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• TapouT's 'Punkass' hopes fans find new 'Mask' film inspirational

  26-11-2015 23:00
  
  Few people have made a deeper impact on the sport of mixed martial arts over a longer period of time than Dan Caldwell, Tim Katz, and the late Charles Lewis.
  Better known, respectively, as "Punkass," "Skyscrape," and "Mask," three friends from Orange County started a business selling t-shirts out of the back of their car back when no marketers wanted to touch the outlaw sport, then grew the brand, TapouT, into a $100-million industry.
  "They were such good times doing what we were doing that when
  
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• CM Punk Says Donald Trump Running For President Is “F*cking Weird,” Talks Religious Beliefs

  26-11-2015 21:55
  
  Former WWE Superstar and current UFC fighter CM Punk spoke about his religious beliefs and shared his thoughts on Donald Trump running for United States President during a Jacksonville screening of Roddy Piper's classic film, "They Live."During a Q&A at the showing, Punk was asked by a fan about his religious beliefs and if he felt they may affect his professional life. Punk replied with the following response:"We live in a world where Donald Trump is running for President, and that's f--kin
  
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• ‘Jacare’ Souza: Luke Rockhold ‘leapfrogged me’

  26-11-2015 21:00
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO -- Ronaldo Souza wants a shot at the UFC title, and he thinks Luke Rockhold shouldn’t be the next in line.
  Rockhold faces 185-pound champion Chris Weidman on Dec. 12, while "Jacare" battles Yoel Romero on the same night. Souza is aware of the tough competition ahead of him at UFC 194, but thinks he should be the one facing Weidman for the gold.
  "Absolutely. He absolutely leapfrogged me, he shouldn’t be next," Souza said of Rockhold during a UFC 194 media day in Brazil.
  
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• Rafael Cordeiro on Ronda Rousey: ‘She has to change her game a little bit’

  26-11-2015 19:00
  
  UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos believes Kings MMA could be a great place for UFC star Ronda Rousey restart her career following her first loss as a professional MMA fighter to Holly Holm, and head coach Rafael Cordeiro is open to training "Rowdy" in the future.
  "For sure, if Ronda one day wants to come and spend time with us over here, no problem," Cordeiro told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. "If the fighter comes here with a good mind, an open mind to learn,
  
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• Jon Jones still considering lawsuit against Nevada Athletic Commission

  26-11-2015 18:00
  
  Before even the arrest and UFC suspension, Jon Jones' year started off on a sour note.
  Three days after his win over Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 in January, it came out that Jones failed a pre-fight, out-of-competition drug test for cocaine metabolites. Jones released a statement, checked himself into rehab (and out after less than a day) and the UFC fined him $25,000.
  Many people still wonder why Jones wasn't suspended or fined by the Nevada Athletic Commission the way Nick Diaz was. The answer i
  
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• So, Dada 5000 and Kimbo Slice walk into a bar, and the bartender says…

  26-11-2015 17:00
  
  The old fight game analogy — you’re standing on a corner and there’s a basketball game going on over there, a baseball game over here, a tennis match there, and over across the way there’s a fight…which do you watch? — is of course rigged. Everybody will watch a spontaneous street fight, in the same way they will gawk at accidents on the highway. The spell of daily life is fractured by something as drastic as a fight. It’s just that simple. In split sec
  
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• Relatively unknown Dominic Waters predicts world will know his name after beating Dong Hyun Kim

  26-11-2015 16:00
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- UFC Fight Night 79's Dominic Waters talks about taking a fight on short notice against Dong Hyun Kim on Saturday in South Korea, how he got the fight, how his teammate Holly Holm has inspired him and more.
  
