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• Sergio Pettis was ‘a little scared’ about rumors of UFC flyweight sale

  05-08-2017 23:00
  Sergio Pettis can’t lie. He got a little nervous when reports recently surfaced that the UFC had considered selling its flyweight division wholesale or folding it.
  “I was a little scared about that,”Pettis said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “I like the UFC, I like being a part of it, it’s the best organization in the world. And hearing that obviously was a little scary. I started eating right away and thinking I’m going up to ’35. But yeah m
  
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• Chris Weidman explains 2015 visit to Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov: ‘I have no ties to him’

  05-08-2017 22:00
  Last month, HBO’s Real Sports landed a rare western-media interview with Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya who also runs an MMA gym and promotion in the country. The interview was chilling, to say the least.In it, Kadyrov said he would “condone” violence against homosexuals, who he referred to as “devils” and “subhuman.” Kadyrov scoffed at the widespread reports of kidnapping, torturing and murder of gay men in the region by
  
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• Brandon Moreno Hoping Bout With Sergio Pettis is a Title Eliminator

  05-08-2017 21:40
  Brandon Moreno wants an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) flyweight title shot with a win over Sergio Pettis. Tonight (Aug. 5), Moreno and Pettis will do battle inside the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico. The 125-pound scrap will serve as the main event of UFC Fight Night 114. It’s a pivotal bout with Pettis […]
  
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• Stephan Bonnar becomes the 10th UFC Hall of Famer to go into pro wrestling

  05-08-2017 21:00
  Stephan Bonnar will become a 40-year-old pro wrestling rookie when he faces former UFC fighter Matt Riddle on a show in New York.UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar will be the latest of many to take the path of MMA headliner to pro wrestler when he makes his debut in August.
  Bonnar will be a 40-year-old rookie in his new endeavor, when he debuts in the main event of a show called "High Intensity 6" on Aug. 18 at the NYC Arena in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, N.Y., for the House of Glory wres
  
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• Brandon Moreno hopes to get title shot with win over Sergio Pettis, weighs in on state of the flyweight division

  05-08-2017 20:00
  One of the most chaotic story lines this year in the world of MMA has been the turmoil of the UFC’s flyweight division.
  The 125-pound weight class has been dominated by champion Demetrious Johnson since its introduction, and there really hasn’t been any challengers that have come close to dethroning the champ in the last five years. Despite being arguably the best fighter on the planet, Johnson’s dominance has failed to captivate the interest of fans, as reflected in the rating
  
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• Alexa Grasso Talks Learning From Her First Professional Loss

  05-08-2017 19:52
  Alexa Grasso believes she has learned from her first professional mixed martial arts loss. Grasso suffered her first defeat back in Feb. 2017 against Felice Herrig. She lost the fight by unanimous decision, but it was a close bout. Speaking to MMAFighting.com, she explained how she grew in her development since the loss: “It hurts, […]
  
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• Jack Hermansson is ushering in a new era of ground and pound

  05-08-2017 19:30
  Securing a rear-naked choke is not Jack Hermansson’s go-to when he takes his opponent’s back.One of the best middleweights on the European scene over the last 10 years, the towering Swede’s signing to the UFC was widely celebrated on the continent in 2016, but it wasn’t until his third outing under the banner that we saw a signature stoppage from ‘The Joker’.Inside the first minute of his clash against Alex Nicholson in May, Hermansson took him to the ground.
  
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• Rashad Evans: Camp change, Mexico City booking key to getting out of comfort zone

  05-08-2017 19:00
  Rashad Evans is a long way from Florida.
  In an effort to shake things up and break out of a career-worst three-fight skid, the former UFC light heavyweight champion recently moved his camp from sunny Boca Raton to New Jersey. If that wasn’t enough of a change for Evans, he also fights south of the border for the first time when he takes on Sam Alvey in a middleweight bout at UFC Fight Night 114 in Mexico City on Saturday.
  This wasn’t all part of some grand plan for “Suga,&rdquo
  
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• ONE Championship 58 results: Bibiano Fernandes makes quick work of Andrew Leone

  05-08-2017 18:35
  There’s no stopping Bibiano Fernandes.
  The ONE Championship bantamweight king needed just 1:47 to secure a rear-naked choke submission of Andrew Leone in the main event of the “Kings and Conquerors” show at the Cotai Arena in Macau, China on Saturday.
  Bibiano Fernandes Taps Andrew Leone in 1R, defends ONE ChampionshipBW Title Championship pic.twitter.com/n77pFO1lBA— Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) August 5, 2017
  Fernandes rushed Leone from the opening bell, pressuring him agains
  
