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• Report: Dada 5000’s Heart Stopped After Loss To Kimbo Slice

  20-02-2016 22:54
  
  Last night, it was not at all an uncommon reaction for someone to laugh at the fight between Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000; hell, even the athletic commission representatives at ringside were. The fighters quickly gassed (wIth Kimbo somehow blowing himself up while controlling Dada in mount) and the fight turned into an utter embarrassment. Eventually, Dada went down in cartoonish fashion, seemingly due to exhaustion more than anything else, and Kimbo won. There was concern when Dada had to be stret
  
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• Alistair Overeem vs. Andrei Arlovski To Headline UFC Netherlands Debut On 5/8

  20-02-2016 22:36
  
  It should come as no surprise that Alistair Overeem, the UFC's biggest Dutch star, is in the main event of the promotions debut in the Netherlands on May 8th. The matchup itself, though, came a bit out of nowhere, and it was reported by Bleacher Report's Jeremy Botter on his Twitter account today:https://twitter.com/jeremybotter/status/701096419143188480?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwArlovski and Overeem are training partners at Jackson-Wink MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where they underwent career resur
  
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• Dada 5000 suffers major medical scare after loss to Kimbo Slice

  20-02-2016 22:30
  
  Dada 5000 fought extremely hard against Kimbo Slice and had a major health scare following the bout.
  Dada, whose real name is Dhafir Harris, went into cardiac arrest following his third-round knockout loss to Kimbo Slice at Bellator 149 on Friday night in Houston, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. Sources said he was resuscitated by the on-site doctor in the ambulance and rushed to a local hospital. Harris remains there now in stable condition, sources said.
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• Dada 5000 Suffered Dehydration, Kidney Failure Folllowing Bellator 149 Defeat

  20-02-2016 22:10 via sherdog.com
  
  Dhafir "Dada 5000" Harris, who was taken from the cage on a stretcher following his loss to Kimbo Slice at Bellator 149, was apparently fighting for his life after cutting some 40 pounds to make the heavyweight limit for his bout.
  
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• Dada 5000’s Family Issues Statement On His Health After Kimbo Slice Fight

  20-02-2016 22:04
  
  https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/700903771916730368Bellator sent out the following to their media list a few minutes ago to update everyone n the condition of Dhafir Harris, better known as Dada 5000, after his loss, seemingly via exhaustion, to Kimbo Slice last night at Bellator 149:The Harris Family would like to inform Dada's friends and fans that Dada is ok and resting comfortably in a Houston area Hospital under the care of an incredible staff of doctors and nurses.The doctors have no
  
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• Bantamweight champ Marlon Moraes ‘begged’ WSOF officials to sign Aljamain Sterling

  20-02-2016 22:00
  World Series of Fighting bantamweight champion Marlon Moraes hasn't been shy about expressing his desire to fight higher ranked opposition. So once the chance to land an undefeated UFC contender like Aljamain Sterling arose, Moraes said he pleaded with WSOF management to pony up the money to sign "The Funk Master."
  "Not just told, but I begged (WSOF officials to sign Sterling) because I knew this guy is a big name," Moraes said Monday on The MMA Hour. "He's a great fighter. He works very we
  
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• Nate Diaz Looking to Fight Soon

  20-02-2016 20:49
  
  Nate Diaz (18-10) is coming off of an impressive unanimous decision victory over Michael Johnson back in December at UFC on Fox card. Diaz had not fought in over a year before facing Johnson which made the victory even much more impressive.The Diaz brothers have been notorious to take consistent layoffs in their MMA careers but it looks like Diaz wants to fight soon with the Lightweight Division becoming very interesting. The Stockton fighter took to Twitter to call out Eddie Alvarez (Ranke
  
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• Luis Santos Demolishes Rafael Silva in One Championship ‘Tribe of Warriors’ Headliner

  20-02-2016 20:26 via sherdog.com
  
  Luis Santos made it look like a walk in the park.
  
