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• Cris Cyborg vs. Leslie Smith full fight video

  24-09-2016 23:00
  
  At UFC 198, Cris Cyborg made her long-awaited UFC debut in the only way she knows how. The Brazilian defeated Leslie Smith via technical knockout at 1:21 of round one.
  Now, Cyborg is scheduled to make her second appearance inside the octagon in the main event of UFC Fight Night 95. The 30-year-old Cyborg will fight Lina Lansberg in an 140-pound catch weight. UFC Fight Night 95 takes place this Saturday in Brasilia, Brazil.
  
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• Thiago Santos hopes for chance to avenge loss to Gegard Mousasi in the future

  24-09-2016 22:00
  
  BRASILIA -- Thiago Santos was on a roll in 2016, so he took a fight with Gegard Mousasi on three weeks’ notice at UFC 200. It didn’t go his way, as he lost via first-round knockout, but "Marreta" turned it into motivation.
  When Santos left the Octagon in Las Vegas on July 9, the Brazilian middleweight, who was riding a four-fight winning streak before suffering his first knockout loss in the UFC, asked his manager to get him a fight as soon as possible.
  "I asked to fight right away a
  
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• Cris Cyborg: Pre-YouTube MMA was tougher

  24-09-2016 21:00
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil -- Cris Cyborg enters her 19th professional fight Saturday in Brasilia, Brazil, against Lina Lansberg, and sees modern MMA as a different sport when compared to her first bouts a decade ago.
  A former Strikeforce champion and current Invicta FC featherweight titleholder, Cyborg faces Lansberg in a 140-pound catchweight fight at UFC Fight Night 95. As she headlines her first UFC card, the Brazilian looks back in time to explain why she’s always ready to battle.
  "A fighter ha
  
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• Daron Cruickshank looks to build on new momentum in next RIZIN matchup

  24-09-2016 19:00
  
  It's a common refrain among fighters of the new generation: They grew up watching PRIDE, and now that they are professional mixed martial artists, they wished they had a chance to experience the whole Japanese big-fight experience they geeked out for as kids.
  The big stage presentation. Fighting in a ring instead of a cage. Ten-minute opening rounds. Tactics like knees on the ground and soccer kicks legal. The whole nine yards.
  For Daron Cruickshank, the PRIDE-style trappings have been more abou
  
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• Video: John Lineker vs. Francisco Rivera From UFC 191 (Full Fight)

  24-09-2016 18:46
  
  https://youtu.be/oFgZms1ZCvIAhead of his fight in the main event against John Dodson at the UFC Fight Night 96 event in Portland, Oregon next weekend, John Lineker is featured in the latest "Fight Night Portland Free Fight" video.Featured above is the complete UFC 191 bout between Lineker and Francisco Rivera.John Lineker boasts an impressive 9-2 record in the UFC including this first-round submission victory over Francisco Rivera last year. Lineker faces John Dodson in the main event of Fight N
  
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• Video: Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping 1 From UFC 100 (Full Fight)

  24-09-2016 18:42
  
  https://youtu.be/lWCsSTQFIA8Ahead of their highly anticipated rematch for the UFC Middleweight Championship in the main event of UFC 204 next month, UFC has released the first Octagon showdown between Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson.Featured above is their first epic fight in its' entirety from UFC 100, which saw Henderson knock out Bisping in vicious fashion.UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson 2 takes place on October 8th from the O2 Arena in London, England.
  
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• Video: UFC Fight Night 95 Official Weigh-In Results

  24-09-2016 18:37
  
  https://youtu.be/4TwsNKY2MrcUFC Fight Night 95 goes down tonight from Brasilia, Brazil featuring Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino vs. Lina Lansberg as the main event.Also scheduled for tonight's show is former UFC Bantamweight Champion Renan Barao against former TUF veteran Phillipe Nover and Roy "Big Country" Nelson vs. Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva.Below are the official UFC Fight Night 95 weigh-in results for this week's show:Main Card (FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET)Cris Cyborg (141) vs. Lina Lansberg (140)
  
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• Paul Felder: Francisco Trinaldo’s blindfolded sparring is ‘just concussion city’

  24-09-2016 18:00
  
  BRASILIA -- Paul Felder explains his decision to create a GoFundMe campaign to bring his coaches to Brazil for UFC Fight Night 95 Saturday night, his thoughts on Francisco Trinaldo as an opponent and his decision to spar blindfolded, and more.
  
