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• Bellator 162 Results: Shlemenko vs. Grove

  21-10-2016 23:00
  
  MMA Fighting has Bellator 162 results for the Shlemenko vs. Grove fight card Friday night at the FedEx Forum.In the main event, Alexander Shlemenko will square off against Kendall Grove in a middleweight contest at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn.Check out the Bellator 162 results below.Main card (SPIKE at 9 p.m. ET)
  Alexander Shlemenko vs. Kendall Grove
  Bobby Lashley vs. Josh AppeltGoiti Yamauchi vs. Ryan Couture
  Hisaki Kato vs. A.J. MatthewsUndercard (MMA Fighting at 7 p.m. ET)
  Julia Budd vs.
  
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• Bellator 162 live stream online

  21-10-2016 22:00
  
  Watch Bellator 162 stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card at 7 p.m. ET. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows:Julia Budd vs. Arlene Blencowe
  Ricky Rainey vs. Gilbert Smith
  Steve Garcia vs. Ronnie Lawrence
  Chase Gormley vs. Bobby Brents
  Virgil Zwicker vs. Dan Charles
  Tyler Hill vs. Wade Johnson
  Jonathan Burdine vs. James Wallace
  Eryk Anders vs. Brian White
  Jaleel Willis vs. Omar Johnson
  Chad Cook vs. Grady Hurley
  Mike Wessel vs. Frank TateAlexander Shlemenko w
  
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• UFC Releases Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva

  21-10-2016 21:18
  
  UFC's cuts this week are starting to extend past management figures.Brazilian media outlet Globo was the first to report the news that heavyweight contender Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva has been released from the UFC.The report has since been confirmed by MMAFighting.com."Bigfoot" Silva was cut from the UFC this week after losing his last three fights in a row, all of which came by way of knockout.
  
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• Video: Demetrious Johnson Mic’d Up For McGregor-Diaz Rematch At UFC 202

  21-10-2016 21:12
  
  https://youtu.be/OPKjIVsmuGgOn Thursday, the official UFC On FOX YouTube channel added the "Full Blast" segment from this week's edition of UFC Ultimate Insider on FOX Sports 1 (FS1).Featured above is the "Full Blast" segment, which features UFC Flyweight Champion Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson mic'd up for the epic Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz rematch from the UFC 202 pay-per-view in Las Vegas, Nevada earlier this year."Flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson is mic’d up for hard-hitting an
  
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• Bobby Lashley Makes MMA Fighting Return At Bellator 162 Tonight

  21-10-2016 21:04
  
  Former TNA World Champion Bobby Lashley makes his MMA fighting return on Friday evening, October 21st, as he is scheduled to fight at tonight's Bellator 162 event in Memphis, Tennessee.Lashley, who sports a 14-2 professional MMA record, will be fighting Heavyweight prospect Josh Appelt on the main card, which airs live from the FedEx Forum on Spike TV.Lashley has won his last seven pro MMA bouts, while his opponent tonight, Appelt, has lost his last three fights in a row.
  
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• UFC releases ‘Bigfoot’ Silva

  21-10-2016 20:30
  
  There won’t be any "Bigfoot" sightings in the UFC again any time soon.The promotion released Antonio Silva recently after a rough stretch for the former elite heavyweight, MMA Fighting confirmed with UFC officials Friday. Globo was the first to report the news. Silva had lost three straight, all by knockoutGlobo reported that Silva, 37, is already fielding offers from other promotions. "Bigfoot" owns a win over Fedor Emelianenko under the Strikeforce banner in 2011 and the promotion that s
  
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• USADA suspends UFC’s Abdul-Kerim Edilov 15 months for meldonium

  21-10-2016 20:00
  
  Abdul-Kerim Edilov has yet to make his UFC debut, and he’ll have to wait longer still.The Chechen light heavyweight has been given a 15-month suspension by USADA for testing positive for the prohibited substance meldonium in an out-of-competition drug test back in January, the UFC’s anti-doping partner announced Friday. His suspension is retroactive to Jan. 7, 2016, the date the sample was collected. Edilov will be eligible for his first UFC fight in April.Meldonium, which has been p
  
