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• Monday Morning Analyst: Yves Edwards breaks down Conor McGregor vs. Eddie Alvarez

  31-10-2016 23:00
  
  On this edition of the podcast, we change things up a bit. Instead of examining the past, we look ahead. Former UFC lightweight contender and current UFC on FOX analyst Yves Edwards helps break down UFC 205's main event between Conor McGregor and Eddie Alvarez.
  
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• Two new bouts added to Bellator 166 main card

  31-10-2016 22:00
  
  A pair of fights pitting Marcos Galvao vs. L.C. Davis, and Chris Honeycutt vs. Ben Reiter, are the latest additions to the Bellator 166 main card. The news was announced by the promotion Monday.
  Galvao is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Eduardo Dantas at Bellator 156 in June, losing his bantamweight title to his fellow Brazilian. That fight was the second time Galvao lost to Dantas in a title fight, as he lost to 'DuDu' back in 2013 trying to seize bantamweight gold. Prior his
  
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• L.C. Davis-Marcos Galvao, Chris Honeycutt-Ben Reiter Added to Dec. 2 Bellator 166

  31-10-2016 20:53 via sherdog.com
  
  Bellator MMA has added a pair of bouts to its scheduled Dec. 2 Bellator 166 bill, which takes place at the WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla.
  
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• Video: Conor McGregor’s Hard Sparring Session While Filming UFC 205 Countdown

  31-10-2016 20:26
  
  https://youtu.be/Wp4XnB-WvYcThe latest installment of "The Mac Life," which follows UFC Featherweight Champion as he prepares for his UFC Lightweight Championship shot against Eddie Alvarez in the UFC 205 main event, has dropped, and it's a good one.Featured above from TheMacLife.com is the newest episode, which includes a segment of footage that was filmed for the official UFC 205 Countdown show.Conor McGregor looks to make history as not only the headliner of the first ever UFC event in Madiso
  
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• Jon Jones Says “He Would Much Rather” Fight Rumble Than D.C. For UFC Title

  31-10-2016 20:10
  
  Jon Jones is expecting to standing across from Daniel Cormier when he makes his expected Octagon return, even if he prefers someone else entirely."Bones" Jones has been pretty active on social media lately, including getting in a big "Twitter War" with UFC turned Bellator MMA Heavyweight fighter Matt Mitrione, and when the former champ was asked who he feels will emerge as the reigning champ when Daniel Cormier and Anthony "Rumble" Johnson meet for the 205-pound title."If I had to bet I would go
  
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• MMA stars celebrate Halloween with impressive costumes

  31-10-2016 16:30
  
  While many fighters tried their best, UFC welterweight Neil Magny is the pound-for-pound king for Halloween costumes in MMA.
  Although Magny might not have the scariest costume out there, he definitely has the most realistic one. The 29-year-old fighter dressed as the late Prince and captioned it 'Game Blouses' in reference of Dave Chapelle's skit about Prince's late-night hoops challenge.
  Check out below how Magny and other MMA fighters celebrated this Halloween:
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• Alexa Grasso finds motivation in Joanna Jedrzejczyk ahead of her UFC debut: 'I want to be like her'

  31-10-2016 15:00
  
  Top women's strawweight prospect Alexa Grasso hopes to one day be like UFC champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
  Grasso is set to make her UFC debut against Heather Jo Clark in her home country of Mexico at The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 3 Finale on Nov. 5. Preparing for the most important fight of her career, Grasso says she finds motivation in Jedrzejczyk, and hopes to one day be like her.
  "I want to be like her," Grasso told MMA Fighting. "I love the way she fights. I truly love and think her str
  
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• The MMA Hour with Devon Sawa, John Pollock, and Marc Raimondi

  31-10-2016 13:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. It's Halloween and NewYorkRic is in as host. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1 p.m. ET -- The Fight Network's John Pollock stops by to talk about UFC 206, the delayed return of Georges St-Pierre, and more.
  1:25 p.m. -- Actor Devon Sawa joins the show to discuss his MMA fandom and provide picks and predictions for UFC 205.1:45 p.m. -- Our own Marc Raimondi will recap the latest MMA news and preview the upcoming UFC Fight Night 98 card.
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• Morning Report: Jon Jones picks Daniel Cormier to beat Anthony Johnson at UFC 206 but would rather fight 'Rumble'

  31-10-2016 13:00
  
  Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones says he would rather fight Anthony Johnson for the 205-pound belt so he can clean out the division. Jon Jones has returned in full, at least to social media.
  After the longtime 205-pound champion was stripped of his title last year for his outside-the-cage actions, Jones' online presence became markedly less active. But recently, with his looming drug hearings, and the rematch between Daniel Cormier and Anthony Johnson coming up at UFC 206, Jones h
  
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• The Ultimate Fighter LATAM Ep. 10 Recap