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• Gabi Garcia trains with light heavyweights, and it’s as tough as sparring with Cris Cyborg

  24-09-2016 17:00
  
  Gabi Garcia will be back in action Sunday in Japan, fighting at Rizin Fighting Federation’s fifth show, and had a strong training camp for her openweight bout with Destanie Yarbrough at the Saitama Super Arena.
  One of the biggest winners in jiu-jitsu history, Garcia made her transition to mixed martial arts last December, and enters her third MMA fight followed by a pair of stoppage victories. Looking back at her first experiences in a ring, Garcia admits that she expected bad performances
  
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• Rizin 2 Weigh-in Results: Mirko Filipovic, 230, Official for Open Weight Grand Prix

  24-09-2016 16:18
  
  A little more than 10 years ago, Mirko Filipovic was the last man standing in the historic 2006 Pride Fighting Championships open weight grand prix. Now, at age 42, he will attempt to replicate the feat under the Rizin Fighting Federation banner.
  
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• Fightweets: Don't count out UFC 205 just yet

  24-09-2016 16:00
  
  Weight-cutting issues, fighters jostling for position, fighters threatening to walk away, and so forth. On and on, south of heaven. On to another edition of Fightweets ...
  Whither UFC 205?
  @logankader: Is WME to blame for the 205 fiasco?
  In fairness, I'll point out that you sent this before Friday's announcement of Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz for the UFC strawweight title and the return of Miesha Tate.
  So given that, and given we've also got a killer welterweight title figh
  
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• UFC Fight Night 95 predictions

  24-09-2016 15:30
  
  Well, 2016 keeps getting stranger in the world of MMA, as Cris Cyborg is fighting in the UFC and is the main event of a UFC fight card, fighting a promotional newcomer. Apart from that, this card also hosts fights that may be career defining for two fighters -€” Renan Barao and 'Bigfoot' Silva.
  What: UFC Fight Night 95
  Where: Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília, Brazil.
  When: Saturday, Sept. 24. The three-fight UFC Fight Pass prelims begin at 6:30 p.m. ET, the four-fight F
  
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• The incredible juggling act of Dominick Cruz

  24-09-2016 15:00
  
  It is mid-afternoon Wednesday, and by any measure of the word, Dominick Cruz should be exhausted. Instead, he is annoyed. The reigning UFC bantamweight champion touched down in Brasilia six hours ago for the first of what could be many busy weeks to come in his new role as UFC color commentator, but already he has encountered a problem: the internet in his hotel room drags like a heavyweight in high altitude. With a schedule as swamped as his, any time spent waiting is as good as time wasted. Th
  
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• It’s time for the UFC to stop treating 'Cyborg' like a sorority pledge

  24-09-2016 14:00
  
  Well, she made it. Cris Cyborg Justino wrung her body out and hit the 141 maximum so that she can fight Lina Lansberg at UFC Fight Night 95 on Saturday night in Brasilia, Brazil. All week long it was in question, from Monday when she said she weighed in the neighborhood of 165, to Thursday morning when she said she was tipping the scales at 150. Those documenting Cyborg’s voyage captured her arguing with her nutritionist George Lockhart about birth control pills affecting the already arduo
  
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• More mature, Phillipe Nover looks back at his days as the next Anderson Silva

  24-09-2016 13:00
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil -- Phillipe Nover enters the biggest fight of his career Saturday night, and he breaks down fighting former champion Renan Barao at UFC Fight Night 95, him being compared to Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre before his first run in the UFC, and more.
  
