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• Former UFC Fighter Tim Hague in Critical Condition Following KO Loss in Boxing Match

  17-06-2017 23:47
  
  Tim Hague is currently in the hospital and his condition is critical. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight competed in a boxing bout against Adam Braidwood last night (June 16). Braidwood earned a devastating knockout victory. Cody Krahn, a good friend of Hague’s, said the fighter underwent emergency surgery to “relieve pressure from his […]
  
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• Colby Covington: ‘I Completely Dismantled Dong Hyun Kim’

  17-06-2017 23:27
  
  Colby Covington’s confidence is at an all-time high. Earlier today (June 17), Covington defeated Dong Hyun Kim via unanimous decision. The bout was part of the UFC Fight Night 111 card. The welterweight is suddenly on the fast track to becoming a contender. Speaking to the media, Covington feels he has the most impressive win […]
  
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• Ray Borg and the ‘sh*tstorm’ of the UFC’s flyweight division

  17-06-2017 22:00
  
  Ray Borg is stuck in a bizarre situation.The flyweight fighter currently finds himself in the middle of a dispute between flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson, bantamweight contender T.J. Dillashaw, and the UFC. Depending on how the situation plays out, Borg could be fighting for the belt in the near future or be left without a division to fight in.“It kind of has become a little bit of a sh*tstorm,” Borg said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “It changed gears really
  
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• Holly Holm on KO Over Bethe Correia: ‘I Wanted to Pick a Clean Shot’

  17-06-2017 20:51
  
  Holly Holm earned a much needed victory in emphatic fashion earlier today (June 17). Holm took on Bethe Correia inside the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. The bout served as the main event of UFC Fight Night 111. The bout was uneventful for the first two rounds. So much so that referee Marc Goddard stopped […]
  
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• The trash-talking history between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather

  17-06-2017 20:36
  
  The super-fight that many thought would never come to fruition has a date and venue.UFC lightweight champion and MMA’s biggest star Conor McGregor will take on arguably the greatest boxer of all time Floyd Mayweather Jr. at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Aug. 26. The fight will be a boxing match contested at 154 pounds. This bout is the culmination of a year of back-and-forth trash talk on social media between McGregor and Mayweather that ignited a wild fire of interest among fans in the s
  
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• Longtime manager gives update on condition of Matt Hughes after crash

  17-06-2017 19:08
  
  Matt Hughes is “awake and responsive” one day after being seriously injured in a truck-train crash Friday morning, his longtime manager Monte Cox told MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani on Saturday.
  Cox, who is speaking directly with Hughes’ brother Mark, said family and doctors are “optimistic and hopeful” about Hughes’ condition.
  “He is awake, but eyes closed,” Cox said. “Can squeeze hands.”
  Hughes, 43, was driving a pickup truck Frid
  
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• Holly Holm Expected Boos As She Awaited ‘Clean Shot’ Against Bethe Correia

  17-06-2017 18:54
  
  The journey might have been a little bit tedious, but the final destination was well worth the trip.
  
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• Holly Holm credits deliberate game plan for Bethe Correia KO win: ‘We knew the crowd might boo’

  17-06-2017 18:30
  
  Heading into her main event fight against Bethe Correia at UFC Fight Night 111 in Singapore on Saturday, Holly Holm’s back was against the wall.The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion was on the biggest skid of her professional fighting career, dropping three consecutive bouts since knocking out Ronda Rousey to claim the 135 pound title at UFC 193. A fourth consecutive loss could have spelled the end of Holm’s UFC career and certainly would’ve at least meant the end
  
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• Video: Holly Holm Knocks Out Bethe Correia With Head Kick

  17-06-2017 18:27
  
  Holly Holm snapped her three-fight skid with an emphatic knockout. Earlier today (June 17), the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s bantamweight title holder took on Bethe Correia. The two met in the main event of UFC Fight Night 111. The event aired live on UFC Fight Pass. After two uneventful rounds, “The Preacher’s Daughter” […]
  
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• Colby Covington Sends Warning to Welterweight Division: ‘This is the Embarrassment Tour’

  17-06-2017 18:20
  
  Perhaps the most confident fighter to emerge from UFC Fight Night 111 in Singapore on Saturday was rising welterweight talent Colby Covington.
  
