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• The Center, a UFC partner, ‘disappointed’ with Donald Cerrone's homophobic remarks

  17-07-2016 23:00
  
  Donald Cerrone, one of the UFC's most popular fighters, dropped a homophobic slur last weekend, just days after the UFC announced a collaboration with The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada.
  Cerrone, speaking at a Q&A during the UFC Fan Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Sunday, said Daniel Cormier fought "like a f*g" against Anderson Silva at UFC 200. Cormier used a conservative, wrestling-heavy style against Silva.
  Hours later, "Cowboy" apologized for the
  
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• Mike Dolce: Tainted supplement wouldn’t be a good excuse for Jon Jones in drug case

  17-07-2016 22:00
  
  Jon Jones says he never knowingly ingested any banned substance. Yet the former UFC light heavyweight champion failed a drug test in June, forcing the the UFC to pull him from the UFC 200 main event last week.
  USADA's results management process has to play itself out. It seems like Jones and his team are laying the foundation for a tainted supplement defense. And it's certainly possible Jones took something that was contaminated.
  Both Yoel Romero and Tim Means tested positive for banned substanc
  
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• Looking back on the biggest week in UFC history

  17-07-2016 21:00
  
  The most ambitious week in UFC history ended with new champions, two of the biggest drug test issues in history,  new stars,new records, and even new owners.With four shows planned in a seven-day period, one of them being UFC 200,it figured to be a newsworthy and exhausting week to be a fan. But whatever onemight have expected going in, it didn't even scratch the surface.There was the self-destruction of the career of Jon Jones, the resurrection, and then possible endingof the career o
  
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• Evangelista Santos to undergo surgery for fractured skull following KO loss to Michael Page

  17-07-2016 19:42
  
  Evangelista Santos lost to Michael Page at Saturday’s Bellator 158, and it will take a while before he’s able to return to action.
  Page dropped "Cyborg" with a vicious flying knee in the second round of their welterweight contest at the O2 Arena in London, and the Brazilian told MMA Fighting on Sunday that he’s currently at the hospital with a serious fracture in his forehead.
  "I’m under observation now, and will have surgery in the United States," Santos told MMA Fightin
  
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• CroCop, Silva Announced For Rizin Open Weight Grand Prix, Rampage A Possibility?

  17-07-2016 19:27
  
  Former PRIDE and UFC mega-stars Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic and Wanderlei Silva will be making their MMA returns in exciting fashion, as both have been officially announced for the upcoming Rizin FF Open Weight Grand Prix tournament.Nobuyuki Sakakibara, the former president of PRIDE, announced the two MMA legends and other plans for the tournament, which is set to start on September 25 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Other fighters included in the tournament will be former PRIDE heavywei
  
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• Robbie Lawler On GSP Rumors: “I Don’t Think He’s Coming Back”

  17-07-2016 19:07
  
  Although former longtime 170-pound king Georges St-Pierre recently announced that he wants to make a return to the Octagon pending a deal being reached with UFC management, the current 170-pound king doesn't think it's going to happen.Reigning UFC Welterweight Champion Robbie Lawler, who defends his title against Tyron Woodley at UFC 201 in Atlanta on July 30, was asked if he heard about the rumors of GSP returning to the fight game, and if the UFC had said anything to him about a potential figh
  
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• The Weekly Grind: Carla Esparza and Felice Herrig have a twerk-off, Ronda Rousey works out as Pikachu

  17-07-2016 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."
  Today feels different. I can't quite put my finger on it but it seems like a lot has shifted since the start of last week.
  — Dan Ha
  
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• Robbie Lawler doesn't believe Georges St-Pierre will ever return to the UFC

  17-07-2016 18:00
  
  LOS ANGELES -- At one point in the runup to last weekend's UFC 200, rumors swirled that former longtime UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre would return from his self-imposed exile to headline the mega-card in Las Vegas.
  But if there was ever a plan for St-Pierre to come back and face the current titleholder, Robbie Lawler, they never ran the idea past him.
  "Nope," Lawler said Tuesday. "They never asked me."
  St-Pierre was a two-time 170-pound champion, with the last title reign lasting f
  
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• Eddie Cummings Submits Everybody, Retains EBI Featherweight Championship

  17-07-2016 17:31 via sherdog.com
  
  There wasn’t a man that Eddie Cummings couldn’t submit Saturday night throughout the Eddie Bravo Invitational 7 featherweight tournament.
  
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• Chael Sonnen: Fans were booing at UFC 200, because they wanted to see Daniel Cormier get knocked out

  17-07-2016 16:00
  
  Most people interpreted the fan reaction to Daniel Cormier's fight with Anderson Silva one way. Chael Sonnen took it another.
  Sonnen, the former UFC fighter and current ESPN analyst, doesn't think fans minded Cormier's wrestling-heavy strategy. They just wanted Silva to beat him in spectacular fashion, "The American Gangster" told MMA Fighting.
  "That's a misunderstanding," said Sonnen, whose grappling promotion Submission Underground debuts Sunday on FloCombat.com from Portland. "The fans didn't
  
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• Click Debate: Will the UFC’s $4 billion sale be the catalyst for a fighters association?

