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• Bellator 147 Weigh-in Results: No Hiccups for Headliners Josh Thomson, Pablo Villaseca

  03-12-2015 23:35 via sherdog.com
  
  Josh Thomson wanted the Bellator MMA spotlight. Now, he has it.
  
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• Legacy FC 49 Weigh-in Results: Scales Clear Participants in Two Championship Fights

  03-12-2015 23:33 via sherdog.com
  
  Derrick Krantz wears the bull’s eye.
  
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• Bellator 147 weigh-in video

  03-12-2015 23:00
  
  At the Bellator 147 weigh-ins, all 26 fighters taking part in Friday's Bellator 147 fights will step on the scale Thursday evening, and we'll have the live video here at MMAFighting.com.In the main event, Josh Thomson and Pablo Villaseca will have to make the lightweight limit of 155 pounds.The Bellator 147 weigh-ins take place at 8 p.m. ET, and the video is above.Check out the Bellator 147 weigh-in results below.Main card (Spike at 9 p.m. ET)
  Josh Thomson vs. Pablo Villaseca
  Daniel Weichel vs.
  
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• UFC President Dana White: Jon Jones Might Be ‘The Best That’s Ever Been in the Game’

  03-12-2015 22:57 via sherdog.com
  
  Dana White’s opinion on the UFC’s best fighter seems to change on a monthly basis, often conveniently in conjunction with the arrival of the company’s next pay-per-view.
  
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• UFC To Premiere Hour-Long “Embedded” Special On Aldo vs. McGregor On FOX

  03-12-2015 22:26
  
  UFC will premiere a special hour-long edition of "UFC Embedded" on FOX this Saturday to promote next Saturday's UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor pay-per-view event.The show, which will be called "UFC Embedded: Aldo vs. McGregor," will air at 3pm EST. / Noon PST. on "big FOX." A similar show debuted last month to promote the Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm fight at UFC 193, and proved to be a ratings success for the promotion.For those unaware, Friday's "Embedded" special on FOX will not be like the brief,
  
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• Videos: Conor McGregor Promotes UFC 194 On “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

  03-12-2015 21:31
  
  https://youtu.be/rdOrp57xTe8As UFC 194 draws closer, interim UFC Featherweight Champion "The Notorious" Conor McGregor has begun making the media rounds.Earlier this week, McGregor appeared as a guest on the Jimmy Kimmel Live! late-night talk show. During his appearance on the show, "The Notorious" one explained why he has no peers in the UFC's 145-pound division."They hit weak, they fight like a baby. If it happens, I'll give respect, I'll say 'Wow, you know what? You do hit hard!' But it hasn'
  
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• Video: Conor McGregor Planning To Move To UFC Lightweight Division After Jose Aldo Fight

  03-12-2015 21:17
  
  https://youtu.be/kAmmWOazbocAccording to UFC Interim Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor, after he unifies the 145-pound title against Jose Aldo at UFC 194 later this month, he will move up to the UFC Lightweight division.McGregor spoke about his plans during a UFC 194 media lunch event earlier this week."I feel like it's almost set in stone -- KO Jose and KO whoever holds that lightweight belt. And within the next two fights, I will be a two-weight world champion once again. But this time wit
  
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• Video: Dana White Says Holm vs. Rousey II Is Next UFC Women’s Bantamweight Title Fight

  03-12-2015 21:06
  
  According to UFC President Dana White, a rematch between UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm and Ronda Rousey is imminent.White spoke about the UFC's plans to match Holm and Rousey against each other again following their record-breaking first fight at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia during his appearance on ESPN's "Mike & Mike" radio show."I think that if we didn't make the rematch, me and [UFC CEO] Lorenzo [Fertitta] should probably lose our promoters' license. Yeah, that f
  
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• 'UFC Embedded: Aldo vs. McGregor' to premiere on FOX this Saturday

  03-12-2015 21:00
  
  An hour-long special hyping UFC 194 is scheduled to air on FOX this Saturday.
  The show, entitiled "UFC Embedded: Aldo vs. McGregor," will air at 3 p.m. ET on the national broadcast channel. A similar show aired prior to Rousey vs. Holm last month, and it proved to be a ratings success.
  While the special is called "Embedded," it's more like a "Countdown" or "Road to the Octagon" than the "Embedded" YouTube shows that have been very popular over the past two years. The promotion will still run tha
  
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• Despite McGregor’s Doubts, Jose Aldo Vows to Show Up 100 Percent Healthy at UFC 194

  03-12-2015 20:20 via sherdog.com
  
  There are very few certainties in life, and even less so in MMA.
  
