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• UFC 206 live stream online

  10-12-2016 23:00
  
  Watch UFC 206 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the pay-per-view card at 10 p.m. ET.The fight card for the portion of the event is as follows:Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis
  Donald Cerrone vs. Matt Brown
  Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi
  Tim Kennedy vs. Kelvin Gastelum
  Jordan Mein vs. Emil Meek
  Max Holloway will try to extend his win streak to 10 fights as he squares off against former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis. An anticipated welterweight clash between Donald Cerrone and Matt Brown
  
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• Max Holloway: Conor McGregor set the bar at featherweight, ‘and I'm here to beat it'

  10-12-2016 22:00
  
  Conor McGregor may no longer be a member of the UFC featherweight ranks, but his accomplishments still weigh heavily over the division.
  Over the course of his exceptional run to the title, McGregor elevated a once overlooked weight class into international prominence. And now that McGregor has left for the fresher pastures of 155 pounds, UFC 206 headliner Max Holloway intends to continue what McGregor started at featherweight.
  "We've got to go out there and do our damn things. It is what it
  
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• UFC 206 Embedded, Episode 5: ‘Not even a handshake?’

  10-12-2016 21:11
  
  In the fifth episode of UFC 206 Embedded, Matt Brown continues his bad blood with Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis misses weight, Max Holloway eats cupcakes, and the rest of the card weighs in.
  
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• Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon full fight video

  10-12-2016 21:00
  
  At UFC 144, Anthony Pettis faced faced veteran fighter Joe Lauzon in a lightweight bout to open up the main card of the event. That night, Pettis scored his first and only UFC knockout by landing a devastating head kick on Lauzon.Now, having won and lost the UFC lightweight belt, Pettis now finds himself fighting for the UFC interim featherweight title against top contender Max Holloway. The two 145-pound fighters will headline UFC 206, which takes place this Saturday at the Air Canada Centre in
  
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• Bellator 168 Results: Sakara vs. Beltran

  10-12-2016 20:52
  
  MMA Fighting has Bellator 168 results for the Sakara vs. Beltran fight card in Florence, Italy on Saturday.In the main event, Alessio Sakara will square off against Joey Beltran in a middleweight contest. Prospect Ed Ruth will face Emanuele Palombi on the main card as well.Check out the Bellator 168 results below.Main card (Spike at 4 p.m. ET)
  Alessio Sakara vs. Joey Beltran
  Philipe Lins vs. Kleber Silva
  Claudio Annicchiarico vs. John Salter
  Goiti Yamauchi vs. Valeriu Mircea
  Ed Ruth vs. Emanuele
  
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• Jon Jones open to future grappling matches, but not against champ Daniel Cormier

  10-12-2016 20:00
  
  Jon Jones is looking to compete in more grappling matches in the future, but he’s not open to grapple long-time rival and current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier.Jones, who’s currently suspended from MMA competition by USADA due to a doping violation, is competing in a grappling match at Sunday’s Submission Underground 2 against recently retired MMA legend Dan Henderson.Jones is hoping to defeat Henderson on Sunday, and plans to return to the mat, but this time ag
  
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• Promising star Emil Meek with no axe to grind in UFC debut

  10-12-2016 19:00
  
  TORONTO – Emil Meek arrived in Ontario fully ready to show this other north his Viking roots. His friend and training partner, Thomas Formo, had carried his long two-bladed axe through the airport in Norway, which drew the attention of security. It was all very Nordic conqueror, carrying an axe to work. Meek’s beard, long and red, was like that of Rollo himself — just a devastating show of virility. His eyebrows were spiked to wicked Scandinavian peaks, as cold as the hinterlan
  
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• Doo Ho Choi: Korean fighters ‘look like babies on the outside, but they have very exciting fighting styles’

  10-12-2016 18:00
  
  TORONTO – Of the most intriguing fighters on UFC 206, perhaps none comes into UFC 206 with more upside than Doo Ho Choi. As a South Korean fighter with three straight first-round finishes in the UFC, his waste-no-time brand of fighting has earned him a shot at a recognizable name in the featherweight division, Cub Swanson.Swanson vs. "The Korean Superboy" is one of those fights that has plenty of shifting stakes in play. Either Swanson jumps back into contention in a division that just gai
  
