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• Paige VanZant wishes she pulled a Holly Holm and didn't tap against Rose Namajunas

  13-03-2016 23:00
  
  Paige VanZant watched UFC 196 on Saturday night and saw Holly Holm get choked unconscious by Miesha Tate. She found herself in a similar position in December and wished she had done what Holm did -- not tap.
  "I think it's just you giving up," VanZant told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour. "It's submitting and saying, 'I give up, you can win.' And that's just where I feel I could have just gone out. I would have rather have gone out than tap out."
  VanZant (6-2) took a beating in
  
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• Video: Bellator 152’s Denise Kieholtz Goes “5 Rounds”

  13-03-2016 21:47
  
  Denise Kieholtz just might be a name to remember when it comes to the world of kickboxing.Kieholtz will get her chance to shine on the big stage next month when she meets an opponent yet-to-be-named at Bellator 152 from Italy. The kickboxing portion of the card airs a week later on Spike TV following Bellator 153.Recently, the promotion caught up with Kieholtz to present her with five questions in their "5 Rounds" feature. Check it out in the video below:[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x
  
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• Is Sage Northcutt In The Upcoming “UFC 2” Video Game?

  13-03-2016 21:40
  
  Sage Northcutt's sudden rise through the ranks hit a wall when he was submitted by Bryan Barberena earlier this year.But Northcutt has vowed to get back to training and return.
  Does that mean the talented youngster will be part of the active roster for EA Sports' "UFC 2" video game that is released on Tuesday? Northcutt seems to believe so.[embed]https://twitter.com/sagenorthcutt/status/709114520761839617[/embed]
  
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• Chris Weidman: Luke Rockhold Was “Better Than Me” At UFC 194

  13-03-2016 21:35
  
  Chris Weidman isn't one to make excuses for himself inside the Octagon.Weidman, a former UFC middleweight champion tried to keep from discussing the series of injuries he had entering UFC 194 in follow-up interviews. However, word eventually came out detailing a broken foot in two places that "The All-American" suffered weeks before he lost to Luke Rockhold.Now, as Weidman (13-1) continues to push toward a rematch with Rockhold at UFC 199 later this year, he finds himself working just as hard to
  
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• Who Is Ronda Rousey’s Favorite Video Game Character? Answer Might Surprise You

  13-03-2016 21:29
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m97UWd2QuAI[/embed]Ronda Rousey has one issue with the upcoming "UFC 2" video game that features her likeness on the cover.Her own character.During a recent interview with MMAjunkie.com, Rousey explained that she finds it difficult to play the game - which comes out this Tuesday - as herself. Rousey lost the UFC female bantamweight title to Holly Holm last November."It weirds me out to see myself and play as myself," she said. "I've never played as myself."
  
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• Chris Weidman bent on making sure everyone knows his loss to Luke Rockhold was a 'fluke'

  13-03-2016 20:00
  
  Chris Weidman didn't want to talk about it. He avoided mentioning it right after the fight.
  In recent weeks, though, news has leaked that Weidman had a significantly broken foot going into his fight with Luke Rockhold at UFC 194 in December. The last thing he wants is people saying he's making an excuse, but he's not going to lie about it if asked.
  "I say these things, because they came out," Weidman told MMA Fighting in a recent interview. "It's a fact. There's no excuses."
  Weidman (13-1) lost
  
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• Chris Leben offers details of physical condition: 'Basically, my heart is failing'

  13-03-2016 19:00
  
  In February, former UFC middleweight Chris Leben and Bellator MMA announced 'The Crippler' would return to mixed martial arts under the auspices of Scott Coker's circular cage. Yet, less than a month later, it was revealed Leben's return to the sport would be shortlived. In pre-fight medical exams, doctors found Leben had a debilitating and dangerous heart condition, prompting Bellator to pass on bringing Leben back.
  On Friday, Leben appeared on The Luke Thomas Show on SiriusXM to detail the nat
  
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• This Week in Struggle: Punched by Stipe Miocic, Chris Weidman stripping, caught peeping Miesha Tate, rascal scooters

  13-03-2016 18:00
  
  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.
  Posted by Stipe Miocic on Friday, March 11, 2016
  Daddy dance pic.twitter.com/iAYypmUjIs
  — Brendan Schaub (@BrendanSchaub) March 10, 2016ICYMI: @Jon_Anik delivers on a promise to @NateDiaz209. https://t.co/nJCM8jKyiR pic.twitter.com/aMYFU7nAun
  — UFC (@ufc) March 11, 2016#Repos
  
