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• Tony Ferguson responds to Conor McGregor with his own ‘Grand Theft Auto’-inspired tweet

  14-10-2017 23:42
  Tony Ferguson and Conor McGregor aren’t above playing games when it comes to fight promotion.
  Six days after Ferguson submitted Kevin Lee in the main event of UFC 216 to win an interim title, McGregor, the undisputed lightweight champion, took to Twitter to post an image of himself photoshopped onto artwork from the Grand Theft Auto video game series along with a one-word caption that simply read: “Tony”.
  Tony pic.twitter.com/IhPaemJP30— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA)
  
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• James Gallagher on Knee Injury: ‘It’s The Worst Thing Ever’

  14-10-2017 22:12
  James Gallagher is detailing the knee injury that forced him off the Bellator 187 card. Gallagher was set to headline the event inside the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on Nov. 10. During training camp, Gallagher suffered injuries to his LCL and PCL. AJ McKee will replace him in the main event. Speaking to MMAFighting.com, Gallagher […]
  
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• T.J. Dillashaw Says he Couldn’t Care Less For Cody Garbrandt Drama

  14-10-2017 22:01
  T.J. Dillashaw says he isn’t paying any mind to the drama involving Cody Garbrandt. On Nov. 4, Dillashaw will challenge Garbrandt for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight title. The championship scrap is set to take place inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. It’ll be the co-main event of UFC 217. Speaking to […]
  
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• Frankie Edgar doesn’t believe more divisions will stop extreme cutting

  14-10-2017 22:00
  Daniel Cormier. Kevin Lee. Khabib Nurmagomedov. Those are just three elite UFC fighters who have struggled with the scale this year, to varying degrees of calamity.
  In the case of Cormier and Lee, they both initially missed weight for title fights before hitting the mark after being granted extra time to shed the excess poundage (in Cormier’s case, there may also have been some towel-related gamesmanship involved), which saved their headlining bouts from becoming non-title affairs or possi
  
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• Cody Garbrandt on T.J. Dillashaw: ‘He’s a Cheap-Shotting Bastard’

  14-10-2017 21:39
  Cody Garbrandt hasn’t forgotten T.J. Dillashaw’s time with Team Alpha Male. On Nov. 4, the two former teammates will do battle. Garbrandt puts his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight title on the line against Dillashaw inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. The bout will serve as UFC 217‘s co-main event. Speaking to Flo […]
  
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• James Gallagher admits knee injury sounded like ‘branch snapping’

  14-10-2017 21:00
  James Gallagher will find out on Monday whether his knee injury will require surgery or not.MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani broke the news that Gallagher was forced to withdraw from his main event debut at Bellator 187 on Wednesday, reporting that the Irish featherweight had suffered injuries to his LCL and PCL.Gallagher claimed that the injury occurred during positional sparring at SBG Concorde.“I was wrestling, we were doing some positional sparring and a guy got a single leg on me an
  
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• Daniel Cormier Says UFC Told Him Not to Mention Kevin Lee’s Staph Infection

  14-10-2017 20:24
  Daniel Cormier claims the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) told him not to bring up Kevin Lee’s staph infection during the UFC 216 broadcast. During Lee’s entrance inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, play-by-play commentator Joe Rogan mentioned a staph infection on the fighter’s pectoral. Cormier paused for a moment and confirmed Rogan’s suspicion. During […]
  
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• Former Cage Warriors champion Alex Enlund retires from MMA

  14-10-2017 19:00
  Alex Enlund’s return to MMA was one of the big selling points to ACB 70 in Sheffield last month.On the night, the South Shields submission ace came up on the wrong side of a split decision to Kane Mousash after over a year on the sidelines due to the appearance of brain lesion in a pre-fight scan ahead of his UFC debut last year.Despite his spirited performance in the back-and-forth lightweight bout, Enlund has decided to hang up the gloves.Speaking exclusively to MMAFighting.com, Enlund h
  
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• Mark Godbeer vs. Walt Harris Rebooked For UFC 217 in NYC

  14-10-2017 18:56
  Mark Godbeer will get his match-up with Walt Harris after all. Godbeer was set to take on Harris inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada last weekend (Oct. 7). The bout never materialized on that night. Harris stepped in to replace Derrick Lewis and fought Fabricio Werdum. Harris was submitted in the first round. […]
  
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• LFA 24 Results: Millender Sleeps Frincu, Dern Shines in Flyweight Debut

  14-10-2017 18:22
  LFA 24 has reached its conclusion and it delivered some stellar finishes. In the main event, Curtis Millender extended his winning streak to five with a highlight reel knockout. Millender shut Matthew Frincu’s lights out with a head kick in just 38 seconds. Also on the card, Mackenzie Dern made her flyweight debut against Mandy […]
  
