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• Video: Conor McGregor Claims He Could Have Beaten Jesus Christ In A Fight

  04-12-2015 23:48
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf1mnmylXfwConor McGregor recently spoke to TMZ Sports to promote UFC 194, where he fights Jose Aldo in a featherweight unification bout. During the brief interview, for some reason McGregor was asked how he would do in a fight with Jesus. Here's what he had to say:“Me versus Jesus in the Octagon? I tell you what, there’s not a man alive that can beat me, but Jesus ain’t alive so I don’t fucking know, maybe he can come back from the dead, I
  
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• Conor McGregor: “Chad Mendes Hits Like A Bi*ch”

  04-12-2015 23:37
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkJJi5zIdaMDuring Friday's UFC 194 media call, Conor McGregor took a shot at his former opponent Chad Mendes. McGregor defeated Mendes for the interim UFC featherweight championship at UFC 189.Here's what he had to say:“I tell you what, I look at that fight ringside and thought to myself, wow, this Chad Mendes guy, he hits like an animal. He’s a dangerous, dangerous man. Then I went in there myself and realized he hits like a bitch.“And if anythi
  
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• Dana White: 'GSP's done' as a fighter

  04-12-2015 22:30
  
  Is Georges St-Pierre's days as a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter in the UFC over? UFC President Dana White certainly believes so. There's no official word regarding whether former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre will return to the Octagon after being away from MMA more than two years. 'GSP', now 34, left the sport after defeating Johny Hendricks via split decision at UFC 167 in November of 2013.
  But in recent interviews, St-Pierre has hinted at a comeback. More than that, though, he
  
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• UFC’s Gleison Tibau Provisionally Suspended by USADA for Potential Anti-Doping Violation

  04-12-2015 21:51 via sherdog.com
  
  Longtime UFC lightweight Gleison Tibau has been provisionally suspended by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for potentially failing an out-of-competition drug test.
  
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• Gleison Tibau 'provisionally suspended' after potential USADA violation

  04-12-2015 21:28
  
  The latest casualty of the USADA era looks to be Gleison Tibau.
  The UFC released a statement on Friday announcing that the Brazilian veteran has been 'provisionally suspended' due to a potential failed out-of-competition drug test. The news comes less than a month after Tibau's Nov. 7 victory over Abel Trujillo at UFC Fight Night 77, which was his 17th in the promotion.
  The UFC's statement can be read below:The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has notified both Gleison Tibau and UFC that he has b
  
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• Bellator 147 live stream online

  04-12-2015 20:40
  
  Watch Bellator 147 stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card at 7:40 p.m. ET. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows:A.J. McKee vs. JT Donaldson
  Idris Wasi vs. Brandon Hester
  Khomkrit Niiimi vs. Gabriel Carrasco
  James Terry vs. Nick Barnes
  Thomas Diagne vs. Erick Sanchez
  Alvin Cacdac vs. Jeremiah Labiano
  Jose Perez vs. Bronson Mohika
  Adin Duenas vs. Anthony Taylor
  Anthony Do vs. Dustin MooreBellator 147 takes place at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif.
  
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• Ex-UFC Talent Sirwan Kakai Signs with Bellator MMA for Spring 2016 Debut

  04-12-2015 19:36 via sherdog.com
  
  Two-time UFC veteran Sirwan Kakai has signed a four-fight deal with Bellator MMA.
  
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• Bellator 147 Results, Updates & Play-by-Play

  04-12-2015 19:36 via sherdog.com
  
  Sherdog.com’s live Bellator 147 coverage kicks off at 6 p.m. ET. Also a free live stream of the prelims can be viewed here.
  
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• Tom Breese vs. Keita Nakamura Set for UFC Fight Night in London on Feb. 27

  04-12-2015 19:00 via sherdog.com
  
  Unbeaten welterweight prospect Tom Breese will return to the Octagon when he faces Keita Nakamura at UFC Fight Night London on Feb. 27.
  
