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• Rashad Evans moves to middleweight, wants to fight in New York but has no official opponent

  29-08-2016 23:00
  
  Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans will be making a drop in weight class for his next UFC bout.
  Evans, who built an impressive career in the UFC's 205-pound division, seizing light heavyweight gold and competing against the best fighters in the world for many years, announced his drop to middleweight on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour. The 36-year-old fighter also clarified previous reports that stated he'll be fighting Tim Kennedy at UFC 205 in November.
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• Paige VanZant: I had to ‘prove to myself that I belonged’ after ‘Dancing With The Stars’ stint

  29-08-2016 22:00
  
  Paige VanZant lost in dominant fashion last December to Rose Namajunas. Then, she stepped away from the Octagon to compete on "Dancing With The Stars."
  Over the last few months, many people were questioning VanZant's future in MMA. Would she leave for Hollywood? Is she really good enough to make it in the UFC?
  VanZant told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour that she heard all those questions and criticisms. But the true struggle heading into her bout last weekend with Bec Raw
  
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• Fight Replay: Andrei Arlovski Makes Statement With Win Over “Bigfoot”

  29-08-2016 21:30
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tBtAW2BvGg[/embed]In this 2014 fight replay, Andrei Arlovski started his push back up the UFC heavyweight ladder by defeating former foe Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva.
  Arlovski, a former UFC heavyweight champion, takes on Josh Barnett - also a former UFC heavyweight champion - this coming Saturday afternoon in the main event of UFC Fight Night 93. The card airs live on UFC Fight Pass from Hamburg, Germany.Arlovski entered this rematch with Silva as a huge underd
  
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• Stephen Thompson Preparing For Tyron Woodley At UFC 205 This November

  29-08-2016 21:28
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3XB2Qqxx-E[/embed]As far as Stephen Thompson is concerned, unless he hears from somebody otherwise, he's preparing to face UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley at UFC 205.Thompson pushed his MMA record to 13-1 overall and 8-1 inside the Octagon when he topped one-time title challenger Rory MacDonald earlier this year. Prior to that win, "Wonderboy" finished former champion Johny Hendricks.“I have heard that it is going to happen; I’ve heard
  
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• Bellator Makes Alexander Shlemenko-Kendall Grove Official For October

  29-08-2016 21:17
  
  The return of former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko is set for October 21, as "Storm" takes on Kendall Grove in the main event.The card, which takes place from inside the FedEx Forum in Memphis, will air live on Spike and feature Bobby Lashley vs. Josh Appelt in the co-main event.Shlemenko (53-9) has fought twice outside of Bellator after a failed drug test, defeating Vyacheslav Vasilevsky twice. In early 2015, he knocked out Melvin Manhoef, but the decision was overturned af
  
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• Bellator 160 medical suspensions: Patricio Pitbull potentially out until 2017 with leg fracture

  29-08-2016 20:00
  
  It's probably a lock we won't see Patricio Freire again until next year.
  "Pitbull" fractured the fibula in his right leg Friday night against Benson Henderson in the main event of Bellator 160 in Anaheim. California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) doctors have suspended him for six months unless he's cleared by a physician due to the break, according to a public document obtained by MMA Fighting on Monday.
  Henderson won the bout by second-round TKO (injury) after "Pitbull" took the first round.
  
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• ‘Cyborg’ Santos eyes December return to MMA after skull surgery

  29-08-2016 18:00
  
  One month after undergoing surgery to fix a fractured skull, Bellator fighter Evangelista Santos has already made plans for his return to the cage.
  "Cyborg" underwent surgery on July 27 in Texas, days after losing via TKO to Michael Page in London, and hopes to be cleared to slowly return in early September.
  "I had a great recovery," Santos told MMA Fighting. "This time off was super important for me. I was so busy doing other stuff that I didn’t even notice how fast his month has passed.
  
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• Georges St-Pierre “Very Happy” Rory MacDonald Signed With Bellator MMA

  29-08-2016 17:23
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvNFGBWj95I[/embed]Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre is "very happy" that his friend and teammate, Rory MacDonald, signed a contract with Bellator MMA.MacDonald made his new home official recently during the Bellator 160 broadcast on Spike TV. He is expected to be out until 2017 after suffering a broken nose vs. Stephen Thompson in his last UFC contest."Oh, I am very happy for Rory," GSP told Uproxx recently. "I think it’s a great mov
  
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• Despite Severe Injury, No Surgery For Bellator’s Patricio “Pitbull” Freire

