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• Zubaira Tukhugov Flagged By USADA For Anti-Doping Violation, UFC Issues Statement

  14-11-2016 22:34
  
  On Monday afternoon, UFC issued an official statement regarding another fighter on their active talent roster being flagged by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation.Below is the statement that was released on UFC.com regarding Zubaira Tukhugov being flagged by USADA this week:"The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Zubaira Tukhugov of a potential Anti-Doping violation stemming from out-of-c
  
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• Video: UFC Fight Night 101: Whitaker vs. Brunson Trailer For 11/26

  14-11-2016 22:27
  
  https://youtu.be/7BdiKp8EPQ8In addition to the trailer for UFC Fight Night 99: Mousasi vs. Hall 2, which was released by the UFC on Monday, the promotion also began rolling out early promotional content for their event in Australia scheduled for later this month.On November 26th, Robert Whitaker and Derek Brunson will collide inside the Octagon, which will be placed in the center of the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 11/26.Featured above is the official trailer for UFC Figh
  
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• Video: UFC Fight Night 99: Mousasi vs. Hall 2 Trailer For 12/19

  14-11-2016 22:21
  
  https://youtu.be/x2_wf0B4pDcOn Monday, UFC switched gears from producing an insane amount of post-fight content from Saturday's historic UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor event to focusing on some of their upcoming shows scheduled for the second half of November.Up next will be UFC Fight Night 99, which features the replacement main event rematch between Gegard Mousasi and Urijah Hall. The two will meet inside the Octagon again in the final bout of the evening at the card emanating from Belfast, Nor
  
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• Video: UFC Fight Night 99: Mousasi vs. Hall 2 Trailer For 11/19

  14-11-2016 22:21
  
  https://youtu.be/x2_wf0B4pDcOn Monday, UFC switched gears from producing an insane amount of post-fight content from Saturday's historic UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor event to focusing on some of their upcoming shows scheduled for the second half of November.Up next will be UFC Fight Night 99, which features the replacement main event rematch between Gegard Mousasi and Urijah Hall. The two will meet inside the Octagon again in the final bout of the evening at the card emanating from Belfast, Nor
  
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• Joanna Jedrzejczyk says Karolina Kowalkiewicz doesn't deserve a rematch: 'Come on, it was like 10-8 every round'

  14-11-2016 22:09
  
  Joanna Jedrzejczyk is not looking to fight Karolina Kowalkiewicz a second time anytime soon.
  The strawweight champion doesn't believe Kowalkiewicz is worthy of a rematch following their championship bout at UFC 205. The two 115-pounders battled against each other last Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was a fight that Jedrzejczyk dominated for the first three rounds. In the fourth round, Kowalkiewicz wobbled Jedrzejczyk with a big right hand, but the champion was able to sur
  
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• John Kavanagh thought Conor McGregor’s fight with Eddie Alvarez would be a ‘massive mismatch’

  14-11-2016 21:08
  
  John Kavanagh had a feeling Conor McGregor's fight with Eddie Alvarez would go, well, exactly how it ended up going.
  McGregor's coach told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hourthat he anticipated Alvarez being overmatched in the UFC 205 main event. McGregor won by second-round TKO in the first-ever UFC card at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday night.
  "He seems like a great guy," Kavanagh said of Alvarez. "Solid fighter. But if we're just looking at skill sets, I
  
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• Mighty Mouse, JDS, Gustafsson, Rory MacDonald & Others Fighters React To McGregor-Alvarez

  14-11-2016 19:51
  
  As soon as Eddie Alvarez's back hit the mat for the final time this past Saturday night in the UFC 205 main event at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Conor McGregor began taking in a moment he had been envisioning for years. At the same time, the social media world was blowing up.Featured below are a collection of tweets that shows the reaction that McGregor's peers had to his "Notorious Knockout" of the now former UFC Lightweight Champion Alvarez, which added the 155 pound title to the 1
  
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• Raquel Pennington doesn't think Miesha Tate should retire on a loss

  14-11-2016 18:00
  
  NEW YORK -- Raquel Pennington talks to the media about her decision win over Miesha Tate at UFC 205, what's next for her career, a possible fight with Ronda Rousey, and much more.
  
