’s Second-Highest Grossing PPV Ever

  19-11-2015 21:15
  
  Lorenzo Fertitta, co-owner of the UFC's parent company Zuffa, told Yahoo Sports that it looks like UFC 193 will be the company's second-highest grossing pay-per-view ever, behind UFC 100.
  “It was a record-breaking night,” Fertitta told Yahoo Sports. “In the history of combat sports, four females have never been able to drive the performance we were able to drive on Saturday. … It’s our third-largest event of all-time and it’s trending to be our second-largest
  
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• WSOF 25 weigh-in video

  19-11-2015 21:00
  
  At the WSOF 25 weigh-ins, all 18 fighters taking part in Friday night's WSOF 25 fights will step on the scale Thursday evening, and we'll have the live video here at MMAFighting.com.In the co-main event, Jason High and Estevan Payan will have to make the lightweight limit of 155 pounds.The WSOF 25 weigh-in video takes place at 6 p.m. ET, and the video is above.Check out the WSOF 25 weigh-in results below.
  Main card (NBC Sports at 11 p.m. ET)
  Lightweight Tournament Championship Bout:
  Semifinal Bo
  
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• Jon Jones Shows Off New Physique, Hints at April 23 UFC Return

  19-11-2015 20:57 via sherdog.com
  
  Jon Jones is putting in the work in preparation for his Octagon return, and that comeback now appears to have a tentative date.
  
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• Live Video: World Series of Fighting 25 Weigh-ins (6 ET)

  19-11-2015 20:51 via sherdog.com
  
  Watch a live stream of the WSOF 25 weigh-ins at 6 p.m. ET.
  
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• Holly Holm: Don't bash Ronda Rousey, because most 'wouldn't even have the nerve' to fight

  19-11-2015 20:00
  
  Ronda Rousey's foil is also her most sensible defender.
  Holly Holm said on The Dan Patrick Show on Thursday that fans shouldn't bash Rousey too much, considering most of them would never "even have the nerve" to get in the Octagon and fight.
  "I hope people don't get too brutal with it," Holm said. "This is a hard job to be in and a lot of people can't get in there. When you get in that Octagon, it's one of the loneliest places in the world, because it's only up to you to do it.  A lot of pe
  
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• Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones hints at April 23 return date

  19-11-2015 19:45
  
  Jon Jones is getting both his body and his troll game back into top form.
  The sport's best pound-for-pound fighter posted a photo to Instagram on Tuesday showing off a ripped physique and hinting at a return to the Octagon.
  "Off season 2013 vs. Off season 2015. Five more months to prepare for this win. I'll be sure to be at my best April 23 #NewLevels," Jones wrote.
  As he often does on social media, Jones then deleted the post.
  April 23, of course, is no random point on the calendar. The UFC has
  
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• WSOF's Ray Sefo glad to watch a one-night tourney from the outside for once

  19-11-2015 19:00
  
  It doesn't take a genius to realize why World Series of Fighting president Ray Sefo is looking forward to the eight-man, one-night lightweight elimination tournament which will headline WSOF 25 on Friday night in Phoenix.
  Sefo, after all, is best known as a regular in K-1's legendary Grand Prix kickboxing tournaments in Japan, most notably the 2000 version, when he fought three times on the night of Dec. 10 in Tokyo before losing the finals to Ernesto Hoost.
  So he's uniquely suited to understand
  
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• Jon Jones Announces His UFC Return Date, Shows Off Current Physique

  19-11-2015 18:10
  
  Get ready world, "Bones" is back.Jon Jones took to social media on Thursday to announce his UFC return date, although he did not mention an opponent for a location.Jones wrote, "Five more months to prepare for this win. I'll be sure to be at my best April 23rd."Although MMA has yet to be officially legalized in the state of New York, the 4/23 date that Jones posted about is rumored to be the UFC 198 -- UFC's debut event at Madison Square Garden in New York City.While an opponent hasn't been anno
  
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• Lion Fight 26 Weigh-in Results: Chasteen, Hasanov On Point

  19-11-2015 18:06 via sherdog.com
  
  With the original main event between Tetsuya Yamato and Greg Wootton falling through after Wootton was not cleared medically a few days ago, the heads at Lion Fight scrambled to keep the event afloat.
  
