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• Bellator 147 Main Card Complete with Addition of Zwicker-Rogers, Piccolotti-Soto

  20-11-2015 23:30 via sherdog.com
  
  A light heavyweight bout between Virgil Zwicker and Brian Rogers and a lightweight clash pitting Adam Piccolotti against Mario Soto will complete the Bellator 147 main card.
  
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• WSOF 25 live stream online

  20-11-2015 22:00
  
  The WSOF 25 live stream online can be found in the video above for the undercard starting at 9 p.m. ET. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows:Joseph Barajas vs. Erik Villalobos
  Jimmy Scully vs. Roberto Yong
  Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal No. 4: Luis Palomino vs. Rich Patishnock
  Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal No. 3: Brian Foster vs. Joao Zeferino
  Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal No. 2: Joe Condon vs. Mike Ricci
  Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal No. 1: Islam Mam
  
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• Brandon Girtz wanted big-name opponent after beating Melvin Guillard, but he'll settle for revenge

  20-11-2015 21:00
  
  Brandon Girtz played spoiler over the summer, but it hasn't worked out for him quite yet.
  In August, Girtz pulled off a big upset of Melvin Guillard via split decision in the main event of Bellator 141. Guillard, a high-profile, exciting UFC veteran, would have likely moved on to a big fight had he beaten Girtz. So that's exactly what Girtz expected when he came away the winner.
  "They brought Melvin in to do something," Girtz told MMA Fighting. "If Melvin would have beat me, you know he would ha
  
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• WSOF 25 Single-Night, 8-Man Lightweight Tournament Results & Play-by-Play

  20-11-2015 20:45 via sherdog.com
  
  Sherdog.com's live World Series of Fighting 25 coverage kicks off Friday at 8 p.m. ET. Sherdog.com also has a free live stream of the undercard.
  
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• UFC Fight Night Monterrey Weigh-in Video (6 ET)

  20-11-2015 20:45 via sherdog.com
  
  Watch the official UFC Fight Night “Magny vs. Gastelum” weigh-in video here at 6 p.m. ET.
  
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• Live Video Stream: Bellator 146 Undercard (6 p.m. ET)

  20-11-2015 20:45 via sherdog.com
  
  Watch a free live stream of Friday's Bellator 146 weigh-ins at 6:00 p.m. ET.
  
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• Bellator 146 Results, Updates & Play-by-Play

  20-11-2015 20:45 via sherdog.com
  
  Sherdog.com's live Bellator 146 play-by-play kicks off Friday at 6 p.m. ET.
  
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• Hyun Gyu Lim Injured; Dominique Steele Gets New Foe at UFC Fight Night South Korea

  20-11-2015 20:18 via sherdog.com
  
  Dominique Steele will face a new opponent with a familiar name after Hyun Gyu Lim was forced to withdraw from their matchup at UFC Fight Night in South Korea due to injury.
  
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• Melvin Manhoef doesn't plan on retiring any time soon

  20-11-2015 20:00
  
  Melvin Manhoef buys into the timeless notion that age is just a number.
  "I'm 39 years old, but I don't feel like I'm a day over 29," says Manhoef, who has 93 documented mixed martial arts and kickboxing fights to his name. "I feel good. I still love training. I still love what I do."
  A positive attitude can bring someone a long way in life -- just look at everything Holly Holm had to say leading up to UFC 193, when the whole world was telling her she couldn't defeat Ronda Rousey -- but some
  
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• Wanderlei Silva's re-hearing scheduled for Nov. 30 meeting of Nevada commission

  20-11-2015 19:49
  
  Wanderlei Silva will finally get his second chance with the Nevada Athletic Commission. After several delays, Silva's re-hearing has been scheduled to take place at 9 a.m. PT at a Nov. 30 meeting of the NAC in Las Vegas, Nev.
  Silva, 39, was previously expected to appear before the commission in late October, however a clerical error led to Silva's lawyer Ross Goodman not receiving the necessary paperwork until the day prior to the meeting. UFC executive Kirk Hendrick, who Goodman wished to
  
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• WSOF releases Brian Cobb following his withdrawal against Mike Ricci