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• Mackenzie Dern ‘more confident’ in strawweight return after LFA 24 win, eyeing one more fight in 2017

  14-10-2017 18:00
  PHOENIX — Mackenzie Dern couldn’t have asked for a better homecoming than the one she had on Friday night.Despite being known for her mat wizardry, the 24-year-old jiu-jitsu phenom bested opponent Mandy Polk primarily with her striking, downing her veteran foe with a flurry of looping hooks before slapping on a nasty rear-naked choke to score a first-round submission win at LFA 24.Dern, a highly-regarded MMA prospect who moved to 4-0 with the win, has now looked like an improved figh
  
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• 'Bigfoot' Silva’s manager suggests Rico Verhoeven rematch in MMA

  14-10-2017 17:00
  After losing his kickboxing debut to Glory heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven, Antonio Silva wants to take on the decorate striker once again but in his own world.
  “Bigfoot" took on Verhoeven at Saturday’s Glory 46 in China, losing via second-round technical knockout. According to Silva’s manager Alex Davis, "Bigfoot" didn’t expect to win the kickboxing bout, but suggests a rematch under a different ruleset.
  Shortly after the Glory fight, Davis released a statement to MM
  
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• Fightweets: The Conor McGregor sweepstakes continue

  14-10-2017 16:00
  So who will Conor McGregor fight next? And what’s up with the Mark Hunt situation? Those are the two items that rose to the fore on a rare slow week. Time to take a look at those and some other here-and-there stuff in an all-new edition of Fightweets.Conor’s next fight ...@AnTaGoNiSeR666: If Conor isn't next for Ferguson, is Khabib?
  @PitbullLove1970:Conor vs Nate or vs. Tony, which 1 sells more PPV’s?
  @ISTURTYI: Conor vs Nate 3 before Ferguson?
  Not a ton has changed since my in
  
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• Mark Hunt’s anger at being replaced at UFC Sydney is more confusing than the reasons

  14-10-2017 15:00
  Nobody follows the Dana White beat these days quite like TMZ, which is always right where it needs to be when the soft serve hits the fan. This time TMZ tracked White down after Mark Hunt called him a “bald-headed prick,” a “peice of sh*t” (sic) and, as if those sentiments didn’t convey his feelings nearly enough, a “c***sucker” just for good measure.
  Hunt was obviously a little peeved.That’s because he had himself a fight planned against Marcin Ty
  
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• Rico Verhoeven stops ‘Bigfoot' Silva at Glory 46

  14-10-2017 14:51
  Glory heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven, a heavy favorite against UFC veteran Antonio Silva at Saturday’s Glory 46 in China, needed two rounds to score a TKO victory.
  Verhoeven landed vicious leg kicks early on, getting “Bigfoot" off-balance twice in the first minutes. The action only stopped in the first round when Verhoeven landed a vicious low blow.
  “Bigfoot" returned more aggressive in the second round, but Verhoeven knocked him down him with a head kick. Silva managed to
  
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• ONE champion Roger Gracie retires from MMA

  14-10-2017 13:00
  Three months after retiring from jiu-jitsu, Roger Gracie has decided to hang up his MMA gloves as well.
  Gracie competed in MMA for the last time in May 2016, when he submitted Michal Pasternak in the first round to claim the vacant ONE Championship light heavyweight belt. The jiu-jitsu ace leaves the sport with a 8-2 record.
  “I decided to stop because I didn’t think MMA was motivating me enough to keep dedicating myself 100 percent to an athlete’s life,” Gracie told MMA F
  
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• Luanna Alzuguir scores submission win in amateur MMA debut

  14-10-2017 06:13
  Mackenzie Dern wasn’t the only female jiu-jitsu ace to win on Friday night.
  Five-time jiu-jitsu world champion and ADCC gold medalist Luanna Alzuguir put on a dominating performance in her amateur MMA debut at Gateway Fighting Series in St. Charles, Miss.
  Taking on Brittney Cloudy in a flyweight title bout, Alzuguir dominated the contest en route to a third-round submission victory with a rear-naked choke. Cloudy dropped to 6-2 as an amateur MMA fighter.Posted by Jared Daniels-Block on Fri
  
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• Curtis Millender KOs Matthew Frincu in LFA 24 Headliner; Mackenzie Dern Nets Submission

  14-10-2017 05:43 via sherdog.com
  The sickening sound of shin meeting skull told the audience all it needed to know.
  