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• WSOF 28 live stream online

  20-02-2016 20:00
  
  The WSOF 28 live stream online can be found in the video above for the undercard starting at 6:45 p.m. ET. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows:Steve Ramirez vs. Kyle Estrada
  Heinrich Wassmer vs. Keenan Lewis
  Eric Steans vs. Jalin Turner
  Garrick Evans vs. Isaias AlvarradoThese bouts are expected to run until 9 p.m. ET. The main card will then be televised on NBC Sports.International fans of MMA Fighting should be able to watch the stream for the main card here after it star
  
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• Joseph Barajas surprised he got call to fight WSOF bantamweight champ Marlon Moraes

  20-02-2016 19:00
  
  Joseph Barajas was surprised as anyone when he got the call.
  Sure, the Vista., Calif. native looked impressive in his World Series of Fighting debut, where he finished Erik Villalobos in the final minute of their WSOF 25 bout.
  But to jump from that performance straight into a crack at WSOF's golden boy, bantamweight champion Marlon Moraes, with the title shot coming just an hour's drive from home, to boot? That, Barajas wasn't expecting.
  "I was real surprised when I found out I was going to get
  
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• World Series of Fighting 28 Results: Play-by-Play & Updates

  20-02-2016 18:59 via sherdog.com
  
  Sherdog.com's live World Series of Fighting 28 coverage kicks off Saturday at 6:45 p.m. ET. Also, Sherdog.com is offering a free live stream of the undercard.
  
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• UFC Fight Night Pittsburgh ‘Cerrone vs. Oliveira’ Weigh-in Video (4 p.m. ET)

  20-02-2016 18:59 via sherdog.com
  
  Watch the official weigh-in stream for UFC Fight Night “Cerrone vs. Oliveira” Saturday at 4 p.m. ET.
  
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• Kimbo Slice: Dada 5000’s Weight Contributed to Exhaustion in Bellator 149 Co-Headliner

  20-02-2016 18:24 via sherdog.com
  
  By the time Kimbo Slice and Dhafir "Dada 5000" Harris made it to the third round of their co-headlining heavyweight bout at Bellator 149, both men were wheezing toward the finish line of a fight that had become memorable for all the wrong reasons.
  
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• Augusto Mendes: Cutting 26 pounds in six days for UFC debut is 'my biggest concern'

  20-02-2016 18:00
  
  Augusto Mendes is finally ready for his UFC debut, but his biggest concern going into Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 83 bantamweight bout with Cody Garbrandt is his weight.The multiple-time jiu-jitsu world champion agreed to replace John Lineker on six days’ notice, and said he tried to convince the UFC to match him up with Garbrandt in a different weight class.
  "I told them I could fight at 145 or 135, but if I were to fight at 135 I would need a full camp, but they said that all the card
  
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• If Bellator 149 was totally nuts, then capturing imagination was in the bag

  20-02-2016 17:32
  
  Perhaps Bellator’s color commentator Jimmy Smith summed it best when he tweeted, "F…M…L…Jimmy Smith OUT" after Friday night’s fights, but even that doesn’t quite feel as drastic as it should. At some point things flew right past bad and into the Realm of Giddy, where the urge to laugh uncontrollably stood in for the more abstract need to cry. To run. To cover ones eyes. To cut out this nonsense, once and for all, that a Twinkie has roughly the same nutritio
  
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• Fightweets: Are you feeling Conor McGregor's next fight, yet?

