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• UFC Middleweight Yoel Romero Accepts 6-Month Suspension for Tainted Supplement

  04-04-2016 22:45
  
  UFC middleweight contender Yoel Romero will be eligible to return to the cage this summer after accepting a six-month ban from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
  
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• Wanderlei Silva to Partner with Kiyoshi Tamura for Rizin Tag Match Against Sakuraba, Tokoro

  04-04-2016 21:29
  
  Former Pride FC champion Wanderlei Silva will join forces with Japanese MMA pioneer and onetime opponent Kiyoshi Tamura for a tag-team grappling match at this month’s Rizin Fighting Federation event.
  
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• Dana White: Ronda Rousey Will Fight in 2016

  04-04-2016 17:28
  
  UFC President Dana White discusses a recent dinner with Ronda Rousey.
  
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• Humorous Fabricio Werdum Lightens UFC 198 Mood, Eyes Stipe Miocic Title Defense

  04-04-2016 16:37
  
  Fabricio Werdum stole the show with his humor.
  
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• Daniel Cormier Update: How Bad Is His Injury & When Will He Return?

  04-04-2016 15:41
  
  It looks like Daniel Cormier won't be on the sidelines for too long.The news broke this weekend that D.C. was forced to pull out of the scheduled UFC 197 main event against Jon Jones due to injury.On Saturday, it was revealed that Cormier suffered a lower left leg injury while doing some light kickboxing training on March 25th. The injury was described as a "freak accident." Several days after suffering the injury, it was revealed through an MRI to be a complete middle substance rupture of the i
  
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• Jon Jones On D.C. Pulling Out Of UFC 197: “So Much For Being Willing To Die”

  04-04-2016 15:28
  
  Just when you thought Jon Jones was going to take the high road, the old "Bones" Jones shines through.After staying respectful throughout the process of Daniel Cormier pulling out of their scheduled rematch at UFC 197 later this month, Jones took to social media to take a shot at his longtime rival on Sunday."Bones" Jones wrote, "So much for being willing to die," on his official Twitter page, a comment in reference to a line Cormier stated during the build-up to the original UFC 197 main event.
  
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• Sources: Yoel Romero, USADA reach settlement on shorter suspension

  04-04-2016 15:24
  
  It appears as though Yoel Romero and the United States Anti-Doping Agency have reached a settlement.
  According to sources close to the situation, the two sides have settled on a suspension that will be less than nine months long from the time it was announced that Romero had a "potential Anti-Doping policy" violation in early January following his win over Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza in December.
  Two weeks ago, it was reported that Romero was going to appeal the two-year suspension suggested by USADA
  
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• Of UFC belts, interim titles and other fun fairy tales

  04-04-2016 15:00
  
  With any luck, Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier might soon find themselves with hand-scrawled graffiti on their faces as part of the UFC 200 promo art. But for now, that rematch ain’t happening. In another late scramble to save an event, Cormier -- who suffered a leg injury and was forced to withdraw from his UFC 197 main event with Jones three weeks out -- now becomes Ovince St. Preux. And a knock-off of Cormier’s belt goes up for grabs in the purgatorial haze we like to call…the
  
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• The MMA Hour with Daniel Cormier, Jon Jones, Wanderlei Silva, Ovince Saint Preux, Cris Cyborg, Greg Jackson, Ian McCall, Mike Wilkinson

  04-04-2016 14:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1:00 p.m. ET -- UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will talk about why he was forced to pull out of UFC 197 and what's next for him.
  1:25 p.m. -- Coach Greg Jackson will discuss Jon Jones' decision to fight Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 197 and much more concerning Team JacksonWink.
  1:45 p.m. -- Flyweight Ian McCall will talk the latest with him in and out of the cage.
  2:05 p.m. -- Ovince Saint Preux will talk about a
  
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• Morning Report: Randy Couture says he's been offered a return to mixed martial arts

  04-04-2016 14:00
  
  If there is ever a moment for 'retired' veterans to get back into mixed martial arts (MMA), it's probably now.
  Lots of smaller promotions would likely be interested, but so would Bellator MMA. The Viacom-backed organization has made it a point to bring back long-time veterans, even those in their fifties.
  While that's been met with some pushback from fans, there's an open question of what it would mean for former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Randy Couture. According to 'The Nat
  
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• WrestleMania 32 Results: Brock Lesnar Victorious; Roman Reigns Bests Triple H

  04-04-2016 07:06
  
  A new WWE attendance record 101,763 fans witnessed Roman Reigns defeat Triple H by spear at WrestleMania 32 on Sunday at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas.
  
