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• Daniel Cormier on Jon Jones: He Never Needed to do Anything Wrong

  28-08-2017 23:59
  Daniel Cormier continues to be asked about Jon Jones’ failed UFC 214 drug test. Last month, Cormier defended the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight title against Jones. The action took place inside the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Jones won the bout via third-round knockout. Shortly after, it was revealed that Jones was flagged […]
  
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• Floyd Mayweather Insists he Will Not Fight Again After Defeating McGregor

  28-08-2017 23:30
  Floyd Mayweather claims he is truly done with his boxing career. After defeating Conor McGregor this past Saturday night (Aug. 26), Mayweather said he was done fighting. It isn’t the first time “Money” has announced his retirement. After his bouts with Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton, Mayweather claimed he was done. He also […]
  
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• Showtime hit with class action lawsuit for Mayweather vs. McGregor streaming issues

  28-08-2017 23:22
  Mayweather vs. McGregor is over, but Showtime is about to be involved in another fight.
  A fan is suing the cable company and pay-per-view distributor because he was unable to watch the boxing match Saturday night on Showtime’s app due to streaming issues, according to the U.S. District Court in Oregon’s official documents. The Hollywood Reporter was the first to report the news.The class action allegation complaint, which was filed on the behalf of Zack Bartel, states that Bartel pur
  
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• Daniel Cormier says he ‘felt sick’ after learning of Jon Jones testing failure, saddened by situation

  28-08-2017 23:10
  Just as Daniel Cormier thought the Jon Jones chapter of his career was coming to a close, he found himself sucked back into the nightmare last week. In the midst of Mayweather vs. McGregor mania, news broke that Jones tested positive for the anabolic steroid Turinabol in a pre-fight drug screening administered the day before Cormier suffered a dramatic defeat at the hands of Jones at UFC 214.
  “It takes time to get through something like [UFC 214],” Cormier said Monday, speaking publi
  
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• Fernando Gonzalez Admits Weight Issues Hold Him Back From Title Shot

  28-08-2017 23:01
  Fernando Gonzalez believes he can make a run at championship gold, but there’s an issue that must be solved first. Gonzalez is coming off a third-round submission victory over Brennan Ward. “The Menifee Maniac” has now won two straight bouts. He’s gone 7-1 in his last eight outings. The bout was going to be contested […]
  
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• Talita Oliveira Replaces Injured Germaine de Randamie, Faces Marion Reneau at UFC Fight Night 115

  28-08-2017 22:36 via sherdog.com
  Marion Reneau will now face once-defeated Brazilian Talita de Oliveira Bernardo in a bantamweight bout at UFC Fight Night 115.
  
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• Talita Oliveira Replaces Germaine de Randamie, Faces Marion Reneau at UFC Fight Night 115

  28-08-2017 22:36 via sherdog.com
  Marion Reneau will now face once-defeated Brazilian Talita de Oliveira Bernardo in a bantamweight bout at UFC Fight Night 115.
  
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• Full Card Salaries For Mayweather vs. McGregor Revealed

  28-08-2017 22:05
  Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor has wrapped up and the full card salaries are now known to the public. Mayweather easily walked away as the top earner with $100 million. McGregor earned $30 million. The rest of the boxers on the card failed to hit the million mark in disclosed pay. Gervonta Davis nabbed $600,000 […]
  
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• Oscar De La Hoya Says Mayweather Allowed McGregor to Win Rounds

  28-08-2017 21:46
  Oscar De La Hoya won’t let go of the fact that Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor took place. This past Saturday night (Aug. 26), McGregor took on Mayweather in a “Money Fight” inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. De La Hoya has strongly opposed the bout, mainly because he’s been promoting a big […]
  
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• Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor full fight card salaries

