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• B.J. Penn-Yair Rodriguez Featherweight Headlines Jan. 15 UFC Fight Night in Phoenix

  21-11-2016 23:40
  
  B.J. Penn now has another opponent for his slated comeback.
  
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• CM Punk ‘confident’ he’ll fight in the UFC again

  21-11-2016 23:25
  
  CM Punk doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
  The pro-wrestling-star-turned-MMA-fighter told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour that he believes it is likely that he'll get another shot in the UFC. Punk lost his debut by first-round submission to Mickey Gall at UFC 203 in September.
  Punk said he and UFC president Dana White have been in discussions about a possible next move. The former WWE champion, whose real name is Phil Brooks, said he is hoping to return as early as January or F
  
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• Evans vs. Kennedy Pulled From UFC 206, Ontario Commission Won’t Clear Evans

  21-11-2016 22:54
  
  Well, we can scratch Rashad Evans vs. Tim Kennedy off of our lists of "fights we're looking forward to" once again.According to Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com, the Middleweight debut of Rashad Evans against one of the longtime ranked contenders of the division has been pulled from the scheduled lineup for the upcoming UFC 206 pay-per-view.Worse yet, it's apparently once again due to issues with the Commission that is sanctioning the event.After announcing on his weekly program, "The MMA Hour,"
  
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• Yair Rodriguez vs. B.J. Penn announced as UFC Phoenix main event

  21-11-2016 22:12
  
  UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn has another date scheduled for his Octagon return.
  The former UFC welterweight and lightweight champion, whose return from an two-year retirement has been postponed on several occasions, will meet featherweight standout Yair Rodriguez in the main event of a Jan. 15 Fight Night card in Phoenix. The UFC announced the fight on their Spanish-language website on Monday.
  Penn (16-10-2) hasn't fought since a July 2014 loss to Frankie Edgar. Having announced his return l
  
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• BJ Penn vs. Yair Rodriguez Announced For 1/15 In Phoenix

  21-11-2016 22:06
  
  Don't hold your breath just yet!BJ Penn now has his fourth different opponent for his UFC comeback fight, as UFC announced BJ Penn vs. Yair Rodriguez as the headline bout for their upcoming return to Phoenix.UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn was announced on Monday afternoon for Sunday, January 15, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona.Penn had previously been scheduled for returns against Dennis Siver, Cole Miller and Ricardo Lamas before issues with USADA and a legal issue regarding a potential domestic
  
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• CM Punk Wants Second MMA Fight In Jan. Or Feb., Hoping It Will Be In UFC

  21-11-2016 21:48
  
  On Monday afternoon, former WWE Superstar turned MMA hopeful CM Punk dropped a bombshell.Punk appeared on Ariel Helwani's "The MMA Hour" on MMAFighting.com this week and announced that he absolutely intends on having a second MMA fight in the near future.After losing, as he put it during the interview, "in spectacular fashion" to Mickey Gall at UFC 203 back on September 10th, the MMA community was unsure what the future held for Punk.Punk told Helwani that he spoke with UFC President Dana White
  
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• Rashad Evans out of fight with Tim Kennedy again due to commission issue

  21-11-2016 21:43
  
  Rashad Evans can't seem to get a license from an athletic commission.
  The former UFC light heavyweight champion is out of his fight with Tim Kennedy at UFC 206 on Dec. 10 in Toronto, Kennedy told Ariel Helwani on Monday's episode of The MMA Hour. Evans' manager Ali Abdel-Aziz confirmed to Helwani in a subsequent interview that the fight was indeed off.
  Kennedy said the Office of the Athletics Commission in Ontario stopped Evans from getting a license to compete in the province, much like th
  
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• Dan Henderson Says Nurmagomedov Would “Beat The P*ss” Out Of McGregor

