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• Watch: UFC 217 Ceremonial Weigh-Ins Featuring Bisping, GSP, Garbrandt & Dillashaw

  03-11-2017 23:47
  The UFC 217 weigh-ins wrapped up this morning and the ceremonial weigh-ins followed suit in the evening. Tomorrow night (Nov. 4), the UFC will hold its second Madison Square Garden event. UFC 217 takes place in New York City and the main card will air live on pay-per-view. Headlining the card will be a middleweight […]
  
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• USADA Strikes Again, Azunna Anyanwu Flagged For Potential Violation

  03-11-2017 23:23
  It’s been a busy week for mixed martial arts and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is right in the thick of things. Today (Nov. 3) the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced anti-doping violations handed to two of their fighters. The first one was Ion Cutelaba, who has been pulled from his UFC 217 bout tomorrow […]
  
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• Ion Cutelaba Removed From UFC 217 Following Potential USADA Violation

  03-11-2017 23:17
  Ion Cutelaba is no longer competing tomorrow night (Nov. 4). Cutelaba was scheduled to meet Michal Oleksiejczuk inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. The bout would’ve been featured on the UFC Fight Pass preliminary portion of UFC 217. That’s no longer the case. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed the UFC of a […]
  
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• UFC heavyweight Azunna Anyanwu flagged for potential anti-doping violation

  03-11-2017 22:49
  Ion Cutelaba wasn’t the only UFC fighter to suffer the wrath of USADA on Friday.
  UFC heavyweight Azunna Anyanwu has popped for a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition drug test administered on Oct. 18, the UFC announced Friday.Anyanwu (14-5) lost his Octagon debut via split decision to Justin Ledet on Sept. 16 at UFC Pittsburgh. Previous to that, the 36-year-old fighter competed on the inaugural episode of Dana White’s Contender Series, where he scored a
  
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• Ion Cutelaba pulled from UFC 217 one day before event due to potential anti-doping violation

  03-11-2017 22:31
  NEW YORK — UFC 217 didn’t lose a fight at official weigh-ins, but a bout has now been nixed just minutes before the ceremonial weigh-ins at Madison Square Garden.
  Ion Cutelaba has been yanked from his heavyweight fight against Michal Oleksiejczuk due to a potential anti-doping policy violation, the UFC announced Friday afternoon.
  According to a release, USADA has launched an investigation into Cutelaba because of voluntary disclosures he made during out-of-competition sample collecti
  
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• Bellator 186 Preliminary Results & Live Stream Tonight (Nov. 3) at 7 p.m. ET

  03-11-2017 22:29
  We’re just hours away from the main card of Bellator 186. Before the Spike portion of the card airs, you can watch the Bellator 186 preliminaries right here on MMANews.com. The prelims begin at 7 p.m. ET. There’s plenty of preliminary action, including a tilt between Josh Fremd and Ryan Parker. Ethan Goss and Andrew […]
  
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• Bellator 186 Preview: Exclusive Interview With Title Challenger Linton Vassell

  03-11-2017 22:28
  Linton Vassell is getting his second opportunity at Bellator gold tonight when he faces off against Ryan Bader in Happy Valley. An opportunity that the English stand out doesn’t plan on passing him by. Unlike the first time he was in this situation, he feels confident and ready. After his defeat in his first title […]
  
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• Bellator 186 Preview: Exclusive Interview With Ed Ruth

  03-11-2017 22:19
  Ed Ruth is getting the opportunity to do something that many star wrestlers before him have dreamed of doing. Return back to the place that helped make him and fight in front of all of his friends and family. Ruth, a 3-time National Champion at Penn State, returns to Happy Valley tonight to square off […]
  
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• Bellator 186 Preview: Exclusive Interview With Saad Awad

