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• The MMA Hour - 403 - Ian McCall

  11-10-2017 23:57
  Ian McCall will update us on the state of his career.
  
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• Bobby Green: ‘I Don’t Feel Like we Have Good Judges’

  11-10-2017 23:49
  Bobby Green doesn’t believe the judges in mixed martial arts are capable of doing their job. Green and Lando Vannata fought to a split draw at UFC 216. The bout earned both men “Fight of the Night” bonus checks. Despite being gracious after the decision was read, Green didn’t agree with the draw. Speaking to […]
  
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• The MMA Hour - 403 - Frankie Edgar

  11-10-2017 23:46
  Frankie Edgar will look ahead to his UFC 218 featherweight title fight against Max Holloway.
  
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• The MMA Hour - 403 - John Alessio

  11-10-2017 23:39
  Retired former UFC and Bellator fighter John Alessio, who now works for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, will discuss being a first responder during last week's mass shooting in Vegas.
  
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• The MMA Hour - 403 - Everlast

  11-10-2017 23:27
  Everlast discusses singing 'America the Beautiful' at UFC 216.
  
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• Michelle Waterson joins cast of MTV’s ‘The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars’

  11-10-2017 22:00
  Michelle Waterson is getting a reality check this fall.
  The UFC strawweight contender has been announced as a cast member on the upcoming season of The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars, a spin-off of the popular MTV reality game show The Challenge that traditionally features contestants from other MTV programs going head-to-head in various competitions, per PEOPLE.com.
  This season, “The Karate Hottie” will be one of 10 celebrities trying to win a $150,000 for a charity of their choosing.
  
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• Owen Roddy Says McGregor Will Make Short Work of Ferguson

  11-10-2017 21:51
  Conor McGregor’s striking coach Owen Roddy believes his fighter will walk through Tony Ferguson. Ferguson captured the interim Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title at UFC 216. UFC President Dana White said a unification bout between Ferguson and McGregor “has to happen.” During a recent appearance on Submission Radio, Roddy said “El Cucuy” won’t be […]
  
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• Ratings report: Tough competition puts down UFC and Bellator weekend numbers

  11-10-2017 21:00
  Going against five nationally televised college football games and Major League Baseball playoffs this past Saturday night, the UFC 216 prelims did 653,000 viewers on FX.
  The number was the lowest to date for any pay-per-view prelims on FX, and the second-lowest prelims in nearly three years on a station with close to full national cable distribution, meaning any station they aired on except FS 2.
  There have been three lesser watched prelims in UFC's history on FS 1, but none since UFC 179, the
  
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• Invicta FC, Pancrase announce talent share

  11-10-2017 20:00
  Women’s mixed martial arts is getting some good news.
  Invicta FC and Japan’s Pancrase announced an “exclusive” talent-sharing agreement Tuesday in a press release. The two promotions will be letting their fighters compete in the other organization with the goal to “help promote women’s MMA on a global scale.”
  Invicta, founded in 2012, is the pre-eminent all-women’s promotion, based in Kansas City. Pancrase is a legendary promotion that dates back t
  
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• Sam Alvey Steps In For Trevor Smith, Squares Off With Ramazan Emeev at UFC Fight Night 118

  11-10-2017 19:50 via sherdog.com
  UFC Fight Night 118 has been beset by injuries and pullouts, but thankfully for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, they have roster fighters like Sam Alvey.
  
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• Carlos Condit Says he Sees Why People Criticize Tyron Woodley

  11-10-2017 19:41
  Carlos Condit understands why Tyron Woodley receives criticism. Woodley is the reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title holder, but he’s perhaps the most criticized champion in the promotion. “The Chosen One” has beaten the likes of Robbie Lawler, Stephen Thompson, Demian Maia, and even Condit. With that said, his most recent title defenses haven’t […]
  
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• Sam Alvey replaces Trevor Smith, faces Ramazan Emeev at UFC Gdansk

  11-10-2017 18:00
  Sam Alvey has stepped in on short notice to replace Trevor Smith at UFC Gdansk, just over a week out from the Ergo Arena event on Oct. 21.Alvey is now set to take on former M-1 Challenge middleweight champion, Ramazan Emeev, who makes his debut on the night.The UFC announced that Alvey was stepping in to replace Smith via Twitter on Wednesday.Trevor Smith is out! @SmilenSam will step in to face Ramazan Emeev at #UFCGdansk next Saturday! pic.twitter.com/ttP0DzEQoI— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) O
  
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• Kurt Holobaugh will fight NAC nine-month suspension following admitted IV use

