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• Scott Coker Believes Benson Henderson Should Fight At 155, But Will Allow 170

  25-04-2016 23:46
  
  While the final decision will ultimately be up to Benson Henderson himself, Bellator MMA President Scott Coker made it clear that he has no problem with :"Smooth" Henderson remaining a 170-pound fighter under the Bellator umbrella if that's what he chooses to do after his crushing defeat in his promotional debut this past Friday evening.Henderson was beaten down in a one-sided fight against Bellator 170-pound champion Andrei Koreshkov this past Friday night at the Bellator 153 event at the Moheg
  
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• Dominick Cruz: Urijah Faber accusing ex-teammate T.J. Dillashaw of PED use is a ‘scumbag move'

  25-04-2016 23:36
  
  UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has been making the media rounds ahead of his June 4 trilogy fight against Urijah Faber at UFC 199, however the lead-up to this fight has been a bit different then others of the past.
  In multiple interviews, Faber has heavily implied that Cruz used performance enhancing drugs prior to the UFC's partnership with USADA, attacking Cruz's physique while casually stating that "there's no secret what's going on there."
  Neither Cruz nor Faber has ever failed
  
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• Dominick Cruz: Uriah Faber accusing ex-teammate T.J. Dillashaw of PED use is a ‘scumbag move'

  25-04-2016 23:36
  
  UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has been making the media rounds ahead of his June 4 trilogy fight against Urijah Faber at UFC 199, however the lead-up to this fight has been a bit different then others of the past.
  In multiple interviews, Faber has heavily implied that Cruz used performance enhancing drugs prior to the UFC's partnership with USADA, attacking Cruz's physique while casually stating that "there's no secret what's going on there."
  Neither Cruz nor Faber has ever failed
  
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• Video: Rashad Evans Talking Pretty Seriously About Moving To 185-Pound Division

  25-04-2016 23:35
  
  https://youtu.be/LyaZhH6EbvcFormer UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans appeared on the latest episode of AXS TV's "Inside MMA" and during his appearance on the program, "Suga" Rashad made some pretty interesting comments.Regarding his quick first-round knockout loss to Glover Teixeira at the UFC On FOX 19 event earlier this month, Rashad Evans offered the following take."There definitely needs to be a change. And the hardest thing about that fight is the fact that it was only a minute an
  
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• John Kavanagh “51% Optimistic” About Chances Of McGregor-Diaz II Happening At UFC 200

  25-04-2016 23:26
  
  On Sunday night, Conor McGregor said he was back in against Nate Diaz at UFC 200. On Monday afternoon, UFC President Dana White said he wasn't. Later on Monday afternoon, McGregor's longtime coach, John Kavanagh, was dead in the middle.Kavanagh, the SBG Ireland head coach, appeared on Monday's edition of "The MMA Hour" with Ariel Helwani at MMAFighting.com and shared his opinion regarding the chances of McGregor-Diaz II happening at the UFC's landmark pay-per-view event in Las Vegas in July."I'm
  
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• UFC 197 Salaries: Jon Jones Earns $500,000 For Victory Over OSP

  25-04-2016 23:18
  
  Following Saturday's UFC 197 pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, Nevada, which featured the successful Octagon return of Jon "Bones" Jones against Ovince Saint Preux, the Nevada Athletic Commission has released the salaries paid out to the fighters who competed on the card.As seen below, the winners have two dollar amounts listed, as they received their contracted "show purses" as well as their contracted "win bonuses" for getting the victory. Their opponents obviously receive only their "show purs
  
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• UFC 197 salaries: Jon Jones earns $500,000 payday in UFC return

  25-04-2016 20:49
  
  Jon Jones' first paycheck in 15 months was a good one. Jones, the newly crowned interim UFC light heavyweight champion, topped the disclosed payroll of UFC 197, earning a flat $500,000 purse for his main event victory over Ovince Saint Preux, according to figures released to MMA Fighting on Monday by the Nevada Athletic Commission.
  Jones routed Saint Preux in his long-awaited return to competition, breaking Saint Preux's arm in the second round and ultimately sweeping the scorecards to secure a
  
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• UFC 197 Salaries: Jon Jones Tops Payroll with $500,000; ‘Mighty Mouse’ Nabs $195K

  25-04-2016 20:38
  
  Newly crowned UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones took home half a million dollars for his victory in the main event of Saturday’s UFC 197.
  
