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• Dillashaw Calls Faber A “14-Year-Old High School Girl,” Says He Crossed The Line

  23-05-2016 22:25
  
  When Urijah Faber insinuated that his former Team Alpha Male teammate, former UFC Bantamweight Champion T.J. Dillashaw was on performance-enhancing drugs, it likely ruined any chance of salvaging their past relationship.Dillashaw spoke about Faber's shocking comments, where he alluded to the fact that Dillashaw was using PEDs, during a recent appearance on FS1's "UFC Tonight" program."No, man. Actually, that's kind of crossing the line," Dillashaw said of Faber's controversial comments. "He's al
  
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• Bisping Says He Can’t Wait To Punch “Smug Assh*le” Rockhold At UFC 199

  23-05-2016 22:20
  
  Michael Bisping is not oblivious to the fact that he is an enormous underdog heading into his short-notice rematch with UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold at UFC 199 next month, in fact, he's well-aware of that fact heading into their second fight."Look, I know I'm the underdog, Luke is a great fighter, he finishes guys and he's finished me before," Bisping said on Monday's edition of "The MMA Hour" at MMAFighting.com. "But, nothing about Luke scares me, it really doesn't. I know this guy,
  
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• Michael Bisping knows he can beat 'smug a**hole' Luke Rockhold, win UFC title

  23-05-2016 22:00
  
  Michael Bisping has been working for a title shot -- and to be champion -- in the UFC for 10 years. The fact that Luke Rockhold is the man standing in his way just happens to be an added bonus.
  "He's a smug a**hole, let's be honest," Bisping told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour. ... "Luke Rockhold owns a victory over me. I want to rectify that. I want to set the record straight. So yes, I want to be the victor. I want to be the world champion. But I also want to beat Luke
  
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• UFC Light Heavyweight James Te Huna Retires After 25-Fight Career

  23-05-2016 21:40 via sherdog.com
  
  UFC fighter James Te Huna has announced his retirement from mixed martial arts.
  
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• Soccer Star Lionel Messi Refuses To Face-Off With Former UFC Fighter For A Photo

  23-05-2016 21:02
  
  Apparently some requests are just too much for certain athletes and celebrities. Former UFC fighter Ronys Torres has one of those stories after meeting arguably the best soccer player in the world -- Lionel Messi.Torres met with Messi and upon asking the soccer star to "face-off" with him for a photograph, a pose used in many photos featuring professional fighters, the celebrity athlete refused."After the training, Rafinha took us to the parking lot," Torres told MMAFighting.com. "The security g
  
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• Paige VanZant crossing over to movies with role in 'Kickboxer: Retaliation'

  23-05-2016 21:00
  
  "Dancing With The Stars" is doing wonders for Paige VanZant's career outside the Octagon.
  The popular UFC fighter has earned a role in the upcoming movie "Kickboxer: Retaliation," the next chapter in Jean-Claude Van Damme franchise, according to a report on Deadline.com (h/t FOX Sports). The role was specifically written for VanZant after creators watched her on this season of "Dancing With The Stars."
  VanZant, 22, will play the role of Gamon, a skilled fighter who also has excellent s
  
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• Junior Dos Santos Blasts Ben Rothwell For His “Strategically Stupid” Comment

  23-05-2016 20:55
  
  When Ben Rothwell lost to Junior Dos Santos at UFC Fight Night 86, he admitted after the fight that taking a fight against a dangerous opponent like Junior Dos Santos when he was so close to a UFC Heavyweight title shot was a "strategically stupid" move on his part. Dos Santos, however, feels that it was Rothwell's comments that were actually stupid.While speaking with Ariel Helwani on "The MMA Hour" at MMAFighting.com, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior Dos Santos addressed Rothwell's post-
  
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• Buentello, Prindle Cleared for Abu Dhabi Warriors 4; Sarnavskiy-‘Macaco’ Set as Co-Main Event

  23-05-2016 19:33 via sherdog.com
  
  American heavyweights Paul Buentello and Eric Prindle will square off in Abu Dhabi tomorrow after both men hit the scale at Monday’s official weigh-in for Abu Dhabi Warriors 4.
  