  03-11-2017 22:10
  Saad Awad has always been an a take on anyone at any time type of guy. Weight class, age, ranking…. none of that has ever mattered. Saad is just one of those guys who enjoys being able to support his family by doing what he loves. Tonight at Bellator 186 Saad prepares to step into […]
  
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• UFC 217 Embedded (Ep. 5): The Final Pre-Fight Press Conference

  03-11-2017 21:16
  UFC 217 Embedded is now up to its second to last episode. In episode five, Stephen Thompson and Michael Bisping are seen hanging around Times Square. Thompson gets a kick out of the Halloween theme around the area. We then see some of the fighters such as T.J. Dillashaw and Joanna Jedrzejczyk getting some light […]
  
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• Bellator 186 live stream online

  03-11-2017 21:00
  Watch the Bellator 186 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card at 7 p.m. ET. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows and can be watched below:
  Undercard (MMA Fighting at 7 p.m. ET)
  Logan Storley vs. Matt Secor
  Tywan Claxton vs. Jonny Bonilla-Bowman
  Mike Trizano vs. Mike Otwell
  Ryan Parker vs. Josh Fremd
  Ethan Goss vs. Andrew Salas
  Francis Healy vs. Frank Buenafuente
  Matthew Lozano vs. Dominic Mazzotta
  Brett Martinez vs. Mike Wilkins
  Mike Putnam vs. Scott Cl
  
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• Darren Till: People Want me to Kill Colby Covington For Disrespecting Brazil

  03-11-2017 20:57
  Darren Till has been getting requests to do some harm to Colby Covington inside the Octagon. Covington garnered massive heat after defeating Demian Maia in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Covington said Brazil was a dump full of filthy animals. Fans threw garbage at Covington following his post-fight interview. During a recent appearance on MMAFighting.com‘s “The MMA […]
  
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• UFC 217 Embedded, Episode 5: ‘I will take your soul’

  03-11-2017 20:46
  On the fifth episode of UFC 217 Embedded, Stephen Thompson takes in the Halloween sights at Times Square, T.J. Dillashaw and Joanna Jedrzejczyk work out in the hotel, Georges St-Pierre visits Renzo Gracie’s gym, and Michael Bisping gets into an altercation with Jorge Masvidal. Then, the stars of Saturday night face off after the UFC 217 pre-fight press conference.
  
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• Jorge Masvidal: Win over ‘Wonderboy’ at UFC 217 earns me a title shot

  03-11-2017 20:00
  Were it not for a narrow split decision loss to Demian Maia in May, MMA veteran Jorge Masvidal might already have fought for a UFC title. As it stands, he doesn’t see himself as being too far from the front of the contenders’ line.
  Masvidal fights Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson at UFC 217 and if he can get past the elusive striker who has twice competed for the welterweight belt, he believes he should be next to challenge current champion Tyron Woodley.
  “For the title
  
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• Bellator 186’s Zach Freeman marches to his own beat in more ways than one

  03-11-2017 19:30
  We see it and hear it all the time on fight night. Two competitors make their way to the cage, bodies hopping and bobbing along to some bass-heavy hip-hop track or a raging nu metal riff, the sheer loudness of their chosen walkout track preparing them for the conflict to come.
  There are exceptions, of course, though it’s usually the more established stars who indulge in quieter songs that are more representative of their backgrounds and idiosyncrasies. Not relatively unknown fighters looki
  
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• Ilima Macfarlane confident that Bellator title win makes her the top flyweight in the world

  03-11-2017 19:00
  The women’s flyweight division is becoming one of the most promising weight classes in all of MMA, and Bellator title contender Ilima Macfarlane is ready to lay claim to being the cream of the crop.
  Macfarlane, undefeated in six professional bouts, meets Emily Ducote (6-2) for the inaugural Bellator flyweight title at Bellator 186 on Friday at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Penn. It will be the second time that Macfarlane has faced Ducote, one of several hungry up-and-comers i
  
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• EA Sports UFC 3 Gameplay Reveal Trailer Released (Video)