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• Georgi Karakhanyan: Patricio Pitbull's trash talk is just 'to get his name out there more'

  04-12-2015 19:00
  
  The hotel skirmish between Patricio Freire and Will Brooks the week of Bellator 145 drew headlines last month. It wasn't even Freire's first confrontation with a fellow fighter in the second half of 2015, though.
  Back in August, Freire and Georgi Karakhanyan had to be separated during a poster signing the week of Bellator 141. The two were supposed to fight in April before Karakhanyan tore his ACL and have gone back and forth a bit on social media. Freire's wrestling coach Eric Albarracin captur
  
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• Geane Herrera Replaces Justin Scoggins, Meets Joby Sanchez at ‘TUF 22’ Finale

  04-12-2015 18:41 via sherdog.com
  
  Geane Herrera will step in for the injured Justin Scoggins and square off with Joby Sanchez at "The Ultimate Fighter 22" finale next week.
  
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• All A.J. McKee wants for his father (Antonio) is a million-dollar house

  04-12-2015 18:00
  
  Back before Ronda Rousey became a megastar in the fight medley, there was the story of her mom waking her up via armbars (and other submission holds) when she was a kid. With a judoka for a mother, childhood was different. Rousey, as was demonstrated later, ultimately endured and benefitted from the treatment.With A.J. McKee — the son of MMA veteran Antonio McKee — there’s really no need for alarm clocks, either. The elder McKee honed his skills on his son’s sleeping fram
  
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• Dana White Reveals How UFC Will Decide Opponent For CM Punk’s Octagon Debut

  04-12-2015 17:48
  
  https://youtu.be/-EH60VrLA4MAccording to UFC President Dana White, the search for CM Punk's first UFC opponent has begun.White appeared on "Off The Record" on Thursday and was asked by host Michael Landsberg for an update on Punk's Octagon debut and opponent, prompting White to reveal that he is using his new YouTube show "Dana White: Looking For A Fight," to scout opponents for the former WWE Superstar."I just started a new show. The pilot is on YouTube. It's called, 'Dana White: Looking for a
  
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• UFC Heads to Pittsburgh for Fight Night Event on Feb. 21

  04-12-2015 17:39 via sherdog.com
  
  The Ulltimate Fighting Championshipp will return to Pittsburgh for the first time in nearly five years on Feb. 21, the Las Vegas-based promotion confirmed on Thursday.
  
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• UFC Fight Roundup: New match-ups set for London, Boston

  04-12-2015 17:30
  
  The UFC has announced a pair of new match-ups for upcoming cards in 2016.
  Marking the return of the Octagon to London on Feb. 27, UFC Fight Night 83 will feature English prospect Tom Breese versus Japanese veteran Keita Nakamura in a welterweight contest.
  Winner of his couple bouts under the UFC banner, Breese (8-0) silenced the Irish crowd in October with a first-round knockout over Cathal Pendred in Dublin. Nakamura (31-6-2, 1 NC), who went winless in his first two runs in the Octagon, recentl
  
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• Tragedy to GLORY: Shane Oblonsky dedicating tournament to late sister

  04-12-2015 17:00
  
  Shane Oblonsky's ability to deal with loss has nothing to do with his career as a prizefighter. The pain he has sustained in the ring cannot compare to the emotional scars that have added up over the course of an arduous existence.
  Oblonsky's mother, Sheau-Fang Chang Oblonsky, was murdered by an ex-boyfriend when he was 7 years old. He and his older sister Michelle then moved in with their father, Joel. By the time Oblonsky was 12, Joel had fallen ill and died from liver disease.
  The siblings we
  
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• Josh Thomson: Fans want me to fight Michael Chandler, not champion Will Brooks

  04-12-2015 16:00
  
  Josh Thomson's social media blew up during and after Bellator 145 last month. Fans were tagging him in posts telling him how much they wanted to see him fight one of the lightweight stars on the card.
  Except most were not talking about Will Brooks, the Bellator 155-pound champion. The majority, Thomson said, were pumped about a potential fight between him and Michael Chandler.
  "I'm not targeting anybody," Thomson told MMA Fighting. "What really it is, is that I've already been a world champion,
  
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• Dana White: Ronda Rousey admitted she was 'exhausted' going into Holly Holm fight

  04-12-2015 15:00
  
  Ronda Rousey hasn't really spoken publicly since her loss to Holly Holm, outside of a statement posted to Instagram. However, she has spoken to UFC president Dana White regularly since UFC 193 on Nov. 14.
  White told "Off The Record" with Michael Landsberg on Thursday that he and UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta sat down with Rousey earlier this week in Las Vegas. And what Rousey said shouldn't really come as a surprise to anyone.
  "I've talked to her almost everyday after the fight and when she sat down
  