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• Dana White Says He’s Meeting With Ronda Rousey Next Week

  19-11-2015 17:30
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_LL_H7L_TgWhile on Joe Rogan's podcast, UFC president Dana White revealed that he will meet with Ronda Rousey next week. He said he won't discuss fighting unless she brings it up, as he knows she's taking time off from MMA right now.
  “If she does, that’s cool. If she wants to talk, we can talk. But I won’t talk to her about it. I’ll give her a month.”“We’ve gotta see where Ronda is at and we’ll figure it out. Obviou
  
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• Josh Neer's controversial, viral video gym beatdown ends up having happy ending

  19-11-2015 17:00
  
  Josh Neer made headlines earlier this year for winning a fight in vicious fashion. Just not a sanctioned one that he got paid for.
  A brutal video of Neer beating the crap out of a man at his gym went viral back in February. Neer claimed the man was a social media troll and boxer who threatened him. The video, which even made TMZ, showed Neer trapping the man on the ground and landing elbow after elbow to his face, then appearing to soccer kick him in the head.
  Some were outraged by the visceral
  
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• Bellator headliner Hisaki Kato's sister survived Paris terrorist attacks

  19-11-2015 15:00
  
  Hisaki Kato has the biggest fight of his life Friday night against a longtime MMA standout. He won't be thinking about it much until he steps into the cage.
  Last Friday night in Paris, at least 129 people were killed  in a coordinated terrorist attack carried out by militants, multiple reports said. Seven different locations were hit. One of those places was a restaurant in Rue de Charonne where Kato's sister, Nathalie, was having dinner.
  Nathalie was one of the lucky ones, if you could cal
  
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• Morning Report: Dominick Cruz blames beef with T.J. Dillashaw on 'sad pimp' Duane Ludwig

  19-11-2015 14:00
  
  UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw finally has someone who wants to chat.
  Promoting their Jan. 17 title bout in Boston, Massachusetts, Dillashaw and former champ Dominick Cruz didn't waste much time getting personal.
  Asked by the hosts at 98.5 The Sports Hub to explain the crux of their beef, Cruz said he credits Dillashaw's new head trainer Duane Ludwig.
  "He was emulating me for all his teammates," Cruz said of Dillashaw. "Then decided, 'Wow, I'm beating up all my teammates here at "
  
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• UFC FIGHT PASS adds yet another MMA organization to platform

  19-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  Continuing the mantra that UFC FIGHT PASS will ‘just keep getting better and better,’ UFC Senior Vice-President and FIGHT PASS General Manager Eric Winter announced today that the Victory FC promotion will now stream all its event, live and on-demand, exclusively on FIGHT PASS.Victory FC is a leading US-based organization with a 13-year history and a passionate mid-West fan base that regularly sells out 5000-seat arenas. Victory has served as a proving ground for MMA starts like Bens
  
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• The 'Maestro' Replaces Lim on Seoul Card

  19-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  Not to be confused with the welterweight contender of the same name, the "Maestro" Dong Hyun Kim will make his UFC debut in Seoul, South Korea on November 28, as he replaces the injured Hyun Gyu Lim in a welterweight bout against Dominique Steele.UFC Fight Night is headlined by welterweight matchup between Benson Henderson and Jorge Masvidal. The card airs on UFC FIGHT PASS.Winner of seven of his last eight bouts, Kim has finished each of those victories by knockout or submission, making him a d
  
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• The Downes Side: UFN Monterrey Predictions

  19-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  That’s right boys and girls, it’s time for another Mexican edition of the Downes Side! I can’t promise a lot, but I can promise that it will be authentic - just like a quesadilla burger from Applebee’s.It doesn’t matter what neighborhood you’re in, it’s a great night for fights. Live from the Monterrey Arena in Monterrey, Mexico, Neil Magny and Kelvin Gastelum compete in a battle between ranked welterweights. In the co-main event of the night, featherwei
  
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• Lapilus honored to represent France in Monterrey

