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• Eddie Alvarez Says UFC is Using His Name to Elevate Justin Gaethje

  01-10-2017 23:17
  Eddie Alvarez believes the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is looking to raise Justin Gaethje’s stock. Alvarez and Gaethje are expected to clash inside the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan at UFC 218. The two lightweights have been serving as coaches on season 26 of “The Ultimate Fighter.” During a recent appearance on UFC Unfiltered, Alvarez […]
  
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• Rory MacDonald: ‘I’ve Expressed my Disappointment With Bellator’

  01-10-2017 22:36
  Rory MacDonald isn’t all smiles under the Bellator banner. MacDonald’s signing with Bellator created a buzz in the mixed martial arts (MMA) community. He made his debut for the promotion against Paul Daley. “Red King” earned a submission win and a welterweight title shot. It isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Speaking to MMAJunkie.com, MacDonald admitted […]
  
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• Chuck Liddell admits he ‘took it a little hard’ when he first lost UFC job

  01-10-2017 22:00
  Last December, following the stunning purchase of the UFC by entertainment behemoth WME-IMG, a number of UFC executives and longtime employees were laid off from the company by the new owners. Included among those layoffs were UFC Hall of Famers Chuck Liddell and Matt Hughes, both of whom held largely ceremonial executive positions within the UFC as a reward for their time served fighting for the company as popular champions during the promotion’s early years.
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• Daniel Cormier Doesn’t Feel Completely Secure as UFC Champion

  01-10-2017 20:47
  Daniel Cormier believes he’s got his work cut out for him. Cormier is the reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight title holder. He initially lost his title via knockout courtesy of Jon Jones. “Bones” was popped by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for use of turinabol. The win was overturned and Jones was stripped […]
  
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• Paddy Holohan refuses to give up on the fight game

  01-10-2017 20:00
  Before Paddy Holohan signed his first UFC deal, a back injury nearly forced him into an early retirement.
  After a discectomy and long road back to competition, he eventually did get a chance to make his UFC debut in Dublin. His first-round win over Josh Sampo sparked an unforgettable night for the Irish, the likes of which many believe will never be seen again.
  “The Hooligan” was born with a rare blood condition, Factor XIII deficiency, that affects only one in five million people. A
  
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• The Weekly Grind: Tim Kennedy vs. trash, Sara McMann drives with a snake in her car

  01-10-2017 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." When it is trash and recycle day but everything won't fit. Sometimes you just have to become the primate everybody already thinks you are. #gorill
  
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• Conor McGregor: Nate Diaz Trilogy Fight Must Happen

  01-10-2017 18:10
  UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor reminded fans at a Q&A in Glasgow on Friday night that he is not short on options From a rematch in the ropes against Floyd Mayweather to the first defense of his crown against the winner of the interim lightweight title bout between Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee, the Irishman […]
  
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• Rafael dos Anjos dismisses Kamaru Usman’s callout, wants Tyron Woodley next

  01-10-2017 18:00
  Fresh off his first stoppage win at welterweight, Rafael dos Anjos wants no business with fighters ranked below him.
  The former UFC lightweight champion needed less than four minutes to submit Neil Magny at UFC 215. Now “better adapted to the division,” dos Anjos is expecting a shot at the champion Tyron Woodley next, and that’s why he’s not interested in fighters like Kamaru Usman.
  Usman scored an impressive knockout victory over Sergio Moraes earlier this month, and cal
  
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• Louis Smolka vs. Matheus Nicolau added to UFC 219

  01-10-2017 17:30
  Matheus Nicolau’s suspension is not over yet, but he already has a date for his return to the Octagon.
  Nicolau is set to take on Louis Smolka in a flyweight bout at UFC 219, a pay-per-view event scheduled for Dec. 30 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the promotion announced.
  Nicolau (12-1-1) tested positive for anastrozole, a prohibited substance in the category of Hormone and Metabolic Modulators, and was pulled from a fight with Yuta Sasaki at UFC Fight Night 100 in Sao Paulo. His one-
  
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• Program Note: Countdown to UFC 216 Airs Today on FS1

  01-10-2017 17:09
  Get started with UFC 216’s fight week with the debut of Countdown to UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee today on FOX Sports 1. The pre-event hype show airs at 8 p.m. ET. Replays are scheduled throughout the remainder of the week leading up to Saturday night’s card, and MMA News will also have a replay […]
  
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• Kyle Noke, 12-Fight UFC Veteran, Begins Road Back from Retirement

  01-10-2017 17:05
  Kyle Noke wants to compete again. Noke, a 37-year-old who announced his retirement from MMA last November after a decision loss to Omari Akhmedov at UFC Fight Night 101, has decided to fight once more. After 12 Octagon appearances, Noke was left with a 6-6 mark. Overall, he is 22-10-1, but has not won a […]
  
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• Dozen Bouts Scheduled for UFC Fight Night 118 in Poland

