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• Chris Weidman was 'embarrassed' for Michael Bisping after UFC 204

  10-10-2016 22:57
  
  In his most brash and bombastic form, UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping took to the mic at his hometown Manchester Arena and called out the rest of the division after retaining his title against Dan Henderson at UFC 204.
  "[Chris] Weidman, what the hell? You lost your last fight," Bisping said. "I've had three victories since you got your ass kicked by Luke Rockhold. Rockhold, I knocked you out in three minutes, buddy. Yoel Romero, you're suspended for steroids. Shame on you. All of you w
  
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• McGregor Reportedly KO’d While Doing Sparring Training, Coach Kavanagh & Alvarez Comment

  10-10-2016 21:03
  
  Reports started circulating Monday that Conor McGregor was knocked out during a sparring session ahead of his UFC 205 lightweight fight with Eddie Alvarez.John Kavanagh, the head coach for McGregor, addressed the rumors on social media. Kavanagh also added a few more replies, saying "because I'm trying to teach you how to think critically. Otherwise my time wasted on the next silly rumor and the one after that" when asked why he wouldn't directly address the claims.[embed]https://twitter.com/Joh
  
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• Conor McGregor’s Coach Addresses KO Rumor, Eddie Alvarez Responds

  10-10-2016 21:03
  
  [embed]https://twitter.com/John_Kavanagh/status/785517253856993280[/embed]Reports started circulating Monday that Conor McGregor was knocked out during a sparring session ahead of his UFC 205 lightweight fight with Eddie Alvarez.John Kavanagh, the head coach for McGregor, addressed the rumors on social media. Kavanagh also added a few more replies, saying "because I'm trying to teach you how to think critically. Otherwise my time wasted on the next silly rumor and the one after that" when asked
  
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• Conor McGregor Faces Stiff Penalty By NAC Over Water Bottle Gate

  10-10-2016 20:59
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muFAPZJRQ_g[/embed]Conor McGregor's decision to throw a water bottle back at the Diaz camp in August will cost him.The Nevada Athletic Commission came down heavy on the UFC featherweight champion Monday during a hearing, finding him $150,000 for his role in the incident. He will also have to serve 50 hours of community service.
  McGregor was fined five-percent of his $3 million fight purse.
  Diaz is expected to receive a similar - if not more - fine once he g
  
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• December Heats Up With Two Consecutive Bellator Events

  10-10-2016 20:53
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJAzcWBPlTo[/embed]For the first time in Bellator history, the promotion will air live cards on back-to-back nights from the same venue.Starting December 2 with Bellator 166 and a bantamweight title fight between champion Eduardo Dantas and Joe Warren, the Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma will be home to several fights.On December 3, Pat Curran takes on John Teixeira in the main event of Bellator 167.
  Both cards will air live on Spike Sports b
  
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• NAC Hits Conor McGregor with $150K Fine, 50 Hours Community Service

  10-10-2016 20:07
  
  The Nevada Athletic Commission on Monday fined Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight titleholder Conor McGregor $150,000 and hit him with an additional penalty of 50 hours of community service as a result of a bottle-throwing incident at a pre-fight press conference for UFC 202.
  
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• Conor McGregor fined $150,000 for UFC 202 bottle-throwing incident

  10-10-2016 19:52
  
  Conor McGregor's role in the UFC 202 pre-fight press conference ended up being a costly one.
  The Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) on Monday unanimously voted to issue McGregor a $150,000 fine, or five percent of his $3 million show purse, for the bottle-throwing incident that took place between McGregor and UFC 202 opponent Nate Diaz on Aug. 17 at the Copperfield Theater inside the MGM Grand.
  The NAC also handed down 50 hours of community service to McGregor and will require McGregor to particip
  
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• Eduardo Dantas vs. Joe Warren 2, Pat Curran vs. John Teixeira headline Bellator doubleheader in December

  10-10-2016 18:45
  
  Bellator MMA will host two events in two consecutive nights for the first time in its history on Dec. 2 and 3 in Thackerville, Okla. Bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas will be defending his belt on the first night against Joe Warren.
  MMA Fighting confirmed the news with Bellator officials following a report by The Dallas Morning News. Both Bellator 166 and Bellator 167 will take place at the WinStar World Casino.
  Warren (14-5) is the only fighter to ever beat Dantas (18-4) under the Bella
  
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• Amanda Nunes: First UFC title defense ‘has to be’ against Ronda Rousey

  10-10-2016 18:00
  
  Amanda Nunes wants to defend the UFC bantamweight championship against Ronda Rousey.
  The Brazilian fighter became the UFC 135-pound champion with a devastating first-round victory over Miesha Tate in the main event of UFC 200 in Las Vegas, and recently told Combate that her first title defense "has to be" against the most popular female fighter on the planet.
  "I don’t know anything yet, I’m waiting for the call. It’s highly likely, right?" Nunes said. "Those girls are craz
  
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• Two Championship Bouts Shoulder Tachi Palace Fights 29 Marquee on Nov. 3

  10-10-2016 17:47
  
  Cody Gibson will defend the Tachi Palace Fights bantamweight championship against Kyle Reyes in the TPF 29 main event on Nov. 3.
  
