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• With Nagging Knee Injury Healed, Douglas Lima Sets Sights on Reclaiming Bellator Title

  15-07-2016 23:22 via sherdog.com
  
  It’s safe to say that Bellator lightweight Douglas Lima has quite a bit of catching up to do.
  
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• Robbie Lawler not too interested in fighting Nate Diaz-Conor McGregor winner

  15-07-2016 23:00
  
  LOS ANGELES -- If UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler fought the winner of the Nate Diaz-Conor McGregor rematch, he'd likely be in for the biggest payday of his life.
  Yet the UFC welterweight champion doesn't seem to have much interest in taking on the winner of the UFC 202 main event.
  Sure, the duo are fighting each other for the second time at welterweight, but Diaz is a natural lightweight and McGregor is the featherweight champion.
  "Nate's not one of the guys that I'm looking to fight,"
  
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• UFC Fight Night Sioux Falls Medical Suspensions: McDonald, Four Others Get 60 Days

  15-07-2016 22:37 via sherdog.com
  
  Michael McDonald is facing two months on the sideline following his first-round knockout loss to John Lineker at UFC Fight Night in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Wednesday.
  
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• Bisping On Roach Saying He Turned Down GSP Fight: “Funniest Bullsh*t I’ve Ever Heard”

  15-07-2016 20:27
  
  By now, everyone has heard the announcement from Georges St-Pierre regarding his desire to return to the fighting world, where he specifically mentioned new UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping as someone that would interest him enough to get back in the Octagon.For those that missed it, earlier this week legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach, who has worked off-and-on with GSP in the past, claimed Bisping was offered the fight against the former longtime UFC Welterweight king, but turned
  
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• Douglas Lima: Paul Daley is less dangerous than Chidi Njokuani

  15-07-2016 20:00
  
  When Paul Daley signed with Bellator, Douglas Lima wanted to welcome him to the organization. More than a year later, the Brazilian is finally facing "Semtex" in the cage, and the opportunity came less with than two months’ notice.
  Lima was originally scheduled to face Chidi Njokuani on June 17, but was offered a chance to headline Saturday’s Bellator 158 in London when Daley’s opponent, Josh Koscheck, suffered an injury.
  "I haven’t changed much in my camp, to be honest.
  
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• ‘Cyborg’ Santos: Michael Page is not a real fighter yet

  15-07-2016 20:00
  
  Michael Page is an undefeated welterweight prospect, and Evangelista Santos wants to derail his rise in front of "Venom’s" countrymen at Saturday’s Bellator 158 in London.
  Page was initially booked to meet Fernando Gonzales on July 16, but visa issues forced his opponent out of action. Bellator called long-time MMA veteran "Cyborg" to step in, and the Brazilian guarantees he’s in great shape despite his recent knockout loss to Saad Awad on May 14.
  "A soldier has to always be re
  
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• UFC Fight Night 92 Picks Up Lightweight Contest

  15-07-2016 19:45
  
  Lightweights David Teymur and Jason Novelli will square off at UFC Fight Night 92, officials announced recently.Teymur (4-1) won his Octagon debut when he finished Martin Svensson. He has won each of his last four fights overall, with three of them being knockout finishes.
  Novelli (11-1-1) fought Yosdenis Cedeno to a draw in his most recent appearance, holding wins over E.J. Brooks and Zak Bucia to his resume.
  UFC Fight Night 92 takes place August 6 from Salt Lake City, Utah and the Vivint Smart
  
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• Titan FC Adds To Roster, Signs Heavyweight Prospect Volkan Oezdemir

  15-07-2016 19:40
  
  Volkan Oezdemir, who owns 10 finishes in his MMA career, has signed with Titan FC and will compete for the heavyweight title in September.The promotion confirmed the signing with MMA Fighting, adding that Jorge Calvo, Will Starks and Carlos Hernandez have also signed deals.Oezdemir (12-1) will face the winner of Jack May-Derrick Mehmen from Titan FC 40 next month for the belt. The title is up for grabs between May and Mehmen.
  "(Titan CEO) Jeff [Aronson) and I, along with the entire team at Titan
  
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• World MMA Association Overturns Fedor Emelianenko-Fabio Maldonado Decision to Draw

  15-07-2016 19:35 via sherdog.com
  
  The World MMA Association announced on Friday that it has overturned Fedor Emelianenko’s June 17 victory over Fabio Maldonado to a draw.
  
