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• Gray Maynard aiming to return as a featherweight sometime in March

  25-12-2015 23:00
  
  After beginning his career 10-0 and coming within mere seconds of a UFC title, Gray Maynard has had a rough few years. Not only has he lost his last four fights — three of them coming via TKO — but he’s gone 1-5 since fighting Frankie Edgar to a draw in one of the UFC’s best fights of all time.
  On January 1, it will mark the five-year anniversary of the night that Maynard had Edgar on the ropes during a first-round onslaught at UFC 125. Who could have known his career wou
  
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• Rising star Thomas Almeida says he’d welcome fights with Urijah Faber, Bryan Caraway

  25-12-2015 21:00
  
  If Thomas Almeida didn’t know that the UFC held him in the highest regard before, he found out during the festivities at UFC 194. Before the pay-per-view aired on Saturday night, the undefeated 24-year-old Brazilian found himself in the company of champions Holly Holm, Robbie Lawler, Fabricio Werdum, and TJ Dillashaw — as well as former champion Cain Velasquez, Dominick Cruz — as part of an ultimate media day.Almeida (20-0), a bantamweight who has fought four times in the UFC s
  
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• Michael Bisping fires first shot at Anderson Silva

  25-12-2015 19:00
  
  It didn't take long for Michael Bisping to start a war of words with former UFC champion Anderson Silva.Hours after it was announced Bisping is set to face Silva in the main event of UFC Fight Night 83 on Feb. 27, the brash Brit went to Twitter to launch the first verbal shot.@SpiderAnderson see you in London my friend! Just leave the viagra out of it! #randomtesting
  — michael (@bisping) December 24, 2015During Silva's hearing with the NAC this past August, where he was suspended after fai
  
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• Rose Namajunas: A ‘superstar was born out of’ fight with Paige VanZant

  25-12-2015 18:00
  
  With Rose Namajunas’ dominant victory over Paige VanZant at UFC Fight Night 80 on Thursday night, there were a few new narratives. The biggest being that the 21-year old VanZant —a rising star in the game who has an exclusive deal with Reebok — isn’t quite ready to challenge for a title.Yet all the talk in the aftermath of Namajunas’ one-sided victory in Las Vegas was how tough the young VanZant want to persevere through 22 minutes of an onslaught, before succumbing
  
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• Video: Wanderlei Silva Offended By Conor McGregor’s Jesus Comments, Vows To Slap Him

  25-12-2015 17:11
  
  The always-on-a-mission "Axe Murderer" took to social media to release a new video taking aim at new UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor, as Wanderlei Silva had plenty to say about McGregor's comments about fighting Jesus, as well as the possibility of Jose Aldo not getting an immediate rematch.McGregor recently made the following comments about a fight with Jesus Christ inside the Octagon."Me versus Jesus in the Octagon? I tell you what, there's not a man alive that can beat me," McGregor
  
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• Rousey vs. Holm looks to have topped 1 million pay-per-view buys

  25-12-2015 16:00
  
  While the result of the fight opened up far more questions about her future, Ronda Rousey at UFC 193 established a mark that two years ago would have been thought of as unfathomable. Her title loss to Holly Holm not only drew more than 50,000 fans, but also topped 1 million pay-per-view buys.No UFC event in history had broken both barriers, let alone by a woman's fight.Industry estimates have the Rousey vs. Holm bantamweight title change doing between 1 million and 1.1 million buys, with most es
  
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• 2015 Knockout of the Year: Holly Holm vs. Ronda Rousey, UFC 193

  25-12-2015 15:00
  
  It is a testament to the wickedness of the blood gods that after a rise dotted with precision and prediction, Ronda Rousey ultimately foretold her own demise, spelling it out with painful accuracy to the very audience she invited into the MMA bubble.
  It sounded so innocuous back then. Still awash in the afterglow of her triumph in Brazil, Rousey laid out how her latest challenger was different than all the rest. She lauded the boxing accolades. She lauded the athleticism. She called Holly H
  
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• 10 Best – Greatest UFC fights of 2015

  25-12-2015 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  A great fight is a perfect storm. Put two fighters together and you never know what you’ll get, but when both have the intention of making a statement against each other and the styles mesh, it becomes something more than just an athletic competition. When that happens, there’s nothing better in all of sports. Here are 10 of the best fights from 2015, as the Highly Unofficial awards season continues.10 – Gian Villante-Corey AndersonCorey Anderson’s first pro loss was a pa
  
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• Brazilian prospect Jonas Bilharinho collecting belts while waiting for offers from UFC, Rizin

  25-12-2015 04:00
  
  Jonas Bilharinho added another belt to his undefeated record earlier this month, and he intends to continue collecting titles until he gets a call from the Ultimate Fighting Championship or Rizin Fighting Federation.
  The 7-0-1 prospect, a former Jungle Fight bantamweight and featherweight champion, stopped Amaury Junior to claim the inaugural 1º Round Combat featherweight title on Dec. 6. Fighting for the first time since undergoing surgery on both ankles, Bilharinho broke Junior’s ri
  
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• Diego Brandao has found his passion for fighting again

  25-12-2015 02:00
  
  Diego Brandao and Brian Ortega were slated to meet in May of 2014, but the TUF 14 winner pulled out of the bout with an injury. Brandao returned to action just two months later, facing Conor McGregor on short notice in Ireland.
  After that night, everything changed for the Brazilian.
  Brandao, who trained at Jackson Wink for his first UFC bouts, returned to Brazil for a camp in Sao Paulo. It paid off, as he stopped Jimy Hettes and Katsunori Kikuno in the first round this year.
  "I have that passion
  
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• Fighting for Rizin on New Year’s Eve Worth the Risk for Bellator’s Brennan Ward

  25-12-2015 01:59 via sherdog.com
  
  By most accounts, 2015 has been a breakout campaign for Brennan Ward.
  
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• Gegard Mousasi Expects to Remain on UFC Fight Night London in Co-Main Event

  25-12-2015 00:14 via sherdog.com
  
  Gegard Mousasi may have lost Michael Bisping as an opponent, but the former Strikeforce champion still plans on competing at UFC Fight Night London.
  
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