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• Jeremy Stephens Says He’s ‘Literally Called Out The Whole Damn UFC Roster’

  08-02-2017 23:57
  
  It’s clear that Jeremy Stephens is ready to fight. In his last bout, Stephens fell short to Frankie Edgar at UFC 205 inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. “Lil’ Heathen” rocked “The Answer” in the second stanza with a head kick. Stephens told Flo Combat that he regrets not moving in for the […]
  
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• Dustin Poirier blames miscommunication on Robbie Lawler/ATT split

  08-02-2017 23:14
  
  BROOKLYN, New York -- Dustin Poirier talks about his UFC 208 fight against Jim Miller, rebounding from his previous loss, Robbie Lawler leaving American Top Team, his evolution as a fighter and more.
  
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• Germaine de Randamie: Winning featherweight title 'will solidify my career'

  08-02-2017 23:06
  
  BROOKLYN, New York -- Germaine de Randamie talks about her UFC 208 fight against Holly Holm, the future of the featherweight division, Cris Cyborg and more.
  
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• Tim Boetsch: ‘I Know I Can Put my Hands on Jacare Souza & Hurt Him’

  08-02-2017 23:05
  
  Tim Boetsch has a chance to shock the world once again. If anyone knows a thing or two about being an underdog, it’s Boetsch. “The Barbarian” had been counted out in his bouts with Yushin Okami and Hector Lombard. Boetsch put those doubts to rest by knocking out Okami in a third-round comeback and stunning […]
  
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• Eduardo Dantas vs. Darrion Caldwell set to headline Bellator 177 in Budapest

  08-02-2017 23:00
  
  Bellator’s MMA and kickboxing world titles will be on the line this spring in Hungary. The news was announced by the promotion Wednesday.
  The promotion will be hosting Bellator 177 and Bellator Kickboxing 6 on April 14 at the Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary. This will be the second trip Bellator has taken to Hungary, as the promotion held Bellator Kickboxing 3 in Budapest back in September.On the MMA card, bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas will be defending his belt against D
  
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• Upon further reflection, 'Jacare' Souza doesn't believe Luke Rockhold was really injured

  08-02-2017 22:49
  
  BROOKLYN, New York -- Ronaldo Souza talks about his UFC 208 fight against Tim Boetsch, why he took the fight, his path to the title and much more.
  
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• Jared Cannonier explains why he holds up Jewish prayer shawl after victories

  08-02-2017 22:11
  
  BROOKLYN, New York -- Jared Cannonier talks about his UFC 208 fight against Glover Teixeira, balancing his fighting career with his FAA job, why he holds up a Jewish prayer shawl after victories and more.
  
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• Video: Conor McGregor Releases Boxing Sparring Footage On Social Media

  08-02-2017 22:04
  
  On Wednesday, UFC mega-star and reigning UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor took to social media to release video footage of himself doing some boxing training. Featured below via “The Notorious” Irishman’s official Instagram page, is video of the only active two-weight world champion in UFC history getting ready for what he claims will be his […]
  
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• Patrick Cote Still Annoyed at Not Being in Top 15 UFC Rankings

  08-02-2017 21:50
  
  When Patrick Cote joined MMANews.com’s Tim Thompson for a chat three weeks ago, he wasn’t happy about not being in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) welterweight rankings. Fast forward to today (Feb. 8) and his mood has not changed. “The Predator” is still upset and taking aim at Jake Ellenberger. Cote doesn’t understand why Ellenberger […]
  
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• Video: Joe Rogan Previews Holm-de Randamie Title Bout Ahead Of Saturday’s UFC 208 PPV

  08-02-2017 21:00
  
  With only days remaining until the first UFC pay-per-view event of the year, UFC 208, UFC continues to roll out their always-entertaining “Fight Week” content leading up to their debut in Brooklyn this Saturday. Featured above courtesy of the official UFC YouTube channel is the “Joe Rogan Breakdown” video for the UFC 208 main event, […]
  
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• Tim Boetsch enters ‘Jacare’ Souza bout on last fight of contract

