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• UFC 198 Results – Miocic KOs Werdum In First Round To Win UFC Heavyweight Title

  14-05-2016 22:55
  
  Tonight, MMANews.com is your source for UFC 198 Results and live coverage. UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic takes place live from Curitiba, Brazil and we will be providing the absolute best live results coverage of the highly anticipated pay-per-view featuring an absolutely stacked lineup, including Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic for the UFC Heavyweight Championship, Vitor Belfort vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Corey Anderson and the Octagon debut of Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino
  
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• Bellator 154 Results — Phil Davis Beats King Mo By Decision

  14-05-2016 22:53
  
  Tonight, MMANews.com is your source for Bellator 154 quick-match results coverage!
  Emanating from the SAP Center in San Jose, California and airing live and free on Spike TV, Bellator MMA will present their Bellator 154 event, headlined by an intriguing Light Heavyweight bout, as Phil Davis goes one-on-one with Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal.Because we will be providing live, round-by-round results coverage of the UFC 198 event, which airs live on pay-per-view tonight from Curitiba, Brazil, MMANews.co
  
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• Matt Brown Says CM Punk “Doesn’t Deserve To Fight In The UFC”

  14-05-2016 22:45
  
  When it comes to the subject of Phil "CM Punk" Brooks competing in the UFC, current welterweight contender Matt Brown has a very definite opinion.Ahead of his fight against Demian Maia at tonight's UFC 198 pay-per-view event in Curitiba, Brazil, Brown spoke with The Fan Garage and the topic of Punk in the UFC came up."I didn't criticize him for having his surgery if it was something necessary to do," Brown said of Punk's decision to postpone his UFC debut to get surgery. "I criticized him for th
  
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• Fabricio Werdum’s ‘happy face’ mask banned inside the stadium for UFC 198

  14-05-2016 22:37
  
  CURITIBA, Brazil -- Stipe Miocic will not face 45,000 Fabricio Werdums after all.
  Werdum distributed tens of thousands of masks to fans all week in Curitiba, asking them to wear it during the UFC 198 main event Saturday. However, fans weren’t allowed to enter the Arena da Baixada soccer stadium with the mask during Friday’s weigh-ins and Saturday’s event.
  The UFC heavyweight champion complained about the veto while speaking to Combate TV right after the weigh-ins.
  "I was doing
  
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• Karate Trainer: Vitor Belfort Enjoyed ‘One of His Best Ever’ Camps Ahead of UFC 198

  14-05-2016 22:14 via sherdog.com
  
  Vitor Belfort will take perhaps his final swing at title contention when he meets Ronaldo Souza in the UFC 198 co-main event on Saturday at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil.
  
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• UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic Results (In Progress Now)

  14-05-2016 22:02
  
  Tonight, MMANews.com is your source for UFC 198 Results and live coverage. UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic takes place live from Curitiba, Brazil and we will be providing the absolute best live results coverage of the highly anticipated pay-per-view featuring an absolutely stacked lineup, including Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic for the UFC Heavyweight Championship, Vitor Belfort vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Corey Anderson and the Octagon debut of Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino
  
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• Rob Font reveals secret for knocking dudes out

  14-05-2016 22:00
  
  UFC bantamweight Rob Font recently made an important discovery.
  Never known for his one-shot power, Font has suddenly pieced together three straight knockout victories, the latest two coming under the UFC banner.
  In his promotional debut at UFC 175, he put out George Roop with a ferocious right hand. A flurry of punches – beginning with a cracking left hook – wiped out Joey Gomez in his sophomore appearance inside the Octagon.
  These victories, Font said, are the result of one signifi
  
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• Fabricio Werdum Responds To Fedor Emelianenko’s Challenge, Says Rematch “Will Happen”

  14-05-2016 21:58
  
  Could it be possible that Fabricio Werdum vs. Fedor Emelianenko II actually takes place inside the world-famous Octagon, under the UFC banner? If you listen to both Fedor and Werdum, it definitely sounds like a possibility.Fedor, who recently made his successful MMA fighting return under the Rizin FF banner in Japan, spoke with Epic MMA and claimed that he is in negotiations with the UFC and hopes to fight their heavyweight champion, Fabricio Werdum."We are in negotiations with the UFC," Fedor s
  
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• Conor McGregor Responds To Floyd Mayweather: “I Run Boxing”

