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• John Lineker vs. John Dodson to Headline UFC Fight Night in Portland on Oct. 1

  13-08-2016 22:41 via sherdog.com
  
  A bantamweight bout with title implications will headline the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Oct. 1 trip to Portland.
  
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• Alistair Overeem likes that CM Punk is testing himself, but says he’s ‘in for a hard time’

  13-08-2016 22:00
  
  After nearly five years in the UFC, Alistair Overeem will finally fight for the heavyweight title at UFC 203 against Stipe Miocic. For him it will cap a long journey to the top of that particular promotion, after operating as the heavyweight champion of Strikeforce and DREAM, as well as a K-1 champion in kickboxing.
  The 36-year old Overeem has been fighting since he was a teenager.
  In stark contrast, 37-year old CM Punk (real name Phil Brooks) will be debuting on Sept. 10 in Cleveland, testing h
  
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• Michelle Waterson posts x-ray of broken finger, likely off UFC Fight Night 93

  13-08-2016 21:49
  
  Michelle Waterson just can't catch a break. Days after losing UFC Fight Night 92 opponent Aisling Daly due to injury, Waterson posted an x-ray to her Instagram account showing a broken finger that will likely take her off the Hamburg card as well.
  "So this happened on Thursday morning," Waterson wrote. "The fact that I'm so close to the fight and this sh*t happened just really pisses me off. I know my will is being tested, and I will push forward. My fight has definitely not been fought in the c
  
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• UFC Strawweight Michelle Waterson Posts X-Ray of Broken Finger

  13-08-2016 19:21 via sherdog.com
  
  Michelle Waterson is unlikely to compete at next month’s UFC Fight Night card in Hamburg, Germany, after suffering a broken finger.
  
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• Middleweights Thiago Santos, Eric Spicely to Clash at UFC Fight Night in Brasilia

  13-08-2016 18:58 via sherdog.com
  
  Thiago Santos will lock horns with Eric Spicely at UFC Fight Night in Brasilia, Brazil, on Sept. 24.
  
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• Videos: Additional Clips From New “UFC Bad Blood: Diaz vs. McGregor 2” Special

  13-08-2016 18:56
  
  https://youtu.be/HM_LiTusvdUAs noted, UFC will premiere their new "UFC Bad Blood: Diaz vs. McGregor 2" special on FOX Sports 1 on Sunday. Ahead of its' premiere on FS1, however, you can watch a good portion of the show by checking out the many clips the promotion has released to promote it.Featured above is the Extended Preview of the special that we reported on Friday. Since the release of the lengthy preview clip, UFC has also put out three more clips.Below you can see a clip focused on Conor
  
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• Titan FC 41 Anchored by Damm vs. Faria for Inaugural Women’s Bantamweight Title

  13-08-2016 18:50 via sherdog.com
  
  Titan Fighting Championship will return to the Bank United Center in Coral Gables, Fla., for the third consecutive time on Sept. 9, when Carina Damm and Kalindra Faria vie for the promotion’s inaugural women’s bantamweight crown at Titan FC 41.
  
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• Thiago Moises to Defend Lightweight Crown Against Zach Freeman at RFA 44

  13-08-2016 18:48 via sherdog.com
  
  Resurrection Fighting Alliance announced this week that its reigning lightweight champion Thiago Moises will put his title on the line against Zach Freeman in the main event of RFA 44.
  
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• Moraes Submits Batyrov, Claims Interim Flyweight Crown at One Championship 45

  13-08-2016 18:12 via sherdog.com
  
  Adriano Moraes captured the interim flyweight championship with a second-round submission of short-notice foe Tilek Batyrov in the
  
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• Adriano Moraes Submits Tilek Batyrov, Claims Interim 135-Pound Crown at One Championship 45

  13-08-2016 18:12 via sherdog.com
  
  Adriano Moraes captured the interim flyweight championship with a second-round submission of short-notice foe Tilek Batyrov in the
  
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• Conor McGregor has handled himself exceedingly well since first UFC loss

  13-08-2016 18:02
  
  The last time Conor McGregor fought Nate Diaz, the novelty of the pairing couldn’t help but play at the fight game libido. It was wildly imaginative, crossing the stalkton with the Irish feather, and it was equally ridiculous for McGregor to just say "yes" to another opponent switch on 11 day’s notice at a weight that was twice removed from the only weight he’d known in the UFC. Yet he did, he threw reckless dice, and Diaz was only too game to roll along with him. Those were co
  
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• Report: Travis Browne To Replace Ben Rothwell Against Fabricio Werdum At UFC 203

