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• Julianna Pena: ‘Ronda Rousey Was Dodging Me This Whole Time’

  11-01-2017 23:57
  
  https://youtu.be/jPYW8bjw6dM?t=119Julianna Pena is set to compete in an expected title eliminator against Valentina Shevchenko on Jan. 28. The two will share the Octagon in the main event of UFC on FOX in Denver, Colorado.While "The Venezuelan Vixen" is on the cusp of a big title opportunity, she wasn't shy about turning her attention to the once dominant women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. She went on "Toe-2-Toe with Brian Stann" (via MMAFighting.com) to express her disappointment in no
  
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• Yair Rodriguez Feels B.J. Penn ‘Already Had His Time’

  11-01-2017 23:12
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDssCDMGoIAFeatherweight prospect Yair Rodriguez hopes to become a contender in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) soon. This Sunday night (Jan. 15), he'll go toe-to-toe with a former lightweight and welterweight champion. He also happens to be a UFC Hall of Famer. The man sharing the Octagon with "El Pantera" will be B.J. Penn.Rodriguez knows what's at stake in this bout. In a video from the official YouTube channel of the UFC, The Mexican warrior talked ab
  
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• Metamoris founder Ralek Gracie says it’s been a ‘gnarly road,’ but goal is to pay back competitors and run another show

  11-01-2017 22:30
  
  It’s been an odd few years for Ralek Gracie. He founded the submission-grappling promotion Metamoris in 2012, watched it soar into a kind of hipster darling territory by 2014, and ended up in the crosshairs of many complaints by 2016.
  Gracie is back in the spotlight in early 2017, as he will compete for the first time in nearly six years in a mixed martial arts fight at Bellator 170 against Hisaki Kato on Jan. 21. Yet before he gets back in the cage, he tried to clear up some mystery surro
  
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• MMANews Podcast (Ep. 4): Special Guest — Jimmie “El Terror” Rivera

  11-01-2017 22:19
  
  In the fourth installment of the MMANews Podcast, (presented by Pony Keg Sports) hosts Tim Thompson and Josh Stephens kick-off the show talking everything going on this weekend in the world of Mixed Martial Arts. LFA, ACB, Invicta, and the UFC all have big events this weekend and the guys dive into the most exciting fights. Including their picks with and against the spread for Sunday's UFC Fight Night 103: Rodriguez vs. Penn.The featured guest on this week’s show is UFC's #6 ranked Ba
  
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• B.J. Penn: ‘I Have Too Much Pros & Not Enough Cons to Walk Away’

  11-01-2017 22:14
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhbvL6LsA0AIt's clear that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Famer B.J. Penn is not ready to hang up his gloves. After getting bulldozed by Frankie Edgar in their third encounter, Penn decided to retire. Less than three years later, "The Prodigy" is back in the game.Penn will meet rising featherweight Yair Rodriguez inside the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The two will headline the next UFC Fight Night event this Sunday night (Jan. 15)
  
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• Floyd Mayweather Says He Offered Conor McGregor $15 Million, PPV Points for Boxing Match

  11-01-2017 21:12
  
  Shortly after he become lightweight champion at UFC 205, Conor McGregor said he would need $100 million to face pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match.
  
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• Floyd Mayweather: We offered $15 million to Conor McGregor for boxing match

  11-01-2017 20:22
  
  Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t all that invested in returning to boxing. If he does, though, the one fight that stands out above the others — at least to him — is against Conor McGregor.
  “The only thing that I’m probably interested in is probably the Conor McGregor fight,” Mayweather said on ESPN’s “First Take” on Wednesday. “I’m a business man and it makes more business sense.”Obviously, if that fight ever happened (and there a
  
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• Light Heavyweights Ed Herman, Igor Pokrajac Set for UFC 209 in Las Vegas

  11-01-2017 18:12
  
  A pair of Octagon veterans will lock horns when Ed Herman meets Igor Pokrajac at UFC 209 in Las Vegas on March 4.
  
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• Brad Pickett Retirement Bout, 5 Other Contests Announced for UFC Fight Night London

  11-01-2017 17:54
  
  Brad Pickett will bid farewell to mixed martial arts on home soil when he faces Enrique Briones at UFC Fight Night in London on March 18.
  