  14-05-2016 21:43
  
  After Floyd Mayweather addressed the possibility of a boxing match with Conor McGregor on Showtime on Friday night, "The Notorious" one had a very simple and to-the-point response.Mayweather spoke with Steve Farhood on Showtime on Friday night (watch here) and said the talk of a boxing match against McGregor are not "rumors," adding that "the fight may happen."On Saturday afternoon, upon hearing of the news, the reigning UFC Featherweight Champion had a very brief reply to the former boxing poun
  
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• Couture Happily Retired, Believes Fights Like Shamrock-Gracie 3 Build Bellator Brand

  14-05-2016 21:35 via sherdog.com
  
  While Randy Couture has been a presence during Bellator 154 fight week festivities, the UFC Hall of Famer has no plans to don the four-ounce gloves for Scott Coker’s promotion.
  
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• Mayweather On McGregor Fight: “It’s Really Not A Rumor, The Fight May Happen” (Video)

  14-05-2016 21:34
  
  .@FloydMayweather talks potential boxing fight with @TheNotoriousMMA https://t.co/PmLS4e5JHl— SHOWTIME SPORTS (@SHOsports) May 14, 2016
  Well, things just got a little more interesting.This weekend, former boxing pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. spoke with Showtime's Steve Farhood and fueled the flames regarding the rumor of a potential boxing match against reigning UFC Featherweight Champion "The Notorious" Conor McGregor."It's really not a rumor," Mayweather told Farhood on Frida
  
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• Bellator Strips Vitaly Minakov Of Heavyweight Title, Scott Coker Comments

  14-05-2016 21:26
  
  In addition to releasing lightweight champion Will Brooks, Bellator MMA has confirmed that they have stripped heavyweight champion Vitaly Minakov of his title.Minakov, who sports a perfect 17-0 professional MMA record, with an undefeated 5-0 run under the Bellator MMA banner, was reportedly stripped of the Bellator Heavyweight Championship due to inactivity.Bellator MMA President Scott Coker spoke with MMAJunkie.com on Saturday afternoon regarding the company's decision to strip Vitaly Minakov o
  
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• Bellator Cuts Lightweight Champion Will Brooks, Scott Coker Comments

  14-05-2016 21:20
  
  It looks like Bellator MMA and their 155-pound champion Will Brooks have officially parted ways.Brooks (17-1) amassed a 9-1 record in ten fights under the Bellator MMA banner, including winning the Bellator Lightweight Championship, a title he still held up until today, when he was given a full release from the promotion.Bellator MMA President Scott Coker spoke about the company's decision not to renew the contract of Will Brooks with MMAJunkie.com on Saturday afternoon."It was very simple," sai
  
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• Warlley Alves figured he'd be fighting Sage Northcutt soon, but Bryan Barberena got there first

  14-05-2016 21:00
  
  Talking trash, asking for big fights, and being an undefeated prospect can quickly turn you into a rising star in the UFC. Warlley Alves has a perfect record, 4-0 in the UFC and 10-0 overall, but refuses to talk his way up.
  Alves, the winner of the third edition of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil, has submitted three of the four opponents he’s faced so far inside the Octagon. The X-Gym prospect realizes that being more vocal can bring benefits to his career, but chooses to impress only when he
  
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• Bellator Releases Lightweight Champ Will Brooks, Strips Heavyweight King Vitaly Minakov

  14-05-2016 20:54 via sherdog.com
  
  Championships will be up for grabs in Bellator MMA’s lightweight and light heavyweight divisions after the California-based promotion’s latest moves.
  
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• Bellator releases lightweight champ Will Brooks, strips Vitaly Minakov of heavyweight title

  14-05-2016 20:34
  
  Bellator MMA has made a couple of key changes to their championship lineup. Will Brooks, previously the reigning Bellator lightweight champion, has been released by the organization while Vitaly Minakov was stripped of his heavyweight crown. MMA Junkie was the first to report the news. MMA Fighting confirmed it with Bellator officials.
  "It was very simple," Coker reportedly told MMA Junkie. "Will Brooks' contract is ending, and we made a decision not to renew it. We're going to give him a f
  