  03-11-2017 18:36
  EA Sports UFC 3 is on its way and the gameplay reveal trailer has been released. Earlier this week, EA Sports made some noise when they released a teaser hyping up the full gameplay reveal of their third UFC video game. The clip teased press conferences and training camps. Now that the gameplay has been […]
  
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• Darren Till on Colby Covington: ‘People want me to kill Colby for disrespecting Brazil’

  03-11-2017 18:30
  The four years Darren Till spent in Brazil, and his grasp of the Portuguese language, has endeared the Liverpool native to a host of MMA fans.Famously, the surging welterweight was sent to Brazil after he was stabbed in the back as a teenager. Up until that point, he had only contested Muay Thai fights, but while he was in his adopted home he began his ascent in MMA.Although Till moved back to Liverpool, he still keeps in touch with his Brazilian teammates, friends and fans.Following Colby Covin
  
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• UFC 217 Weigh-in Results: Three Championship Fights Made Official

  03-11-2017 18:02
  The UFC 217 weigh-ins have wrapped on. Tomorrow (Nov. 4), the UFC will hold an event inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. In the main event, middleweight champion Michael Bisping will defend his title against Georges St-Pierre. Bisping tipped the scales at 184.6 pounds, while St-Pierre hit the 184.4-pound mark. Bantamweight champion Cody […]
  
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• Video: Michael Bisping, Jorge Masvidal get into second verbal altercation

  03-11-2017 18:00
  Michael Bisping and Jorge Masvidal just do not like each other.
  For the second time this week, Masvidal found himself in a heated verbal altercation with the UFC middleweight champion that required the fighters to be separated. As with their earlier encounter, the footage was uploaded by Masvidal’s manager Abraham Kawa: They saw each other again and this time it was just him #BackyardstoBrightLights #Gamebred A post shared by Abraham Kawa (@abrahamkawa) on Nov 3, 2017 at 6:13am PDT
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• Bellator 186 Preview: Exclusive Interview With Tywan “Speedy” Claxton

  03-11-2017 17:55
  Bellator MMA has made it very obvious that they plan on continuing to bring on some of the best up and coming MMA fighters from the wrestling world. A blueprint that has them bringing in talent before they have even made their pro debut, some without an amateur fight. This plan is what brought former […]
  
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• UFC 217 Weigh-in Results: All Participants in Title Tripleheader Given Green Light

  03-11-2017 17:07 via sherdog.com
  Michael Bisping wants no part of a Georges St. Pierre fairytale comeback.
  
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• UFC President Expects Successful Negotiations with Conor McGregor for Octagon Return

  03-11-2017 17:06 via sherdog.com
  Conor McGregor made waves earlier this week when he claimed that he would need to be both a promoter and a fighter in order to make his UFC return.
  
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• Conor McGregor named EA Sports UFC 3 cover athlete

  03-11-2017 17:03
  Conor McGregor will be the face of the new EA Sports UFC 3 video game. The news was announced by EA Sports on Friday.This won’t be the first time McGregor will be featured on the cover of the UFC video game, as the Irishman shared the cover in the last edition of the game with then-UFC women’s bantamweight queen Ronda Rousey.
  UFC 3 is expect to be released in February 2018. The game will be released on both Xbox One and Playstation 4 platforms.Below are a few photos of the cover of t
  
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• Dana White Optimistic on Sealing the Return of Conor McGregor

  03-11-2017 17:00
  Having handed the UFC his list of demands, Conor McGregor will not be willing to return to the promotion unless all are met UFC President Dana White is not worried, however. McGregor recently claimed that he will be happy to return to the Octagon providing he is given the status of both fighter and promoter: […]
  
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• Dana White on Conor McGregor’s Use of Homophobic Slur: ‘It’s Definitely a Problem’

  03-11-2017 16:39 via sherdog.com
  Conor McGregor wasn’t the first fighter in UFC history to be caught using a homophobic slur, but he might be the most prominent.
  