  01-10-2017 17:01
  A total of 12 fights are planned for the upcoming UFC Fight Night 118 event, with all of them streaming live on UFC Fight Pass. Donald Cerrone and Darren Till meet in the main event from the Ergo Arena in Gdasnk, Poland in a welterweight battle. In an interesting note, this is the first time […]
  
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• Daniel Cormier knows work must be done before he can ‘feel completely secure’ with UFC title

  01-10-2017 17:00
  There have been two somewhat contradictory trains of thought among mixed martial arts fans since last week’s announcement that Daniel Cormier has been restored to UFC light heavyweight champion status.
  The first is that the move, on paper, makes sense. Jones’ UFC 214 title victory over Cormier on July 29 was overturned to a no-contest by the California State Athletic Commission in the wake of Jones’ failed drug test, and champions don’t lose their titles via no-contest.
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• The stakes for Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee at UFC 216 are strictly hypothetical

  01-10-2017 16:30
  Next week’s UFC 216 pay-per-view is a hopeful son-of-a-bourgie, in that the main event — an interim lightweight title fight between Kevin Lee and Tony Ferguson — leads to some place actual. That is, a conflict with Conor McGregor, who has a featherweight title stored on a hard drive somewhere, and an active 155-pound belt out there cruising the seven seas on a (rented) yacht. Otherwise, UFC 216 — like so many other PPVs in the year of WME-IMG — is just a game of cha
  
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• Conor McGregor criticizes MayMac referee: ‘I knew I wasn’t going to get a fair shake’

  01-10-2017 15:30
  GLASGOW – Conor McGregor criticized referee Robert Byrd’s stoppage of his bout with Floyd Mayweather immediately after his defeat to the undefeated boxer.On Friday night in Glasgow he went further, lambasting Byrd’s action during the fight, immediately before the fight and even the company the Hall of Fame referee keeps outside of the ring.The UFC lightweight champion only was made aware that the referee was married to controversial judge Adalaide Bird, who was suspending follo
  
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• Click Debate: With top MMA fighters wanting to box, what are challenges facing regulators?

  01-10-2017 14:00
  Stipe Miocic wants to box Anthony Joshua. Jimi Manuwa wants to face David Haye. Jose Aldo and Cris Cyborg are planning transitions to boxing.In the wake of Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor, the MMA-fighter-turned-boxer trend is real. Just take a look at social media. Rarely do a few days go by when some mixed martial artist isn’t openly contemplating stepping into the boxing ring.
  McGregor has said he’ll make in the range of $100 million for the August fight with Mayweather and ob
  
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• MMA fighter pulls off incredible pro-wrestling style Boston Crab submission

  01-10-2017 05:40
  What’s next, the Sharpshooter?
  An MMA fighter pulled off a ridiculous, pro-wrestling style submission Saturday in a fight at Full Contact Contender 19 in Bolton, England. Jonno Mears finished Aaron Jones with what looked exactly like a Boston Crab ripped right from the world of WWE.
  With Jones laying on his stomach, Mears grabbed both of Jones’ legs and bent them backward until Mears was in a sitting position. Jones was forced to tap out — either to the pressure on his back or
  
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• Tony Ferguson vs. Abel Trujillo full fight video

  01-10-2017 04:00
  At UFC 181 back in Dec. 6, 2014, Tony Ferguson took on Abel Trujillo in the opening fight of the pay-per-view main card. That night in Las Vegas, Ferguson scored another submission victory, this time sinking in a rear-naked choke on Trujillo. The official stoppage came at the 4:19 mark of round 2.Now, five victories and almost three years later, Ferguson is scheduled to take on Kevin Lee in a interim lightweight title bout in the headlining slot of UFC 216. The event is set to take place on Oct.
  
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• Gokhan Saki to move to US, wants one more fight in 2017

  01-10-2017 02:00
  Gokhan Saki is not resting on his laurels after he opened his UFC account in emphatic fashion on Friday night in Saitama.Speaking to Ariel Helwani on the latest episode of The MMA Hour, the Turkish kickboxing great reiterated his desire to become a UFC champion within a year, despite only contesting two bouts in MMA thus far, one of which he lost via TKO in 2004.After his left hook knockout of Henrique da Silva, Saki claimed that he is already looking at making inroads into moving to the US.He a
  
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• Unimpressed by Tom Duquesnoy’s debut, Cody Stamann wants to prove a point at UFC 216

  01-10-2017 00:00
  Cody Stamann felt he had already done enough to warrant a UFC debut before his late call-up to face fellow midwest prospect Terrion Ware on seven days’ notice at UFC 213.Despite only being cleared to compete 14 days before the fight took place after suffering a knee injury, the 27-year-old showcased a dynamic skill set as he bested Ware over three rounds.After patiently waiting for a UFC contract, Stamann has been rewarded with a date against outstanding European bantamweight Tom Duquesnoy
  
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