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• Wanderlei Silva Shows Interest in Another Bout With Chuck Liddell

  17-06-2017 18:03
  
  Wanderlei Silva vs. Chuck Liddell II? Back in Dec. 2007, Silva and Liddell clashed in the main event of UFC 79. Many recognize the bout as one of the greatest in the history of mixed martial arts (MMA). “The Iceman” won the fight by unanimous decision. During a recent appearance on MMAFighting.com‘s “The MMA Hour,” […]
  
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• Holly Holm vs. Bethe Correia full fight video highlights

  17-06-2017 18:02
  Watch Holly Holm vs. Bethe Correia full fight video highlights from the UFC Fight Night 111 main event below, courtesy of ESPN.
  UFC Fight NIght 111: Holm vs. Correia took place June 10 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Former UFC champion Holly Holm (11-3) squared off against Bethe Correia (10-3-1) in a bantamweight tilt in the night's main event, which aired live on UFC Fight Pass.
  For more on Holm vs. Correia, check out the play-by-play from MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew
  
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• UFC Singapore Headliner Holly Holm Among Bonus Winners

  17-06-2017 17:18
  
  UFC Singapore got MMA fans up bright and early Saturday morning, at least for those of us in North America. The event turned out to be a mixed bag with a solid preliminary card, three main card fights going to decision, and a stunning head kick KO in the main event care of former UFC […]
  
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• UFC Fight Night 111 bonuses: Holly Holm earns Performance of the Night honor

  17-06-2017 17:11
  
  Holly Holm is leaving Singapore with some extra dough.
  The former UFC champion earned $50,000 after being awarded Performance of the Night honors for her highlight-reel KO of Bethe Correia on Saturday morning.
  Ulka Sasaki also earned Performance of the Night honors for his comeback win over Justin Scoggins via a submission (rear-naked choke) in the second round.
  Li Jingliang and Frank Camacho earned $50,000 each for their Fight of the Night award. Jingliang won the fight via unanimous decision.
  
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• UFC Fight Night 111 Bonuses: Holm, Sasaki, Li, Camacho Earn $50K Awards

  17-06-2017 16:57
  
  It took her a while to get warmed up, but Holly Holm’s patience paid off — literally.
  
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• UFC Fight Night 111 in Tweets: Pros react to Holly Holm vs. Bethe Correia, Andrei Arlovski vs. Marcin Tybura

  17-06-2017 16:49
  
  Holly Holm is back.
  Check out the pros reactions to Holly’s highlight reel knockout plus the co-main event heavyweight contest where Marcin Tybura outlasted former champion Andrei Arlovski.
  Holly Holm vs. Bethe Correia
  Bethe is tailor-made for Holm to run game on. #UFCSingapore— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) June 17, 2017
  Would love to see @HollyHolm land some extremely hard punches to the face here. Nice new walkout music. #UFCSingapore— Scott Holtzman (@HotSauceHoltzy) June 1
  
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• Holly Holm Answers Bethe Correia Taunts, Scores Head Kick KO in UFC Fight Night Headliner

  17-06-2017 16:35
  
  Holly Holm head kick knocks out Bethe Correia in the third round of their UFC Fight Night 111 main event in Singapore.
  
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• UFC Fight Night 111 results: Bethe Correia showboats, gets knocked out by Holly Holm

  17-06-2017 16:31
  
  It took 10 minutes for Holly Holm and Bethe Correia to finally engage, but when Holm did, “The Preacher’s Daughter” was vicious.
  Holm and Correia headlined UFC’s return to Singapore on Saturday, and the first round of the bantamweight fight had nothing much to note from either fighter. After the referee warned both fighters for action in the second, Correia landed a good spinning back fist and took Holm’s back close to the cage before the round was over.
  Before the
  
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• UFC Fight Night 111 post-fight press conference video

  17-06-2017 16:15
  
  The UFC Fight Night 111 post-fight press conference is the last piece of business to take care of after the action is over in the Octagon, and we have the live video below at MMAFighting.com.
  UFC officials will announce the winners of the Fight of the Night and the Performance of the Night bonuses, and winning fighters will meet the media after their fights.
  The UFC Fight NIght 111 post-fight press conference takes place about 30 minutes after the main event ends, meaning it will start around 10
  
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• Holly Holm Shatters Bethe Correia With Thunderous Head Kick

  17-06-2017 16:13
  
  Finally, in our main event of the evening here at UFC Fight Night 111 from Singapore, former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm takes on former 135-pound title challenger Bethe Correia. Round 1: Both women not really throwing anything early on as they both seem to want to counter strike. Holm then lands a couple of […]
  
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• UFC Fight Night 111 live blog: Holly Holm vs. Bethe Correia

  17-06-2017 16:11
  
  This is the UFC Fight NIght 111 live blog for Holly Holm vs. Bethe Correia, a bantamweight bout at Saturday's UFC event at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
  Holm, who has won two of her past five fights, will square off against Correia, who is 2-2-1 over her past five fights, in the main event.
  Check out the UFC Fight Night 111 live blog below.
  Round 1:The referee for this main event bout is Marc Goddard. A lot of feints and feeling out to start the bout. Holm is the one contro
  
