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• Bibiano Fernandes to defend ONE bantamweight title in December

  25-10-2016 23:30
  
  Bibiano Fernandes will return to the ONE Championship cage this year.
  Fernandes is scheduled to defend his bantamweight tittle against Reece McClaren at ONE Championship's Age of Domination. This title fight will be the second championship fight on the card, as Brandon Vera will defend his heavyweight title against Hideki Sekine in the main event, according to the promotion Tuesday.
  This fight also marks Fernandes' second fight in the 2016 calendar. Fernandes' only fight so far this ye
  
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• UFC 205 Complete Once More With Vicente Luque-Belal Muhammad

  25-10-2016 23:04
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyZpWYlEP9M[/embed]After Lyman Good was removed from UFC 205 next month, officials quickly found a replacement, tabbing Vicente Luque to face Belal Muhammad.Good was pulled from the Madison Square Garden event due to a possible anti-doping violation.
  Luque (10-5-1) is coming off a first round knockout of Hector Urbina, which pushed his current win streak to three in a row - all via finish. Muhammad (10-1) scored a win over Augusto Montano after suffering hi
  
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• Brad Pickett “Honored” To Be Urijah Faber’s Retirement Fight Opponent

  25-10-2016 23:00
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKcWGjceN3w[/embed]Brad Pickett has followed the same career path as his UFC on FOX 22 opponent Urijah Faber, working his way up the regional ranks to the WEC before landing in the UFC.Now, the Brit will be the final opponent for Faber when the two collide in December in Sacramento.And he couldn't be more thrilled.
  "When I was offered this fight I was pumped," Pickett said in an interview with MMAFighting. "It has relit a fire in me that I was worried was s
  
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• Frankie Perez Ends Retirement, Meets Marc Diakiese at UFC Fight Night in Albany

  25-10-2016 22:45 via sherdog.com
  
  Frankie Perez will end his short-lived retirement when he faces Marc Diakiese at UFC Fight Night 102 in Albany, N.Y., on Dec. 9.
  
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• UFC Settles On New Matchmaking Responsibilities In Light of Joe Silva’s Departure

  25-10-2016 21:53
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_v0sJ6dl5MWhile most of the information had come out weeks out, the updated details on the UFC's new matchmaking arrangements appear to be finalized according to MMAFighting. Previously, Joe Silva was Senior Vice President of Talent Relations with Sean Shelby as Vice President of Talent Relations. With Silva retiring at the end of the year, Shelby is getting his old title, while Legacy FC promoter Mick Maynard will take over Shelby's old position.I
  
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• UFC settles on new matchmaking responsibilities in light of Joe Silva's impending departure

  25-10-2016 21:31
  
  Changes are afoot at the Ultimate Fighting Championship these days, including in its matchmaking department.
  Soon to be gone is long-time matchmaker Joe Silva, who is planning on retiring in a couple of months after cashing in on the small percentage he had in the company following its recent sale for $4 billion. Silva had been with the company for over 20 years and is believed to have made well over seven figures following the sale.
  As a result, Silva's partner, Sean Shelby, was recently promot
  
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• Video: Lashley Again Talks About Potential Lesnar Showdown, Prefers MMA Fight

  25-10-2016 21:02
  
  https://youtu.be/xeC1c2HkwE8As noted, former TNA World Champion and current Bellator MMA Heavyweight contender Bobby Lashley recently expressed interest in facing-off with Brock Lesnar either inside a cage or a ring.Lashley originally spoke of his interest in a showdown with Lesnar while appearing on WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross' weekly "Ross Report" podcast at PodcastOne.com. During a new interview with TMZ Sports (see above), the veteran MMA heavyweight Lashley again spoke of the topic.Bobby Las
  
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• Vicente Luque Replaces Good, Meets Belal Muhammad at UFC 205

  25-10-2016 20:26 via sherdog.com
  
  Vicente Luque will step in for Lyman Good and meet Belal Muhammad at UFC 205 on Nov. 12.
  
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• Jon Jones Delivers Twitter Rant to LHW Division: ‘I Got in That Ass Fair and Square’

  25-10-2016 20:13 via sherdog.com
  
  While Jon Jones remains sidelined for failing an out-of-competition drug test prior to UFC 200, he isn’t holding his tongue on social media.
  
