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• Yair Rodriguez vs. Charles Rosa full fight video

  15-01-2017 22:30
  
  At UFC 188, Yair Rodriguez looked to get his second UFC win, since winning The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America season one, by taking on well-rounded featherweight Charles Rosa. That night, in front of his home country of Mexico, Rodriguez put on an exciting performance against Rosa, winning a split decision.Now, Rodriguez is getting ready for his biggest challenge yet, as he’s scheduled to fight former UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn in the main event of UFC Fight Night 103. This event
  
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• B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian full fight video

  15-01-2017 22:00
  
  At UFC 101, B.J. Penn battled Kenny Florian to defend his UFC lightweight belt. It was a fight in which Penn successfully defended his belt, defeating Florian via fourth-round rear-naked choke. That fight was also Penn’s second consecutive title defense after winning the vacant title at UFC 80.Now eight years later, the former lightweight champ is coming out of retirement to face rising prospect Yair Rodriguez in a featherweight bout. This fight is scheduled to headline this Sunday’s
  
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• Augusto Mendes: Frankie Saenz 'never fought someone with my level of jiu-jitsu'

  15-01-2017 21:00
  
  Augusto Mendes finally had enough time to prepare for a UFC fight.
  The jiu-jitsu specialist, who made his promotional debut on five days’ notice against Cody Garbrandt in February of 2016, will take on Frankie Saenz at Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 103 in Phoenix, and feels ready to battle less than eight months after undergoing surgery to fix a left knee injury.
  "My recovery went great,” Mendes told MMA Fighting. "I was always disciplined after the surgery, and everything went perf
  
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• Amanda Nunes Aspires to Be Two-Division Champ, Calls for Holm-De Randamie Winner

  15-01-2017 19:43
  
  Amanda Nunes wants to follow in the footsteps of Conor McGregor.
  
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• Tonya Evinger-Yana Kunitskaya Rematch Booked for Invicta FC 22 on March 25

  15-01-2017 19:19
  
  A bantamweight championship rematch between Tonya Evinger and Yana Kunitskaya will take place at Invicta FC 22.
  
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• The Weekly Grind: Conor McGregor responds to Meryl Streep, Mackenzie Dern breaks it down, more

  15-01-2017 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."Fuckin Rambo an all A video posted by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on Jan 14, 2017 at 8:21am PST Parece que ela não cansa Ela d
  
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• UFC Fight Night 103 odds, gambling guide

  15-01-2017 18:00
  
  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 Sunday, we have a strange one as B.J. Penn returns once more to the octagon after almost two and a half years away from the sport to take on one of the hottest prospects in the featherweight division.
  For those of you who are new here or those who have forgotten, this aims to be an exhaustive preview of the fights, the odds, and m
  
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• Khabib Nurmagomedov explains his UFC 207 ‘truth talk’ with Dana White

  15-01-2017 17:00
  
  When Khabib Nurmagomedov takes to the mic, he doesn’t consider it what we here in the United States call “trash talk.”
  “I call this ‘truth talk,’” the undefeated Russian lightweight said on a recent edition of The MMA Hour. “Khabib ‘True Talk’ Nurmagomedov is truth talking.”
  If that’s the case, then his “truth talk” at UFC 205 was as real as it gets.
  Nurmagomedov chit-chatted with Michael Johnson while raining do
  
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• Khabib Nurmagomedov explains his UFC 205 ‘truth talk’ with Dana White

  15-01-2017 17:00
  
  When Khabib Nurmagomedov takes to the mic, he doesn’t consider it what we here in the United States call “trash talk.”
  “I call this ‘truth talk,’” the undefeated Russian lightweight said on a recent edition of The MMA Hour. “Khabib ‘True Talk’ Nurmagomedov is truth talking.”
  If that’s the case, then his “truth talk” at UFC 205 was as real as it gets.
  Nurmagomedov chit-chatted with Michael Johnson while raining do
  
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• ONE Championship 51: Bigdash Successfully Defends Middleweight Title

  15-01-2017 16:54
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60bpMWLznT8After over a year away from the sport, ONE Championship middleweight champ Vitaly Bigdash made a successful return Saturday. At ONE Championship 51 at the Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta, Indonesia, he defended his title against a game Aung La N Sang, bloodying the "Burmese Python" with elbows numerous times before the five-round bout went to the scorecards. Bigdash was awarded the unanimous decision, improving to 9-0. It was his first fight since
  
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• Stefan Struve Tears Labrum, Will Be ‘On The Sideline For About Four Months’

  15-01-2017 16:30
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A6yOTfagbsA heavyweight tilt at next month's Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Fight Night event in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada between Stefan Struve and Junior dos Santos will not be happening. News broke that Struve went down with a shoulder injury. Not much else was known other than a replacement search for "Cigano" was underway.The "Skyscraper" recently took to his Instagram account to reveal the details surrounding his pullout:“Bad news folks.
  
