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• UFC 215 live stream online

  09-09-2017 23:00
  Watch UFC 215 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the pay-per-view card at 10 p.m. ET.
  The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows:
  Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
  Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko
  Neil Magny vs. Rafael dos Anjos
  Ilir Latifi vs. Tyson Pedro
  Jeremy Stephens vs. Gilbert Melendez
  Henry Cejudo vs. Wilson Reis
  UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will try to retain her title in a rematch against Valentina Shevchenko in the main event. Neil Magny will square off
  
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• With UFC 215 bout canceled, Francis Ngannou targets title shot: ‘They can give me Stipe right now’

  09-09-2017 22:00
  Francis Ngannou recently saw the most high-profile fight of his career snatched out from under him.
  But rather than take a step back, “The Predator” is on the hunt for an even bigger catch.
  The 31-year-old heavyweight appeared on The MMA Hour on Monday to talk about his bout with Junior dos Santos that was supposed to take place at UFC 215 this Saturday in Edmonton, Alberta, only for it to be canceled when dos Santos was flagged for a USADA violation on Aug. 18. Officials were unable
  
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• Wilson Reis Explains Why He’s Wanted to Fight Cejudo For Years

  09-09-2017 21:42
  Wilson Reis is excited to finally get a bout with Henry Cejudo. Tonight (Sept. 9), Reis and Cejudo will do battle inside the Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. The flyweight clash is set to be on the main card of UFC 215. Cejudo is the second ranked flyweight, while Reis holds the fifth spot. Speaking to […]
  
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• Amanda Nunes vs. Sheila Gaff full fight video

  09-09-2017 21:00
  Back at UFC 163 on Aug. 3, 2013, current women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes made her UFC debut by taking on Sheila Gaff in the preliminary portion of the card. That night in Brazil, Nunes made quick work of Gaff by stopping her with ground-and-pound in the first round of their contest.
  Now, four years later, Nunes is getting ready to complete her first title defense in a rematch against Valentina Shevchenko. The two bantamweights are set to meet in the co-main event of UFC 215, whi
  
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• Rafael dos Anjos doesn’t think Conor McGregor will defend his UFC belt anytime soon

  09-09-2017 20:00
  Rafael dos Anjos is no longer fighting at lightweight, but is still interested in fighting Conor McGregor.
  dos Anjos and “The Notorious” were booked to meet at UFC 196 in March 2016, back when the Brazilian held the UFC lightweight championship and McGregor was looking to make history after winning the featherweight gold. A broken foot forced the Brazilian out of the event, and Nate Diaz stepped in.
  McGregor became a bigger star despite losing to Diaz that night. dos Anjos is now fig
  
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• Nina Ansaroff Says Amanda Nunes Trained Harder to Shut Critics up

  09-09-2017 19:58
  Amanda Nunes’ girlfriend feels confident that the women’s bantamweight champion will silence the doubters. Tonight (Sept. 9), Nunes will defend her 135-pound gold against Valentina Shevchenko. The two were set to do battle back in June. “The Lioness” pulled out due to complications from sinusitis. This drew criticism from fans because Nunes weighed in the […]
  
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• Daniel Kelly to Face Elias Theodoreau at UFC Sydney

  09-09-2017 19:56
  UFC Sydney has an Ultimate Fighter: Nations reunion in store for fans. The event, which takes place November 8 at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, will see Daniel Kelly face TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia winner Elias Theodoreau. The promotion confirmed the pairing earlier this week, adding it to their official website. Kelly […]
  
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• Perfecting Athletes Releases Statement on Ray Borg

  09-09-2017 19:38
  The UFC 215 fallout continues after the loss of the card’s main event flyweight title fight between Demetrious Johnson and Ray Borg. “Mighty Mouse” lost his shot to make history (for now) by breaking the UFC’s title defense record when Borg was forced off the show due to illness. Following Borg’s withdrawl, Perfecting Athletes’ Michelle […]
  
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• Bellator’s Bobby Lashley Offered December Bout, Wants Fedor or Title Shot

  09-09-2017 19:17
  Bobby Lashley has been noticeably absent from the MMA world of late, pursuing his other career in professional wrestling. That said, Lashley, who has amassed a respectable 15–2 career in MMA, and is on an eight fight win streak, isn’t done with the sport just yet. Speaking to Fight Network’s John Pollock on The MMA […]
  
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• Wilson Reis wanted to fight Henry Cejudo for years