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• Bellator 154 predictions

  14-05-2016 20:00
  
  Bellator's badly snakebitten card finds a way to solider on Saturday night when top light heavyweights and former amateur wrestling standouts Phil Davis and Mo Lawal battle for a chance at Liam McGeary's belt.
  What: Bellator 154: Davis vs. Lawal
  Where: SAP Center, San Jose, CA.
  When: Friday, the preliminary card starts at 6:30 p.m. ET on MMA Fighting. The five-fight main card starts on Spike TV at 9 p.m. ET.
  Phil Davis vs. Muhammed Lawal
  What a tough fight to call. It's really a serious measurem
  
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• Bellator 154 live stream online

  14-05-2016 19:00
  
  Watch Bellator 154 stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card at 6:30 p.m. ET. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows:Joshua Hardwick vs. Jorge Acosta
  Vitor Jones vs. Anthony Taylor
  Danasabe Mohammed vs. Martin Sano
  Josh Paiva vs. Steven Gruber
  Sam Spengler vs. Doyle childs
  Josh San Diego vs. Jeremiah Labiano
  Alvin Cacdac vs. Darren Uyenoyama
  Thomas Diagne vs. Mark Dickman
  Stephanie Frausto vs. Jamielene Nievara
  Andres Alcantar vs. Nick Pica
  James Champman vs. Sea
  
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• Marloes Coenen happy UFC isn't making Cris Cyborg drop to 135 pounds

  14-05-2016 18:00
  
  Cris Cyborg is the best women's fighter in the world at 145 pounds, but for years there have been questions -- and hope -- about her moving down to 135 to face marquee names, starting with Ronda Rousey. The UFC does not have a 145-pound women's division, because there is a scarcity of elite talent at that weight outside of Cyborg, who is the most dominant female fighter in the world.
  Marloes Coenen has been in Cyborg's shoes. She was asked to go down to 135 pounds from her natural division of 14
  
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• Fabricio Werdum’s walkout song a tribute to F-1 legend Ayrton Senna, not a lucky charm

  14-05-2016 17:00
  
  CURITIBA, Brazil -- UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum tends to change his walkout song depending on where he’s fighting, and "Vai Cavalo" decided to honor a Brazilian legend before his UFC 198 title defense against Stipe Miocic.
  Werdum fights for the first time in his home country as champion on Saturday night, and chose a song that Globo TV played after Brazilian drivers won F-1 races, and became especially popular due to three-time F-1 champion Ayrton Senna’s success in the
  
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• UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic LIVE Results Tonight At MMANews.com!

  14-05-2016 16:58
  
  Tonight, MMANews.com is your source for UFC 198 Results and live coverage. UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic takes place live from Curitiba, Brazil and we will be providing the absolute best live results coverage of the highly anticipated pay-per-view featuring an absolutely stacked lineup, including Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic for the UFC Heavyweight Championship, Vitor Belfort vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Corey Anderson and the Octagon debut of Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino
  
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• Bellator 154: Davis vs. Lawal Results LIVE Tonight At MMANews.com!

  14-05-2016 16:53
  
  Tonight, MMANews.com is your source for Bellator 154 quick-match results coverage!
  Emanating from the SAP Center in San Jose, California and airing live and free on Spike TV, Bellator MMA will present their Bellator 154 event, headlined by an intriguing Light Heavyweight bout, as Phil Davis goes one-on-one with Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal.Because we will be providing live, round-by-round results coverage of the UFC 198 event, which airs live on pay-per-view tonight from Curitiba, Brazil, MMANews.co
  
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• Bellator 154: Davis vs. Lawal LIVE Results Tonight At MMANews.com!

  14-05-2016 16:53
  
  Tonight, MMANews.com is your source for Bellator 154 quick-match results coverage!
  Emanating from the SAP Center in San Jose, California and airing live and free on Spike TV, Bellator MMA will present their Bellator 154 event, headlined by an intriguing Light Heavyweight bout, as Phil Davis goes one-on-one with Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal.Because we will be providing live, round-by-round results coverage of the UFC 198 event, which airs live on pay-per-view tonight from Curitiba, Brazil, MMANews.co
  
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• Video: UFC 198 Embedded (Episode Five)

  14-05-2016 16:45
  
  https://youtu.be/lXAFLBnsmSMFollowing the official UFC 198 weigh-ins on Friday in Curitiba, Brazil, which featured a record-setting UFC weigh-in crowd of 15,000 people, UFC released the fifth installment of their UFC 198 Embedded web series.Embedded above is episode five of UFC 198 Embedded, which takes a close look at the top fighters leading into this Saturday's stacked pay-per-view event.The official description for episode five of UFC 198 Embedded reads as follows:"On Episode 5 of UFC 198 Em
  