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• Bellator 158 Weigh-In Results From London, Video Replay

  15-07-2016 19:34
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DD9_4iIYVY[/embed]Weigh-ins for Saturday night's Bellator 158 event from London went down earlier today and the card is now set.Action begins in the U.S. on Spike at 9 p.m. ET.The official weigh-ins for “Bellator 158: London” took place today in front of a packed house at the Café de Paris in Leicester Square and things got a bit testy when headliners Paul Daley (38-13-2) and Douglas Lima (26-6) faced off in front of boxing's former undi
  
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• Max Holloway Tells Dominick Cruz There Is A Line At Featherweight

  15-07-2016 19:29
  
  Max Holloway has worked his way into the talk for a shot at the UFC featherweight champion.And he isn't about to let UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz jump him.Holloway responded to Cruz on Twitter recently, telling "The Dominator" to get in line - or go through him - if he wants to challenge either Conor McGregor or interim champion Jose Aldo.[embed]https://twitter.com/BlessedMMA/status/753773998555541504[/embed]The 24-year-old Holloway (16-3) has scored nine consecutive wins since a deci
  
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• Bellator 158 ‘London’ Results: Play-by-Play & Round-by-Round Scoring

  15-07-2016 18:09 via sherdog.com
  
  Sherdog's live Bellator 158 coverage kicks off at 12:30 p.m. ET.
  
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• Fedor Emelianenko's victory over Fabio Maldonado overturned by WMMAA

  15-07-2016 18:05
  
  Fabio Maldonado's quest to have his loss to Fedor Emelianenko finally overturned appears to have worked. Sort of.
  On Friday, the World MMA Association announced Maldonaldo's bout result in Eurasia Fight Nights (EFN) 50, majority decision loss from June 17, would be overturned to a draw on two counts. The organization said Maldonado's concern about conflicts of interest with Emelianenko as well as scoring inadequacies was enough to overturn the result.
  "The fact that the fighter, Fedor Emelianenk
  
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• Fedor’s Controversial Win Over Maldonado From EFN 50 Officially Overturned To A Draw

  15-07-2016 18:02
  
  While it's very rare that a judges decision ever gets overturned by a commission, that's exactly what happened this week when it was announced that the controversial decision in favor of Fedor Emelianenko over Fabio Maldonado was changed to a draw.Due to the fact that the event was held in Fedor's home country of Russia, and was sanctioned by the Russian MMA Union, the result will not be overturned by them. In fact, the Russian MMA Union, which Fedor serves as President for, denied Maldonado's a
  
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• Paul Daley moving on from Josh Koscheck, focusing on Douglas Lima

  15-07-2016 18:00
  
  Paul Daley is getting a little tired of hearing about Josh Koscheck.
  Sure, Daley's the one who waited years to get a rematch after one of the most infamous fights in mixed martial arts history. Daley was banished from the UFC after slugging Koscheck well after the horn in Koscheck's UFC 113 unanimous decision victory over Daley.
  But Koscheck has been elevated to the main event of Bellator 158 on Saturday night, where he meets former welterweight champion Douglas Lima at London's O2 Arena, and it
  
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• Bellator 158 weigh-in video, results

  15-07-2016 16:54
  
  At the Bellator 158 weigh-ins, all 26 fighters taking part in Saturday's Bellator 158 fights stepped on the scale Friday, and the video is above.In the main event, Douglas Lima and Paul Daley had to make the welterweight limit of 170 pounds.The Bellator 158 weigh-in results are below
  Main card
  Douglas Lima (170.8) vs. Paul Daley (170.8)
  Oli Thompson (234.8) vs. Matt Mitrione (256.5)
  Evangelista "Cyborg" (170) vs. Michael Page (169.8)
  Lukasz Klinger (204.9) vs. Francis Carmont (205.3)
  Mike Cuttin
  
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• ACB 41 live stream online

  15-07-2016 16:18
  
  Watch ACB 41 live stream online on MMA Fighting starting at 11 a.m. ET on Friday morning.In the main event, Paul Buentello and Denis Goltsov will square off in a heavyweight contest.The complete ACB 41 fight card is below.Main card
  Paul Buentello vs. Denis Goltsov
  Ed Arthur vs. Petr Yan
  Breno Rodrigues vs. Eduard VartanyanMichael Brightmon vs. Alexandr ShabliyBenny Alloway vs. Sharaf Davlatmurodov
  Guillermo Martinez Ayme vs. Ibrahim Tibilov
  Soso Nizharadze vs. Mike WilkinsonTim Hague vs. Michal
  
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• Bellator 158 Weigh-in Video & Results: ‘Semtex,’ Lima Cleared for Battle

  15-07-2016 15:25 via sherdog.com
  
  California-based promotion Bellator MMA returns to Europe on Saturday with a card loaded with intriguing matchups.
  