  09-09-2017 19:00
  When the UFC called Wilson Reis with an offer to face Henry Cejudo at UFC 215, there’s no way he would refuse it.
  Cejudo signed with the UFC in 2014 and needed four wins to earn a shot at flyweight kingpin Demetrious Johnson, and almost fought Reis in his run to the top. Cejudo’s last UFC win was against Jussier Formiga, who had just defeated Reis via unanimous decision in Brazil.
  "I was really happy when they offered me this fight,” Reis told MMA Fighting of Saturday night&rsq
  
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• Kajan Johnson Says Spot on UFC 215 Card Related to His Desire to Unionize

  09-09-2017 18:39
  Kajan Johnson believes his placement on the UFC 215 card was planned. Johnson will take on Adriano Martins tonight (Sept. 9) inside the Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. It’ll be the first fight on the entire card. Johnson believes that playing the role of curtain jerker was done with intent. He explained why to MMAFighting.com: “When […]
  
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• UFC 215: Holm Backs Shevchenko to Shine Against Nunes

  09-09-2017 17:34
  The former women’s bantamweight champion and losing opponent of Valentina Shevchenko is predicting a new champion to be crowned on Saturday night Amanda Nunes will face Shevchenko for the second time, having won their first contest at UFC 196 last year. Despite Nunes possessing a comprehensive skill set, Holm believes Shevchenko is technically superior: “I think […]
  
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• UFC 215 main event breakdown: Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko 2

  09-09-2017 17:00
  Rematch of roller-coaster 2016 bout will determine division’s best Saturday night. Later this year, in the conclusion of this season’s The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC will crown its first women’s flyweight champion. The organization’s best 125-pound fighter though, is currently hanging out a division above her natural weight, and at Saturday’s UFC 215, may just emerge with the bantamweight belt.
  To do that, Valentina Shevchenko will have to conquer the formidable Aman
  
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• UFC 215 Embedded: Finding Their Happy Places Outside the Octagon

  09-09-2017 16:38
  Valentina Shevchenko takes part in an outdoor photo shoot that leaves her gaining confidence, while UFC female bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes enjoys playing a video game in the fourth installment of UFC 215: Embedded. Also featured are highlights from open workouts, Donald Cerrone and Cain Velasquez showing NHL players around, and the intensity of weigh-in […]
  
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• Thiago Alves Will ‘Stay With Family’ While Hurricane Irma hits Florida

  09-09-2017 16:00
  Thiago Alves has a fight scheduled next Saturday night in Pittsburgh at UFC Fight Night 116 against Mike Perry. But Alves isn’t leaving his Florida-based home early to get to the event despite Hurricane Irma bearing down. “(The hurricane) is going west, so things are getting better,” Alves told MMA Fighting. “I’ll stay with family […]
  
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• Kajan Johnson thinks placement in UFC 215 opener no accident

  09-09-2017 16:00
  EDMONTON, Alberta -- Kajan Johnson doesn’t think it’s an accident he’s in the Fight Pass opening bout on Saturday night at UFC 215.
  The Vancouver lightweight is one of the few Western Canadians on the card. He has a level of visibility from his stint on The Ultimate Fighter Nations, is on a two-fight win streak, and earned Fight of the Night for his only UFC loss.
  Yet Johnson will jerk the curtain at Rogers Place against Brazilian veteran Adriano Martins, and he’s convinc
  
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• UFC 215 Embedded, Episode 4: ‘My power is bigger’

  09-09-2017 15:30
  In the fourth episode of UFC 215 Embedded, Valentina Shevchenko checks out her magazine shoot and gets ready for UFC 215, while Amanda Nunes plays FIFA, trains and weighs in for Saturday’s event.
  
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• UFC 215 start time, TV schedule for Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko 2

  09-09-2017 15:00
  The UFC 215 start time, TV schedule for the Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko event at the Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta on Saturday night. The fight card is broken into three different parts, each airing on three different mediums. This post will help explain which fights are airing where and at which times.
  The main card airs on pay-per-view beginning at 10 p.m. ET. It is listed as follows:
  Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko
  Neil Magny vs. Rafael dos Anjos
  Ilir Latifi vs. Tyson Pedr
  
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• UFC 215 predictions

  09-09-2017 14:00
  Once again, a UFC event has taken a major hit.Flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson will no longer be attempting to break the record for the most consecutive UFC title defenses at UFC 215. Due to illness, Johnson’s opponent, Ray Borg, has been forced to withdraw from the card. Now, the co-main event between UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes and top contender Valentina Shevchenko will serve as the headlining bout of the pay-per-view.Although this card wasn’t very fl
  
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• Free Fight: Luke Rockhold Finishes Former Champion Lyoto Machida