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• USADA responds to Anthony Birchak’s claim that UFN 77 fighters weren’t tested

  03-12-2015 20:00
  
  The UFC anti-doping program became official on July 1, 2015, with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) conducting year-round, in- and out-of-competition drug testing in its entire roster. Four months after its start, the program still raises questions.
  The UFC made its last trip of the year to Brazil on Nov. 7, the second visit to the country under the USADA program, and Anthony Birchak revealed on his Twitter page that he wasn’t tested by the Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CAB
  
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• Scott Coker: If Tyson Fury Had Lost to Klitschko, ‘We Would Have Been All Over That’

  03-12-2015 19:40 via sherdog.com
  
  Tyson Fury pulled off one of boxing’s biggest upsets in recent memory last Saturday when he defeated Wladimir Klitschko in Dusseldorf, Germany, to end the Ukrainian’s lengthy reign as heavyweight champion.
  
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• Dana White: Ronda Rousey will Rematch Holly Holm in Her Return to the Octagon

  03-12-2015 18:15 via sherdog.com
  
  If there was speculation, it can formally end.
  
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• Dariush Injured; Mairbek Taisumov Now Faces Chris Wade at UFC Fight Night Boston

  03-12-2015 18:00 via sherdog.com
  
  An injury has forced Beneil Dariush to withdraw from a proposed lightweight matchup with Mairbek Taisumov at UFC Fight Night "Dillashaw vs. Cruz."
  
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• Conor McGregor moving up to lightweight after Jose Aldo fight is 'almost set in stone'

  03-12-2015 18:00
  
  WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Conor McGregor might not be long for the featherweight division. Even if he beats Jose Aldo to unify the UFC featherweight title.
  "I feel like it's almost set in stone -- KO Jose and KO whoever holds that lightweight belt," McGregor said Wednesday at a UFC 194 media lunch. "And within the next two fights, I will be a two-weight world champion once again. But this time within the UFC."
  McGregor held both belts under the Cage Warriors banner in Cage Warriors. A lot to sti
  
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• Video: Joe Rogan Teases Leaving UFC In 2016

  03-12-2015 17:51
  
  https://youtu.be/QGp9bQzl1WkAccording to the latest "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, longtime UFC commentator Joe Rogan announced that he might be leaving the Ultimate Fighting Championship in August once his contract expires.Rogan, who noted that he has a tendancy to get tired of doing the same thing over and over, revealed that he might be making a big change in 2016.“My contract’s up in August. I might leave in August. It’s possible. I like doing shit that scares me. I like t
  
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• Dana White says Ronda Rousey will receive immediate rematch against Holly Holm

  03-12-2015 17:13
  
  UFC President Dana White believes a rematch between UFC women's bantamweight champion Holly Holm (10-0) and former champ Ronda Rousey (12-1) is imminent.
  "I think that if we didn't make the rematch, me and [UFC CEO] Lorenzo [Fertitta] should probably lose our promoters' license," White said on the morning ESPN radio show Mike & Mike. "Yeah, that fight's going to happen. I don't know when, but that's the fight that will happen."
  According to White, the decision is an easy one. Despite Ho
  
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• Winner of Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor to join Ronda Rousey on cover of EA Sports UFC 2

  03-12-2015 16:38
  
  There's more at stake for Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 194 than a shiny golden belt.
  Speaking on Thursday morning's edition of SportsCenter, UFC President Dana White announced that the winner of Dec. 12's main event will land a spot opposite Ronda Rousey on the cover of EA Sports' upcoming title, EA Sports UFC 2.
  "For the first time in EA Sports history, who will go on the cover will be decided by the fight," White said. "It's never happened in sports history where a spo
  
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• Luke Rockhold on Chris Weidman: 'I'm going to dominate him, and then I will finish him'

  03-12-2015 16:00
  
  Chris Weidman may very well be one of the best wrestlers in the middleweight division, but that isn't worrying UFC 194 title challenger Luke Rockhold.
  "I just got done sparring Daniel Cormier," Rockhold said on Wednesday's UFC 194 conference call. "I've been sparring Cain (Velasquez) and Cormier my whole career, basically, so I'm very used to the bigger, better wrestlers of the UFC and beyond. (They are) the best guys in the game and much bigger (than Weidman), so I'm used to the pressure.
  "Weid
  
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• Conor McGregor talks cars, monkeys, Jose Aldo, and more on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

  03-12-2015 15:30
  
  On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live,' Conor McGregor discusses his career, when he became a fighter, how many cars he has, Jose Aldo, what exotic animal he wants, and much more on Wednesday's show.
  