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• The evolution of Rose Namajunas has happened before our eyes

  03-11-2017 16:30
  NEW YORK — Rose Namajunas was a future cover girl with flowing blonde hair and blue eyes when she was first introduced to UFC fans three years ago. Dana White said she’d be the next Ronda Rousey. And if you didn’t believe him, Rousey said the same thing.Back then, heading into her shot at the first-ever UFC women’s strawweight title in 2014 following The Ultimate Fighter 20, Namajunas would talk about following in Rousey’s footsteps. The fame, the movies, the crosso
  
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• Norman Parke thinks Mateusz Gamrot’s eye pokes were deliberate, rips Marcin Bilman

  03-11-2017 16:00
  Norman Parke’s rematch with Mateusz Gamrot was even more controversial than their first meeting.Referee Marc Goddard stopped the KSW 40 co-main event in the second round due to unintentional eye pokes that Parke suffered.After the bout was brought to an end, Gamrot’s corner man, Marcin Bilman, clocked Parke with a left hand after the Northern Irish fighter pushed another one of Gamrot’s teammates, Borys Mankowski.KSW have since fined both Parke and Gamrot. The promotion have al
  
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• The best UFC 217 gear to buy right now

  03-11-2017 15:30
  Get ready for Saturday’s event with new merchandise to rep the biggest stars at Madison Square Garden. UFC 217 is only hours away from one of the most storied arenas in all the world: Madison Square Garden. Get ready for the anticipated event with some select T-shirts, collectibles, and autographed merchandise for Saturday’s biggest stars. Get even more gear by visiting our Fanatics UFC store.
  Georges St-Pierre
  Georges St-Pierre hasn’t fought in the Octagon in almost four years
  
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• UFC 217 Predictions: MMANews Staff Expect Fireworks in NYC

  03-11-2017 15:29
  UFC 217 is set to go down in Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, with returning legend Georges St-Pierre set to challenge Michael Bisping for the middleweight championship The promotion makes just its second visit to the iconic Madison Square Garden in what is one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the year. MMANews […]
  
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• With Ed Ruth and Logan Storley on Bellator 186, prospects go primetime

  03-11-2017 15:00
  When Scott Coker first met with Spike president Kevin Kay in the spring of 2014 to discuss the opening at the top of Bellator, the two bonded over a shared vision of the future: they both wanted to be No. 1. Neither will deny there is still work to do to reach their lofty goal, but on at least one front, the organization has gained ground on its longtime rival the UFC.
  The ability to find and sign emerging talent has long been one of Coker’s strengths, and it’s a skill that has well
  
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• UFC 217 weigh-in video

  03-11-2017 14:03
  At the UFC 217 weigh-ins, all 24 fighters taking part in Saturday night's UFC 217 fights will step on the scale Friday, and we'll have the live video here at MMA Fighting.
  In the main event, Michael Bisping and Georges St-Pierre will have to make the middleweight limit of 185 pounds.
  The UFC 217 official weigh-ins will be at 9 a.m. ET, and MMA Fighting has live video above.
  The UFC 217 ceremonial weigh-ins will be at 6 p.m. ET.
  Check out UFC 217 weigh-in results below.
  Main card (PPV at 10 p.m.
  
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• Morning Report: Dana White responds to Conor McGregor’s use of homophobic slur

  03-11-2017 13:00
  Last month at UFC Gdansk, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor found himself in a bit of hot water when he was caught repeatedly using a homophobic slur while consoling his training partner Artem Lobov. A week later, McGregor went on the Irish television show The Late Late Show and apologized for the incident, saying that he meant no disrespect, but it wasn’t the last time the UFC had this issue.Yesterday, TMZ Sports caught up with UFC President Dana White and asked him about McGregor&r
  
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• John Kavanagh Says Conor McGregor vs. Tony Ferguson Makes Sense