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• Alexa Grasso explains tough lessons she learned from first pro loss against Felice Herrig

  05-08-2017 18:00
  Alexa Grasso had some big shoes to fill when she signed with the most prestigious mixed martial arts promotion on the planet.
  The 23-year-old fighter was picked up by the UFC almost year ago. She was, and still is, regarded as one of the most promising female prospects at 115 pounds. Grasso entered the UFC with an unbeaten record of 8-0 that included four wins under the Invicta FC banner, and notable victories over Jodie Esquibel, Ashley Cummins and Deep Jewels champion Mizuki Inoue.Grasso&rsquo
  
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• Bibiano Fernandes Chokes Andrew Leone to Retain One Championship Featherweight Crown

  05-08-2017 17:49 via sherdog.com
  Bibiano Fernandes fought like he had an appointment to keep.
  
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• Fightweets: What’s next for Daniel Cormier?

  05-08-2017 17:00
  The UFC’s back for the final event of a nearly three-month long stretch, UFC Fight Night 114 in Mexico City, before going into sabbatical for a month in order to make room for Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor.
  But as of now, most of you are looking back, to last weekend’s UFC 214, in what that eventful evening means going forward. So let’s get right into another edition of Fightweets.What’s next for Daniel Cormier?
  @hunt5588: What’s DC's best course of action? Ha
  
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• Video: UFC 214 rewind

  05-08-2017 16:00
  MMA Fighting’s E. Casey Leydon takes a look back at a memorable UFC 214 fight week in Anaheim.
  
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• UFC Fight Night 114 predictions

  05-08-2017 15:00
  The UFC returns to Mexico with a solid card packed with tons of Mexican and Latin American talent. UFC Fight Night 114 is being headlined by a pivotal and likely title eliminator bout between top 10 flyweights Sergio Pettis and Brandon Moreno. This card also features an important women’s strawweight bout in Randa Markos vs. Alexa Grasso, the return of unbeaten prospect and TUF: Latin America 3 winner Martin Bravo, and career-defining fight for former UFC champion Rashad Evans – who f
  
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• ONE Championship 58 Results: Fernandes vs. Leone

  05-08-2017 12:46
  MMA Fighting has ONE Championship 58 results for the Kings and Conquerors show at the Cotai Arena in Macau, China on Saturday.
  The card will be headlined by bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes defending his title against Andrew Leone.
  Check out the ONE Championship 58 results below:
  Main card
  Bibiano Fernandes vs. Andrew Leone
  Kairat Akhmetov vs. Adriano Moraes
  Timofey Nastyukhin vs. Koji Ando
  Shannon Wiratchai vs. Rajinder Singh Meena
  Joshua Pacio vs. Hayato Suzuki
  Eric Kelly vs. Kotetsu Bo
  
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• ONE Championship 58 Results

  05-08-2017 12:46
  MMA Fighting has ONE Championship 58 results for the “Kings and Conquerors” show at the Cotai Arena in Macau, China on Saturday.
  In the main event, bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes needed just 1:47 to submit Andrew Leone with a rear-naked choke and record his seventh consecutive successful title defense.
  Preliminary bouts were broadcast on the ONE Championship Facebook page, with the main card airing live via pay-per-view on their official site beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET.We are
  
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• Teixeira vs Cirkunov set for October in Brazil

  05-08-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Glover Teixeira and Misha Cirkunov will make the trip to Sao Paulo this fall, as the pair of light heavyweight contenders square off in a UFC Fight Night bout at Ginasio do Ibirapuera on Oct. 28.The bout airs live on FS1.Currently ranked fourth in the world at 205 pounds, Teixeira has long been among the top fighters in the division, and he has won four of his last six. Fresh from a Fight of the Night battle with Alexander Gustafsson in May, the Brazilian battler will get another tough scrap out
  
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• Sergio Pettis patient and tactical in outlasting Moreno

  05-08-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Sergio Pettis</a> punches <a href='../fighter/brandon-moreno'>Brandon Moreno</a> of Mexico in their flyweight bout during the <a href='../event/UFC-Silva-vs-Irvin'>UFC Fight Night </a>event at Arena Ciudad de Mexico on August 5, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)" align="center" />PETTIS vs MORENOIn a clash of 23-year-old flyweight contenders, Sergio Pettis survived an early scare against Brandon Moreno to pound out a five-round unanim
  