  21-11-2016 21:10
  
  MMA legend Dan Henderson made no bones about his prediction for a potential UFC Lightweight Championship bout between reigning champion Conor McGregor and the man who is currently ranked number one in the division, Khabib Nurmagomedov during his appearance on The Adam Carolla Show"I don't dislike him," Henderson said of the Irish mega-star, who is also the reigning champion of the UFC's 145-pound featherweight division. "I think it took me a while to kinda get onboard with him, just to see a lit
  
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• Fighters avoid long medical suspensions after UFC Fight Night 100

  21-11-2016 18:00
  
  All 24 fighters who competed at UFC Fight Night 100 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, got short medical suspensions after the event, the Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) announced Monday.
  Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Albert Morales, Manny Gamburyan and Francimar Barroso, who lost their bouts Saturday night via technical knockout, received the longest suspensions, and will be cleared to fight again in 45 days.
  "Minotouro" suffered a third-round defeat to Ryan Bader in the main event, while Morales los
  
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• Jussier Formiga vs. Sergio Pettis booked for UFC Fight Night 103 in Phoenix

  21-11-2016 17:30
  
  Sergio Pettis became a top 15 fighter in the UFC following his win over Chris Kelades, and now he’s getting the biggest fight of his life in Arizona. The 23-year-old flyweight is set to take on Jussier Formiga at the UFC Fight Night 103 card in Phoenix, AZ, on Jan. 15, sources told MMA Fighting.
  Pettis (14-2) was expected to face Louis Smolka in October, but pulled out of the contest due to an injury. Coming off back-to-back decision wins over Kelades and Chris Cariaso, the Roufusport tale
  
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• UFC Exec: Bringing Conor McGregor Back to Ireland a Goal But ‘Very, Very Complicated’

  21-11-2016 17:23
  
  While the Ultimate Fighting Championship has traveled to Ireland to hold an event for three consecutive years, bringing back the nation’s signature star could prove difficult in the future.
  
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• After Putting ‘Stupid Highlight’ Behind Him, Mousasi Ready to Pursue UFC Title Shot

  21-11-2016 17:12
  
  For more than a year, Gegard Mousasi couldn’t get away from clips of his loss to Uriah Hall at UFC Fight Night 75.
  
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• CABMMA believes Cortney Casey 'forged' her injury on controversial kick

  21-11-2016 17:00
  
  Claudia Gadelha defeated Cortney Casey via unanimous decision Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 100, and would still have won even if referee Fernando Portella had deducted a point when she threw an illegal kick in the third round.
  Casey was sitting on the ground when Gadelha threw a kick at her head. The Brazilian immediately apologized to her opponent, but later that night, at the post-fight press conference at the Ibirapuera gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, that the kick actually didn&rsq
  
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• UFC On FOX 22 Picks Up Cole Miller Vs. Mizuto Hirota

  21-11-2016 15:50
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPSkRtb8GQM[/embed]Featherweights Cole Miller and Mizuto Hirota have been confirmed for the December UFC on FOX 22 event. The two were originally set to meet at the cancelled UFC Fight Night 97 card.Miller (21-10) has won 10 of his 18 Octagon fights, but is winless over his last three dating back to 2014. He is an alum of The Ultimate Fighter.
  Hirota (17-7-2) has yet to pick up a victory in the UFC, going 0-2-1. The 35-year-old is in his second stint with t
  
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• How Did Brock Lesnar Fare At WWE’s Survivor Series Vs. Goldberg?

  21-11-2016 15:45
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=fcoq3_02AR8[/embed]After 12 years away from pro wrestling, Goldberg returned and completely dominated former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar Sunday night at Survivor Series.The bout aired in the main event spot on WWE Network from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
  
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• Bellator 165 Highlights Featuring Chandler-Henderson, Michael Page

  21-11-2016 15:42
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s35PNY80P0[/embed]The MMA world was treated to a plethora of fight action this past weekend, as two UFC events and a Bellator card all went down.At Bellator 165, Michael Chandler defended his lightweight title vs. former UFC champion Benson Henderson. The bout went the full distance, with Chandler showing his wrestling skills with a huge first round suplex.Michael Page picked up a victory on the main card, as did Keri Melendez - the wife of former Strikefo
  