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• Luan Chagas’ dream fight finally came at UFC Fight Night 95, but not how he expected

  24-09-2016 12:00
  
  BRASILIA -- Luan Chagas will step inside the Octagon on Saturday night in Brasilia, Brazil, to face Erick Silva at UFC Fight Night 95, and that was his first dream match in the sport.
  Chagas made his professional MMA debut in 2012, one month after Silva impressed for the third time under the UFC banner against Charlie Brenneman. Silva was the welterweight star from Brazil back then, and Chagas just hoped to have a chance to test himself against him one day.
  "When I started as a professional MMA
  
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• Jussier Formiga’s plan to win UFC belt includes not thinking about it

  24-09-2016 10:00
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil -- Jussier Formiga once was the No. 1 flyweight in the world, and he changed his approach to the game in order to get back to the top.
  Matched up against Dustin Ortiz at UFC Fight Night 95 in Brasilia, Brazil, on Saturday night, the Nova Uniao talent decided to stop thinking about UFC title shots. Coming off a loss to Henry Cejudo in November, a result that gave his opponent a chance for the gold against flyweight kingpin Demetrious Johnson, Formiga won’t discuss title sho
  
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• Irene Aldana torn between wanting Invicta title shot or UFC next

  24-09-2016 08:41
  
  KANSAS CITY — After knocking out Faith Van Duin at Invicta FC 19 on Friday, Irene Aldana talked about being nervous stepping in the cage, whether she wants a title shot against Tonya Evinger or the UFC next and training with new UFC signee Alexa Grasso.
  
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• Kal Holliday says she had a feeling Tiffany Van Soest would ‘give her neck up’

  24-09-2016 08:29
  
  KANSAS CITY — After upsetting Muay Thai ace Tiffany Van Soest on Friday at Invicta FC 19, Kal Holliday talks her game plan, her personal life as a Marine and college student and why teammates told her she shouldn't take the bout against Van Soest.
  
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• Born in New Jersey, Vicente Luque explains why he's fighting at home in Brasilia

  24-09-2016 08:00
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil -- Hector Urbina will be facing a hostile crowd at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 95 event in Brasilia, but many people don’t know that Vicente Luque, who represents Brasilia in his MMA fights, wasn’t born in Brazil.
  Born on Nov. 27, 1991 in New Jersey, Luque’s journey to the United States involves a connection to Chile. His grandmother worked for Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so she kept moving to different countries all the time. Her daughter,
  
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• Ayaka Hamasaki would like UFC challenge next

  24-09-2016 07:54
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- After Invicta FC 19, Ayaka Hamasaki discusses her title defense, what's next and more.
  
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• Jinh Yu Frey talks ‘heartbreaking’ cut stoppage in title fight loss to Ayaka Hamasaki

  24-09-2016 07:46
  
  KANSAS CITY — After her loss to Ayaka Hamasaki in an atomweight title fight at Invicta FC 19 on Friday, Jinh Yu Frey talked the doctor's stoppage finish, why she felt like she wanted to continue fighting and what is next for her.
  
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• Roxanne Modafferi reflects on main event loss at Invicta FC 19

  24-09-2016 07:25
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Roxanne Modafferi discusses coming up short against Jennifer Maia in the Invicta FC 19 main event, what went wrong, and more.
  
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• Prazeres, Yahya among Brasilia prelim winners

  24-09-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  PRAZERES vs BURNSIn the featured preliminary bout of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card at Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Belem’s Michel Prazeres won the lightweight battle of Brazil, outpointing Rio de Janeiro’s Gilbert Burns over three rounds by three scores of 30-27.Prazeres’ right hand got Burns’ attention in the opening moments, but in the midst of a flurry in the second minute, Burns struck back with a right hand of his own that produced a flash knockdow
  
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• Miller-Alves Added to UFC 205 Card

  24-09-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Surging lightweight contender Jim Miller will welcome longtime welterweight standout Thiago Alves to the 155-pound ranks on Saturday, November 12, as the two meet in UFC 205 action at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Tickets for UFC 205 go on sale on Friday, September 30.RELATED: Jedrzejczyk vs. Kowalkiewicz and Tate vs. Pennington added to UFC 205 main card | Joanna Champion vs. Kowalkiewicz perfect fight for New York City | Check out full fight card | Home of UFC 205
  