  11-10-2017 17:00
  Kurt Holobaugh probably wouldn’t have been disciplined by the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) had he not been honest.On Tuesday, the veteran MMA fighter was suspended nine months and fined $750 due to prohibited use of an intravenous injection in July, prior to a fight on the first Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series card in Las Vegas. Holobaugh’s win over Matt Bessette was overturned to a no-contest by the NAC, too.Holobaugh used the IV after weigh-ins July 10 to rehydrate fr
  
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• UFC Announces New Beer Partnership With Modelo

  11-10-2017 16:30
  Bud Light will soon be out as the official beer sponsor of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The UFC has announced that Modelo will be the promotion’s new beer partner in 2018. Modelo is a large brewery in Mexico. The UFC is hoping to reach into the Hispanic market with their new beer sponsor. You […]
  
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• Bryan Caraway vs. Luke Sanders Booked For UFC Fight Night 123

  11-10-2017 16:14
  Bryan Caraway is returning to action on Dec. 9. Caraway is set to take on Luke Sanders inside the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. The bout will take place on the UFC Fight Night 123 card. UFC officials confirmed the bout to ESPN. Caraway last competed back in May 2016. He was supposed to […]
  
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• Bisping Believes Ferguson is Tougher Fight For McGregor Than Diaz

  11-10-2017 15:59
  Michael Bisping believes interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson will be a true challenge for Conor McGregor. At UFC 216, Ferguson captured interim gold by submitting Kevin Lee inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. After the bout, Ferguson called McGregor a “f*cking piece of sh*t” and told him to defend his title or vacate […]
  
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• Live Chat: UFC 216 in review, UFC title shots, Mark Hunt vs. UFC and more

  11-10-2017 15:30
  This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.
  Today on the podcast, we'll discuss UFC 216 from every conceivable angle. What to make of Tony Ferguson's win? Kevin Lee's future? Conor McGregor's next opponent? Demetrious Johnson's legacy? Ray Borg's effort? We'll go through it all.
  Plus, we'll get into what UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt's issues with the UFC are all about.
  We'll even discuss the wretched World Cup qualifying effort by the U.S. men's team if you want.More Coverage: Podcast on iT
  
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• UFC exec Jeff Novitzky sets record straight on Jon Jones comments

  11-10-2017 15:00
  Jeff Novitzky did an interview on UFC announcer Bruce Buffer’s podcast last week and one of the topics of discussion was Jon Jones and his doping case with USADA.
  A few MMA websites aggregated Novitzky’s quotes from that conversation and used some rather, well, interesting headlines for their pieces. One suggested Novitzky said Jones was likely innocent, another quoted Novitzky as saying Jones might not get any suspension at all. And another referred to Novitzky as the head of USADA.
  
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• Morning Report: Michael Bisping says Tony Ferguson is ‘for sure’ a tougher matchup for Conor McGregor than Nate Diaz

  11-10-2017 14:00
  When Tony Ferguson submitted Kevin Lee at UFC 216, not only did he claim the UFC interim lightweight title, he also put himself at the very top of the list of future opponents for lightweight champion Conor McGregor. Ferguson’s performance on Saturday was so impressive that even though the general consensus is that the UFC had been targeting McGregor vs. Nate Diaz III for the lightweight champion’s return, UFC President Dana White proclaimed afterwards that a title unification bout &
  
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• No nonsense Parillo Would Revel In Bisping Shutting Down GSP

  11-10-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Watch the extended preview above just released for UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre. Hear from GSP, who talks about coming back better than ever. Plus, Michael Bisping discusses his prowess as champion and why GSP is making a mistake.MORE on UFC 217: Read about the intense rivalry between Cody Garbrandt and TJ DillashawThere was no smile from Jason Parillo when Michael Bisping knocked out Luke Rockhold to win the UFC middleweight title in June 2016. No jumping up and down, no sighs of relief.
  
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• Get to know TUF Cast: Melinda Fabian

  11-10-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Hungary’s Melinda Fabian sold her car to get to The Ultimate Fighter 26 tryouts. Now back home after six weeks competing against 15 of her fellow flyweights, she has no regrets.“It was absolutely worth it,” she said. “I learned a lot about how MMA works, and I took home all those experiences and the insight I got.”She may even be fighting for the UFC’s first women’s flyweight championship later this year, but that won’t be known until the tournamen
  
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• Invicta Fighting Championships, Pancrase Announce Exclusive Talent-Sharing Partnership

  11-10-2017 05:56 via sherdog.com
  Invicta Fighting Championships has entered into an exclusive talent-sharing agreement with Pancrase that will permit the free exchange top women’s talent between both rosters across the Pacific.
  
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• Invicta Fighting Championships and Pancrase Announce Exclusive Talent-Sharing Partnership

  11-10-2017 05:56 via sherdog.com
  Invicta Fighting Championships has entered into an exclusive talent-sharing agreement with Pancrase that will permit the free exchange top women’s talent between both rosters across the Pacific.
  
