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• Following Title Win, Ilima-Lei MacFarlane Plans to Return in Six Months

  04-11-2017 23:26
  Don’t expect newly crowned Bellator women’s flyweight champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane to defend her crown in a short period of time. MacFarlane had a dominant performance over Emily Ducote last night (Nov. 3). She earned a fifth-round submission to become the inaugural women’s 125-pound title holder. There is time to rest for MacFarlane as a clear […]
  
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• Watch: UFC 217 Post-Fight Press Conference Live Stream

  04-11-2017 23:05
  Once UFC 217 has reached its conclusion, check out the post-fight press conference. The presser takes place inside Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. A tentative time of 1:15 a.m. ET has been set for the press conference. Both Michael Bisping and Georges St-Pierre are expected to attend the presser if there are no […]
  
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• Georges St-Pierre vs. Matt Serra 2 full fight video

  04-11-2017 23:00
  At UFC 83 back in April 19, 2008, Georges St-Pierre took on Matt Serra in hopes to avenge his UFC 69 loss to the American and regain his welterweight title. That night in Montreal, St-Pierre was able to stop the champion, scoring a second-round technical knockout.
  Now, almost 10 years later, St-Pierre returns to the Octagon after taking a four-year break from the sport. The former welterweight champ will be moving up a weight class to challenge UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping in the he
  
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• UFC 217 Live Preliminary Results

  04-11-2017 22:45
  The UFC is back in Madison Square Garden and will feature three title bouts in its UFC 217 pay-per-view (PPV) event. UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping will attempt his second title defense of his career against the returning ex-welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre in the main event. Our co-featured bout of the evening has UFC bantamweight […]
  
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• UFC 217 live stream online

  04-11-2017 22:00
  Watch UFC 217 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)
  Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre
  Cody Garbrandt vs. T.J. Dillashaw
  Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Rose Namajunas
  Stephen Thompson vs. Jorge Masvidal
  Johny Hendricks vs. Paulo Borrachinha
  UFC 217 middleweight champion Michael Bisping will square off against Georges St-Pierre in the UFC 217 main event. Also on the main card
  
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• Joanna Jedrzejczyk rips Pat Barry for insulting her assistant

  04-11-2017 21:30
  The feud between Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Rose Namajunas has grown in intensity with every week that passes by in the lead-up to their fight, and it sounds like there’s been some collateral damage.
  At the UFC 217 ceremonial weigh-ins on Friday, the UFC strawweight champion mentioned that Namajunas’s fiancee, former heavyweight MMA fighter Pat Barry, called one of her associates a “bitch” and she elaborated on that incident as well and clarified recent comments she’d m
  
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• Rizin Finalizes Bantamweight GP Bracket; Kyoji Horiguchi Faces Unbeaten Gabriel Oliveira on Dec. 29

  04-11-2017 21:12 via sherdog.com
  Kyoji Horiguchi finally has his next opponent firmed up, even if it should have been a no-brainer all along.
  
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• Joe Duffy on Georges St-Pierre: ‘Writing him off would be crazy’

  04-11-2017 21:00
  Joseph Duffy has been training in Tristar ever since he signed on the dotted line with the UFC back in 2015.The Irishman has already clocked an impressive 4-1 record in the Octagon, but for the first time in his UFC tenure he is preparing for his Madison Square Garden date against James Vick at UFC 217 alongside the gym’s best-know proponent, Georges St-Pierre.With GSP returning to the Octagon for the first time in four years, you might think his camp would bring a different feel to Duffy&
  
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• Jorge Masvidal believes teammate Colby Covington was ‘in the right’ lashing out at UFC Sao Paulo

  04-11-2017 20:00
  Colby Covington’s memorable post-fight promo at UFC Sao Paulo ruffled a lot of feathers, but Jorge Masvidal doesn’t thinks his teammate did anything wrong.
  Following a unanimous decision win over Demian Maia in the co-main event this past Saturday, Covington cut a fiery promo aimed at the Brazilian fans in attendance who he’d been butting heads with all week up until the moment that he’d finally stepped foot in the Octagon to compete. In particular, his description of the
  
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• ‘Shogun’ Rua targets spring UFC return, hopes for Ovince Saint Preux rematch and title shot next