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• Nick Hein To Meet Jon Tuck This May At UFC Fight Night 87: Overeem Vs. Arlovski

  13-03-2016 17:31
  
  Germany's Nick Hein will square off with Guam's Jon Tuck this May at UFC Fight Night 87, officials announced recently.The card takes place from the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands on May 8. Alistair Overeem and Andrei Arlovski collide in the FOX Sports 1 main event.Hein is 13-2 overall in his career and 3-1 inside the Octagon. Overall, he has put together a solid 8-1 run, but all three of his UFC wins have gone the distance.
  Tuck sports a career mark of 9-2 and is 3-2 with the UFC, alte
  
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• Liddell On Jones’ Response To His Comments: “I Just Thought It Was Kind Of Weird”

  13-03-2016 17:11
  
  By now, everyone has read Jon Jones and Chuck Liddell's recent comments about each other. In the latest round of verbal jabbing, "The Iceman" spoke about "Bones'" decision to respond to him on social media while neglecting to "tag" Liddell in the post so that he could be aware of what Jones is saying."The funny thing is he goes back at me, but if you're gonna go back at me, tag me," Liddell said in a recent interview. "Let me know you're going back at me, so I can respond. I just thought it was
  
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• WSOF Champion Gaethje Says He Wants Jason High Next: “He’s Got A Smart Mouth”

  13-03-2016 16:58
  
  Following his successful title defense over Brian Foster at the WSOF 29 event on Friday night in Greeley, Colorado, WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje spoke with "The American Gangster" Chael Sonnen and revealed who he would like to meet next inside the WSOF cage.Gaethje, who defeated Foster in the headline attraction of WSOF 29 on March 12th via TKO due to leg kicks, said he wants Jason High in his next fight."I don't specifically work on kicks," said Gaethje regarding his fight with Fost
  
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• WSOF 29: Gaethje vs. Foster Results From Greeley, Colorado

  13-03-2016 16:53
  
  World Series Of Fighting held their WSOF 29: "Gaethje vs. Foster" event on Friday night, March 12, 2016 at the Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley, Colorado. The event aired live on NBC Sports Network.Below are complete quick-match results of the event, which featured WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje defending his 155 pound title against Brian Foster in the main event of the evening.WSOF 29: Gaethje vs. Foster Quick-Match ResultsJustin Gaethje (c) vs. Brian Foster -- Gaethje TKO (kicks) 1:
  
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• John Kavanagh: ‘Exhaustion’ and ‘inefficiency’ biggest factors in Conor McGregor’s loss

  13-03-2016 16:00
  
  Though some people would point to Conor McGregor jumping up two weight classes and having a late opponent switch as the most obvious factors in his loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196, his coach John Kavanagh doesn’t necessarily agree.Kavanagh, who runs SBG in Ireland, echoed McGregor’s sentiment that Diaz was simply more efficient in how he fought on Saturday night. And if he had to point out anything that might went wrong specifically, it was that McGregor was trying too hard to land the
  
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• Chuck Liddell on Jon Jones' Twitter rant: 'If you're gonna go back at me, tag me'

  13-03-2016 15:00
  
  Chuck Liddell didn't mind Jon Jones responding to his recent comments. "The Iceman" just expected Jones to tag him if he was going to do it on Twitter.
  "The funny thing is he goes back at me, but if you're gonna go back at me, tag me," Liddell said in a recent interview at the EA Sports UFC 2 video-game launch party in Las Vegas. "Let me know you're going back at me, so I can respond. I just thought it was kind of weird."
  Liddell said on The Fighter & The Kid podcast last month that if
  
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• Click Debate: Will the UFC really lose boatloads of money in the UFC 196 aftermath?

  13-03-2016 12:55
  
  The hottest star in the company was slayed. The biggest fight in promotion history, scuttled.
  Conventional wisdom, at least from mainstream media types last week, was that Conor McGregor and Holly Holm both losing equaled financial disaster for the UFC.
  ESPN sports business reporter Darren Rovell tweeted immediately after the event that UFC 196 had cost the organization "tens of millions of dollars." Sports Illustrated's estimable L. Jon Wertheim penned a short article for the magazine about how
  
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• Frank Mir: If Mark Hunt Doesn’t Tap Out I’ll End His Career At UFN 85

  13-03-2016 07:15
  
  Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir is booked to face Mark Hunt at UFC Fight Night 85 later this month. Mir spoke out about the upcoming fight on MMAjunkie Radio, saying he's going to try to submit Hunt.“I’ve worked a lot of leg attacks,” Mir told MMAjunkie Radio. “I love leg locks and heel hooks and kneebars. They’re complex and hard to avoid. I feel like if we get down to the ground, defending his legs is going to be very difficult, especially because his ma
  
