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• Coker: Bellator Interested in Benson Henderson, But Wants to Pursue Him ‘The Right Way’

  02-12-2015 22:32 via sherdog.com
  
  Following his victory over Jorge Masvidal at UFC Fight Night in South Korea, Benson Henderson’s contract expired, making him one of the most coveted free agents in mixed martial arts.
  
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• Clinton Williams Replaces Spong, Five Bouts Added to WSOF 26 Prelim Card

  02-12-2015 21:49 via sherdog.com
  
  Five bouts have been added to the World Series of Fighting 26 preliminary bill, including the card’s former co-main event.
  
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• Joseph Duffy Thinks He Could Finish Conor McGregor Again If They Have A Rematch

  02-12-2015 20:54
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryGRrXb2IXwJoseph Duffy recently spoke with MMAjunkie about his 38-second submission victory over Conor McGregor back in 2010. Duffy recalls the big fight being important to him.“I can still remember that fight quite clearly; it was my first fight back after the loss on ‘(The Ultimate Fighter 12).’ It was a big fight for me. It was a big fight to get back into the swing of things, and it was my first fight on a show of that scale also. I remember
  
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• Jon Jones fires back at Daniel Cormier: We'll 'see how slow I am when I foot sweep you on your ass again'

  02-12-2015 20:37
  
  It didn't take long for Jon Jones to respond to Daniel Cormier.
  Cormier, the reigning UFC light heavyweight champion, openly speculated Monday on The MMA Hour whether Jones might be "messing with the recipe" to his success with his newfound commitment to the weight room.
  Jones defeated Cormier via unanimous decision at UFC 182 in January, but was stripped of his title and suspended in the aftermath of a felony hit-and-run arrest in April. Since being reinstated by the UFC, videos of Jones l
  
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• Khabib Nurmagomedov Planning UFC Return In Spring 2016

  02-12-2015 19:45
  
  UFC lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov has no plans to retire, despite a career-threatening rib injury that made him pull out of his fight against Tony Ferguson at The Ultimate Fighter 22 finale in December. He says he's recovered from the injury, and his dad told him not to give up until he becomes a world champion.“Now I’m going through rehabilitation in Moscow, but it is coming to an end,” Nurmagomedov told Sportbox.ru. “I took a vacation throughout November, and in Decem
  
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• Chad Mendes on McGregor Loss: “I’m Tired Of Talking About All This Pre-Fight Injury Sh-t”

  02-12-2015 19:36
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzV9Vn4Ps_AChad Mendes was recently interviewed by MMAjunkie to promote his fight against Frankie Edgar at the finale of The Ultimate Fighter 22. During the interview, Mendes expressed that he's tired of talking about asked about going into his UFC 189 fight against Conor McGregor with an injury.“Honestly, I’m tired of talking about all this pre-injury sh-t with Conor. Bottom line is I lost to Conor. I was feeling great in the fight, doing what I neede
  
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• Scott Coker Discusses Lightweight, Featherweight Title Implications for Bellator 147 Bouts

  02-12-2015 19:19 via sherdog.com
  
  Bellator MMA will close out its year with an event that could go a long way toward shaping the title picture in both the lightweight and featherweight divisions in 2016.
  
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• UFC 194 conference call audio

  02-12-2015 18:42
  
  On the UFC 194 conference call, UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor, UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman, and Luke Rockhold will discuss their upcoming fights Dec. 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The video will begin above at 5 p.m. ET.
  
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• Brendan Schaub Says Women’s MMA Is In Trouble Without Ronda Rousey

  02-12-2015 18:23
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9quu4PrdQGEBrendan Schaub recently appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast and said he feels the UFC does not have any other female fighters who can draw pay-per-view sales. Schaub says Ronda Rousey was the UFC's superstar female, and that another fighter like Paige VanZant should not main-event a PPV.Schaub feels that womens' MMA is in trouble now that Rousey is out of action.“What’s going to be interesting to see in the UFC — let’s j
  
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• UFC-Reebok Deal May Be A Hurdle For Georges St-Pierre’s Return