  04-11-2017 19:00
  SAO PAULO, Brazil — Mauricio Rua won’t be back in the Octagon any time soon because “injuries suck."
  The former UFC and PRIDE champion was forced out of a light heavyweight rematch with Ovince Saint Preux in the main event of UFC Japan in September due to a left knee injury, and expects to be back in the Octagon around April or May.
  Rua spoke with the media in Brazil, a day before UFC Sao Paulo, and explained that he was willing to face Saint Preux with an injured knee and only
  
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• UFC 217 Embedded (Ep. 7): The Fighters Weigh in & Face Off

  04-11-2017 18:40
  The final episode of UFC 217 Embedded has been released. The main focus of episode seven is on weigh-in day. Jorge Masvidal expresses his joy in not having to cut the amount of water he used to. His training partner Yoel Romero then sends a message to middleweight champion Michael Bisping. We then see Bisping, […]
  
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• Ryan Bader: I Think King Mo is Deserving of Light Heavyweight Title Shot

  04-11-2017 18:23
  Ryan Bader is already looking at his next title defense. Last night (Nov. 3), Bader successfully defended his Bellator light heavyweight title against Linton Vassell. “Darth” earned a second-round TKO victory. It was Bader’s first title defense. Now that his first defense is in the books, Bader is looking at Muhammad Lawal as the next challenger […]
  
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• Georges St-Pierre’s return is a reminder that four years is an eternity in MMA

  04-11-2017 18:00
  Georges St-Pierre was at one time the biggest star in the UFC, and still remains in any discussion regarding the greatest MMA fighter in history. He’s fighting for the middleweight title on Saturday, but he may not have convinced the public that he’s really back. It's been four years since Georges St-Pierre walked out of the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas with a controversial decision win over Johny Hendricks.When he left, he was the biggest drawing card in the UFC, and one of t
  
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• LFA fighter C.J. Hancock says he died in cage, was revived after heart stopped

  04-11-2017 17:42
  A Legacy Fighting Alliance fighter said he died in the cage during a bout Friday night and had to be revived after his heart stopped.
  C.J. Hancock wrote Saturday morning on Facebook that he is “okay” after his heart stopped and he had kidney failure during a fight at LFA 26 on Friday in Houston.“Well I died tonight in the cage,” Hancock wrote. … “They did CPR and hit me with the EKG twice and brought me back.”Hancock, 32, went on that he doesn’t k
  
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• Dominick Cruz believes mental advantage will be reason Cody Garbrandt beats T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 217

  04-11-2017 17:00
  Dominick Cruz has been circling the matchup between UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw for nearly a year.Cruz, the former UFC bantamweight champion, was expected to rematch the winner of the contest for the 135-pound strap until a mid-spring injury suffered by Garbrandt forced the bout to be postponed until UFC 217. While the delay wasn’t ideal, Cruz remains in line to challenge for the bantamweight strap if he gets by Jimmie Rivera on Dec. 30 at UFC 219, and he ex
  
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• UFC 217 main event breakdown: Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre

  04-11-2017 16:15
  After 1,450 days of traveling the world, practicing gymnastics and studying dinosaurs, Georges St-Pierre is back to the mixed martial arts. Let that number sink in. The last time St-Pierre fought - Nov. 16, 2013 - was an eternity ago in UFC time.At the time, Ronda Rousey was still establishing the beginning of her title reign, testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) had yet to be banned, and athletes could still design their own fight gear. At the time, St-Pierre was just 32 years old. Seemingly
  
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• For Joanna Jedrzejczyk, psyching opponents out is part of what psyches people up

  04-11-2017 15:45
  A day before UFC 193, when the ceremonial weigh-ins still doubled as the official weigh-ins, Ronda Rousey came a little unhinged when she faced off with Holly Holm. She made an aggressive approach from the scale, latched onto Holm’s right arm (which was just arriving at duke pose), and forced it toward her own chin, giving the effect of scuffle. At least from Rousey’s side of things. From Holm’s, it was different. She stood there with a stone-face, stoical, burning through Rous
  
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• Georges St-Pierre very much the returning superstar in the eyes of his peers

  04-11-2017 15:00
  NEW YORK — Walt Harris got to rub shoulders with one of his idols earlier this week and, a few days before his fight at UFC 217, he already felt like a winner.
  Harris, you see, is a huge Georges St-Pierre fan. And he told MMA Fighting that he begged UFC matchmaker Mick Maynard to get him on this card at Madison Square Garden, partly because the man he admires so much is in a headlining spot.
  “I’m fighting with GSP, I’m signing posters [Tuesday] night with GSP,” said
  
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• UFC 217 start time, TV schedule for Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre

  04-11-2017 14:00
  The UFC 217 start time, TV schedule for the Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre event at Madison Square Garden in New York City 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:
  Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre
  Cody Garbrandt vs. T.J. Dillashaw
  Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs.
  