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• Max Holloway Calls Out Conor McGregor, Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar

  13-03-2016 07:11
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvSBd_GkHUEMax Holloway wants a big fight at UFC 200. Holloway took to his Twitter account this weekend to call out Jose Aldo, Frankie Edgar and Conor McGregor all for a fight at the event in July. Here's what he had to say:https://twitter.com/BlessedMMA/status/708733944674422785Holloway is coming off a win over Jeremy Stephens and is ranked #4 in the featherweight division. McGregor is rumored to fight Edgar or Aldo next.
  
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• Special place: 10 best UFC fights in Australia

  13-03-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  On March 20 (airing March 19 in the U.S.), the UFC returns to Australia for the ninth time when Mark Hunt faces Frank Mir at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane. The card promises to be another exciting one, and when the dust settles, we may see another fight or two earn a spot on the list of the best fights to take place on Aussie soil. Don’t have UFC FIGHT PASS yet? What are you waiting for? Join now!10 - Alex Chambers defeats Kailin Curran (FIGHT PASS members: W
  
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• Brown Gets Call to Face Patrick in Brisbane

  13-03-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  Brisbane's own Damien Brown will get the opportunity of a lifetime this weekend when he makes his UFC debut against Alan Patrick at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on March 20.The lightweight bout was made after Patrick's original opponent, Chad Laprise was moved to a fight against Ross Pearson on the same night.In the UFC Fight Night main event, which airs on March 19 in the United States on FOX Sports 1, Frank Mir battles Mark Hunt.A veteran of the Australian Army who has compiled a 15-8 MMA
  
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• WSOF 29: Justin Gaethje vs. Brian Foster full fight video highlights

  13-03-2016 06:18
  
  Justin Gaethje vs Brian Foster #WSOF29 pic.twitter.com/fOLjDpwSGG
  — ZombieProphet (@ZProphet_MMA) March 13, 2016Watch Justin Gaethje vs. Brian Foster full fight video highlights from the main event of WSOF 29 above.
  Gaethje vs. Foster took place on March 12, 2016 at the Bank of Colorado Arena in Greely, Colo. WSOF lightweight champion Gaethje (15-0) placed both his title and undefeated record on the line by taking on MMA veteran Foster (25-8) in the main event of the card, which aired liv
  
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• Justin Gaethje Leg Kicks Chop Down Brian Foster in WSOF 29 Main Event

  13-03-2016 06:01 via sherdog.com
  
  Brian Foster will not have pleasant memories of his encounter with Justin Gaethje.
  
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• WSOF 29 results: Justin Gaethje finishes Brian Foster in the first with crushing leg kicks

  13-03-2016 05:55
  
  Justin Gaethje flashed his trademarked reckless if ferocious style on Saturday night as the WSOF lightweight champion retained his title after stopping Brian Foster with leg kicks in the first round.
  Foster got right to work after the opening bell with jabs to the body and attempted forward pressure. within 30 seconds, the two exchanged heavily with an assortment of reactionary punches. Foster was able to tag him, but was dropped by Gaethje.. The challenger, however, was able to get to his feet
  
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• WSOF 29 video: Louis Taylor chokes Cory Devela unconscious

  13-03-2016 04:57
  
  Cory Devela vs Louis Taylor #WSOF29 Post fight interview "My Family Hungry, Im Hungry" pic.twitter.com/rWZeNUBGlo
  — ZombieProphet (@ZProphet_MMA) March 13, 2016At WSOF 29, Louis Taylor (11-3) made a solid case that he is the next challenger for the WSOF middleweight title by choking out Cory Devela with in 30 seconds of the first round. Devela shot in for a single leg takedown with in the first exchange with Taylor but found himself in a guillotine choke that he wouldn't be able
  
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• Miesha Tate’s coach Robert Follis would like to see a title defense at UFC 200 in July

  13-03-2016 00:00
  
  It was a bit of an emotional pendulum for Miesha Tate en route to her title shot against Holly Holm, but she made her opportunity at UFC 196. Tate’s fifth-round submission over Holm not only earned her her first title since she was Strikeforce’s bantamweight champion, but it also opened up a fair amount of intrigue as to what comes next.Does the UFC do a trilogy fight between her and uber-star Ronda Rousey, who has defeated Tate twice already? Is a rematch with Holm in order, given h
  
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