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• John McCarthy On Kimbo vs. Dada 5000: “Oh My God, This Thing’s Going Three Rounds”

  21-02-2016 22:34
  
  "Big" John McCarthy served as referee for Friday night's Kimbo Slice-Dada 5000 fight at Bellator 149. You may have noticed a puzzled look on his face during the fight, and the veteran referee recently explained this thoughts on the bout to MMAFighting.
  "I honestly thought it would be over within the first round," McCarthy told MMAFighting. "And you know, when we got to the end of the first round, I thought, ‘Oh my God, this thing's going to go all three rounds.'"I always tell them, 'I'm go
  
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• Still sidelined, Chris Holdsworth finds purpose as Team Alpha Male coach

  21-02-2016 22:30
  
  It hasn't been an easy couple years for Team Alpha Male's Chris Holdsworth.
  Holdsworth seemed to have nothing but sunshine in his future as recently as two years ago, when he followed up his bantamweight victory in The Ultimate Fighter 18 tournament with a win over Chico Camus at UFC 173.
  But Holdsworth has struggled since with concussion-related issues and hasn't fought since. And he admitted on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour that adjusting to the idea that he might never fight again has made
  
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• Donald Cerrone vs. John Makdessi full fight video

  21-02-2016 22:00
  
  At UFC 187, Donald Cerrone earned a shot at the lightweight title and extended his winning streak to eight wins in a row by defeating John Makdessi. Cerrone utilized his superior striking to stop Makdessi.
  Cerrone defeated Makdessi via technical knockout at 4:44 of round two.
  "Cowboy" (28-7-1 NC) is scheduled to fight Alex Oliveira, who replaced Tim Means, in the main event of UFC Fight Night 83 on Feb. 21 in Pittsburgh, Pa.
  
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• Jackson-Wink Teammates Overeem, Arlovski to Headline UFC Event in Netherlands

  21-02-2016 21:32 via sherdog.com
  
  A heavyweight showdown between training partners Alistair Overeem and Andrei Arlovski will headline the UFC Fight Nightevent in the Netherlands on May 8.
  
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• Roan Carneiro ‘hungrier’ for UFC return after long layoff

  21-02-2016 21:00
  
  Roan Carneiro impressed in his Octagon return, tapping Mark Munoz in the first round with a rear-naked choke. A year later, he’s finally back in action.
  A longtime MMA fighter and American Top Team coach, "Jucao" was sidelined for months due to an elbow injury, but doesn’t expect the long layoff to be an issue when he steps inside the Octagon to face Derek Brunson at Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 83 card in Pittsburgh.
  "I was only out because of the injury, but I was training hard s
  
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• Bellator Needs Changes after Dada 5000 Scare

  21-02-2016 20:31
  
  On Friday, Bellator 149 saw the historic return of Royce Gracie facing Ken Shamrock in a rubber match. Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 faced off in the co-main event in a clash of two well known street fighters. The event had mixed reactions and even a controversy of the main event where Royce Gracie won by 1st round TKO. Allegedly, Ken Shamrock was kneed in the groin before he was knocked out before the referee could even see it.But the main focal point that should be discussed is Dada 5000 and the h
  
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• Donald Cerrone on Cowboy vs. Cowboy battle: 'I’m hoping to knock his ass out'

  21-02-2016 20:00
  
  The plan for Donald Cerrone is the same as always: There is no plan.
  Taking on Alex Oliveira Sunday at UFC Fight Night 83 in Pittsburgh, Cerrone finds himself in new territory, fighting 15 pounds north of his usual home in the lightweight division.  While this upcoming matchup marks his welterweight debut, Cerrone says he's not opposed to sticking around – nor would he shun a return to 155. In typical Cerrone fashion, he plans to simply take – or make – opportunities as th
  
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• Anderson Silva Blasts Michael Bisping In New Social Media Video, Bisping Fires Back

  21-02-2016 19:11
  
  Following their infamous "Viagra" confrontation at the official UFC Fight Night 84 open workouts earlier this week, Saturday's headliners -- Anderson "The Spider" Silva and Michael "The Count" Bisping are at it again, this time via social media.Round two of the Silva-Bisping verbal sparring match ahead of the real thing on FOX Sports 1 from "The Count's" home turf -- the O2 Arena in London, England -- took place late this week, as following the aforementioned open workouts encounter, Silva took
  
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• This Week in Struggle: Commentating Kimbo, Valentine's day, Dengue fever, rec-center MMA

  21-02-2016 19:00
  
  Life is hard for all of us, but especially for professional cage fighters. Join us now for a laugh and a cry as we reflect on "This Week in Struggle."
  The struggle is best paired with Tom Waits. Enjoy.
  I had to pick up my Valentine, isn't she BEAUTIFUL!!!! pic.twitter.com/HKWMoMNQb7
  — Kenny Robertson (@170Kenny) February 14, 2016
  Happy Valentines day @ufc-
  Relationship goals#unconditionallove #https://t.co/tIgVJKmwCp
  — Dominick Cruz (@TheDomin8r) February 14, 2016
  Happy Valentin
  