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• Conor McGregor's coach still '51 percent optimistic' about UFC 200

  25-04-2016 20:11
  
  So, you're saying there's a chance?
  Conor McGregor's coach is still holding out hope that McGregor will compete at UFC 200 against Nate Diaz.
  "I'm 51 percent optimistic and 49 percent pessimistic, if you want to know my feelings on it," John Kavanagh told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour.
  The latest in the McGregor-UFC saga is messy. On Sunday night, McGregor tweeted that he was back on the card at UFC 200 and thanked UFC president Dana White and UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta for doi
  
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• UFC Flyweight Paddy Holohan Announces Retirement Due to Rare Bleeding Disorder

  25-04-2016 18:43
  
  UFC flyweight Patrick Holohan has announced his retirement from mixed martial arts at age 27.
  
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• Dana White: Conor McGregor's tweet about being back on UFC 200 'not true'

  25-04-2016 17:48
  
  The situation just gets messier.
  UFC president Dana White told the Los Angeles Times on Monday that the promotion has no deal in place for Conor McGregor to fight at UFC 200, despite a tweet claiming just that from McGregor on Sunday night.
  White told the Times that McGregor saying he is back on the card is "not true."
  "We haven't talked [to] Conor or his manager since the press conference [Friday]," White said. "I don't know why he would tweet that."
  McGregor sent out a tweet late Sunday night
  
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• Dana White Says Conor McGregor’s Tweet About UFC 200 Return Isn’t True

  25-04-2016 17:44
  
  It looks like Conor McGregor and Dana White have different opinions regarding McGregor's status for the upcoming UFC 200 event in July.McGregor tweeted on Sunday evening that he was back on the UFC 200 card, thanking White and UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta for coming through for the fans.According to the UFC President, however, that is simply not true. White recently spoke with the Los Angeles Times website about McGregor's claim that he is back on the UFC 200 lineup.White informed the L.A. Times web
  
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• Daniel Cormier on Jon Jones' performance: 'There's no way that guy can beat me'

  25-04-2016 17:00
  
  Daniel Cormier wishes he was in Ovince Saint Preux's position Saturday night.
  The UFC light heavyweight champion doesn't believe that the Jon Jones that came to fight at UFC 197 could have defeated him, he said on the FOX Sports 1 post-fight show. Cormier would have fought Jones in the main event fight, but had to pull out three weeks ago due to a leg injury.
  "He got the job done," Cormier said of Jones. "A lot of times, most guys, they don't have their best performance, they lose. They don't ge
  
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• Paddy Holohan, Conor McGregor’s Teammate, Announces His MMA Retirement

  25-04-2016 16:00
  
  Paddy Holohan has spent the past nine years competing in MMA.Now, the SBG Ireland teammate of Conor McGregor's will need to find a new passion.Holohan announced his retirement after UFC officials learned of a rare disorder affecting him. He is 27 years old and leaves the sport with a record of 12-2-1.“I was born with a factor missing in my blood called Factor XIII,” Holohan said. “I never disclosed it then or now. I can no longer pass the medical requirements to compete. I knew
  
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• Jon Jones: I hope ‘the majority of the boos were for Ovince' Saint Preux

  25-04-2016 16:00
  
  Jon Jones was happy to escape UFC 197 with a win, but it wasn't the type of spectacular comeback he wanted.
  Jones routed Ovince Saint Preux to claim the interim UFC light heavyweight title on Saturday night in Las Vegas, sweeping every round on the scorecards against a late-replacement opponent in Saint Preux. The victory was Jones' first since the 2015 hit-and-run accident which derailed his career, however the fight lacked much of the flashy action that Jones is known for, and the fans in atte
  
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• Update: Conor McGregor Not Back on UFC 200 Card, Per Dana White

  25-04-2016 15:51
  
  UFC President Dana White on Monday denied featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s claim that he had been added back to the UFC 200 card on July 9 in Las Vegas.
  