  17-07-2016 15:00
  
  Rob Maysey has been beating this drum for a long time. It's never been louder than it is right now, he said.
  Maysey, the founder of the Mixed Martial Arts Fighters Association (MMAFA), has been opining about the need for fighters to have contracts collectively bargained for nearly a decade. The Phoenix-based lawyer has been speaking about a perceived imbalance in fighter pay for just as long.
  For the most part, Maysey has been working with a core group of fighters, many of them no longer with th
  
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• 'Chainsaw' turns UFC stint into new career

  17-07-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Charles McCarthy only had three UFC fights, but over the course of that time, he submitted Gideon Ray, was a memorable member of the Ultimate Fighter season four cast, made David Loiseau’s highlight reel, and held his own in a trash talking battle with Michael Bisping before the two fought in 2008.That’s a pretty impressive impact for three fights, but today, McCarthy’s work in the fight game may be even more important as a manager.“The experience that I bring to the tabl
  
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• Mirko Cro Cop needs help finding Pokemon on Pokemon Go

  17-07-2016 03:00
  
  The next time somebody tells you Pokemon Go is for nerds, tell them to watch out for the left high kick.
  That's right. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic is the latest fighter to be sucked the Pokemon Go craze.
  The legendary Croatian heavyweight, who is most known for his reign as one of the kings of Pride FC, posted a video to his Facebook this week that saw a backpack-wearing Filipovic milling around an airport hunting for his own pocket monsters.
  Check out the video below.Filipovic, 41, retired f
  
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• Video: MVP Scores Flying Knee KO Of “Cyborg” Santos At Bellator 158

  17-07-2016 01:34
  
  https://youtu.be/PU6CvPRl2HwIn one of the featured undercard bouts at the Bellator 158 event in London, England on Friday evening, rising contender Michael "Venom" Page continued his career momentum by scoring an impressive flying knee knockout of longtime MMA contender Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos.Featured above is footage of the KO, which took place at the 4:31 mark of the second round.For complete Bellator 158 results, click here.
  
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• Bellator 158 Results — Douglas Lima Beats Paul Daley In Main Event

  17-07-2016 01:27
  
  On Saturday afternoon, Bellator MMA held their Bellator 158 event live from the O2 Arena in London, England.In the show that was originally scheduled to feature the return of Kimbo Slice against James Thompson prior to the passing of the MMA superstar, former champion Douglas Lima defeated former UFC contender Paul Daley via unanimous decision.In the co-main event of the evening, former UFC heavyweight contender and Ultimate Fighter veteran Matt Mitrione took out Oli Thompson via second round kn
  
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• Bellator 158 preliminary card livestream

  17-07-2016 01:17
  
  Check out the action from Bellator 158's preliminary card from the O2 arena in London, England. The preliminary card fights are as follows:
  Neil Grove vs. James Mulheron
  Bola Omoyele vs. Lee Chadwick
  Alex Reid vs. Manuel Garcia
  Mike Shipman vs. Dom Clark
  Pietro Menga vs. Spencer HewittLuiz Henrique Tosta vs. Dean Garnett
  Jason Radcliffe vs. Jack Mason
  Chase Morton vs. Nathaniel Wood
  CJ Meeks vs. Danny Mitchell
  
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• Dillashaw Heavily Criticizes UFC, Predicts Dana White Would Leave If Fighters Unionized

  17-07-2016 01:14
  
  https://youtu.be/YSgGnW1D508Former UFC Bantamweight Champion T.J. Dillashaw recently let loose, giving his unfiltered opinion on the state of the UFC during an appearance on Team Alpha Male's "Stud Show." Dillashaw pointed to his belief that the UFC treats their fighters like employees, as opposed to what they actually are, which is independent contractors."They treat us like employees, but they don't give us benefits like employees. It's kind of crazy when you think about it. We have to tell th
  
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• Bellator 158 results: Douglas Lima earns unanimous decision win over Paul Daley

  17-07-2016 01:09
  
  Before Bellator MMA's debut in the UK, things didn't go according to plan. Paul Daley's long-planned rematch with Josh Koscheck was scrapped, scheduled headliner Kimbo Slice suddenly passed away and other injuries wrecked the card. Yet, by fight night at the O2 Arena in London, England, all of the favorites ended up winning.
  In the main event, former Bellator welterweight champion Douglas Lima returned to action a year after losing his title to Andrey Koreshkov where he faced striking ace Paul D
  
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• Former Champion Douglas Lima Awarded Unanimous Verdict Over Paul Daley at Bellator 158

  17-07-2016 00:17 via sherdog.com
  
  Former Bellator MMA welterweight champion Douglas Lima outduels Paul Daley in the Bellator 158 main event on Saturday in London.
  
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