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• Bantamweights Felipe Arantes, Jerrod Sanders Added to UFC Fight Night ‘Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez’

  23-05-2016 19:05 via sherdog.com
  
  Ultimate Fighting Championship’s July 7 event in Las Vegas will feature a 135-pound matchup between Brazilian bantamweight Felipe Arantes and returning wrestler Jerrod Sanders.
  
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• Conor McGregor To Be Featured In ESPN The Magazine’s Annual “Body Issue”

  23-05-2016 18:25
  
  Although he won't be fighting at UFC's landmark UFC 200 pay-per-view event in July, reigning UFC Featherweight Champion "The Notorious" Conor McGregor will still get his shine in the upcoming ESPN "The Body" 2016 issue.ESPN announced on Monday that McGregor would be appearing in their annual "Body Issue," a yearly collection of famous athletes either nude or semi-nude. Former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey appeared in the issue last year.The official ESPN Twitter account sent out
  
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• Roy Nelson Wants Title Shot Against Stipe Miocic, Says UFC “Owes Him”

  23-05-2016 18:21
  
  When Stipe Miocic beat Fabricio Werdum to become the new UFC Heavyweight Champion at UFC 198 in Curitiba, Brazil earlier this month, it inspired fellow UFC Heavyweight Roy "Big Country" Nelson.Roy Nelson spoke about watching Miocic win the heavyweight title from Werdum during his appearance on "The MMA Hour" at MMAFighting.com last week."All I know is that Stipe gave me inspiration because if Stipe can be that UFC champion, and they actually gave him a title shot, then I'm like, ‘Ah, I do
  
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• Conor McGregor to appear in ESPN The Magazine's 'Body Issue'

  23-05-2016 18:12
  
  Despite not fighting at UFC 200, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will reach something of another career milestone in July of this year. ESPN announced Monday 'The Notorious' would appear in ESPN The Magazine's 'Body Issue', an annual collection of photographs of famous athletes in either nude or semi-nude conditions.Conor McGregor will appear in the Body Issue.A look at MMA stars who have bared it all: https://t.co/GFE0efjVXO pic.twitter.com/JNCstloAVA
  — ESPN (@espn) May 23, 2016
  
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• Thomas Almeida, Renan Barao, Tarec Saffiedine All Slight Favorites for UFC Fight Night 88

  23-05-2016 16:31 via sherdog.com
  
  Thomas Almeida, Tarec Saffiedine and Renan Barao have been given a tentative stamp of approval by the oddsmakers with BetDSI.com.
  
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• JDS Picks Stipe Miocic Over Alistair Overeem Because “He’s Way Better”

  23-05-2016 16:19
  
  Although he beat Stipe Miocic and lost to Alistair Overeem, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior Dos Santos recently made it clear that he believes Miocic will beat Overeem if the two meet for Miocic's UFC Heavyweight Title later this year as rumored.JDS spoke about a potential Miocic vs. Overeem UFC Heavyweight Title fight during his appearance on Ariel Helwani's "The MMA Hour" at MMAFighting.com."If it happens, I'm going to give the advantage to Miocic again over Overeem," dos Santos predict
  
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• Felipe Arantes vs. Jerrod Sanders Added To UFC Fight Night 90 On 7/7

  23-05-2016 16:15
  
  You can officially pencil in a bantamweight bout between Felipe Arantes and Jerrod Sanders for the upcoming UFC Fight Night 90 event in July.Arantes (17-7-1, 2 NC) is coming off of his bantamweight debut performance against Yves Jabouin in August, a fight he won via first-round submission.Meanwhile, Sanders (15-3) last fought Russell Doane in July, picking up his first official Octagon victory by way of unanimous decision.The Arantes-Sanders fight joins the UFN 90 event, which features a headlin
  
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• Tito Ortiz Says UFC Would “Completely Fail” Without Dana White In Charge

  23-05-2016 16:10
  
  "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz has had a highly publicized history with UFC President Dana White, but while talking with the SiriusXM Rush Fight Club recently, Ortiz admitted that UFC would "completely fail" without White at the helm."I think the promotion would completely fail. I think it would crash and burn, that's my opinion," said Ortiz while talking with RJ Clifford and Steve Cofield. "I think Dana does a great job with the promotion. Sometimes we don't agree on the same things
  
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• Roy Nelson wants a title shot against Stipe Miocic with win over Derrick Lewis