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• Ricardo Ramos Draws Michinori Tanaka for Octagon Debut at UFC Fight Night 104

  11-01-2017 17:25
  
  Ricardo Lucas Ramos, who was featured on a recent episode of the “Dana White: Lookin’ for a Fight” reality show, has his first fight inside the Octagon lined up.
  
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• Carpenter Suffers Concussion, Bout vs. Hardy Scratched from Invicta FC 21

  11-01-2017 17:15
  
  The bout between Brieta Carpenter and Heather Hardy, scheduled for this Saturday’s Invicta FC 21 card, has been scrapped. Promotion officials announced the news Tuesday evening.
  
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• UFC Fight Night 103’s BJ Penn Highlighted In ‘Ultimate 8’

  11-01-2017 17:05
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgQKj9fpIqM[/embed]The legendary career of BJ Penn has been filled with ups and downs.But in the end, "The Prodigy" will go down as one of the all-time greats in the sport, having held both the welterweight and lightweight UFC titles.Ahead of Penn's return this Sunday at UFC Fight Night 103 opposite Yair Rodriguez, relive eight of those career-defining moments from the proud Hawaiian in this edition of "Ultimate 8" hosted by Joe Rogan.
  
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• Five bouts announced for UFC Fight Night: London, including Brad Pickett’s retirement fight

  11-01-2017 17:00
  
  The UFC officially announced five bouts for its return to London’s O2 Arena on March 18, including Brad Pickett’s retirement fight against Enrique Briones.
  Pickett (25-13) recently faced Urijah Faber in Faber’s retirement bout in Sacramento, losing via unanimous decision and dropping to 1-5 in his last six UFC fights.
  Briones (16-6-1), a former TUF: Latin America contestant, is 1-2 in the UFC, including a decision loss to current bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt. The 36-yea
  
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• Ronda Rousey’s Home Vandalised, Targeted After Nunes Loss?

  11-01-2017 16:45
  
  It seems Ronda Rousey just cannot catch a break.
  Following her dismantling at the hard fists of Amanda Nunes at UFC 207, Rousey's woes are not yet over. The general reaction of the media and fans hasn't been kind on the former women's bantamweight champion, to say the least. To make matters worse, it appears her new residence in Venice Beach, California, has been the target of vandalism...at least, that's what it it appears to be.The Daily Mail first reported of news depicting minor crimina
  
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• Invicta FC 21 This Saturday Night, Video Preview of Main Event

  11-01-2017 16:44
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo8K1H0YZSU[/embed]The ladies of Invicta FC take the stage this Saturday night with Invicta FC 21. The event streams live on UFC Fight Pass from Kansas City and features a main event for the interim featherweight championship.With the status of current titleholder Cris "Cyborg" Justino in limbo, Invicta FC officials have put the interim belt on the line between Megan Anderson (7-2) and Charmaine Tweet (9-5).
  The card also features Pannie Kianzad and Raquel
  
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• UFC Fight Night 104: Bantamweights Ricardo Ramos, Michinori Tanaka to Tangle

  11-01-2017 16:41
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FGC1Rzt79s[/embed]Bantamweights Ricardo Ramos and Michinori Tanaka have agreed to meet at UFC Fight Night 104 next month.Ramos came to the eye of UFC president Dana White on his reality series "Lookin' for a Fight" when he defeated Alfred Khashakyan. The 21-year-old was coming off a loss to Manny Vazquez in February for the Legacy FC title via decision, his first defeat in his career since turning pro in 2012.The 26-year-old Tanaka (11-2) signed with the U
  
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• UFC on FOX 23 Picks up Alex Caceres-Jason Knight, Luis Henrique-Jordan Johnson

  11-01-2017 16:29
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVRQDz59gsg[/embed]Unbeaten light heavyweight Jordan Johnson will make his UFC debut this month, taking on Luis Henrique da Silva at UFC on FOX 23.Along with that bout, officials confirmed Alex Caceres vs. Jason Knight for the January 28 event from Denver's Pepsi Center.
  Johnson (6-0) was signed by the promotion after winning all six of his bouts on the regional circuit. He'll meet the 12-1 Brazilian da Silva, who has won two of three inside the Octagon, bu
  
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• UFC 209 Scores Veterans Ed Herman & Igor Pokrajac to Fight Card

