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• Video: Garbrandt Mic’d Up For “Full Blast: Cruz vs. Faber 3” Ahead Of UFC 207 Title Fight

  19-12-2016 23:57
  
  https://youtu.be/hTNNpDZFhccAhead of his title opportunity against reigning UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz in the co-main event of this month's UFC 207 pay-per-view, rising contender from Urijah Faber's Team Alpha Male stable, Cody "No Love" Garbrandt is featured in the latest promotional video for the big event.Featured above is Garbrandt in "Full Blast," as he was mic'd up in the crowd for Dominick Cruz's title defense against his teammate and friend, recently retired MMA legend "The
  
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• Video: Ronda Rousey’s “Warrior Code” Segment For UFC 207 Comeback Fight

  19-12-2016 23:53
  
  https://youtu.be/zjrONQ-0fOAAhead of her long-awaited Octagon return against Amanda Nunes for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship, former title holder Ronda Rousey is featured in the latest "Warrior Code" video released by the UFC.Featured above is "Rowdy" Ronda's "Warrior Code" segment for her comeback fight against the Brazilian Women's Champion in the main event of this month's UFC 207 pay-per-view.UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey goes down live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on
  
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• Video: Holly Holm Says She Hopes Ronda Rousey Wins At UFC 207

  19-12-2016 23:29
  
  https://youtu.be/V_cNdbWgn5AHolly Holm told The Buzzer that she hopes former opponent Ronda Rousey defeats Amanda Nunes in their UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship match in the main event of this month's UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey pay-per-view.Holm famously knocked out Rousey in "Rowdy" Ronda's most recent Octagon appearance, and will herself be challenging to regain a UFC Title when she meets Germaine de Randamie to decide the first-ever UFC Women's Featherweight Champion in the main event of
  
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• Cub Swanson wishes Dooho Choi’s corner would have thrown in the towel

  19-12-2016 23:00
  
  If you found yourself amazed Dooho Choi went the distance in his memorable UFC 206 featherweight showdown with Cub Swanson, you weren’t alone.Swanson himself was astounded by the amount of punishment Choi was able to withstand during the bout, which is widely considered the best three-round fight of 2016.And while Swanson took the unanimous decision, he wonders why neither the referee nor Choi’s corner stopped the bout.
  “I knew I was doing a lot of damage and I wish his corner
  
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• UFC on Fox 22 Salaries: Urijah Faber Tops Payroll with $320,000 in Farewell Fight

  19-12-2016 22:46 via sherdog.com
  
  Urijah Faber’s farewell fight was memorable in more ways than one.
  
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• Paige VanZant Expresses Potential Interest In Working With WWE In The Future

  19-12-2016 22:44
  
  Rising UFC star and recent Dancing With The Stars contestant Paige VanZant was interviewed by Maxim.com ahead of her main event fight on FOX against former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion "The Karate Hottie" Michelle Waterson this past Saturday night and seemed to indicate potential interest in doing some kind of business with WWE at some point in the future."The WWE is an amazing organization," VanZant told Maxim prior to the UFC On FOX 22 show, which saw the Team Alpha Male member lose via subm
  
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• ONE champion Bibiano Fernandes approaches free agency targeting big paychecks

  19-12-2016 20:00
  
  With eight wins in eight fights under the ONE Championship banner, Bibiano Fernandes’ run in the promotion might come to an end in 2016.
  The jiu-jitsu specialist, who won the interim bantamweight title in 2013 and unified it five months later, will become a free agent at the end of the month.
  “My contract expires on Dec. 30,” Fernandes, who has defended his belt five times, told MMA Fighting. “I haven't spoken with (ONE) yet. I haven't decided what I’m going to do n
  
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• Video: Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber 3 From UFC 199 (Full Fight)