  13-08-2016 15:56
  
  It looks like former UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum and Travis Browne will soon be dance partners inside the Octagon once again.Werdum was originally scheduled to fight Ben Rothwell in his next bout, however the news surfaced earlier this week that Rothwell was forced to pull out of the fight due to an injury, rumored to be a torn meniscus and potential ACL issue.MMAJunkie.com was first to report the news that "Hapa" Browne is expected to be the replacement for Rothwell in the match ag
  
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• Report: BJ Penn vs. Ricardo Lamas To Headline UFC Fight Night 97 In Manila

  13-08-2016 15:27
  
  It looks like BJ Penn is going to have to start preparing for yet another different opponent for his Octagon comeback fight.After initially being matched up against Dennis Siver, and then Cole Miller, Penn was unable to fight anyone when he originally intended after he was suspended by USADA for disclosing his use of an IV infusion in an amount over the allowable limit.Penn's suspension is scheduled to come to an end on September 25th, and it looks like he already has a date and an opponent to t
  
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• Video: Glover Teixeira vs. Ovince Saint Preux From UFC Fight Night 73 (Full Fight)

  13-08-2016 15:09
  
  https://youtu.be/CVIrJb5Foz8Ahead of next Saturday's highly-anticipated UFC 202 pay-per-view, UFC has released yet another "UFC 202 Free Fight."Featured above is the complete Glover Teixeira vs. Ovince Saint Preux fight from August 8, 2015. The fight, which served as the main event of the UFC Fight Night 73 show that aired live on FOX Sports 1, saw Teixeira force OSP to tap out to a rear naked choke in the third round.At next weekend's UFC 202 pay-per-view, Teixeira fights fellow dangerous strik
  
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• Conor McGregor says he would consider helping ‘spearhead’ a fighter union in the future

  13-08-2016 15:00
  
  LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor is just the kind of name that any effort to unionize fighters would need. And "The Notorious" is apparently interested. Just not now.
  McGregor intimated Friday at a gym day here that he thinks a fighter association of union would be a good thing. News broke this week that a new group called the Professional Fighters Association (PFA), with the support of big-name labor organizations like the MLBPA and NLFPA, has formed with the goal to earn UFC fighters
  
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• Conor McGregor UFC 202 media workout video

  13-08-2016 14:38
  
  LAS VEGAS -- UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor put on a show in front of the media Friday night in his gym.
  
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• Conor McGregor Trashes WWE’s John Cena: “40 Year Old Failed Mr. Olympia Mother F*cker”

  13-08-2016 14:19
  
  Those who were hoping the Conor McGregor vs. WWE feud would die already are going to be waiting a bit longer, as "The Notorious" one spoke more about the company and some of its' talent during his official UFC 202 Media Day Q&A (Watch Here).The WWE Superstar that McGregor seemed to zero in on the most was John Cena, the top star of the promotion for well over ten years. When he was asked about his recent beef with WWE, McGregor brought up Cena and immediately started firing shots at the popu
  
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• Conor McGregor: Nate Diaz was ‘like Homer Simpson’ at UFC 196

  13-08-2016 14:00
  
  LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor has spent five months talking about his view of what happened between he and Nate Diaz at UFC 196 in March. The brash Irishman debuted a new analogy Friday night.
  McGregor, the UFC's featherweight champion, compared Diaz to Homer Simpson in the "The Simpsons" episode where he begins boxing Friday at a gym day here in Vegas. Diaz, of course, beat McGregor by second-round submission after a war of a first eight minutes.
  "You ever see that episode of The Simpsons wh
  
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• Video: Conor McGregor’s UFC 202 Media Day Q&A From Las Vegas

  13-08-2016 13:13
  
  https://youtu.be/kiqzKDP7LfEAt the UFC 202 media day in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday night, UFC Featherweight Champion and UFC 202 co-headliner "The Notorious" Conor McGregor gave media members and fans plenty to chew on for the next seven days.Featured above are highlights from Conor McGregor's UFC 202 Media Day Q&A, which the UFC posted on their official YouTube channel.Among other topics, McGregor spoke more about WWE in a way that is sure to fan the flames and keep the drama going. He als
  
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• Conor McGregor UFC 202 media day Q&A

  13-08-2016 11:34
  
  LAS VEGAS -- UFC featherweight Conor McGregor discussed his upcoming fight against Nate Diaz in the UFC 202 main event, WWE wrestlers, Floyd Mayweather, his gym in Vegas, and much more with the media Friday night.
  