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• Vicente Luque replaces Lyman Good, will face Belal Muhammad at UFC 205

  25-10-2016 19:30
  
  The UFC didn't waste much time getting a replacement for Lyman Good.
  Luque will step into Good's place and take on Belal Muhammad at UFC 205 on Nov. 12 in New York, Newsday reported Tuesday morning. UFC officials confirmed the fill-in on Twitter.
  Good was ousted from the historic card Monday when it was announced that he had been flagged by USADA for a potential anti-doping violation. The New York native is provisionally suspended and will have his case adjudicated by the UFC's anti-doping
  
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• Gunnar Nelson Explains Decision To Pull Out Of UFC Fight Night 99 Main Event

  25-10-2016 19:27
  
  On Tuesday, UFC contender Gunnar Nelson publicly addressed his decision to pull out of his upcoming scheduled UFC Fight Night 99 main event against Dong Hyun Kim in the promotional return to Ireland next month.Nelson addressed the issue in a statement released via his official Instagram page.
  "I want begin with saying im very sorry to all my fans, sponsors, friends and StunGun that im pulling out of this fight in Belfast," wrote Nelson.He continued, "I was so much looking forward to fighting aga
  
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• Gunnar Nelson Reveals Ankle Injury Led to UFC Fight Night Belfast Withdrawal

  25-10-2016 19:26 via sherdog.com
  
  Last week, the original UFC Fight Night 99 headliner was scrapped when Gunnar Nelson had to withdraw due to an undisclosed ailment.
  
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• Randy Couture Relates To GSP’s Battle With UFC, Explains How His Ended

  25-10-2016 19:19
  
  If one person can relate to the current situation former Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre has found himself in with the UFC, it's Hall Of Famer Randy Couture."Captain America" spoke with Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour and admitted that he sees similarities between GSP's current situation with the UFC and his own in the past with the promotion, as along with Tito Ortiz, Couture was involved in one of the most public legal battles with the company back in 2007 and 2008."I
  
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• Gunnar Nelson issues statement after withdrawing from UFC Fight Night 99 in Belfast

  25-10-2016 19:04
  
  It was meant to be a battle between two of the most enigmatic welterweights in the UFC, but for now the fight will have to wait. Gunnar Nelson was forced out of his fight against Dong Hyun Kim, which was slated to take place at UFC Fight Night 99.
  The Icelandic fighter, who was supposed to face Kim in the main event in Belfast, Northern Ireland, issued a statement via his Instagram on Tuesday, apologizing for having to pull out, and explaining the circumstances.
  "I want to begin with saying I'm
  
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• The MMA Hour - 353 - Fan questions

  25-10-2016 18:20
  
  Ariel Helwani and Eric Jackman answer fan questions.
  
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• Highlight Video: Sergey Kovalev's Greatest Hits

  25-10-2016 17:55 via sherdog.com
  
  Watch career highlights of light heavyweight champion boxer Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev. Kovalev vs. Andre Ward happens Saturday, Nov. 19 live on HBO pay-per-view beginning at 9 p.m. ET.
  
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• UFC Full Fight Download: Watch Tyron Woodley Lamp Robbie Lawler

  25-10-2016 17:40 via sherdog.com
  
  Watch Tyron Woodley seize the Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title with force.
  
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• Despite never winning UFC title, Urijah Faber leaves MMA with no regrets

  25-10-2016 17:00
  
  Urijah Faber will stroll off into the sunset on Dec. 17 after UFC on FOX 22, as Faber announced Monday that he intends to retire from mixed martial arts following his hometown fight against Brad Pickett in Sacramento, Calif.
  The bout will signal an end to a remarkable 14-year run for Faber, one that saw him reign for years atop the WEC and play an integral role in growing the popularity of lighter-weight fighters in the sport. And though Faber never achieved his final goal of becoming UFC c
  
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• Lyman Good Pulled From UFC 205 Fight Due To Drug Testing Issue

  25-10-2016 16:58
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJqIr-XMkhY[/embed]USADA has forced the UFC to remove Lyman Good from UFC 205.Officials announced that Good has been notified of a potential anti-doping violation from a collection obtained on October 14. Good was scheduled to meet Belal Muhammad at Madison Square Garden in New York City.“USADA has provisionally suspended Good based on the potential anti-doping violation,” the statement read. “USADA, the independent administrator of the UF
  
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• Lyman Good Pulled from UFC 205 Due to Potential Anti-Doping Violation

  25-10-2016 16:57 via sherdog.com
  
  Lyman Good has been removed from his UFC 205 matchup against Belal Muhammad due to a possible anti-doping violation, the promotion announced Monday evening.
  