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• Watch: UFC Fight Night 111 Post-Fight Press Conference Live Stream

  17-06-2017 15:55
  
  Once UFC Fight Night 111 has met its end, check out the post-fight press conference. The presser takes place inside the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. A tentative time of 10:30 a.m. ET has been set for the press conference. Headliners Holly Holm and Bethe Correia are expected to take part in the conference. Appearances […]
  
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• Marcin Tybura Earns Decision Win Over Andrei Arlovski

  17-06-2017 15:44
  
  In our co-main event of the evening, top-ranked heavyweights Andrei Arlovski and Marcin Tybura go to war inside the Octagon. Round 1: Arlovski lands the first shot of the night with a hard spinning back kick to the body. He lands a nice front kick as well but Tybura catches it and takes him down […]
  
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• Colby Covington Takes Home Decision Win Over Dong Hyun Kim With Wrestling Clinic

  17-06-2017 15:12
  
  Next up on the main card, a welterweight clash between Dong Hyun Kim and Colby Covington. Round 1: Covington opens with a high kick attempt that fails and makes him trick and fall. Kim tries to close the distance but is unable to as he gets taken down. Covington pressures Kim against the cage and […]
  
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• Rafael dos Anjos Decisions Tarec Saffiedine For Welterweight Debut Victory

  17-06-2017 14:41
  
  Kicking us off on the main card is the welterweight debut of former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, who takes on Tarec Saffiedine. Round 1: Saffiedine starts things off with a few nice high kicks but “RDA” responds with a hard body kick. Saffiedine gets the fight to the ground with a quick takedown but […]
  
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• UFC Fight Night 111 Preliminary Results

  17-06-2017 14:33
  
  The UFC’s Fight Night 111 event got underway early this morning today (Sat. June 17, 2017) from Kallang, Singapore. Before the action on the main card, however, mixed martial arts (MMA) fans got quite the treat on the UFC Fight Pass Prelims. Here are the results: Lucie Pudilova def. Ji Yeon Kim via unanimous decision (29-28, […]
  
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• Chris van Heerden explains why he released viral video of him sparring with Conor McGregor

  17-06-2017 14:00
  
  The news of the impending Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor match was barely 24 hours old when a boxer released footage of him sparring in boxing with McGregor. The video, which was filmed last year, shows the boxer, Chris van Heerden, getting the better of McGregor during the session.Van Heerden explained to ESPN on Friday why he released the video, which has since gone viral and been something of a banner to wave for those criticizing the Mayweather-McGregor fight.
  “Because people are
  
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• UFC Fight Night 111 Prelims: Jon Tuck Choke Submits Shopworn Takanori Gomi in Singapore

  17-06-2017 13:45
  
  Jon Tuck now has a signature name on his resume.
  
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• Boxing: Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev 2 Play-by-Play & Round-by-Round Scoring

  17-06-2017 09:55
  
  Sherdog.com's live coverage of the light heavyweight championship rematch between Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev kicks off at 10 p.m. ET live from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  
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• UFC Fight Night Singapore final results

  17-06-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Who were the winners at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs Correia? Click below to get the results for all the fights at the Singapore Sports Hub in Singapore on Saturday, June 17, 2017.Holm vs Correia | Arlovski vs Tybura | Kim vs Covington | Saffiedine vs Dos Anjos | Gomi vs Tuck | Asker vs Harris | Caceres vs Dy | Scoggins vs Sasaki | Jingliang vs Camacho | Kwak vs Doane | Inoue vs De Tomas | Kim vs PudilovaUFC Fight Night: Holm vs Correia main cardFIGHT PASS customers: Replay all the fights here | Don
  
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• Tybura continues climb, Dos Anjos wins welterweight debut

  17-06-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  FIGHT PASS customers: Replay all the fights here | Don’t have FIGHT PASS? Sign up here Marcin Tybura caught a kick from Andrei Arlovski in the early stages of the first round of their heavyweight clash and used it to dump the former champion to the canvas. For the next four minutes, the Polish upstart dominated the action on the mat, transitioning to mount and marking up Arlovski’s visage with a solid, steady diet of ground and pound.But in the final 15 seconds of the frame, Arl
  
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• Tuck stuns Gomi, Harris scores quick KO in prelims

  17-06-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  FIGHT PASS customers: Replay the fights on-demand | Don’t have FIGHT PASS? Sign up hereTUCK VS. GOMIJon Tuck picked a tremendous time to turn in the best performance of his career, striding into the Octagon in the final preliminary card bout of the night against Takanori Gomi and choking out the Japanese legend in less than 75 seconds.A glancing front kick to the body hurt Gomi in the first exchange and though he tried to play it off, Tuck sensed his opportunity and capitalized. He sw
  
