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• Travis Browne vs. Derrick Lewis Moves From UFC 208 to UFC Halifax Headliner

  23-01-2017 23:54
  
  The movers and shakers at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) have shifted a fight from one card to another. Heavyweights Travis Browne and Derrick Lewis were originally set to do battle at UFC 208. That is no longer the case. Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole revealed the bout will now serve as the main event of […]
  
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• Travis Browne-Derrick Lewis Moved From UFC 208 to Headlining Slot on Feb. 19 in Halifax

  23-01-2017 23:50 via sherdog.com
  
  The The Ultimate Fighting Championship's return to Halifax, Nova Scotia, now has a new main event, courtesy of UFC 208.
  
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• Rony Jason vs. Jeremy Kennedy Official For UFC Fortaleza

  23-01-2017 23:22
  
  Another bout has been added to the UFC Fight Night card in Fortaleza, Brazil. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced that featherweights Rony Jason (14-6, 1 NC) and Jeremy Kennedy (9-0) will throw leather. Jason very well could be fighting for his job. The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil featherweight winner has gone 0-2, 1 NC in […]
  
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• Tim Kennedy admits it was a ‘mistake’ to have Bjorn Rebney as MMAAA ‘public presence’

  23-01-2017 23:20
  
  One of the biggest news items taken from the launch of the MMA Athletes Association (MMAAA) in November was the involvement of Bjorn Rebney. The MMAAA announcement conference call was the first time Rebney had spoken publicly for more than two years, after he was ousted as the president of Bellator MMA, the promotion he founded, in favor of Scott Coker.
  A number of fighters and managers who worked with Rebney in his role as a promoter took offense to him being involved actively in a fighter asso
  
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• Travis Browne vs. Derrick Lewis named new UFC Halifax main event

  23-01-2017 23:18
  
  UFC Fight Night 105 will get a heavyweight main event, just not the one fans originally expected.
  Travis Browne will meet Derrick Lewis in the main event of the Feb. 19 event in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. MMAFighting confirmed an initial report by Yahoo Sports.
  Browne and Lewis were initially slated to compete at UFC 208 in Brooklyn. But the bout was shifted after the original main event of Junior dos Santos vs. Stefan Struve was called off due to a shoulder injury suffered by Struve.
  Lewis (
  
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• Video: Tyron Woodley Talks Racism and Conor McGregor on The MMA Hour With Ariel Helwani

  23-01-2017 22:56
  
  Conor McGregor was among the topics in which Tyron Woodley vented his frustrations on Monday’s MMA Hour. Woodley has been vocal in recent times regarding what he deems to be a racial agenda in the UFC and sport as a whole. UFC’s welterweight champion has openly discussed what he feels is disrespect aimed at him by fans and the franchise. ‘T-Wood’ […]
  
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• Tyron Woodley Talks Racism and Conor McGregor on The MMA Hour

  23-01-2017 22:56
  
  Conor McGregor was among the topics in which Tyron Woodley vented his frustrations on Monday’s MMA Hour. Woodley has been vocal in recent times regarding what he deems to be a racial agenda in the UFC and sport as a whole. UFC’s welterweight champion has openly discussed what he feels is disrespect aimed at him by fans and the franchise. ‘T-Wood’ […]
  
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• Frank Mir Says he ‘Just Wants to Get Back in There & Compete’

  23-01-2017 22:40
  
  The itch to compete hasn’t gone away for Frank Mir. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight title holder has been serving a suspension dished out by the U.S. Anti Doping Agency (USADA) for a positive drug test. Despite the time away and nearing the age of 38, Mir isn’t planning on walking away from […]
  
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• Frank Mir “Just Wants to Get Back in There & Compete”

  23-01-2017 22:40
  
  The itch to compete hasn’t gone away for Frank Mir. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight title holder has been serving a suspension dished out by the U.S. Anti Doping Agency (USADA) for a positive drug test. Despite the time away and nearing the age of 38, Mir isn’t planning on walking away from […]
  