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• So much to give thanks for in 2015, but let’s focus on these…

  26-11-2015 15:08
  
  The year 2015 will go down as one of the more important ones in MMA history, with everything from the unveiling of the Reebok fighter kits to USADA presenting pee cups to off-the-clock fighters to Duane Ludwig’s bootleg peanut butter being sold over the counter…the simple truth is, it’s been a pretty freaking historic year.
  But other things occurred this year that we should be thankful for. Too much incredible sh*t to recount in one half-cocked column, really. Yet since today
  
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• Morning Report: Georges St-Pierre compares Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor to Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen

  26-11-2015 14:00
  
  Before there was Conor, there was Chael.
  Chael Sonnen may have helped lay the foundation for a charismatic personality like Conor McGregor, but the UFC interim featherweight champ hasn't always enjoyed the comparison.
  Speaking with Sonnen on his podcast, former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre explained why the two fighters draw a few parallels.
  "I think, if I can make a comparison, of you[Sonnen] and Anderson Silva, I don't know if I'm right, but it seems like maybe McGregor got into
  
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• Jorge Masvidal: The Bigger, the Better

  26-11-2015 08:57 via ufc.com
  
  The bigger the opponent and, apparently, the bigger the weight limit makes everything better for Jorge Masvidal.After going 5-2 as a UFC lightweight, the 12-year pro out of South Florida decided the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze to keep scrapping at 155 pounds. “It was like running through a desert to get to a fight,” Masvidal said of his previous weight cuts. Only three months following his controversial split decision loss to Al Iaquinta, Miami’s Masvidal returned to t
  
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• Benson Henderson: I'm Your Huckleberry

  26-11-2015 08:57 via ufc.com
  
  Benson Henderson already has a fitting nickname that he’s carried with him throughout his UFC career. “Smooth” not only embodies the way the former lightweight champ moves inside the Octagon, shifting between phases and never looking rattled, but it also speaks to the 32-year-old’s mellow nature and the down-to-earth, approachable personality he displays outside of the UFC cage as well.It works, and while there are no plans to change his nickname, Henderson’s approa
  
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• Conor McGregor Calls Cathal Pendred A Legend: “This Man Deserves Endless Respect”

  26-11-2015 07:45
  
  After UFC welterweight Cathal Pendred announced his retirement from MMA, Conor McGregor praised his teammate in a Facebook post, calling him a "legend" and much more."A man who came from zero combat sports background and entered into the game at a time when there was ZERO UFC fighters signed from Ireland. At a time where 99% of people inside the Irish MMA community, and 100% of people outside, deemed it 'impossible' for and Irishman to get signed," McGregor said, "let alone register a win inside
  
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• UFC fighters give thanks to U.S. troops in South Korea

  26-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  U.S. ARMY GARRISON YONGSAN, Republic of KoreaAs a fighter in the midst of cutting weight, serving up large portions of chicken, ham, crab legs, mac and cheese and greens to hungry diners should have seemed like torture to Dominic Waters.With his military honed discipline, and strong sense of duty and honor, that wasn’t about to happen.Two days before the biggest opportunity of his young UFC career – a welterweight fight against No. 7-ranked Dong Hyun Kim in the UFC Fight Night event
  
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• The Downes Side: UFN Seoul Predictions

  26-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  That’s right boys and girls, it’s time for another (American) Thanksgiving edition of the Downes Side, and The Nostradamus of MMA promises an action-packed night of fights this weekend. The main event features Benson Henderson and Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal. In the co-main event of the evening, welterweights Dong Hyun Kim and Dominic Waters compete in the crowded 170-pound division. Put on your buckled hat, it’s fight time!DOOHO CHOI VS. SAM SICILIA We open in the fe
  
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• Dong Hyun Kim: The Long Road to Seoul

  26-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  A lot of fighters claim to be fighting for their country when they step into the Octagon. Few really are. Dong Hyun Kim is one of those few.It’s hard to believe that it was over seven years ago that “The Stun Gun” made his UFC debut against Jason Tan in May of 2008. A native of Suwon, Kim was the first Korean to fight in the UFC since Joe Son, and in the nearly 14 years since Son lost to Keith Hackney in less than three minutes, MMA in the country was almost an afterthought whe
  
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• Dominic Waters: Opportunity Calling

  26-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  There is a ton of activity and energy floating across the mat space at Jackson/Winkeljohn’s brand new state-of-the-art facility for a Monday morning, but no one is more animated than Dominic Waters. Granted, he’s got competition in the jazzed up collective occupying the gym that morning, but The Ultimate Fighter alum has them all beat cold.With Holly Holm tipping the MMA world on its head by starching women’s bantamweight superstar Ronda Rousey with a head kick to take champion
  