  28-08-2017 21:33
  Conor McGregor may not have been fighting in a cage on Saturday night, but he still earned more in one night than any UFC fighter in history. The reigning UFC lightweight champion pocketed a disclosed purse of $30 million for his blockbuster boxing match against Floyd Mayweather, according to the event’s finalized salary information released by the Nevada Athletic Commission to MMA Fighting.
  Making his professional boxing debut, McGregor suffered a 10th round TKO loss to Mayweather in the
  
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• UFC Mainstays Clay Guida, Joe Lauzon To Finally Square Off at UFC Fight Night 120 in Virginia

  28-08-2017 21:11 via sherdog.com
  It is hard to fathom given their lengthy tenures in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, but Clay Guida and Joe Lauzon have never squared off. That's due to change.
  
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• UFC’s Derrick Lewis aids people affected by Hurricane Harvey in Houston

  28-08-2017 21:00
  Derrick Lewis is lending a hand to his fellow Houston residents.In wake of the devastation that Hurricane Harvey has brought to Texas in the past few days, the UFC heavyweight has gone out of his way to help people in need. On Monday, the 32-year-old Lewis posted a couple of videos on his Twitter account, showing a glimpse of the devastation in his area as well as the help he’s been able to offer.Lewis is currenty scheduled to fight former champion Fabricio Werdum on Oct. 7 at UFC 216, whi
  
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• Oscar De La Hoya: Conor McGregor won rounds against Floyd Mayweather, because Mayweather let him

  28-08-2017 19:59
  Conor McGregor won three rounds against Floyd Mayweather on the scorecard of one judge Saturday night in Las Vegas. Two other judges had him winning the first round.Many felt that was a moral victory for McGregor and for MMA, taking at least a round or a few against one of the best boxers of all time.
  Oscar De La Hoya isn’t quite as sure. The boxing legend and Golden Boy Promotions head told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour that he believes Mayweather allowed McGrego
  
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• ‘Shoeface’-Marshman, Colombo-Felipe Bouts Land in Sao Paulo for UFC Fight Night 119

  28-08-2017 19:54 via sherdog.com
  On Monday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced a pair of bouts for UFC Fight Night 119: “Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3” winner Antonio Carlos Junior will take on Sweden's Jack Hermansson in a middleweight contest, while Denmark's Christian Colombo faces unbeaten Brazilian heavyweight “Boi” Carlos Felipe.
  
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• ‘Shoeface’-Marshman, Colombo-Felipe Bouts Added to UFC Fight Night 119 in Sao Paulo

  28-08-2017 19:54 via sherdog.com
  On Monday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced a pair of bouts for UFC Fight Night 119: “Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3” winner Antonio Carlos Junior will take on Sweden's Jack Hermansson in a middleweight contest, while Denmark's Christian Colombo faces unbeaten Brazilian heavyweight “Boi” Carlos Felipe.
  
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• Mike Santiago in For Nick Hein Versus Zabit Magomedsharipov at UFC Fight Night 115 in Rotterdam

  28-08-2017 18:07 via sherdog.com
  Mike Santiago will make his official UFC debut at UFC Fight Night 115 on Sept. 2 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, taking on once-beaten Russian Zabit Magomedsharipov in a featherweight contest. Magomedsharipov was scheduled to take on Germany's Nick Hein, who withdrew last week due to an undisclosed training injury.
  
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• Lightweight veterans Joe Lauzon and Clay Guida set to clash at UFC Fight Night 120

  28-08-2017 18:00
  Two of the UFC’s longest tenured lightweights will finally share the Octagon.
  On Monday, the promotion announced that Joe Lauzon and Clay Guida are booked to fight at UFC Fight Night 120 at the Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Va. on Nov. 11.
  This meeting features a pair of MMA lifers with a combined 90 professional bouts between them, including 24 apiece in the UFC. Lauzon is 14-10 as a UFC lightweight, while Guida is 13-11 in the promotion splitting time between the 155-pound
  
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• Mayweather Was Saved From McGregor by Referee Says Skip Bayless