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• Conor McGregor explains what he learned from Ronda Rousey's loss to Holly Holm

  03-12-2015 15:00
  
  WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- The only real comparison to Ronda Rousey in the UFC right now is Conor McGregor. Rousey and McGregor are the biggest stars in the promotion, pull in the most impressive numbers and are more than likely the highest paid.
  Last month, McGregor watched Rousey fall by second-round knockout to Holly Holm in Australia. Seeing the fight and everything leading up to it, McGregor learned some things that he might be able to apply to himself, he said Wednesday during a UFC 194 med
  
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• Glory 26 Weigh-in Results: Nieky Holzken, Murthel Groenhart On Target

  03-12-2015 14:22 via sherdog.com
  
  Friday’s Glory 26 card is now official, as the card’s participants took to the scales in Amsterdam.
  
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• Morning Report: Junior dos Santos says Fabricio Werdum 'didn't fight the same Cain Velasquez' he fought

  03-12-2015 14:00
  
  If anyone knows former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, it's fellow former champ Junior dos Santos.
  The pair have a bit of a history. In 2011, Dos Santos shocked the world when he KO'd Velasquez in 60 seconds to claim the heavyweight title during the UFC's debut event on FOX.
  Velasquez reclaimed the title in 2012 at UFC 155, scoring a unanimous decision. In the 2013 rubber match at UFC 166, Velasquez battered Dos Santos in brutal fashion before scoring a TKO late in round five.
  So imagin
  
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• Bellator 147 Weigh-in Video (8 p.m. ET)

  03-12-2015 09:13 via sherdog.com
  
  Watch the Bellator 147 weigh-ins live at 8 p.m. ET.
  
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• Watch: Conor McGregor's Appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  03-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor went on Jimmy Kimmel Live! ahead of his UFC 194 title unification bout against long time 145-pound king Jose Aldo.Watch the videos below to hear McGregor talk about his upcoming fight, beating people up for money, the beginning of his career and why he wants a monkey. Read the Full Article Here
  
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• UFC Sets February Date in Pittsburgh

  03-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  The UFC returns to the Steel City for the first time in nearly five years on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 at Consol Energy Center in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The event will air live on FS1.Announcement of the competitors in the main event is expected to be released over the next several days. The UFC last visited Pittsburgh on June 26, 2011 for UFC Live: KONGO vs. BARRY, also at Consol Energy Center. Chieck Kongo defeated Pat Barry in the main event via first-round knockout. Read the Full Art
  
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• LaFlare Has a Method to His Madness

  03-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  There must be something in the water on Long Island. It seems like everyone fighting out of the area is making noise in the Octagon these days.From Chris Weidman, Dennis Bermudez and Aljamain Sterling to Al Iaquinta and Gian Villante, these guys are all giving New York City’s redheaded stepchild a good name in the UFC, and welterweight Ryan LaFlare is no different.The welterweight and former Ring of Combat champion faces Mike Pierce at The Ultimate Fighter Finale on December 11 at The Chel
  
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• Herrera Returns to Face Sanchez Next Week

  03-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  The Ultimate Fighter Finale card in Las Vegas on December 11 got a late change today, as Justin Scoggins has withdrawn from his flyweight bout against Joby Sanchez due to injury.Stepping up to face Sanchez at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas next week is Florida prospect Geane Herrera, who is eager to return to the win column after losing his UFC debut to Ray Borg in August. Read the Full Article Here
  
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• Chad Mendes: No Regrets

  03-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The third time was almost the charm for Chad Mendes. Taking an interim featherweight title fight on two weeks’ notice against Conor McGregor in July, the Californian had everything going his way against the Irishman. He took McGregor down, he was raining down strikes, and blood was flowing, but it wasn’t his. In his third try at the UFC’s 145-pound crown, “Money” was about to cash in.“I was dropping giant elbows on his face, I cut him with one of them, and tha
  
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• Aldo and McGregor Fight for the Cover