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• Video: ‘King Mo’ Lawal and ‘Rampage’ Jackson Trade Insults in Hilarious Presser

  23-01-2017 22:20
  
  ‘King Mo’ and ‘Rampage’ tear into each other in a highly entertaining press conference ahead of their headlining bout at Bellator 175. Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson and ‘King Mo’ Lawal are set to headline Bellator 175 on March 31, with the rematch set for heavyweight (the first bout was contested at light-heavyweight). ‘Rampage’ states that Lawal’s comments “hurt”, and have […]
  
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• Tyron Woodley explains why he’s starting to speak up about racism

  23-01-2017 22:20
  
  Tyron Woodley was quiet about issues facing his life and the lives of other black athletes before. He’s not going to be that way any longer.
  Woodley told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour that the death of Muhammad Ali last year made him realize that he has something of a responsibility to speak out when he sees injustice. That is why, he said, he spoke openly about racism last week in multiple interviews, including one on ESPN where he described himself as the &ldquo
  
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• Bas Rutten Breaks Down Tito Ortiz’s “Bloodchoke” Victory Over Chael Sonnen

  23-01-2017 21:45
  
  MMA legend and Pride commentator Bas Rutten talks Ortiz and Sonnen, breaking down the technicalities behind the now retired ex-UFC champion’s triumph over his opponent at Bellator 170. Mauro Ranallo (Rutten’s ex-commentary partner and current WWE mouthpiece) chimes in and talks about the below-par fight. The twosome discuss Ortiz’s retirement, and comments made by “The Huntington […]
  
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• Marcin Wrzosek Defends 145 Title Against Kleber Koike Erbst at KSW Stadium Show on May 24

  23-01-2017 21:27 via sherdog.com
  
  Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki has firmed up its second title fight for the promotion's first stadium show.
  
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• Mike Perry: ‘F*ck Donald Cerrone & Matt Brown, I Would End Brown’s Career’

  23-01-2017 21:19
  
  Mike Perry is not one to mince words. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight is coming off the first loss of his professional career to Alan Jouban. That isn’t stopping “Platinum” from firing shots at other 170-pounders. Perry recently spoke to BJPenn.com‘s Chris Taylor. He was asked about the fight between Donald Cerrone and Matt […]
  
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• Jon Jones Responds to Tito Ortiz’s Comments With an Offer to Fight

  23-01-2017 20:39
  
  Tito Ortiz ended a somewhat successful MMA career via rear-naked choke against Chael Sonnen at Bellator 170 on Saturday night. Fellow light-heavyweight Jon Jones was someone who was the target of Ortiz's pre-fight trash talk, and self-promotion.The Californian, now retired, spoke with FightHype prior to his final bout on Saturday. "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" felt it necessary to bring up "Bones" in relation to his own career with UFC:"I've had this weight class since, gosh
  
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• Jussier da Silva Returns Versus Ray Borg at UFC Fight Night 106 on March 4 in Fortaleza

  23-01-2017 20:23 via sherdog.com
  
  Injury hasn't kept Jussier da Silva on the sideline long and now he's got another date in the The Ultimate Fighting Championship.
  
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• TJ Dillashaw Now Identifies With Nickname Made Famous by Conor McGregor

  23-01-2017 20:15
  
  Conor McGregor's branding of Dillashaw as a "snake in the grass" was not exactly welcomed at first by the ex-bantamweight champion.McGregor has revolutionized the art of trash talking since he first entered the UFC in 2013. One of his most famous lines since he first came to prominence, was to refer to famously refer to TJ Dillashaw as a "snake in the grass". Dillashaw clearly made his grievances known to this particular offence, branding the Irishman and TUF head coach a "traitor to Irelan
  
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• Tito Ortiz Wants a Public Apology From Chael Sonnen

  23-01-2017 19:38
  
  Tito Ortiz is not quite done with Chael Sonnen, following Saturday's first round victory over his opponent on Bellator 170 on Saturday Night.Ortiz had to be prized off of Sonnen by referee Big John McCarthy, which confirmed to many that the negative feeling towards his opponent, and thrash talking was in fact genuine. The Californian was quite clear in stating that he did hold “ill will” towards his fellow, ex-UFC legend, and it appears that submitting him in the first round of
  