  28-08-2017 17:05
  Many who watched the Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor bout on Saturday night would agree that the Irishman had little left to give Not everyone. however. FOX Sports’ Skip Bayless, who is best known as the co-host of “Skip and Shannon: Undisputed” on FS1, has claimed that Floyd Mayweather Jr. was saved from Conor McGregor […]
  
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• Dublin stood still for Mayweather vs. McGregor

  28-08-2017 17:00
  DUBLIN — On the way into Dublin on Saturday night, it was obvious that Floyd Mayweather versus Conor McGregor had completely saturated the city’s attention.“Every person that’s been in this car today has been talking about the fight. I might stop working for an hour so I can watch it,” a taxi man tells me, eyes pinned on the road.A few minutes later, he underlined that lack of understanding a lot of people seemed to have regarding the fight.“Everybody keeps sa
  
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• Irish Lads Snuck Into Seats Worth $240,000 at Mayweather vs McGregor

  28-08-2017 16:56
  Three Irish guys managed to sneak past security into premium seats going at $80,000 each to watch Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas The incredible story was shared to Irish website Joe.ie by one of the group, Brían Grace, who managed to pull off a superb feat: “I was caught in the toilets […]
  
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• Coach Kavanagh Writes “We’ll be Back” Following Mayweather Loss

  28-08-2017 16:31
  SBG Ireland’s John Kavanagh believes that Conor McGregor and his team are not taking the loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday night McGregor managed to prove a certain faction of his critics wrong by not just landing a respectable amount of shots on Mayweather, but taking the legendary boxer into the 10th round. The […]
  
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• Bellator 182 Highlights: Andrey Koreshkov, Fernando Gonzalez Finishes

  28-08-2017 16:28
  The headlines around MMA – and sports in general – were dominated by Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor this past weekend. But Bellator did return last Friday night with Bellator 182 from the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York. The card aired live on Spike. In the main event, Andrey Koreshkov proved […]
  
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• Lineup Set for UFC’s Return to PPV Next Month in Edmonton

  28-08-2017 16:14
  Officials have set out the lineup for next month’s UFC 215 pay-per-view event. The card takes place inside Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on September 9 and features Demetrious Johnson defending his flyweight title against Ray Borg and Amanda Nunes putting her bantamweight belt on the line vs. Valentina Shevchenko. The fight is extra […]
  
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• ‘Contender Series’ Winner Mike Santiago Signs Short-Notice Fight

  28-08-2017 16:08
  Mike Santiago, who earned his contract with the UFC last week after a win on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, will jump right into the fire. Santiago has signed as a replacement for Nick Hein and will meet Zabit Magomedsharipov this Saturday at UFC Fight Night 120 from the Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands. […]
  
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• Replay: Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor Airs Saturday on Showtime

  28-08-2017 16:04
  If you didn’t want to fork over $100, and couldn’t find a place to stream or watch it, a replay of this past Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor fight is set. Showtime, which put on the pay-per-view from Las Vegas and the T-Mobile Arena, will re-air the “Money Fight” this Saturday night at 9 […]
  
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• UFC Fight Night 120: Norfolk Secures Veterans Joe Lauzon, Clay Guida

  28-08-2017 16:02
  A bout between two fan favorites is set for UFC Fight Night 120, as Joe Lauzon takes on Clay Guida. Lauzon, a 15-time “Fight Night” bonus winner, is looking for his second win this year. In January, he earned a split decision over Marcin Held before falling to Stevie Ray via majority decision in April. […]
  
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• Conor McGregor Played Hurt to Get Fight Stopped – Paulie Malignaggi

  28-08-2017 15:12
  According to Paulie Malignaggi, Conor McGregor had to make out that he had taken more punishment than he had in order to get his fight with Floyd Mayweather stopped McGregor was clearly exhausted going into the 10th round against Mayweather at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night. Having started the bout well, the UFC lightweight champion […]
  