  20-02-2016 17:00
  
  The Bellator circus came to town in a memorable way Friday night, kicking off a weekend of three fight events in three nights, with WSOF stepping to the plate Saturday night and a UFC Fight Night on Sunday.
  And as soon as we get through with this run, the countdown to UFC 196 is on.
  So with the pace picking up, let's not waste any time. On to this week's questions.
  Not feeling UFC 196?
  @chjobin: We are two weeks removed from UFC 196 and I don't feel like I did for Connor's 2 previous bouts. What
  
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• Royce Gracie on controversial low blow against Ken Shamrock: 'It did not catch his groin'

  20-02-2016 16:00
  
  It may not have been the fight people expected, but Royce Gracie scored his first victory in a pro mixed martial arts bout in nearly nine years on Friday night. He defeated the 52-year old Ken Shamrock in their trilogy fight at Bellator 149 in Houston, capping off a rivalry that began all the way back at UFC 1 in 1993. It marked the first time the Brazilian jiu-jitsu pioneer Gracie won via knockout.
  Yet it didn't come without some controversy.
  While delivering a knee in an early exchange, Shamro
  
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• Kimbo Slice says as long as he could still 'breathe,' losing was 'not an option' at Bellator 149

  20-02-2016 15:30
  
  HOUSTON -- It may not have been pretty, but Kimbo Slice walked away a winner at Bellator 149.
  Slice overcame extreme exhaustion to knock out rival Dada 5000, aka Dhafir Harris, with a third-round volley of strikes in Friday night's heavily hyped co-main event, putting a stamp on one of the more bizarre grudge matches in MMA history and fulfilling the many promises he made to Harris throughout a wacky fight week.
  "Losing is not an option for me," Slice said at Bellator 149's post-fight press conf
  
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• UFC Fight Night 83 weigh-in video

  20-02-2016 15:00
  
  At the UFC Fight Night 83 weigh-ins, all 26 fighters taking part in Sunday night's UFC Fight Night 83 fights will step on the scale Saturday evening, and we'll have the live video here at MMAFighting.com.In the main event, Donald Cerrone and Alex Oliveira will have to make the welterweight limit of 170 pounds.The UFC Fight Night 83 weigh-in takes place at 4 p.m. ET, and the video is above.Check out the UFC Fight Night 83 weigh-in results below.Main card (FOX Sports at 1 at 9 p.m. ET)
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• Ken Shamrock on Bellator 149 loss to Royce Gracie: 'I got kneed in the nuts'

  20-02-2016 14:00
  
  Ken Shamrock is not ready to accept his Bellator 149 TKO defeat to Royce Gracie.
  According to Shamrock in the post-fight press conference, the loss boils down to one moment – a foul.
  "I got kneed in the nuts....I don't know what else to say," Shamrock said.
  Immediately after the referee waived off the bout in Round 1, Shamrock protested loudly, pointing his finger and yelling toward Gracie and his corner. After a brief tirade, Shamrock settled down, but he maintains the end came as a
  
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• Bellator 149 post-fight show

  20-02-2016 10:15
  
  HOUSTON -- After Bellator 149, MMA Fighting's Luke Thomas and Shaun Al-Shatti break down the top storylines.
  
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• WSOF 28 Results: Moraes vs. Barajas

  20-02-2016 09:52
  
  MMA Fighting has WSOF 28 results for its upcoming World Series of Fighting event Saturday night at the Next Level Sports Complex in Garden Grove, Calif.In the main event, Marlon Moraes will defend his WSOF bantamweight title against Joseph Barajas.Check out the WSOF 28 results below.Main card (NBC Sports at 9 p.m. ET)
  Marlon Moraes vs. Joseph Barajas
  Timur Valiev vs. Chris Gutierrez
  Jamie Yager vs. Daniel McWilliams
  Ozzie Alvarez vs. Andrew RammUndercard (MMA Fighting at 7 p.m. ET)
  Steve Ramirez
  
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• Despite Shamrock’s Wishes, Coker Has No Plans to Promote Fourth Gracie Bout

  20-02-2016 09:25 via sherdog.com
  
  While Ken Shamrock didn’t get the closure he desired in his third meeting with Royce Gracie, it doesn’t sound as though a fourth bout between the two rivals will take place under the Bellator MMA banner.
  
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• Herschel Walker says he's down for one more MMA fight: 'I've never stopped training'

  20-02-2016 09:19
  
  HOUSTON -- After Bellator 149, football legend and former Strikeforce fighter Herschel Walker discussed the fight between Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000, his potential return to the cage and what it's like to train at American Kickboxing Academy.
  