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• That bloody Michael Bisping defines complicated words...like ‘heart’

  10-10-2016 16:00
  
  In the first round of UFC 204’s main event, Michael Bisping took Dan Henderson’s "H-Bomb" and fell down, just like he did seven years ago. This time he got up. He got smashed with it again in the second, and — once again — foundered momentarily. But he survived. His features began to puff up, bleed and turn eggplant purple, yet he kept coming forward. And after 25 minutes, he got his arm raised in his native Manchester. Through a pre-Halloween crimson mask of flesh-pounde
  
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• The MMA Hour with Daniel Cormier, Chris Weidman, Miesha Tate, Derrick Lewis, Ricardo Lamas, Marc Diakiese, Matt Grice, Peter Carroll

  10-10-2016 14:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1:00 p.m. ET -- SevereMMA.com's Peter Carroll will recap UFC 204.
  1:25 p.m. -- UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will preview his UFC 206 fight against Anthony Johsnon.
  1:45 p.m. -- Ricardo Lamas will reflect on his fight against B.J. Penn getting canceled and talk about what's next for him.
  2:05 p.m. -- Miesha Tate will preview her UFC 205 fight against Raquel Pennington.
  2:25 p.m. -- Derrick Lewis will talk abo
  
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• Morning Report: Dana White shoots down rumors of Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre at UFC 206

  10-10-2016 14:00
  
  UFC President Dana White put to bed rumors of a potential superfight between the two all-time greats. This past weekend, Michael Bisping successfully defended his UFC middleweight title but it was another rumored middleweight fight that stirred up a lot of interest online: a superfight between two all-time greats, Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre.
  St-Pierre vs. Silva was a fight discussed many times before when both men were the top two pound-for-pound fighters in the sport but never came to
  
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• UFC 204 Fantasy Rewind: What you got right & wrong

  10-10-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Think you know how the next fight card will play out? Play UFC Pick 'EmNo one could have predicted that the grudge match between Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson would end up as a five round war that will likely be remembered as one of the best middleweight title fights in history. Bisping entered the fight as a sizable favorite, with 63 percent of fantasy players picking him to get the win over Henderson, who accepted the challenge knowing that this would be the final fight of his legendary ca
  
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• The Ultimate Fighter LATAM Ep. 8 Preview

  10-10-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  With only a few episodes left to go this season on The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America, the last semifinalist will be determined this week when Marcelo Rojo from Team Griffin takes on John Bedoya from Team Liddell.So far, Team Liddell has put through two semifinalists with No. 1 pick Claudio Puelles and Leonardo Rodriguez getting wins in the first pair of fights in the quarterfinals while Martin Bravo from Team Griffin made his way to the next round after his win over Ilianovich Chalo in last we
  
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• Hendo happy to retire on his own terms

  10-10-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Tom Cruise put it best in the movie “Cocktail” when he said, “Everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn’t end.” And that’s usually how it goes in the fight game, but last Saturday night, Dan Henderson flipped the script on that phrase, which was fitting for a guy who once carried the nickname “Hollywood.”So while the man UFC fans knew as “Hendo” didn’t get to walk off into the sunrise in Manchester, England with a championship be
  
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• Damian Stasiak felt Davey Grant's arm crack twice during UFC 204 submission

  10-10-2016 04:00
  
  MANCHESTER -- Damian Stasiak talks about his armbar submission win over Davey Grant at UFC 204, the state of MMA in Poland, what's next for his career, and much more.
  
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• Dana White Addresses Rumors Of GSP vs. Anderson Silva At UFC 206

  10-10-2016 03:58
  
  UFC President Dana White recently spoke with BT Sport to promote this past Saturday's UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson 2 pay-per-view in Manchester, England. During the interview, the UFC boss addressed talk of a potential long-awaited Georges St-Pierre vs. Anderson Silva dream match, which has recently been rumored to take place at UFC 206 in December.According to White, not only is St-Pierre not fighting "The Spider" as fans have been dieing to see for years, he's not fighting anyone, as the UFC
  
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• Jimi Manuwa vs. Ovince Saint Preux full fight video highlights

  10-10-2016 02:00
  
  Watch Jimi Manuwa vs. Ovince Saint Preux full fight video highlights from UFC 204's main card above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
  UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson 2 took place Oct. 8 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. UFC light heavyweight contenders Jimi Manuwa (16-2) and Ovince Saint Preux (19-9) faced off on the night's main card, which aired live on pay-per-view. Catch the video highlights above.
  For more on Saint Preux vs. Manuwa, check out the play-by-pl
  
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• UFC 204 Reebok Payouts: Michael Bisping Leads The Pack With $40,000

  10-10-2016 01:45
  
  Now that this month's UFC 204 pay-per-view is officially behind us, it's time to take a peek at what the fighters who competed on the Manchester-hosted fight card earned via their mandatory Reebok sponsorship/outfitting deals.Below are the figures that were released following the UFC 204 PPV on Saturday, which featured Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson competing in the main event for the UFC Middleweight Championship.Bisping topped the Reebok salaries for the event with $40,000, while MMA legend
  
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