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• Comedian's Daughter ‘Juju’ Nozawa-Auclair To Make Pro MMA Debut at July 30 Rizin World Grand Prix

  17-07-2017 23:48 via sherdog.com
  
  Can Shinju Nozawa-Auclair be a star in Japan like her mother? Rizin Fighting Federation hopes so.
  
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• Comedian's Daughter ‘Juju’ Nozawa-Auclair To Make Pro MMA Debut at July 30 Rizin Grand Prix

  17-07-2017 23:48 via sherdog.com
  
  Can Shinju Nozawa-Auclair be a star in Japan like her mother? Rizin Fighting Federation hopes so.
  
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• Anderson Silva calls for rematch with Nick Diaz

  17-07-2017 23:00
  
  Anderson Silva is once again calling for a second bout with Nick Diaz.
  The former UFC middleweight champion, who fought to a decision with Diaz two and a half years ago, revealed his interest in facing the former Strikeforce welterweight kingpin inside the Octagon through his social media on Sunday night.
  "I believe this was one of the best fights in the history of this sport,” Silva wrote of the UFC 183 main event. "With all my respect Nick. Let's show how it's done. I will wait your repl
  
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• Paulie Malignaggi confirms he’ll join Conor McGregor starting this week for Floyd Mayweather camp

  17-07-2017 22:01
  
  Despite some initial confusion, it appears that Paulie Malignaggi will indeed play a role in Conor McGregor’s training camp ahead of the Irishman’s mega-fight against Floyd Mayweather on Aug. 26.Malignaggi, a retired ex-champion boxer and current commentator for Showtime, revealed Monday on The MMA Hour he is slated to fly out to Las Vegas on Wednesday to join Team McGregor. The 36-year-old Malignaggi expects to play the role of sparring partner for McGregor, helping the UFC lightwei
  
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• Eddie Alvarez, Justin Gaethje Officially Announced as ‘Ultimate Fighter’ Season 26 Coaches

  17-07-2017 21:02 via sherdog.com
  
  Eddie Alvarez and Justin Gaethje are now officially “Ultimate Fighter” coaches.
  
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• Conor McGregor’s father says son is ‘unequivocally not racist’

  17-07-2017 21:00
  
  One of the biggest — and ugliest — headlines coming out of the MayMac World Tour had to do with Conor McGregor and the issue of race.
  McGregor, the UFC lightweight champion, made some off-hand comments about African Americans during the four-day, four-city tour on stage with Floyd Mayweather. McGregor’s father Tony, though, told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour that he knows that his son is not a racist, calling those who bring that up “race-baiters
  
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• Eddie Alvarez, Justin Gaethje official as Ultimate Fighter 26 coaches

  17-07-2017 20:29
  
  Two of the most exciting fighters in the history of MMA will square off in the Octagon — but first as coaches.
  Eddie Alvarez and Justin Gaethje will coach opposite one another on The Ultimate Fighter 26, which begins airing Aug. 30 on FS1, the UFC officially announced Monday. The season will debut a new women’s flyweight division to the UFC and the finale, likely in December, will crown the UFC’s first women’s 125-pound champion.
  Gaethje (18-0) had one of the most memorab
  
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• Leonard Ellerbe: Conor McGregor ‘tricked all y’all’ with Instagram training video

  17-07-2017 18:00
  
  NEW YORK — The Internet went crazy when Conor McGregor posted a video of himself doing some boxing training on Instagram last month. Memes showed up comparing a video of Floyd Mayweather, who looked extremely fast on a speed bag, to a plodding McGregor.
  Mayweather and McGregor training videos from today side by side. pic.twitter.com/cAJDPy9Dwn— BlackSportsOnline (@BSO) June 29, 2017
  Headlines from mainstream outlets came in mocking McGregor. The Washington Post said it was “hil
  
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• Santiago Ponzinibbio shuts down eye poke talk: ‘The No. 8 in the world lasted 82 seconds'

  17-07-2017 16:30
  
  Santiago Ponzinibbio scored the biggest win of his MMA career Sunday, finishing Gunnar Nelson in the main event of UFC Fight Night 113 in Glasgow, Scotland. His opponent’s post-fight comments about an eye poke though created a small controversy.
  Nelson says he “should have stopped” the action after getting poked in the eye because he was "seeing two Ponzinibbios” in front of him. He was dropped and finished a minute later.
  A day after the bout, Ponzinibbio told MMA Fighti
  
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• Ronda Rousey involved in WWE angle with Shayna Baszler