  20-11-2015 19:30
  
  After his second consecutive withdrawal in WSOF, Brian Cobb (20-8) has been released by the promotion, according to MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani.
  The 35-year-old fighter was scheduled to compete against Mike Ricci in the opening round of WSOF's eight-man lightweight tournament. Cobb withdrew from the competition due to undisclosed reasons.
  Prior to his WSOF 25 withdrawal, Cobb was schedule to fight Jonathan Nunez in the co-main event of WSOF 17 back in January, but the day before the event Cobb
  
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• Bellator 146 live stream online

  20-11-2015 19:00
  
  Watch Bellator 146 stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card at 6 p.m. ET. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows:Kenyon Jackson vs. Bubba McDaniel
  Ben Reiter vs. Francisco France
  Arlene Blencowe vs. Gabby Holloway
  Josh Neer vs. Andre Santos
  Julia Budd vs. Roberta Paim
  Zach Rosol vs. Alonzo Menifield
  Stephen Banaszak vs. George Pacurariu
  Treston Thomison vs. Chris Jones
  Klayton Mai vs. Roshaun Jones
  Justin Patterson vs. Codale FordBellator 146 takes place at the
  
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• Chael Sonnen Believes Ronda Rousey’s Career Was “Created By The Media”

  20-11-2015 18:29
  
  In an interview with ESPN Radio, Chael Sonnen said he believes Ronda Rousey's career was created by the media. He feels that the UFC will lose momentum now after her loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193, and that Holm will be victorious again if the two have a rematch.“Things should become clear — after you see them. I wasn’t good at predicting this one, either. The thing with Ronda is she is created by the media. That was a media sensation," Sonnen told ESPN Radio. "You did have a lo
  
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• The darkhorse of WSOF 25’s eight-man tourney? Look no further than Dagestan…

  20-11-2015 18:00
  
  MESA, Ariz. -- The first thing Islam Mamedov noticed about California was the weather. Then the women. It was early March, and even after years of warnings from lifelong friend Khabib Nurmagomedov, the culture shock was the most positive kind of bizarre for Mamedov, a 25-year-old lightweight who after a marathon flight found the frigid mountains of Dagestan replaced by the picturesque beaches and Sunset Boulevards of his most improbable daydreams.
  It was all very strange, and in many ways, it st
  
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• Watch Ronda Rousey's family react in real time to her UFC 193 KO loss

  20-11-2015 17:56
  
  The UFC released a preview for UFC 193: The Thrill and The Agony, which contains footage of Ronda Rousey's friends and family reacting in real time to her knockout loss to Holly Holm. The video also shows Holm's family and friends cheer her on in her moment of victory. Watch those scenes and more above.
  
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• Two Title Bouts Official for One Championship’s ‘Dynasty of Champions’

  20-11-2015 17:27 via sherdog.com
  
  One Championship “Dynasty of Champions” will officially host two title fights Saturday at the Gymnasium of National Olympic Sports Centre in Beijing, China
  
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• WSOF bringing the one-night tournament back in MMA's era of regulation

  20-11-2015 17:00
  
  Ali Abdel-Aziz picked up the phone and started dialing a few months ago. He called just about every member of World Series of Fighting's lightweight division.
  Did they want a title shot? Absolutely. Were they willing to beat three men in one night to do it? Well, that wasn't as easy a question to answer.
  Eight men did accept the offer, though, and they will be competing Friday night in an old-school, one-night tournament at WSOF 25 in Phoenix that will air live on NBC Sports Network. There will
  
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• Four years into his MMA career, Bubba Jenkins feels he’s now on par with the hype

  20-11-2015 16:00
  
  When Bubba Jenkins got rolling in MMA after a decorated collegiate wrestling career, it came with a buzz. With his base, people were wondering not only how far he could go, but how fast he could get there. It was a lot to live up to out of the gate.Here we are four years into his MMA career, and Jenkins has been pretty good by normal standards, going 6-2 in Bellator (9-2 overall). The wins have ranged from workman-like to explosive, but the losses have cooled expectations a bit. As he gets set t
  
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• UFC Fight Night 78 weigh-in video

