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• Alistair Overeem Eyeing Rematch With Stipe Miocic After UFC 213

  02-07-2017 23:44
  
  Alistair Overeem has his sights set on a second chance at Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gold. Overeem is taking on Fabricio Werdum inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 8. The bout will be part of the main card of UFC 213. The winner could be in prime position for a heavyweight […]
  
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• 'Jacare' Souza explains why he’s picking Yoel Romero to beat Robert Whittaker at UFC 213

  02-07-2017 23:00
  
  Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero will collide for the UFC interim middleweight championship on July 8 in Las Vegas, and one man knows a lot about the UFC 213 co-headliners.
  Ronaldo Souza shared the Octagon with Whittaker and Romero. “Jacare” lost a controversial decision to Romero in 2015, and was finished by Whittaker last April, and sees Romero becoming the first Cuban product to win a UFC belt.
  "I think Romero wins this fight,” Souza told MMA Fighting. "He’s stronger,
  
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• Edson Barboza Says He’s Not Impressed With Kevin Lee

  02-07-2017 22:54
  
  Edson Barboza is down to fight Kevin Lee, but only if Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson aren’t booked. Barboza is coming off a highlight reel knockout over Beneil Dariush at UFC Fight Night 106. He is now on a three-fight winning streak. The Brazilian has been eyeing a rematch with Ferguson or a marquee bout […]
  
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• Valentina Shevchenko Says Nunes is Helpless When The Door Closes

  02-07-2017 22:31
  
  Valentina Shevchenko intends on taking Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gold and finishing Amanda Nunes in the process. Shevchenko will battle Nunes a second time on Saturday night (July 8) inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The title bout will serve as UFC 213‘s main event. The co-headliner will see Yoel Romero and Robert […]
  
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• Ronda Rousey to Appear on ‘Live with Kelly and Ryan’

  02-07-2017 21:34
  
  Former UFC female bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will stop by “Live with Kelly and Ryan” on ABC this Wednesday to discuss her role as a captain on “Battle of the Network Stars.” Rousey is coaching the “Red Team” with celebrities Joey Lawrence, Dave Foley, Corbin Bernsen, Lance Bass, Olivia d’Abo, Todd Bridges, Nicole Eggert, Lou […]
  
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• Report: Robbie Lawler-Donald Cerrone Moved to UFC 214

  02-07-2017 21:26
  
  After originally saying that Donald Cerrone would not be ready to fight later this month, UFC president Dana White has changed course. According to a report by L.A. Times reporter Lance Pugmire, Cerrone and Robbie Lawler will square off in a key welterweight contest at UFC 214. Just received word from @danawhite that @Cowboycerrone @Ruthless_RL […]
  
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• Michael Chandler on viral reaction to stool incident: ‘People are ruthless’

  02-07-2017 21:00
  
  It wasn’t intentional, but it was still the insult on top of the injury.
  Michael Chandler got up from his stool at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night after his left foot injury was checked out by the New York State Athletic Commission doctors during his fight with Brent Primus.
  Unbeknownst to the now-former Bellator lightweight champion, his commission second made off with his stool in the few seconds he was on his feet. So when Chandler went to sit down again, expecting the stool to
  
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• Amanda Nunes feels like she has to ‘keep proving’ to UFC she’s the ‘real champion’

  02-07-2017 20:00
  
  LOS ANGELES — At a UFC 213 media day in Downtown LA, Amanda Nunes discusses her rivalry with Valentina Shevchenko, her thoughts on Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor and how she feels now about her promotion from the UFC.
  
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• The Weekly Grind: Fabricio Werdum drinks Lyoto Machida’s urine, Dana White trolls Mayweather

  02-07-2017 19:00
  
  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."Are these @UFC fighters for real?! Former champ @lyotomachidafw made Fabricio Werdum a special "Drink of the Champions" ➖➖➖
  
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• New UFC signee Carlos Felipe fell in love with fighting after battle against morbid obesity

  02-07-2017 18:00
  
  An overweight teenager who hated fighting decided to join a boxing gym to lose weight, and he had no idea that one day he’d become the newest addition to the UFC heavyweight division.
  Born in Feira de Santana, Bahia in 1995, Carlos Felipe was bullied throughout school as a child for being fat. At age 14, he weighed 346 pounds. Felipe was morbidly obese and his family tried everything, but nothing helped him lose weight.
  "When I was a little kid, my family took me to nutritionists, endocrin
  
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• John Kavanagh: Money won’t make Conor McGregor decide to leave UFC for good

  02-07-2017 16:00
  
  Conor McGregor stands to make somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 million for fighting Floyd Mayweather next month. After that massive payday, multiple times more than he could make in an MMA fight, many are asking why McGregor would ever come back to the UFC.
  Ever since the fight with Mayweather was announced, though, McGregor’s team has been adamant that’s coming back to defend his UFC lightweight title and it could be in December. John Kavanagh, McGregor’s head coach, doub
  
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• Click Debate: CSAC’s new weight rules already showing their effects on UFC 214

  02-07-2017 15:00
  
  Aljamain Sterling doesn’t want to fight at bantamweight. He does it because of the state of the sport and the circumstances surrounding it.
  The UFC fighter said he’ll make 135 or 136 pounds on weigh-in day, come into the fight around 148 or 149 pounds and then be 166 pounds just two weeks later. And it isn’t like he’s out of shape at 166.“I’m fat and happy, and I’ve still got abs,” Sterling told MMA Fighting. “It’s kind of scary. You&rs
  
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• Boxing: Jeff Horn Scores Controversial Unanimous Decision Over Manny Pacquiao

  02-07-2017 07:22 via sherdog.com
  
  The running theme of the week that was Jeff Horn was a real-life Rocky, that he was this local kid with no chance to win against an all-time great world champion. But unlike in the original “Rocky” movie, Horn actually walked out of the ring as the winner and new WBO welterweight champion.
  
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• The Blueprint: Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather

  02-07-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  It was the impossible dream: Build a career in mixed martial arts, become a two-division world champion and UFC superstar and then secure a boxing match with the best boxer of this era. Conor McGregor lived up to all his boasts, won his titles, earned the fame and glory and earlier this month, got the fight he wanted with Floyd Mayweather Jr. But what happens when the bell rings on Aug. 26 in Las Vegas? In less than two months, a mixed martial artist who has never competed in professional boxing
  
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• Gabi Garcia set to fight twice in 23 days in Japan

  02-07-2017 03:00
  
  Gabi Garcia has a busy month ahead of her.
  The multiple-time jiu-jitsu world champion was already scheduled to compete at RIZIN’s upcoming show on July 30 in Saitama, Japan, and just agreed to step inside the Shoot Boxing Girl’s S-Cup card on July 7 for a Shootboxing contest.
  The promotion had yet to announce who will Garcia meet on July 7, and the jiu-jitsu ace told MMA Fighting she wasn’t informed of who’s her opponent as well.
  "I haven’t fought twice in a month s
  
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• Holly Holm open to fighting for 135 or 145 titles if right opportunity knocks

  02-07-2017 01:00
  
  In hindsight, Holly Holm’s not afraid to admit she felt the pressure.
  Holm had lost three straight fights going into her UFC Fight Night 111 main event against Bethe Correia on June 17 in Singapore, and knew that another loss would mean dire consequences.“It was a new spot I had never been in,” Holm said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “I guess going into this fight I just told myself there’s not even an option to lose this fight, Holly. Not even an optio
  
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