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• UFC 207’s Co-Main Event Now Official Between Dominick Cruz, Cody Garbrandt

  25-10-2016 16:54
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op_anDE5BjY[/embed]The long-rumored co-main event for UFC 207 has been confirmed, as Dominick Cruz will defend his bantamweight title against Cody Garbrandt. ESPN was able to receive confirmation on the bout from UFC officials recently.Cruz (22-1) has yet to taste defeat over five Octagon appearances spread out over several years now due to injuries. He lost the UFC belt when he was stripped due to those injuries, re-claiming it with a split decision win ov
  
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• Rashad Evans And Eight Career Defining Moments (Video)

  25-10-2016 16:50
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJZje9I2kYc[/embed]Rashad Evans has made himself into a future UFC Hall of Fame fighter thanks to his win on The Ultimate Fighter, his rise to UFC light heavyweight championship and several other key moments in his career.Evans, who drops down to middleweight next month at UFC 205 to take on Tim Kennedy, relives his eight career defining moments in this edition of "The Ultimate 8" from a recent edition of "UFC Ultimate Insider."
  
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• UFC 205 Free Fight: Tyron Woodley Becomes The Champion

  25-10-2016 16:47
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5De-fIlwvg[/embed]Next month at UFC 205, Tyron Woodley will make his first welterweight title defense when he meets Stephen Thompson.Woodley won the title earlier this year when he stopped Robbie Lawler in the first round.
  The former Strikeforce title contender and University of Missouri wrestling standout shocked the welterweight division with his stoppage over his American Top Team teammate.
  See a complete replay of that contest right here ahead of UFC 2
  
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• Flyweights Louis Smolka, Ray Borg Set For UFC 207

  25-10-2016 16:45
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtzR7HuqH08[/embed]Two flyweights in need of a strong finish to 2016 will square off at UFC 207, as Louis Smolka meets Ray Borg.Smolka (11-2) had his four-fight win streak snapped earlier this month at UFC Fight Night 96 in a stunning upset by the debuting Brandon Moreno. Smolka, who has gone 5-2 over his Octagon run, was scheduled to face Sergio Pettis before an injury sidelined Pettis and opened the door for Moreno.Borg (9-2) has fought five times total f
  
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• Randy Couture: Georges St-Pierre faces ‘uphill climb' in battle against the UFC

  25-10-2016 15:00
  
  Georges St-Pierre is not the first superstar to abruptly announce his exit from the UFC ranks.
  Back in 2007, then-UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture memorably "resigned" from the UFC due to disagreements over pay and fighter treatment, as well as a desire to fight Russian legend Fedor Emelianenko. Couture's dispute with the UFC lasted 13 long months, and not surprisingly, Couture relates to the frustrating road that St-Pierre is now preparing to venture down.
  "I certainly saw similarities, a
  
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• Morning Report: Jon Jones to UFC light heavyweights: 'I got in that a** fair and square'

  25-10-2016 14:00
  
  Jon Jones' appeal has new life and seemingly, so does he.
  Last week, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and No. 1 contender Anthony Johnson spoke with TSN, calling Jones "irrelevant" so long as he continues to have outside-the-cage issues. It was a continuation of both men's stance that they and the 205-pound division cannot be held in paralysis while Jones continues to have problems which prevent him from fighting. The interview prompted Jones to call the two men out on Twitter
  
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• Louis Smolka-Ray Borg Flyweight Contest Added to UFC 207 Bill on Dec. 30

  25-10-2016 11:55 via sherdog.com
  
  After a shocking upset loss earlier this month, Louis Smolka will get a quick chance to get back in the Octagon and the win column.
  
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• Urijah Faber confirms next fight will be last

  25-10-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  It's only fitting that "The California Kid," Urijah Faber, will call it a day for his fighting career in his home state on December 17, as the former WEC champion has announced that his UFC on FOX bout against Brad Pickett will be his last.Faber initially made the announcement on MMAFighting.com's The MMA Hour show on Monday afternoon and confirmed it Tuesday to the UFC.CHECK OUT FABER'S HOF-WORTHY CAREEROwner of a 33-10 pro record leading into the fight with Pickett, Faber, 37, is a pioneer of
  
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• UFC Unfiltered: Miesha Tate And Katie Nolan

  25-10-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Former UFC Women's Bantamweight champion Miesha Tate calls in to discuss her UFC 205 fight against Raquel Pennington, losing her title at UFC 200, Ronda Rousey's Octagon return against Amanda Nunes at UFC 207, the possibility of fighting Cris Cyborg, and a lot more. Plus, Katie Nolan, host of Garbage Time with Katie Nolan, sits in with Jim and Matt to talk sports loyalty, comedy, YouTube, and UFC.Some of the highlights from Episode 37 of UFC Unfiltered include:Katie on suspending logic
  
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• Ronda bites an ear? 'Drunk History' has it all