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• UFC 217 predictions

  04-11-2017 13:00
  Longtime welterweight king Georges St-Pierre will be returning to the Octagon after afour-year break from the sport. St-Pierre will be getting no easy welcome to the cage, as he’ll be challenging Michael Bisping for his middleweight crown. The historic 185-pound title fight will serve as the main event for UFC 217. This card is by far the biggest and most stacked MMA event of the year. Apart from the fantastic main event, UFC 217 also features two must-watch title fights in Cody Garbrandt
  
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• UFC 217: Pros predict Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre

  04-11-2017 12:00
  NEW YORK — There are so many questions heading into the UFC 217 main event Saturday night. Michael Bisping is defending his UFC middleweight title against Georges St-Pierre in a battle of two of the most successful fighters in the history of the sport.
  But St-Pierre has not fought since 2013 and his big run came holding the welterweight belt. This bout will be contested at 15 pounds heavier.Then, there’s Bisping, who has been panned for not fighting the rightful contenders in his div
  
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• UFC 217 co-main event breakdown: Cody Garbrandt vs. T.J. Dillashaw

  04-11-2017 11:00
  It’s no secret that the UFC is suffering from a dearth of superstars, fighters who can move pay-per-view units by their mere presence. When WME-IMG completed its purchase of the UFC, that’s a problem they likely never saw coming. And even if they did, they probably assumed they would be able to apply the same techniques they use in Hollywood to help cultivate new ones. But MMA doesn’t work the same way. Fighters have to have a certain charisma, an innate ability to connect with
  
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• With wins over Anderson Silva and ‘GSP,’ Michael Bisping says he’d be ‘one of the greatest MMA fighters’ ever

  04-11-2017 10:00
  Not long ago, the pound-for-pound discussion in the UFC began and ended with two names: Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre.
  From 2005 to 2012, the two all-time greats ripped through a combined 32-1 record inside the UFC Octagon, setting the benchmarks in their respective divisions with a pair of simultaneous, prodigious title reigns. For seemingly forever, Silva and St-Pierre were the two constants in an otherwise volatile sport. And around the same time, Michael Bisping was a character relega
  
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• UFC 217 Embedded, Episode 7: ‘The boogiewoman is coming for you’

  04-11-2017 09:42
  On the seventh episode of UFC 217 Embedded, things get heated between Michael Bisping, Georges St-Pierre, Cody Garbrandt, T.J. Dillashaw, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, and Rose Namajunas as the stars of Saturday night face off for the final time at the UFC 217 ceremonial weigh-ins.
  
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• Bellator 186 highlights

  04-11-2017 06:51
  Check out Bellator 186 highlights from Friday night's Bellator event where Ryan Bader defended his title and Ilima-Lei Macfarlane won the flyweight title.
  
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• Video: A New Champion Crowned at LFA 26

  04-11-2017 06:17 via sherdog.com
  A new champion was crowned Friday on AXS TV Fights at Legacy Fighting Alliance 26.
  
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• UFC 217 Embedded, Episode 6: ‘What a circus’

  04-11-2017 06:09
  In the latest episode of UFC 217 Embedded, GSP and Michael Bisping exchange barbs during an interview, several UFC fighters meet the fans, the fighters weigh-in and more.
  
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• 'Wonderboy' Sharp As Ever In Win Over Masvidal

  04-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  NEW YORK – After two bouts with welterweight champion Tyron Woodley that resulted in a draw and a loss, Stephen Thompson got a new opponent and a new winning streak underway Saturday at Madison Square Garden, as he scored a shutout three-round unanimous decision over Jorge Masvidal that kept his hopes for another crack at the crown alive. “I could have done better tonight, but I’m not giving up on that title,” said Thompson. Scores were 30-26, and 30-27 twice.Exchanging b
  
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• UFC Announces Q1 Event Schedule

  04-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  The UFC announced the 2018 first quarter slate of events Saturday night during the UFC 217 event at Madison Square Garden in New York City.The Octagon is set to travel to Boston, Massachusetts for the first Pay Per View event of 2018 on Jan 20 at TD Garden. Perth, Australia gets its first-ever UFC event with the second PPV of the year on Feb. 10. And the final Pay Per View announced will take place on March 3 in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena.A pair of bog FOX events will go down in quarter one 201
  