  20-11-2015 15:00
  
  At the UFC Fight Night 78 weigh-ins, all 26 fighters taking part in Saturday's UFC Fight Night 78 fights will step on the scale Friday, and we'll have the live video here at MMAFighting.com.For the main event, Neil Magny and Kelvin Gastelum will have to make the welterweight limit of 170 pounds.The UFC Fight Night 78 weigh-in takes place at 6 p.m. ET, and the video is above.Main card (FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET)
  Neil Magny vs. Kelvin Gastelum
  Ricardo Lamas vs. Diego Sanchez
  Jussier Formiga vs. H
  
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• Morning Report: Georges St-Pierre says Ronda Rousey's loss 'could be the best thing that ever happened to her'

  20-11-2015 14:00
  
  If anyone can sympathize with Ronda Rousey, it's Georges St-Pierre.
  The former UFC welterweight champion suffered the most shocking upset in UFC history when Matt Serra -- who needed to win a reality show to earn a title shot -- scored a first-round TKO finish at UFC 69 in 2007.
  St-Pierre had some close calls, but went on to win 12 straight in the Octagon before stepping away in 2013.
  Although not a perfect analogy, Rousey faced a similar upset loss at UFC 193 when she was knocked out by 20-1 un
  
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• Inside the new Jackson Wink Academy in Albuquerque

  20-11-2015 13:00
  
  Albuquerque, N.M. -- The new Jackson Wink Academy, home to some of the greatest fighters in the world, opened its doors in June. Six months later, and just days after Holly Holm's shocking victory over Ronda Rousey, coach Mike Winkeljohn took MMAFighting.com on a tour of the new facility.
  
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• AKA's Adam Antolin Taps Alex Perez for Flyweight Crown at Tachi Palace Fights 25

  20-11-2015 07:47 via sherdog.com
  
  American Kickboing Academy's Adam Antolin stole the show in the main event of Tachi Palace Fights 25 Thursday night in Lemoore, Calif., taking the TPF flyweight title and snapping the 10-fight winning streak of Alex Perez.
  
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• Tweets of the Week - 11/20

  20-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Fight Night: Magny vs GastelumWe go again at 11pm at the #UFCMonterrey weigh-ins but check out the media day face offs: https://t.co/Z80vM5YRPN pic.twitter.com/gQFOcDNOX5— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) November 20, 2015 BTS at the photoshoot for @UFC #Monterrey , feeling great and ready to go! Love the gladiator shorts!… https://t.co/6XHsIb6l3w— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) November 19, 2015 Neil Magny loves being Joe Silva's on-call fighter to help save the day. htt
  
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• The Ultimate Fighter's reach continues to grow

  20-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  MONTERREY, MexicoIt has been over a decade since The Ultimate Fighter first appeared on television screens across America. But even a decade later, the legacy of the show remains strong.In fact, it could be getting stronger not just in America but all over the world. Take for example Mexico this weekend.Since the initial incarnation of the format back in 2005, The Ultimate Fighter has become a global phenomenon for the UFC with versions in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Asia, Australia, South America a
  
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• How to Watch UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Gastelum

  20-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Skip ahead to Main CardUFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Gastelum Saturday, November 21stFIGHT PASS Prelims 6:30PM EDT / 3:30PM PDT / 10:30PM GMTOnline Airings FIGHT PASS on UFC.tv: Available Worldwide Excluded Countries: BrazilCable/Satellite AiringsCentral/South AmericaBrazil - CombateMexico - UFC NetworkArgentina - UFC NetworkBolivia - UFC NetworkChile - UFC NetworkColombia - UFC NetworkEcuador - UFC NetworkPanama - UFC NetworkParaguay - UFC NetworkPeru - UFC NetworkRep. Dominicana - UFC Networ
  
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• Fight sports heritage meaningful to Mexican fighters, fans

  20-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  MONTERREY, MexicoThere are no two ways about it – Mexico is a fighting country. Legendary boxers such as Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez and Julio Cesar Chavez, Olympic wrestling medalist Daniel Aceves — and of course, countless luchadores — all hail from this country and give it a unique identity.MORE FIGHT NIGHT MONTERREY CONTENT: READ -- Neil Magny: Mr. International Goes To Mexico | Ultimate Fighter's Reach | Downes Side: Predictions | Taylor Lapil
  
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• Fight Night Monterrey: By The Numbers