  02-12-2015 18:01
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0NGGF_oKw8Georges St-Pierre recently appeared on The MMA Hour to discuss his UFC status. The former UFC welterweight champ explined that his UFC contract is a little different from other fighters.St-Pierre has some big sponsors who pay him big bucks to wear their logos to the octagon, but the UFC's current Reebok deal might conflict with that. GSP explained in the interview that the specifics of his contract are different from other fighters' deals.
  “Look,
  
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• UFC CEO On Fighter Pay: “We Pay More Than Anybody Else”

  02-12-2015 17:51
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KQWECFof_sWhile at a press conference for a new training campus they're building in Las Vegas, UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta commented on how much UFC pays their fighters.
  “That’s always going to be an issue,” Fertitta told the assembled media. “If we distributed 200% of our revenues, people would be complaining about fighter pay. The fact of the matter is, fighter pay has continued to increase every single year that we’ve owned the compa
  
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• Bethe Correia wants to retire Miesha Tate: ‘I will make your wish come true, Miesha’

  02-12-2015 17:32
  
  Miesha Tate was willing to retire after seeing Holly Holm leapfrog her and face Ronda Rousey for the UFC gold in Australia, and Bethe Correia wants to send "Cupcake" into retirement -- especially after their recent war on Twitter.
  "I woke up and there’s a tweet from Miesha Tate saying I’m not the brightest bulb on the tree," Correia told MMAFighting.com, "and I thought to myself, Miesha is probably too bored, has nothing to do in her personal life and career, and she’s trying t
  
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• Georges St-Pierre Fires Back At Dana White For Claiming He’s No Longer “Hungry”

  02-12-2015 17:29
  
  Georges St-Pierre responded to Dana White's recent claims that he is no longer "hungry" during a media interview this week.GSP, the former longtime undisputed king of the UFC's 170-pound division spoke out against White and the UFC during his appearance on "The MMA Hour" at MMAFighting.com on Monday.On whether or not he will be returning to the Octagon, St-Pierre offered the following comments."I don't even know, myself," St. Pierre said on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour. "It depends on a lot
  
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• Chad Mendes says he fought Conor McGregor for the ‘fake belt' at UFC 189

  02-12-2015 16:00
  
  All eyes will soon be on the featherweight division, and in more ways than one.
  Twenty-four hours before Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor collide in Las Vegas at UFC 194, Chad Mendes and Frankie Edgar will meet in a table-setting match on Dec. 11 at The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale. Aside from being an obvious fallback in case injury derails Aldo-McGregor once again, the fight is a fascinating stylistic pairing with significant stakes at hand, as the winner could set themselves up for a big 2016 campa
  
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• Live Chat: Reebok discussion, Georges St-Pierre's comments, UFC 194 preview and more

  02-12-2015 15:15
  
  This is Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.
  There's no major MMA event this weekend, although Josh Thomson headlines for the first time over in Bellator and does so back in San Jose on Friday for Bellator 147. That aside, there was more bad press for Reebok this week as they featured an 'Anderson Aldo' t-shirt. In fact, the more the MMA community digs through their website selling merchandise, the more notable errors appear, e.g. champions labeled as interim champions or Anthony Pettis referred t
  
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• Georges St-Pierre responds to Dana White on whether he's 'hungry'

  02-12-2015 15:00
  
  Will Georges St-Pierre return, or won't he?
  That's one of the most often asked questions in the world of mixed martial arts these days.
  For his part, the former longtime UFC welterweight champion hasn't made a decision yet either way.
  "I don't even know, myself," St. Pierre said on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour. "It depends on a lot of things. I haven't made my decision. I haven't made my decision yet because I don't know. I'm not the kind of guy to say I'm going to retire and then come back,
  
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• Navigating December's Middleweight Maze

  02-12-2015 14:53 via ufc.com
  
  By the time August of 2012 rolled around, Anderson Silva had effectively cleaned out the UFC’s middleweight division. After winning the title in October of 2006, the Brazilian MMA icon successfully defended his crown 10 times, with only Chael Sonnen threatening his reign with a stellar effort in their first bout in 2010. In terms of marquee matchups, they were few and far between for Silva, with talk of a superfight with Georges St-Pierre garnering more attention than anything that would h
  