  23-05-2016 16:00
  
  While Stipe Miocic's knockout win over Fabricio Werdum at UFC 198 shocked many, it also inspired others. At least that was the case for UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson.
  Nelson, who's 1-3 in his last four trips to the Octagon, believes that any heavyweight can get a hold of UFC gold with just one punch. And that's why he wasn't surprised with the way the UFC 198 main event materialized. Instead, he was inspired to become the next UFC heavyweight champion.
  "All I know is that Stipe gave me inspiration
  
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• Felipe Arantes vs. Jerrod Sanders added to UFC Fight Night 90

  23-05-2016 15:36
  
  A bantamweight clash between Felipe Arantes and Jerrod Sanders is official for UFC Fight Night 90 on July 7, the promotion announced recently.
  Arantes (17-7-1, 2 NC) successfully debuted as a bantamweight last August, tapping veteran Yves Jabouin in the first round. "Sertanejo", who won a post-fight bonus for his performance that night, went 3-3-1 as a featherweight under the UFC banner.
  Sanders (15-3) scored his first UFC win in July, defeating Russell Doane via unanimous decision. In his previ
  
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• The MMA Hour with Michael Bisping, Chael Sonnen, Tyron Woodley, Michael Chiesa, Cody Garbrandt, Robert Whiteford, Wilson Reis, Emil Meek

  23-05-2016 14:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1:00 p.m. ET -- Michael Bisping will talk about fighting Luke Rockhold on short notice at UFC 199 for the middleweight title.
  1:25 p.m. -- Tyron Woodley will talk about fighting Robbie Lawler at UFC 201 for the welterweight title.
  1:45 p.m. -- Michael Chiesa will preview his UFN South Dakota main event fight against Tony Ferguson.
  2:05 p.m. -- Cody Garbrandt will look ahead to his UFN Las Vegas main event fight this Sunday a
  
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• Morning Report: Tito Ortiz says the UFC would 'crash and burn' without Dana White

  23-05-2016 14:00
  
  It looks like time does in fact heal all wounds.
  Recently there has been much speculation about the possibility of Zuffa selling the UFC. In response Dana White has come out publicly denying any whole sale of the company but admitting that a partial sale of some stake may occur as the company tries to grow internationally. However fifteen years of White talking to the media about the operations of the UFC has left many in the MMA community speculating about a full sale and what the paramete
  
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• What a Fighter Knows: Kenny Florian

  23-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Pundits may have years of film study to fall back on, fans can deliver insight from what they see on fight night, and commentators have hours and hours of prep to get them ready to analyze what happens in the Octagon. But no one truly knows what’s happening when the cage door closes like the men and women with gloves on. How can you describe how hard someone hits if you haven’t experienced it? Can you describe the feeling of helplessness when facing someone whose ground game is on an
  
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• VanZant wows judges in 'Dancing' finale

  23-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
   Almost show time!! Come back stage with me on Facebook live coming soon, like NOW lol!! And vote right when the show starts!!!! Let's take that mirror ball to the @ufcA photo posted by Paige VanZant (@paigevanzantufc) on May 23, 2016 at 4:31pm PDTNight One of the Dancing with the Stars finale went exceptionally well for Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas, as Team Pow Right in the Kisser earned the highest scores of the evening, topping the leaderboard heading into tomorrow night’s closing
  
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• UFC FIGHT PASS Puts Spotlight on Sterling vs. Caraway

  23-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The Memorial Day weekend kicks off a summer of UFC this Sunday on FOX Sports 1 with a card featuring one of the most highly anticipated battles of 2016 between bantamweight phenoms Thomas Almeida and Cody Garbrandt. And speaking of bantamweight phenoms, the UFC FIGHT PASS portion of the UFC Fight Night card will feature another unbeaten in Aljamain Sterling, who competes in the biggest bout of his young career against Bryan Caraway.It’s high stakes in the fight capital of the world, and th
  
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• UFC FIGHT PASS Features Sterling vs. Caraway