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• Manager: Travis Browne is Not Officially With Black House

  23-01-2017 19:10
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q_Ilw4MAk4Late last week, it was reported that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight Travis Browne left Edmond Tarverdyan's Glendale Fighting Club in favor of Black House. While "Hapa" may no longer be with the gym, he's not exclusively with Black House it appears.MMAJunkie's Steven Marrocco reached out to Browne's manager for confirmation on the fighter's change in camps. You can read the response below:https://twitter.com/MMAjunkieSteven/status/82358
  
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• Tito Ortiz vs. Chael Sonnen: Adressing the Rumors of a “Fix”

  23-01-2017 19:01
  
  Saturday night's Bellator 170 main event saw the last fight of Tito Ortiz's legendary MMA career end with accusations of foul play.As it often is in MMA, Saturday's main event between two former UFC legends Chael Sonnen and Tito Ortiz failed to live up to the spectacle many had hoped it would be. It took just over two minutes for "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" to end the contest via submission, having looked as though he was in danger of losing the fight prior to his match-winning 
  
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• Kelvin Gastelum on Weight Criticisms: ‘I Have to Face The Consequences’

  23-01-2017 18:36
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey4QwpmstasKelvin Gastelum's weight cutting past is well documented. The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) season 17 winner has had three mishaps when it came time to step on the scale. His last weight cut for a welterweight bout was a disaster. It was so bad, that his fight with Donald Cerrone at UFC 205 was canceled and he was forced to move back up to middleweight.Speaking with MMAJunkie.com, Gastelum admitted he is irked by his critics. On the flip side, he also understa
  
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• Jussier Formiga vs. Ray Borg set for UFC Fight Night: Fortaleza

  23-01-2017 18:00
  
  A flyweight bout between Jussier Formiga and Ray Borg was added to the upcoming UFC Fight Night event in Fortaleza, Brazil, on March 11. MMA Fighting confirmed the news with sources following a report by Combate.
  Formiga (19-4) returns to action after being forced out of a clash with Sergio Pettis in January due to an ankle injury. The Brazilian enters the fight coming off a decision win over Dustin Ortiz last September, improving to 4-1 in his last five bouts.
  Borg (10-2), who also won four of
  
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• ‘Excited’ Julia Budd is Preparing For Her Bellator Title Bout Against Marloes Coenen

  23-01-2017 17:59
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyDPZ-rAA7oJulia Budd is training for the biggest bout of her professional mixed martial arts (MMA) career. Budd will be competing for the inaugural Bellator women's featherweight championship on March 3. Her opponent will be former Strikeforce women's bantamweight title holder Marloes Coenen.The match-up was supposed to take place last year. Budd went down with an injury and Coenen ended up facing Alexis Dufresne. Coenen suffered an upset submission loss."The Jew
  
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• UFC on FOX 23: Road to the Octagon video

  23-01-2017 17:00
  
  Watch UFC on FOX 23: Road to the Octagon for FOX's preview of the latest UFC event on Jan. 28 in Denver, Colo. In the main event, UFC bantamweight title contenders Valentina Shevchenko and Julianna Pena will square off. UFC welterweights Donald Cerrone and Jorge Masvidal will battle in the co-main event.
  
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• Bellator 170 Salaries: Tito Ortiz Earns An Event-High $300,000; Sonnen, Daley, Ward All Earn $50K

  23-01-2017 16:58 via sherdog.com
  
  Tito Ortiz has long been one of MMA's top earners and that's how he went out.
  
