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• Ryan Hall: ‘The goal is to hit and not get hit,’ not to listen to criticism

  08-01-2017 23:00
  
  After winning The Ultimate Fighter 22 with deft grappling skills and an ability to make a fight dance to his own tune, jiu-jitsu ace Ryan Hall has successfully entered the UFC waters. He was able to beat heavy-striker Artem Lobov in the season Finale, a suffocating performance that either perplexed or delighted spectators, depending on the point of view.
  And he backed that up with a one-sided unanimous decision over longtime veteran Gray Maynard at the TUF 24 Finale on Saturday night. Once again
  
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• Yair Rodriguez ‘Never Asked For Fight’ With B.J. Penn

  08-01-2017 22:59
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWyDHpwNlRAThe main event of next Sunday night's (Jan. 15) UFC Fight Night event in Phoenix will feature a featherweight clash between a prospect and a legend. Rising 145-pounder Yair Rodriguez will look to continue his surge when he meets Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Famer B.J. Penn.When Rodriguez steps inside the Talking Stick Resort Arena to compete, he will be doing so against a former two-division champion. "El Pantera" spoke with MMAJunkie.co
  
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• Cody Garbrandt: ‘T.J. Dillashaw Can’t Even Draw PPV Buys’

  08-01-2017 21:25
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsMbnCNycFUCody Garbrandt may have just won the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight title, but he's already looking to call the shots. Big money fights seem to be a recurring theme these days and "No Love" is no exception. Garbrandt hasn't been shy about his interest in fighting featherweight champion Jose Aldo and lightweight title holder Conor McGregor.One fighter that doesn't seem to pique Garbrandt's interest is his former Team Alpha Male trainin
  
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• Watch some of the best MMA Vines before Twitter pulls the plug

  08-01-2017 21:00
  
  Vine as we know it is shutting down, and its network of six-second sports videos, including MMA, is going out with it.
  This week, Twitter announced that it's mobile-video app Vine will now be rebranded as Vine Camera starting Jan. 17, and its current network of videos will be discontinued. So before it shuts down, let's take one final look at some of the best Vines of this weird, wild world of mixed martial arts.
  
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• Ian McCall Speaks on Food Poisoning: ‘I Couldn’t Move’

  08-01-2017 20:35
  
  https://youtu.be/8Ai4duIJlrEVeteran mixed martial arts (MMA) flyweight Ian McCall hasn't competed since late Jan. 2015. "Uncle Creepy" was going to fight in August of that year, but an injury forced him to pull out of his scheduled bout with Dustin Ortiz.Once he was healthy, McCall was booked to meet Justin Scoggins. Unfortunately, a botched weight cut on Scoggins' part canceled the fight. McCall had yet another fight scrapped when Ray Borg went down with an illness.McCall was booked to face Nei
  
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• The Weekly Grind: Conor McGregor trains to be a jockey, Paige VanZant accepts marriage applications

  08-01-2017 19:00
  
  The life of a professional fighter isn't all glitz and glamour.As if getting punched, kicked, kneed, choked and twisted into a pretzel on a regular basis isn't enough, fighters attract a general wackiness that makes their lives, well...interesting.
  To commemorate these day-to-day hardships, slip-ups, pranks, and more, we bring you, "The Weekly Grind."I always wanted to meet @miketyson thanks for inviting me up! A photo posted by Cody Garbrandt (@cody_nolove) on Jan 5, 2017 at 3:12pm PSTNow accep
  
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• Mike Dolce: Ronda Rousey ‘puts more pressure on herself’ than anyone I’ve worked with

  08-01-2017 18:00
  
  Mike Dolce has worked with some of the best known — and most decorated — fighters in MMA history as a noted nutrition coach. None, though, are quite like Ronda Rousey in the respect of putting pressure on himself or herself to emerge victorious in the cage, Dolce said.
  “I can say externally, she does put a lot of pressure on herself to win, like most great athletes do in every sport,” Dolce told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “Ronda, I beli
  
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• UFC 207 does over 1 million buys

  08-01-2017 17:32
  
  Ronda Rousey's career may be in jeopardy after her loss to Amanda Nunes on Dec. 30 in Las Vegas, but the idea that her first loss to Holly Holm damaged her drawing power ended up not being the case.
  Despite the show being on a Friday night, instead of the more familiar Saturday and the lack of promotion of the show by Rousey, the early estimates are that the show did 1.1 million buys on pay-per-view. The number would be similar to both the Rousey vs. Holly Holm fight, which was her biggest show
  
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• Click Debate: How will the new judging criteria affect how MMA bouts are scored?