  23-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The Memorial Day weekend kicks off a summer of UFC this Sunday on FOX Sports 1 with a card featuring one of the most highly anticipated battles of 2016 between bantamweight phenoms Thomas Almeida and Cody Garbrandt. And speaking of bantamweight phenoms, the featured bout on the UFC FIGHT PASS early prelims will see another unbeaten in Aljamain Sterling, who competes in the biggest match of his young career against Bryan Caraway.It’s high stakes in the fight capital of the world, and this i
  
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• Spoiler: VanZant competes in DWTS finale

  23-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
   Almost show time!! Come back stage with me on Facebook live coming soon, like NOW lol!! And vote right when the show starts!!!! Let's take that mirror ball to the @ufcA photo posted by Paige VanZant (@paigevanzantufc) on May 23, 2016 at 4:31pm PDTNight One of the Dancing with the Stars finale went exceptionally well for Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas, as Team Pow Right in the Kisser earned the highest scores of the evening, topping the leaderboard heading into tomorrow night’s closing
  
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• Jones, Holm crack SI's top 10 fittest athletes

  23-05-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Athletes were assessed on six criteria, including strength: the pushing power of a lineman or the force of an ultimate fighter; speed: the top end of a sprinter or the burst of a running back; endurance: a runner’s bottomless reserve or a boxer’s ability to keep going in a bout; and agility: the balance of a downhill skier or a euro step at full speed on the break. Count down to see who is the fittest male athlete in the world right now.Click here to see the men's full rankingsAthlet
  
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• Report: Mixed Martial Arts Promoter Facing Drug Charges in Texas

  23-05-2016 05:14 via sherdog.com
  
  A mixed martial arts promoter is among those facing drug charges in Texas,according to a Breitbart.com report.
  
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• Felipe Froes Rolls, Mario Sartori Flaunts Body Punching at Shooto Brazil 63

  23-05-2016 04:07 via sherdog.com
  
  Inside Rio de Janeiro's Hebrew Sports and Social Club on Sunday, Felipe Froes picked up his sixth straight win in the Shooto Brazil 63 main event, dominating Marcos Vinicius Costa Silva from bell-to-bell en route to a trio of 30-27 scorecards.
  
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• Junior dos Santos: Stipe Miocic will beat Alistair Overeem because he's 'way better'

  23-05-2016 03:30
  
  The next step for Stipe Miocic is likely a title defense against Alistair Overeem.
  Miocic captured the UFC heavyweight title with a one-punch knockout over Fabricio Werdum on Saturday at UFC 198, and while the UFC has yet to make an official announcement, Overeem remains the assumed No. 1 contender, having punched that ticket with a second-round knockout of Andrei Arlovski earlier this month.
  The fight presents a fascinating stylistic match-up, one which pits Miocic's athleticism and boxing agai
  
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• Joe Rogan Talks More About Possibly Leaving UFC, McGregor/Mayweather Rumors

  23-05-2016 02:24
  
  While talking with Ariel Helwani for "The MMA Hour" at MMAFighting.com recently, longtime UFC commentator Joe Rogan made it clear he would be hanging up his headset if the company were to be sold, as has been rumored in recent weeks.In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Rogan elaborated on his previous comments about potentially walking away from his job as commentator for the UFC, something he still might do when his current contract with the company expires in August."I'm not working for anyb
  
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• Photo: Conor McGregor & Ronda Rousey Face-Off In New UFC Photo Shoot

  23-05-2016 02:16
  
  This will get people talking.Arguably UFC's two biggest current stars, and perhaps the two biggest UFC stars of all-time, reigning UFC Featherweight Champion "The Notorious" Conor McGregor and former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey recently faced-off for a photo shoot for the UFC.The story behind the McGregor-Rousey photo, which is apparently from a legitimate photo shoot, is not yet clear, however you can check out the cool photo below.As noted, McGregor met with UFC offi
  
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• Bryan Barberena happy playing spoiler role, but not surprised by his success

  23-05-2016 01:00
  
  It’s not just that Bryan Barberena keeps getting dealt hot prospects in the UFC, it’s that he’s finding himself battling crazy circumstances, too. Since debuting against Jake Ellenberger’s brother, Joe, in Dec. 2014, Barberena is always the guy fighting the guy. He took on the undefeated Canadian Chad Laprise up in Quebec at UFC 186, and attemped to block out the partisan crowd in losing a decision.
  He then fought Sage Northcutt, precious marketing cargo for the UFC who w
  
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