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• Morning Report: Dana White using his reality show to scout opponents for CM Punk's UFC debut

  04-12-2015 14:00
  
  Nearly a year ago to the day, former WWE star CM Punk appeared at UFC 181 in Las Vegas, Nevada to announce his signing with the UFC.
  We didn't have too many details at the time. Punk didn't have a camp, a weight class or an opponent. Now a welterweight training at Roufusport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Punk is still waiting on a dance partner.
  Fighters from every weight class -- and both genders -- jumped at the chance to spoil the celebrity fantasy camp, but UFC president Dana White wants mul
  
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• Free Live Stream: Bellator 147 Undercard & Prelims (6:30 p.m. ET)

  04-12-2015 09:18 via sherdog.com
  
  Watch the Bellator 147 prelims live and free on Sherdog.
  
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• UFC Statement on Gleison Tibau

  04-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has notified both Gleison Tibau and UFC that he has been provisionally suspended due to a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition test. USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case involving Gleison Tibau. Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time in the process. Read the Full Article Here
  
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• Tweets of the Week - 12/4

  04-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Thursday! Namajunas vs VanZant#UFCVegas Embedded - Episode One | Watch the full episode  https://t.co/VUXOSlErSm https://t.co/ah9w0qZS52— UFC (@ufc) December 4, 2015 Not Safe for Human EyesMy fiancé doesn't like my new strength training. I don't understand. pic.twitter.com/cEtSwYYxVo— Stipe Miocic (@stipemiocicufc) December 1, 2015Too Smart to Challenge Him to a "Flip Off"I'm all out of frying pans @sagenorthcutt. Flex-off. pic.twitter.com/ehqUpfFd91— Josh Samm
  
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• Rose Namajunas: Fighting is the Priority

  04-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Just when you thought you’ve seen it all in the fight game, Rose Namajunas got a haircut. And for a little while, at least in MMA circles, it broke the internet.But while there was the idea that Namajunas shaved her head to make a statement to her upcoming opponent Paige VanZant, she of the golden locks, that wasn’t exactly the case.“Man, I was just sick of it,” Namajunas laughs. “I don’t know how much time I’ve wasted, stopping between rounds saying &ls
  
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• Koch Out, Holtzman in at UFC 195

  04-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  The Octagon return of Erik Koch will have to wait for another day in 2016, as "New Breed" has withdrawn from his UFC 195 bout against Drew Dober on January 2 due to injury.Moving into Koch's place in the lightweight match at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas is Scott Holtzman, who improved his pro record to 8-0 in August with a third-round submission of Anthony Christodoulou. Tickets for UFC 195, headlined by the welterweight title fight between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit, are on sale
  
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• Friday Fight Update

  04-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  Three bout announcements kick off the last weekend before next week's trio of UFC events in Las Vegas, and fans in London and Boston will be treated to some interesting matchups everywhere from light heavyweight to lightweight.Tickets are on sale now for the UFC's return to London on February 27, and it's no surprise that Birmingham's own Tom Breese will be back at home in England for the event. In a welterweight bout, the unbeaten southpaw, fresh from a knockout of Cathal Pendred, will put his
  
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• By The Numbers: Champ vs. Champ

  04-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  On Saturday, December 12, at UFC 194 in lovely Las Vegas, an undisputed UFC featherweight champion will emerge as interim champ Conor McGregor collides with current champ Jose Aldo. Historically, this will be the seventh time two fighters with a UFC belt around their waist in the same weight class will meet to settle who can continue wearing their gold and lay claim to being the division’s true top dog. //
  Here’s a look at the UFC’s current champion vs. interim champion cl
  
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• Barboza Finds Home Along UFC Journey

  04-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  It’s Thanksgiving and Edson Barboza ascends the steps from the basement apartment in Toms River, NJ that he shares with his wife Bruna and their one-year-old son Noah to the main residence, where family and friends are gathered for a wonderful feast.In attendance here at Jerry and Debbie Nappi’s home – dubbed “The Tough House” for all the fighters who have come in and out over the years – are UFC fighters Jimy Hettes. former UFC lightweight champion and feathe
  
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• Bellator 147 Results: Thomson vs. Villaseca