  08-01-2017 16:00
  
  Get ready for more 10-8 rounds in mixed martial arts. At least that is the expected effect of new judging language that will be implemented beginning this month.
  The Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) approved a cleaned-up version of MMA scoring criteria at its annual conference back in August and the new criteria was adopted officially as part of the sport’s Unified Rules Jan. 1.The goal for the change was two-fold: make the scoring language clearer and open the
  
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• Tyron Woodley on Demian Maia: ‘I’m Not Running From The Guy’

  08-01-2017 15:30
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhaRDeyngowIf there's one thing Tyron Woodley wants you to know, it's that he wants big money fights. Since winning the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title, Woodley has called out Georges St. Pierre and Nick Diaz. He was reluctant in defending his title against Stephen Thompson, but he did so at UFC 205."The Chosen One" and "Wonderboy" fought to a majority draw.Even if you took Diaz and "Rush" out of the conversation, another name is in the fold. Reigning m
  
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• Rafael dos Anjos: ‘I Wanted to Stop Sacrificing so Much’ at Lightweight

  08-01-2017 15:00
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mDWGCDC02EA couple of days ago, former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title holder Rafael dos Anjos announced his move to the welterweight division. While dos Anjos had good size for the 155-pound division, making weight was a tough task. To his credit, dos Anjos always tipped the scales within the weight limit.The Brazilian told MMAFighting.com that his move to 170 pounds will be beneficial to not just his career, but his life:"What made me mov
  
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• Focus: UFC 207 edition

  08-01-2017 15:00
  
  MMA Fighting’s Esther Lin looks back at her favorite photos from UFC 207.
  
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• Welcome to the UFC: Drakkar Klose

  08-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Some people wear their heart on their sleeve. UFC newcomer Drakkar Klose wears his on his chest in the form of a tattoo that celebrates his home state of Michigan. It’s a big place, but where Klose comes from is a whole lot smaller. How small? Try South Haven, population 4,403 as of the 2010 census. Think about it, everyone who lives in the city can go to Klose’s UFC debut against Devin Powell at Talking Stick Resort Arena on Jan. 15, and there will still be enough seats for another
  
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• Martin confident after life-changing wake-up call

  08-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Fighters are not like the rest of us. UFC lightweight Tony Martin is a prime example. Dating back to 2014, the Illinois native and Boston resident lived through a familiar pattern before fights. He would train hard for a month, and then when his fight was three to four weeks away, the pain would get bad enough that he had to sit out a week of training.That rest always worked, allowing him to get back to work and get through his fight. He had mixed results, going from an 8-0 record on the regiona
  
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• UFC Phoenix’s Ben Saunders Has Submissions ‘That Have Never Been Seen Before’

  08-01-2017 05:19
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdEL0SQc54o&t=87sUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight Ben Saunders will return to the Octagon next Sunday night (Jan. 15). His opponent will be The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) season 11 winner Court McGee. They will do battle inside the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.Early in his mixed martial arts (MMA) career, Saunders was known for his stand-up game. For a while, "Killa B's" background was Jeet Kune Do. Years later, Saunders has deve
  
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• Jimi Manuwa vs. Corey Anderson Planned For UFC Fight Night Event in London

  08-01-2017 03:34
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rs2uKFf-S8Hard hitting light heavyweight Jimi Manuwa (16-2) is going back to the place he calls home when he battles Corey Anderson (9-2) at a UFC Fight Night event in London on March 18. FloCombat brought word of the scheduled bout. Manuwa may have been born in the United States and once moved to Nigeria, but his life took a fortunate turn in the right direction when he moved to England.He'll look to give his true hometown fans in London something to cheer for.
  
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• Cody Garbrandt says TJ Dillashaw ‘doesn’t draw PPVs,’ it’s not a fight that makes sense

  08-01-2017 03:00
  
  Cody Garbrandt is the new king at bantamweight, having dethroned Dominick Cruz at UFC 207 in Las Vegas. Now Garbrandt has his sights set on doing a “money fight” with either featherweight champion Jose Aldo or lightweight champion Conor McGregor. If the UFC were to grant him that wish with either, that would leave Cruz and former champion TJ Dillashaw in the lurch.
  Particularly Dillashaw, who has been vying for a title shot and said after his victory over John Lineker Friday night th
  
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• Jimmie Rivera Pulled Out of UFC Phoenix in Fear of ‘Looking Like A Bully’

  08-01-2017 02:12
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SZH9y6c-4INo. 6 ranked bantamweight Jimmie Rivera was scheduled to fight Bryan Caraway next Sunday night (Jan. 15) inside the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. When Caraway went down with an injury, John Dodson offered to fill in. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced Marlon Vera as the replacement."El Terror" initially agreed, but quickly changed his mind.MMAFighting.com reached out to Rivera for an explanation. The Tiger Schulmann's f
  
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• UFC Phoenix Free Fight: Joe Lauzon Steamrolls Diego Sanchez

  08-01-2017 01:43
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js5mfmtUXIoMixed martial arts (MMA) veteran and long-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight Joe Lauzon will compete for the 39th time in his professional career when he meets Marcin Held. The two 155-pounders will trade leather next Sunday (Jan. 15) in Phoenix, Arizona."J-Lau" is 2-3 in his last five bouts. He fell short to Jim Miller in a rematch at UFC on FOX: Maia vs. Condit back in August 2016. Lauzon's two victories in that stretch were by TKO
  
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• Jimmie Rivera explains why he wont fight replacement Marlon Vera: I’ll look like a ‘bully’

  08-01-2017 00:01
  
  Jimmie Rivera wants to keep climbing the UFC bantamweight ladder, and that’s why he won’t be fighting at next week’s UFC Fight Night 103.Just a day after the UFC announced that Rivera would be fighting short-notice replacement opponent Marlon Vera, Rivera took to Twitter on Saturday to announce the fight wasn’t happening. Going from top-5 bantamweight Bryan Caraway, who was Rivera’s original opponent, to an unranked fighter in Vera, just didn’t make sense to R
  
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