  09-09-2017 14:00
  Luke Rockhold served notice in the UFC’s middleweight division back in 2015 when he submitted Lyoto Machida. Rockhold would go on to face Chris Weidman for the title, winning it with a fourth round TKO victory in 2015. Later this month, Rockhold – also an ex-Strikeforce champion – returns to action at UFC Fight Night […]
  
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• UFC Fight Night 118: Poland Books Brian Kelleher-Damian Stasiak

  09-09-2017 07:23
  Bantamweights Brian Kelleher and Damian Stasiak have agreed to square off at UFC Fight Night 118 this year. Kelleher (17-8) earned a victory over Iuri Alcantara in his debut in Brazil this past June, scoring a submission. He tried to make it 2-for-2 vs. Marlon Vera, but was submitted in the first round. Stasiak (10-4) […]
  
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• Victorious at UFC 215, Bhullar Said He's Coming and Bringing India With Him

  09-09-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  HUGE right hand by @TheOne_ASB drops Henrique, then follows it up with the big takedown! #UFC215 pic.twitter.com/5dMaMtZctF— #UFC215 (@ufc) September 9, 2017Expectations and anticipation built to the roof of Rogers Place in Edmonton by the time Arjan Singh Bhullar made his first walk to the Octagon in the featured bout of the UFC FIGHT PASS prelims as part of UFC 215. And the first Sikh and Indo-Canadian fighter in UFC history delivered. Bhullar landed a few big bombs and a big slam before
  
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• UFC 215: Nunes vs Shevchenko 2 live results

  09-09-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Who were the winners at UFC 215: Nunes vs Shevchenko 2 live results? Click below to get the results for all the fights at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Canada on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017.br />Nunes vs Shevchenko | Magny vs Dos Anjos | Cejudo vs Reis | Latifi vs Pedro | Stephens vs Melendez | McMann vs Vieira | Moras vs Evans-Smith | Tucker vs Glenn | Clarke vs White | Henrique vs Singh Bhullar | Johnson vs Martins |UFC 215: Nunes vs Shevchenko 2 main cardAction starts at 10 pm ETMain event: Amanda
  
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• UFC 215: Nunes vs Shevchenko 2 final results

  09-09-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Who were the winners at UFC 215: Nunes vs Shevchenko 2 live results? Click below to get the results for all the fights at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Canada on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017.br />Nunes vs Shevchenko | Magny vs Dos Anjos | Cejudo vs Reis | Latifi vs Pedro | Stephens vs Melendez | McMann vs Vieira | Moras vs Evans-Smith | Tucker vs Glenn | Clarke vs White | Henrique vs Singh Bhullar | Johnson vs Martins |UFC 215: Nunes vs Shevchenko 2 main cardMain event: Amanda Nunes def. Valentina She
  
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• Moras, White and Glenn Thrill In UFC 215 Prelims

  09-09-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  VIEIRA vs McMANNKetlen Vieira of Brazil attempts to submit Sara McMann in their women's bantamweight bout during the UFC 215 event inside the Rogers Place on September 9, 2017 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)" align="center" />Unbeaten rising bantamweight star Ketlen Vieira scored the biggest win of her career in UFC 215 prelim action, as she submitted Sara McMann in the second round at Rogers Place in Edmonton.Not surprisingly, McMann put Vieira (9-0) on the de
  
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• Dos Anjos, Cejudo Wow Edmonton Leading Up To Main Event

  09-09-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  DOS ANJOS vs MAGNY"I'm coming for that welterweight belt." @RdosAnjosMMA #UFC215 pic.twitter.com/cTCeTrA7Cc— #UFC215 (@ufc) September 10, 2017The second UFC fight at welterweight for former 155-pound world champion Rafael Dos Anjos was even more impressive than the first, as he submitted fellow contender Neil Magny in less than four minutes in the UFC 215 co-main event at Rogers Place in Edmonton.“I’m coming for that belt,” said Dos Anjos, who debuted in the division in J
  
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• Amanda Nunes Patient, Tactical In Second Successful Defense Of Belt

  09-09-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  It was close and competitive for 25 minutes, but as the UFC 215 main event between Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko ended with a Nunes victory by five-round split decision at Rogers Place in Edmonton, it’s clear that with a trio of consecutive victories over Miesha Tate, Ronda Rousey and Shevchenko that the Brazilian may be settling in for a long reign at the top.Scores were 48-47 twice and 47-48 for Nunes, who successfully defended her 135-pound crown for the second time as she repea
  
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• Legacy Fighting Alliance 22 Results, Highlights: Markus Perez Wins Championship

  09-09-2017 06:59
  Markus Perez scored a first round submission over Ian Heinisch in the main event of Legacy Fighting Alliance 22 Friday night, winning the middleweight title. The battle of unbeatens highlighted the AXS TV card from the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. However, Perez made quick work of the Colorado native Heinisch, locking in an […]
  
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• Markus Perez Submits Ian Heinisch; ’TUF’ Vet Gilbert Smith Wins Farewell Fight at LFA 22

  09-09-2017 06:09 via sherdog.com
  Markus Perez was more than comfortable in Ian Heinisch’s world.
  