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• UFC 217 Prelims Deliver Four Finishes

  04-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  NEW YORK – James Vick likely made the move from prospect to contender in UFC 217 prelim action at Madison Square Garden Saturday night, as he stopped Joe Duffy in the second round of a battle between lightweight rising stars.AT THE HORN!!!@JamesVickMMA finishes Duffy in round 2 w/ SECONDS remaining!! #UFC217 pic.twitter.com/1bOKhInhXv— UFC (@ufc) November 5, 2017Not surprisingly, the two fought at a fast paced, competitive clip in the opening round, with Duffy leading the action thro
  
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• UFC 217: Bisping vs St-Pierre - Live Results

  04-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  Who were the winners at UFC 217: Bisping vs St-Pierre? Click below to get the results for all the fights from Madison Square Garden in New York, New York on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. Just refresh your page to get updated results, photos and quotes.Bisping vs St-Pierre | Garbrandt vs Dillashaw | Jedrzejczyk vs Namajunas | Thompson vs Masvidal | Hendricks vs Costa | Vick vs Duffy | Harris vs Godbeer | Saint Preux vs Anderson | Brown vs Gall | Oleinik vs Blaydes | Zahabi vs RamosUFC 217 Pay Per View
  
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• UFC 217: Bisping vs St-Pierre - Final Results

  04-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  Who were the winners at UFC 217: Bisping vs St-Pierre? Click below to get the results for all the fights from Madison Square Garden in New York, New York on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. Just refresh your page to get updated results, photos and quotes.Bisping vs St-Pierre | Garbrandt vs Dillashaw | Jedrzejczyk vs Namajunas | Thompson vs Masvidal | Hendricks vs Costa | Vick vs Duffy | Harris vs Godbeer | Saint Preux vs Anderson | Brown vs Gall | Oleinik vs Blaydes | Zahabi vs RamosUFC 217 Pay Per View
  
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• Namajunas stuns Jedrzejczyk, new world champ

  04-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  NEW YORK – History was up for grabs for Joanna Jedrzejczyk at Madison Square Garden Saturday night, but despite being favored to defeat Rose Namajunas at UFC 217 and set a new mark for UFC championship victories by a woman, it was “Thug Rose” who made history of her own, scoring a stunning first-round knockout of the previously unbeaten Jedrzejczyk to take the UFC strawweight title.THAT LEFT HOOK THO!!!@RoseNamajunas #UFC217 pic.twitter.com/bxo33yzSLi— UFC (@ufc) November
  
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• Epic Comeback, Dillashaw Takes Garbrandt's Belt

  04-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  NEW YORK – After nearly two years in the wilderness as he attempted to regain his UFC bantamweight title, TJ Dillashaw finally got his chance Saturday against a former teammate in Cody Garbrandt and made the most of it, stopping the previously unbeaten Ohio native in the second round of their UFC 217 co-main event at Madison Square Garden.The win was Dillashaw’s third since he lost the belt to Dominick Cruz, and he expects this time his reign will be even longer than the first one fr
  
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• Dream Complete, GSP A Champ Once Again

  04-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
   NEW YORK - For a few moments on Saturday night in Madison Square Garden it was 2013 all over again, as two-time welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre returned from a nearly four-year layoff to submit Michael Bisping in the third round, take the UFC middleweight title and become only the fourth fighter in the promotion’s history to hold titles in two weight classes.“It’s my dream come true,” said St-Pierre, 36, who took a hiatus from the sport after his November 20
  
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• Costa Continues Destructive Run

  04-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  Paulo Costa of Brazil fights Johny Hendricks in their middleweight bout during the UFC 217 event at Madison Square Garden on November 4, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)" align="center" />NEW YORK – Brazilian middleweight phenom Paulo Costa made a statement in his third trip to the Octagon, as he opened up the UFC 217 main card on Saturday with a one-sided second-round stoppage of former welterweight champion Johny Hendricks at Madison Square Garden.“I came
  
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• Bellator 186 results: Ryan Bader retains light heavyweight title

  04-11-2017 05:26
  At the site of one of the most decorated wrestling programs in the country, Ryan Bader made use of that discipline to record his first Bellator title defense.
  Bader (24-5) left no doubt that he is the top light heavyweight in Bellator, using a wrestling-heavy attack to neutralize Linton Vassell (19-6). He then finished him with ground-and-pound in the second round of the championship main event of Bellator 186 on Friday at the Bryce Jordan Center on the Penn State campus in University Park, Penn
  
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• Ryan Bader Bashes Linton Vassell to Retain Light Heavyweight Title in Bellator 186 Headliner

  04-11-2017 05:04 via sherdog.com
  Light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader stops Linton Vassell with second-round punches in the Bellator 186 main event.
  