  08-02-2017 21:00
  
  BROOKLYN — It’s hard enough fighting Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza these days, but try doing it on the last fight of your contract.
  That’s exactly what Tim Boetsch (20-10) will be doing Saturday night at UFC 208, Boetsch confirmed with MMA Fighting on Wednesday.
  The 36-year-old Boetsch, who enters the fight a 4-to-1 underdog, said he would like to re-sign with the organization following the fight but did not consider doing so beforehand because he believes he’ll have
  
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• Jodie Esquibel vs. DeAnna Bennett, more added to Invicta FC 22

  08-02-2017 20:58
  
  Jodie Esquibel had two opponents drop out for Invicta FC 21 and was left without a fight. The strawweight will try again next month.
  Esquibel has been rebooked against previous planned opponent DeAnna Bennett for Invicta FC 22 on March 25 in Kansas City, sources told MMA Fighting on Wednesday. The two were supposed to meet last month at Invicta 21, but Bennett withdrew due to injury.
  After Bennett pulled out, Esquibel (5-2) was then supposed to face Kali Robbins, but Robbins had issues with her
  
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• UFC 208 Faceoffs: Anderson Silva & Derek Brunson Get Chummy

  08-02-2017 20:39
  
  We’re just three days away from the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) debut in Brooklyn, NY. UFC 208 is going down this Saturday night (Feb. 11) inside the Barclays Center. Serving as the headliner will be the inaugural women’s featherweight title bout between Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie. Holm is a former UFC women’s bantamweight […]
  
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• Anderson Silva talks McGregor-Mayweather, interest in MMA unions, relationship with UFC brass

  08-02-2017 19:55
  
  BROOKLYN -- Ahead of UFC 208, former middleweight champion Anderson Silva talked about his long-held dream to fight Roy Jones Jr., Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather, his relationship with the UFC brass, his support for fighter unionization in MMA, the reception he received for his UFC 200 fight against Daniel Cormier, and much more.
  
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• Conor McGregor releases boxing training video

  08-02-2017 19:51
  
  Could a mega-fight between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather be far behind?
  The UFC lightweight champion released a boxing training video at SBG Ireland on Instagram on Wednesday. McGregor recently said he will pass on returning to the Octagon in order to compete in a boxing ring next — preferably against Mayweather.
  Do you think his skills stack up to the boxing legend? Check it out below. Boxing at SBG A video posted by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on Feb 8, 2017 at 9:56a
  
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• WWE Superstar Paige Considering An MMA Career

  08-02-2017 19:48
  
  On Wednesday, the folks at TMZ Sports released an interesting new video interview with current WWE performer Paige and her boyfriend, former WWE Superstar and Combate Americas executive Alberto Del Rio, a.k.a. Alberto El Patron (Jose Alberto Rodriguez). As noted, Paige has been recently taking part in some MMA training alongside Del Rio and in […]
  
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• Ep. 8: MMA News Podcast With UFC Fight Night 104 Winner Chas Skelly

  08-02-2017 19:45
  
  In this week’s show of the MMANews Podcast, presented by Pony Keg Sports, hosts Tim Thompson (@MMANews_Tim) and Josh Stephens (@PonyKegSports) start the show by recapping the Superbowl card that was UFC Fight Night 104. Reviewing their favorite fights and discuss how they did in the pick’em. Well it’s more of Tim bragging and Josh sulking. The guys […]
  
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• UFC 208 media day photos

  08-02-2017 19:36
  
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• Holly Holm gives impassioned response regarding current losing streak

  08-02-2017 19:32
  
  BROOKLYN -- Ahead of UFC 208, Holly Holm talked about her title fight against Germaine de Randamie, the weight cut down to featherweight, the UFC's commitment to the women's 145-pound division, a potential fight against Cris Cyborg, her current losing streak, and much more.
  