  20-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  13Current ranking of Neil Magny as a UFC welterweight9UFC wins by Magny, tied with Donald Cerrone for most UFC wins since 20137Fight win streak by Magny inside the Octagon from February 2014 to August 2015, one of 26 fighters in UFC history to win at least seven consecutive UFC fights5Of those wins by Magny occurred in 2014, tied with Roger Huerta’s 2007 for most UFC wins in a calendar year1UFC fighter has fought five times in back-to-back calendar years - Magny524Significant strikes lande
  
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• Fight Night Monterrey 2015 Weigh-In Results

  20-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  UFC Fight Night, which is headlined by the welterweight bout between Neil Magny and Kelvin Gastelum and the featherweight bout between Ricardo Lamas and Diego Sanchez, airs live on FOX Sports 1 from Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico 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.FOX SPORTS 1 MAIN CARDKelvin Gastelum (171) VS Neil Magny (171)Diego Sanchez (145) VS Ricardo
  
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• WSOF 25 Results

  20-11-2015 06:01
  
  MMA Fighting has WSOF 25 results for its upcoming World Series of Fighting event Friday night at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz.An eight-man lightweight tournament will be the feature attraction at the event. Also, Jason High makes his return to action against Estevean Payan in the co-main event.Check out the WSOF 25 results below.Main card (NBC Sports at 11 p.m. ET)
  Lightweight Tournament Championship Bout:
  Semifinal Bout Winner # 1 vs. Semifinal Bout Winner # 2
  Jason High vs. Estevan Pa
  
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• Bellator 146 Results: Kato vs. Manhoef

  20-11-2015 06:00
  
  MMA Fighting has Bellator 146 results for the Kato vs. Manhoef fight card Friday night at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla.In the main event, Hisaki Kato squares off againt Melvin Manhoef in a middleweight contest. Bubba Jenkins faces Jordan Parson in the co-main event.Check out the Bellator 146 results below.Main card (Spike TV at 9 p.m. ET)
  Hisaki Kato vs. Melvin Manhoef
  Bubba Jenkins vs. Jordan Parsons
  Chidi Njokuani vs. Ricky Rainey
  Brandon Girtz vs. Derek Campos
  Guilherme Vian
  
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• Neil Magny vs. Hyun Gyu Lim full fight video

  20-11-2015 04:00
  
  At UFC Fight Night 66, welterweight prospect Neil Magny picked up his 7th win in a row by defeating Hyun Gyu Lim.
  Magny defeated Hyun Gyu Lim via TKO at 1:24 of round 2.
  As one of the most active fighters in the UFC, Magny stepped up on short notice for an injured Matt Brown to face The Ultimate Fighter 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum on Nov. 21 at UFC Fight Night 78.
  
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• Royce Gracie Says He’s A Better Fighter Now Than He Was 20 Years Ago

  20-11-2015 03:49
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP-L8T47wUM48-year-old Royce Gracie will fight 51-year-old Ken Shamrock in February at Bellator 149 in February. The two men last fought to a draw at UFC 5 in April of 1995. Gracie previously defeated Shamrock via submission in November of 1993. This will be Gracie's first fight in almost a decade, but he sounds pretty confident.Related: Dana White On Shamrock vs. Gracie 3: “I Don’t Think 50-Year-Olds Fighting Is Ever A Good Idea”Here's what Grac
  
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• Uriah Hall Addresses His Critics After UFC 193 Loss To Robert Whittaker

  20-11-2015 03:39
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj3xL9zoY1MUFC middleweight fighter Uriah Hall used his Instagram account to address his critics after losing to Robert Whittaker at UFC 193. Here's what he had to say:“I never lose I either win or I learn. it bugs me how people think these days. First off rob is a stud the dude is legit but before that fight started I knew I lost n I still stepped in. my body already shut down from 4 fights this year I didn’t even take time off to heal for the 5th ..
  