  17-07-2017 15:00
  
  Ronda Rousey appeared on Thursday and Friday nights at WWE tapings in Winter Park, Fla., leading to an angle with Rousey’s Four Horsewomen against WWE’s version led by Ric Flair’s daughter, Charlotte. While UFC's biggest star Conor McGregor was front and center getting ready for a fight in another sport, the company's other biggest star spent Thursday and Friday in her own outside the UFC venue.
  Ronda Rousey appeared on World Wrestling Entertainment tapings on Thursday and Frid
  
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• The MMA Hour with Demetrious Johnson, Demian Maia, Yoel Romero, Joe Duffy, Paulie Malignaggi, Tony McGregor, Chase Sherman in studio

  17-07-2017 14:00
  
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1:00 p.m. ET -- We'll recap last week's Mayweather-McGregor World Tour.
  1:25 p.m. -- Tony McGregor, Conor's father, will discuss his son's boxing match versus Floyd Mayweather.
  1:45 p.m. -- Demian Maia will preview his UFC 214 welterweight title fight versus Tyron Woodley.
  1:55 p.m. -- Showtime boxing analyst Paulie Malignaggi will discuss the Mayweather-McGregor fight.
  2:15 p.m. -- Yoel Romero will look back at his loss to
  
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• Morning Report: Conor McGregor says he’s interested in fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov in Russia next

  17-07-2017 14:00
  
  A few weeks ago, UFC President Dana White suggested that after lightweight champion Conor McGregor gets done boxing Floyd Mayweather, he’d like to return to the UFC and take on No. 1 contender Khabib Nurmagomedov. Even more impressive than wanting to fight a man many perceive to be McGregor’s toughest test though, White said McGregor wanted to do it in Nurmagomedov’s home country of Russia.
  White made mention of this again during the MayMac media world tour and after things wer
  
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• Evangelista Santos on Skull Fracture: ‘I Have to Respect my Body’

  17-07-2017 13:26
  
  Evangelista Santos has put his professional mixed martial arts (MMA) career on hold. While Santos said he had retired back in January, he isn’t completely ruling out a return some day. The word he uses now is, “suspended.” The last time “Cyborg” fought was back in July 2016. He suffered a skull fracture thanks to […]
  
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• UFC Fight Night 114’s Rashad Evans Wants One Last Run Before he Retires

  17-07-2017 12:45
  
  Rashad Evans hopes to obtain gold once more before he walks away from mixed martial arts (MMA) competition. Evans once ruled the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) light heavyweight division. That was back in late 2008. Fast forward to 2017 and “Suga” is a middleweight, who is on a three-fight skid. On Aug. 5, he’ll look […]
  
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• Jason Knight Gunning For Holloway & Edgar With UFC 214 Win

  17-07-2017 11:15
  
  If Jason Knight can top Ricardo Lamas, then he’ll be aiming for bouts with Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar. Lamas was originally scheduled to face Chan Sung Jung inside the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on July 29. “The Korean Zombie” suffered an injury and Knight stepped up as a replacement opponent. Speaking to Champions.co, […]
  
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• Paul Felder on Post-UFC Fight Night 113 Plans: ‘I Think I’ll Take a Week to Miss my Dad’

  17-07-2017 10:43
  
  Paul Felder would like to take some time to grieve over the death of his father. Felder emerged victorious in enemy territory yesterday (July 16) inside The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. On the main card of UFC Fight Night 113, “The Irish Dragon” earned a knockout victory over Stevie Ray. During the post-fight press […]
  
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• Conor McGregor on Floyd Mayweather: ‘His Frame is Too Small’

  17-07-2017 10:18
  
  Conor McGregor believes Floyd Mayweather’s size will be his downfall in their Aug. 26 “super fight.” “Notorious” and “Money” wrapped up their tour, which stopped at three countries and four cities. The two men have done some intense verbal sparring and have faced off at the conclusion of each presser. One thing McGregor is sure […]
  
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• UFC Fight Night 113 Bonuses: Ponzinibbio Cashes in Thanks to Knockout Win

  17-07-2017 09:52
  
  The UFC Fight Night 113 bonuses have been revealed. Yesterday (July 16), UFC Fight Night 113 took place inside The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. The main card aired live on FOX Sports 1 (FS1), while the prelims were also seen on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass. The main event saw Santiago Ponzinibbio throw leather with […]
  
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• Santiago Ponzinibbio Eyeing Bouts With Neil Magny & Carlos Condit

  17-07-2017 09:18
  
  Santiago Ponzinibbio wants a higher ranked welterweight in his next outing. “Gente Boa” earned a huge knockout victory over Gunnar Nelson yesterday (July 16) inside The SSE Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the headlining bout of UFC Fight Night 113. Ponzinibbio is now on a five-fight winning streak. During the post-fight press conference, Ponzinibbio […]
  