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• Paddy Holohan announces retirement

  25-04-2016 15:51
  
  Paddy Holohan has been forced to retire over a rare blood disorder. The 27-year-old Irish fighter announced his decision over Facebook Monday morning. His complete statement is below.I've known this announcement was coming for a week or more now and it has only felt worse the more I have thought about it.
  I am forced to retire from MMA.
  I was born with a factor missing in my blood called Factor XIII.Inever disclosed it then or now, it came to theUFC's attention from athird party and I can no lon
  
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• Conor McGregor Not Back on UFC 200 Card, Per Dana White

  25-04-2016 15:51
  
  UFC President Dana White on Monday denied featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s claim that he had been added back to the UFC 200 card on July 9 in Las Vegas.
  
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• Conor McGregor: ‘I Am Back On UFC 200!’

  25-04-2016 15:51
  
  Reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight titleholder Conor McGregor appears to be back in the promotion’s good graces.
  
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• Scott Coker would be okay if Benson Henderson fights at 170 again, but 'a lot of his better fights are at 155'

  25-04-2016 15:00
  
  UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Benson Henderson's debut with Bellator was a rough on Friday night, as he was dominated from gate-to-gate by the bigger, stronger Andrey Koreshkov at the Mohegan Sun.
  Henderson wasn't able to get take Koreshkov to the canvas, and he was punished regularly each time he made an effort to do so. He also could never solve the range discrepancy between him and the Russian. Koreshkov kept him at the end of his punches, and Henderson was left swinging wildly at an unhittable t
  
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• The MMA Hour with John Kavanagh, Dominick Cruz, Daniel Cormier, Michael Page & Ilir Latifi in studio

  25-04-2016 14:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1:00 p.m. ET -- Conor McGregor's head coach John Kavanagh will talk about everything surrounding McGregor getting pulled from UFC 200.
  1:25 p.m. -- UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will discuss Demetrious Johnson's win over Henry Cejudo and preview his UFC 199 trilogy fight against Urijah Faber.
  1:45 p.m. -- UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will look back and Jon Jones' return fight and discuss what's nex
  
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• Morning Report: Rashad Evans isn't ready to retire yet, wants to 'explore' 185

  25-04-2016 14:00
  
  Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans has no intention of retiring and intends to look at dropping weight to compete in the 185-pound division. There is still some fight left in Rashad Evans.
  Two weeks ago, Evans was brutally knocked out in 72 seconds by Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC on FOX 19. The loss had many, including UFC president Dana White, believing Evans would hang up his gloves and transition permanently to his desk job as an analyst for Fox Sports. But in an i
  
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• Conor McGregor Tweets That He Is Back On UFC 200

  25-04-2016 08:13
  
  Conor McGregor has gotten the attention of the entire sports world this past week after it was announced he was out of UFC 200 due to his refusal to do media obligations. The attention continued earlier today when he tweeted that he is back on UFC 200.https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/724474735912968192There is no official word yet from the UFC on the validity of McGregor's Twitter announcement. If this is in fact true, McGregor would be back headlining UFC 200 in a rematch bo
  
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• Conor McGregor tweets he's back on the UFC 200 card

  25-04-2016 07:55
  
  The plot thickens. Again.
  Conor McGregor tweeted Sunday night that he is back on the UFC 200 card after a tumultuous few days between him and the promotion last week.Happy to announce that I am BACK on UFC 200!Shout out to @danawhite and @lorenzofertitta on getting this one done for the fans. #Respect
  — Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 25, 2016McGregor, the biggest financial draw in the sport and the UFC featherweight champion, was scheduled to face Nate Diaz in the main event of th
  
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• VanZant survives DWTS cut; back with Ballas

  25-04-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Caption this pic.twitter.com/0DVPs8rlez— Paige VanZant (@PaigeVanzantUFC) April 26, 2016After all the teams were shuffled last week for week five’s “America’s Switch-Up” episode, the remaining tandems on Dancing with the Stars were reunited for an evening of famous dances on Monday night, but having spent a week apart, how will the couples do when they reconnect, after some managed better performances away from their regular partners?Both members of "Team Pow R
  
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• UFC takes over 'Good Morning America' Wed.