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• Frankie Edgar talks possibility of dropping to the bantamweight division

  14-11-2016 17:00
  
  NEW YORK -- Frankie Edgar talks about his decision win over Jeremy Stephens at UFC 205, training with his teammate Eddie Alvarez, the possibility of dropping to the bantamweight division, and much more.
  
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• Bellator 165 This Saturday Night With Michael Chandler Vs. Benson Henderson

  14-11-2016 16:04
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYu2yZn8rjo[/embed]Fresh on the heels of the UFC 205 blockbuster, Bellator MMA will try to keep the ball rolling towards a strong 2016 finish in MMA Saturday night with Bellator 165.In the main event on Spike, lightweight champion Michael Chandler defends his title against former UFC titleholder Benson Henderson.
  The card also features welterweight superstar Michael Page in action.Jimmy Smith, the veteran voice of Bellator, offers up his thoughts on the lig
  
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• Bellator 165 This Friday Night With Michael Chandler Vs. Benson Henderson

  14-11-2016 16:04
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYu2yZn8rjo[/embed]Fresh on the heels of the UFC 205 blockbuster, Bellator MMA will try to keep the ball rolling towards a strong 2016 finish in MMA Friday night with Bellator 165.In the main event on Spike, lightweight champion Michael Chandler defends his title against former UFC titleholder Benson Henderson.
  The card also features welterweight superstar Michael Page in action.Jimmy Smith, the veteran voice of Bellator, offers up his thoughts on the light
  
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• How Close Was Conor McGregor’s Coach To Fight Prediction?

  14-11-2016 16:00
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9X0Ge_4xT4[/embed]John Kavanagh has always been a believer in what Conor McGregor can do.That's why he was far from surprised when McGregor knocked out Eddie Alvarez in the second round at UFC 205 to become both lightweight and featherweight champion.Kavanagh, in fact, was just four seconds off being spot-on for a pre-fight prediction:[embed]https://twitter.com/John_Kavanagh/status/797901704465264641[/embed]
  
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• Michael Bisping-Yoel Romero “Likely” For UFC Middleweight Championship

  14-11-2016 15:55
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQm7_13qC-4[/embed]Yoel Romero was given the opportunity to impress middleweight champion Michael Bisping and UFC officials at UFC 205.
  And that is exactly what the 39-year-old Cuban did.Romero, a former Olympic medalist in wrestling, remained unbeaten inside the Octagon with a third round knockout of former division kingpin Chris Weidman. After battling for two-plus rounds, Romero connected with a flying knee that knocked Weidman down and out."That's the f
  
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• Dana White: No Issues With Ronda Rousey Leaving UFC 205 Stage

  14-11-2016 15:50
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q92ypoEtNDY[/embed]UFC president Dana White was forced to explain several mix-ups that went down this past weekend during UFC 205.Included in that was Ronda Rousey "storming" off the weigh-in stage after a face-off with Amanda Nunes. The two meet in December at UFC 207 for the bantamweight title in Rousey's return for the first time since 2015.“She was never supposed to speak, and neither was Amanda,” White said (thanks to MMAjunkie for the quot
  
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• Eddie Alvarez Regrets His In-Octagon Attack At UFC 205 Vs. Conor McGregor

  14-11-2016 15:46
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxtTNnm_R3Y[/embed]Eddie Alvarez knew he would be in for a battle against Conor McGregor Saturday night at UFC 205.And while Alvarez was disappointed in the outcome, as he dropped the lightweight title, he was more disappointed in himself for how he fought.“I fought a bad fight,” Alvarez said (thanks to MMAjunkie for the quotes). “The idea wasn’t to go in there and box and stand in front of him. I didn’t fight a good fight. We
  
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• Miesha Tate Just Doesn’t Have The Drive Anymore To Fight

  14-11-2016 15:43
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyleUu3B-i4[/embed]Miesha Tate first worked her way up the regional ranks when women's MMA was far from a mainstream attraction.After rising to the top of the Strikeforce bantamweight division, Tate claimed gold. She was involved in one of the biggest televised fights when she defended her title against Ronda Rousey.From there, Tate joined Rousey and others in the UFC and helped usher in the new generation of the sport. She once again became a champion, sub
  
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• Dana White on Yoel Romero challenging champ Michael Bisping: 'That's the fight that makes sense'