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• UFC 206 odds, gambling guide

  10-12-2016 17:00
  
  Welcome MMA bettors, speculators, and gambling lurkers! Back at it again for another week of comprehensive gambling analysis from your friends at MMAFighting.com. This weekend, we have a deceptively fun card headlined by half of an interim title fight.
  For those of you who are new here or those who have forgot, this aims to be an exhaustive preview of the fights, the odds, and my own personal breakdown of where you can find betting value. The number after the odds on each fighter is the probabil
  
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• Fightweets: GSP, UFC, and MMAAA

  10-12-2016 16:00
  
  Plenty to discuss while I ponder whether the UFC will give every fan entering Toronto’s Air Canada Centre on Saturday night their very own interim featherweight title belt. Let’s get right into it.GSP, UFC, and MMAAA
  @RuckerYeah What should I make of GSP and Dana talking? End of the union already?
  It’s interesting how quickly this came about, just days after Georges St-Pierre was put forth as the biggest name in the new Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Association, isn’t it?GS
  
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• UFC 206 start time, TV schedule for Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis

  10-12-2016 15:00
  
  The UFC 206 start time, TV schedule is for the Holloway vs. Pettis event at Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Saturday night. The fight card is broken into three different parts, each airing on three different mediums. This post will help explain which fights are airing where and at which times.The main card airs on pay-per-view beginning at 10 p.m. ET. It is listed as follows:Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis
  Donald Cerrone vs. Matt Brown
  Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi
  Tim Kennedy vs. Kelvin Gastelum
  
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• UFC 206 predictions

  10-12-2016 14:00
  
  This card is finally here, and so many weird circumstances and decisions have brought a lot of negativity around the event. But if we ignore the outside factors that shaped this card, it’s a solid night of fights. This UFC pay-per-view hosts a kind-of title fight, depending on who wins between high-level strikers Holloway and Pettis, and a series of fan-friendly fights that all carry potential to be Fight of the Night in Cerrone vs. Brown, Swanson vs. Choi, Kennedy vs. Gastelum, and Mein v
  
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• Cub Swanson couldn't be happier Conor McGregor is no longer featherweight champ

  10-12-2016 13:00
  
  TORONTO – In many ways, UFC 206 is a liberation card for the featherweight division. After the UFC stripped Conor McGregor of the 145-pound title, no longer is everyone else captive to his ambitious whims. Max Holloway will finally get his shot for a title after nine straight victories, and Anthony Pettis...well, after missing weight, he has to win to get the chance to fight Aldo.Holloway said during a recent appearance on The MMA Hour that everything has become "super-clear" at featherwei
  
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• Video: Up-Close Look At Fight Week Festivities In Episode 4 Of UFC 206 Embedded

  10-12-2016 09:27
  
  https://youtu.be/OQU-v1WqyIkOn episode four of UFC 206 Embedded (see above), UFC fight fans get a special close-up look at the "Fight Week" festivities for this weekend's UFC 206 event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The official description for episode four of UFC 206 Embedded reads as follows:"On Episode 4 of UFC 206 Embedded, welterweight Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone replaces his sparring gloves with soccer, basketball and rock-climbing, then reconnects with former opponent Anthony “
  
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• Video: EA SPORTS UFC 2 Simulation Predicts All-Out War Between Holloway & Pettis

  10-12-2016 09:18
  
  https://youtu.be/FRx5MogmH8oIn what has started to truly feel like a main event as the event draws closer, Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis is getting some final pre-fight shine.Featured above is the always-popular EA SPORTS UFC 2 Simulation video for this weekend's pay-per-view main event for the interim UFC Featherweight Title (sort-of -- more on that below) between Max "Blessed" Holloway and Anthony "Showtime" Pettis.Due to the fact that Pettis missed weight for the fight, if he manages to pul
  
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• Video: Ronda Rousey’s “Warrior Code” For Title Fight At UFC 207

  10-12-2016 08:31
  
  https://youtu.be/RdOv5-TpPlcLet the "Rowdy" reaction from the fans to the amount of recent Ronda Rousey content continue.Featured above courtesy of the official UFC On FOX YouTube channel is the full Ronda Rousey "Warrior Code" video for her upcoming Octagon return.Rousey is scheduled to compete in a UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout against current champion Amanda Nunes in her return bout in the main event of UFC 207.UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey is scheduled to take place live from the T-
  