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• Morning Report: Joe Rogan apologizes to Cris Cyborg for gender remarks, 'It's my fault and I take full responsibility'

  02-12-2015 14:00
  
  UFC commentator Joe Rogan might not need to keep his head on a swivel, after all.
  After cracking jokes about Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg on his podcast alongside UFC president Dana White and fellow comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, Rogan apologized to the Brazilian in an interview with Bloody Elbow's Steph Daniels.
  "Well, if I had to do it again, I definitely wouldn't have made the joke," Rogan said. "It was in the context of Dana [White] asking about roasting fighters, like he w
  
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• The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber - Ep. 11 Recap

  02-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  It was teammate versus teammate this week on The Ultimate Fighter, while Julian Erosa kept the Americans alive with another upset win to move into the semifinals. The first fight this week pitted David Teymur against Marcin Wrzosek, with only one of the two Team McGregor able to move into the next round of the tournament. McGregor warned his fighters when the season began that this isn't about any team that's only going to be together for six weeks. This is about the individual, and at the
  
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• The UFC Youth Movement Invades Vegas

  02-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Though it’s easy to think of Vitor Belfort these days as a grizzled 38-year-old veteran who has been there and done that in mixed martial arts, to longtime followers of the sport, the moment most will think of when it comes to “The Phenom” dates back to February 7, 1997.That night in Dothan, Alabama, a 19-year-old unknown from Brazil got known in the space of two fights that lasted a combined two minutes, as he blitzed and dismissed Tra Telligman and Scott Ferrozzo to win the U
  
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• Frankie Edgar: The Realist

  02-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  It’s only been seven months since the last time we saw Frankie Edgar in the Octagon, but it feels longer. But not as long as it feels for “The Answer.”“I was wanting to get in there a lot sooner,” he said. “I was trying for September, and I even did a little mini-camp because I thought they were going to get me a fight at the end of September. But then it was maybe October or November, and here we are, fighting in December.”Edgar’s return comes nex
  
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• UFC Campus to Feature Athlete Health and Performance Center, Begins Construction in 2016

  02-12-2015 05:58 via sherdog.com
  
  The Ultimate Fighting Championship will begin construction at the beginning of next year on a 184,000 square foot facility that will include a UFC Athlete Health and Performance Center.
  
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• Chris Weidman vs. Anderson Silva full fight video

  02-12-2015 04:00
  
  At UFC 162, then-challenger Chris Weidman rocked the world of MMA with a devastating knockout victory over longtime 185-pound king Anderson Silva.
  See how Weidman pulled off the legendary upset in the video above.
  Weidman looks to defend his title for a fourth time against Luke Rockhold at UFC 194 on Dec. 12.
  
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• Patricky Freire Perplexed By Matchmaking for Josh Thomson Ahead of Bellator 147

  02-12-2015 01:52 via sherdog.com
  
  Patricky Freire isn’t fighting Josh Thomson at Bellator 147, but the fate of the UFC and Strikeforce veteran could directly affect Freire’s path to the lightweight title.
  
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• Video: Ronda Rousey, All Smiles, Back Out And About With Travis Browne

  02-12-2015 01:03
  
  It looks like Ronda Rousey is back at it after losing her first MMA fight via brutal knockout to Holly Holm at UFC 193.After trying to keep her face hidden in the airport in Melbourn immediately after the fight, TMZ managed to capture Rousey out-and-about with her boyfriend, UFC Heavyweight Travis Browne, on Tuesday.TMZ released this video, which shows a "fresh-faced Rousey" doing the town with "Hapa" Browne.Rousey lost her first MMA fight to Holm via second-round knockout at the record-breaking
  
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• Thomas Almeida responds to John Dodson’s callout, more interested in Urijah Faber fight

  02-12-2015 01:00
  
  John Dodson is still waiting for a response after asking the UFC for a fight against bantamweight prospect Thomas Almeida, but the Brazilian is looking for a different opponent.
  Ranked at No. 7 in the 135-pound division after four straight wins in 365 days as a UFC fighter, Almeida wants to face someone at the top of the bantamweight class so he moves one step closer towards the belt.
  "I believe a fighter better ranked than me would be great, so I can prove to myself I’m capable and move u
  
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