  19-12-2016 19:20
  
  https://youtu.be/4Bjadyc5A_AAhead of this month's UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey mega-event in Las Vegas, Nevada, UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz is featured in the latest "UFC Free Fight."Featured above is the complete third fight between the reigning UFC 135-pound champion and the MMA legend Urijah Faber, who just retired at the recent UFC On FOX 22 event in his hometown of Sacramento, California.Cruz returns to the Octaton to defend his title against Faber-teammate Cody "No Love" Garbrandt
  
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• UFC on FOX 22 salaries: Sage Northcutt earns $60,000 in defeat

  19-12-2016 19:20
  
  Former WEC champion Urijah Faber and welterweight prospect Sage Northcutt led the disclosed payroll for UFC on FOX 22, as Faber earned $320,000 and Northcutt earned $60,000 for their respective performances on Saturday night, according to figures released this weekend by the California State Athletic Commission.
  Faber defeated Brad Pickett via unanimous decision to win the final fight of his storied mixed martial arts career, while Northcutt lost via second-round rear-naked choke at the hands of
  
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• Report: Released UFC Heavyweight Cody East Arrested for Domestic Violence

  19-12-2016 19:12 via sherdog.com
  
  Two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight Cody East has been arrested for domestic violence, according to published reports. KRQE News 13 was first to report the incident.
  
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• Mirko Filipovic-Muhammed Lawal to Meet in Rizin Grand Prix Quarterfinals on Dec. 29

  19-12-2016 18:48 via sherdog.com
  
  Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic will face former Strikeforce champion Muhammed Lawal in the 2016 Rizin Fighting Federation open weight grand prix quarterfinals at Rizin 3 on Dec. 29 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
  
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• RIZIN openweight GP quarterfinals official, including Mirko Cro Cop vs. King Mo Lawal

  19-12-2016 17:30
  
  RIZIN Fighting Federation announced new match-ups for the promotion’s openweight GP now that Wanderlei Silva and Shane Carwin are out of the tournament.
  Mirko Cro Cop, originally booked to face “The Axe Murderer”, will now meet Muhammed Lawal at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, on Dec. 29.
  “Cro Cop” tapped Hyun Man Myung in the tournament’s opening round, while “King Mo”, who won RIZIN’s first tournament in 2015, enters the fight fr
  
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• Eddie Wineland’s Reason For Not Fighting On UFC Fight Pass Involves Best Buy, Wires

  19-12-2016 17:30
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwaJE-lQPmM&t=206s[/embed]Eddie Wineland isn't one to complain about his placement on a card.But if the veteran has his say, he will not be competing on UFC Fight Pass again anytime soon.Wineland completed the digital stream portion of UFC on FOX 22 this past weekend with a first round victory over Takeya Mizugaki. He explained to MMAjunkie why he wasn't a fan of being on the product.“I didn’t have a Fight Pass (account) set up. I had to dea
  
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• UFC 207 Free Fight: Cody Garbrandt Has no Problems Taking Out Takeya Mizugaki

  19-12-2016 17:23
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-D-ldWtB_s[/embed]Back at UFC 202, Cody Garbrandt put his record and standing in the UFC's bantamweight division on the line against Takeya Mizugaki in a meeting of contenders.In short order, the 25-year-old Garbrandt proved why he just might be the future of the 135-pound division, taking out Mizugaki and moving into a meeting with champion Dominick Cruz at UFC 207.Garbrandt and Cruz will square off December 30 in the co-main event of UFC 207 from the T-M
  
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• Frank Mir vs. Jon Jones? Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Open To Idea

  19-12-2016 17:14
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i36Jt9pQWCk[/embed]While they will never compete against one another inside the Octagon, we could witness Frank Mir vs. Jon Jones in a different arena.Mir, talking with FloCombat while working the Abolsute Championship Berkut 50 event recently, stated he would be open to meeting Jones as part of Submission Underground. Recently, Jones defeated Dan Henderson at the grappling-only event."I was under the assumption that if you are serving a suspension then the
  
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• Holly Holm not bothered that Cris Cyborg was left out of UFC women’s featherweight title bout

  19-12-2016 16:00
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After UFC on FOX 22, Holly Holm discusses how her women's featherweight title fight with Germaine de Randamie came together, her thoughts on Cris Cyborg being left out of that first 145-pound title fight, and how she sees Amanda Nunes vs. Ronda Rousey going.
  