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• Luke Rockhold Hoping His Knee Injury Can Heal Through A “Natural Process”

  21-11-2016 15:40
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psp-cXbRWxs[/embed]Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold was scheduled to return to action this coming weekend against Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza in the main event of UFC Fight Night 101. But, the rematch was scrapped when Rockhold suffered a knee injury.During a recent interview on "Submission Radio," Rockhold explained how he is healing and when he is hopeful for a return to action.“I’ve had quite a few assessments of the knee from differ
  
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• Cris Cyborg Will Only Drop To 140 For Ronda Rousey, No One Else

  21-11-2016 15:37
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agox_V4_CPQ[/embed]Current Invicta FC featherweight champion and two-time UFC competitor Cris "Cyborg" Justino will no longer drop to 140 pounds to compete - unless Ronda Rousey is her opponent.Justino, who has stated she cannot cut down to 135 pounds without possibly facing future issues with her body, told "Submission Radio" that trying to make 140 is starting to take its toll, as well."You know, the first time I made 140 in Brazil, Curitiba, the first ti
  
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• Dan Henderson says Khabib Nurmagomedov would definitely 'beat the piss' out of Conor McGregor

  21-11-2016 15:00
  
  Conor McGregor made UFC history last week when he effortlessly defeated Eddie Alvarez to capture the lightweight title and become the first UFC fighter to hold two belt simultaneously. It was a remarkable feat, one that had never been done before inside the Octagon, however future UFC Hall of Famer Dan Henderson believes McGregor's reign as two-division champion could be a short one.
  "I think that kid that fought last weekend, I have trouble with his name, Magomedov, the Russian kid, that's at 1
  
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• The MMA Hour with CM Punk, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Gegard Mousasi, Mark Hunt, Lyoto Machida, Matt Mitrione, Tim Kennedy, Owen Roddy

  21-11-2016 14:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1:00 p.m. ET -- We'll recap a busy weekend in mixed martial arts.
  1:25 p.m. -- Matt Mitrione will talk about his upcoming fight against Fedor Emelianenko and how it came together.
  1:45 p.m. -- Lyoto Machida will discuss his 18-month suspension from USADA and what's next for him.
  2:05 p.m. -- Owen Roddy, Conor McGregor's striking coach, will look back at McGregor's win over Eddie Alvarez.
  2:25 p.m. -- Tim Kennedy will talk ab
  
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• The MMA Hour with CM Punk, Gegard Mousasi, Mark Hunt, Lyoto Machida, Matt Mitrione, Tim Kennedy, Owen Roddy, Manny Gamburyan

  21-11-2016 14:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1 p.m. ET -- We'll recap a busy weekend in mixed martial arts.
  1:25 p.m. -- Matt Mitrione will talk about his upcoming fight against Fedor Emelianenko and how it came together.
  1:45 p.m. -- Lyoto Machida will discuss his 18-month suspension from USADA and what's next for him.
  2:05 p.m. -- Owen Roddy, Conor McGregor's striking coach, will look back at McGregor's win over Eddie Alvarez.
  2:25 p.m. -- Tim Kennedy will talk about
  
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• The MMA Hour with CM Punk, Gegard Mousasi, Mark Hunt, Lyoto Machida, Matt Mitrione, Tim Kennedy, Owen Roddy

  21-11-2016 14:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1 p.m. ET -- We'll recap a busy weekend in mixed martial arts.
  1:25 p.m. -- Matt Mitrione will talk about his upcoming fight against Fedor Emelianenko and how it came together.
  1:45 p.m. -- Lyoto Machida will discuss his 18-month suspension from USADA and what's next for him.
  2:05 p.m. -- Owen Roddy, Conor McGregor's striking coach, will look back at McGregor's win over Eddie Alvarez.
  2:25 p.m. -- Tim Kennedy will talk about
  
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• Morning Report: Luke Rockhold details his knee injury, looking to return against Jacare Souza in February or March

