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• Delray police arrest Dennis Wright in connection to death of Jordan Parsons

  07-05-2016 23:16
  
  After a six-day search, the Delray Beach Police Department (DBPD) in Florida have arrested Dennis Wright, 28, in connection to the death of Jordan Parsons. According to a news release obtained by MMA Fighting, "Wright, whose license has been suspended six times, is facing multiple charges, including leaving the scene of a crash causing death. Investigators have recovered the damaged 2013 Range Rover Sport involved in the crash."The DRBD believe the crash that killed Parsons, a member of the fame
  
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• Neil Magny wants ‘dream’ fight with Nate Diaz, will settle for less to fight in New York or Chicago

  07-05-2016 22:11
  
  As one of the most active fighters on the UFC roster, Neil Magny has yet to be booked for a fight. But that hasn't stopped the Brooklyn-raised fighter from planning another fight after his yet-to-be-determined bout.
  Magny, who as of late has proven his worth against top-level fighters such as Hector Lombard and Kelvin Gastelum, is eyeing a high-profile fight with one of the hottest names in MMA today: Nate Diaz.
  "When I saw Conor McGregor pull out of the fight and Nate Diaz didn't have an oppone
  
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• Invicta FC 17 predictions

  07-05-2016 20:00
  
  The all-women's promotion is back, this time with bantamweight and strawweight titles up for grabs. There are no big names on the card, but in addition to the title fights, prospects in the featherweight division, e.g. Megan Anderson, are also on the card.
  What: Invicta FC 17: Evinger vs. Schneider
  Where: OC Fair and Events Center, Costa Mesa, Calif.
  When: Saturday, eight-fight Fight Pass card starts at 9 p.m. ET.
  Tonya Evinger vs. Colleen Schneider
  When it comes down to it, I just don't think a
  
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• Beneil Dariush Replaces Evan Dunham, Meets James Vick at UFC 199 on June 4

  07-05-2016 19:40 via sherdog.com
  
  Beneil Dariush will step in for Evan Dunham and face James Vick at UFC 199.
  
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• UFC Returns to Germany for Fight Night Card in Hamburg on Sept. 3

  07-05-2016 19:27 via sherdog.com
  
  The Ultimate Fighting Championship will return to Germany on Sept. 3 when the Octagon touches down in Hamburg.
  
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• Mayweather Sr. On McGregor vs. Mayweather Rumor: “We’d Beat The Hell Out Of Him”

  07-05-2016 19:01
  
  https://youtu.be/yBcEWgltcEMFloyd Mayweather Sr. recently spoke with EsNews about the rumors regarding his son, legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. possibly competing in a boxing match against UFC mega-star and reigning 145-pound champion "The Notorious" Conor McGregor.While UFC President Dana White quickly shot down the rumor, which first emanated from The Sun out of the U.K., Mayweather Sr. said he remembers his son telling him about possibly coming out of retirement to box "some kind of MMA
  
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• UFC announces Fight Night event in Hamburg, Germany

  07-05-2016 18:50
  
  The UFC will make its debut in Hamburg, the second largest city in Germany on Sept. 3, for a Fight Night card. It will be the first show since signing a television deal in the market after years where a local regulatory board had banned the sport being broadcast. UFC announced today prior to the weigh-ins for Sunday's show in Holland that they will be debuting in Hamburg, Germany on Sept. 3.The Fight Night event will be held at the Barclaycard Arena, a 16,000-seat venue which is the major arena
  
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• Video: Invicta FC 17 Weigh-In Results

  07-05-2016 18:48
  
  https://youtu.be/HE0cxGw3w8QOn Friday, Invicta FC held the official weigh-ins for their Invicta FC 17 event scheduled for Saturday evening.Headlined by Tonya Evinger vs. Colleen Schneider for the Invicta FC Bantamweight Championship, Invicta FC 17 is scheduled to take place at The OC Fair And Event Center in Costa Mesa, California.Below are the results from the official Invicta FC 17 weigh-ins. You can watch a complete video archive of the weigh-ins above.Main card (PPV at 9 p.m. ET)-Tonya Eving
  
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• Video: UFC Fight Night 87: Overeem vs. Arlovski Weigh-In Results

  07-05-2016 18:36
  
  https://youtu.be/dbezv3P7LoYOn Saturday morning, UFC held the official weigh-ins for their UFC fight Night 87 event, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday.Headlined by a battle of heavyweight knockout artists from the same team, Alistair Overeem vs. Andrei Arlovski, UFC Fight Night 87 emanates from Rotterdam, The Netherlands.Below are the official weigh-in results for the UFN 87 event. You can check out a complete video archive of the UFN 87 weigh-ins above.Main Card (FOX Sports 1 at 2 p.m.
  