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• What Conor McGregor accomplished Saturday was awesome (even if some refuse to see it)

  28-08-2017 15:00
  Now that it’s all said and done and we have a moment to reflect on whatever the hell it was that happened, a couple of things seem clear. For starters, Conor McGregor was never going to win on the scorecards in a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather. Not in Nevada, anyway. Most who watched Saturday’s extortionate mega-bout were astonished by McGregor’s fast start and adaptability, scoring the first three rounds in his favor. However, this didn’t extend to the gavels of reco
  
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• The MMA Hour with Chris Eubank, Daniel Cormier, Max Holloway, Holly Holm, Chael Sonnen, Oscar De La Hoya, Joe Cortez, Paulie Malignaggi, Esther Lin

  28-08-2017 14:00
  The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1 p.m. ET -- We'll recap all things Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor.
  1:15 p.m. -- Boxing legend turned promoter Oscar De La Hoya will stop by to talk Mayweather-McGregor and GGG-Canelo.
  1:25 p.m. -- British boxing legend Chris Eubank will give his thoughts on Floyd Mayweather's win over Conor McGregor.
  1:45 p.m. -- Holly Holm will weigh in on the Mayweather-McGregor fight and update us on what's next for her.
  2:05 p.m. -
  
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• The MMA Hour with Chris Eubank, Daniel Cormier, Max Holloway, Holly Holm, Chael Sonnen, Joe Cortez, Paulie Malignaggi, Esther Lin

  28-08-2017 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 all things Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor.
  1:25 p.m. -- British boxing legend Chris Eubank will give his thoughts on Floyd Mayweather's win over Conor McGregor.
  1:45 p.m. -- Holly Holm will weigh in on the Mayweather-McGregor fight and update us on what's next for her.
  2:05 p.m. -- Chael Sonnen will discuss working as analyst for ESPN for Mayweather-McGregor.
  2:25 p.m. -- Daniel Cormier will
  
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• Morning Report: Snoop Dogg trashes Conor McGregor in profane tirade

  28-08-2017 14:00
  UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor boxed Floyd Mayweather, Jr. on Saturday night in what will likely be the most lucrative fight of all time. Mayweather stopped him in the 10th round, ahead on all scorecards, but in the aftermath, many were complimentary of McGregor’s showing, including former foes and several boxing personalities who gave him little chance beforehand.
  But not everyone was as impressed with McGregor.Rap icon Snoop Dogg, who also moonlights as a commentator on the alte
  
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• Call For Snoop Dogg to be Fired From the UFC For McGregor Video

  28-08-2017 13:59
  When a profanity laden video emerged over the weekend of rapper and UFC commentator Snoop Dogg tearing into Conor McGregor, some were not impressed What Snoop Dogg may lack in MMA knowledge would be clearly made up for in his star power and amusing analysis of bouts, or so it was sold to fans. It […]
  
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• Mayweather Sr. Slams a “Pathetic” Conor McGregor Performance

  28-08-2017 13:28
  Floyd Mayweather Sr. was far from impressed with the level of competition Conor McGregor brought into the ring against his son on Saturday night Mayweather Sr. and McGregor did engage in a few exchanges of their own prior to the “Money Fight”. Following the first press conference for Mayweather and McGregor in Los Angeles, a […]
  
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• On the Rise: Rotterdam Edition

  28-08-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Hey – nice to see you again!After what has been the longest stretch in recent memory without a UFC event, the action returns to the Octagon this Saturday in Rotterdam, Netherlands with a 12-fight card that airs live and early on UFC FIGHT PASS, allowing UFC fans to kick off the Labor Day weekend in style.Headlined by heavyweight giants Alexander Volkov and Stefan Struve, this weekend’s card is flush with fighters looking to make an immediate impression as they step into the UFC cage
  
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• Lauzon meets Guida in November FOTY candidate