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• Lineker and Dodson set for Portland main event

  13-08-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Top bantamweight contenders will square off in Portland, Oregon on Oct. 1, as hard-hitting John Lineker faces "The Magician" John Dodson in a five-round main event at Moda Center.The UFC Fight Night card will air on FOX Sports 1. Tickets go on sale on Friday, Aug. 26.New Mexico's Dodson, a former Ultimate Fighter winner, is a two-time world title challenger at 125 pounds who returned to bantamweight in April with a blistering 37-second knockout of Manny Gamburyan. Now ranked ninth at 135 pounds,
  
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• Injuries Force Changes to Brasilia Card

  13-08-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Injuries have forced some changes to the UFC Fight Night card in Brasilia, Brazil on September 24. Glaico Franca will return to the Octagon to face newcomer Gregor Gillespie in a lightweight bout after Joaquim "Netto BJJ" Silva was forced out due to injury. With welterweights Brandon Thatch and Shinsho Anzai both sustaining injuries, their September opponents, Erick Silva and Luan Chagas, respectively, will now meet each other in a 170-pound matchup. And finally, with Renato Moica
  
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• Conor McGregor doubles down on WWE criticism, lights into ‘failed Mr. Olympia’ John Cena

  13-08-2016 06:29
  
  LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor's verbal warfare with WWE is hardly over. And on Friday he took particular aim at the most popular pro wrestler in the company.
  "What's the main guy? John Cena," the UFC featherweight champion said at a gym day to promote UFC 202. "He's 40. He's 40 years of age. He's walking around in a luminous orange t-shirt and a headband talking about nobody can see him. We can see him right there. He's a big fat, 40-year-old failed Mr. Olympia mother f*cker."
  McGregor first
  
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• Andre Soukhamthath Knee Strike Short Circuits Kin Moy in CES MMA 37 Main Event

  13-08-2016 05:16 via sherdog.com
  
  The CES MMA bantamweight championship still belongs to Andre Soukhamthath.
  
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• Conor McGregor UFC 202 media day video

  13-08-2016 04:31
  
  On Friday night, the UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor hosted a media day at his gym in Las Vegas. Catch the video below.Watch the workout portion now.
  
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• BJ Penn vs. Ricardo Lamas targeted for UFC Fight Night: Manila

  13-08-2016 04:22
  
  BJ Penn is not giving up just yet.
  The UFC is currently targeting Penn vs. Ricardo Lamas as the main event of UFN Fight Night 97, which is scheduled to take place at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philipines on Oct. 15. The fight would take place in the featherweight division.
  Penn announced his return to fighting earlier this year, however, he has yet to actually compete. In fact, his return has been delayed three due to a series of different circumstances. Most notable was his six-month
  
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• Video: Joe Rogan Breaks Down Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor Rematch

  13-08-2016 02:38
  
  https://youtu.be/uriAxv5274EAhead of next Saturday's UFC 202 pay-per-view, longtime UFC color commentator Joe Rogan gives his thoughts on the highly-anticipated main event between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz.Featured above is a video released by the UFC on Friday that features Rogan breaking down the McGregor-Diaz bout, which is an immediate rematch of their first fight that Diaz won via second round choke.Expected to be among the most-ordered pay-per-views in company history, UFC 202 takes pla
  
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• Multiple Changes Announced for UFC Fight Night in Brasilia on Sept. 24

  13-08-2016 02:37 via sherdog.com
  
  Several bouts at UFC Fight Night “Cyborg vs. Lansberg” have undergone changes due to injuries, the promotion’s Brazilian branch announced Friday.
  
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• Multiple injuries lead to new bouts at UFC Fight Night 95

  13-08-2016 02:35
  
  UFC Fight Night 95 has a new set of fights, as four of its fighters have pulled out of the card citing injury. The promotion announced the news on Friday.
  Welterweights Brandon Thatch, who suffered a hand injury, and Shinsho Anzai, who suffered a back injury, have pulled out of the card. Now, their opponents Erick Silva and Luan Chagas will fight each other in the preliminary part of the card.
  Lightweight Joaquim Silva is out of his fight with Gregor Gillespie due to a knee injury. Glaico Franca
  
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• Tim Kennedy Tells Story Of Pulling A Gun On USADA Representative

  13-08-2016 02:22
  
  If you're going to show up at Tim Kennedy's home looking to collect a cup of his urine, it would be wise to make sure he knows who you are first. This fact is something a USADA representative had to find out the hard way.Kennedy, a respected veteran of the United States Army National Guard, was a guest commentator at the recent Onnit Fight Night event and told a story about how he had a USADA representative at gunpoint.As the UFC veteran explained, when he was receiving death threats from ISIS,
  
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• Ken Shamrock Has License Revoked, Fined $2,500 for Failed Drug Test at Bellator 149

  13-08-2016 00:26 via sherdog.com
  
  Ken Shamrock had his license revoked and was fined $2,500 by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for failing a drug test at Bellator 149.
  
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