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• UFC 213, TUF 25 media day staredown video

  29-06-2017 23:55
  
  LOS ANGELES -- The top fighters at UFC 213 and TUF 25 squared off at media day Thursday evening.
  
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• ‘Old legend’ Floyd Mayweather showcases speed in new training video

  29-06-2017 23:27
  
  Floyd Mayweather may be 40 years old, but he still looks pretty good at this whole boxing thing.
  Referring to himself as an “old legend,” likely in response to Conor McGregor’s constant barbs at his age, Mayweather showcased his speed and precision in a training clip posted Thursday to Instagram. In it, Mayweather batters a double end bag while working angles under the supervision of trainers inside his Mayweather Boxing Gym in Las Vegas, Nev.
  “I know I'm not the same fig
  
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• Tonya Evinger on Stepping up to Face Cris Cyborg: ‘I’m Not a Puss’

  29-06-2017 22:57
  
  Tonya Evinger isn’t showing fear ahead of her bout with Cris Cyborg. Cyborg was originally matched up with Megan Anderson in a bout that would crown a new women’s featherweight champion at UFC 214 on July 29. Personal issues forced Anderson off the card and now Evinger is taking her place. The Invicta FC bantamweight […]
  
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• UFC 213, TUF 25 conference call video

  29-06-2017 22:00
  
  On the UFC 213 and TUF 25 conference call Thursday, a host of the stars from next week’s events will be answering questions from the media. UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes, Valentina Shevchenko, Yoel Romero, Robert Whittaker, Michael Johnson, and Justin Gaethje are slated to be on the call. The video is expected to begin at 5:30 p.m. ET.
  
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• UFC Fight Night 114 Update: Alejandro Perez to Meet Andre Soukhamthath in Mexico City

  29-06-2017 21:45 via sherdog.com
  
  “The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America” Season 1 winner Alejandro Perez will lock horns with Andre Soukhamthath at UFC Fight Night 114 in Mexico City.
  
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• PFL 1 ‘Daytona’ Weigh-in Results: Jon Fitch, Brian Foster Set for Inaugural Event

  29-06-2017 21:45 via sherdog.com
  
  Like the legendary Phoenix, the Professional Fighters League has risen out of the ashes of the now-defunct World Series of Fighting.
  
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• LFA 15 Weigh-in Results: Richard Odoms, Jared Vanderaa on Point

  29-06-2017 21:25 via sherdog.com
  
  Legacy Fighting Alliance will crown a new heavyweight champion on Friday as Richard Odoms is set to take on Jared Vanderaa for the vacant title.
  
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• Combate 15 Weigh-in Results: Rodrigo Vargas, Danny Ramirez Cleared for Combat

  29-06-2017 21:23 via sherdog.com
  
  Combate Americas is set to make its long-awaited return to Mexico City as Rodrigo Vargas and Danny Ramirez are slated to collide in a lightweight main event.
  
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• Professional Fighters League Partners with American Armed Forces Network

  29-06-2017 21:09 via sherdog.com
  
  Newly-formed Professional Fighters League is set to host its first-ever event on Friday night with a special night at Daytona International Speedway. And just before the first punches and kicks are set to be launched, the Washington, D.C.-based promotion announced that it has partnered with American Forces Network (AFN).
  
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• Rustam Khabilov vs. Desmond Green among additions to UFC Rotterdam

  29-06-2017 21:04
  
  The UFC has officially added four fights to its return to Netherlands’ Ahoy Rotterdam arena on Sept. 2.
  Headlined by Stefan Struve vs. Alexander Volkov in a heavyweight clash, the UFC Fight Night card now includes Rustam Khabilov vs. Desmond Green, Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Saparbek Safarov, Francimar Barroso vs. Aleksandar Rakic and Bojan Mihajlovic vs. Abdul-Kerim Edilov.
  Khabilov (21-3) is looking for his fifth straight victory inside the Octagon, while Green (20-5) enters his second U
  
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• Michael Chiesa appealing controversial loss to Kevin Lee at UFC Fight Night 112

  29-06-2017 19:59
  
  Michael Chiesa says he never stopped defending himself against Kevin Lee — and now he isn’t done fighting the result of the fight, either.
  Chiesa has appealed his submission loss to Lee in the main event of UFC Fight Night 112 with the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission (OSAC) this week, Chiesa’s manager Daniel Rubenstein told MMA Fighting. Chiesa argues that he never tapped out, nor did he go unconscious while in a Lee rear-naked choke before referee Mario Yamasaki stopped the
  
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• TUF Latin America 1 winner Alejandro Perez set to fight Andre Soukhamthath at UFC Fight Night 114