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• Live: UFC Fight Night Singapore results

  17-06-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Who were the winners at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs Correia? Click below to get the results for all the fights at the Singapore Sports Hub in Singapore on Saturday, June 17, 2017.Holm vs Correia | Arlovski vs Tybura | Kim vs Covington | Saffiedine vs Dos Anjos | Gomi vs Tuck | Asker vs Harris | Caceres vs Dy | Scoggins vs Sasaki | Jingliang vs Camacho | Kwak vs Doane | Inoue vs De Tomas | Kim vs PudilovaUFC Fight Night: Holm vs Correia main cardAction starts at 8 am ET FIGHT PASS customers: Wa
  
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• Holm finishes Correia with epic head kick

  17-06-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
   FIGHT PASS customers: Replay all the fights here | Don’t have FIGHT PASS? Sign up here Bethe Correia stepped back and called Holly Holm forward, asking her to engage. The former women’s bantamweight champion obliged and promptly ended the fight, landing a clean “question mark” kick that sent Correia crashing to the canvas and closed out Saturday’s UFC Fight Night event in Singapore in stunning fashion.The first two rounds were marked by hesitation as neit
  
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• UFC Fight Night 111 Results: Holm vs. Correia

  17-06-2017 06:00
  
  MMA Fighting has UFC Fight Night 111 results for the Holm vs. Correia fight card June 17 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
  In the main event, former UFC champion Holly Holm will try to end a three-fight skid against Bethe Correia in a bantamweight contest. Heavyweights Andrei Arlovski and Marcin Tybura will clash in the co-main event.
  Check out UFC Fight Night 111 results below.
  Main card (UFC Fight Pass at 8 a.m. ET)
  Holly Holm vs. Bethe Correia
  Andrei Arlovski vs. Marcin T
  
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• Cris Cyborg vs. Megan Anderson for featherweight title slated for UFC 214

  17-06-2017 05:14
  
  After weeks of drama, the UFC is getting ready to finally move on with its women’s featherweight division, and they are doing so in a big way.
  The promotion is close to officially booking Cris “Cyborg” Justino vs. Megan Anderson for the 145-pound title at UFC 214 on July 29 in Anaheim, Calif., MMA Fighting has learned. If all goes according to plan, the UFC is expected to announce the highly-anticipated fight in the coming days.
  It is unclear at this time how the promotion will
  
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• Wanderlei Silva ‘would love’ to rematch Chuck Liddell

  17-06-2017 03:00
  
  A decade later, Wanderlei Silva is interested in facing Chuck Liddell one more time.
  Two of the greatest light heavyweights of all time, “The Axe Murderer” and “The Iceman,” put on one of the best fights of the year in 2007, and Silva got excited with the news that Liddell might return to the sport.
  "This is gonna be great,” Silva said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. "I think some guys stop too early, like Chuck. Chuck is a really good guy, a good fighter
  
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• HBO Boxing Pay-Per-View Weigh-in Results: Andre Ward, Sergey Kovalev Set for Rematch

  17-06-2017 02:27
  
  Andre Ward and Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev are set to square off in what is actually the biggest, best possible matchup that the sport of boxing can produce.
  
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• UFC’s Amanda Ribas releases statement on failed USADA drug test: ‘I will prove my innocence’

  17-06-2017 01:32
  
  The UFC announced Thursday that new signee Amanda Ribas would be out of her strawweight fight at The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale due to a potential USADA anti-doping violation.
  On Friday, Ribas denied any use of performance-enhancing drugs in a statement obtained by MMA Fighting and posted on her Instagram. The Brazilian fighter, who has yet to compete in the UFC, said in her career in MMA, judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, she “never made use of any illegal substance.”
  “And I did n
  
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• Chinzo Machida says brother Lyoto is motivated, excited for UFC return

  17-06-2017 01:00
  
  Lyoto Machida will finally be cleared to return to the Octagon in October.
  The former UFC light heavyweight champion, suspended for 18 months in April 2016 after disclosing the use of a product that contained the banned substance 7-keto-dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) a few days before his clash with Dan Henderson, hasn’t fought since June 2015.
  Chinzo Machida, Lyoto’s older brother, is set to compete at Bellator’s upcoming event at Madison Square Garden, New York, on June 24, ag
  
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• Fedor Emelianenko Would Like to Continue Fighting for ‘As Long As I Am Physically Capable’

  17-06-2017 00:45
  
  Fedor Emelianenko already called it a career once following a first-round knockout of Pedro Rizzo in Russia in June 2012, but if “The Last Emperor” gets his way, his next retirement won’t be in the near future.
  
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