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• Livia Renata Souza rips ‘irrelevant’ Angela Hill ahead of Invicta FC title defense

  07-05-2016 18:00
  
  Livia Renata Souza defends the Invicta FC strawweight title against Angela Hill at Saturday’s Invicta FC 17 in Costa Mesa, Calif., and she’s not impressed by Hill’s resurgence under the promotion’s banner.
  Hill, who fought most of her career under the UFC banner, made her promotional debut in January with a quick finish over Alida Gray. Less than two months later, "Overkill" improved to 2-0 at Invicta FC with a second-round win against Stephanie Eggink.
  "I chose to fight
  
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• UFC Fight Night Weigh-in Results: Alistair Overeem, Andrei Arlovski Given Go-Ahead

  07-05-2016 17:56 via sherdog.com
  
  Two heavy hitters with suspect chins have been chosen to carry the Ultimate Fighting Championship flag into a new market.
  
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• Jon Jones To Conor McGregor: Thanks For 10 Hours Of UFC 200 Promo Work

  07-05-2016 16:29
  
  Interim UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones offered up a thank you to Conor McGregor recently.Jones flew to Las Vegas to do 10 hours of commercial shoots for promotional work ahead of his UFC 200 meeting with Daniel Cormier to unify the titles.McGregor was slated for the main event fight on July 9, but the UFC featherweight champion declined to do scheduled media work and was removed.[embed]https://www.instagram.com/p/BFFl4PCsDEc/?taken-by=jonnybones&hl=en[/embed]
  
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• Alexander Gustafsson, Gegard Mousasi Set For UFN 87 Q&A At 10:30 AM ET Today

  07-05-2016 16:14
  
  Hear from Alexander Gustafsson, Gegard Mousasi and Michael Chiesa as they host the UFC Fight Night 87 Q&A session from Rotterdam, Netherlands this morning.The event is set to begin at 10:30 a.m. ET and will stream live in the video below.[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I046fuhy2BY[/embed]
  
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• UFC Fight Night ‘Overeem vs. Arlovski’ Weigh-in Video (11:30 a.m. ET)

  07-05-2016 16:08 via sherdog.com
  
  Watch the UFC Fight Night “Overeem vs. Arlovski” weigh-ins here:
  
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• RIZIN CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara: UFC fighters 'all look the same in their costumes'

  07-05-2016 16:00
  
  SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Over-the-top characters were an integral part of what made the PRIDE Fighting Championship so memorable.
  Personalities as diverse as Bob "The Beast" Sapp, "The Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi and "The Axe Murderer" Wanderlei Silva helped the legendary Japanese promotion flourish as a blend of sport and spectacle.
  Would PRIDE have made such an indelible mark in the history of mixed martial arts if the fighters all had to wear lookalike gear? Nobuyuki Sakakibara, the former CEO
  
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• Fightweets: What to make of Holly Holm's next fight?

  07-05-2016 14:30
  
  The next busy stretch in the mixed martial arts schedule kicks off on Sunday, when Alistair Overeem and Andrei Arlovski tangle in the Netherlands at UFC Fight Night 87.
  In the meantime, we actually had a more or less sane week in the sport, with the biggest item of note (aside from an absurd thing that popped up on Friday that barely merits response) being an interesting choice for former UFC women's bantamweight champion Holly Holm's next fight. So we'll get into that and whatever else is on yo
  
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• UFC Fight Night 87 Q&A video

  07-05-2016 12:30
  
  At UFC Fight Night 87 Q&A, Gegard Mousasi, Alexander Gustafsson and Michael Chiesa will answer questions from the fans Saturday morning in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The video is scheduled to begin above at 10:30 a.m. ET.
  
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• Watch: Canelo vs. Khan Free Video Stream

  07-05-2016 09:28 via sherdog.com
  
  Watch the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Amir Khan undercard live and free on Sherdog.com.
  