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• Anderson Silva mocks ‘unskilled’ Michael Bisping with Instagram video; 'The Count' fires back

  21-02-2016 18:00
  
  Anderson Silva and Michael Bisping exchanged words at the UFC Fight Night 84 media day in Los Angeles, and the Brazilian continued the attacks on social media.
  "The Spider", who headlines the Fight Night event in London against "The Count" on Feb. 27, called his opponent "unskilled" after accidentally hitting his coach Jason Parillo in the face while trying a spinning kick.
  Um vídeo publicado por Anderson Silva (@spiderandersonsilva) em Fev 18, 2016 às 1:45 PST
  Hours later, Bisping
  
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• UFC Fight Night 83 predictions

  21-02-2016 17:00
  
  The UFC hosts a show in the home of the NHL's Penguins with a card decimated by injury, but still featuring the return of a fan favorite jumping weight classes. The card also has a showcase featherweight bout plus rising prospects in a number of important bouts.
  What: UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy
  Where: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
  When: Sunday, the three-fight Fight Pass card starts at 5:30 p.m. ET, the four-fight Fox Sports 1 preliminary card starts at 7 p.m. and the main card k
  
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• John McCarthy's thought during Kimbo Slice-Dada 5000: 'Oh my God, this thing's going all three rounds'

  21-02-2016 16:00
  
  GARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- If you thought "Big" John McCarthy had a look on his face during Friday night's Kimbo Slice-Dada 5000 fight like he couldn't quite believe what he was watching, well, you may have been right.
  "I honestly thought it would be over within the first round," said McCarthy, who officiated at Saturday night's WSOF 28 here in Orange County. "And you know, when we got to the end of the first round, I thought, ‘Oh my God, this thing's going to go all three rounds.'"
  The dean
  
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• Click Debate: Should Ronda Rousey's suicide comments raise a red flag?

  21-02-2016 15:00
  
  Ronda Rousey exposed herself last week in an interview. More than she ever could clad in only body paint on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue.
  The former UFC women's bantamweight champion went on "The Ellen Show" and made a raw admission: She thought about suicide following her knockout loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193 back in November.
  "In the medical room, I was like down in the corner and I was like, 'What am I anymore if I'm not this?'" Rousey told Ellen DeGeneres. "And I was lit
  
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• UFC Fight Night ‘Cerrone vs. Oliveira’ Results: Play-by-Play & Updates

  21-02-2016 07:54 via sherdog.com
  
  Sherdog.com's live UFC Fight Night “Cerrone vs. Oliveira” coverage kicks off Sunday at 5:30 p.m. ET.
  
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• UFC Pittsburgh Talking Points: Fighting's fun again for Cowboy

  21-02-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  PITTSBURGH Donald Cerrone looked different against Alex Oliveira in Pittsburgh Sunday night: he looked like “Cowboy” again. After an eight-fight win streak and a loss against Rafael Dos Anjos in his bid for the lightweight title, Cerrone was thrilled to get back to basics. He just wanted to have fun again. A loose and happy Cowboy Cerrone is a bad opponent for any fighter – at 155 or 170 – and Oliveira realized why in his first UFC main event. Once the figh
  
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• Strickland, Bamgbose TKO way to victories

  21-02-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  STRICKLAND vs GARCIA //
  A meeting of welterweight prospects ended in a positive manner for Sean Strickland on Sunday, as he stopped Alex Garcia via strikes in the third round at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.After a wild scramble early on, Strickland was able to get Garcia to the mat, and he nearly halted his foe with ground strikes before “The Dominican Nightmare” roared back and reversed position, getting on top for the rest of the round, even though he wasn’t nearl
  
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• Live: Fight Night Cowboy vs Cowboy results

  21-02-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Who were the winners at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy? Click below to get the results for all the fights at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016.Oliveira vs Cerrone | Carneiro vs Brunson | Mendes vs Garbrandt | Kawajiri vs Bermudez | Riggs vs Camozzi | Campbell vs Krause | Strickland vs Garcia | Bamgbose vs Sarafian | Leleco vs Smith | Coy vs Webb | Evans-Smith vs Reneau | Fasholz vs Murphy | Abdurakhimov vs HamiltonUFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy ma
  
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• Fight Night Cowboy vs. Cowboy post-fight bonus recap

  21-02-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Fight Of The Night: Kelly Faszholz vs. Lauren Murphy Performance Bonuses: Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Chrix Camozzi • Fasholz and Murphy’s three round war, which ended just seconds before going the full distance via a TKO by Murphy, took home top fight honors • Camozzi’s 26-second victory over Riggs by TKO took home one of the two performance bonsues. • “Cowboy” Cerrone’s 1st Round submission in the main event over Alex “Cowboy&rdquo
  
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• Fight Night Cowboy vs Cowboy final results