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• Anderson Silva, Michael Bisping Once Again Trade Verbal Jabs

  19-12-2016 15:52
  
  It appears as if the war of words between Anderson Silva and Michael Bisping is not over just yet.1 - De onde veio esse soco? 2 - Chute na boca! De onde veio esse chute? 3 - Vou correr desse cara! Será que não vão dar a luta pra mim? 4 - Bateu um sono aqui, vou dar um cochilo e já volto, afinal, estou em casa! Good Save the Queen! Sempre bom lutar em casa... O dia que nocauteei e perdi por pontos. Na terra da rainha, não é diferente do Brasil, time da ca
  
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• Former UFC Heavyweight Cody East Again in Trouble With The Law

  19-12-2016 15:47
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojt4iozpqO8[/embed]Cody East, who fought twice inside the Octagon before being released by the UFC, is once again in trouble with the law.East has been charged with aggravated battery against a household member, false imprisonment and aggravated assault against a household member, according to a report by MMA Fighting.He is currently being held in the Albuquerque, New Mexico Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center on $30,000 bail.
  The 28-year-old wa
  
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• Rizin Confirms “King Mo” vs. “CroCop” For Upcoming Grand Prix

  19-12-2016 15:41
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuEwlWlP840[/embed]Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal and Mirko "CroCop" will collide in a featured attraction as part of the Rizin FF 3 grand prix, the promotion confirmed with MMAjunkie.Lawal (20-5) is coming off a win over Satoshi Ishii inside the Bellator cage. He will be a replacement for Wanderlei Silva, who was injured and forced out of the event.Also, former UFC and PRIDE fighter Heath Herring (28-14) will return to action for the first time in eight years, r
  
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• Sage Northcutt Planning Move Back to Lightweight After Second Loss

  19-12-2016 15:36
  
  For Sage Northcutt, the decision was an easy one.
  Following a second loss at welterweight, "Super Sage" will return to lightweight where he won his first several bouts.Sorry everybody I didn't perform as I would have liked... I'll be going back down to my real weight class 155lbs! Thanks for all of the support and to all the people that came out to watch A photo posted by Sage Northcutt (@supersagenorthcutt) on Dec 18, 2016 at 5:26pm PST
  Northcutt (8-2) was dominated by Mickey Gall this past wee
  
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• UFC on FOX 22 Salaries Topped By Urijah Faber, Sage Northcutt

  19-12-2016 15:30
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2NOVm61VDI[/embed]In his final fight, Urijah Faber walked away with a win and $320,000, topping the list of salaries for UFC on FOX 22.Faber defeated Brad Pickett in one of the main card bouts from the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. "The California Kid" announced prior to the contest that it would serve as his retirement fight. He scored a decision victory over Pickett.Co-main event loser Sage Northcutt was second in terms of salary, earning $60,000 for hi
  
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• The MMA Hour with Michelle Waterson, Cody Garbrandt, Cub Swanson, Mickey Gall, Dan Hardy, Jorge Masvidal, Paul Craig, Mike Winkeljohn

  19-12-2016 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 another busy weekend in MMA.
  1:25 p.m. -- Cub Swanson will look back at his Fight of the Year contender against Dooho Choi and talk what's next for him.
  1:45 p.m. -- Coach Mike WInkeljohn will talk about Holly Holm fighting for new UFC women's featherweight belt, Michelle Waterson's win over Paige VanZant and more.
  2:05 p.m. -- Scotland's Paul Craig will look back at his successful UFC debut on Sa
  
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• Morning Report: Michael Bisping and Anderson Silva take shots at each other over social media