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• Big John, Fighters React To Controversial Non-Stoppage At Invicta 21

  15-01-2017 16:25
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tegyBNJZatAInvicta 21 went down at the Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City, MO Saturday night. The event, aired on UFC Fight Pass,  turned out to be an excellent card filled with entertaining bouts. However, one of the most exciting, back-and-forth fights was marred by controversy due to a non-stoppage. That was the strawweight scrap between Amy Montenegro and Celine Haga, a jiu-jitsu clinic with a number of odd moments.The first came at the end of the first
  
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• Megan Anderson to Dana White: ‘Tell The Girls I’m Coming For UFC Title’

  15-01-2017 16:00
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWEWaQh7X9ENewly crowned Invicta FC interim featherweight champion Megan Anderson isn't one to get complacent. Despite just winning gold last night (Jan. 14), the Australian bruiser has her eyes on a bigger prize. After her win, this is what she said inside the cage:“Dana White, you tell Holly or Germaine to keep my belt warm, because I’m f*cking coming for it."Anderson took on Charmaine Tweet for the interim 145-pound title. Tweet got some good shots
  
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• After five years in the UFC, John Moraga frustrated with the ‘business of MMA’

  15-01-2017 16:00
  
  PHOENIX — Nothing has ever come easy for UFC flyweight John Moraga.The one-time title challenger spent a majority of 2015 coping with the frightening aftermath of concussion symptoms stemming from his fight against Joseph Benavidez. One dizzy spell led into another, and before Moraga knew it, the calendar had begun anew. Then in 2016, once Moraga was finally able to regain a sense of normalcy around his life, he returned to action only to lose a sluggish bout against an opponent who popped
  
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• Reminder: UFC Fight Night in Phoenix Live Tonight (Jan. 15)

  15-01-2017 15:30
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJTQNY2Fzc4Tonight (Jan. 15) will see the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) hold its first event in 2017. That event will be UFC Fight Night in Phoenix, Arizona. Twenty-four fighters will compete inside the Talking Stick Arena.The headliner features a rising featherweight prospect and a legend who wants to show the world that he is still "The Prodigy." These two 145-pound warriors are Yair Rodriguez and B.J. Penn. While there is a level of respect between these
  
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• Invicta FC 21 Results: Megan Anderson Crowned Interim Champion

  15-01-2017 15:00
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tegyBNJZatA&t=5sInvicta FC 21 took place last night (Jan. 14) inside the Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City. UFC Fight Pass aired the card live. The main event featured an interim featherweight title bout between Megan Anderson (8-2) and Charmaine Tweet (9-6).Anderson's vicious onslaught of strikes proved to be too much for Tweet. A barrage of offense from the Australian was enough to force Tweet to cover her face and turn her back before the fight was stoppe
  
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• A B.J. Penn victory over Yair Rodriguez would be like a reunion to simpler times

  15-01-2017 15:00
  
  Back in 2011, when Tito Ortiz broke a nearly five-year slumber by defeating the heavily favored “current” fighter Ryan Bader at UFC 132, it was as if an underground nation of Titoheads had been given new life. The lid came off the MGM Grand Garden Arena that night as Ortiz — exalted and full of old reminders — went into his grave-digging motion over Bader’s bewildered body.The collective gasp to all onlookers at that moment, in the arena or at home, went like this:
  
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• Dana White: ‘Floyd Mayweather Never Made an Offer to Conor McGregor’

  15-01-2017 14:31
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGk1z1IdwXAWhen it comes agreeing on money, Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather are far apart. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White recently offered both men $25 million to compete in a boxing match. Mayweather laughed off the idea.White responded to Mayweather's brushoff (via TMZ Sports):"We all know $25 million isn't peanuts and so does he. He's hanging his watch out the window, his watch is the problem. When you're wearing a watch that's $2
  
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• UFC Fight Night 103 predictions

  15-01-2017 14:00
  
  This is the first UFC card of 2017, and although it may not be too flashy, it’s a solid night of fights. It’s also on a Sunday, as opposed to the regular Saturday, which is a nice change from time to time. This card features a weird but interesting main event between legend B.J. Penn and rising prospect Yair Rodriguez, and a fun co-main event between high-level grapplers Joe Lauzon and Marcin Held.What: UFC Fight Night 103
  Where: Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, Ariz.
  When: Sunda
  