  19-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  MONTERREY, MexicoShortly after the horrific acts of terrorism in Paris, French President Francois Hollande addressed his nation and French people throughout the world and simply made a plea: "Our duty is to get on with our lives."UFC bantamweight Taylor Lapilus, who hails from a northeastern suburb of Paris, is heeding his call.While neither Lapilus nor his family or friends were affected by the recent tragedies, he is ready to represent his nation this weekend at Fight Night: Magny vs. Gastelum
  
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• Hector Urbina and the Hard Road to the UFC

  19-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Like many veterans of the sport, Hector Urbina has great stories for days about the struggles of the fighting life and his way up the ranks from raw prospect to UFC fighter. And as we spoke in June of this year, as he prepared for a UFC 188 bout in Mexico City against Albert Tumenov, it seemed like smooth sailing for the Monterrey native who had paid more dues than most on his way to the big show.“Every opportunity I saw, I was taking it, and luckily, it went my way,” he said of a ca
  
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• Aldo on Ronda: I don't think she'll come back

  19-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo spoke to journalists on Wednesday morning at the Nova Uniao gym in Rio de Janeiro, and gave his opinion on Ronda Rousey’s possible return to the Octagon following her loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193 this past weekend.More from UFC 193: Missed history? Order UFC 193 replay | Post-fight bonuses | A new future awaits Ronda Rousey after loss | Holm becomes new champion of the world |  How Holm shocked the world | Jedrzejczyk
  
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• Video: Freddie Roach Says Ronda Rousey’s UFC 193 Loss Was “Embarrassing”

  19-11-2015 06:07
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyK4x1UGqp4Boxing coach Freddie Roach is the latest person to weigh in on Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm at UFC 193. He recently spoke to FightHubTV to give his thoughts on the fight.“I saw highlights of [the fight] and not the whole thing. I saw enough to see that she got beat up a little bit," said Roach. "I didn’t really expect that. I did pick her to win that fight. I thought she would get Holly to the ground. Holly is not a great ground fighter but t
  
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• Tachi Palace Fights 25 Weigh-in Results: All Four Title Fighters on Weight

  19-11-2015 05:36 via sherdog.com
  
  LEMOORE, CALIF. -- The Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino will be a festering hive of violence as the 25th edition of Tachi Palace Fights takes place Thursday night. Anchored by two title fights, TPF 25 will be streamed live on Sherdog.com.
  
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• Kelvin Gastelum vs. Nate Marquardt full fight video

  19-11-2015 04:00
  
  At UFC 188, welterweight prospect Kelvin Gastelum rebounded from a loss to Tyron Woodley by defeating former Strikeforce welterweight champion Nate Marquardt.
  Gastelum defeated Marquardt via TKO (corner stoppage) at the end of round 2.
  The Ultimate Fighter 17 winner Gastelum is scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night 78 against late replacement Neil Magny. Gastelum's original opponent was Matt Brown who suffered an ankle injury leading up to the fight.
  
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• RFA 33 Heads to California on Dec. 11 with Lightweight Main Event

  19-11-2015 02:13 via sherdog.com
  
  Las Vegas-based mixed martial arts promotion Resurrection Fighting Alliance announced Wednesday a return to California with another card that will be air live on AXS-TV on Dec. 11.
  
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• Julia Budd Wants to Help Make Women’s Featherweight a Marquee Division in Bellator

  19-11-2015 01:26 via sherdog.com
  
  Thanks to Holly Holm’s massive upset of Ronda Rousey at UFC 193, women’s bantamweight is the most talked about division in mixed martial arts right now.
  
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• Dana White: 'In no way, shape or form' did Ronda Rousey think she'd lose to Holly Holm

  19-11-2015 01:00
  
  Apparently, Ronda Rousey's views were in line with public perception.
  UFC president Dana White said Wednesday on TMZ (h/t MMA Mania) that Rousey had no inclination that she would lose to Holly Holm on Saturday in the main event of UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia. Rousey didn't underestimate Holm, White said, but she also didn't consider losing is a possibility.
  "The thing is about Ronda, Ronda is the most mentally strong athlete I've ever worked with," White said. "She's unbelieva
  
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