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• Chidi Njokuani to face Hisaki Kato in a middleweight bout at Bellator 189

  11-10-2017 03:00
  Chidi Njokuani is jumping up a division to put his weight cutting troubles behind him and get back on the winning track.
  The former welterweight is headed to middleweight to face striking specialist Hisaki Kato at Bellator 189 on Dec. 1 at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla. Officials confirmed the booking to MMA Fighting following an initial report by CBS Sports.
  Njokuani’s move up to 185 pounds comes as little surprise given his history of weight cutting problems. The 28-year
  
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• Mark Hunt Replaced By Fabricio Werdum at UFC Fight Night 121 After Admissions of Early CTE Signs

  11-10-2017 02:46 via sherdog.com
  Mark Hunt has been pulled from his slated UFC Fight Night 121 headliner with Marcin Tybura and the circumstances surrounding his removal are explosive and provocative.
  
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• Mark Hunt Completely Rips Dana White, UFC Over Decision

  11-10-2017 02:30
  Moments after it was made public that Mark Hunt was being removed from his UFC Fight Night 121 main event bout in Australia vs. Marcin Tybura, Hunt went off. The UFC, citing medical concerns stemming from a recent interview Hunt gave in which he discussed dying in the Octagon, replaced Hunt with former UFC heavyweight […]
  
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• Fabricio Werdum Replaces Mark Hunt in Main Event of UFC Fight Night 121

  11-10-2017 02:25
  Citing “medical concerns,” the UFC has opted to pull Mark Hunt from a planned main event fight at UFC Fight Night 121 vs. Marcin Tybura. Recent UFC 216 winner Fabricio Werdum replaces Hunt on the November card from Australia. The UFC released a statement to News.com.au that mentioned recent comments made by Hunt in which […]
  
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• Mark Hunt blasts Dana White with profane Instagram post after removal from UFC Sydney main event

  11-10-2017 01:49
  The UFC might be looking out for Mark Hunt’s best interests, but he’s not pleased with its latest decision regarding his career.
  Hunt was scheduled to fight Marcin Tybura in the heavyweight main event of UFC Sydney on Nov. 19, but the promotion announced Tuesday that “The Super Samoan” has been removed from that booking due to “medical concerns” and he will be replaced by Fabricio Werdum.
  Suffice to say, this apparently didn’t sit well with Hunt. He took
  
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• Fabricio Werdum steps in for Mark Hunt at UFC Sydney main event

  11-10-2017 01:31
  Fabricio Werdum barely broke a sweat at UFC 216 and he’s already booked himself another fight.
  The UFC announced Tuesday that Werdum will step in for Mark Hunt to fight Marcin Tybura (16-2) in the main event of UFC Sydney on Nov. 19. Hunt was removed from the card due to medical concerns.
  Hunt was not happy with the change. @danawhite u peice of shit motherfuker why u fuckers pull me from the fight u getting another lawsuit u fuckwit u can kiss my ass u bald headed pricku put that chicken
  
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• Cody Garbrandt Compares T.J. Dillashaw to a Prostitute

  11-10-2017 01:12
  Cody Garbrandt has a rather interesting take on T.J. Dillashaw’s exit from Team Alpha Male. Garbrandt will defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight title against Dillashaw on Nov. 4. It’ll serve as the co-main event of UFC 217. The action takes place inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. “No Love” and Dillashaw […]
  
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• Chidi Njokuani Moves Up To Middleweight, Meets Hisaki Kato at Bellator 189 in Oklahoma

  11-10-2017 01:04 via sherdog.com
  This past August, Chidi Njokuani missed weight and then got dominated to the tune of a first-round knockout loss in a Bellator MMA headliner. Resultantly, he’s moving up to middleweight.
  
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• Bryan Caraway vs. Luke Sanders set for UFC Fresno

  11-10-2017 01:00
  Bryan Caraway is returning from an absence of just over a year and a half.
  The bantamweight contender will meet Luke Sanders at UFC Fresno on Dec. 9. MMA Fighting confirmed an initial Tuesday report by ESPN.com.
  Caraway (21-7) has won two straight fights and four of his past five. When we last saw him in action, Caraway made a strong comeback from a bad start against Aljamain Sterling and won a split decision in Las Vegas on May 29, 2016. Caraway was scheduled to meet Jimmie Rivera on Jan. 15, b
  
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• Former RFA Ace Raoni Barcelos In For ‘Tanquinho,’ Faces Boston Salmon at UFC Fight Night 119

  11-10-2017 00:23 via sherdog.com
  The Ultimate Fighting Championship has fished out a new opponent for Boston Salmon.
  
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