  31-10-2016 06:00 via ufc.com
  
  It all came down to this. 10 episodes, 14 fights, 16 fighters and the last finalist was determined on the final episode of The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 this week, as Team Liddell's top pick Claudio Puelles took on Team Griffin's upstart competitor Marcelo Rojo. Before the fight unfolded, Puelles had to deal with some of his old demons coming back to haunt him once again as he prepared for the final matchup with Rojo. All season long, Puelles has been one of the most reserved fighters in
  
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• Soto Faces Beltran in Mexico City

  31-10-2016 06:00 via ufc.com
  
  Following the removal of Guido Cannetti from Saturday's UFC Fight Night bout against Marco Beltran, veteran Joe Soto will step up and make the trip to Mexico City in search of his second Octagon win.The bout will be contested at a catchweight of 140 pounds.In the UFC Fight Night main event at Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Tony Ferguson battles former lightweight champion  Rafael Dos Anjos. The card airs live on FS1.California's Soto had a rough start to his UFC career, losing three straight, but
  
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• Ronda Rousey to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  31-10-2016 06:00 via ufc.com
  
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  UFC superstar Ronda Rousey is set to appear on the Nov. 1 edition of The Ellen DeGeneres Show to preview her UFC 207 return to take on Amanda Nunes in an attempt to regain her UFC women's bantamweight title. Last time Rousey appeared on Ellen, the former champ detailed her feelings after the loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193 and more. Don't miss it. Check your local listings for time and channel.RELATED: Rousey to return vs. champion Nunes at UFC 207 | Rousey vs. Nunes - breakdown 
  
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• Reasons to watch Fight Night Mexico City on Sat.

  31-10-2016 06:00 via ufc.com
  
  While Rafael Dos Anjos was winning and defending the UFC lightweight title, Tony Ferguson was in the background becoming arguably the best 155-pounder on the roster without gold around his waist. It’s been four-plus years since “El Cucuy” experienced the taste of defeat. He’s won eight in a row – the longest active streak in his division and fourth-longest active streak currently in the entire UFC. Wherever the fight goes, Ferguson (22-3) is as good as they come. Th
  
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• McGregor obsessed with history; Alvarez plans to spoil party

  31-10-2016 06:00 via ufc.com
  
  The first extended preview for UFC 205 has been released, featuring the much-anticipated lightweight title main event as widely expected.UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez defends his title for the first time against UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, who is attempting to become the first-ever simultaneous two-weight world champion. It’s fitting that it’s McGregor -- arguably the biggest star in the UFC today -- trying to make history at the historic first UFC event in Ne
  
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• Ferguson to put stamp on chaotic 2016

  31-10-2016 06:00 via ufc.com
  
  When it comes to business, Tony Ferguson is more serious than most. That doesn’t mean the lightweight contender can’t crack a smile when jokingly asked why he made things so interesting in his July bout against newcomer and late replacement Lando Vannata.“I had to,” Ferguson deadpanned. “What kind of sense would that make to go in there and ruin this kid or cut him up and not ever have him get a chance in the UFC again? I’m a nice guy, I helped him out.”
  
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• Boetsch reflects on last fight against Samman

  31-10-2016 06:00 via ufc.com
  
  Whether they admit it or not, fighters have a bond like no other. It’s the product of engaging in combat and knowing the struggle to make it in the world’s toughest business. Sure, there can be bad blood before a fight, but in most cases, 15 or 25 minutes in an Octagon can solve any dispute.There was no such bad blood when Tim Boetsch fought Josh Samman in July. But there was no lack of intensity between the two middleweights, either. Samman was attempting to bounce back from his fir
  
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• Warlley Alves compares first loss to car accident, vows to beat up ‘Chevrolet’ Kamaru Usman

  31-10-2016 02:00
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO -- Warlley Alves suffered his first loss as a professional MMA fighter in May, and it hurt.
  The Brazilian welterweight prospect, who lost a decision to Bryan Barberena at UFC 198 in Curitiba, is scheduled to return to the cage on Nov. 19 against Kamaru Usman, and not being undefeated anymore as a mixed martial artist changed a few things in him.
  "I never dealt well with losses," Alves said during a UFC Fight Night 100 media day in Rio de Janeiro. "I always had a philosophy that a
  
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• Kevin Ferguson Jr. vows to ‘continue the legacy’ of his late father Kimbo Slice

  31-10-2016 00:00
  
  Kevin Ferguson Jr. was serious about fighting. He's always wanted to be a fighter, going back to when he was a kid watching his father, Kimbo Slice, brawl in backyard bouts that made their way onto YouTube.
  After Slice's death, though, things changed for Ferguson Jr. Fighting became more than just an interest and potential career. It became a calling. A vocation.
  "I take it more serious now," Ferguson Jr. told Ariel Helwani on Monday's episode of The MMA Hour. "It means a lot more to me now. At
  
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