  25-04-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Consider this your tune-in alert: You will want to watch Good Morning America on Wednesday, April 27.The biggest stars of the UFC from yesterday and today will appear on ABC's popular morning show from 7-9 a.m.UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell, No. 1-ranked pound-for-pound fighter Jon Jones, bantamweight champion Miesha Tate, strawweight and current Dancing With the Stars participant Paige VanZant, UFC President Dana White and more will join "GMA" throughout the morning.The popular morning program
  
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• Spoiler: VanZant back with Ballas on DWTS

  25-04-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Caption this pic.twitter.com/0DVPs8rlez— Paige VanZant (@PaigeVanzantUFC) April 26, 2016After all the teams were shuffled last week for week five’s “America’s Switch-Up” episode, the remaining tandems on Dancing with the Stars were reunited for an evening of famous dances on Monday night, but having spent a week apart, how will the couples do when they reconnect, after some managed better performances away from their regular partners?Both members of "Team Pow R
  
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• Rodriguez on the rise in latest UFC rankings

  25-04-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
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  Yair Rodriguez may have delivered the KO of the Year to open up the main card at UFC 197. The Mexican-born featherweight prospect delivered a flying left roundhouse kick that crumbled his opponent, Andre Fili.In Monday’s official UFC rankings release, Rodriguez was rewarded for his performance. “El Pantera” makes his debut in the rankings at No. 14 after maintaining his perfect UFC mark (4-0) and improving to 8-1 overall.Rodriguez said at the UFC 197 post-fight press c
  
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• Forget rankings, DJ makes case as best ever

  25-04-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  One minute. Give or take a few seconds, depending on your capacity to be alarmed, that 1/60th of an hour against John Dodson in January of 2013 is the only time Demetrious Johnson appeared to be in danger of losing his UFC flyweight title. Dropped to the mat twice in that minute by Dodson, Johnson still recovered quickly and got back to work, going on to fight three-and-a-half more rounds and retain his crown via unanimous decision. //
  With his first successful title defense in hand, his re
  
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• Late Replacement Gordon Ryan Takes 16-Man Tournament, $50,000 at Eddie Bravo Invitational 6

  25-04-2016 06:29
  
  Garry Tonon might have been the star of the 16-man, openweight tournament bracket at the sixth Eddie Bravo Invitational, but it was his pupil and understudy Gordon Ryan who took home four submission wins and $50,000 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday.
  
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• Late Replacement Gordon Ryan Takes 16-Man Tournament, $25,000 at Eddie Bravo Invitational 6

  25-04-2016 06:29
  
  Garry Tonon might have been the star of the 16-man, openweight tournament bracket at the sixth Eddie Bravo Invitational, but it was his pupil and understudy Gordon Ryan who took home four submission wins and $25,000 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday.
  
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• Jon Jones ‘Felt Great’ Flipping Middle Finger to Daniel Cormier at UFC 197

  25-04-2016 05:36
  
  It didn’t take long for Jon Jones to resume his rivalry with Daniel Cormier following his triumph over Ovince St. Preux at UFC 197.
  
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• Walt Harris 'took it personally' Cody East got UFC shot off of a reality show

  25-04-2016 04:00
  
  LAS VEGAS -- UFC heavyweight Walt Harris spoke to the media at UFC 197 after stopping Cody East. Harris talked about the fight, why it bothered him East got his UFC start from being on a reality show and more.
  
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• Kevin Lee nearly sought free agency before Efrain Escudero fight at UFC 197

  25-04-2016 02:00
  
  LAS VEGAS -- UFC lightweight Kevin Lee talks about his win over Efrain Escudero at UFC 197, fighting through a painful groin kick, nearly going to free agency and more.
  
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• B.J. Penn: 'Nobody is going to out-crazy me and f**king Greg Jackson'

  25-04-2016 00:00
  
  Now that B.J. Penn finally has a date and a name, the wheels are slowing rolling into motion for his return.
  The former two-division UFC champion, who last year was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame, is scheduled to fight Dennis Siver on June 4 at UFC 199. The news marks the end of an 18-month retirement for Penn and the beginning of one last hurrah towards UFC gold under the guidance of head coach Greg Jackson. And if Monday was any indication, Penn couldn't be more excited.
  "The way everythin
  
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