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• Video: Former NFLer Greg Hardy wins MMA debut via first-round TKO

  05-11-2017 23:30
  Former NFL star Greg Hardy can now add a mixed martial arts win to his sporting resume.
  Hardy made a successful cagefighting debut in an amateur heavyweight bout at the Rise of a Warrior 21 show in Fort Pierce, Fla., on Saturday, knocking out opponent Joe Hawkins in just 32 seconds.
  “I had a lot of nerves, but it was good to get ‘em out, it was good to just work through it and be in the ring,” Hardy said in a post-fight interview. “I was glad to compete and be back in a p
  
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• Rose Namajunas: ‘I’ve dealt with a lot worse in my life’ than Joanna Jedrzejczyk and her trash talk

  05-11-2017 23:00
  NEW YORK — Try as she might, Joanna Jedrzejczyk just couldn’t get into Rose Namajunas’ head leading into UFC 217. The proof, now, is in the pudding.
  Namajunas won the UFC women’s strawweight title from Jedrejczyk on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. “Thug Rose” took it via first-round TKO in a bout that was never even competitive.
  The preceding days were filled with Jedrzejczyk getting in Namajunas’ face during staredowns and telling her she would
  
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• Cody Garbrandt believes he’s still the better fighter, wants another crack at T.J. Dillashaw

  05-11-2017 22:00
  Cody Garbrandt is willing to acknowledge that T.J. Dillashaw was the better man at UFC 217, but not the better fighter overall.
  At Saturday’s post-fight press conference following his bantamweight championship loss to Dillashaw in the co-main event at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y., Garbrandt gave credit to Dillashaw for beating him while also maintaining that he has the superior skills. The bout ended in the second round when Dillashaw dropped Garbrandt with a stiff right hand be
  
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• Video: Dana White’s ‘Looking for a Fight’ Returns with Matt Serra, Gian Villante

  05-11-2017 21:33
  UFC president Dana White hits up New York City with Matt Serra and Gian Villante for the fourth episode of Season 2 from “Lookin’ for a Fight.” The three attend batting practice before a New York Mets game, ride-along with the NYPD in Brooklyn and dance with the Rockettes. For Serra’s birthday, they head out […]
  
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• T.J. Dillashaw on Facing Demetrious Johnson: ‘That’s The Fight I Want’

  05-11-2017 21:16
  New UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw isn’t interested in defending his title for his next fight. Instead, he wants a champion vs. champion match with long-time flyweight king Demetrious Johnson. Earlier this year, Dillashaw had agreed to move down and fight Johnson to keep him on a planned card. Instead, “Mighty Mouse” turned down the […]
  
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• Joanna Jedrzejczyk on Her UFC 217 Mistake: ‘My Hand was Low, She got Me’

  05-11-2017 21:10
  Joanna Jedrzejczyk immediately went to the back and watched a replay of her UFC 217 loss to Rose Namajunas. And moments later, Jedrzejczyk had already saw her mistake. “My coach showed me the video,” she said. “My hand was low and she got me. It was a big surprise, but I’m moving forward. I’ve done […]
  
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• Rose Namajunas Always Plans on ‘Punch, Takedown, Choke’ to Win

  05-11-2017 21:06
  Rose Namajunas has a certain plan she likes to follow. In a similar routine that was made famous by Brock Lesnar, Namajunas followed part of her plan in becoming the UFC strawweight champion by finishing Joanna Jedrzejczyk Saturday night. “A lot of girls were so desperate to take her down. My game plan is always […]
  
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• UFC 217 Aftermath: Is Georges St-Pierre the greatest of all time?

  05-11-2017 21:00
  The aftermath of a memorable mixed martial arts event brings an inevitable stampede of superlatives.
  Whatever we might have just witnessed was the greatest fight, fighter, event, move, and so on down the line.
  We’re pretty quick to proclaim all-time benchmarks in this still young sport.
  Just last month, we started wondering whether Demetrious Johnson had taken his spot as MMA’s new Greatest of All Time, after he pulled off objectively one of the most dazzling moves we’ve ever s
  
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• Tyron Woodley: Georges St-Pierre ‘Should Have Been Fighting Me’

  05-11-2017 21:00
  UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley worked the FOX Sports desk this weekend for UFC 217 coverage. In doing so, Woodley was front-and-center to watch Georges St-Pierre win the middleweight title over Michael Bisping at Madison Square Garden in New York City. And it clearly agitated Woodley. “Georges should have been fighting me here at MSG,” […]
  
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• Michael Bisping on UFC 217 Loss: ‘I’m Crushed Inside, But Life Goes on’

  05-11-2017 20:24
  Michael Bisping is taking his championship loss as well as he can. Last night (Nov. 4), Bisping defended his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight title against Georges St-Pierre at UFC 217. “Rush” captured the gold when he choked out Bisping in the third round. It was St-Pierre’s first bout in four years. At the post-fight […]
  
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• Robert Whittaker hoping to unify belts: I’m not in the defending the interim title business

  05-11-2017 20:00
  NEW YORK — At UFC 217, interim middleweight champion Robert Whittaker talked about what's next for him, Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre, finally coming around to the "Bobby Knuckles" nickname, and much more.
  
