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• Ulka Sasaki on His Next Move: ‘I Would Like to Fight Ray Borg’

  18-06-2017 23:56
  
  Ulka Sasaki already has his next move planned out. Yesterday (June 17), Sasaki took on Justin Scoggins inside the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore at UFC Fight Night 111. Sasaki earned a second-round submission victory. After the fight, Sasaki told the media that his opponent put up more of a fight than he anticipated […]
  
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• Update: UFC Heavyweight Veteran Tim Hague Taken Off Life Support, Dead at 34

  18-06-2017 23:53
  
  Former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight Tim Hague has succumbed to the injuries he sustained in a knockout loss this past Friday, in a boxing match. On Sunday, Hague was taken off life support and pronounced dead at an Edmonton, Alberta hospital. He was 34 years old.
  
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• UFC Fight Night 111 Reebok Payouts: Arlovski & dos Anjos Top List

  18-06-2017 23:36
  
  UFC Fight Night 111 has concluded, which means the Reebok payouts have been revealed. Headliners Holly Holm and Bethe Correia each earned $5,000 through the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Athlete Outfitting program. Holm starched Correia in the third round with a head kick to snap her three-fight skid. In the co-main event, former UFC heavyweight […]
  
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• Former UFC fighter Tim Hague dead at age 34 after boxing knockout

  18-06-2017 23:21
  
  Tim Hague, a UFC veteran, is dead at age 34, two days after suffering a boxing knockout Friday night.
  Hague died Sunday at a hospital in Edmonton after being in critical condition all weekend, his family said in a statement posted to his sister’s Facebook page. Hague was knocked out in the second round by fellow heavyweight Adam Braidwood at an event promoted by KO Boxing Canada.
  “It is with incredible sadness, sorrow and heartbreak to report that Tim has passed away today,” th
  
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• Gokhan Saki: ‘This Time Next Year I’m Fighting For The UFC Title’

  18-06-2017 23:17
  
  Gokhan Saki has gold in his sights for 2018. Saki is a former Glory Kickboxing light heavyweight title holder. He was stripped of the title due to inactivity. Now, he is on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) roster and looking to make his mark in mixed martial arts (MMA). During a recent appearance on MMAFighting.com’s […]
  
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• Lorenz Larkin talks 'complete 180' difference between UFC, Bellator

  18-06-2017 23:00
  
  LOS ANGELES — Lorenz Larkin is no longer with the UFC. But as he gets set for his Bellator debut, he can’t help but take a peek at the headlines coming out of his old stomping ground and see parallels to his own recent situation.
  Larkin, who challenges Douglas Lima for the Bellator welterweight title on Bellator’s pay-per-view on June 24 at New York’s Madison Square Garden, saw the recent comments UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson made about his frustrations with
  
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• Antonio Carlos Junior Thinks Derek Brunson Wants Easier Fights

  18-06-2017 21:20
  
  Antonio Carlos Junior was surprised that Derek Brunson accepted his call-out. Junior expressed interest in a bout with Brunson after he submitted Eric Spicely at UFC 212. Brunson accepted the challenge after his UFC Fight Night 110 knockout win over Daniel Kelly. Speaking with MMAFighting.com, Junior said he believes Brunson wants easier fights: “I think […]
  
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• Gokhan Saki plans on fighting for UFC title in 2018, vows to ‘knock the f*ck out of’ foes

  18-06-2017 21:00
  
  Gokhan Saki, he of 100 kickboxing matches, doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who picks opponents. That will carry over into the UFC, he told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour.
  “I’ll fight everybody,” Saki said “The biggest, the smallest, the heaviest. Same weight. For me, I really don’t care who I’m gonna fight. I’m only really interested in myself. I don’t really care about other fighters. Sooner or later, I’m goi
  
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• The Weekly Grind: Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor simulated, Sage Northcutt wrecks another frying pan

  18-06-2017 20:00
  
  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."
  Preview of Mayweather vs McGregor FightWould everyone still get paid if this went down in the 1st? Tyson Holyfield was a little outside the box. Ma
  
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• Family: Matt Hughes stable, ‘not yet awake’ after truck-train crash

  18-06-2017 19:29
  
  Matt Hughes is in stable condition two days after the truck he was driving was struck by a train, his sister wrote Sunday on Facebook.
  The UFC legend has “no broken bones or internal injuries,” Hughes’ sister Beth Hughes Ulrici wrote in an official statement from his family.“He has some minor lacerations and bruising and is currently being weaned from his ventilator,” the statement read. “He is not yet awake and not responding as we would like to see but we se
  
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• UFC veteran Tim Hague in critical condition after boxing knockout

  18-06-2017 19:00
  
  A former UFC fighter is in critical condition after being knocked out in a boxing match Friday night, per a statement by his sister on Facebook.
  Tim Hague has been in an Edmonton hospital since the KO loss to Adam Braidwood in a heavyweight fight at Shaw Conference Center. Hague, 34, was dropped multiple times in the round in which he was knocked out, but the referee didn’t stop the fight until he was out cold on the canvas.“Our immediate family is all here with him,” Hague&rsq
  
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• Burt Watson still leaving his mark on MMA, fighters with Alliance

  18-06-2017 18:00
  
  It has now been more than two years since Burt Watson left the UFC. At the time of his emotional departure from the promotion after 14 years, Watson had no idea what would be next.He knew he’d be working somewhere — the event operations guru is always “rollin’” — but in what capacity and with what company, he was not sure.Since last year, Watson has been doing some work for Cage Fury Fighting Championships in New Jersey. The promoter of that organization, Rob
  