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• McGregor’s First Irish Public Appearance Since UFC 205 Will Not Come Cheap

  08-02-2017 19:25
  
  McGregor reportedly to make an appearance at a ‘Q&A” in Dublin next week. The good news is fans will have the opportunity to see Conor McGregor in his first public appearance since capturing the UFC lightweight belt from Eddie Alvarez, and making history by becoming the first UFC fighter to hold belts in two weight […]
  
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• Patricky Pitbull on Josh Thomson Bout: ‘It’s Going to be One Hell of a Fight’

  08-02-2017 19:02
  
  Next Saturday night (Feb. 18) Bellator will hold its third event of 2017. The main event of Bellator 172 will feature the return of Fedor Emelianenko on U.S. soil. He’ll be matched up with former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight Matt Mitrione inside the SAP Center in San Jose, California. Lightweights Josh Thomson and Patricky […]
  
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• Yoel Romero trolls Michael Bisping with GoFundMe page for medical expenses

  08-02-2017 18:57
  
  Yoel Romero has taken his trolling of UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping up a few new notches.
  Romero, the winner of eight straight fights, is expected to get the next shot at Bisping’s title.The two have traded insults for the past couple years, most memorably after Romero’s UFC 205 knockout victory over Chris Weidman at Madison Square Garden in November.
  On Wednesday, Romero took things a step further, as he set up a GoFundMe page for Bisping in advance of their potential fi
  
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• UFC 208 media day staredowns

  08-02-2017 18:47
  
  BROOKLYN, New York -- At UFC 208 media day, the top fighters on the main card squared off Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Yoel Romero Sets up “Retirement Party” Charity Fund for Michael Bisping

  08-02-2017 18:41
  
  Romero trolls Bisping in emphatic style by setting up a gofundme page for injuries which he intends to inflict on the middleweight champion. When high calibre trash talk is spoken, the usual suspects are generally not too far from the scene. Conor McGregor and Chael Sonnen, for example, are fighters who significantly enhanced their reputations […]
  
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• Yoel Romero Mockingly Creates GoFundMe Page for Michael Bisping’s Medical Expenses

  08-02-2017 18:26 via sherdog.com
  
  Score this round of pre-fight warfare for Yoel Romero.
  
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• Eduardo Dantas vs. Darrion Caldwell Announced as Bellator 177 Headliner

  08-02-2017 18:07
  
  Bellator is making its return to Hungary. Today (Feb. 8) the promotion announced that Bellator 177 will take place inside the Budapest Sports Arena on April 14. Reigning bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas (19-4) will defend his title against Darrion Caldwell (10-1) in the main event. After losing his title in an upset to Joe Warren, […]
  
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• Holly Holm Believes Depth in Women’s Featherweight Division Can Be Built ‘In No Time’

  08-02-2017 17:54 via sherdog.com
  
  It’s no secret that the Ultimate Fighting Championship introduced the women’s featherweight division with Cristiane Justino, the top female 145-pound talent in the world, in mind.
  
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• Eduardo Dantas-Darrion Caldwell Bantamweight Title Bout Set for Bellator 177 in Budapest

  08-02-2017 17:45 via sherdog.com
  
  Eduardo Dantas will put his bantamweight championship on the line when he takes on Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 177 in Budapest.
  
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• Holly Holm On “Live With Kelly” Today To Promote Saturday’s UFC 208 PPV

  08-02-2017 17:32
  
  On Tuesday, former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm is scheduled to appear on the ABC morning talk show, “Live With Kelly” to promote her fight against Germaine de Randamie in the main event of this Saturday’s UFC 208 pay-per-view. Holm will appear with longtime television personality Kelly Ripa to promote the bout with de […]
  
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• Jodie Esquibel vs. DeAnna Bennett, Two Other Bouts Announced for Invicta FC 22

  08-02-2017 17:18 via sherdog.com
  
  Jodie Esquibel will square off with DeAnna Bennett in a strawweight contest at Invicta Fighting Championships 22.
  
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• Video: UFC 208 ‘Embedded’ Episode 2

  08-02-2017 17:01 via sherdog.com
  
  On Episode 2 of UFC 208 “Embedded,” Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Anderson Silva make their way to the U.S.
  