  28-08-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  With 13 combined Fight of the Night awards, lightweight veterans Joe Lauzon and Clay Guida have earned their stripes as two of the UFC's all-time leading action heroes. On Nov. 11, the two will finally meet in the Octagon for a UFC Fight Night bout that will undoubtedly thrill fans in Norfolk, Virginia.The event will air live on FS1 from the Ted Constant Convocation Center.Winner of five of his last nine, Lauzon has added three more post-fight bonuses to his record total of 15, and he will be gu
  
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• Derrick Lewis Goes Hands-On To Help Houston Flood Victims

  28-08-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
   A post shared by Derrick Lewis (@thebeastufc) on Aug 28, 2017 at 2:31pm PDTAs Derrick Lewis finally settled in after a long day Monday, he had to admit he was tired, but not from preparing for his UFC 216 bout with Fabricio Werdum. Instead, the heavyweight contender was in his truck and out on the road in his hometown of Houston, rescuing troubled neighbors who got hit hard by Hurricane Harvey.“I didn’t like what I heard on the news,” Lewis said. “They said the poli
  
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• Dawson finally able to pursue dream job

  28-08-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Last week was a good one for Grant Dawson. Just days removed from an Aug. 15 win over Adrian Diaz that pushed his pro MMA record to 12-1 and earned him a UFC contract, the Missouri featherweight got to do something most never do.He got to quit his old gig in order to start his dream job.“It’s unreal,” Dawson said before leaving his job as a dishwasher in a nursing home. “And the thing about it is that 90 percent of the world, maybe more, don’t get to do that. And ma
  
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• Contender Series: Week 8 Fight by Fight Preview

  28-08-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  The first season of Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series will come to a close this week, with five more matchups featuring the top prospects in mixed martial arts. A ton of new talent has been discovered on the show thus far, and two more UFC contracts were handed out last week, as Joby Sanchez made his return to the UFC after picking up his second win on the DWTNCS, while Benito Lopez also got the call up to the big show after putting on one of the most thrilling fights of the season. Th
  
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• Kevin Lee Sees His Bout With Ferguson as ‘Real’ Lightweight Title Fight

  28-08-2017 06:25
  Kevin Lee is looking at his interim Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title bout against Tony Ferguson as the real deal. On Oct. 7, Lee and Ferguson will do battle for the interim gold inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout will be featured on the UFC 216 card. During a recent […]
  
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• Shooto Brazil 74 results: Rodolfo Vieira, Bruno Malfacine score finishes in Rio de Janeiro

  28-08-2017 05:20
  RIO DE JANEIRO — Jiu-jitsu stars Rodolfo Vieira and Bruno Malfacine were two of the biggest names on the Shooto Brazil 74 card Sunday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and scored submission victories. Vieira had to dig deep for his win, though.
  Vieira, a four-time jiu-jitsu world champion as a black belt, took on late-replacement Fagner Rackchal in the co-main event. Rackchal, who entered the bout with a 2-3 professional record against the 1-0 light heavyweight prospect, started to taunt an
  
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• Kevin Lee considers interim title fight with Tony Ferguson to be for the ‘real lightweight championship’

  28-08-2017 03:00
  Interim or not, Kevin Lee is ready to be recognized as the No. 1 fighter at 155 pounds.
  Lee is scheduled to fight Tony Ferguson at UFC 216 on Oct. 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., with the winner walking away as the interim lightweight champion. Undisputed titleholder Conor McGregor has been absent from the Octagon since last November as he took time off to tend to the birth of his first child and pursue a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather.
  During Monday’s appearance on The MMA
  
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• Nurmagomedov Calls For Bout With McGregor in December

  28-08-2017 01:03
  Khabib Nurmagomedov is eyeing a December showdown with Conor McGregor. McGregor is coming off a 10th round TKO loss to Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match. It was the first boxing bout in the fighting career of “Notorious.” Many expect him to be back inside the Octagon to defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight […]
  
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