  11-01-2017 16:23
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxaxNIy5n-s[/embed]Two fighters with 30 combined UFC bouts between them will square off at UFC 209, as light heavyweights Igor Pokrajac and Ed Herman meet.Pokrajac (28-13) owns a 4-8 mark inside the Octagon and recently put together a three-fight win streak to earn his way back into the promotion. But last April. he lost a decision to Jan Blachowicz, which marked his fourth straight UFC loss.Herman (23-12) finds himself in need of a win, as he has alternate
  
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• Cody Garbrandt Agrees With Conor McGregor ‘100%’ on Dillashaw

  11-01-2017 16:13
  
  The famous words of Conor McGregor have been endorsed by an unlikely source.Cast your mind back to when  TJ Dillashaw made his much publicised jump from Team Alpha Male to ex-UFC fighter (and Alpha Male stalwart) Duane Ludwig's camp in 2015. The man who has come to be known as "Mystic Mac" strangely predicted the change in camp prior to confirmation from the ex-135lb champion.McGregor's famous words were cast in Aug. 2015:"I certainly feel TJ is a little snake in the grass; that h
  
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• NSAC To Consider Removing Cannabis From List Of Prohibited Substances

  11-01-2017 16:08
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgGOXCruZ20Good news for the Diaz brothers: the NSAC, in a meeting Friday, January 13 2017, will discuss the removal of cannabis from its list of prohibited substances. The move was listed on the agenda for the meeting posted to the commission website.Specifically, the agenda states that the commission will discuss "the possible exclusion of cannabinoids from the list of Prohibited Substances and Methods pursuant to passage of Nevada Ballot Initiative Question 2 (
  
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• Brian Stann: ‘Tyron Woodley Rematch is Dangerous for Wonderboy’

  11-01-2017 16:00
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpBmP7KwHisThe title rematch between welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson is set. The two warriors will trade leather once again at UFC 209 inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 4.When "The Chosen One" and "Wonderboy" first met inside the Octagon at UFC 205, it was five rounds of chaos. Thompson was blasted by some hard punches and the end appeared to be near when he was caught in a guillotine choke. Thompson survived and stood in the
  
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• Live Chat: Mark Hunt lawsuit, BJ Penn's return, UFC Fight Night 103 preview and more

  11-01-2017 15:35
  
  This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.
  Today on the program, we'll go over UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt's lawsuit against the UFC, Brock Lesnar and UFC President Dana White. He's claiming a number of things, including the UFC willfully acted to give Lesnar the ability to compete despite allegedly knowing he was doping. He's seeking millions of dollars in damages and yet, is still set to face Alistair Overeem at UFC 209 in March. For now, anyway. One wonders if that fight ultimately happens.
  
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• UFC Announces Six Bouts For March 18 Fight Night Card in London

  11-01-2017 15:30
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rEv5YqI1TEThe Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is gearing up for its Fight Night card in London on March 18. The event will take place inside the O2 Arena. The UFC has announced six fights for the event. One of those bouts will feature a fighter who will be stepping inside the Octagon for the final time.Brad Pickett (25-13) will fight for the last time when he goes toe-to-toe with Henry Briones (16-6-1). The two were supposed to meet in Feb. 2016, but Briones
  
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• Conor McGregor Heads UFC’s Multicultural Champions

  11-01-2017 15:09
  
  Conor McGregor, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and other champions feature in a tweet alluding to comments made by Meryl Streep on Sunday.While Meryl Streep caused a stir when she disparagingly referenced Mixed Martial Arts while speaking at the Golden Globes on Sunday, there is no doubt that the additional attention is bringing the name of the sport into the mainstream.The multi-award winning Hollywood star initially took aim at Donald Trump, suggesting that his words are an attack
  
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• Holly Holm was ‘worried’ about Ronda Rousey’s ‘mental game’ going into UFC 207

  11-01-2017 15:00
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Former UFC women's bantamweight champion Holly Holm discusses her thoughts on Ronda Rousey's knockout loss to Amanda Nunes, Cris Cyborg's failed drug test, her upcoming featherweight title fight against Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208 and more.
  