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• UFC Fight Night 87 weigh-in video

  07-05-2016 09:00
  
  At the UFC Fight Night 87 weigh-ins, all 26 fighters taking part in Sunday's UFC Fight Night 87 fights will step on the scale Saturday morning, and we'll have the live video here at MMAFighting.com.In the main event, Alistair Overeem and Andrei Arlovski will have to make the heavyweight limit of 265 pounds.Check out UFC Fight Night 87 weigh-in results below.Main card (FOX Sports 1 at 2 p.m. ET)
  Alistair Overeem vs. Andrei Arlovski
  Antonio Silva vs. Stefan Struve
  Albert Tumenov vs. Gunnar Nelson
  
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• UFC is Coming to Hamburg

  07-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
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• Road to UFC 200: Fighting in Liddell's DNA

  07-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Chuck Liddell is 46 years old. Nearly six years ago he fought his last fight against Rich Franklin. Yet if UFC President Dana White called up his old buddy and asked him if he wanted to fight, “The Iceman” probably has a gym bag with gloves and a mouthpiece sitting in the trunk of his car.That won’t ever change. Whether 46, 66, or 86, Liddell will always be a fighter, and it’s why he will always have a place in the heart of true fans. MORE ON UFC 200: Tickets On Sale
  
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• Making Gunnar Nelson: Set to prove potential

  07-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Everyone seemingly knew who Gunnar Nelson was even before he entered the UFC Octagon for the first time in September of 2012. Yes, he was undefeated in 10 mixed martial arts fights, but it was his grappling that drew the most attention. A black belt in jiu-jitsu under Renzo Gracie, Nelson had won gold in the 2009 IBJJF Pan Ams and silver in that year’s IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu championship, all by the age of 21, making him that rarest of rarities: a true phenom.But what may have intrigued the
  
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• Fight Night Rotterdam weigh-in results

  07-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  UFC Fight Night Rotterdam, which is headlined by the UFC heavyweight clashes between Alistair Overeem-Andrei Arlovski, and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva-Stefan Struve, airs live on FS1 from the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands on Sunday, May 8 at 2pm ET / 11am PT.Four prelim bouts will air live on FS1 at Noon ET / 9am PT, and the event's first three prelims will air exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS beginning at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT.Main Event – UFC heavyweight five-round fight
  
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• Invicta FC 17 Results: Evinger vs. Schneider

  07-05-2016 06:00
  
  MMA Fighting has Invicta FC 17 results for the Evinger vs. Schneider fight card Saturday night in Costa Mesa, Calif.Tonya Evinger defends her Invicta bantamweight title against Colleen Schneider in the main event. In the co-main event, Livia Renata Souza defends her strawweight title against Angela Hill.Check out Invicta FC 17 results below.Main card (UFC Fight Pass at 9 p.m. ET)
  Tonya Evinger vs. Colleen SchneiderLivia Renata Souza vs. Angela HillKaline Medeiros vs. Aline SerioLatoya Walker vs.
  
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• Cris Cyborg Mocks Ronda Rousey After Seeing Her Beach Workout Video

  07-05-2016 05:53
  
  https://youtu.be/jxvbmJJ4CuIAhead of her Octagon debut at UFC 198 in Curitiba, Brazil later this month, Invicta FC Featherweight Champion Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino appeared on Power 106 in Los Angeles and reacted to the recent video that surfaced online that showed former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey working out at the beach.Among the various workouts she performed at the beach in the video that leaked online earlier this week, which you can watch below, Rousey did some shadow
  
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• Dana White Kills Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Boxing Match Rumor

  07-05-2016 05:42
  
  While the MMA and boxing worlds were both buzzing about the same story on Friday afternoon, it turned out to have no merit.On Friday, reports started surfacing online that claimed a boxing match was being negotiated between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and reigning UFC Featherweight Champion "The Notorious" Conor McGregor.The false rumors were spreading fast enough that it even prompted MMA oddsmakers to create a betting line on the fight, which has since been taken down.UFC President Dana White also ca
  
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• Paige VanZant On Rousey Cussing Her Out: “Very Shocking & Totally Unnecessary”

  07-05-2016 05:27
  
  https://youtu.be/8bxFR9py1voAs reported earlier this week, Miesha Tate told a story during her appearance on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast that involved Paige VanZant telling her about the time she was cussed out by Ronda Rousey at a VIP event for congratulating Holly Holm on beating her at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia.For those who missed the original story, the following is what Miesha Tate told Joe Rogan during her appearance on his podcast this week:"[Paige] came up to me like, &lsqu
  