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• T.J. Dillashaw on Cody Garbrandt: ‘He Doesn’t Deserve a Rematch’

  05-11-2017 19:24
  T.J. Dillashaw’s immediate plans don’t include a rematch with Cody Garbrandt. Last night (Nov. 4), Dillashaw challenged Garbrandt for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight title at UFC 217. Garbrandt looked to have things going his way in the opening round. He dropped Dillashaw and had there been 10 seconds left on the clock, a […]
  
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• Dana White: Demetrious Johnson has ‘his big fight now’ in T.J. Dillashaw

  05-11-2017 19:00
  Both T.J. Dillashaw and UFC president Dana White were down for the concept of a Dillashaw fight against UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson over the summer.
  The rumored August matchup was never was made, though, because Johnson didn’t want it, prefering to make his UFC record-setting 11th title defense against Ray Borg instead.
  After UFC 217, though, the concept Johnson vs. Dillashaw is back at the forefront. Such a fight would now be a champion vs. champion superfight after Dillasha
  
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• UFC 217 was a night that rocked New York and shook up a lackluster year

  05-11-2017 18:00
  For years, the UFC fought a battle to drop their Octagon into the middle of New York, and people from other parts of the world wondered why that was such a big deal. Why was this one single place so important when you could set up shop in Los Angeles or Tokyo or London, or a dozen other world metropolises? Yet nearly everyone will acknowledge that while New York has no mystical powers, it seems to have a magical ability to produce legendary performances. The New York Yankees, The Phantom of the
  
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• Stephen Thompson hoping to fight Robbie Lawler next

  05-11-2017 17:00
  NEW YORK CITY — Stephen Thompson discusses his UFC 217 win over Jorge Masvidal, where he stands in the welterweight division, wanting to fight Robbie Lawler next, and much more.
  
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• T.J. Dillashaw shuts down Cody Garbrandt’s requests: ‘He doesn’t deserve a rematch’

  05-11-2017 16:30
  T.J. Dillashaw endured plenty of trash talk from Cody Garbrandt and the rest of the crew at Team Alpha Male in the lead-up to UFC 217. But in the end, it was Dillashaw who got the last laugh.
  Dillashaw ended Garbrandt’s title reign with a thunderous flourish, knocking out his former teammate with a second-round salvo of punches to reclaim the UFC bantamweight title on Saturday night at UFC 217. Afterward, Garbrandt petitioned hard for a rematch, stating repeatedly at the event’s post
  
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• UFC announces schedule for first quarter of 2018

  05-11-2017 16:00
  On Saturday’s UFC 217 broadcast, the UFC officially announced nine events for the start of 2018.
  The first quarter of next year kicks off with a Fight Night event in St. Louis, Mo., and wraps up with a trip to the O2 Arena in London, England.
  Other international stops include Belem, Brazil, and Perth, Australia. It will be the first time that the Octagon visits those cities.
  See below for the full list of events with date and venue information:
  Jan. 14 - UFC St. Louis - Scottrade Center in
  
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• Dana White on Georges St-Pierre’s next move: ‘It’s going to be Whittaker’

  05-11-2017 15:30
  It seems a title unification bout is on the horizon for Georges St-Pierre.On Saturday night, the former UFC welterweight king returned to the Octagon after a four-year layoff to take on UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping in the main event of UFC 217, which took place at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. After two competitive rounds, St-Pierre defeated Bisping with a third-round rear-naked choke, thus becoming the new middleweight champ.Although St-Pierre now sits at the top of t
  
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• Michael Bisping ‘crushed inside’ after UFC 217 loss, but will fight on

  05-11-2017 15:00
  Michael Bisping may be down, but he’s certainly not out.
  Bisping, the former UFC middleweight champion who suffered a third-round loss to Georges St-Pierre in the main event of UFC 217, publicly flirted with the idea of retiring in the build-up to his Nov. 4 title defense against St-Pierre. “The Count” eventually distanced himself from those comments in the days prior to UFC 217, but after dropping his belt via rear-naked choke to St-Pierre, Bisping erased any lingering doubt a
  
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• Joanna Jedrzejczyk vows to return ‘stronger’, hopes for title rematch

  05-11-2017 13:00
  Joanna Jedrzejczyk was the first championship domino to fall on Saturday night, and she was also the first to come out and address the media afterwards. Even if it is just the way the UFC 217 post-fight presser was scheduled, one gets the sense that she would have no issue leading off even after having suffered a TKO loss to Rose Namajunas earlier in the evening that cost her the UFC strawweight crown.
  It was supposed to be a coronation at Madison Square Garden for Jedrzejczyk, who thrilled the
  
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• UFC 217 post-fight show

  05-11-2017 12:09
  NEW YORK — With UFC 217 in the books, MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, Marc Raimondi and Luke Thomas break down the top storylines.
  