  03-11-2017 06:17
  Conor McGregor’s coach John Kavanagh believes his fighter should be going one-on-one with Tony Ferguson next. Ferguson captured the interim Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title last month. He submitted Kevin Lee in the third round of their UFC 216 main event. UFC President Dana White said that a unification bout between McGregor and Ferguson […]
  
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• When Octagon Door Closes, Garbrandt All Business vs. Dillashaw

  03-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  Cody Garbrandt is on top of the world. He’s the UFC bantamweight champion, about to defend his title for the first time against TJ Dillashaw in Madison Square Garden, and he and his wife are about to welcome a baby boy into the world. Rewind a few years. If someone told him that this would be his life in November 2017, would he believe them?“Yeah, I would have,” said Garbrandt. “Because I believed in myself. I had the supreme confidence, and I could see it. It might have
  
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• UFC statement on Ion Cutelaba

  03-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Ion Cutelaba of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from its investigation into voluntary disclosures by Cutelaba during an out-of-competition sample collections on October 18 and October 19, 2017. USADA has provisionally suspended Cutelaba and his fight against Michal Oleksiejczuk has been cancelled from the November 4, 2017, UFC 217 fight card.USADA, the independent administrator of the
  
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• UFC statement on Azunna Anyanwu

  03-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Azunna Anyanwu of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on October 18, 2017.
  USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case involving Anyanwu. Under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, there is a full and fair legal process that is afforded to all athletes bef
  
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• UFC Announces New Integrated Partnership with AirAsia

  03-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  NEW YORK – UFC®, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, today announced a new multi-territory partnership with AirAsia, Asia’s leading low-cost carrier, to serve as the global brand’s first-ever “Official Airline” sponsor. The partnership, which encompasses Asia and Australia, will begin on Saturday, November 4, during the highly-anticipated UFC® 217: BISPING vs. ST-PIERRE, live from Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.  &ldq
  
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• UFC 217 official weigh-in results

  03-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  UFC 217, which features three title fights including the middleweight title bout between champion Michael Bisping and Georges St-Pierre, the bantamweight title bout between champion Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw and the strawweight title bout between champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Rose Namajunas, airs live on Pay Per View on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 10pm/7pm ETPT from Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.Four prelim bouts will air live and free on FS1 starting at 8pm/5pm ETPT. Three prelim
  
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• Nerves not a factor for Duffy on bright stage of MSG

  03-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  Like his future opponent James Vick, Ireland’s Joe Duffy doesn’t get rattled by much, if anything. So even though he’s fighting in Madison Square Garden on Saturday night in a bout that will likely earn him a spot in the top 15 at 155 pounds, he’s approaching it as just another work day.“I train every week and I think when I go in to fight, it’s no different to training,” he said. “So I don’t build it up to be something it’s not. Obviou
  
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• GSP Welcomes The Risk Of Putting Legacy On The Line In Comeback

  03-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  If Georges St-Pierre wasn’t contracted to punch Michael Bisping and try to take his UFC middleweight title this Saturday in New York City, he might be the perfect person for “The Count” to speak to about the art of keeping a title. “To be a UFC champion you have to make a lot of sacrifices,” St-Pierre said. “It’s not a sprint. I would compare it more to a marathon. It’s not what you have done in your training camp that will make you a champion; it&
  
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• EA Sports reveals UFC 3 with McGregor as Cover Athlete

  03-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  NEW YORK, NY – November 3, 2017 – Today Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) officially revealed EA SPORTS™ UFC® 3 featuring UFC® lightweight champion Conor McGregor, the only UFC athlete to hold UFC titles in two weight classes simultaneously, as the game’s official global cover athlete. EA SPORTS UFC 3 introduces a new generation of fighting for fight fans powered by Real Player Motion (RPM) Tech, a revolutionary new gameplay animation technology that delivers the
  
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• Demetrious Johnson Helps Launch EA Sports' UFC 3