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• Former WEC & Bellator Fighter Blas Avena Dies, Suicide Being Investigated

  07-05-2016 05:17
  
  Former WEC and Bellator MMA fighter Blas Avena was found dead at the age of 32 inside his apartment in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday. According to a TMZ.com report, Avena's death is being investigated by the Las Vegas Metro Police Department as a suicide."Arriving police and medical personnel located an adult male who was pronounced deceased at the scene," a spokesman for the Las Vegas Metro Police Department told TMZ. "As of now, the death is being investigated as a suicide."Additionally, the
  
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• Tony Ferguson vs. Michael Chiesa Expected To Headline UFC Fight Night 91

  07-05-2016 05:02
  
  A fight hardcore MMA fans are sure to enjoy is reportedly in the works for UFC's first-ever event in South Dakota.According to a new report at MMAFighting.com, a fight between UFC lightweight contenders Tony Ferguson and Michael Chiesa is being set up as the expected main event for UFC Fight Night 91.UFC Fight Night 91 is scheduled to air live on FOX Sports 1 from the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on July 13, 2016.
  
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• Adam Piccolotti vs. Ray Wood Announced For Bellator 154

  07-05-2016 04:56
  
  Bellator MMA officially announced the final bout scheduled for their Bellator 154 event on May 14th.Added to the 5/14 card on Friday is a lightweight contest pitting Adam Piccolotti (7-0) against Ray Wood (7-1).Headlined by an exciting light heavyweight pairing featuring Phil Davis vs. Muhammad "King Mo" Lawal, Bellator 154 is scheduled for May 14, 2016 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.
  
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• Beneil Dariush vs. James Vick On Target For UFC 199 On 6/4

  07-05-2016 04:50
  
  It looks like UFC lightweight contenders Beneil Dariush and James Vick are going to be meeting each other inside the Octagon in the near future.MMAFighting.com reported this weekend that Dariush and Vick are expected to meet at UFC 199.Originally, Evan Dunham was scheduled to fight Vick, however due to "undisclosed reasons," Dunham pulled out of the fight, leaving UFC to find a replacement for Vick. It appears Beneil Dariush is the guy.Dariush-Vick will join the UFC 199 pay-per-view event on Jun
  
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• Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza vs. Yushin Okami full fight video

  07-05-2016 04:00
  
  Ronaldo Souza is a bad dude.
  The Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion put the MMA universe on notice at UFC Fight Night 28, scoring a TKO over Japanese standout Yushin Okami. The fight was Okami's last inside the Octagon.
  Souza, meanwhile, is 3-1 since his tilt with Okami, most recently falling to Yoel Romero via split-decision at UFC 194.
  Now, "Jacare" faces Vitor Belfort May 14 at UFC 198 in a bout that may determine the next title contender in the 185-pound division.
  
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• Invicta 17 Weigh-in Results: Champions Tonya Evinger, Livia Renata Souza Hit Marks

  07-05-2016 01:18 via sherdog.com
  
  Tonya Evinger from all indications enjoys having the bull’s eye on her back.
  
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• UFC Fight Night ‘Overeem vs. Arlovski’ Results: Play-by-Play & Updates

  07-05-2016 00:38 via sherdog.com
  
  Sherdog's live UFC Fight Night “Overeem vs. Arlovski” coverage kicks off Sunday at 10:30 a.m. ET.
  
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• Invicta FC 17 Weigh-in Video (7 p.m. ET)

  07-05-2016 00:08 via sherdog.com
  
  Watch the Invicta FC 17 weigh-in video here live at 7 p.m. ET.
  
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• Invicta FC 17 weigh-in video

  07-05-2016 00:00
  
  At the Invicta FC 17 weigh-ins, all 16 Invicta FC fighters taking part in Saturday's Invicta FC 17 fights stepped on the scale Friday evening, and we have video here at MMAFighting.com.In the main event, Invicta FC bantamweight champion Tonya Evinger and Colleen Schneider made the bantamweight limit of 135 pounds.Check out the Invicta FC 17 weigh-in results below.Main card (PPV at 9 p.m. ET)
  Tonya Evinger (134.7) vs. Colleen Schneider (134.4)
  Livia Renata Souza (114.1) vs. Angela Hill (114.1)
  Ka
  
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