  03-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – December 3, 2015 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced UFC® featherweight champion Jose Aldo and UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor, will Fight for the Cover to join EA SPORTS™ UFC® 2 cover athlete, “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey. For the first time in EA SPORTS history, the winner of a real-world sporting event will get the opportunity to be included on a game’s cover. The cover will be revealed immediately af
  
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• Video: Dana White Discusses The New UFC Campus

  03-12-2015 06:03
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5ac-bnsmdYDana White recently talked about the new UFC Corporate Campus and UFC Athlete Health and Performance Center being built in Las Vegas. White said the athlete center will be "next level."Additionally, UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta described the campus a bit more in-depth earlier in the day:“It’s going to be about 180,000 square feet,” UFC Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta told MMAjunkie during the ceremony. “Forty-thousand of it will be
  
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• Bethe Correia Says She Wants To Retire Miesha Tate

  03-12-2015 05:51
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2oVTd6WGgEIn a recent interview with MMA Fighting, Bethe Correia said she wants to be the person to retire Meisha Tate. Her comments were prompted by Tate's post on Twitter in November:
  https://twitter.com/MieshaTate/status/671068622874390528Here's what Correia had to say in response:“I woke up and there’s a tweet from Miesha Tate saying I’m not the brightest bulb on the tree and I thought to myself, Miesha is probably too bored, has nothing to
  
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• Gunnar Nelson, Artem Lobov media scrum video

  03-12-2015 04:03
  
  Gunnar Nelson and Artem Lobov discuss their upcoming fights, The Ultimate Fighter and their relationship with Conor McGregor.
  
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• Conor McGregor Unfazed by Growing Celebrity Prior to UFC 194: ‘This is the Life I Built’

  03-12-2015 03:20 via sherdog.com
  
  Conor McGregor has never been one to shy away from the limelight.
  
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• Conor McGregor: 'I'm carrying this whole damn game and I love it'

  03-12-2015 03:09
  
  Objectively, Conor McGregor doesn't lack much. Sure, he's only the interim UFC featherweight champion of the world, but he'll get a chance next week to collect the real thing. And in the meantime, he's young, rich, famous and by the sounds of him telling it on a media conference call to promote next week's UFC 194 bout with Jose Aldo, he's got everything else in between.
  "You know, things change all the time, so this is the life I've created, the life I've built and I love this life. I don't rea
  
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• Conor McGregor: USADA's UFC anti-doping policy is still a 'flawed system'

  03-12-2015 02:00
  
  WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Conor McGregor is in favor of a clean sport and is a fan overall of the UFC's new anti-doping policy under USADA. Still, the UFC interim featherweight champion thinks some changes need to be made.
  McGregor called USADA's program "flawed" at a media lunch Wednesday, because the group that tested him in Dublin was the Irish Sports Council. If USADA hired an Irish company to test him, McGregor assumes that USADA had the Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) test Jose
  
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• Conor McGregor says he realized Chad Mendes ‘hits like a bitch’ upon facing him at UFC 189

  03-12-2015 01:07
  
  On Wednesday’s UFC 194 conference call with the four fighters comprising the main and co-main events, Conor McGregor got in a few barbs on his competition. And it wasn’t just Jose Aldo that the Irishman was after.He couldn’t resist taking a free shot at Chad Mendes, whom McGregor beat at UFC 189 after Aldo dropped out with a rib injury.
  McGregor, who was cageside at UFC 179 in October of last year when Aldo last defended the featherweight belt against Mendes, was asked if seein
  
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• Jose Aldo to Conor McGregor: ‘Wherever I hit, brother, you go to sleep’

  03-12-2015 00:37
  
  Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor will finally meet inside the Octagon in 10 days, and the UFC featherweight champion can’t wait to shut "The Notorious" up for good.
  Five days before flying from Rio de Janeiro to Las Vegas for UFC 194, Aldo joined McGregor and other UFC 194 stars in a conference call on Wednesday. Aldo responded to past comments about McGregor not targeting his injured ribs if the two had fought at UFC 189, and explained why he ultimately decided to pull out of the bout.
  "[McGr
  
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• Conor McGregor UFC 194 lunch scrum video

  03-12-2015 00:00
  
  LOS ANGELES -- UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor discusses his upcoming showdown against Jose Aldo, Ronda Rousey's recent loss, USADA, sparring 'The Mountain' and much more.
  
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