  03-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  Brian Hayes was worried. The EA Sports Creative Director knew the game he had worked so hard on, UFC 3, was about to be released. And when he saw Demetrious Johnson's now-legendary flying suplex against Ray Borg at UFC 216, he knew immediately that it's a move that gamers would demand that they too would be able to do. With a street date so close, however, it seemed impossible.To his complete surprise and delight, he found that when he returned to the office the next day, his team of developers
  
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• Bisping Embraces Pressure & Responsibilities Of Being Champion

  03-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  Michael Bisping is the UFC middleweight champion of the world. But if you hear him talk about his UFC 217 main event against Georges St-Pierre, you would almost think that “The Count” is the challenger, eager to prove something to a world that believes the return of Montreal’s GSP is the big story here.“While he’s been retired I’ve been fighting the best guys in the world,” said Bisping, who has gone 6-2 in the nearly four years since St-Pierre took a hi
  
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• Battle-Tested Vick Ready To Take Next Step Toward Elite Level

  03-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  If a UFC 217 fight with Joe Duffy in Madison Square Garden this Saturday is a signal that James Vick has arrived at the age of 30, that’s only half-right. Yes, a win in a featured prelim bout on the most important card of the year will likely propel the Texas native to bigger and better things in 2018. But he didn’t fall into the sky and into this position. To get here took 10 years of toil, probably longer than it should have. But Vick has known from the start that he would have to
  
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• Barry knew Namajunas had special talent since day they met

  03-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  Pat Barry gives Rose Namajunas advice during Namajunas' title fight against Carla Esparza in 2014" align="center" />As soon as Pat Barry met Rose Namajunas, before they even began dating, he knew the strawweight contender wasn’t like everyone else.“Ever since the day we met, I specifically remember telling her that, ‘You are special and you have a talent,’” he said. “‘And if this is really what you want to do, we’ll do whatever it takes to make
  
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• Bantamweight Contender Jimmie Rivera Previews Garbrandt-Dillashaw

  03-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  The entire mixed martial arts world is eagerly anticipating this Saturday’s UFC 217 co-main event between bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt and former titlist TJ Dillashaw. But there will be one person watching it a little more intently than most, and that’s because Jimmie Rivera hopes to be in the Octagon with the winner sometime next year.It’s a pretty crazy scenario for a fighter who was simply waiting for a call from the UFC at this time in 2014. But New Jersey’s R
  
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• Bellator 186 Results: Bader vs. Vassell

  03-11-2017 05:00
  MMA Fighting has Bellator 186 results for the Bader vs. Vassell fight card Friday night from the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Penn.
  In the main event, Ryan Bader looks to defend his light heavyweight championship against Linton Vassell, while the co-main event sees Ilima Macfarlane and Emily Ducote duking it out for the inaugural Bellator flyweight title.
  Check out the full Bellator 186 results below:
  Main card (Spike, 9 p.m. ET)
  Ryan Bader vs. Linton Vassell
  Ilima Macfarlane vs. Emil
  
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• Former WSOF Champs Blagoy Ivanov, Lance Palmer Take Decision Wins at PFL ‘Fight Night’

  03-11-2017 03:52 via sherdog.com
  The promotional banner may have changed, but Blagoy Ivanov keeps rolling along.
  
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• Blagoy Ivanov, Lance Palmer victorious at PFL Fight Night

  03-11-2017 03:38
  Professional Fighters League put on its third event Thursday night, and two former WSOF champions were victorious in Washington, D.C.
  Ex-WSOF heavyweight champion Blagoy Ivanov took on Brazilian veteran Caio Alencar in the main event, and the Bulgarian talent scored an unanimous decision win after three slow-paced rounds.
  Both fighters traded leg kicks and body kicks for the majority of the contest. Ivanov landed the heaviest punches, hitting Alencar with a pair of left hands that didn’t d
  
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