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• The night Kailin Curran made Cat Zingano cry in Las Vegas

  18-06-2017 16:00
  
  The image of Cat Zingano, moments after losing to Ronda Rousey in just 14 seconds at UFC 184, is a haunting one. Zingano, who had been through so much recently in her personal life, saw the biggest fight of her career play out in diabolical super-speed — a nightmare come to life that was being processed on the fly as Joe Rogan asked her what had happened.“I want to do it again,” Zingano said, shaking her head like she couldn’t come to grips. “She had my arm, and I s
  
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• Scott Coker unsure of Mayweather vs. McGregor impact on UFC: ‘You’re putting your fighter in harm’s way’

  18-06-2017 15:00
  
  Scott Coker hasn’t thought all that much about how he’d approach the megafight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor.From an MMA promoter’s perspective, the Bellator MMA president does question what the UFC will gain from letting McGregor enter the boxing world and face Mayweather on Mayweather’s turf. Most people in boxing feel like McGregor, a great UFC champion, does not stand much of a chance against the 49-0 Mayweather in boxing.
  “Obviously, it’s go
  
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• Former UFC Fighter Tim Hague Has Died Following KO Loss in Boxing Match (Updated)

  18-06-2017 11:00
  
  Update: Tim Hague has passed away due to the injuries sustained in his boxing bout against Adam Braidwood. Below is a quote from Jackie Neil, Hague’s sister via Facebook: “It is with incredible sadness, sorrow and heartbreak to report that Tim has passed away today. He was surrounded by family, listening to his favorite songs. […]
  
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• Boxing: Andre Ward Stops Sergey Kovalev in Eighth to Retain Light Heavyweight Titles

  18-06-2017 05:55
  
  Andre Ward proved to the world that he is not only the best light heavyweight in the world, but also the No.1 pound-for-pound boxer when he stopped rival Sergey Kovalev in the eighth round in Las Vegas.
  
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• Mike Perry explains tussles with Jeremy Stephens, Al Iaquinta at UFC Athlete Retreat

  18-06-2017 04:00
  
  Whenever hundreds of professional fighters converge onto one place, it’s pretty much inevitable a few scuffles will pop up. Not surprisingly, the UFC’s recent Athlete Retreat in Las Vegas was no exception — one needs to look no further than the controversial altercation between Cris Cyborg and Angela Magana as proof of that.But in addition to the Cyborg-Magana theatrics, UFC welterweight Mike Perry had a couple close calls himself, including a scuffle with featherweight contend
  
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• Tony Ferguson Congratulates Conor McGregor on Floyd Mayweather Bout

  18-06-2017 02:38
  
  Tony Ferguson isn’t hating on Conor McGregor. McGregor is the reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title holder, but his next fight won’t be inside the Octagon. Instead, he’ll meet Floyd Mayweather inside a boxing ring for a “super fight.” It’ll go down on Aug. 26. Speaking with MMAJunkie.com, Ferguson offered his congratulations to “Notorious:” […]
  
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• Report: UFC Veteran Tim Hague Brain Dead Following Boxing Match

  18-06-2017 02:19
  
  Former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight Tim Hague is reportedly brain dead after suffering a brutal knockout loss Friday night in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  
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• Ex-UFC Fighter Josh Grispi Sentenced to 5 1/2 Years in Prison on Multiple Charges

  18-06-2017 02:06
  
  Former UFC and WEC fighter Josh Grispi will go to prison on charges stemming from what one Massachusetts police officer called “the worst case of domestic abuse I’ve ever seen.”
  
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• Antonio Carlos Jr. wonders why Derek Brunson accepted to fight him: 'He's looking for easier fights'

  18-06-2017 02:00
  
  Derek Brunson and Antonio Carlos Jr. are making the UFC matchmaker’s job easier.
  “Cara de Sapato” called out the winner of Derek Brunson vs. Dan Kelly after submitting Eric Spicely at UFC 212, and Brunson, who finished Kelly 76 seconds a week later in Auckland, is down for it.
  O norte-americano @DerekBrunson aceitou o desafio do brasileiro @caradesapatojr após a vitória no #UFCAuckland. Assista! pic.twitter.com/gRxy4bG4bV— UFC Brasil (@ufc_brasil) June 12, 2
  
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• Former UFC fighter Josh Grispi sentenced to 5-1/2 years in jail on assault, gun charges

  18-06-2017 01:16
  
  A former UFC fighter will do jail time for a violent 2014 attack on his wife.
  Josh Grispi was convicted on 25 counts of assault and gun charges by a jury in Brockton (Mass.) Superior Court on Friday, per a release from the Plymouth County District Attorney’s office. He was sentenced to 5-1/2 years in jail by judge Richard Chin. Grispi also received an additional five years of probation once he is released from jail.
  Grispi was found guilty on seven counts of improper storage of a firearm,
  
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• Max Holloway: ‘I have no idea why’ Conor McGregor would come back to MMA after Floyd Mayweather fight

  18-06-2017 00:00
  
  Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor is a reality. The megafight, like it or not, will take place Aug. 26 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas under boxing rules, it was confirmed Wednesday by both sides.
  Even before the inevitable news was broken, Max Holloway was very skeptical about McGregor’s future in the UFC. McGregor, the UFC lightweight champion and former featherweight champion, stands to make exponentially more money against Mayweather than he has made in any fight in the Octagon.&ldquo
  
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