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• UFC returns to Buffalo in April

  15-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Buffalo will be the site for UFC 210 on Apr. 8, as the Octagon sets down at KeyBank Center for the promotion's first visit to the upstate New York city since 1995.No fights have been announced for the card, which will air live on Pay-Per-View. Stay tuned to UFC.com for fight card announcements and ticket on-sale information.In September 1995, UFC 7 took place at Memorial Auditorium, with a main event featuring future Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock against Oleg Taktarov. The Apr. 8 event will be the
  
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• Rodriguez stops Penn with stunning striking display

  15-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  It was a painful sight for fans of UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn, but featherweight phenom Yair Rodriguez did what he had to do to cement a changing of the guard in the sport on Sunday at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, stopping the comebacking 38-year-old in the second round of their UFC Fight Night main event.“This was an amazing fight for me,” Rodriguez said. “I fought a legend tonight, and he deserves all the respect, more than I can give him.”More from UFC Fight N
  
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• Lauzon wins split decision; Saunders, Pettis victorious

  15-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Joe Lauzon got the split decision over Marcin Held in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix on Sunday, yet the first person to dispute the verdict was the classy lightweight vet.“I disagree a hundred percent,” Lauzon said of the decision. “I got screwed in my last fight, I felt the decision should have went my way. This time, that was not my fight. That was a hundred percent Marcin’s fight. It was not my night.”Scores were 29-
  
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• Klose wins debut, Mendes, Oleinik, Martin also triumph

  15-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  KLOSE vs. POWELLIn UFC prelim action at Talking Stick Resort Arena on Sunday, Arizona’s own Drakkar Klose made an impressive Octagon debut, shutting out fellow newcomer Devin Powell in their lightweight bout.Scores were 30-27 across the board for Klose, now 7-0-1; Maine’s Powell falls to 8-2.Klose showed off a little bit of everything in the first round, dominating the action against Powell, who just couldn’t find any daylight in the opening five minutes, and it didn’t ge
  
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• How to Watch Fight Night Rodriguez vs Penn

  15-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Penn Sunday, January 15, 2017 10:00PM EST / 7:00PM PST / 3:00AM GMT  8:00PM EST / 5:00PM PST / 1:00AM GMT6:15PM EST / 3:15PM PST / 11:15PM GMT CountriesA  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  Y  ZAlgeriaMain Card - Abu Dhabi Sports 6Prelims - Abu Dhabi Sports 6 and UFC Fight PassFight Pass Prelims - Avail
  
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• Garbrandt and Dillashaw to coach The Ultimate Fighter

  15-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Las Vegas – The landmark 25th season of The Ultimate Fighter® will feature two of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world as coaches with newly minted bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt coaching opposite former teammate and arch nemesis TJ Dillashaw, the former titleholder and current No. 2-ranked contender seeking a return to the top. Garbrandt and Dillashaw will lead a cast of welterweights who all have redemption on their mind. Every member of the cast, including one athlete
  
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• Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Penn final results

  15-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Who were the winners at UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Penn? Click below to get the results for all the fights at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday, January 15, 2017.Rodriguez vs Penn | Lauzon vs Held | McGee vs Saunders | Moraga vs Pettis | Powell vs Klose | Saenz vs Mendes | Oleinik vs Pesta | Martin vs White | Jones-Lybarger vs Ansaroff | Harris vs Sherman | Mihajlovic vs Christensen | Smoliakov vs AskerUFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Penn main cardAction starts at 10 pm E
  
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• Ansaroff, Harris among early prelim winners

  15-01-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  ANSAROFF vs. JONES-LYBARGERThe third time was the charm for strawweight prospect Nina Ansaroff, as she earned her first UFC victory Sunday, submitting Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger in the final round of their UFC FIGHT PASS featured bout at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix.Jones-Lybarger wanted a standup battle, and she got one for most of the first round, with her overhand right scoring well throughout. Ansaroff switched things up later in the frame, putting the Arizonan on her back. Jones-Lybarg
  
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• Tonya Evinger vs. Yana Kunitskaya rematch set for Invicta FC 22

  15-01-2017 06:31
  
  This time around, there should be a resolution. Hopefully.
  Tonya Evinger and Yana Kunitskaya will meet again for the Invicta FC bantamweight title in the main event of Invicta 22 on March 25 in Kansas City, it was announced Saturday night during the Invicta 21 broadcast on UFC Fight Pass.
  In the first matchup back in November, Kunitskaya won by first-round submission, but the result was overturned to a no contest after Evinger won an appeal with the Missouri Office of Athletics.Kunitskaya won th
  