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• UFC Glasgow Scorecard

  17-07-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Sunday’s UFC Glasgow event is in the books, and now that the dust has settled in Scotland, it’s time to go to the scorecard to see who the big winners were at The SSE Hydro.1 – Santiago PonzinibbioIt’s the fight every UFC vet dreams of: a main event against an established star that can take him from being a fighter on the fringe to legit threat in the division. Santiago Ponzinibbio got that fight in Glasgow, and he made the most of it, halting Gunnar Nelson in the first r
  
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• UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio Fantasy Rewind

  17-07-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Santiago Ponzinibbio sent a strong message to the welterweight division that he's gunning for anybody and everybody in the top 10 after he put on a stunning performance with a first-round knockout over Gunnar Nelson in the main event from Scotland on Sunday. According to fantasy players, Ponzinibbio was a huge underdog, with only 16 percent picking him to win, but the Argentina native was clearly undeterred in his resolve to pull off the upset. After a couple exchanges on the feet early, Ponzini
  
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• On the Rise: Long Island Edition

  17-07-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Click here to get tickets to Fight Night Long Island: Weidman vs GastelumThe UFC Octagon makes another transatlantic trip this weekend, returning from Glasgow, Scotland to land at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in Long Island, New York for the third UFC on FOX event of 2017.Saturday night, a host of proud representatives of the Empire State will cross the threshold into the eight-sided proving ground in an arena where guys named Bossy, Trottier, Potvin and Smith became
  
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• Newcomer Kattar to face Fili at UFC 214

  17-07-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  With featherweight contender Dooho Choi sidelined by injury, Andre Fili will now welcome newcomer Calvin Kattar to the Octagon for a UFC 214 bout in Anaheim on July 29.In the UFC 214 main event, which airs live on Pay-Per-View from Honda Center, it’s the long-awaited rematch between UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and former titleholder Jon Jones. Plus, Tyron Woodley defends his welterweight crown against Demian Maia, and a new women’s featherweight champion will be cro
  
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• DWTNCS 2 – Fight by Fight Preview

  17-07-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Following an action-packed debut episode of Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series, the second set of matches are set to unfold on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. Last week saw several very impressive performances that saw two fighters - Kurt Holobaugh and Boston Salmon - leave with victories and contracts to compete in the UFC Octagon. This week's matchups feature a couple familiar names from past seasons of The Ultimate Fighter, including a light heavyweight who is responsible for one of the
  
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• Alvarez and Gaethje to Coach Next Season of The Ultimate Fighter

  17-07-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Las Vegas – For the second time in series history, the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter® will introduce a new weight class and crown a new champion. At the helm, will be two of the sports’ best and most exhilarating athletes when No. 3 lightweight Eddie Alvarez and No. 6 Justin Gaethje assume the coaching responsibilities for The Ultimate Fighter®: A New World Champion.Alvarez and Gaethje will lead 16 flyweight women throughout the season and lead them to a shot at UFC
  
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• Gunnar Nelson: Eye Poke led to Finish at UFC Fight Night 113

  17-07-2017 05:31
  
  Gunnar Nelson isn’t taking anything away from what Santiago Ponzinibbio did to him at UFC Fight Night 113 Sunday. But, Nelson does have an excuse. During the post-fight press conference, Nelson explained that an eye poke that went uncalled helped Ponzinibbio finish him in the first round. “I don’t like to make excuses, but this […]
  
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• Replay: UFC on FOX 25 ‘Road to the Octagon’ Replay Featuring Chris Weidman-Kelvin Gastelum

  17-07-2017 05:25
  
  This coming Saturday night, the UFC will host a “New York vs. the World” event at UFC on FOX 25. In the main event, Chris Weidman takes on former Ultimate Fighter winner Kelvin Gastelum. The card airs on FOX from Long Island in New York. Weidman, a former UFC middleweight champion, is just one of […]
  
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• Paul Felder says loss of father still hasn’t ‘set in’ after Stevie Ray KO

  17-07-2017 05:00
  
  Paul Felder’s father passed away just a week before he began his camp for UFC Fight Night 113.Despite being pitted against one of Scottish MMA’s fan-favorites, Stevie Ray, “The Irish Dragon” scored a first round knockout when he landed a crisp elbow from the Scot’s guard.Speaking after his big win, Felder claimed that his father’s passing had still not “set in” due to the busy schedule he had in the lead-up to the Glasgow event.“I guess this
  
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• UFC on FOX 25: Road to the Octagon video

  17-07-2017 03:00
  
  Watch UFC on FOX 25: Road to the Octagon for FOX's preview of the latest UFC event on July 22, 2017 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. In the main event, former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman squares off against Kelvin Gastelum. UFC featherweights Dennis Bermudez and Darren Elkins will battle in the co-main event.
  