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• Judo gold medalist Kayla Harrison training in jiu-jitsu, boxing, but still unsure of MMA transition

  21-10-2016 19:00
  
  Kayla Harrison is training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and boxing. She has offers on the table from multiple mixed martial arts promotions.
  But the two-time Olympic judo gold medalist still has not made a firm decision on whether or not MMA will be in her future.
  "I can't answer that right now," Harrison told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour. "I just don't know. At the end of the day, I miss competing. I'm not gonna lie to you. I miss that feeling of stepping onto a mat and being the
  
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• Dan Henderson Already Interested In Fighting Again Just Weeks After Retiring

  21-10-2016 18:34
  
  That didn't last long.Dan Henderson has already made his first comments about a potential "out-of-retirement" fight that has his interest.In a new blog written by the MMA legend at Champions.co, Henderson claims that for the right money, he could be talked into taking a rubber-match against UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping."It's been a pretty mellow week since UFC 204, but I still haven't reconciled myself with the scoring the judges put forth for my fight with Michael Bisping," said He
  
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• Holly Holm Reacts To Ronda Rousey Getting Immediate Title Shot, Her Next Fight

  21-10-2016 18:27
  
  https://youtu.be/01v510Yy2vEOn Monday, former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm appeared as a guest on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani at MMAFighting.com and spoke about her Octagon status, as well as her thoughts on the return of Ronda Rousey.Regarding the fact that Rousey is fighting Amanda Nunes instead of Holm in an immediate rematch, which was talked about for months after their initial meeting in Melbourne, Australia, a fight that "The Preacher's Daughter" won by crushing head-k
  
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• Bellator 162 Results: Play-by-Play & Round-by-Round Scoring

  21-10-2016 18:19 via sherdog.com
  
  Sherdog.com's live Bellator 162 coverage kicks off Friday at 7 p.m. ET.
  
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• Lion Fight 32 Weigh-in Results: All Main Card Fighters on Weight

  21-10-2016 17:06 via sherdog.com
  
  Muay Thai powerhouse Lion Fight returns home to Las Vegas on Friday with another card loaded with action and at Thursday’s weigh-ins, all of the main card fighters made weight.
  
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• Holly Holm has a message for her critics, hopes to fight again this year

  21-10-2016 17:00
  
  Since she dropped a unanimous decision against Valentina Shevchenko back in July, former women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm has been laying pretty low. Yet over the last few weeks, Holm has been popping back up here and there. Last week, Holm was in San Diego to watch her beloved Denver Broncos take on the San Diego Chargers.
  On Monday, she was a guest on The MMA Hour, and she said she was getting through some appearances and commitments now before she gets back into specified traini
  
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• Jerry “The King” Lawler: Scott Coker Reminds Me So Much Of Vince McMahon

  21-10-2016 16:09
  
  WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler has been involved in helping promote this weekend's Bellator 162 event in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, including hosting fight week activities at his restaurant, "King Jerry Lawler's Hall of Fame Bar and Grille."On Monday, "The King" joined Ariel Helwani on "The MMA Hour" at MMAFighting.com to talk about his involvement with the show. During the interview, Lawler shared his opinion regarding Bellator MMA President Scott Coker being similar to WWE
  
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• Marvin Vettori slated to face Antonio Carlos Jr. at UFC 207

  21-10-2016 16:00
  
  The UFC 207 fight card is filling up quickly.Marvin Vettori will square off against Antonio Carlos Jr. in a middleweight contest on Dec 30 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., the UFC announced Friday.Vettori (11-2) has won six straight fights, including his UFC debut. He defeated Alberto Emiliano Pereira via submission (guillotine choke) in the first round at UFC 202.Carlos Jr. (6-2, with one no-contest) is 3-2 and one no-contest in his UFC career. The TUF 3 champion defeated Leonardo Augu
  
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• Bobby Lashley would rather fight Fedor Emelianenko than for Bellator title