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• Scott Coker was 'really surprised' by how Kimbo Slice-Dada 5000 fight turned out

  20-02-2016 09:16
  
  HOUSTON -- Bellator President Scott Coker reflects on Bellator 149, Ken Shamrock's future in the company and why he was so surprised by the Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000 fight ultimately turned out.
  
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• Groin Strike Mars Royce Gracie Stoppage on Ken Shamrock in Bellator 149 Main Event

  20-02-2016 08:48 via sherdog.com
  
  Royce Gracie benefits from knee to the groin, forges finish against longtime rival Ken Shamrock in Bellator 149 headliner.
  
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• Murphy regains confidence in search of first UFC win

  20-02-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  “I didn’t know if I belonged in the UFC, if I was good enough to be there. I wasn’t quite sure if I was a good fighter or not.”That’s not something you often hear from a fighter in advance of their third trip into the Octagon, someone who arrived on the biggest stage in the sport with an unblemished record, a championship belt over her shoulder and the potential to make some noise in the women’s bantamweight division.Then again, most fighters aren’t as w
  
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• Hamilton moving on from missed opportunity, ready for Pittsburgh

  20-02-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
   When opportunity knocked for Anthony Hamilton, the “Freight Train” answered, but unfortunately, a fight that could have been a game changer for him simply disappeared when Mirko Cro Cop was removed from their meeting in South Korea last November and subsequently retired.“It was a little bit upsetting,” Hamilton said. “It was something I was really looking forward to because obviously Cro Cop’s a legend, it was a co-main event and the first time the UFC w
  
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• Fight Night Cowboy vs Cowboy Weigh-In Results

  20-02-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
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   UFC Fight Night Pittsburgh, which is headlined by the UFC weltweright clash of the Cowboys, Alex Oliveira and Donald Cerrone, and the middleweight fight between Roan Carneiro and Derek Brunson, airs live on FS1 from Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Sunday, February 21 at 9pm ET / 6pm PT.Four prelim bouts will air live on FS1 at 7pm ET / 4pm PT, and the event's first three prelims will air exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS beginning at 5:30pm ET / 2:30pm PT.Main Event -
  
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• Bellator 149 in Tweets: Pros react to Royce Gracie's controversial win, clown on Kimbo and DADA 5000

  20-02-2016 06:30
  
  Well, that sure happened. A night of grudge matches ended in controversy as MMA legend Royce Gracie scored another win over his longtime rival Ken Shamrock at Bellator 149 in Houston, Texas. Street fighters Kimbo Slice and DADA 5000 settled their beef over an exhausting three rounds culminating in a TKO win for Slice.
  See how the pros reacted to all the action from Bellator 149.
  REMATCH?
  Ready. #bellator149 pic.twitter.com/FEy1Ixkwbs
  — KEN SHAMROCK (@ShamrockKen) February 20, 2016
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• Bellator 149 results: Royce Gracie's win over Ken Shamrock mired in controversy

  20-02-2016 06:15
  
  Ken Shamrock waited two decades to get another fight with Royce Gracie.
  Friday night, Gracie welcomed him back to the cage with a move straight out of the era when mixed martial arts was called no holds barred fighting.
  Gracie landed a knee to the groin early in their Bellator 149 main event at Houston's Toyota Center. When the low blow wasn't called by the referee, Gracie followed up with a big knee to the head, followed by a series of punches to the downed Shamrock.
  The bout was waved off at t
  
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• Royce Gracie vs. Ken Shamrock full fight video highlights

  20-02-2016 06:14
  
  Watch Royce Gracie vs. Ken Shamrock full fight video highlights full fight video highlights from Bellator 149's main event above, courtesy of Spike TV.
  Bellator 149: Shamrock vs. Gracie took place Feb. 19, 2016 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Twenty-one years after their second meeting, UFC Hall of Famers Ken Shamrock (28-17-2) and Royce Gracie (15-2-3) collided once again in the night's main event, which aired live on Spike TV. Catch the video highlights above.
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• Bellator 149 post-fight press conference

  20-02-2016 06:03
  
  At the Bellator 149 post-fight press conference, the top Bellator 149 stars, along with Bellator president Scott Coker, will address the media about the event. The presser will begin around 12:30 a.m. ET.
  