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• Demian Maia looks back at the bizarre Anderson Silva fight that changed his career

  14-05-2016 16:00
  
  An injury to middleweight contender Vitor Belfort got Demian Maia the title shot he always wanted at UFC 112, in 2010, but what happened inside the Octagon is still remembered as one of the most bizarre fights in the history of the promotion.
  Maia entered the championship fight with a 12-1 record with five of his six UFC wins coming by way of submission, but Anderson Silva was in a different level. Most fans didn’t see how Maia could dethrone the 185-pound king, and he did not after all. H
  
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• One year on in Bellator, Phil Davis glad to speak for 'someone who doesn't have a voice'

  14-05-2016 15:30
  
  SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Phil Davis knew the reaction was going to be mixed when he signed with Bellator last April.
  Just a year ago, after all, the idea of a fighter in his prime, with career upside, willingly walking away from the UFC was considered a little crazy. Bellator was thought of as the place where stars who had retired came back for one last crack at glory, not for someone top 10 in the world in their division.
  "There were definitely guys who reached out to me, who congratulated me,"
  
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• UFC 198 start time, TV schedule for Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic

  14-05-2016 15:00
  
  The UFC 198 start time, TV schedule is for the Werdum vs. Miocic event at the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil on Saturday night. The fight card is broken into three different parts, each airing on three different mediums. This post will help explain which fights are airing where and at which times.The main card airs on pay-per-view beginning at 10 p.m. ET. It is listed as follows:Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic
  Ronaldo Souza vs. Vitor Belfort
  Cris Cyborg vs. Leslie Smith
  Mauricio Rua va. C
  
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• UFC 198 predictions

  14-05-2016 14:00
  
  A celebration of all things Brazilian MMA takes place on Saturday as the UFC visits Curitiba, Brazil for a showcase of what Latin America's largest country has to offer. The card features a heavyweight title fight plus the UFC debut of Cyborg and more.
  What: UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic
  Where: Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil
  When: Saturday, the three-fight Fight Pass preliminary card starts at 6:30 p.m. ET, the four-fight Fox Sports 1 preliminary card starts at 8 p.m. and the five-fight pay-per
  
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• Bellator 154 Results: Davis vs. King Mo

  14-05-2016 11:00
  
  MMA Fighting has Bellator 154 results for the Davis vs. King Mo fight card Friday night at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.In the main event, Phil Davis and Muhammed Lawal will square off in a key light heavyweight contest.Check out the Bellator 154 results below.Main card (SPIKE TV at 8 p.m. ET)
  Phil Davis vs. Muhammed Lawal
  Evangelista Santos vs. Saad Awad
  Andre Fialho vs. Rick Reger
  Adam Piccolotti vs. Ray WoodUndercard (MMA Fighting at 6:30 p.m. ET)
  Joshua Hardwick vs. Jorge Acosta
  Vitor J
  
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• ‘Shogun’ Rua: Rashad Evans would be ‘bigger fight’, but ‘Corey Anderson deserves respect’

  14-05-2016 10:00
  
  CURITIBA, Brazil-- Mauricio "Shogun" Rua will compete in his hometown for the first time since 2003, and discusses the change of fights, going from a clash with former champion Rashad Evans to Corey Anderson, his thoughts on Anderson’s fighting style, starting his first winning streak since 2009, the possibility of fighting at 185 pounds and more.
  (Editor's note: Click on CC on player above for English translation.)
  
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• UFC 198 Weigh-in Results: Fabricio Werdum, Stipe Miocic Cleared to Fight

  14-05-2016 07:38 via sherdog.com
  
  One of the most stacked cards in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship goes down Saturday night in arguably the most important countries for MMA: Brazil.
  