  21-10-2016 15:00
  
  When most top fighters are reaching their peak in camp, Bobby Lashley, who meets Josh Appelt in Bellator's co-main event on Friday night's Spike TV event from Memphis, was busy doing something completely different in his second job as a pro wrestler.Lashley (14-2) was once being groomed by Vince McMahon to be the next big star in pro wrestling nearly a decade ago, in what now seems like a surreal lifetime ago. His big push was being managed by Donald Trump in the "Battle of the Billionaires
  
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• Morning Report: Dan Henderson 'pissed' about UFC 204 decision, says he could be talked into a trilogy fight for 'the right money'

  21-10-2016 14:00
  
  Dan Henderson believes he should have won the UFC middleweight championship at UFC 204 and says he would be willing to do a third fight "for the right money." Don't look now but there's a slim chance Dan Henderson has one more fight in him.
  At UFC 204, Henderson challenged Michael Bisping for the UFC middleweight championship, he lost a unanimous decision but one that many believed he should have won. Count himself among that group. Writing a post for Champions.co, Henderson admitted that u
  
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• Uriah Hall talks Josh Samman, middleweight division & more on FB Live

  21-10-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  No. 10-ranked middleweight Uriah Hall joined UFC.com's Matt Parrino Friday afternoon for a segment called UFC Rankings Report Rewind on Facebook Live.Sitting in for former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin, Hall talked about his division, upcoming fights at UFC 205, remembered Ultimate Fighter season 17's Josh Samman, and gave his take on the rankings.Watch the video at the top of the page and don't miss the Rankings Report every week on Wednesday at about 8:30pm/5:30pm ETPT. Read t
  
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• Breaking down Werdum-Velasquez 2

  21-10-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The long-anticipated rematch between Fabricio Werdum and Cain Velasquez at UFC 207 in Las Vegas closes out 2016 with what has now become a can’t-miss card, one that also features the return of Ronda Rousey. Both Velasquez and Werdum are former UFC heavyweight champions. Werdum took the belt from Velasquez in their clash at UFC 188 in Mexico City in 2015, and subsequently dropped the title to current king Stipe Miocic. Now Werdum and Velasquez will revisit a fight that was surprisingly one-
  
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• After 'vacation', Johnson ready for champion

  21-10-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Since the advent of the flyweight division, Demetrious Johnson hasn’t had much time for summer vacations.Four years and change after the UFC introduced the 125-pound weight class, the one and only man to wear the division’s championship belt has either spent the summer months preparing to compete or actually stepping into the Octagon and in some cases, he’s done both.He won the title in September 2012 after beating Ian McCall in June to advance to the inaugural championship bou
  
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• Jerry Lawler: Scott Coker reminds me 'so much' of Vince McMahon

  21-10-2016 05:00
  
  When Bellator comes to Memphis on Friday night, one of the most famous people in the city for more than four decades will be at cage side for an MMA event for only the second time in his life.But being around a ring, or a cage, is anything but a new experience for Jerry Lawler, a Memphis cultural icon who helped promote Bellator's show in his home city, including having activities leading to the show at his restaurant, "King Jerry Lawler's Hall of Fame Bar and Grille," on the legendary Beale Str
  
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• Report: Jordan Parsons the first MMA fighter to be diagnosed with CTE

  21-10-2016 04:30
  
  Jordan Parsons, the late Bellator fighter, is the first MMA competitor to ever be publicly diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to a report Thursday in the Boston Globe.
  Dr. Bennet Omalu informed the Globe of Parsons' diagnosis. Omalu is a forensic pathologist who first found CTE in a pro football player in 2003 and a pro wrestler in 2007.
  CTE is a progressive degenerative brain disease found in those who have had severe or repeated blows to the head. Colloquiall
  
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• Ion Cutelaba vs. Jared Cannonier set for TUF 24 Finale

  21-10-2016 03:00
  
  A light heavyweight bout between Ion Cutelaba and Jared Cannonier is the latest addition to The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale.The news was announced by the promotion on Thursday.Cutelaba is coming off his first UFC win, outpointing Jonathan Wilson at UFC Fight Night 96. He made headlines prior to that fight by showing up to the ceremonial weigh-ins as The Hulk, painted in all green. The 22-year-old light heavyweight lost his UFC debut at UFC Fight Night 89 earlier this year to Misha Cirkunov. Cutel
  