  25-10-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Ronda Rousey has made history in the UFC ... now she's going to be a part of it in a hilarious way.FOXSports.com has a teaser clip from Ronda's appearance on Comedy Central's "Drunk History."
  Check it out here  Read the Full Article Here
  
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• No bad blood, Stephens says he and Edgar are a dying breed

  25-10-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  When Jeremy Stephens talks about his UFC 205 opponent, Frankie Edgar, there is no shortage of respect given. In fact, when the Iowan gives his thoughts on the former UFC lightweight champion, it’s almost hard to believe that the two will be trying to knock each other out in Madison Square Garden on November 12.“Frankie’s a true champion,” Stephens said. “He hasn’t been broken, he’s hard to rattle, he hasn’t been knocked out, and he doesn’t ru
  
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• Mousasi-Hall 2 new main event in Belfast

  25-10-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Despite winning five of his last six bouts and soaring to the top five in the middleweight division, Gegard Mousasi wants to avenge that one loss in that stretch, and he'll get that chance on November 19 when he faces No. 10-ranked Uriah Hall in the new main event of UFC Fight Night at The SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland.The new main event came together when Gunnar Nelson was forced from his bout against Dong Hyun Kim due to injury. Kim will be rescheduled for a future card.The event
  
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• Luque Replaces Good at UFC 205

  25-10-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Currently sporting a three-fight winning streak in which he has finished each victory before the final horn, former Ultimate Fighter standout Vicente Luque has now accepted a spot on the historic UFC 205 card in New York City's Madison Square Garden, where he will face Belal Muhammad on November 12.The opportunity to face Muhammad arrived when it was announced Monday that Lyman Good was removed from the event after a potential Anti-Doping violation caused him to be provisionally suspended by USA
  
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• Frankie Perez out of retirement, meets prospect Marc Diakiese at UFC Fight Night 102

  25-10-2016 04:00
  
  Frankie Perez is cutting his retirement short.
  The New Jersey native will make his MMA return against top prospect Marc Diakiese at UFC Fight Night 102 on Dec. 9 in Albany, N.Y., it was announced Monday.
  Perez (10-2) surprisingly announced his retirement in August 2015 after a first-round TKO win over Sam Stout. He went 1-1 in his short UFC run before calling it quits. Perez, 27, is a long time member of Team Ricardo Almeida, like Frankie Edgar, Edson Barboza and others.
  Diakiese (10-0) is comin
  
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• Lyman Good flagged by USADA, out of UFC 205 fight with Belal Muhammad

  25-10-2016 03:14
  
  The only UFC 205 athlete born in Manhattan is now off the card.
  Lyman Good was flagged for a potential anti-doping violation by USADA, the UFC announced in a release Monday. The potential violation, likely a positive drug test for a banned substance, stems from an out-of-competition sample taken Oct. 14.
  Good has been provisionally suspended by USADA, pending an adjudication process. He was supposed to face Belal Muhammad at UFC 205 on Nov. 12 in New York, but has been pulled off the card.
  Good
  
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• Brad Pickett says he's 'honored' to be Urijah Faber's last fight

  25-10-2016 02:00
  
  The news Urijah Faber has decided to make his UFC on FOX 22 fight with Brad Pickett his retirement fight sent shockwaves through the mixed martial arts world Monday.
  But when the former WEC featherweight champion and future Hall of Famer announced on The MMA Hour he's decided hang up the gloves, it also came with a sense of excitement. Faber will finish his career in his hometown of Sacramento, where he had so many memorable battles, and do so at the first UFC card at the city's new downtown are
  
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• New York commission ‘closely monitoring’ Conor McGregor’s NAC fine

  25-10-2016 01:00
  
  Conor McGregor has an outstanding fine with the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) and the state where he is slated to fight next has taken notice.
  The New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) is "closely monitoring" McGregor's situation with the NAC, per a statement sent to MMA Fighting from New York Department of State spokesperson Laz Benitez on Monday. McGregor was fined $75,000 by the Nevada commission for his role in a water-bottle-and-energy drink-throwing fracas at a UFC 202 pre-fight pr
  
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• Louis Smolka to meet Ray Borg at UFC 207

  25-10-2016 00:00
  
  Louis Smolka will get a chance to bounce back relatively quickly.
  The top flyweight will meet Ray Borg at UFC 207 on Dec. 30 in Las Vegas, it was reported Monday by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. UFC officials confirmed the bout on Twitter.
  Smolka (11-2) fell to UFC newcomer Brandon Moreno, who came in on short notice, in a huge upset earlier this month via first-round submission. Smolka, 25, had won four in a row and seemed to be closing in on a title shot. The Hawaiian will now have to wor
  
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