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• Morning Report: Rashad Evans says Jon Jones's legacy will have an asterisk, doesn't believe he knowingly took banned substances

  15-07-2016 14:00
  
  Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans says he doesn't believe Jon Jones knowingly took any banned substances and thinks it is unfortunate that his legacy will have an asterisk. The story of Jon Jones' career will be forever linked with Rashad Evans.
  Evans and Jones were friends and training partners until Jones was tabbed to step in for an injured Evans in a title fight against Mauricio Rua. Jones' performance in that title fight would launch his career and be the starting point for
  
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• M-1 Challenge 69 Weigh-in Results: All Fighters On Weight

  15-07-2016 09:59 via sherdog.com
  
  M-1 Global, Russia’s leading MMA promotion, will put on yet another event of sanctioned violence as M-1 Challenge 69: Battle in the Mountains 5 will commence Saturday night.
  
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• UFC Statement on Brock Lesnar

  15-07-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  "The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Brock Lesnar of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collection on June 28, 2016. USADA received the testing results from the June 28, 2016 sample collection from the WADA-accredited UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory on the evening of July 14, 2016."USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and
  
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• Tweets of the Week - 7/15

  15-07-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  A Lot Happened Since Last Wee... POKEMON!I just overheard somebody say..."I'm right by the Pokemon but I just can't get to it! #PokemonGo #HostileTakeover— Sean Spencer (@seanspencer170) July 15, 2016 This Pokémon shit is ridiculous I'm a grown ass man— James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) July 14, 2016 "Throw a Pokeball at his ass Kyle! I caught a Nakamura!" Things overheard at #UFCSiouxFalls— David Michaud (@bulldawgUFC) July 14, 2016 Being on crutches makes Pokem
  
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• Alvarez delivered on promise to bring belt home

  15-07-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The fighter’s life isn’t easy. It may be even harder for the fighter’s wife. But Eddie Alvarez told his wife, Jamie, who he has known since he was 15 years old, that one day, all the struggles would be worth it. That day was July 8, when Alvarez defeated Rafael Dos Anjos to win the UFC lightweight championship.“The most important thing in bringing the belt home was I promised my wife that it would happen,” Alvarez said. “I promised her that a long time ago. I
  
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• Titan FC makes slew of signings, including Swiss heavyweight prospect

  15-07-2016 04:00
  
  Titan FC has signed a heavyweight prospect from Switzerland and putting him right in the title picture.
  Volkan Oezdemir, a recent signee, will fight for the heavyweight title at Titan FC 41 on Sept. 9, promotion officials told MMA Fighting on Thursday. Oezdemir will take on the winner of a title fight between Jack May and Derrick Mehmen from Titan FC 40 on Aug. 5.
  Oezedemir (12-1) has finished 10 of his 12 victories. His lone loss came to Kelly Anundson in Bellator two years ago.
  Titan has also
  
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• Kelvin Gastelum wants Tyron Woodley rematch, says he wasn't '100 percent'

  15-07-2016 03:00
  
  LAS VEGAS -- Kelvin Gastelum talks about his decision win over Johny Hendricks at UFC 200, the welterweight title picture, wanting to fight Tyron Woodley, and much more.
  
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• UFC Fight Night 91 does worst numbers of year

  15-07-2016 02:00
  
  A combination of viewer fatigue, a weeknight live show, and a lack of major star power led to Wednesday night's UFC Fight Night doing its lowest numbers of the year.The show from Sioux Falls, S.D., the company's debut in the market, headlined by bantamweight John Lineker finishing Michael McDonald in the first round, did 609,000 viewers.  No prime time show this year had done less than 750,000 viewers for the main card, and both shows that aired out of prime time this year also beat this nu
  
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• Updated Official UFC Rankings: Lesnar Cracks Into Top 10 After Hunt Victory At UFC 200

  15-07-2016 01:14
  
  https://youtu.be/b_oPl8NMqJkOn Thursday, UFC released their latest "UFC Rankings Report" video, which features UFC Hall Of Famer Forrest Griffin along with Matt Parrino taking a look at how the official UFC rankings were affected by the latest round of UFC events.As noted, UFC held three consecutive events in three days in Las Vegas, Nevada as part of their International Fight Week, and as a result there was a lot of movement in many of the UFC weight divisions.Among the changes coming out of In
  
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