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• TUF 23 winner Andrew Sanchez drops to middleweight, fights Trevor Smith at UFC Fight Night 102

  21-10-2016 02:00
  
  After winning The Ultimate Fighter 23 as a light heavyweight, 28-year-old prospect Andrew Sanchez is dropping back down to his natural weight class at middleweight to fight Trevor Smith on Dec. 9 at UFC Fight Night 102. The UFC announced the match-up on Thursday.
  Sanchez (8-2) won four consecutive bouts on TUF 23 to capture the season's crown, defeating Phil Hawes, Myron Dennis, and Eric Spicely on the show, then dominating Khalil Rountree to win a lopsided decision in the season finale. A
  
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• UFC Confirms Velasquez-Werdum Rematch For UFC 207 PPV In December

  21-10-2016 01:25
  
  As noted earlier this evening, UFC is targeting a Bantamweight Title bout between Dominick Cruz and Cody "No Love" Garbrandt for the co-main event of their upcoming year-end pay-per-view event, which features Amanda Nunes vs. Ronda Rousey for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Title as the main event.Apparently the third-from-the-top fight on the card will be quite the blockbuster affair as well.UFC.com confirmed the long-rumored bout between former UFC Heavyweight ChampionsCain Velasquez and Fabricio
  
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• Report: Dominick Cruz to Defend 135-Pound Title Against Cody Garbrandt at UFC 207

  21-10-2016 01:21 via sherdog.com
  
  Cody Garbrandt is getting his title shot at UFC 207.
  
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• Report: Dominick Cruz vs. Cody Garbrandt Title Fight Targeted For UFC 207

  21-10-2016 01:19
  
  Apparently Amanda Nunes vs. Ronda Rousey won't be the only title match taking place at the UFC's year-end pay-per-view in Las Vegas.Multiple sources are reporting that Dominick Cruz vs. Cody Garbrandt is "in the works" for the December 30th PPV event in Nevada, which as noted, will feature a main event of Nunes-Rousey for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Title.Cruz defending his UFC Bantamweight Title on the 12/30 fight card had already been rumored after UFC President Dana White all but confirmed t
  
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• Cain Velasquez to Rematch Fabricio Werdum at UFC 207

  21-10-2016 00:51 via sherdog.com
  
  Fans of the fightsports typically love rematches, especially when the fight is between two elite combatants.
  
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• Bellator 162 Weigh-in Results: Alexander Shlemenko, Kendall Grove on Point

  21-10-2016 00:34 via sherdog.com
  
  Bellator MMA will invade the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn., Friday night and filling out the top slot of the marquee will be a pair of veterans looking to stay afloat in title contention.
  
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• Fabricio Werdum-Cain Velasquez rematch made official for UFC 207

  21-10-2016 00:33
  
  There won't be a title on the line this time, but Fabricio Werdum and Cain Velasquez will meet again.
  The long-discussed matchup of top heavyweight contenders at UFC 207 in Las Vegas on Dec. 30 has been made official, according to Yahoo Sports.
  Werdum captured the heavyweight title from Velasquez at UFC 188 in Mexico City last year, via a third-round submission.
  The duo were expected to rematch at UFC 196, but Velasquez had to pull out of the fight due to an injury. Werdum later went on to
  
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• Dominick Cruz vs. Cody Garbrandt in the works for UFC 207

  21-10-2016 00:33
  
  It looks like Cody Garbrandt is close to winning the Dominick Cruz sweepstakes.
  According to multiple sources, the UFC is currently working on Cruz vs. Garbrandt for the bantamweight title at UFC 207 on Dec. 30. The promotion has yet to officially announce the fight.
  Cruz (22-1) hasn't lost since March 2007 when he was submitted by Urijah Faber. He most recently defeated Faber for the second straight time in June to successfully defend the 135-pound title once again.
  Garbrandt (10-0) is a perfec
  
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