  21-02-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Who were the winners at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy? Click below to get the results for all the fights at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016.Oliveira vs Cerrone | Carneiro vs Brunson | Mendes vs Garbrandt | Kawajiri vs Bermudez | Riggs vs Camozzi | Campbell vs Krause | Strickland vs Garcia | Bamgbose vs Sarafian | Leleco vs Smith | Coy vs Webb | Evans-Smith vs Reneau | Fasholz vs Murphy | Abdurakhimov vs HamiltonUFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy ma
  
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• Evans-Smith gets back to winning ways in Pittsburgh

  21-02-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  EVANS-SMITH vs RENEAUBack in the Octagon for the first time since December of 2014, Ashlee Evans-Smith made the wait worth it Sunday evening, as she scored a three-round split decision win over top 15-ranked Marion Reneau in UFC Fight Night prelim action at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. //
  Scores were 30-27 29-27 and 28-29 for Evans-Smith, now 4-1. Reneau falls to 6-3.Evans-Smith was the busier of the two as the fight began, her striking game working effectively. But a little over two
  
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• Cerrone claims victory in battle of cowboys

  21-02-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The battle of the “Cowboys” at Pittsburgh’s Consol Energy Center ended in the favor of former lightweight title challenger Donald Cerrone Sunday night, as he made his UFC welterweight debut a successful one with a first-round submission win over Brazil’s Alex Oliveira.“Today was the best that I felt because I didn’t have any worry; I just went out here and had some fun,” Cerrone, who was coming off a December loss to lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos
  
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• Brunson, Garbrandt earn big wins in Pittsburgh

  21-02-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  CARNEIRO vs BRUNSONMiddleweight contender Derek Brunson made it three straight first-round knockouts in the UFC Fight Night co-main event at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh on Sunday, halting veteran standout Roan Carneiro.After a fairly even opening two minutes, Carneiro missed wildly with a right hand and fell to the mat. Pinned against the cage, Carneiro took a series of unanswered blows, but referee Keith Peterson gave him ample time to recover, and it looked like did, as he eventually gr
  
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• UFC Fight Night 83 Results: Cowboy vs. Cowboy

  21-02-2016 06:00
  
  MMA Fighting has UFC Fight Night 83 results for the Cowboy vs. Cowboy fight card Feb. 21, and live UFC Fight Night 83 twitter updates.In the main event, Donald Cerrone squares off against Alex Oliveira in a welterweight contest. Derek Brunson faces Roan Carneiro in the co-main event.Check out the UFC Fight Night 83 results below.Main Card (FOX Sports 1 at 9 p.m. ET)
  Donald Cerrone vs. Alex Oliveira
  Derek Brunson vs. Roan Carneiro
  Cody Garbrandt vs. Augusto Mendes
  Dennis Bermudez vs. Tatsuya Kawa
  
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• World Series of Fighting 28: Marlon Moraes Retains WSOF Bantamweight Title

  21-02-2016 05:11 via sherdog.com
  
  Reigning World Series of Fighting bantamweight champion Marlon Moraes barley broke a sweat Saturday night in the main event of WSOF 28 against Joseph Barajas.
  
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• WSOF 28 results: Marlon Moraes retains title with quick TKO of Joseph Barajas

  21-02-2016 04:51
  
  GARDEN GROVE, Calif. --- An odd weekend of mixed martial arts continued with another odd finish to a main event, this time in an odd setting, to boot.
  Challenger Joseph Barajas' knee blew out early in his World Series of Fighting 28 main event against champion Marlon Moraes, putting a halt to their WSOF bantamweight title fight at just 1:13 at the Next Level Sports Complex.
  With the TKO victory, Moraes had his ninth WSOF victory, a company record.
  Barajas (12-2), of Vista, Calif., was offered th
  
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• Teammates Alistair Overeem and Andrei Arlovski scheduled to fight at UFC Fight Night: Rotterdam; Greg Jackson to corner Arlovski

  21-02-2016 03:14
  
  It appears as though Alistair Overeem will clash with a familiar face in May.
  The UFC is currently targeting a heavyweight bout between Overeem and fellow JacksonWink teammate Andrei Arlovski for the main event of the May 8 Rotterdam, Netherlands show, MMAFighting.com has learned.
  Bleacher Report's Jeremy Botter first tweeted the news on Saturday.
  The Dutch-born Overeem (40-14, 1 NC), who signed a new contract with the UFC on Monday, has won his last three fights in a row. He most recently won v
  
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• UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy Breakdown of Main Event

  21-02-2016 02:14
  
  The UFC will be headed to Pittsburgh on Sunday where Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone (28-7) will clash with fellow cowboy Alex Oliveira (14-2-1). Both fighters fight at both 155 and at 170. Here is a breakdown of the two fighters. Donald Cerrone: Cerrone will be making his Welterweight debut and making a quick turnaround after his December title loss against Lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos. Before his title fight loss, Cowboy was on an eight-fight win streak. The Colorado native has notable w
  
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• UFC Fight Night Weigh-in Results: Donald Cerrone, Alex Oliveira Get Green Light in Pittsburgh

  21-02-2016 01:33 via sherdog.com
  
  Donald Cerrone and Alex Oliveira have their marching orders from the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
  
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