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• Dana White Highly Doubts Georges St-Pierre Will Return

  20-11-2015 03:31
  
  Dana white has his doubts about Georges St-Pierre returning to the UFC. The UFC president said in an interview with the LA Times that GSP's six-week training camp isn't going to give him back the hunger to compete.“I highly doubt it’s going to happen because GSP’s been off for too long and has a ton of money,” White told LA Times. “You don’t do a six-week camp to learn if you have the hunger. You either know it or not.”“(UFC champion) Robbie Lawler
  
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• UFC to partner with Victory Fighting Championship on Fight Pass

  20-11-2015 03:00
  
  UFC Fight Pass announced on Thursday a new promotional partnership with the Omaha, Neb.-based Victory Fighting Championship promotion.Fight Pass will acquire the rights to the tape library of the company, which dates back to 2002, and on Friday, Jan. 29, will be airing Victory 47, the company's next live event. The show will be headlined by Anthony Smith (23-11) vs. Elvis Mutapcic (15-3) for the company's vacant middleweight title, starting at 10 p.m. Eastern."I'd like to formally welcome Victor
  
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• For Mike Ricci, lessons of Lawler-MacDonald 2 loom large ahead of WSOF 25 tourney

  20-11-2015 02:00
  
  MESA, Ariz. -- Mike Ricci was in Montreal, surrounded by family, when the greatest fight of 2015 -- and perhaps ever -- built to a slow and gory crescendo at UFC 189. Like everyone else spellbound by the car crash violence, he couldn't look away. And by the time Tristar teammate Rory MacDonald collapsed in agony in the fifth round of a fight against Robbie Lawler he was winning, clutching his broken face as medical personnel rushed to his aid, the Ricci household was in tears.
  "It was hard watch
  
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• Dana White: I 'laugh at' Georges St-Pierre comeback talk, because GSP is 'not even close' to hungry

  20-11-2015 01:00
  
  Count Dana White among those seriously skeptical of a Georges St-Pierre comeback.
  The UFC president told the Los Angeles Times on Thursday that he believes talk of GSP's trial training camp with famed boxing mastermind Freddie Roach is silly. White said St-Pierre, the former UFC welterweight champion, is either hungry to return to the Octagon or he's not. And the promoter is leaning far toward the latter.
  "I highly doubt it's going to happen because GSP's been off for too long and has a ton
  
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• Bellator 146 Weigh-in Results: Melvin Manhoef, Hisaki Kato Cleared for Main Event

  20-11-2015 00:38 via sherdog.com
  
  Two of Bellator MMA’s heaviest hitters have locked eyes.
  
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• WSOF 25 Weigh-in Results: Eight Lightweight Tournament Participants OK’d in Arizona

  20-11-2015 00:34 via sherdog.com
  
  World Series of Fighting champion Justin Gaethje can sit back, relax and watch as his next challenger at 155 pounds runs a gauntlet.
  
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• WSOF 25 undergoes tournament reshuffling after late scratches

  20-11-2015 00:28
  
  As we've learned time and time again, one-night tournaments often lead to wild and unforeseen match-up shifts at the last second. And for World Series of Fighting, that madness is starting early.
  WSOF 25's eight-man lightweight bracket underwent a significant reshuffling after a pair of tournament competitors withdrew on Thursday. WSOF executive vice president Ali Abdel-Aziz confirmed to MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani that tourney entrant Brian Cobb and tourney reserve fighter Benny Madrid are lat
  
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• Neil Magny: Mr. International Goes to Mexico

  20-11-2015 00:20 via ufc.com
  
  If there is an unspoken rule about fighters stepping into the Octagon only a few times a year, Neil Magny didn’t get that particular memo. Where the majority of athletes under the UFC banner are prone to squaring off with an opponent two or three times a year, The Ultimate Fighter alum has been on an entirely different schedule. Magny tied the promotional record by winning all five of his showings in 2014, and the 28-year-old wasted zero time carrying that same approach into this year&rsqu
  
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• Gastelum at a Different Level of Maturity

  20-11-2015 00:20 via ufc.com
  
  When 15th-ranked welterweight Kelvin Gastelum signed on for a November 21 fight with  the number five-ranked Matt Brown, the 24-year-old fighting out of Huntington Beach, California was understandably excited. He had bounced back from a loss at the hands of Tyrone Woodley with a KO victory over Nate “The Great” Marquardt over the summer, and a win over “The Immortal” would have propelled him up the rankings.An injury to Brown in training however, would force a replac
  
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