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• Bellator 149 results: Kimbo Slice finishes Dada 5000 in all-time stinker of a fight

  20-02-2016 05:50
  
  Well that was .... something.
  In a fight so horrible it was perversely entertaining, Kimbo Slice and Dhafir Harris, a.ka. Dada 5000, capped a wild buildup to their Bellator 149 grudge match with one of the worst performances ever put on in a major mixed martial arts event.
  With a visibly disgusted "Big" John McCarthy ordering frequent restarts by the spent competitors, an exhausted Slice outlasted an even more exhausted Harris at Houston's Toyota Center. The time of the TKO finish was 1:32 of th
  
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• Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000 full fight video highlights

  20-02-2016 05:43
  
  Watch Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000 full fight video highlights full fight video highlights from Bellator 149's co-main event above, courtesy of Twitter.
  Bellator 149: Shamrock vs. Gracie took place Feb. 19, 2016 at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX. Heavyweight rivals Kimbo Slice (6-2) and Dada 5000 (2-1) collided in the night's co-main event, which aired live on Spike TV. Catch the video highlights above.
  For more on Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000, check out the MMAFighting.com live blog below, cou
  
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• Bellator 149 live blog: Royce Gracie vs. Ken Shamrock

  20-02-2016 05:41
  
  This is the Bellator 149 live blog for Royce Gracie vs. Ken Shamrock, a light heavyweight bout at Friday night's Bellator event at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.Gracie, who hasn't competed since June 2, 2007, will face Shamrock, who has lost three of his past five fights, in the co-main event.Check out the Bellator 149 live blog below.Round 1:Round 2:Round 3:
  
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• Bellator 149 results: Derek Campos finishes Melvin Guillard in second round

  20-02-2016 05:00
  
  Melvin Guillard was put on the Bellator 149 main card to deliver some fireworks.
  And, well, "The Young Assassin" was involved in some fireworks, but he was on the wrong end of them at Houston's Toyota Center on Friday night.
  Short-notice replacement Derek Campos got the best of the veteran slugger, finishing him via TKO at the 32-second mark of the second round.
  Guillard (32-16-2), who missed weight on his first attempt Thursday before making it the second time, came out firing from the outset.
  
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• Bellator 149 live blog: Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000

  20-02-2016 04:57
  
  This is the Bellator 149 live blog for Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000, a heavyweight bout at Friday night's Bellator event at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.Slice, who is 5-2 in his career, will face Dada 5000, who is 2-0 in his career, in the co-main event.Check out the Bellator 149 live blog below.Round 1: So this is really gonna happen, huh? No joke, they just replayed 'baby nuts' over the jumbotron. This is unabashedly ridiculous and I love it. Huge boos for Dada 5000. This is Kimbo country,
  
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• Davis-Lawal, Thomson-Chandler Set for Bellator’s Next Tent-Pole Event on May 14

  20-02-2016 04:41 via sherdog.com
  
  Bellator MMA has a pair of feature fights for its next tent-pole event, as Phil Davis will meet Muhammed Lawal at light heavyweight and Josh Thomson will face Michael Chandler at lightweight in San Jose, Calif., on May 14.
  