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• Video: Lewis Emotional After UFN 102 Win, “Kind Of” Calls Out Browne & Hunt

  10-12-2016 08:23
  
  https://youtu.be/dzYsPN-oZSsFollowing his fourth round TKO in the main event of UFC Fight Night 102 on Friday evening at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York, UFC Heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis took part in somewhat of an odd post-fight Octagon interview.Featured above is Jon Anik's complete post-fight interview with the victorious UFN 102 headliner. As seen in the video, Lewis was somewhat emotional about his performance, despite picking up the "W," and seemed to call out Travis Brow
  
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• Resurrection Fighting Alliance Runs Final Card, Video Highlights

  10-12-2016 07:26
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAqb6l-ezwE[/embed]For the final time, Resurrection Fighting Alliance aired live on AXS TV Friday night.The promotion, which will merge with Legacy FC in 2017 to create Legacy Fighting Alliance, held RFA 46 from Los Angeles.Jordan Johnson improved to 6-0 in the main event, scoring a decision and the light heavyweight title over LeMarcus Tucker.The first LFA event takes place January 13 at 9 p.m. ET. AXS TV is planning on airing 45 fight cards in 2017.RFA 46
  
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• UFC Fight Night 102 Results From Albany, New York

  10-12-2016 07:01
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzYsPN-oZSs[/embed]It was the Derrick Lewis show Friday night at UFC Fight Night 102, as the heavyweight scored a fourth round TKO over Shamil Abdurakhimov in the main event.Lewis' finish completed a four-fight main card on UFC Fight Pass that featured all stoppages.In the co-main event, Francis Ngannou submitted Anthony Hamilton, while both Corey Anderson and Gian Villante picked up second round TKOs.Derrick Lewis def. Shamil Abdurakhimov via TKO (strikes)
  
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• UFC Fight Night 102: Finishes Fill Main Card, Including Derrick Lewis

  10-12-2016 07:01
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD70rvg42mI[/embed]It was the Derrick Lewis show Friday night at UFC Fight Night 102, as the heavyweight scored a fourth round TKO over Shamil Abdurakhimov in the main event.Lewis' finish completed a four-fight main card on UFC Fight Pass that featured all stoppages.In the co-main event, Francis Ngannou submitted Anthony Hamilton, while both Corey Anderson and Gian Villante picked up second round TKOs.Derrick Lewis def. Shamil Abdurakhimov via TKO (strikes)
  
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• Wonderboy, Usman preview Cowboy vs. Brown and have dance off

  10-12-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Spent time in the heart of downtown Toronto w/ @WonderboyMMA and @USMAN84kg! They preview #CowboyvsBrown and have... a dance-off! #UFC206 pic.twitter.com/6lojtDfUgs— Matt Parrino (@MattParrinoUFC) December 11, 2016Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson and Kamaru Usman are in Toronto as guest fighters for UFC 206. The welterweight stars took some time to talk about the 170-pound co-main event between Cowboy Cerrone and Matt Brown.Wonderboy and Usman, potential opponents down the line, opted for a da
  
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• Vannata kicks way to victory in FIGHT PASS prelims

  10-12-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  UFC FIGHT PASS subscribers: Watch these fights on-demand nowVANNATA vs. MAKDESSIIf you thought lightweight prospect Lando Vannata made an impression in his UFC debut against Tony Ferguson, it was nothing like the one he made Saturday in Toronto’s Air Canada Centre, as he delivered a highlight reel knockout of John Makdessi in UFC 206 prelim action.Both fighters were busy in the early going, trading techniques and looking for an opening, and Vannata found his first, firing off a seemingly e
  
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• UFC 206 official results and news

  10-12-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Who were the winners at UFC 206: Holloway vs Pettis? Click below to get the results for all the fights at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada on Saturday, December 10, 2016.Holloway vs Pettis | Cerrone vs Brown | Swanson vs Choi | Kennedy vs Gastelum | Mein vs Meek | Krylov vs Cirkunov | Aubin-Mercier vs Dober | Letourneau vs Pereira | Gagnon vs Lopez | Makdessi vs Vannata | Saggo vs Khabilov | Makovsky vs OrtizUFC 206: Holloway vs Pettis main cardMain event: Max Holloway defeated Anthony Petti
  