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• Luque with huge KO; Patrick, Gillespie win marathons

  24-09-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  PATRICK vs. RAYRio de Janeiro’s Alan Patrick showed off his grappling game in his lightweight bout with Scotland’s Stevie Ray, keeping his foe grounded for nearly all three rounds en route to a unanimous decision win in UFC Fight Night action Saturday at Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Brazil.Scores were 29-28 twice and 30-27 for Patrick, now 14-1; Ray falls to 19-6.Patrick opened the fight with two takedowns, getting him on the board fast. A third takedown backfired when Ray
  
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• LIVE: Fight Night Brasilia results and news

  24-09-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Who were the winners at UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs Lansberg? Click below to get the results for all the fights at Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Brazil on Saturday, September 24, 2016.Cyborg vs Lansberg | Barao vs Nover | Nelson vs Bigfoot Silva | Trinaldo vs Felder | Santos vs Spicely | Pepey vs De La Torre | Burns vs Prazeres | Yahya vs Tanaka | Formiga vs Ortiz | Silva vs Chagas | Patrick vs Ray | Luque vs Urbina | Franca vs GillespieUFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs Lansberg main cardAction sta
  
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• Gustafsson-Nogueira headed to Sao Paulo

  24-09-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Injuries have kept light heavyweight stars Alexander Gustafsson and Rogerio Nogueira from meeting in the past, but on Saturday, November 19, the two 205-pound contenders will finally collide in the five-round UFC Fight Night main event at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil. FS1 will televise the card. A two-time world title challenger who came perilously close to defeating Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier in a pair of five-round classics, Sweden's Gustafsson returned from 11 months aw
  
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• Fight Night Brasilia final results and news

  24-09-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Who were the winners at UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs Lansberg? Click below to get the results for all the fights at Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Brazil on Saturday, September 24, 2016.Cyborg vs Lansberg | Barao vs Nover | Nelson vs Bigfoot Silva | Trinaldo vs Felder | Santos vs Spicely | Pepey vs De La Torre | Burns vs Prazeres | Yahya vs Tanaka | Formiga vs Ortiz | Silva vs Chagas | Patrick vs Ray | Luque vs Urbina | Franca vs GillespieUFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs Lansberg main cardMain event
  
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• Cyborg romps to victory in Brasilia main event

  24-09-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  In her UFC Fight Night main event against Lina Lansberg Saturday night, dominant Brazilian bomber Cris “Cyborg” Justino was forced out of the first round for the first time since 2013, but the end result was still the same, as Cyborg scored a second-round stoppage of the Swedish newcomer at Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia to run her current unbeaten streak to 17.More from Fight Night Brasilia: Full results | Cyborg romps to victory in Brasilia main event | Barao a winner,
  
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• Barao a winner, as are Nelson, Trinaldo and more

  24-09-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  BARAO vs NOVERFormer UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao picked up his first Octagon win at 145 pounds on Saturday night, as he held off a solid effort from New York’s Phillipe Nover to win a three-round unanimous decision at Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Brazil.Scores were 30-27 and 29-28 twice.Nover had success in the first round with his jabs and counterpunches, but he wasn’t as busy as the Brazilian, whose leg kicks and punch flurries kept him ahead of his foe.Barao steppe
  
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• UFC Fight Night 95 Results: Cyborg vs. Lansberg

  24-09-2016 06:00
  
  MMA Fighting has UFC Fight Night 95 results for the Cyborg vs. Lansberg fight card Sept. 24, live UFC Fight Night 95 twitter updates, and more.In the main event, Cris Cyborg and Lina Lansberg square off in a catchweight fight. Former UFC champion Renan Barao and Phillipe Nover will collide in a featherweight tilt in the co-main event.Check out the UFC Fight Night 95 results below.Main card (FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET)
  Cris Cyborg vs. Lina LansbergRenan Barao vs. Phillipe Nover
  Roy Nelson vs. Ant
  