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• Video: Watch UFC Houston’s Dennis Bermudez Decimate Jimy Hettes

  23-01-2017 16:22
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5coGVtZf-UcThe Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will be returning to Houston, Texas for Super Bowl weekend. The main event of the UFC Fight Night event on Feb. 4 features a featherweight battle between Dennis Bermudez and the returning Chan Sung Jung.Promotion for the card is in full swing. The official YouTube channel of the UFC has uploaded a free fight showcasing Bermudez's destruction of Jimy Hettes. "The Menace" and "The Kid" went toe-to-toe at UFC 171 ba
  
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• UFC had biggest pay-per-view year in 2016

  23-01-2017 16:00
  
  There were several lessons to be learned about business in what ended up being the most successful year in the history of the UFC.
  Among the key lessons is that as time goes on, pay-per-view has become a feast-or-famine business, and that it's almost all about marquee stars. Another is that to the public, it's all about star power, which has something, but not a lot, to do with skill.
  The UFC's key revenue stream remains pay-per-view, and in 2016, the UFC led MMA to become the first sport to eve
  
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• Gilbert Melendez Possibly Dropping Down to Featherweight, Eyeing Title Run

  23-01-2017 15:34
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HIQTjA-G5cFormer Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez may be going back to a division he hasn't competed at in over 11 years. The current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 155-pounder may be slimming down to make it back to the featherweight division."El Nino" was a recent guest on MMAJunkie Radio. While nothing has been made official, Melendez is targeting a move to the 145-pound division:“Until I book a fight at 145, I can’t really c
  
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• Stephen Thompson: ‘Tyron Woodley’s Best Shots Couldn’t Finish me’

  23-01-2017 14:17
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT9SCx1gkbwUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight contender Stephen Thompson has regrets about his first title bout with Tyron Woodley. The two 170-pound warriors fought to a majority draw at UFC 205 inside Madison Square Garden in New York City."The Chosen One" had his moments where it looked like he had Thompson finished. The champion had "Wonderboy" bloodied and locked in a tight guillotine choke. Thompson showed his heart, got out of danger and made
  
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• The MMA Hour with Mike Goldberg, Tyron Woodley, Chris Weidman, Sage Northcutt, Yair Rodriguez, Tim Kennedy

  23-01-2017 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 the week that was in MMA.
  1:25 p.m. -- Tim Kennedy will stop by to talk about his retirement from MMA.
  1:45 p.m. -- Yair Rodriguez will look back on his win over BJ Penn last week and discuss what's next for him.
  2:05 p.m. -- Sage Northcutt will discuss his loss to Mickey Gall last month, training with Tyron Woodley and what's next.
  2:25 p.m. -- Tyron Woodley will talk about the drama surrounding
  
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• Morning Report: Tito Ortiz says Chael Sonnen needs to apologize to him in public to squash their beef

  23-01-2017 14:00
  
  Tito Ortiz has been in this game 20 years, one of the original trash talkers of MMA. But that didn’t stop him from taking umbrage at the pre-fight trash talk that Chael Sonnen directed at him.
  After submitting Sonnen in the first round at Bellator 170 on Saturday, Ortiz raised a slight stir by holding onto the finishing submission well after Sonnen tapped, until the referee literally pulled him off. Afterwards, Ortiz said he held onto the submission because he had “ill will” to
  
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• Reasons to watch Fight Night Denver

  23-01-2017 07:00
  
  The hottest champion on the UFC roster is arguably women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes, and the next challenger to her title is probably going to come out of Saturday night’s main event in Denver. No. 1-ranked Valentina Shevchenko takes on No. 2-ranked Julianna Pena in a battle that pits the sensational striker against the brutal ground-and-pound savant.RELATED: Watch - Shevchenko vs Pena preview on UFC Minute | Joe Rogan breaks down main event | Free fight: Pena vs. Ra
  
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• On the Rise: Denver Edition

  23-01-2017 07:00
  
  Returning to the city where it all started and rocking a poster that harkens back to those early days, this weekend’s second UFC event of 2017 lands on FOX and features an entertaining mix of matchups.Headlined by a clash between top women’s bantamweight contenders Valentina Shevchenko and Julianna Pena and supported by On the Rise favorite Francis Ngannou and a potential firefight between Donald Cerrone and Jorge Masvidal, Saturday’s fight card in Denver has the potential to h
  
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• Lewis vs. Browne to headline Halifax event on Feb. 19

