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• In long journey to UFC, Will Brooks admits he once tried to end his own life

  26-06-2016 22:00
  
  When an Instagram video of former Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks appeared last week of him crying tears of joy after being signed by the UFC, it was viewed as a happy occasion. Many fighters go through struggles to achieve their career dreams. Most never come close. For a young fighter who had a high-profile dispute with Bellator before being released who ended up in the place he said he wanted to be all along felt like a happy ending of sorts.
  Perhaps it was, but the tears shed by Br
  
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• Georges St-Pierre says he could 'easily' fight at lightweight in UFC comeback

  26-06-2016 20:00
  
  Georges St-Pierre teased a move up to middleweight to challenge UFC champion Michael Bisping for his long-awaited UFC comeback, but that isn't the only weight class in the sights of the returning welterweight legend.
  "If I wanted to, I could fight at lightweight as well. Easy. Easy," St-Pierre said Monday on The MMA Hour.
  St-Pierre, 35, spent his entire UFC career fighting at 170 pounds, twice capturing the belt and defending it nine consecutive times before vacating the title and taking an
  
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• The Weekly Grind: Pickett gets pantsed, Hunt and Lesnar get into interesting bar fight

  26-06-2016 19:00
  
  The life of a professional fighter isn't all glitz and glamour. As if getting punched, kicked, kneed, choked and twisted into a pretzel on a regular basis isn't enough, fighters attract a general wackiness that makes their lives, well, interesting. To commemorate these day-to-day hardships, slip-ups, pranks, and more, we bring you "The Weekly Grind."
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  — Paul Felder (@felderpaul) June 22, 2016While everyone is taking performance enhancement I'm here at home
  
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• Video: Referee Allows Choke To Go On Way Too Long At Legacy FC 56

  26-06-2016 18:44
  
  Manny Vazquez vs. Steven Peterson #LegacyFC56 And the ref almost kills a fighter pic.twitter.com/NxRSzlGUyC— Zombie Prophet (@ZPGIFs) June 25, 2016
  On Friday night, another controversial referee spot happened during the Legacy FC 56 event in Dallas, Texas.During the main event of the show, Steven Peterson got opponent Manny Vazquez's back and secured a rear-naked choke, one that would go on to be a fight-finisher.Embedded above is close up footage of the finish of the Peterson-Vazquez bout
  
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• Quinton “Rampage” Jackson Talks About Potentially Fighting Tito Ortiz

  26-06-2016 18:23
  
  Following his controversial split decision victory over Judo Olympic medalist Satoshi Ishii at the Bellator 157: Dynamite 2 this weekend, it's time to start looking at who Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will fight next.At the post-fight press conference, Rampage spoke about how a former rival of his, Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal wants to see him fight his own friend and former training partner, Tito Ortiz."'King Mo' wants me to fight my boy Tito. He must really not like Tito. King Mo told me that if I fi
  
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• Urijah Faber: Reebok needs to make sure UFC fight gear fits better

  26-06-2016 18:00
  
  TORRANCE, Calif. -- Urijah Faber got caught with his pants down. Literally.
  The popular UFC bantamweight's shorts fell down during the first round of his title fight with Dominick Cruz at UFC 199 earlier this month in Los Angeles. Faber, to his credit, kept fighting.
  While others might have been embarrassed by their bare butt being exposed to millions, Faber has basically just laughed it off.
  "There's no shame in my game," Faber said with a laugh at an appearance at CrossFit South Bay. "The best
  
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• Cris Cyborg Says Fight With She And Ronda Rousey “Has To Happen”

  26-06-2016 17:46
  
  On Monday's edition of "The MMA Hour" at MMAFighting.com, Invicta FC Featherweight Champion and UFC contender Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino spoke about her rivalry with former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey.Now that she is officially a UFC fighter, Cyborg feels the timing is right for a bout with Rousey, and that the match "has to happen.""I think this fight has to happen," Cyborg said. "I think Ronda (said) a lot of things about me, a lot of bad things. A lot of fans forget about,
  
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• 'Scary' late stoppage as fighter is choked unconscious in Legacy FC main event

  26-06-2016 17:00
  
  It was a frightening scene in the cage to cap Legacy FC 56 on Friday night.
  Steven Peterson took Manny Vazquez's back and locked in a rear-naked choke in the fourth round of the main event fight in Dallas. Vazquez went unconscious and was making involuntary movements before referee Steve Armstrong stepped in to stop it. Peterson took home the Legacy bantamweight title with the victory.Manny Vazquez vs. Steven Peterson #LegacyFC56 And the ref almost kills a fighter pic.twitter.com/NxRSzlGUyC
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• Conor McGregor Says He’s Confident He Will Toy With Nate Diaz In Rematch