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• UFC 198 Werdum vs Miocic final results

  14-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Who were the winners at UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic? Click below to get the results for all the fights at Arena Atletico Paranaense in Curitiba, Brazil on Saturday, May 14, 2016.Werdum vs Miocic | Souza vs Belfort | Cyborg vs Smith | Rua vs Anderson | Alves vs Bryan Barberena | Maia vs Brown | Santos vs Marquardt | Trinaldo vs Medeiros | Lineker vs Font | Nogueira vs Cummins | Moraes vs Chagas | Moicano vs TukhugovUFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic main cardSee the fights again! Order the UFC 198 replayMai
  
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• Souza, Rua and Barberena win at UFC 198

  14-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  SOUZA vs. BELFORTIn the biggest fight of his career, No. 2-ranked middleweight contender Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza delivered the goods, dominating and stopping Vitor Belfort in the first round of their UFC 198 co-main event at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil. //
  “I deserve a title shot,” Souza said of a crack at the belt champion Luke Rockhold and challenger Chris Weidman will be fighting for on June 4. “I think I earned it.”Belfort’s takedown def
  
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• Miocic KOs Werdum; becomes new heavyweight champ

  14-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Fabricio Werdum entered the Octagon smiling for his UFC 198 main event Saturday night at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil, but it was Stipe Miocic who had the last laugh, as he knocked Werdum out in the first round to win the UFC heavyweight championship.“Cleveland, we got a champion,” the Ohio native said. //
  Miocic got off to a fast start and he never took his foot off the gas, mixing his boxing stylings with hard kicks to the leg. On the other side, Werdum was having trou
  
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• Minotauro named to 2016 UFC Hall class

  14-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  It's fitting that with the UFC's biggest show in Brazil taking place tonight in Curitiba, the first member of the Class of 2016 to be announced for this July's UFC Hall of Fame inductions is one of the nation's greats.Welcome to the UFC Hall of Fame Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira.A native of Bahia, Brazil, Nogueira almost didn’t make it to this point in his life, having been run over by a truck as a child. In a coma for four days and forced to stay in the hospital for nearly a year,
  
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• Maia, Santos lead Brazil sweep in 198 prelims

  14-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  MAIA vs. BROWNSaturday’s highly-anticipated UFC 198 bout between welterweight contenders Demian Maia and Matt Brown turned into a one-sided jiu-jitsu clinic, with Sao Paulo’s Maia submitting Brown in the third round at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil.“I’m ready to fight for the title,” Maia, who has won five straight, said. //
  Maia only needed 40 seconds to get the fight to the mat, but Brown was able to get back to his feet fairly quickly. The only proble
  
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• Live: UFC 198 results and news as it happens

  14-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Who were the winners at UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic? Click below to get the results for all the fights at Arena Atletico Paranaense in Curitiba, Brazil on Saturday, May 14, 2016.Werdum vs Miocic | Souza vs Belfort | Cyborg vs Smith | Rua vs Anderson | Alves vs Bryan Barberena | Maia vs Brown | Santos vs Marquardt | Trinaldo vs Medeiros | Lineker vs Font | Nogueira vs Cummins | Moraes vs Chagas | Moicano vs TukhugovUFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic main cardSee the fights again! Order the UFC 198 replayMai
  
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• Little Nog, Moicano win in Fight Pass prelims

  14-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  NOGUEIRA vs. CUMMINSIn front of a sold out crowd at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil, No. 10-ranked light heavyweight contender Rogerio Nogueira thrilled his home country fans with a first-round knockout of Pat Cummins in a UFC 198 preliminary bout on Saturday. //
  Cummins did a good job of keeping Nogueira from getting his striking game in gear as the fight began, but the Brazilian got into a rhythm soon enough, tagging his foe repeatedly midway through the round. Cummins got back in ge
  
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• Cyborg makes impact in Octagon debut

  14-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The long-awaited UFC debut of women’s MMA superstar Cris Cyborg at UFC 198 was a quick and successful one, as she needed just 81 seconds to stop Leslie Smith in their 140-pound catchweight bout at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil.More from UFC 198: Results | Postfight bonus recap | Miocic wins heavyweight title | Cyborg makes impact in Octagon debut | Souza, Ruan and Barberena win on main card | Maia, Santos lead Brazil sweep in 198 prelims | Little Nog, Moicano win in Fight Pass preli
  
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• Inadvertent Eye Poke Brings Premature End to Legacy 55 Heavyweight Headliner

  14-05-2016 06:34 via sherdog.com
  
  Justin Ledet and Brice Ritani-Coe will have to settle their differences another day.
  