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• Price, Bandenay Thrill In Mexico City Main Card

  05-08-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
   GRASSO vs MARKOSAlexa Grasso</a> of Mexico punches <a href='../fighter/Randa-Markos'>Randa Markos</a> of Iraq in their women's strawweight bout during the <a href='../event/UFC-Silva-vs-Irvin'>UFC Fight Night </a>event at Arena Ciudad de Mexico on August 5, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)" align="center" />Mexico’s Alexa Grasso thrilled her fans at Arena Ciudad de Mexico Saturday night, winning a razor-thin three-round s
  
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• Mexico City witnesses fastest undercard in UFC history

  05-08-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  HERMANSSON vs SCOTTSecond, first-round finish in a row for @JackTheJokerMMA! #UFCMexico pic.twitter.com/avD5c4KmV3— UFC (@ufc) August 6, 2017European middleweights clashed in the Octagon at Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City Saturday night, with Norway’s Jack Hermansson scoring a first-round stoppage of England’s Brad Scott that earned “The Joker” his second consecutive knockout win.Looking to implement his ground game, Hermansson got his wish with a takedown in
  
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• UFC Fight Night 114 ‘Pettis vs. Moreno’ Play-by-Play, Results & Round-by-Round Scoring

  05-08-2017 06:45 via sherdog.com
  Sherdog.com's live coverage of UFC Fight Night 114 “Pettis vs. Moreno” kicks off Saturday at 7 p.m. ET from the Mexico City Arena in Mexico City.
  
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• Kevin Aguilar Improves to 13-1, Retains Featherweight Championship in LFA 18 Headliner

  05-08-2017 06:22 via sherdog.com
  It might not be long before Kevin Aguilar flies the Legacy Fighting Alliance coop.
  
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• UFC Fight Night 114 results: Pettis vs. Moreno

  05-08-2017 06:00
  MMA Fighting has UFC Fight Night 114 results for the Pettis vs. Moreno fight card Saturday night at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.
  In the main event, Sergio Pettis squares off against Brandon Moreno in a key flyweight contest.
  Check out the UFC Fight Night 114 results below.
  Main card (FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET)
  Sergio Pettis vs. Brandon Moreno
  Randa Markos vs. Alexa Grasso
  Alan Jouban vs. Niko Price
  Martin Bravo vs. Humberto Bandenay
  Sam Alvey vs. Rashad Evans
  Alejandro Per
  
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• ONE interim champ Adriano Moraes extra motivated for title unification bout

  05-08-2017 03:00
  Adriano Moraes and Kairat Akhmetov will meet again inside the ONE Championship cage at Saturday's event in Macau, China, and a lot has changed almost two years after their first fight.
  The flyweight talents collided for the first time in Nov. 2015, when Akhmetov improved to 23-0 with a controversial split decision victory against the Brazilian to win the 125-pound belt.
  Akhmetov hasn’t fought since that night, opening space for Moraes to add a pair of submission victories to his record and
  
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• Report: Mamed Khalidov Offered UFC Bout With Lyoto Machida

  05-08-2017 01:04
  Mamed Khalidov may be on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) roster, but it’s still far from a done deal. Khalidov has long been regarded as one of the best mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters to never compete under the UFC banner. He is renowned for his stand-up abilities and his ground game in Russia. He […]
  
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• UFC’s Marc Ratner: Lack of unification in rules has ‘made a mockery’ of MMA

  05-08-2017 01:00
  Outside of well-deserved ridicule on broadcasts, the UFC has remained mostly silent on the newly splintered nature of MMA’s ruleset, which began Jan. 1. Until now.
  UFC senior vice president of regulatory affairs Marc Ratner gave an impassioned speech focusing on reconciliation and unification last week at the Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) Conference at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. For the first time, a UFC official commented publicly on just how frustrating it
  
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• Marc Diakiese hoping for rematch with Drakkar Klose, eyeing December return

  05-08-2017 00:30
  Ever since he returned to England after suffering his first career defeat at the hands of Drakkar Klose, Marc Diakiese has continued to hone his skills in London with Brad Pickett’s Titan Mixed Martial Arts team as well as London Shootfighters.A resident of Doncaster, Diakiese makes the 2 1/2-hour drive to London once a week, where he stays for three days, before returning to home.“I’ve been working with the likes of Jimmy Wallhead and Michael Page,” Diakiese told MMAFigh
  
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