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• Santiago Ponzinibbio wants Carlos Condit or Neil Magny after Nelson KO

  17-07-2017 02:30
  
  Ponzinibbio would like to see UFC host an event in Argentina. Santiago Ponzinibbio scored a huge first round knockout over Gunnar Nelson in the main event of UFC Fight Night 113 on Sunday night in Glasgow.
  Speaking after his big win, the Argentinian claimed that the UFC have a good opportunity to put on an event in his country on the back of his big victory.According to the ATT man, there are a lot of fans in his home country that would love to see UFC host an event in that part of the world.&ld
  
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• Gunnar Nelson says uncalled eye poke led to loss to Santiago Ponzinibbio

  17-07-2017 01:30
  
  Despite suffering an 82-second knockout loss to Santiago Ponzinibbio in the main event of UFC Fight Night 113, Gunnar Nelson still made it to the post-fight press conference in Glasgow.
  And he had a message to deliver: He believes he was the victim of an uncalled eye poke before the huge left and right hands which ended the fight.“I don’t like to make excuses, but this is the truth, how I feel anyway, is I should have stopped the fight when I got poked,” Nelson said. “I s
  
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• Cynthia Calvillo vs. Joanne Calderwood full fight video highlights

  17-07-2017 01:11
  
  Watch Cynthia Calvillo vs. Joanne Calderwood full fight video highlights from UFC Fight Night 113’s co-main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
  UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio took place July 16 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. Strawweight contender Joanne Calderwood (11-3) took on rising prospect Cynthia Calvillo (6-0) in the night's co-main event, which aired live on FOX Sports 1. Catch the video highlights above.
  For more on Calvillo vs. Calderwood, check out the UFC Glas
  
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• Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Gunnar Nelson full fight video highlights

  17-07-2017 00:51
  
  Watch Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Gunnar Nelson full fight video highlights from UFC Fight Night 113’s main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
  UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio took place July 16 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. Rising welterweight contenders Gunnar Nelson (16–3–1) and Santiago Ponzinibbio (25–3) collided in the night's main event, which aired live on FOX Sports 1. Catch the video highlights above.
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• UFC Fight Night 113 bonuses: Santiago Ponzinibbio, Paul Felder take home extra $50,000

  17-07-2017 00:37
  
  When you command the biggest stage of your career and need just a minute and 22 seconds to take care of business, there’s a pretty good chance you’re going home with some bonus money.
  That was the case for Santiago Ponzinibbio, who had his first career UFC main event on Sunday at UFC Fight Night 113. The American Top Team Fighter needed just 82 seconds to knock out Gunnar Nelson in Glasgow, Scotland.
  That was enough to earn him a Performance of the Night bonus, too. Ponzinibbio took
  
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• UFC Fight Night 113 in Tweets: Pros react to Santiago Ponzinibbio’s KO win over Gunnar Nelson, more

  17-07-2017 00:27
  
  The European fighters didn’t have a great night at UFC Fight Night 113.On Sunday, the UFC returned for a second time to Glasgow, Scotland with a UFC Fight Night installment headlined by Iceland’s Gunnar Nelson and Argentina’s Santiago Ponzinibbio. The result of the main event was a surprise to many, as Ponzinibbio — who entered the bout as the underdog — scored a brutal first-round knockout over Nelson. The fight lasted less than 90 seconds.Check out below how the p
  
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• UFC Fight Night 113 Bonuses: Ponzinibbio, Felder, Henry, Teymur Leave Scotland with $50K

  17-07-2017 00:27 via sherdog.com
  
  Immediately following UFC Fight Night 113 at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, the promotion announced its slate of post-event bonuses: “Fight of the Night” honors went to Scotland's own Daniel Henry, who prevailed over David Teymur in an exciting 15-minute decision, while “Performance of the Night” bonuses went to lightweight Paul Felder and headlining welterweight Santiago Ponzinibbio.
  
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• Santiago Ponzinibbio Knocks Out Gunnar Nelson in UFC Fight Night 113 Headliner

  17-07-2017 00:12 via sherdog.com
  
  Santiago Ponzinibbio made a statement in the biggest way possible Sunday, taking just 1:22 to knock out Gunnar Nelson in the first round of a welterweight clash that served as the main event of UFC Fight Night 113 “Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio” at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.
  
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