  29-06-2017 18:00
  
  Alejandro Perez has been scheduled to make his first Octagon appearance of 2017.
  The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America season 1 winner will be taking on Andre Soukhamthath in his home country of Mexico at UFC Fight Night 114. The news was recently announced by UFC Español.Perez last fought to a controversial majority draw against Albert Morales back in September at UFC Fight Night 94. The 27-year-old bantamweight fighter is currently 3-1-1 in his UFC career, and 17-6-1 as a professional fig
  
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• Desmond Green-Rustam Khabilov Added to UFC Fight Night 115: Rotterdam

  29-06-2017 17:58
  
  Desmond Green will put his five-fight win streak on the line this September when he takes on Rustam Khabilov at UFC Fight Night 112 in a featherweight affair. Green (20-5) made his long-awaiteed UFC debut this past April, earning a split decision over Josh Emmett. He picked up two wins in Titan FC and two […]
  
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• Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov in Russia? UFC Champ Wants It

  29-06-2017 17:47
  
  Conor McGregor is not afraid to challenge himself both inside the Octagon and out of it. As the reigning UFC lightweight champion prepares to meet Floyd Mayweather this August in a boxing match, UFC president Dana White recently disclosed that “Notorious” is looking towards his first title defense. And he wants to step on foreign […]
  
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• Johny Hendricks Explains Weight-Cut Problems at UFC Fight Night 112

  29-06-2017 17:21
  
  Former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks thought a move to middleweight would solve his weight-cutting issues. “Bigg Rigg,” though, didn’t account for sickness, which caused him to miss weight this past weekend at UFC Fight Night 112. Hendricks was finished by Tim Boetsch in Oklahoma City, dropping him to 1-1 in his new division. “I […]
  
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• Kevin Lee says fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov next is the ‘best move’, but is down to facing Tony Ferguson

  29-06-2017 17:00
  
  Kevin Lee has campaigned for a fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov for a while now, but his post-fight argument with Tony Ferguson on live television gave him another option.
  Lee had just left the Octagon in Oklahoma City, fresh off an impressive first-round victory over Michael Chiesa in the main event, but Ferguson, who was on the FS1 post-fight show, took shots at him instead of talking about his performance.
  Lee wasn’t happy with his attitude, and they exchanged words for a few minutes.
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• Carlos Silva Expects Huge Things with New Professional Fighters League Promotion

  29-06-2017 16:50 via sherdog.com
  
  With theProfessional Fighters League set to host its first-ever event on Friday night, emotions and anticipation are at an all-time high within the sport of mixed martial arts. Born from the ashes of the World Series of Fighting promotion, the PFL is eager to unleash an entirely new world order when it comes to being a combat organization.
  
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• Tonya Evinger believes she’ll be Cris Cyborg’s ‘toughest challenge’

  29-06-2017 15:00
  
  One of the biggest knocks on Cris Cyborg over the last few years is that she’s short on quality opponents, that there’s no viable elite fighters available to fight her, especially at 145 pounds. That idea might about to be turned on its head.
  On Tuesday, the UFC announced that Cyborg would be fighting for the promotion’s vacant women’s featherweight title against Tonya Evinger at UFC 214 on July 29 in Anaheim, Calif. Cyborg’s previous opponent, Megan Anderson, withd
  
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• Morning Report: Johny Hendricks reveals reason he missed weight at UFC Fight Night 112

  29-06-2017 14:00
  
  When Johny Hendricks abandoned the welterweight class, he did it with the intention of also leaving behind his weight issues. Hendrick’s final two fights at 170 pounds, saw him miss weight on both occasions, leading him to the conclusion that his body couldn’t realistically make the cut anymore. He moved up to 185 pounds and beat Hector Lombard, saying afterwards that the weight cut was the easiest of his life and that middleweight was his new home. Then, for his co-main event fight
  
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• Unfiltered Episode: Felice Herrig and Justin Gaethje

  29-06-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Felice Herrig calls in following her big win over Justin Kish at UFC Fight Night Oklahoma City and discusses the fight, her emotional post-fight press conference, wanting a rematch with Paige VanZant, and much, much more. Later, debuting, undefeated Lightweight Justin Gaethje joins the show to talk about his TUF 25 Finale fight against Michael Johnson, bringing his leg kicks to the UFC, training with Rose Namajunas, how he matches up with Conor McGregor, and whether leaving WSOF was a hard decis
  
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• UFC statement on potential Nick Diaz anti-doping violation

  29-06-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The UFC organization has been notified that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Nick Diaz of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from Diaz’s alleged accumulation of three Whereabouts Failures within a 12-month period. Diaz, like all other UFC athletes, is enrolled in USADA’s UFC Registered Testing Pool and required to file accurate Whereabouts information in order to be located for out-of-competition, no-notice testing. USADA, the independent administrator
  