  29-08-2016 17:18
  
  [embed]https://www.instagram.com/p/BJmdPzJhbG4/?taken-by=patriciopitbull[/embed]The fact that top featherweight contender Patricio "Pitbull" Freire willingly moved up to lightweight to take on Benson Henderson should be enough to show the fighting spirit of the man.Add in that he competed for several minutes on a fractured fibula, and it is even more impressive.Freire, though, will not require surgery. The fighter told MMA Fighting that it will take six weeks to be cleared to put weight on the r
  
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• Video: UFC “Battle Lines” For Upcoming Andrei Arlovski-Josh Barnett Main Event

  29-08-2016 17:13
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT0nPWGl7sI[/embed]If you have been a long-time fan of MMA, this coming Saturday's UFC Fight Night 93 main event is likely one to excite you. And if you just love heavyweights trading, then you are probably on the edge of your seat, too.The UFC will head to Hamburg, Germany this weekend for a Fight Pass card featuring Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett. The two former champions will do battle over five rounds in the heavyweight division.TO prepare you for the
  
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• Donald Cerrone Down For Robbie Lawler Fight At UFC 205

  29-08-2016 17:09
  
  [embed]https://twitter.com/DamonMartin/status/769672669222481920[/embed][embed]https://twitter.com/Cowboycerrone/status/769694242557992960[/embed]When Donald Cerrone hears that somebody is looking to fight, he wants in.After it was mentioned during this past Saturday's UFC on FOX 21 card that former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler is actively seeking a fight, "Cowboy" tossed his proverbial hat in the ring to be an opponent.Cerrone is coming off a third consecutive win at welterweight, finish
  
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• Paddy Pimblett, Johnny Frachey to Vie for Vacant Cage Warriors Crown on Sept. 10

  29-08-2016 16:33 via sherdog.com
  
  Fast-rising British prospect Paddy Pimblett will face Johnny Frachey for the vacant Cage Warriors Fighting Championship featherweight title in the Cage Warriors 78 headliner on Sept. 10.
  
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• ‘Pitbull’ Freire avoids surgery despite broken fibula

  29-08-2016 16:00
  
  Patricio Freire fractured his right fibula Friday night, but he won’t need to undergo surgery.
  The former Bellator featherweight champion told MMA Fighting on Sunday that doctors decided against surgery despite his serious injury, sustained during a lightweight clash with Ben Henderson at Bellator 160 in Anaheim.
  According to "Pitbull", it will take six weeks until he’s cleared to put weight on his right leg, and three months until his bone is fully healed. Freire will likely return
  
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• Rory MacDonald not only cashes in big, he becomes the example of how

  29-08-2016 15:00
  
  Don’t be thrown off by the dead pan, Rory MacDonald lives for excitement. That’s one of the reasons he bolted the UFC, because of just how boring and basic it was. The roster over there has slowly been converted into automatons in Reebok gear. Very Rollerball. MacDonald craves freedom in his cage, and so he’s going to fight in Bellator, where the money is better (for him) and the matchmakers shoot from the hip. He can wear what he wants on his trunks, whether it’s the Tir
  
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• The MMA Hour with Rory MacDonald, Paige VanZant, Rafael dos Anjos, Josh Barnett, Rashad Evans, Max Holloway, A.J. McKee, Michael Chandler in studio

  29-08-2016 14:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1:00 p.m. ET -- Paige VanZant will stop by to recap her exhilarating win over Bec Rawlings at UFC on FOX 21.
  1:25 p.m. -- UFC lightweight contender Rafael dos Anjos will look ahead to his November fight against Tony Ferguson.
  1:45 p.m. -- Rashad Evans will update us on the state of his career.
  2:05 p.m. -- Rising star A.J. McKee will look back at his Bellator 160 and talk about growing up in MMA.
  2:25 p.m. -- UFC featherweig
  
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• The MMA Hour with Rory MacDonald, Paige VanZant, Rafael dos Anjos, Josh Barnett, Rashad Evans, Max Holloway, A.J. McKee, Luke Rockhold & Michael Chandler in studio

  29-08-2016 14:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1 p.m. ET -- Paige VanZant will stop by to recap her exhilarating win over Bec Rawlings at UFC on FOX 21.
  1:25 p.m. -- UFC lightweight contender Rafael dos Anjos will look ahead to his November fight against Tony Ferguson.
  1:45 p.m. -- Rashad Evans will update us on the state of his career.
  2:05 p.m. -- Rising star A.J. McKee will look back at his Bellator 160 and talk about growing up in MMA.
  2:25 p.m. -- UFC featherweight
  
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• Morning Report: Georges St-Pierre 'very happy' for Rory MacDonald and his decision to join Bellator MMA

  29-08-2016 14:00
  
  Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre says he is "very happy" for his teammate Rory MacDonald and his decision to leave the UFC to sign with Bellator MMA. Last week, Rory MacDonald officially signed with Bellator MMA marking another major MMA free agent picked up by Scott Coker. And MacDonald isn't the only one who is happy about the signing. MacDonald's friend and training partner, former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, also gave the move his seal of approval when
  
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• Josh Barnett, Alexander Gustafsson, Ryan Bader Betting Favorites Ahead of UFC Fight Night 93

  29-08-2016 08:40 via sherdog.com
  
  Josh Barnett must like what he sees from the oddsmakers.
  