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• UFC Fight Night 103 Results: Rodriguez vs Penn

  15-01-2017 06:00
  
  MMA Fighting has UFC Fight Night 103 results for the Rodriguez vs. Penn fight card Sunday night at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Ariz.
  In the main event, former UFC champion BJ Penn returns to square off against Yair Rodriguez, who has reeled off seven straight wins.
  Joe Lauzon battles Marcin Held in a lightweight contest in the co-main event.
  Check out the UFC Fight Night 103 results below.
  Main card (FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET)
  Yair Rodriguez vs. B.J. Penn
  Joe Lauzon vs. Marcin He
  
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• Amanda Nunes wants featherweight title, challenges Holly Holm-Germaine de Randamie winner

  15-01-2017 05:31
  
  Move over, Conor McGregor. Amanda Nunes is coming for your rarified air.
  Nunes, the UFC’s women’s bantamweight champion, tweeted Saturday that she wants to win the featherweight title, too, tossing out a challenge to either Holly Holm or Germaine de Randamie.
  I'm ready to make wmma history.... I want the winner. @danawhite @ufc @seanshelby vamos Fazer historia no mundo quero lutar com quem ganhar. pic.twitter.com/VQXyp4SCaO— Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) January 15, 2017
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• Megan Anderson Vanquishes Charmaine Tweet, Claims Interim Invicta Featherweight Title

  15-01-2017 05:10
  
  Megan Anderson stepped into the void left by the uncertainty surrounding the immediate future of Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino.
  
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• Invicta FC 21 results: Megan Anderson stops Charmaine Tweet to win interim 145 title

  15-01-2017 05:07
  
  It could not have worked out any better for Megan Anderson.
  With her family in the stands, the Australian slugger finished Charmaine Tweet by second-round TKO, won the Invicta interim featherweight title and promptly called out the soon-to-be UFC featherweight champion. Whoever she might be.
  “Dana White, you tell Holly or Germaine to keep my belt warm, because I’m f*cking coming for it,” Anderson said afterward.
  The finish came at 2:05 of the second round after an Anderson flu
  
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• Quote: Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather ‘Makes Complete Sense’

  15-01-2017 04:37
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWUiMQlQ2jQWhile the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweights will do battle for the interim title at UFC 209, the reigning champion is entertaining a boxing match. It's no secret that future boxing Hall of Famer Floyd Mayweather and 155-pound title holder Conor McGregor have piqued the interest of the sports world ten times over.Recently, "Money" claimed he offered "Notorious" $15 million for a boxing bout, while he gets $100 milli
  
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• Celine Haga chokes out Amy Montenegro at buzzer, loses bout at Invicta 21

  15-01-2017 04:12
  
  Celine Haga choked her opponent out. And still somehow lost the fight.
  Haga locked in a rear-naked choke at the end of the third round against Amy Montenegro at Invicta FC 21 on Saturday night in Kansas City. Montenegro went unconscious, but referee Greg Franklin didn’t known until the bell sounded when he separated the two.WOW!! What an end to Amy Montenegro vs Celine Haga on #InvictaFC21 #UFCFIGHTPASS pic.twitter.com/w0SyP2Ipoz— UFC Fight Pass (@UFCFightPass) January 15, 2017
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• Joe Rogan: ‘I Don’t Think’ Ronda Rousey Will Return to Fighting

  15-01-2017 03:44
  
  https://youtu.be/rlaNNbBXzAMIf Ronda Rousey doesn't return to fighting, it's safe to say that few people would be surprised. "Rowdy" was decimated in her last bout against Amanda Nunes for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women's bantamweight title. The 48-second destruction was Rousey's second straight loss.When the once dominant champion was knockout out cold by Holly Holm back at UFC 193, she took over a year to regroup. In that process, she avoided the media and didn't reach out to h
  
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• UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn Weigh-in Results & Ceremonial Video

  15-01-2017 03:00
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsNHypiyg-8&feature=youtu.be&t=29The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will be holding its first event of 2017 tomorrow night (Jan. 15) inside the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The fights will begin on UFC Fight Pass at 6 p.m. ET. The action will transition to FOX Sports 1 (FS1) at 8 p.m. for the rest of the prelims. The main card begins at 10 p.m. ET and will also air on FS1.Early this morning, the fighters on the card tipped the scal
  
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