  21-11-2016 14:00
  
  Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold discussed his injury recovery and plans to return early next year and secure a title shot at the winner of Michael Bisping-Yoel Romero. Luke Rockhold is planning on a swift recovery.
  A couple of weeks ago a knee injury forced Rockhold to withdraw from his scheduled rematch with Ronaldo Souza this weekend at UFC Fight Night 101 in Melbourne, Australia.  The injury was most inconvenient for Rockhold as the fight was a potential title eliminator b
  
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• Rodriguez vs. Penn to Headline Phoenix Event

  21-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn's long-awaited return to the Octagon will headline the UFC's Phoenix event on January 15, as "The Prodigy" faces Mexican phenom Yair Rodriguez in a five-round featherweight bout at Talking Stick Resort Arena.FS1 will televise the special Sunday UFC Fight Night event, which marks the UFC's first show in Phoenix since December of 2014. Tickets go on sale on Friday, December 2.Winner of season one of The Ultimate Fighter Latin America, Yair Rodriguez is unbeaten in five UF
  
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• Reasons to watch Fight Night Melbourne this Sat.

  21-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
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  The last time the UFC was in Melbourne, Australia, the landscape of the UFC was changed forever. Holly Holm did the unthinkable and knocked out Ronda Rousey in iconic fashion. One year later the UFC is back down under and is bringing a can’t-miss middleweight main event as part of the holiday weekend Saturday night, live and free on FS1. It’s easy to forget about the depth of a division when the Top Five is full of monsters. But Derek Brunson and Robert Whittaker both are se
  
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• Horiguchi climbs into Top 3 in new rankings

  21-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  There’s a new name within the top three of the UFC’s flyweight rankings. Kyoji Horiguchi’s win at Fight Night Belfast Saturday bumped him up from No. 4 to No. 3, in Monday’s release of the new UFC rankings.Horiguchi defeated Ali Bagautinov by decision. It’s his third consecutive win since losing to champion Demtrious Johnson at UFC 186.In other ranking’s updates related to the Belfast event, Marion Reneau climbed two spots to No. 13 among the women’s ban
  
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• Derek Brunson - The Guy to Watch

  21-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  A little over two months ago, as Derek Brunson was readying to step into the Octagon opposite Uriah Hall in Hidalgo, Texas, the surging middleweight and I spoke on the phone about how someone with his string of first-round stoppages and overall 6-1 record since arriving in the UFC via Strikeforce could still be flying under the radar.When the final product was submitted and published, the title summed things up nicely: Time to pay attention to Derek Brunson.A few days later, the 32-year-old Wilm
  
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• Belfast and Sao Paulo rewind: What you got right & wrong

  21-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Think you know how the next fight card will play out? Play UFC Pick 'EmIt was a UFC doubleheader on Saturday, with 13 consecutive hours of fighting between two cards in Belfast, Northern Ireland and Sao Paulo, Brazil, and main events featuring four top 10 fighters in the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions. Kicking things off in Belfast, Gegard Mousasi earned a measure of revenge with his first round TKO over Uriah Hall after falling to the former Ultimate Fighter finalist in a sho
  
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• UFC's Cezar Ferreira became Uber driver during injury layoff, celebrates third straight win

  21-11-2016 02:00
  
  SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Cezar Ferreira scored his third straight win in the UFC against Jack Hermansson in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and spoke with the media about his days as Uber driver before his 3-0 run, detailed his submission win, and much more.
  
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• Yoel Romero: UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping 'talks just to talk'

  21-11-2016 00:00
  
  It was one of the most memorable moments in an evening overflowing with them Saturday night at UFC 205: The back-and-forth exchange between Yoel Romero and Michael Bisping.
  Romero had just finished Chris Weidman with a nasty third-round running knee to win their fight and likely claim the next shot at Bisping's middleweight title.
  Bisping, standing in a private box at New York's Madison Square Garden, gave a thumbs down and made an obscene gesture at Romero, who responded by sarcastically tellin
  
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