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• Demian Maia Responds to Missing Out on Welterweight Title Shot

  11-01-2017 15:00
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdtr9pitIqEIf Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson didn't have an exciting five-round war at UFC 205, it's safe to say Demian Maia would be the welterweight title challenger at UFC 209. Instead, "The Chosen One" will defend his championship against "Wonderboy" once again.Before that fight was made official, Woodley was holding out in hopes of getting a big money fight with the likes of Nick Diaz, Georges St. Pierre, and Michael Bisping. Woodley wanted to, "shut ever
  
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• Morning Report: Julianna Peña goes off on Ronda Rousey: ‘She’s been dodging me this whole time’

  11-01-2017 14:00
  
  UFC women’s bantamweight contender Julianna Peña was fired up while talking about Ronda Rousey “dodging” her while she competed on The Ultimate Fighter. Though UFC women’s bantamweight contender Julianna Pena may have only fought once last year but she certainly made a name for herself outside of the cage. Peña made waves last year by giving multiple fired up interviews where she attacked the UFC for giving Ronda Rousey an immediate title shot, threatened to
  
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• Tanaka, Pokrajac and da Silva get fights

  11-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Recently seen on the "Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight" series, bantamweight prospect Ricardo Ramos will get his shot in the Octagon on Feb. 4 when he meets Japanese veteran Michinori Tanaka in UFC Fight Night action at Toyota Center.Also added to the early 2017 schedule is a light heavyweight clash between seasoned standouts Igor Pokrajac and Ed Herman that has landed on the UFC 209 card in Las Vegas, scheduled for Mar. 4.And with Josh Stansbury forced to withdraw from his Jan. 28 bout agai
  
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• On Countdown: Penn believes and Rodriguez embracing 'his time'

  11-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Yair Rodriguez takes on former two-weight UFC world champion BJ Penn in the main event of Fight Night Phoenix Sunday night.Penn and Rodriguez star in a special edition of Countdown. The show takes you inside the gyms to follow both men as they train day-in and day-out to prove who will have what it takes to win. This will be Penn’s return to the Octagon after retiring two and a half years ago. At 38 years old, Penn is trying to makes waves in the featherweight division in an attempt to try
  
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• British Lead The Way For Landmark UFC Event In London

  11-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  London, UK- UFC®’s highly anticipated return to The O2 in London, England, is set to showcase some of the best British talent in MMA . With young local prospects heading to the big stage on home soil, the event on Saturday, March 18, will also mark the last fight for a legend of the sport and native Londoner, Brad “One Punch” Pickett.  Pickett (26-13; fighting out of London, England) will face Mexican Henry Briones (19-6-1; fighting out of Tijuana, Mexico) in his retir
  
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• BJ Penn feels like a new fighter; ready for final push at 3rd title

  11-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Flights were canceled last week, leaving BJ Penn to stay in Hawaii for a few more days before making his trip to Phoenix for his comeback fight against Yair Rodriguez this Sunday.It didn’t bother the UFC Hall of Famer, who kept his schedule of three days of sparring intact by flying in featherweight veteran (and former Rodriguez opponent) Alex Caceres for some work on the island.“I really wanted to maintain those three days, so I ended up flying him in and we’ve been hitting it
  
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• Ansaroff confident after Nunes said she'd be next champ

  11-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  No one would fault Nina Ansaroff if she said she was a bundle of nerves and feeling a ton of pressure heading into her showdown with Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger in the UFC FIGHT PASS Featured Bout on Sunday evening in Phoenix.Competing for the first time in a year, the 31-year-old American Top Team product is still in search of her initial UFC win, having fallen on the scorecards in each of her previous two outings. In addition to wanting to avoid an 0-3 start to her time competing in the Octagon, An
  
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• Frankie Edgar releases hilarious video after his groin surgery

  11-01-2017 06:30
  
  Frankie Edgar couldn’t get on UFC 209 so he took care of a nagging injury.
  Calling his groin surgery “a success,” the former UFC lightweight champion posted a humorous video on Instagram right after the surgery. Groin surgery was a success. Was trying to get on the Brooklyn card but couldn't get the deal done. So took care of a nagging injury. Shouldn't be out to long! #AnesthesiaGotMeLikeWhoa A video posted by Frankie Edgar (@frankieedgar) on Jan 10, 2017 at 5:03pm PST
  
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• Stephen Thompson: ‘I’ve Got Tyron Woodley’s Number’