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• Casey: The Strawweight Road Warrior

  26-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Hate to disappoint, but there were no Rocky III-type fights behind closed doors when Cortney Casey traveled to Poland to train with UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk earlier this year. There was plenty of mutual respect though, and even more good work that was reflected in Jedrzejczyk’s November 15 win over Valerie Letourneau and what Casey hopes is a similar result when she meets Seohee Ham in Seoul this weekend.“Everything met up perfectly, and we were able to train toget
  
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• Alberto Mina: Young Man in a Hurry

  26-11-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Of the 32 countries Alberto Mina has set foot in as native, visitor, fighter or coach, South Korea may be the most important, as the Brazilian comes to a crossroads in his career that forces him to step on the gas pedal if he wants to reach that elusive goal of becoming a world champion in the UFC.“To be very honest, I’m 33 already, so this has to happen right now,” Mina, who faces Yoshihiro Akiyama in a UFC Fight Night bout in Seoul on Saturday, said. “I’m not the
  
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• Former UFC veteran Thiago Silva loses via knockout this past weekend

  26-11-2015 05:00
  
  Former UFC veteran Thiago Silva (16-5-2 NC) lost his most recent fight against Marcus Sursa this past Saturday in the main event of Gladiator Challenge. The fight took place in St. Charles, Mo.
  Sursa defeated the Silva via knockout at 2:00 of round two.
  The 33-year-old Silva is currently on a two-fight losing streak, which also includes a knockout loss to Teddy Holder at WSOF 19. Prior to that, the Brazilian had a successful UFC career where with nine victories, three losses, and two no contest
  
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• Conor McGregor to retiring teammate Cathal Pendred: 'You are a legend'

  26-11-2015 03:23
  
  After rising in the game together, UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor bid farewell to friend and SBG Ireland teammate Cathal Pendred with a lengthy Facebook post on Wednesday, heaping praise upon the retiring 28-year-old for his accomplishments in mixed martial arts and thanking him for countless hours of help in the practice room.
  Cathal Pendred = LEGEND!A man who came from zero combat sports background and entered into the game at a time when...
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• Rafael Cordeiro: Fabricio Werdum is the best heavyweight ever

  26-11-2015 02:00
  
  Who is the greatest heavyweight of all-time? Rafael Cordeiro believes it’s the one who holds the UFC belt today.
  Longtime MMA coach Rafael Cordeiro refused to call Fabricio Werdum the best heavyweight ever following "Vai Cavalo’s" win over Cain Velasquez in Mexico City, but he appears to have changed his mind ahead of a rematch with the former champion in 2016.
  Watching fans say Werdum only beat Velasquez because they were fighting in high altitude bothers the Kings MMA head coach, w
  
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• Sam Sicilia Eager to Make Statement to UFC Matchmaker By ‘Smashing’ Doo Ho Choi

  26-11-2015 01:28 via sherdog.com
  
  After an up-and-down beginning to his UFC tenure, Sam Sicilia has quietly won three of his last four bouts inside the Octagon.
  
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• UFC 193 Tracking In Excess Of 1.1 Million Buys On PPV, Could Be Second Biggest Of All-Time

  26-11-2015 00:14
  
  https://youtu.be/2PS-lmNw0YkUFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta recently confirmed that the UFC 193 event, which featured a main event of Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship, did more than one million buys on pay-per-view and as things stand now is already the third largest pay-per-view show in company history, and when all is said and done, could end up the second biggest.According to the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, UFC 193 is tracking at in exc
  
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• Emmanuel Sanchez vs. Daniel Pineda joins Bellator 149 card

  26-11-2015 00:00
  
  A featherweight tilt between Emmanuel Sanchez (12-2) and Daniel Pineda (21-11) has been added to Feb. 19's Bellator 149 lineup.
  The card features a double main event, with Ken Shamrock vs. Royce Gracie and Kimbo Slice vs. Dhafir Harris leading the way.
  After losing to Pat Curran at Bellator 139 in June, Sanchez put together back-to-back split-decision victories, most recently toppling Justin Lawrence at Bellator 145.
  Pineda, meanwhile, has won three straight since getting released from the UFC f
  
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