  19-12-2016 14:00
  
  Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva posted on social media, taking aim at current champion Michael Bisping and Bisping responded in kind, calling the legend "fake." Anderson Silva dug up some ancient history Sunday, posting to his Instagram a collage of photographs of his fight with UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping from earlier this year. The four photographs each showed Bisping at points of various discomfort in the fight and Silva captioned each image with mocking statemen
  
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• Video: Daniel Cormier & Dominick Cruz Breakdown UFC 207’s Nunes vs. Rousey Title Bout

  19-12-2016 08:41
  
  https://youtu.be/xPPq6UEUZxIDuring Saturday night's UFC On FOX 22 post-fight show on FOX Sports 1, the broadcast crew consisting of UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier, UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz and UFC announcer Jon Anik gave their breakdown of the next UFC pay-per-view main event.Featured above is the trio's look at the upcoming UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship headliner at UFC 207 between current champion Amanda Nunes and the first-ever champion in the division's
  
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• Former UFC heavyweight Cody East arrested on domestic violence charges

  19-12-2016 08:19
  
  A former UFC fighter was arrested on domestic violence charges Sunday.
  Cody East, recently released by the promotion, was taken into custody in Albuquerque, N.M., on three separate charges: aggravated battery against a household member, false imprisonment, and aggravated assault against a household member, per jail records.
  He was being held at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center on $30,000 bail as of Sunday night. (Cody East mug shot)
  The news was first reported by KRQE.
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• Top Ten - The Newcomers of 2016

  19-12-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  It’s that time of year again, and if the evolution of the UFC in 2016 has proven anything, it’s that getting all the great fighters and fights down to ten entries in each year-end award category is getting harder and harder. And while there is still one more show left this year, we’ll get those awards started a little early, giving the participants on the UFC 207 card on Dec. 30 even more incentive to make UFC.com do a little award updating in the first week of the New Year.So
  
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• Top 10 - The Newcomers of 2016

  19-12-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  It’s that time of year again, and if the evolution of the UFC in 2016 has proven anything, it’s that getting all the great fighters and fights down to ten entries in each year-end award category is getting harder and harder. And while there is still one more show left this year, we’ll get those awards started a little early, giving the participants on the UFC 207 card on Dec. 30 even more incentive to make UFC.com do a little award updating in the first week of the New Year.So
  
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• Felder, Burns Collide in Brooklyn

  19-12-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  Unbeaten on the east coast since turning pro in 2011, Philadelphia's Paul Felder will welcome a fight in Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Feb. 11 when he takes on groundfighting ace Gilbert "Durinho" Burns in a UFC 208 lightweight matchup.In a previously announced bout for the event, Holly Holm meets Germaine de Randamie in a five-round clash for the first UFC women’s featherweight title.Winner of two of his last three, Felder is an exciting striker with Performance of the Night and Fight of
  
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• Alan Jouban vs. Mike Perry full fight video highlights

  19-12-2016 03:00
  
  Watch Alan Jouban vs. Mike Perry full fight video highlights from UFC on FOX 22's main card above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
  UFC Fight Night: VanZant vs. Waterson took place Dec. 17 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. Up-and-coming welterweight prospects Alan Jouban (15-4) and Mike Perry (9-1) locked horns on the night's main card, which aired live on FOX. Catch the video highlights above.
  For more on Perry vs. Jouban, check out the play-by-play courtesy of MMAFighting.com's Shaun Al
  
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• Urijah Faber, Dominick Cruz mend fences after UFC on FOX 22 retirement fight

  19-12-2016 00:00
  
  Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber spent the past 10 years at each other's throats. But the rivalry that began in 2007, when Cruz signed his name over Faber's face on an event poster before their first battle at WEC 24, is no more.
  The two bantamweight legends shared a moment of reflection on the FOX Sports 1 post-fight show following Faber's victorious retirement fight at UFC on FOX 22. And at the end of it all, Cruz brought things back to the beginning by offering Faber one final gift to make amen
  
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