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• Ev Ting-Rob Lisita Headlines One Championship ‘Unbreakable Warriors’ on Sept. 2

  29-08-2016 07:54 via sherdog.com
  
  Ev Ting will face Phuket Top Team’s Rob Lisita in the One Championship “Unbreakable Warriors” main event on Sept. 2 at Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  
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• Ultimate Fighter LATAM Ep 1 recap: Fast start

  29-08-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin know firsthand just how much winning The Ultimate Fighter can mean to a competitor's career after both participated in several seasons of the long running series. For Griffin, winning the show actually launched his career more than a decade ago, and his finale fight with Stephan Bonnar in 2005 is still recognized as one of the best and most important fights in UFC history. Griffin then went on to become light heavyweight champion later in his career and was also
  
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• Secret weapons give Shelton boost ahead of Ultimate Fighter debut

  29-08-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  It was an arrival fit for a champion, and while Galesburg, Illinois’ Eric Shelton hasn’t wrapped UFC gold around his waist yet, he was treated like a king at the airport when he returned home from a stint on The Ultimate Fighter 24 earlier this month.“It was awesome,” Shelton said of the rousing reception he got at Quad City International Airport. “It felt good. It’s something I worked for, and it’s paying off, finally.”The fight game is full of sa
  
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• Rizzo's long grind leads to Ultimate Fighter shot

  29-08-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  As a stop in the early careers of UFC champions and standouts such as Frankie Edgar, Chris Weidman, Edson Barboza, Aljamain Sterling, Al Iaquinta, Jimmie Rivera and Uriah Hall, fighting in the east coast’s Ring of Combat promotion has often been a launching pad into the Octagon. Levittown, Pennsylvania’s Matt Rizzo is the Ring of Combat flyweight champion. Has been since September of 2014. And it’s been that long that he’s been waiting for a call from the UFC.“I do
  
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• Moreno all heart as he enters Ultimate Fighter

  29-08-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Like many kids growing up in Tijuana, Brandon Moreno just wanted something to keep him busy. “I was very young and trying to fill up my time with something good, something productive,” he said. I’m a fan of boxing, but I didn’t know a lot about combat sports.”Capoeira looked interesting enough, and he went off to find a school, which turned into a near impossible task, as Tijuana isn’t exactly a hotbed of the Brazilian martial art.“I wanted to do Capoeir
  
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• Fight Night: Arlovski vs Barnett Cheat Sheet

  29-08-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Think you know how the next fight card will play out? Play UFC Pick 'EmThe UFC returns to Germany this weekend with two of the best heavyweights to ever grace the Octagon, as former champions Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett duke it out in a five-round main event that's been years in the making. When Arlovski made his UFC debut in 2000, his win over Aaron Brink preceded another heavyweight fight where Barnett took out Gan McGee by TKO in the second round. While the two fighters ended up competin
  
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• Jeremy Kennedy wants to fight at featherweight, eyes bout with Artem Lobov

  29-08-2016 04:00
  
  VANCOUVER -- Jeremy Kennedy talks to the media about his decision win over Alessandro Ricci at UFC on FOX 21, making his UFC debut, wanting to fight at featherweight, and much more.
  
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• Jim Miller vs. Joe Lauzon full fight video highlights

  29-08-2016 02:00
  
  Watch Jim Miller vs. Joe Lauzon full fight video highlights from UFC on FOX 21's main card above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
  UFC on FOX 21 took place August 27 at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada. Veteran UFC lightweights Jim Miller (26-8, 1 NC) and Joe Lauzon (26-11) fought in a rematch on the night's main card, which aired live on pay-per-view. Catch the video highlights above.
  For more on Miller vs. Lauzon, check out the play-by-play courtesy of MMAFighting.com's Danny Segura.Roun
  
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• Chad Laprise talks move up to welterweight, says it kills him to make 155

  29-08-2016 01:00
  
  VANCOUVER -- Chad Laprise talks to the media about his technical knockout win over Thibault Gouti at UFC on FOX 21, moving up to welterweight, what's next for his career, and much more.
  
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