  23-01-2017 07:00
  An explosive heavyweight matchup will make the move from Brooklyn to Halifax, as the bout between No. 8-ranked contender Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis and No. 9-ranked Travis Browne is now the five-round main event of UFC Fight Night on Feb. 19.FS1 airs the card live from Scotiabank Centre. Tickets are on sale now.Lewis vs. Browne was originally scheduled to take place on the UFC 208 card in Brooklyn on Feb. 11. With an injury to Stefan Struve forcing him out of his Halifax main ev
  
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• Jason vs. Kennedy heads to Fortaleza

  23-01-2017 07:00
  Rising featherweight star Jeremy Kennedy had a successful debut in August, and now on Mar. 11, the unbeaten Canadian will travel to Fortaleza to face off with former TUF Brazil winner Rony Jason.In the UFC Fight Night main event, which airs live on FS1 from Centro de Formação Olímpica de Fortaleza, Kelvin Gastelum faces Vitor Belfort in a five-round middleweight bout.Back in action for the first time since a hard-fought August bout against Dennis Bermudez, Quixada's Jason is
  
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• Hamilton welcomes Fortuna to the Octagon on Feb. 4

  23-01-2017 07:00
  A decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, Marcel Fortuna came up just short of making it into the house on season 23 of The Ultimate Fighter, but on Feb. 4, he will get his second shot at glory when he faces Anthony Hamilton in a heavyweight bout on the UFC Fight Night card in Houston.In the main event at Toyota Center, it's the return of "The Korean Zombie," Chan Sung Jung, as he faces featherweight contender Dennis Bermudez in a five-round matchup. Tickets are on sale now.A pro since 2011, F
  
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• Jimi Manuwa: ‘I’m Going to Finish Corey Anderson in Two Rounds’

  23-01-2017 02:14
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I14HOS7pags&tJimi Manuwa hasn't been shy in regards to how he feels about his fellow Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweights. He recently blasted fighters in the 205-pound division for turning down fights against him.Despite having some trouble finding competition, "Poster Boy" has a positive outlook on 2017. Manuwa spoke with Flo Combat and he is eyeing gold before the year ends:"This is going to be my year I know it. I'm going to get tha
  
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• King Mo says ‘fat’ Quinton Jackson has been ‘lifting donuts,’ and it ‘hit home’ for ‘Rampage’

  23-01-2017 01:00
  
  INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The rivalry between “Rampage” and “King Mo” is back. And this time it’s Supersized.
  Soon after the rematch between Quinton Jackson and Muhammed Lawal was announced for Bellator 175 on March 31, Lawal went on the offensive, making fun of Jackson for his weight. The bout will be contested at heavyweight, though the first fight was at light heavyweight, and Jackson was in attendance at Bellator 170 on Saturday looking just a bit portly.
  Lawal
  
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• Chael Sonnen on Loss to Tito Ortiz: ‘I Got Caught in a Position I Couldn’t Get Out of’

  23-01-2017 00:57
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9EgzKT4fv8Chael Sonnen returned to mixed martial arts (MMA) action for the first time since Nov. 2013 last night (Jan. 21) at Bellator 170. Sonnen made his Bellator debut against Tito Ortiz. It was "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy's" final bout.Ortiz was able to reverse a choke and got to full mount. Sonnen gave up his back and Ortiz finished the fight with a rear-naked choke. It was Sonnen's second straight defeat. The fight barely lasted two minutes.At the post-fi
  
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• Video: ‘Happy’ Chinzo Machida Talks Bellator 170 Win Over Jamar Ocampo

  23-01-2017 00:01
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb9UJ9AwMYM&tLast night (Jan. 21) Chinzo Machida competed at Bellator 170 inside The Forum in Inglewood, California. Machida went head-to-head with Jamar Ocampo. Machida was able to rally in the final round and knocked Ocampo out with a thunderous right hand shot.While Machida is glad to pick up the victory, he knows there is room for refinement (via MMAJunkie.com):“I think I need to improve a little bit, the takedown defense and the ground work for sure
  
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