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• Video: Joe Rogan’s “Rogan’s Riffs” Video For Saturday’s Mega-UFC 200 PPV Card

  04-07-2016 23:46
  
  https://youtu.be/IjYw0xbM-5IAhead of this Saturday's UFC 200 pay-per-view, UFC has released a new "Rogan's Riffs" video featuring longtime UFC commentator Joe Rogan.Featured above is "Rogan's Riffs" for UFC 200, which is considered to be arguably the best UFC lineup top-to-bottom in history. The official description for the video reads as follows:"UFC 200's line-up has Joe Rogan extremely excited. Nine fighters that have held UFC title belts headline the main card. Rogan previews each fighter on
  
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• Miesha Tate says 'mentality' is a 'big weakness' for Amanda Nunes

  04-07-2016 22:00
  
  WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Miesha Tate's biggest asset might be her iron will. She's the kind of fighter who lets her arm nearly snap before tapping. The kind of warrior who comes back in a title fight despite being down on the cards and finishes in the final round.
  The UFC women's bantamweight champion does not see the same grit and determination in Amanda Nunes, her UFC 200 opponent.
  "She's never faced anyone like me," Tate said Monday at a UFC media lunch. "I also think her mentality, her ment
  
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• Mickey Gall doesn't want to be known as ‘CM Punk guy’ after UFC 203

  04-07-2016 20:00
  
  It’s been a strange, short odyssey for Mickey Gall, the man who will welcome CM Punk to the Octagon at UFC 203 in September. In his first professional fight Gall was discovered by Dana White and his crew during while shooting an episode of Looking for a Fight at a show in Philadelphia. In a cunning move, Gall called out CM Punk — real name, Phil Brooks — after his victory, which raised White’s eyebrow and ultimately got him in the UFC.In his second pro fight he took on Mi
  
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• Jon Jones says he hasn't been intimidated by opponent since 'Rampage' Jackson

  04-07-2016 18:00
  
  LOS ANGELES -- Jon Jones is as confident in his skillset as anyone. For good reason. He's the best pound-for-pound MMA fighter in the world and arguably the best of all time.
  That doesn't mean, though, that he hasn't been worried going into a fight. Lately, he has been free of those fears. But Jones said at a recent media lunch that the last time an opponent truly concerned him was Quinton Jackson.
  "The last time I had major doubt going into a fight, I would have to say it was when I fought 'Ram
  
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• Video: UFC 200 Embedded — Episode One

  04-07-2016 17:04
  
  https://youtu.be/gq0PXpMmef0Late Sunday evening, UFC launched their "Embedded" web-series for this Saturday's landmark UFC 200 event.Featured above is episode one of UFC 200 Embedded, which takes a closer look at the top fighters as they prepare for what could be the UFC's single biggest event of all-time.The official description for episode one of UFC 200 Embedded, which you can check out above, reads as follows:"On Episode 1 of UFC 200 Embedded, interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones kee
  
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• Focus: UFC 199 edition

  04-07-2016 17:00
  
  MMA Fighting's Esther Lin looks at her favorite photos from UFC 199.
  
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• Video: “UFC 200: It’s Time” Countdown Special (Full Episode)

  04-07-2016 16:59
  
  https://youtu.be/mehYIYq4egEOn Sunday evening, UFC premiered their complete "UFC 200: It's Time!" special.Featured above is the complete episode, which takes an in-depth look at the following four fights:* Daniel Cormier (c) vs. Jon Jones (UFC Light Heavyweight Title)* Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt* Frankie Edgar vs. Jose Aldo (Interim UFC Featherweight Title)* Miesha Tate (c) vs. Amanda Nunes (c)The excellent, hour-long documentary style preview of this Saturday's show aired for the first time on
  
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• From 'little donkey' to UFC champion: How Rafael dos Anjos beat the odds

  04-07-2016 16:00
  
  The reigning UFC lightweight champion puts his title on the line July 7 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, but Rafael dos Anjos’ road to the top of the world started in 1993.
  Dos Anjos was no different than any other kid in Fonseca, a traditional district in Niteroi, Brazil. A few miles away from the bridge that connects the city to Rio de Janeiro, he was a hyperactive boy who got interested in martial arts at eight years old. He'd watched his cousin Rodrigo Souza train capoeira a
  
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• Sage Northcutt says loss to Bryan Barberena was a ‘fluke,’ would’ve won ‘very quickly’ if healthy

  04-07-2016 15:00
  
  Five months have passed since Sage Northcutt suffered the first professional loss of his fighting career at UFC on FOX 18, tapping to a second-round arm-triangle at the hands of MMA Lab prospect Bryan Barberena. Northcutt revealed after the bout that he battled a nasty case of strep throat all throughout fight week, and ahead of his return at UFC 200, Northcutt brushed the loss off largely as a result of circumstance.
  "I believe, looking back at my last fight, that was a fluke deal," Northc
  
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• Brock Lesnar the ace in the hole for UFC 200, and he comes with curiosity