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• UFC 198 Post-Fight Press Conference

  14-05-2016 06:21 via sherdog.com
  
  Watch the UFC 198 post-fight press conference here:
  
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• UFC 198 Results: Werdum vs. Miocic

  14-05-2016 06:00
  
  MMA Fighting has UFC 198 results for the Werdum vs. Miocic fight card May 14, plus live coverage from Curitiba, Brazil, live blogs of all the fights, and live UFC 198 twitter updates.In the main event, UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum will defend his title against Stipe Miocic.Jacare Souza and Vitor Belfort will square off in a top middleweight contest in the co-main event.Check out the UFC 198 results below.Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
  Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic
  Ronaldo Souza vs.
  
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• John Lineker confesses that he'd never heard of Rob Font

  14-05-2016 05:00
  
  CURITIBA -- John Lineker had an impressive bantamweight debut against Francisco Rivera, scoring a first round submission in one of the most exciting fights of 2015, but a bout of dengue fever forced him to miss out on a big opportunity against rising prospect Cody Garbrandt in February.
  After being sidelined for a few weeks, Lineker will finally return to action on Saturday night, and he confessed he didn't know much about his UFC 198 opponent Rob Font before the fight was offered to his manager
  
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• UFC 198 Embedded, Episode 5: 'I would bet all my chips on Werdum'

  14-05-2016 04:29
  
  In the fifth episode of UFC 198 Embedded, Fabricio Werdum and Mauricio Rua get in some last-minute training, Cris Cyborg cuts weight, Jose Aldo does a Q&A and the stars from the stacked card weigh in.
  
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• UFC 198 preview show

  14-05-2016 04:09
  
  CURITIBA, Brazil -- MMA Fighting's Guilherme Cruz and UFC light heavyweight contender Patrick Cummins take a closer look at the top storylines heading into Saturday night's UFC 198.
  
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• Gina Carano Doesn’t Think Now Is Time For Rousey-Tate 3

  14-05-2016 04:03
  
  Former MMA fighter Gina Carano was asked her thoughts on the current state of the women's bantamweight division in the UFC recently on Twitter.With Miesha Tate holding the title, some wonder if a third encounter with Ronda Rousey is in store should the champion successfully defend her title in July at UFC 200 vs. Amanda Nunes.There is also the Holly Holm card sitting out there, as the former champion has lost just once - to Tate - and holds the only win over Rousey so far.And Cris "Cyborg" Justi
  
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• Alistair Overeem Addresses Change In Body Size

  14-05-2016 03:02
  
  UFC heavyweight contender Alistair Overeem has heard all the talk about his body composition changing over recent years.Overeem, coming off a knockout of Andrei Arlovski, addressed those who doubt him on social media.[embed]https://www.instagram.com/p/BFWSTwWxQz4/[/embed]The 35-year-old Overeem did fail a pre-fight drug test in 2012, testing for elevated levels of testosterone.
  
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• ‘Minotouro’ Nogueira out to prove he still has it after 'unfair' loss to Shogun Rua

  14-05-2016 03:00
  
  Antonio Rogerio Nogueira is once again in a losing streak, but sees Patrick Cummins as the perfect opportunity to prove he still has it.
  As he inches closer to the 15th anniversary of his mixed martial arts debut, "Minotouro" has his back against the wall following losses to Anthony Johnson and Mauricio Rua, which dropped him to 4-4 under the UFC banner. When he returns at UFC 198, scheduled for May 14 in Curitiba, Brazil, Nogueira expects his striking to be too much for Cummins.
  "His timing wit
  
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• Bellator 154 Weigh-in Results: Phil Davis, ‘King Mo’ All Set

  14-05-2016 02:39 via sherdog.com
  
  Bellator MMA continues to rattle off shows at an alarming rate and Saturday will be no different as the California-based promotion will bring fight fans a solid night of action. Bellator 154 is set to invade the SAP Center in San Jose, California, with a light heavyweight matchup between Phil Davis and Muhammed Lawal.
  
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• Bellator Renews Sponsorship Deal With Monster Energy

  14-05-2016 01:13
  
  On the eve of Phil Davis taking on Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal at Bellator 154, the promotion has announced a new deal with Monster Energy.The two have worked together for several years, extending their agreement moving forward. Davis is a member of the Monster Energy team.Below is the complete press release regarding the deal:Bellator MMA is pleased to announce an extension with one of its major sponsors, Monster Energy. The new deal with the world’s leading energy drink company ensures that
  
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