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• UFC 215 Results: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2

  09-09-2017 06:00
  MMA Fighting has UFC 215 results for the Nunes vs. Shevchenko fight card Sept. 9, plus live coverage from Edmonton, and live UFC 215 Twitter updates.
  In the main event, UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will square off against Valentina Shevchenko in a rematch. Nunes defeated Shevchenko via unanimous decision at UFC 196.
  The previous main event featured Demetrious Johnson against Ray Borg, but that was canceled when Borg became ill.
  The new co-main event pits Neil Magny against former UFC l
  
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• Boxer gets record $22 million settlement from New York in brain injury case

  09-09-2017 05:00
  An important case that has ramifications throughout combat sports has been settled for a record amount of money.
  New York State agreed to pay boxer Magomed Abdusalamov and his family $22 million Friday in a personal injury case, stemming from Abdusalamov suffering brain damage following a 2013 fight, according to multiple reports. Per ESPN, it is believed to be the biggest personal injury settlement in state history.
  Abdusalamov, 36, lost to Mike Perez on Nov. 2, 2013 by unanimous decision. Four
  
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• UFC 215 ‘Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2’ Play-by-Play, Results & Round-by-Round Scoring

  09-09-2017 03:43 via sherdog.com
  Sherdog.com's live coverage of UFC 215 “Johnson vs. Borg” kicks off Saturday at 6:15 p.m. ET from the Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.
  
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• UFC 215 preview show

  09-09-2017 03:39
  EDMONTON, Alberta — With UFC 215 almost here, MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani and Dave Doyle break down the top storylines.
  
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• Thiago Alves not leaving Florida early for UFC Pittsburgh despite Hurricane Irma

  09-09-2017 02:40
  A few UFC fighters are not leaving Florida despite the threat that Hurricane Irma represents, including a pair of fighters scheduled to compete next week in Pittsburgh.
  American Top Team talents Thiago Alves and Hector Lombard meet Mike Perry and Anthony Smith, respectively, at the UFC Fight Night 116 card in Pennsylvania on Sept. 16, and posted on social media that they wouldn’t leave home as some of the Floridians evacuate.
  “(The hurricane) is going west, so things are getting bett
  
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• Ray Borg Says He’s Parting Ways With Nutritionist Following UFC 215 Withdrawal

  09-09-2017 02:36 via sherdog.com
  Ray Borg has released his first statement since he pulled out of the UFC 215 main event.
  
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• Davi Ramos admits lessons learned after short-notice UFC debut

  09-09-2017 02:00
  Davi Ramos made his UFC debut on seven days’ notice and lost a unanimous decision to Sergio Moraes at UFC Fortaleza in March. Months later, he can’t wait to show what he can do with a full camp.
  A decorated grappler and ADCC gold medalist, Ramos might return to the Octagon at the upcoming UFC event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Oct. 28, but is still waiting for an official word from the promotion. Yet, he decided to pass on defending his ADCC title in Finland in September to focus on his
  
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• Ray Borg releases statement following UFC 215 withdrawal

  09-09-2017 01:08
  Ray Borg is looking elsewhere for consultation on his health after missing out on the opportunity of a lifetime.
  The 24-year-old flyweight was supposed to fight divisional champion Demetrious Johnson in the main event of UFC 215 on Saturday in Edmonton, Alberta, but the bout was canceled Thursday when a viral illness to Borg caused doctors to rule him unfit to compete.
  Borg’s nutritionist Dr. Michelle Ingels of Perfecting Athletes issued a statement following the news specifying that the w
  
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• Ray Borg Issues First Statement Following UFC 215 Disaster

  09-09-2017 00:53
  Ray Borg released his first statement since being removed from the UFC 215 main event on Saturday. Borg came down with an illness and was deemed unfit to compete against Demetrious Johnson for the flyweight title by UFC doctors. The bout is reported to be rescheduled, but nothing has been confirmed. “First, I want to […]
  
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