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• Invicta FC 19 results: Jennifer Maia retains flyweight title in split decision over Roxanne Modafferi

  24-09-2016 05:42
  
  There would be no fairy-tale ending for women's MMA pioneer Roxanne Modafferi. Instead, Jennifer Maia gutted out a five-round war.
  Maia retained the Invicta flyweight title by split decision (47-48, 48-47, 49-46) over Modafferi in the main event of Invicta FC 19 on Friday night in Kansas City. It was announced Friday at weigh-ins that Maia was the undisputed champion due to former champion Barb Honchak's inactivity.
  The fight between Maia and Modafferi was a tight one. Maia was clearly the bette
  
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• Jennifer Maia Wins Vacant Title, Ayaka Hamasaki Retains Hers at Invicta FC 19

  24-09-2016 05:38
  
  After a tough back-and-forth brawl, Brazil’s Jennifer Maia had her hand raised in victory against longtime veteran Roxanne Modafferi in the main event of Invicta FC 19 to capture the promotion’s vacant flyweight title.
  
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• Jennifer Maia, Ayaka Hamasaki Defend Titless at Invicta FC 19

  24-09-2016 05:38
  
  After a tough back-and-forth brawl, Brazil’s Jennifer Maia had her hand raised in victory against longtime veteran Roxanne Modafferi in the main event of Invicta FC 19 to capture the promotion’s vacant flyweight title.
  
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• Jennifer Maia, Ayaka Hamasaki Defend Titles at Invicta FC 19

  24-09-2016 05:38
  
  After a tough back-and-forth brawl, Brazil’s Jennifer Maia had her hand raised in victory against longtime veteran Roxanne Modafferi in the main event of Invicta FC 19 to capture the promotion’s vacant flyweight title.
  
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• CES MMA 38 Highlight Video: Levan Makashvili Taps Sean Soriano in Main Event

  24-09-2016 05:25
  
  CES MMA took over the Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., Friday night with another evening of action on AXS TV.
  
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• Marco Polo Reyes vs. Jason Novelli added to TUF: Latin America 3 Finale

  24-09-2016 04:44
  
  A lightweight bout pitting Mexico's Marco Polo Reyes and Jason Novelli has been added to The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 3 Finale. The news was announced by UFC Español on Thursday.
  Reyes, who participated in TUF: Latin America 2, is looking to stay undefeated in the UFC. The 31-year-old Mexican has won both of his UFC bouts by knockout, with his most recent performance being the Fight of the Night of UFC 199 against Dong Hyun Kim. Reyes is 6-3 as a professional fighter.His oppon
  
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• Rani Yahya vows to be more vocal to get bigger fights after UFC Fight Night 95

  24-09-2016 04:00
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil -- Unbeaten as a bantamweight in the UFC, Rani Yahya enters the Octagon on Saturday night coming off an exciting win over Matthew Lopez in July, but winning his third straight at 135 pounds, wasn’t enough for him to get a ranked opponent.
  "I was open to fighting anyone, ranked or not," Yahya told MMA Fighting. "Fighters in the top 15 usually don’t want to fight someone who’s outside the rankings, especially in Brazil. The UFC told me it would be Michinori Tanak
  
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• Barb Honchak says she found out she was no longer Invicta FC champ on social media

  24-09-2016 02:30
  
  Barb Honchak was the Invicta FC flyweight champion Thursday morning. By later that night, the belt was gone. And she said she only found out about it on Twitter.
  Invicta announced Thursday evening at the Invicta FC 19 weigh-ins that Honchak was no longer flyweight champion and that the card's main event — interim champ Jennifer Maia vs. Roxanne Modafferi — would be for the undisputed title.
  Honchak said no one from the promotion informed her that she would no longer be champion. She
  
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• UFC Fight Night 95 ‘Cyborg vs. Lansberg’ Results: Play-by-Play & Updates

  24-09-2016 00:59
  
  Sherdog's live UFC Fight Night “Cyborg vs. Lansberg” coverage kicks off Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET.
  
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