  14-11-2016 15:00
  
  Whether Michael Bisping likes it or not, it seems that Yoel Romero will be getting the next shot at the UFC middleweight title.
  At Saturday's UFC 205 in New York City, Romero defeated former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman with a brutal flying knee at the beginning of round three. That victory marked Romero's eight straight win in the UFC, and he remained the only fighter in the 185-pound rankings to be undefeated. Although Romero already had a solid resume to be worthy of a title shot a
  
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• The MMA Hour with John Kavanagh in studio, Demian Maia in studio, Tyron Woodley, Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Yoel Romero

  14-11-2016 14:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1:00 p.m. ET -- UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk will look back at her win over Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 205 and discuss what's next.
  1:25 p.m. -- Middleweight contender Yoel Romero will recap his win over Chris Weidman at UFC 205 and talk about his potential title fight next.
  1:45 p.m. -- UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will look back at his majority draw versus Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 and di
  
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• Morning Report: Tyron Woodley on Conor McGregor: 'If he wants the fight we can sign it right now'

  14-11-2016 14:00
  
  UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley says he's open to a fight with two division champion Conor McGregor. On Saturday night, Conor McGregor made UFC history by knocking out Eddie Alvarez and becoming the first fighter to hold titles in two different weight classes simultaneously. It was an incredible, historic achievement and it may not even be the last one for him.
  After defeating Alvarez, as McGregor in the cage with his newly won lightweight championship he was stunned to learn that the UF
  
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• Video: Highlights Of Raquel Pennington vs. Miesha Tate From UFC 205

  14-11-2016 08:10
  
  https://youtu.be/IQJDCyzfb74On Saturday night, a legend was defeated and decided to surprise the MMA community by announcing her MMA retirement live inside the Octagon during her post-fight interview with longtime UFC commentator and post-fight interviewer Joe Rogan.Women's MMA legend Miesha "Cupcake" Tate lost via unanimous decision to a fellow Women's MMA veteran, Raquel "Rocky" Pennington, with the judges showing scores of 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 after three rounds.Featured above are video hig
  
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• Video: Highlights Of Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson From UFC 205

  14-11-2016 08:02
  
  https://youtu.be/e8RkQi1LshgWhile there may have been some confusion regarding the official ruling from the judges in the co-main event at Saturday night's UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor mega-event at Madison Square Garden, no matter what wording was chosen, "The Chosen One" was the rightful owner of the UFC Welterweight Championship belt at the end of the evening.In the second-to-last fight of what is going to be the new all-time record holder, by far, in virtually every business-related categor
  
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• Video: Highlights Of Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz From UFC 205

  14-11-2016 07:38
  
  https://youtu.be/nRmlFKBzM_0Heading into Saturday night's historic UFC 205 event, which kicked off UFC action in the Empire State after New York finally legalized the sport of MMA earlier this year, it was known that in the Women's Title fight, it was going to be an undefeated, decorated Polish striker that would leave the Octagon with the title belt around her waist.In the first of three World Title fights to scheduled to close out the main pay-per-view card, undefeated UFC Women's Strawweight
  
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• Video: Highlights Of Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman From UFC 205

  14-11-2016 07:20
  
  https://youtu.be/nObWrolzi0MThings seemed to be going well for former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman in his first fight back since he lost his title to Luke Rockhold in violent fashion in his last fight at UFC 199, however they ended up going a lot better for his opponent Yoel Romero, who was also making his first Octagon appearance following a lengthy hiatus due to his USADA suspension.Romero, considered to be among the most accomplished amatuer wrestlers to ever compete inside the Oct
  
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• UFC's first trip to NYC - a historical perspective

  14-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  As a born and bred New Yorker, I was proud to call this city home on Saturday night. Throughout 11 UFC 205 bouts, I didn’t hear one call for an elbow, no screams to “Put him in a body bag,” or bellows of “Arianna” directed toward Octagon Girl ARIANNY Celeste.Instead, the crowd roared, chanted, booed, cheered and gave the UFC the welcome it deserved. After 20 years in this business, it was as glorious a night as I hoped it would be, and as anyone in the fight game kn
  
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• UFC statement on Zubaira Tukhugov