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• Bellator Announces Headline & Co-Featured Bouts For Big 5/14 Event In San Jose

  20-02-2016 04:33
  
  During Friday night's Bellator 149: Shamrock vs. Gracie 3 event, which aired live from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on Spike TV, Bellator MMA announced and began the promotion for the two main events scheduled for their event in San Jose, California in May.In what was a fight that had already been made but was delayed, former top-ranked UFC Light Heavyweight contender "Mr. Wonderful" Phil Davis takes on longtime MMA veteran and exciting 205-pound contender, Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal in wha
  
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• Phil Davis vs. King Mo, Josh Thomson vs. Michael Chandler set for next Bellator tentpole event

  20-02-2016 04:26
  
  It'll be a battle of tournament winners headlining the next Bellator tentpole show.
  Phil Davis will meet Muhammed Lawal in the main event of Bellator 154 on May 14 in San Jose, it was announced Friday during Bellator 149 in Houston. The two men were supposed to face each other in the finals of the Bellator MMA: Dynamite 1 light heavyweight one-night tournament back in September, but "King Mo" sustained a hip injury after winning in the first round.
  Davis was lined up to challenge light heavyweig
  
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• Bellator 149 results: Linton Vassell overcomes Emanuel Newton's low blows for win

  20-02-2016 04:24
  
  Linton Vassell waited more than a year to avenge his loss to Emanuel Newton.
  Turns out he had to absorb a bunch of low blows to get there, too.
  Vassell took a pair of low kicks from the former Bellator light heavyweight champion and a huge low knee in the second round, the latter of which led to a point deduction. But Vassell shook off the fouls and rallied for a unanimous decision at Bellator 149, getting a pair of 29-27s and a 30-26 from the judges at Houston's Toyota Center.
  Vassell (16-5) ov
  
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• Bellator 149 results: Emmanuel Sanchez grinds out win over Daniel Pineda

  20-02-2016 03:40
  
  Emmanuel Sanchez has a reputation as a slow starter and strong finisher. Bellator 149 did nothing to dissuade that notion.
  The Roufusport featherweight overcame a slow start against game veteran Daniel Pineda Friday night in the main card opener at Houston's Toyota Center.
  Sanchez won via split decision, earning a 29-27 and 29-28, with one curious 29-28 card going in Pineda's favor
  Fighting in his hometown, Pineda got off to a solid start in a frantic opening round, highlighted by a tight kneeba
  
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• Bellator 149 photos

  20-02-2016 02:56
  
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• Thiago Moises Submits David Castillo With Armbar to Capture Vacant RFA Lightweight Title

  20-02-2016 02:43 via sherdog.com
  
  With the Resurrection Fighting Alliance’s lightweight title up for grabs, Thiago Moises almost suffered a knockout in the opening round, but his resilience paid off.
  
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• Ronda Rousey and Former Manager Finally Reach Settlement

  20-02-2016 02:34 via sherdog.com
  
  Ronda Rousey and her former manager, Fight Tribe Management President Darin Harvey, have finally reached an agreement to settle their long-running legal dispute.
  
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• WSOF 28 Weigh-in Results: Marlon Moraes OK’d for Title Defense Opposite Joseph Barajas

  20-02-2016 02:26 via sherdog.com
  
  Perhaps the brightest star in the World Series of Fighting sky, Marlon Moraes has been called upon to shoulder another marquee for the Las Vegas-based promotion.
  
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• Cerrone Fully Aware of Reebok Fines

  20-02-2016 01:02
  
  Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone (28-7) will be fighting Alex Oliveira (13-3) on Sunday at UFC Fight Night 83. This will be Cowboy's Welterweight debut against the Brazilian. Cerrone is coming off of a 155 title loss to Rafael Dos Anjos in December.He made headlines after the bout after receiving a hefty fine for having a small stitch on his mandatory Reebok shorts that featured an American flag. According to ESPN, the Jackson trained fighter says he will probably wear the same patch for Sunday's fi
  
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• Breakdown Of Bellator 149’s Top Fighters

  20-02-2016 01:01
  
  With Bellator 149 going down tonight, it has been made clear that Scott Coker and his vision for the company is to make fights that fans want and have been fantasizing for years. Here is a brief breakdown of the four fighters participating in tonight’s co and main event.Kimbo Slice: He comes into tonight’s fight with a 5-2 record. His last bout was against Ken Shamrock back in Bellator 138. He won the bout in the first round due to knockout. Before that, his last fight was five years
  
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