  11-01-2017 05:52
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3XB2Qqxx-EThe welterweight title rematch between champion Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson is finally official. After trading barbs and talk of big money fights, the two finally reached a deal to scrap once again at UFC 209."Wonderboy" and "The Chosen One" went to war at UFC 205 in New York City in November. Thompson took an incredible amount of punishment, but was never out of the fight. They went the distance and the fight was ruled a majority draw. Both men
  
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• Scott Coker Talks Rousey, Streep, & CM Punk in New Interview

  11-01-2017 05:49
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPgoodsD-IkIn a new interview with Newsweek, Bellator MMA CEO Scott Coker has revisited Meryl Streep's controversial comments on MMA, and covered just how he would approach things if she were to turn up at a Bellator event. Streep, who spoke out against U.S. President Elect Donald Trump at Sunday's Golden Globes, dragged the sport of MMA into the crossfire when she stated thatHollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners. And if we kick them all out you&rsqu
  
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• Mark Hunt files civil suit against UFC, Dana White, Brock Lesnar

  11-01-2017 05:47
  
  Mark Hunt has taken his grievances against the UFC to court.The veteran heavyweight filed a civil suit in U.S. District Court on Tuesday naming Brock Lesnar, UFC president Dana White, and the UFC’s parent company Zuffa LLC as defendants, and seeking damages “in the millions” for the controversy surrounding Lesnar’s two failed drug tests ahead of his return fight against Hunt at UFC 200.The suit alleges racketeering, fraud, negligence, and breach of contract among eight ch
  
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• Carla Esparza To Face Randa Markos At UFC Fight Night Halifax in February

  11-01-2017 05:25
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-22XIlZS99IFormer (and original) UFC women's strawweight champion Carla Esparza will return to the octagon this February, the UFC announced today. Esparza (11–3), who has fought just once since losing her title to Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 185, will meet Randa Markos (6–4) at UFC Fight Night 105. The event takes place February 19 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and will be the promotion's first Canadian stop of 2017.Both women were pa
  
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• Jon Jones: Dillon Danis is ‘Kind of Being A Douchebag’

  11-01-2017 05:24
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49vYruBYQCEFormer Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight title holder Jon Jones made a successful grappling debut against Dan Henderson at Submission Underground 2. "Bones" was able to submit "Hendo" with an arm triangle choke.After the win, Jones teased a future grappling match with Chael Sonnen. "Bones" was called out by former middleweight king Luke Rockhold and Dillon Danis. While Rockhold's challenge was blunt, it was Danis' call out that irke
  
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• Mark Hunt Sues UFC, Dana White & Brock Lesnar

  11-01-2017 04:57
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYnJHjnsa-U&t=45sNot even anti-doping measures could prevent this from happening.Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight Mark Hunt is suing the promotion, its President Dana White, and his UFC 200 opponent Brock Lesnar. Hunt has filed a civil suit because he feels the circumstances surrounding his loss to Lesnar were part of a collusion."Super Samoan" spoke to ESPN's Brett Okamoto on the situation:"I want the UFC to understand it's not OK to keep doin
  
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• Mark Hunt Files Civil Lawsuit Against the UFC, Dana White, Brock Lesnar

  11-01-2017 04:43
  
  If Mark Hunt gets his way, Brock Lesnar isn’t going keep the majority of his UFC 200 purse after failing two drug tests in relation to the event.
  
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• Hector Lombard vs. Brad Tavares Removed From UFC on FOX in Denver

  11-01-2017 04:32
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tblNhkvVZ3s&t=2sMiddleweight veteran Hector Lombard was scheduled to face The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) season 11 semi-finalist Brad Tavares at UFC on FOX in Denver, Colorado on Jan. 28. UFC officials confirmed to MMAJunkie.com (via MMAFighting.com) that the bout has been scrapped from the card.Both fighters suffered injuries and have been pulled as a result.A middleweight clash between Alessio Di Chirico and Eric Spicely has taken its place. Lombard has gon
  
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• Lombard vs. Tavares Removed from UFC on Fox 23; Di Chirico vs. Spicely Added to Card

  11-01-2017 04:22
  
  A middleweight bout between Hector Lombard and Brad Tavares set for UFC on Fox 23 has been canceled due to injuries to both fighters.
  