  04-12-2015 06:39
  
  MMA Fighting has Bellator 147 results for the Thomson vs. Villaseca fight card Friday night at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif.In the main event, Josh Thomson squares off against Pablo Villaseca in a lightweight contest.Check out the Bellator 147 results below.Main card (Spike at 9 p.m. ET)
  Josh Thomson vs. Pablo Villaseca
  Daniel Weichel vs. Georgi Karakhanyan
  Patricky Friere vs. Derek Anderson
  Virgil Zwicker vs. Brian Rogers
  Adam Piccolotti vs. Mario SotoUndercard: (MMA Fighting at
  
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• UFC Fight Night event set for Pittsburgh on Feb. 21

  04-12-2015 05:00
  
  The UFC is heading back to Pittsburgh for the first time in the FOX era.
  A UFC Fight Night event will take place in the Pennsylvania city on Feb. 21, according to a report Thursday from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. UFC senior vice president of public relations Dave Sholler confirmed the news on Twitter.
  The card, which will be held at Consol Energy Center, is likely to be classified as UFC Fight Night 82. It will air on FOX Sports 1, the report stated.
  The UFC has not been to Pittsburgh sin
  
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• Video: Dana White Disputes Jones’ Claim About UFC’s Knowledge Of Belfort’s PED Use

  04-12-2015 04:26
  
  https://youtu.be/-EH60VrLA4MAlthough Jon Jones claimed UFC had knowledge of Vitor Belfort's performance-enhancing drug use going into their UFC 152 fight in 2013, UFC President Dana White is claiming otherwise.White was asked outright about the subject during his appearance on "Off The Record with Michael Landsberg" on Thursday.Landsberg asked White if Jones' claim that the UFC knew about Belfort's steroid use ws true."No," White said. "We didn't know that. Was Jon Jones in our offices? Listen,
  
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• UFC Fight Night 80 Embedded, Episode 1: 'Rose has got another thing coming for her'

  04-12-2015 03:36
  
  In the first episode of UFC Fight Night 80 Embedded, Paige VanZant works out and does some media, Rose Namajunas plays a little basketball, Cody Pfister talks about why he thinks he'll beat Sage Northcutt and Northcutt shows off his karate trophies -- and abs.
  
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• Dana White Denies That Promotion Knew About Vitor Belfort’s Drug Test Prior to UFC 152

  04-12-2015 03:08 via sherdog.com
  
  UFC President Dana White on Thursday denied allegations that the Las Vegas-based promotion was aware of Vitor Belfort’s alleged use of performance enhancing drugs prior to UFC 152.
  
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• Patricky ‘Pitbull’ battled depression after loss to Derek Anderson

  04-12-2015 03:00
  
  Patricky Freire rematches Derek Anderson Friday night in San Jose, and reveals their first bout happened during one of the worst times of his life.
  "Pitbull" and "Barbaric" battled for the first time on Sept. 7, 2013, at the Mohegan Sun Arena, and the Brazilian dropped to 0-3 with a unanimous decision loss.  Freire, finished by Lloyd Woodard and Eddie Alvarez in previous Bellator headliners, was living and training in Rio de Janeiro, 1,500 miles away from his hometown Natal, and that became
  
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• Dana White responds to Jon Jones' claim that UFC knew about Vitor Belfort's PED use

  04-12-2015 01:44
  
  Dana White commented on the Vitor Belfort sketchy drug test in 2012 for the first time Thursday.
  Deadspin reported in September that Belfort had high levels of testosterone before a fight with Jon Jones at UFC 152 in September 2013 and the UFC knew about it, letting the fight go on anyway.
  Jones accused the UFC of having knowledge about Belfort's alleged performance-enhancing drug use in an interview last week with MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani.
  White denied those allegations on "Off The Rec
  
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• GLORY heavyweight champ Rico Verhoeven on Alistair Overeem: 'When he gets punched back, he doesn't like it'

  04-12-2015 00:00
  
  Rico Verhoeven doesn't see a showdown with Alistair Overeem inside the kickboxing ring as a can't-miss, high-profile tilt.
  When The MMA Hour host Ariel Helwani proposed the idea to the GLORY kickboxing heavyweight champ on Monday's edition of the show, Verhoeven snuffed out any enthusiasm in a flash.
  "Yeah, it [a fight with Overeem] would be something, but I don't really think it would be a [full stadium] fight, you know?" Verhoeven said. "He's an MMA fighter. He's not a kickboxer."
  According to
  
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