  26-06-2016 16:14
  
  While Conor McGregor has spoken about his first ever Octagon loss to Nate Diaz before, he never has quite like this.On Saturday, the reigning UFC Featherweight Champion spoke at an event to promote his coach John Kavanagh's new book, "Win or Learn," and opened up at length about the finishing sequence that led to his first ever loss in the UFC.According to "The Notorious" one, he was toying with Diaz for the first several minutes of their initial meeting, and he feels he will do the same when th
  
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• Conor McGregor 'confident' that he'll 'toy with' Nate Diaz in rematch

  26-06-2016 15:30
  
  Conor McGregor has obviously thought about his fight with Nate Diaz at UFC 196. And he fully believes that he can avenge the second-round submission loss at UFC 202 on Aug. 20 in Las Vegas.
  The brash Irishman spoke Saturday at an event to promote his coach John Kavanagh's book, "Win or Learn," and went into vivid detail about the finishing sequence from March and how he thinks the next fight will go.
  "I'm feeling very confident in myself that I'll go in and I'll toy with this man," McGregor said
  
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• Click Debate: Is there any way to reduce training injuries in MMA?

  26-06-2016 15:00
  
  The sport of mixed martial arts has a big problem, and it's one that can't really be solved by regulatory bodies or promotions.
  Training injuries are an epidemic right now from the regional level all the way up to the UFC and Bellator. The UFC has held 16 events in 2016 and in five of them they had to come up with a new main event on short notice.
  That's more than a 30-percent clip -- one of every three. Look at co-main events and the numbers double from there. And just about every main card of
  
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• Road to UFC 200: The Showstoppers

  26-06-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  With three cards stacked from top to bottom over three consecutive nights in July, the 2016 edition of UFC International Fight Week is on track to be the biggest and best ever. But what about those who aren’t initiated yet, the casual sports fans who aren’t sure whether they want to invest the time or effort into checking out the fastest growing sport in the world? Those folks need a reason to tune in or buy a ticket. So here are a dozen reasons. These are the fighters that never dis
  
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• Boxing: Keith Thurman Edges Shawn Porter in Thriller

  26-06-2016 05:30
  
  BROOKLYN, NY -- Up through the rafters of Barclays Center, it seemed, you could hear it. The dull thud, thud, thud of each punch hitting a kidney, or a check bone, or a jaw, interspersed with a cacophony of oohs and aahs from the sellout crowd.
  
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• Boxing: Keith Thurman Edges Shawn Porter in a Thriller

  26-06-2016 05:30
  
  BROOKLYN, NY -- Up through the rafters of Barclays Center, it seemed, you could hear it. The dull thud, thud, thud of each punch hitting a kidney, or a check bone, or a jaw, interspersed with a cacophony of oohs and aahs from the sellout crowd.
  
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• Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson full fight video

  26-06-2016 03:00
  
  At UFC 187, Daniel Comier and Anthony Johnson battled in the main event for the UFC light heavyweight belt. After almost getting knocked out early in the fight by one of Johnson's brutal head kicks, Cormier used his wrestling to grind out Johnson and later submit him with a rear-naked choke in the third round.
  Now champion, Cormier (17-1) looks to defend his light heavyweight title for a second time against the Jon Jones, the only man to defeat Cormier. Cormier and Jones are scheduled to fight i
  
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• Sittichai Sitsongpeenong Crowned Lightweight Champion at Glory 31 in Amsterdam

  26-06-2016 00:40
  
  Sittichai Sitsongpeenong cracked the Robin Van Roosmalen code.
  
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• Bellator MMA Interested In Signing Former UFC Title Contender Rory MacDonald?

  26-06-2016 00:18
  
  Heading into UFC Fight Night 89 in his home country of Canada, former UFC title contender Rory MacDonald took a hell of a gamble on himself.MacDonald went into the fight against Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson as the final fight of his existing UFC contract, as he opted not to re-sign with the promotion, but instead wait until after the Thompson fight. The belief is that MacDonald was going to be the latest legitimate contender to test the free agency market in the modern MMA landscape.Unfortunatel
  
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• ONE CEO doesn't think potential sale means a UFC expansion to China

  26-06-2016 00:00
  
  Even if a Chinese company is involved in the prospective purchase of the UFC, it doesn't necessarily mean you'll be seeing more UFC events in China, according to ONE Championship CEO Victor Cui.
  Cui isn't sure a Chinese investment firm owning a piece of the UFC is an indication that the UFC will attempt to expand more in Asia, he told MMA Fighting in a recent interview.
  "For Chinese companies, why they're investing in other properties is because they're really excited about expanding outside of
  
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