  04-07-2016 14:00
  
  It wasn’t the final time Brock Lesnar competed in the literal world of fighting, but the lasting image was of him frothing alarmingly at the mouth and ranting like a lunatic after beating Frank Mir at UFC 100. That was the Brock Lesnar that broke the UFC’s pay-per-view records, the one that Conor McGregor has been indirectly gunning for ever since. That was the grumpy, red-hued, trail-of-zeroes-on-the-paycheck star from the world of pro wrestling, back when the sword on his thorax wa
  
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• Road to UFC 200: Iconic referee John McCarthy

  04-07-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  John McCarthy is perhaps the most iconic referee in all of combat sports, but after officiating his first UFC event in March of 1994, he had already had enough.“I told Rorion (Gracie, one of the UFC’s founding fathers) I’m done,” McCarthy told me in 2013. “I will never do that again.”An LAPD officer, McCarthy was in love with combat sports seemingly from the time he was in diapers. And after training in boxing, wrestling, and jiu-jitsu (which he studied under
  
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• Reasons to watch Fight Night Las Vegas/Ultimate Fighter Finale

  04-07-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  It’s never a sure thing, but the strawweight title fight between Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha is as close as it gets to a can’t-miss war. Jedrzejczyk holds the record for most significant strikes landed in a strawweight bout (220 vs. Valerie Letourneau at UFC 193). She also has the mark for second-most with 126 landed against Jessica Penne in her first title defense.RELATED: Joe Rogan previews Jedrzejczyk vs Gadelha | Joe Silva and Sean Shelby break down Fight Night La
  
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• Fight week primer: Everything you need to know

  04-07-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  To quote “The Veteran Voice of the Octagon” Bruce Buffer: IT’S TIME!The 2016 version of UFC International Fight Week has arrived. Perhaps the biggest fight card in the history of the company, UFC 200 headlines an action-packed week which features three fight cards in three nights, the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, panel discussions with the biggest stars in the sport during UFC Fan Expo and so much more. Whether you are here in Las Vegas for the festivities or following from
  
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• Cormier driven at UFC 200 to avenge his worst loss

  04-07-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  It’s not hard for Daniel Cormier to bring himself back to the worst day of his professional life. Exhausted, heartbroken and with tears falling down his face – surrounded by teammates and loved ones in the losing dressing room after a devastating loss to his bitter rival Jon Jones – Cormier was thinking about only one thing: what he needed to do to get another fight against Jones. The pain of that day drove Cormier to capture the UFC light heavyweight title in Jones’ abse
  
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• Aldo returns to Muay Thai roots seeking win

  04-07-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Jose Aldo’s loss to Conor McGregor at UFC 194 in December of 2014 definitely rocked the legendary Brazilian fighter and icon, not only because he lost the featherweight title and ended a 10-year winning streak, but mostly because of how it happened. //
  The stunning one-shot knockout at the 13-second-mark of the first round reminded the Brazilian’s good old WEC days, when he defeated opponents with spectacular flying-knees within 10 seconds, knocked others down with powerful kick
  
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• UFC 200: It's Time video

  04-07-2016 06:25
  
  Get a closer look at UFC 200 with the UFC 200: It's Time episode which aired Sunday night on FOX Sports 1. In the main event, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will rematch Daniel Cormier.
  In this episode above, the top four fights at UFC 200 - Cormier vs. Jones 2, Lesnar vs. Hunt, Aldo vs. Edgar 2, and Tate vs. Nunes are featured.
  
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• UFC 200 Embedded, Episode 1: 'DC, where your weight at, buddy?'

  04-07-2016 06:01
  
  In the first episode of UFC 200 Embedded, Jon Jones weighs in already at just 216 pounds, Daniel Cormier makes dinner for his family, Frankie Edgar trains with Eddie Alvarez and Jose Aldo unveils the burger place he owns in Brazil.
  
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• Will Brooks says would-be Bellator foe Eddie Alvarez 'can't run' from him this time

  04-07-2016 03:00
  
  Will Brooks and Eddie Alvarez were once two parts of an extremely talented triumvirate atop the Bellator MMA lightweight division, along with Michael Chandler.
  Alvarez beat Chandler to win the title in 2013, but left Bellator for the UFC before he could defend it. Brooks won the interim belt while Alvarez was in limbo and then became undisputed champion with his second victory over Chandler in 2014.
  Not being able to fight and beat Alvarez to win the title still irks Brooks to this day.
  "I wante
  
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• UFC Middleweight Ricardo Abreu Notified of Potential Anti-Doping Policy Violation

  04-07-2016 01:27 via sherdog.com
  
  UFC officials announced Sunday that Brazilian middleweight Ricardo“Demente” Abreu has been flagged for a potential violation of the UFC anti-doping policy.
  
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• Frankie Edgar Says UFC Should Force Conor McGregor To Defend 145-Pound Title

  04-07-2016 00:59
  
  Ahead of his Interim UFC Featherweight Title bout against Jose Aldo at next Saturday's UFC 200 pay-per-view, former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar continues to talk about the "interim" portion of his "title fight."As Edgar explained this week, he feels the reigning UFC Featherweight Champion, Conor McGregor, should have been forced to come back to defend the 145-pound title after being given the privilege of going up in weight to fight Nate Diaz at 170-pounds in his first fight since win
  
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