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• LFA 24 results: Mackenzie Dern smashes Mandy Polk, Curtis Millender KOs Matthew Frincu

  14-10-2017 05:36
  PHOENIX — Mackenzie Dern has some pop, too.
  Dern (4-0), a jiu-jitsu champion who is considered one of the top prospects in women’s MMA, stayed unbeaten Friday night at LFA 24, flooring flyweight veteran Mandy Polk (3-4) with punches before tapping Polk out with a nasty first-round rear-naked choke.
  The performance marked Dern’s debut in the flyweight division, and needless to say, it was a successful one. Despite being known for her mat wizardry, Dern came out swinging, throwin
  
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• Henry Cejudo Details His Escape From California Wildfires

  14-10-2017 04:47
  Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) flyweight Henry Cejudo is glad to be alive. Cejudo was forced to escape the wildfires in Santa Rosa, California. Cejudo jumped off the building he was in from the second story. Reports of a broken ankle were inaccurate, but Cejudo did suffer minor burns on his foot. Speaking to ESPN, Cejudo talked […]
  
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• Glen Baker crushes Kevin Natividad with nine-second KO at LFA 24

  14-10-2017 04:06
  Glen Baker wasn’t getting paid by the hour at LFA 24.
  The 36-year-old “Bad Boy” wasted no time in his bantamweight contest against Kevin Natividad on Friday night, knocking out the previously undefeated prospect with a picture-perfect left hand followed by a salvo of punches. The official time of the stoppage: Just nine seconds into the first round.
  Watch video of Baker’s sizzling performance below.
  NINE SECOND KO. Glen Baker runs through Kevin Natividad at #LFA24. Could
  
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• Michael Bisping Backtracks on Retirement Talks: ‘I Love This Too Much’

  14-10-2017 04:02
  Michael Bisping won’t be retiring right after UFC 217 after all. Bisping previously hinted that he may walk away from mixed martial arts competition after his next middleweight title defense against Georges St-Pierre. “Rush” himself has said he’ll retire if he can’t defeat Bisping. During today’s (Oct. 13) UFC 217 press conference, “The Count” said […]
  
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• LFA 24 Results: Frincu vs. Millender

  14-10-2017 03:31
  MMA Fighting has LFA 24 results for the Frincu vs. Millender fight card Friday night from the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz.
  In the main event, welterweight up-and-comers Matthew Frincu and Curtis Millender will square off in a three-round contest. Also on the card, top women’s prospect Mackenzie Dern will take on flyweight veteran Mandy Polk.
  Check out the full LFA 24 results below.
  Main Card (AXS TV, 9 p.m. ET)
  Curtis Millender def. Matthew Frincu via knockout (head kick) at :38 of R
  
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• Despite Making Weight, Mackenzie Dern is Unsure of Flyweight Future

  14-10-2017 03:30
  Mackenzie Dern is still figuring out her natural weight in her young mixed martial arts career. In the past, Dern has struggled making the strawweight limit. In fact, her last bout was changed to a catchweight after Dern realized she couldn’t make it to 115 pounds. Dern made the flyweight limit for her bout tonight […]
  
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• Al Iaquinta vs. Paul Felder Added to UFC 218 Card in Detroit

  14-10-2017 03:20
  Al Iaquinta will have his second bout of 2017 and it’s a doozy. Iaquinta is set to clash with Paul Felder inside the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan on Dec. 2. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) officials informed the Detroit Free Press of the match-up. It’ll take place on the UFC 218 card. “Raging” is coming […]
  
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• ADCC champion Luanna Alzuguir confident ahead of amateur MMA debut

  14-10-2017 02:17
  One of the best female jiu-jitsu competitors is making her amateur mixed martial arts debut Friday night.
  Luanna Alzuguir, a five-time jiu-jitsu world champion as a black belt and ADCC 2009 gold medalist, is slated to take on Brittney Cloudy in a flyweight title bout at Gateway Fighting Series, which takes place Oct. 13 in St. Charles, Mo.
  Alzuguir, 32, prepared for her MMA debut with the likes of UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes and strawweight Nina Ansaroff at American Top
  
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• Alexander Gustafsson Says He’ll Wait For Winner of Cormier vs. Oezdemir

  14-10-2017 01:35
  Alexander Gustafsson isn’t complaining about Daniel Cormier’s plan to defend his light heavyweight title against Volkan Oezdemir next. Cormier recently put up a poll asking fans who they wanted to see him defend his title against next. Oezdemir emerged as the poll winner. While nothing has been made official, Cormier insists that he’ll be fighting […]
  
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• Erick Silva vs. Jordan Mein added to UFC on FOX 26

  14-10-2017 01:30
  The flurry of additions to UFC on FOX 26 continued into Friday afternoon, as a welterweight tilt between exciting veterans Erick Silva and Jordan Mein was officially announced for the Dec. 16 card in Winnipeg, Canada.
  Both Silva (19-8, 1 NC) and Mein (29-12) have recently hit rough patches in their careers, losing a combined six of their last seven contests.
  Silva, 33, has dropped three of his past four fights, sandwiching a third-round submission win over Luan Chagas between setbacks against Ne
  
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