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• UFC Statement on Cortney Casey

  29-06-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  “UFC has made it very clear that it takes anti-doping very seriously, instituting the most comprehensive anti-doping program in sports. One of the keys to this program, and any effective, world-class program, is ensuring that all athletes are treated to proper due process. “UFC strawweight Cortney Casey’s recent case, stemming from her fight in Dallas on May 13, 2017, is a perfect example of the type of negative and damaging backlash for an athlete resulting from a false-positi
  
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• UFC announces partnership with Performance Inspired

  29-06-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Las Vegas – UFC® today announced a new partnership with Performance Inspired™ that establishes the brand as the “Official Sports Supplement” of UFC. With this partnership, Performance Inspired will supply its line of sports products to the UFC Performance Institute at the “Performance Inspired Fueling Station” for use by athletes currently competing under the UFC banner that visit the facility. “The UFC has the most comprehensive anti-doping program
  
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• The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale Fantasy Preview

  29-06-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  With the newest season of The Ultimate Fighter winding down, the finale is just around the corner on July 7 from Las Vegas, with a main event featuring lightweight standout Michael Johnson taking on highly-rated newcomer Justin Gaethje. Johnson has faced a laundry list of top opponents over the years but he'll definitely have his hands full when he steps into the Octagon next week.As an undefeated lightweight, Gaethje brings a ton of hype into his debut, not to mention serious knockout power and
  
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• Shevchenko Confident, Not Cocky Ahead of Title Fight

  29-06-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  With 17 world titles in Muay Thai and kickboxing already under her belt, Valentina Shevchenko could understandably have an air of “been there, done that” around her as she prepares for her UFC 213 main event against women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes on July 8. But that’s not the case as she gets ready to go after world title number 18 next week.“It (winning the title) would be very meaningful for me because I have been training all my life and this is the r
  
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• Ngannou says it's his time; ready for Dos Santos

  29-06-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
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  Francis Ngannou got his wish on Wednesday when the UFC announced Ngannou will fight UFC legend Junior Dos Santos at UFC 215 in Edmonton, Canada.The rising heavyweight has been asking for a big name fight and Dos Santos provides just that. "Junior is a great fighter," Ngannou said. "To face Junior is just one more step for my growing. I'm ready right now. Junior's time is over and now it's mine."Ngannou has finished his opponent in all five of his UFC victories (one submission) and
  
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• International Fight Week fighters fired up ahead of next week’s events

  29-06-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
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  With International Fight Week 2017 just a matter of days away, the fighters competing at UFC 213 and The Ultimate Fighter Finale got started a little early with some verbal sparring during a media conference call on Thursday. Women's bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will close out the weekend with her main event fight against top-ranked contender Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 213. This is a rematch of a 2016 bout that saw Nunes earn a unanimous decision win over Shevchenko, although the
  
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• First look at Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series on FIGHT PASS

  29-06-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
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  Starting on Tuesday, July 11 UFC FIGHT PASS will be streaming the Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series featuring five live fights each episode. Every Tuesday you can tune in to UFC FIGHT PASS to check out up-and-coming talent as well as athletes striving to revive their professional mixed martial arts careers. You can visit www.ufc.com/contenderseries to get more details on Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series, and make sure to start your 7-day trial on UFC FIGHT PASS t
  
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• Tim Means Happy to be Healthy & Back in Win Column

  29-06-2017 05:38
  
  Tim Means is grateful to get back on the right track. “The Dirty Bird” is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Alex Garcia at UFC Fight Night 112. It was Means’ first win since Aug. 2016. After the bout, Means revealed he was injured going into his last bout with Alex Oliveira (via MMAJunkie.com): […]
  
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• Jake Shields, Yushin Okami Added to PFL Event in July

  29-06-2017 04:52
  
  The Professional Fighters League will go head-to-head with UFC 214 on July 29, as three bouts have been announced for the event. In the headline act, former World Series of Fighting featherweight champion Andre Harrison will take on Steven Rodriguez from the XFINITY Arena in Everett, Washington. Also, Yushin Okami will face off against Andre […]
  
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• Georges St-Pierre Gets UFC 214 Winner Between Tyron Woodley-Demian Maia

  29-06-2017 03:41
  
  It appears the UFC does have a plan for the welterweight division and former champion Georges St-Pierre. And it has nothing to do with middleweight champion Michael Bisping. UFC president Dana White told MMAjunkie on Wednesday that GSP will face the winner of Tyron Woodley and Demian Maia, who meet at UFC 214 next month […]
  
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• Kevin Lee’s Next UFC Fight Could Be….