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• Ricardo Ramos takes on Michinori Tanaka at UFC Fight Night 104 in Houston

  11-01-2017 04:00
  
  One of the prospects shown in the latest episode of Dana White: Lookin’ for a Fight reality show has his first UFC bout scheduled.
  Ricardo Ramos, who signed with the promotion after tapping Alfred Khashakyan last August, is set to meet Michinori Tanaka at UFC Fight Night 104 in Houston, Texas, on March 4. The UFC announced the match-up on Tuesday.
  Ramos (9-1) suffered the only setback of his professional career when fighting for the Legacy FC bantamweight title last February. “Carcac
  
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• Report: Tom Duquesnoy Set to Make UFC Debut on April 15

  11-01-2017 03:40
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBZxz8W55QcReigning BAMMA featherweight and bantamweight champion Tom Duquesnoy (14-1) looks to be bound for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). L'Avenir (via SevereMMA.com) is reporting that "Fire Kid" is looking to finalize the deal in a few days.Duquesnoy has been on a tear and hasn't lost since Feb. 2013 to current UFC fighter Makwan Amirkhani. The fighter out of France captured the BAMMA featherweight title back in April 2014 against Teddy Vio
  
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• Hector Lombard versus Brad Tavares off for UFC on FOX 23, new bout added

  11-01-2017 03:30
  
  UFC on FOX 23 lost one of its key match-ups.
  Hector Lombard’s fight with Brad Tavares was pulled from the card, and will be replaced with a middleweight bout between Alessio Di Chirico versus Eric Spicely. The MMA Kings first reported that the Lombard-Tavares fight was off on Monday night, and MMA Fighting later confirmed with UFC officials.
  The UFC cited injuries to both fighters as the reason for the cancellation.The Italian fighter Di Chirico (10-1) is coming off a split-decision victor
  
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• Elizabeth Phillips to make Invicta FC debut after Heather Hardy fight falls off card

  11-01-2017 03:24
  
  Invicta FC is shuffling the deck just four days out of its next event.
  The MMA debut of popular female boxer Heather Hardy is now off due to an injury to her opponent Brieta Carpenter, MMA Fighting confirmed Tuesday night with Invicta officials. In its place at Invicta FC 21 on Saturday will be a featherweight bout between UFC veteran Elizabeth Phillips and Leah Letson. The fights take place in Kansas City.
  Phillips (5-4) last competed in a unanimous loss to Raquel Pennington at UFC 202 in Augus
  
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• Vicente Luque vs. Leon Edwards slated for UFC Fight Night: London

  11-01-2017 02:25
  
  Rising welterweight Vicente Luque will return to the Octagon on March 18, as he takes on Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Night 107 in London, sources close to the situation told MMA Fighting.
  Luque (11-5-1) enters the bout coming off four straight stoppage victories in the UFC in less than a year, including first-round finishes over Belal Muhammad, Hector Urbina and Hayder Hassan.
  Edwards (12-3), a former BAMMA 170-pound champion who holds a 4-2 UFC record, looks to score his third straight victory af
  
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• Carla Esparza, Randa Markos to reprise TUF rivalry at UFC Fight Night 105

  11-01-2017 01:00
  
  Carla Esparza and Randa Markos had a budding feud on The Ultimate Fighter 20. Now, the two will finally fight.
  Esparza, the former UFC women’s strawweight champion, will take on Markos at UFC Fight Night 105 on Feb. 19 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the UFC announced Tuesday. Esparza and Markos had a very memorable exchange on Fox Sports 1’s TUF Talk during the airing of TUF 20 in 2014.Esparza (11-3), also a former Invicta champion, beat Rose Namajunas to win TUF 20 to become the first UFC
  
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• Ex-Strawweight Champ Carla Esparza to Face Randa Markos at UFC Fight Night 105

  11-01-2017 00:24
  
  Former 115-pound champion Carla Esparza will lock horns with Randa Markos at UFC Fight Night 105 on Feb. 19.
  
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• Rose Namajunas: Fight With Michelle Waterson ‘Makes The Most Sense’

  11-01-2017 00:15
  
  https://youtu.be/HANtwvipb8U?t=3205Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women's strawweight Rose Namajunas has her sights set on returning to the Octagon. The last time we saw "Thug Rose" compete, she fell short in a split decision loss to Karolina Kowalkiewicz. The "Polish Princess" went on to face Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the 115-pound championship at UFC 205 in New York City.Namajunas has gone 3-1 in her last four bouts, and she has the itch to throw leather again. She appeared on MMAFighting.c
  
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