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• VanZant impresses inside 'Octagon' on DWTS

  04-04-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  She crushed it again! Don't forget to vote for @PaigeVanzantUFC and Team #PowRightInTheKisser NOW 1-800-868-3410 pic.twitter.com/3hMpJh2aUg— UFC (@ufc) April 5, 2016Heading into the third week of competition, UFC strawweight Paige VanZant has to be feeling pretty good about her performance thus far on Dancing with The Stars.After starting off the season with a solid effort that landed her and partner Mark Ballas in fourth place after the opening dances, Team Pow Right In The Kisser was fac
  
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• USADA Statement on Yoel Romero

  04-04-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
   USADA announced today that UFC athlete, Yoel Romero, of Miami, Fla., has accepted a six-month sanction for an anti-doping policy violation after testing positive for a prohibited substance from a contaminated supplement. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE STATEMENT Read the Full Article Here
  
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• UFC Statement on Julianna Pena

  04-04-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  UFC announced today that an investigation into allegations of assault by UFC competitor Julianna Pena is now complete. Pena recently came to a resolution with the Prosecutor’s Office in Spokane County, Washington. The resolution was thoroughly reviewed by Campbell & Williams, a Las Vegas-based law firm hired by UFC to oversee its investigation into the matter.UFC elected not to schedule Pena for a bout while the legal proceedings were ongoing. Now that the matter has been resolved, Pen
  
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• UFC FIGHT PASS Spotlight – Zagreb

  04-04-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  This Sunday, the UFC makes its first visit to Croatia, with a 13-fight card featuring the heavyweight showdown between Ben Rothwell and Junior Dos Santos. But before two of the best big men in the game collide on FS1, the event kicks off on UFC FIGHT PASS at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT with three bouts featuring two featherweights on the verge of cracking the top 15 in 2016, a heavyweight newcomer looking to inject the division with a jolt of new blood, and middleweight debutants eager to enter the s
  
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• Four Added to UFC Chicago Event

  04-04-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The first four fights of this summer's UFC event in Chicago have been announced, with three welterweight bouts and one heavyweight matchup on their way to the United Center on July 23.Looking to make noise in the stacked 170-pound weight class will be six veteran competitors, with Alexander Yakovlev taking on Ryan LaFlare, George Sullivan battling Hector Urbina and Alex "Cowboy" Oliveira returning to square off with James Moontasri.In the heavyweight division, unbeaten Russian heavyweight Dmitry
  
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• Fight Night Zagreb: Reasons to Watch

  04-04-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Ben Rothwell (36-9) doesn’t just have sick dance moves. The No. 4-ranked heavyweight is one of the most versatile fighters in his division and is riding the second longest active finish streak in the entire UFC. Junior Dos Santos (17-4) is a former UFC heavyweight champion and his 730 career significant strikes landed put him at No. 1 in heavyweight history. Rothwell submitted Josh Barnett last time out, becoming the first fighter to submit “The War Master” in his 42-fight care
  
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• Demetrious Johnson vs. Joseph Benavidez 2 full fight video

  04-04-2016 04:00
  
  UFC flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson (23-2-1) faced Joseph Benavidez (24-4) in a rematch at UFC on Fox 9, and the result was definitive.
  After a close-fought, five-round contest between the two standout 125-pound fighters at UFC 152, many expected a similar outcome for the second go in December 2013.
  Johnson put an end to that midway through the first round.
  Watch the full fight above to see how Johnson halted the bout.
  Johnson will face Olympic gold medalist and undefeated mixed martial artis
  
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• UFC's Marc Ratner: Neil Magny-Hector Lombard fight 'went too long'

  04-04-2016 01:00
  
  If you found yourself screaming at your television in frustration during the bout between Neil Magny and Hector Lombard at UFC Fight Night 85, you weren't alone.
  UFC vice-president of regulatory affairs Marc Ratner was among those annoyed that referee Steve Perceval let Lombard take far too many uncontested blows before finally waving off the bout in Brisbane, Australia.
  "I gotta be straight and honest about that," Ratner said on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour. "My wife asked me ‘why are
  
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