  29-06-2017 03:15
  
  UFC Tonight co-host Kenny Florian and Tyron Woodley have differing takes on who Kevin Lee should fight next. Lee, who climbed inside the lightweight Top-10 following his submission win over Michael Chiesa this past weekend at UFC Fight Night 112, has won five in a row – with the last four being finishes. But Florian, […]
  
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• Scott Coker Says Ryan Bader vs. King Mo Likely in Late 2017

  29-06-2017 02:28
  
  Muhammed Lawal is likely to get the first crack at Ryan Bader’s Bellator light heavyweight title. Bellator President Scott Coker recently appeared on MMAFighting.com‘s “The MMA Hour” to discuss many topics including the 205-pound title picture. Coker said that “King Mo” vs. “Darth” is likely to go down later this year. “Bader should fight ‘King […]
  
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• Tyron Woodley vs. Demian Maia set for UFC 214

  29-06-2017 01:26
  
  The stacked UFC 214 card has gotten yet another title fight.
  Tyron Woodley will defend his welterweight title against top contender Demian Maia on July 29 at Anaheim’s Honda Center. MMA Fighting confirmed an initial Wednesday report by FS1.Woodley (17-3-1) is undefeated in his past five fights at 4-0-1. After going to a draw against Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 in his first title defense, he defeated Thompson in a rematch at UFC 209 by unanimous decision.
  Maia (25-6) has won seven consecuti
  
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• Dana White: ‘No’ Donald Cerrone-Robbie Lawler Not Happening at UFC 214

  29-06-2017 01:24
  
  Despite his best wishes, Donald Cerrone will not be fighting Robbie Lawler at UFC 214 late in July. Cerrone, who explained that a blood infection and not injury was to blame for his exit from UFC 213 vs. Lawler, was hoping to compete as soon as possible. White, though, told MMAjunkie that the former lightweight […]
  
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• Tyron Woodley to Defend Welterweight Crown Against Demian Maia at UFC 214

  29-06-2017 01:21 via sherdog.com
  
  UFC 214 will now feature a trio of title fights.
  
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• UFC 214 Secures Third Title Fight With Tyron Woodley-Demian Maia

  29-06-2017 01:07
  
  The second UFC pay-per-view in July is shaping up to be a historical event, as a third title will be on the line when Tyron Woodley defends his welterweight belt vs. Demian Maia. Woodley, co-hosting UFC Tonight Wednesday night, kicked off the program by making the announcement. The 35-year-old Woodley (17-3-1) is unbeaten over his […]
  
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• Alexa Grasso to Face Randa Markos at UFC Fight Night 114 in Mexico City

  29-06-2017 00:53 via sherdog.com
  
  A strawweight duel pitting Alexa Grasso against Randa Markos has been added to the UFC Fight Night 114 lineup.
  
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• Bellator NYC/180 Medical Suspensions: Fedor Emelianenko Sits For 90 Days

  29-06-2017 00:50
  
  Fedor Emelianenko will have the longest sit on the list of Bellator NYC/180 medical suspensions. This past Saturday night (June 24), Bellator NYC/180 took place inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. In the main event of Bellator NYC, Chael Sonnen defeated Wanderlei Silva via unanimous decision. Neither man was handed a suspension. Ryan […]
  
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• Randa Markos-Alexa Grasso Booked for UFC Fight Night 114

  29-06-2017 00:36
  
  The August fight card set for Mexico has another bout, as strawweights Randa Markos and Alexa Grasso will square off. UFC Fight Night 114 takes place August 5 from the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City. The main event features Sergio Pettis vs. Brandon Moreno. Markos (7-4) is coming off the biggest win of […]
  
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• Randa Markos vs. Alexa Grasso slated for UFC Fight Night 114

  29-06-2017 00:22
  
  A strawweight clash pitting top-10 ranked contender Randa Markos against Mexican prospect Alexa Grasso has been scheduled for Aug. 5 in Mexico City at UFC Fight Night 114. The UFC’s Spanish website announced the booking Wednesday.
  Markos (7-4) enters the contest fresh off the biggest victory of her career, a hard-fought split decision win over former UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza at UFC Fight Night 105.In total, the 31-year-old TUF veteran has alternated wins and losses throughout
  
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• Donald Cerrone Confirms Bad Infection Knocked him From UFC 213

  29-06-2017 00:16
  
  Donald Cerrone has never had to pull out of a planned fight before. That all changed on Wednesday, as “Cowboy” was forced out of a meeting next month vs. Robbie Lawler at UFC 213. On social media, Cerrone explained that he isn’t injured, but an infection is to blame for the exit. “Let everyone know […]
  
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