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• New Nevada athletic commissioner works for Fertitta-owned Station Casinos

  08-02-2017 17:00
  
  The newest commissioner appointed to the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) works for the former owners of the UFC.
  Staci Alonso, appointed to the commission by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval in December, is an executive vice president at Station Casinos, the casino group owned by Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta, per her LinkedIn page. The Fertittas sold their majority stake in the UFC, which is regulated and sanctioned by the NAC in Nevada, to WME-IMG in July for more than $4 billion.The Fertittas still o
  
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• UFC Confirms Miocic-JDS 2 For Heavyweight Title As UFC 211 Main Event

  08-02-2017 16:31
  
  On Tuesday, UFC confirmed via their official website what we reported on Monday here at MMANews.com — UFC 211 has a championship main event. Headlining the UFC 211 pay-per-view card, which takes place in Dallas, Texas in May, is UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic defending his title against former champion Junior Dos Santos in a […]
  
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• Live Chat: UFC 208 fight week, middleweight title picture, MMA news and notes

  08-02-2017 15:15
  
  This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.
  Today on the podcast, we'll officially kick off UFC 208 fight week. Prior to the chat, in fact, I'll be in Brooklyn for media day. All of the main card fighters of note are expected to attend and we'll hopefully learn more about them and their futures today. I tend to think of UFC 208 less as a star-studded event, but as a very good Fight Night with surprisingly important stakes. That as true for the main event as it is the co-main.
  Speaking of whic
  
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• Yoel Romero wants to make Michael Bisping pay for trash talk, believes Bisping is trying to dodge him

  08-02-2017 15:00
  
  Yoel Romero is out to get UFC middleweight gold, and he’s looking for a little payback in the process.
  Romero, who’s currently ranked as the No. 1 contender in the UFC’s middleweight division and is coming off a devastating knockout win over former champ Chris Weidman at UFC 205 back in November, is likely to be the next man to face current champ Michael Bisping, although nothing has been made official by the promotion. Throughout Romero’s rise up the ranks, Bisping has o
  
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• Stipe Miocic Opens As 2-To-1 Betting Favorite Over JDS For UFC 211 Rematch

  08-02-2017 14:38
  
  As Fernando Quiles Jr. reported here at MMANews.com on Monday, a rematch between Stipe Miocic and Junior Dos Santos appears to be set as the main event for the upcoming UFC 211 pay-per-view in May. According to multiple outlets, UFC 211 will feature a main event of Stipe Miocic defending his UFC Heavyweight Championship against […]
  
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• Morning Report: Holly Holm doesn’t want her career defined by Ronda Rousey win

  08-02-2017 14:00
  
  When Holly Holm knocked out Ronda Rousey at UFC 193, not only did she derail the biggest star in the sport (at that time) in devastating fashion, but she also claimed the UFC women’s bantamweight championship to fulfill her goal of becoming the first person to win titles major titles in both boxing and MMA. But after a rough 2016 which saw her lose the belt and her next fighter, Holm has a new goal: become the first woman to win belts in multiple divisions in the UFC. She’ll get to t
  
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• Video: UFC 208 Free Fight: Tim Boetsch vs. Nick Ring From UFC 135

  08-02-2017 12:51
  
  Ahead of his UFC 208 main card bout against highly regarded Middleweight contender Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, longtime UFC contender Tim Boetsch is featured in the latest “UFC 208 Free Fight.” Featured above via the UFC’s official YouTube page is the complete Tim Boetsch vs. Nick Ring bout from the UFC 135 pay-per-view held in Denver, […]
  
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• UFC 208 Embedded (Ep. 2): Fighters Begin To Arrive In New York

  08-02-2017 11:39
  
  As UFC’s first pay-per-view event of 2017 draws closer, with UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie scheduled for this Saturday, UFC has begun rolling out their usual “Fight Week” content. Featured above via UFC’s official YouTube channel is the second installment of the week-long “UFC 208 Embedded” web-series, which gives fans an all-access behind-the-scenes look […]
  
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• UFC 208 Embedded (Ep. 1): Fight Week For UFC’s Debut In Brooklyn Is Here

  08-02-2017 11:36
  
  As UFC’s first pay-per-view event of 2017 draws closer, with UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie scheduled for this Saturday, UFC has begun rolling out their usual “Fight Week” content. Featured above via UFC’s official YouTube channel is the first installment of the week-long “UFC 208 Embedded” web-series, which gives fans an all-access behind-the-scenes look […]
  
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• Video: UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie Countdown (Full Episode)

  08-02-2017 10:14
  
  As UFC’s first pay-per-view event of 2017 draws closer, with UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie scheduled for this Saturday, UFC has begun rolling out their usual “Fight Week” content. Featured above via UFC’s official YouTube channel is the full episode of UFC 208 Countdown. The pre-fight special focuses on the main event, featuring the […]
  