  14-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Zubaira Tukhugov of a potential Anti-Doping violation stemming from out-of-competition sample collections made on September 7, 2016 and October 29, 2016. USADA has provisionally suspended Tukhugov based on the potential anti-doping violation. The UFC is removing Tukhugov from his scheduled bout against Tiago Trator on December 9 in Albany, New York, and is in the process of attempting to locate a replac
  
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• UFC 205 Fantasy Rewind: What you got right & wrong

  14-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Think you know how the next fight card will play out? Play UFC Pick 'EmIt was a historic night when the UFC finally descended upon New York City for a massive UFC 205 fight card capped off by the lightweight title fight that saw Conor McGregor capture his second championship with a stunning second round knockout over Eddie Alvarez.McGregor was actually favored according to the oddsmakers as well, but there's no doubt the outspoken Irishman was stepping into a very dangerous matchup with one of t
  
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• Tate steps away, revered for toughness, perseverance

  14-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
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   In November 2007, a Washington native named Miesha Tate fought twice on one night, defeating Jan Finney by decision and losing by knockout to Kaitlin Young. It was the kind of night that makes someone reconsider their new vocation, but Tate never did. She was a fighter. And for the next nine years, no one ever doubted that fact.Tate was never the best striker, the best wrestler or the flashiest submission artist. But pound-for-pound, there was no one tougher, and long after Saturd
  
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• Video: Highlights Of Frankie Edgar vs. Jeremy Stephens From UFC 205

  14-11-2016 05:53
  
  https://youtu.be/nObWrolzi0MFormer UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar may have gotten knocked loopy and certainly had all he could handle in Jeremy Stephens as his opponent at this past Saturday's historic UFC 205 event in New York City, but when all was said and done, Edgar had "The Answer" to beat "Lil Heathen."Featured above are video highlights of the Edgar-Stephens bout, which served as the main event of the televised preliminary card on FOX Sports 1 (FS1) for Saturday night's UFC 205 m
  
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• Video: Full Fight Highlights Of Frankie Edgar vs. Jeremy Stephens From UFC 205

  14-11-2016 05:53
  
  https://youtu.be/nObWrolzi0MFormer UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar may have gotten knocked loopy and certainly had all he could handle in Jeremy Stephens as his opponent at this past Saturday's historic UFC 205 event in New York City, but when all was said and done, Edgar had "The Answer" to beat "Lil Heathen."Featured above are video highlights of the Edgar-Stephens bout, which served as the main event of the televised preliminary card on FOX Sports 1 (FS1) for Saturday night's UFC 205 m
  
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• Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman full fight video highlights

  14-11-2016 04:00
  
  Watch Chris Weidman vs. Yoel Romero full fight video highlights from UFC 205's main card above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
  UFC 205: McGregor vs. Alvarez took place Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman (13-2) took on highly-ranked contender Yoel Romero (13-1) on the night's main card, which aired live on pay-per-view. Catch the video highlights above.
  For more on Romero vs. Weidman, check out the play-by-play
  
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• Dana White: Ronda Rousey Was Never Supposed to Speak After UFC 205 Weigh-Ins

  14-11-2016 02:13 via sherdog.com
  
  According to UFC President Dana White, Ronda Rousey shouldn’t be criticized for storming off the stage after her face off with Amanda Nunes last week.
  
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• Miesha Tate vs. Raquel Pennington full fight video highlights

  14-11-2016 02:00
  
  Watch Miesha Tate vs. Raquel Pennington full fight video highlights from UFC 205's main card above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
  UFC 205: McGregor vs. Alvarez took place Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Former UFC women's bantamweight champion Miesha Tate (18-7) looked to rebound against TUF veteran Raquel Pennington (9-5) on the night's main card, which aired live on pay-per-view. Catch the video highlights above.
  For more on Tate vs. Pennington, check out
  
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• Dana White didn't expect Miesha Tate's retirement, but says ‘it makes sense'

  14-11-2016 00:00
  
  One of the biggest surprises of the night at UFC 205 was the retirement announcement of former UFC women's bantamweight champion Miesha Tate.
  The 30-year-old Tate dropped a lopsided unanimous decision to Raquel Pennington on the pay-per-view opener of Saturday night's blockbuster entry into New York, then decided to call it quits in her post-fight interview. Tate (18-7) is still widely regarded as one of the best female bantamweights in the world and was the reigning UFC champion as recentl
  
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