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• UFC 217 Results: Bisping vs. GSP

  04-11-2017 05:00
  MMA Fighting has UFC 217 results for the Bisping vs. GSP fight card Nov. 4, plus live coverage from New York City, and live UFC 217 Twitter updates.
  In the main event, Michael Bisping will put his UFC middleweight title on the line against former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.
  UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt will defend his title for the first time against T.J. Dillashaw. Also on the main card, UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk will try to retain her title agains
  
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• Bellator 186: Ryan Bader Finishes Linton Vassell in First Title Defense

  04-11-2017 04:51
  Ryan Bader was dominant in his first title defense against Linton Vassell. Bader closed the distance and drove in. The cage held Vassell up. Vassell reversed the position, but Bader countered with a throw. Vassell got back to his feet. He landed a heavy leg kick. Another leg kick connected for the challenger. He went […]
  
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• Watch All Six Episodes of UFC 217 ‘Embedded’

  04-11-2017 04:22 via sherdog.com
  Watch all six episodes of UFC 217 “Embedded.”
  
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• Watch All Seven Episodes of UFC 217 ‘Embedded’

  04-11-2017 04:22 via sherdog.com
  Watch all seven episodes of UFC 217 “Embedded” here:
  
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• Bellator 186: Ilima-Lei MacFarlane Captures Women’s Flyweight Title

  04-11-2017 04:19
  Emily Ducote couldn’t get anything going against Ilima-Lei MacFarlane. The two exchanged leg kicks early. MacFarlane tied her opponent up and landed a knee to the body. She connected with two more before the clinch ended. MacFarlane pushed the pace and went back to the tie-up. Ducote brushed her off. MacFarlane threw combinations and landed […]
  
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• UFC 217 preview show

  04-11-2017 03:49
  With UFC 217 just hours away, MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani and Marc Raimondi break down the top storylines.
  
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• Embedded: Sixth Edition Posted for UFC 217

  04-11-2017 03:43
  The sixth episode for UFC 217: Embedded has been released, giving us behind-the-scenes footage of Saturday’s fighters as they prepare for battle. We hear from both middleweight champion Michael Bisping and challenger Georges St-Pierre as they continue to trade shots following a press conference in which that is all they did. Later, Cody Garbrandt meets […]
  
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• Legacy Fighting Alliance 26: Fighter Taken From Arena in Ambulance

  04-11-2017 03:24
  Several reports came out Friday night during the Legacy Fighting Alliance 26 card regarding prelim fighter CJ Hancock. Hancock suffered a second round TKO loss to Charles Ontiveros. #LFA26 RESULTS: Charles Ontiveros def CJ Hancock via TKO – R2. @LFAFighting @AXSTVFights pic.twitter.com/yc7vElRnyD — Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) November 4, 2017 Mike Jackson, who was in […]
  
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• Bellator 186: Phil Davis Tops Leo Leite in Pennsylvania

  04-11-2017 03:24
  Phil Davis earned a unanimous decision win over Leo Leite. A leg kick was there for Davis early. Leite tied Davis up, but was quickly reversed. “Mr. Wonderful” threw his opponent down to the canvas. Liete used a leg lock to get back up, but he was taken back down. He stood up, but ate […]
  
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• UFC 217 ceremonial weigh-in photos

  04-11-2017 03:18
  The UFC 217 ceremonial weigh-ins were held Friday in New York City.
  
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• Georges St-Pierre calls Demetrious Johnson ‘the best fighter of our era’

  04-11-2017 03:00
  Georges St-Pierre is in rarefied air as one of the mixed martial artists whose name comes up in any discussion of the all-time greats.
  The most recent fighter added to that list? UFC flyweight king Demetrious Johnson.
  That name might not be regarded by some with the same reverence as “GSP”, Anderson Silva, Fedor Emelianenko, or Jon Jones, but it’s difficult to dispute Johnson’s qualifications for legend status after he broke Silva’s record for consecutive UFC title
  
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• Azunna Anyanwu Fails USADA Drug Test, Faces Potential Anti-Doping Violation

  04-11-2017 02:56 via sherdog.com
  Heavyweight Azunna Anyanwu has been flagged for a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on Oct. 18.
  
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