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• Watch Holly Holm on 'Live with Kelly' today

  08-02-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Tune in to 'Live with Kelly' on Wednesday, February 8 as former UFC women's bantamweight champion Holly Holm discusses her upcoming fight against Germaine de Randamie for the women's bantamweight title at UFC 208 in Brooklyn, NY. Check your local listings for airing times and more information.More on UFC 208: Holly Holm on brink of history | de Randamie, Holm look for career-defining wins | Fighters on the rise this weekend | Spider, Jacare help each other ahead of Brooklyn | Watch: Fight makers
  
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• Teixeira reflects on move to U.S. at media day

  08-02-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  BROOKLYNAs one of five natives of Brazil competing on Saturday’s UFC 208 card at Barclays Center, Minas Gerais’ Glover Teixeira is proud to wave the flag for his home country when he enters the Octagon but, at the same time, he doesn’t want to neglect a mention of the place that has taken him in and launched him on his mixed martial arts career.“To tell the truth, I live an hour away from here, so I feel like I’m home too,” Teixeira said of Danbury, Connecticu
  
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• Holly Holm hates losing, talks about it on Live with Kelly

  08-02-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Ahead of her bid for a second UFC world championship, Holly Holm took time during fight week to visit the set of Live with Kelly to talk about her big fight at UFC 208. Holm takes on Germaine de Randamie for the inaugural women’s featherweight title in the main event Saturday night on Pay Per View at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.Although she wants the thrill of victory, Holm said she hates to lose more than she loves to win.“(Losing) sticks with you longer then the victo
  
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• Future HOF'er Silva embraces Brunson challenge

  08-02-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
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  BROOKLYN Anderson Silva has never been an imposing figure. For someone who has done as much as he has in combat sports, you would expect to see a 6-foot-6 frame, shoulders unable to fit through a doorway and, at the very least, the occasional scowl.But the former UFC middleweight champion smiles too much for that, talks too softly, and almost lulls opponents into a sense of complacency. Wednesday’s UFC 208 media day was no exception, as he ended the traditional face-off with his o
  
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• Boetsch reveals secret to winning streak ahead of Jacare fight

  08-02-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
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  BROOKLYNIt’s nice to be Tim Boetsch again. Not that losing three straight in 2015-16 changed the middleweight contender’s personality or made his friends and family abandon him, but winning two in a row and landing a UFC 208 main card slot against the No. 3-ranked Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza on Saturday is a lot better.Welcome back from purgatory, “Barbarian.”“It's never a fun place to be,” he laughed during Wednesday’s media day at Barcl
  
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• At last! de Randamie gets dream Holm matchup

  08-02-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
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  If Germaine de Randamie listened to everybody else, she might have been fighting Holly Holm in a ring and not an Octagon. And it likely would have been just as intriguing as the clash between the two striking specialists that will take place in the main event of UFC 208 this Saturday in Brooklyn.But timing is everything, and when de Randamie was wrecking opponents in kickboxing to the tune of a 46-0 (30 KOs) record and Holm was doing the same in boxing en route to three divisional title
  
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• UFC 208 Embedded, Episode 2: ‘You quit much earlier than me, p*ssy’

  08-02-2017 04:57
  
  In the second episode of UFC 208 Embedded, Anderson Silva goofs off in the pool, Ronaldo Souza arrives in New York, Derek Brunson talks opening up a new gym, Holly Holm gets coffee with her mother and Germaine de Randamie goes to watch soccer.
  
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• Demian Maia: ‘The People Who Talk Sh*t Won’t Carry MMA Forever’

  08-02-2017 04:16
  
  Demian Maia is on a six-fight winning streak and still hasn’t received a welterweight title shot. It isn’t as if Maia has fought cans in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In his current streak, he has submitted former interim champion Carlos Condit, Matt Brown, and Neil Magny. He hasn’t lost since Feb. 2014 against Rory […]
  
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• Chas Skelly considering spray tanning before next bout, wants to fight in Dallas next

  08-02-2017 04:00
  
  HOUSTON – Chas Skelly talks to the media about his submission win over Chris Gruetzemacher at UFC Fight Night 104, what's next of his career, wanting to fight in Dallas, tanning, and much more.
  
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