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• Live: UFC 206 official results and news

  10-12-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Who were the winners at UFC 206: Holloway vs Pettis? Click below to get the results for all the fights at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada on Saturday, December 10, 2016.Holloway vs Pettis | Cerrone vs Brown | Swanson vs Choi | Kennedy vs Gastelum | Mein vs Meek | Krylov vs Cirkunov | Aubin-Mercier vs Dober | Letourneau vs Pereira | Gagnon vs Lopez | Makdessi vs Vannata | Saggo vs Khabilov | Makovsky vs OrtizUFC 206: Holloway vs Pettis main cardAction starts at 10 pm ETMain event: Max Hollow
  
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• Holloway claims interim belt, calls out Aldo

  10-12-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  In the lead-up to his UFC 206 main event against Anthony Pettis, Max Holloway walked with the quiet confidence of a champion and on Saturday at Air Canada Centre, he earned the hardware to go with it, stopping Pettis in the third round to win the interim UFC featherweight belt. But the 25-year-old Holloway, Hawaii’s first UFC champion since BJ Penn, won’t be satisfied until he unifies the belt with current titleholder Jose Aldo, and he’s got just the place for it.More from UFC
  
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• Cowboy gets walkoff KO, Swanson, Gastelum also win

  10-12-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  CERRONE vs. BROWNDonald Cerrone’s foray into the welterweight division may turn out to be a permanent one, as he knocked out fellow contender Matt Brown in the third round of their UFC 206 co-main event at Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Saturday, making it four fights, four wins and four finishes at 170 pounds.After some heated exchanges to start the bout, Cerrone rocked Brown briefly with a kick to the head, but “The Immortal” shook off the blow and stayed in the pocket, keep
  
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• Cirkunov, Aubin-Mercier among prelim winners at UFC 206

  10-12-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  CIRKUNOV vs. KRYLOVThe eighth consecutive win by Toronto’s Misha Cirkunov was his biggest to date in the UFC, as he submitted Ukraine’s Nikita Krylov Saturday at Air Canada Centre in a highly anticipated UFC 206 showdown of light heavyweight contenders.Krylov was busy with his striking as the bout began, particularly with his kicks, but Cirkunov was unbothered as he put steady pressure on his opponent, scoring two takedowns before Krylov answered with one of his own. Cirkunov swept h
  
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• Ryan Roberts suffers knee injury, retires after TKO loss to Rob Emerson at Victory FC 54

  10-12-2016 06:20
  
  Ryan Roberts will have more hurdles to cross in the coming months.
  A UFC veteran who endured through a series of tragic circumstances over the past three years, Roberts suffered a first-round TKO loss due to a knee injury in the co-main event of Victory FC 54 on Friday night, falling short in his bid for the vacant Victory FC featherweight title against Rob Emerson in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska.
  Roberts, 38, was returning to the fight game for the first time since a rare bacterial infe
  
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• UFC 206 Results: Holloway vs. Pettis

  10-12-2016 06:00
  
  MMA Fighting has UFC 206 results for the Holloway vs. Pettis fight card Dec. 10, plus live coverage from Toronto, live blogs for the event, and live UFC 206 Twitter updates.In the main event, Max Holloway will try to win his 10th straight fight when he squares off against former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis. This clash was supposed to be for the UFC interim featherweight title, but Pettis failed to make weight.Donald Cerrone faces Matt Brown in a welterweight contest in the co-main ev
  
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• Francis Ngannou wins $50K for stunning submission of Anthony Hamilton

  10-12-2016 05:38
  
  If Francis Ngannou keeps doing things like he did Friday night, there will be many more big pay checks coming in the future.
  The French heavyweight prospect earned a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus for his kimura submission win over Anthony Hamilton in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 102 on Friday night in Albany.
  Ngannou (9-1) used the kimura grip to take Hamilton down, then held it, got into position and torqued on Hamilton's arm to force the tap. It was an extremely technical sequ
  
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• UFC Fight Night 102 Bonuses: Villante, Safarov, Ngannou, Meerschaert All Pocket $50K

  10-12-2016 05:34
  
  UFC Fight Night 102 ‘Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov’ (online betting)
  
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• UFC Fight Night Albany in Tweets: Pros react to Derrick Lewis' TKO of Shamil Abdurakhimov

  10-12-2016 05:25
  
  It didn't go exactly according to plan but Derrick Lewis ended up getting the job done late, scoring a TKO victory over Shamil Abdurakhimov in the fourth round of their UFC Fight Night 102 main event fight Friday night in Albany. Lewis lost the first three rounds but in the fourth he secured a takedown, moved to mount, and pounded out the fifteenth-ranked Abdurakhimov.
  After the fight, Lewis was candid about being unhappy with his showing and refused to call out anyone, saying he needed to "sit
  
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• Derrick Lewis Rallies to Stop Shamil Abdurakhimov in UFC Fight Night 102 Headliner

  10-12-2016 05:20
  
  Derrick Lewis overcomes slow start to take out Shamil Abdurakhimov in the fourth round of their UFC Fight Night main event on Friday in Albany, New York.
  
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• UFC Fight Night 102 results: Derrick Lewis rallies to finish Shamil Abdurakhimov in fourth

  10-12-2016 05:05
  
  Derrick Lewis was bad in the first round. He was bad in the second. The third wasn't much better.
  Likely down on the cards in the fourth round, Lewis still knew all he had to do was get top position against Shamil Abdurakhimov and the fight could be over. So, that's what he did.
  Lewis took Abdurakhimov down against the fence, got mount and pounded him out via TKO in the main event of UFC Fight Night 102 on Friday night in Albany. The finish came at 3:42 of the fourth round.
  "That was one of my t
  
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• UFC 206 preview show

  10-12-2016 04:00
  
  TORONTO -- Before UFC 206, MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani and Chuck Mindenhall break down the top storylines.
  
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• UFC Fight Night 102 Prelims: Justine Kish, Randy Brown, Gerald Meerschaert Victorious in New York

  10-12-2016 03:55
  
  Justine Kish overcame a difficult weight cut and a game opponent to continue her climb on the Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s strawweight ladder
  
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• Shane Burgos gets a haircut between rounds at UFC Albany

  10-12-2016 02:05
  
  Shane Burgos may have himself a new record: first fighter to receive a haircut during a fight in the UFC.
  In the middle of his fight UFC bout, against Tiago Trator, Burgos' hair apparently became a problem for him. So between the second and third round he had his cornerman cut it off.Well, this is a first! #UFCAlbany https://t.co/Fx3O76nU02
  — #UFCAlbany (@ufc) December 10, 2016"I told my corner that if the fight goes past the first round and my hair is getting in my face to cut it [pony ta
  
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• UFC 206 Embedded, Episode 4: 'Ready for some f**in' cupcakes'

  10-12-2016 01:03
  
  In the fourth episode of UFC 206 Embedded, Donald Cerrone plays around at a gym, Tim Kennedy trains, the fighters participate at UFC 206 workouts, Max Holloway's cupcake issues, and more.
  
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• Michael Bisping on Anthony Pettis: ‘It sounds like he took the easy way out.’

  10-12-2016 00:15
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W33tgE4_T64On Friday afternoon, during Fox Sports 1's UFC 206 weigh-in show, UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping had some pointed comments for Anthony Pettis in light of the latter missing weight for his UFC 206 main event for the interim featherweight title. Co-anchor, UFC Welterweight Champion, and Pettis teammate Tyron Woodley had been explaining what Pettis said earlier: That he stopped sweating, a doctor came in, and told him to rehydrate. Bisping thoug
  
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• Three fights announced for UFC's upcoming event in Halifax

  10-12-2016 00:00
  
  The UFC has officially announced three bouts to its Fight Night card in Halifax, Canada.
  Scheduled for the Scotiabank Centre on Feb. 19, the UFC Fight Night 105 will feature a pair of middleweight bouts, Elias Theodorou vs. Cezar Ferreira and Thiago Santos vs. Jack Marshman, and a lightweight clash between Alessandro Ricci and Alvaro Herrera.
  Theorodou (12-1) returns to action eight months after a unanimous decision win over Sam Alvey, improving to 4-1 under the UFC banner. Ferreira (11-5), the
  
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