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• Georges St-Pierre wanted to prove that MMA isn’t about ‘who’s got the biggest balls’

  05-11-2017 12:00
  NEW YORK — In an era of mixed martial arts where crap talking rules the roost and drama sells pay-per-view events, it took one of the sport’s great champions to remind everyone what the sport is all about.At least that was one of Georges St-Pierre’s goals coming into his middleweight title fight against Michael Bisping in the main event of UFC 217 on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
  “Martial arts is not about who’s got the biggest balls,” GSP said in t
  
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• Rose Namajunas vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk full fight video highlights

  05-11-2017 08:38
  Watch Rose Namajunas vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk full fight video highlights from UFC 217’s main card above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
  UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre took place Nov. 4 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk (14-1) looked to continue her historic title reign against top contender Rose Namajunas (7-3) on the night's main card, which aired live on pay-per-view. Catch the video highlights above.
  THAT LEFT HOOK THO!!!@RoseNamaju
  
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• Dana White: Georges St. Pierre Staying at 185 Pounds, Facing Robert Whittaker Next

  05-11-2017 07:57 via sherdog.com
  By any account, Georges St. Pierre’s return to the Octagon following a four-year hiatus was a smashing success.
  
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• Dillashaw Says Asterisk Should Be Attached to Demetrious Johnson’s Title Defense Record

  05-11-2017 07:43 via sherdog.com
  T.J. Dillashaw hasn’t forgotten about Demetrious Johnson denying him a marquee fight this past summer.
  
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• UFC 217 bonuses: Georges St-Pierre, four others earn extra money

  05-11-2017 07:34
  UFC 217 was full of memorable performances. So much so that four Performance of the Night bonuses weren’t enough.
  Each of the three new champions crowned on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City took home an extra $50,000 for their efforts.
  Georges St-Pierre, who choked out Michael Bisping in the main event to win the UFC middleweight title; T.J. Dillashaw, who finished Cody Garbrandt to claim his second UFC bantamweight championship; and Rose Namajunas, who made Joanna
  
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• Rose Namajunas: Jedrzejczyk Showed Me How Not to Be a Champion Ahead of UFC 217

  05-11-2017 07:25 via sherdog.com
  As Season 20 of “The Ultimate Fighter” progressed, Rose Namajuas was anointed as “The Next Big Thing” in women’s mixed martial arts, a potential heir to Ronda Rousey’s superstar throne.
  
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• UFC 217 Bonuses: All Three New Champs Pocket $50K Awards; OSP, Ramos Get $25K

  05-11-2017 07:02 via sherdog.com
  Rose Namajunas pulled off one of the year’s biggest upsets against a longstanding, dominant champion, and now “Thug” is $50,000 richer for her efforts.
  
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• Video: Georges St-Pierre & Michael Bisping UFC 217 Post-Fight Interviews

  05-11-2017 06:37
  Georges St-Pierre is the new middleweight champion and Michael Bisping is forced to go back to the drawing board. Tonight (Nov. 4), UFC 217 was held inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. In the main event, St-Pierre challenged Bisping for the 185-pound title. It was clear in the opening round that ring rust […]
  
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• Following UFC 217 Win, Stephen Thompson Says NYC is Second Home

  05-11-2017 06:23
  Stephen Thompson is happy to earn a victory at UFC 217. Earlier tonight (Nov. 4) the UFC held a pay-per-view event inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. The second fight on the main card featured a welterweight clash between Thompson and Jorge Masvidal. Thompson was on point for all three rounds. His striking […]
  
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• UFC 217 in Tweets: Pros react to Georges St-Pierre vs. Michael Bisping, more

  05-11-2017 06:19
  Never before had three UFC titles changed hands in one night, but never before have we seen a card play out quite like UFC 217.
  In a night of thunderous upsets, Rose Namajunas slept Joanna Jedrzejczyk inside a round, T.J. Dillashaw put the Team Alpha Male rivalry to rest with a second-round knockout of Cody Garbrandt, and one of the greatest fighters of all-time — Georges St-Pierre — added another legendary chapter to his legacy with a title-winning, third-round submission over Micha
  
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• UFC 217 results: Georges St-Pierre stuns Michael Bisping for middleweight title

  05-11-2017 06:04
  In case you forgot, Georges St-Pierre is on the very short list of the greatest mixed martial artists of all-time.On Saturday night at UFC 217, the former longtime UFC welterweight champion returned to the Octagon for the first time in four years and scored a staggering upset over Michael Bisping to capture the UFC middleweight title.The time of the submission finish at New York’s Madison Square Garden was 4:23 of the third round as St-Pierre (26-2) became just the fourth fighter in UFC hi
  
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• UFC 217: Bisping vs St-Pierre Fantasy Rewind

  05-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  UFC 217 might go down as one of the greatest cards in history after three title fights all resulted in new champions being crowned.In the main event, Georges St-Pierre returned from nearly four years away from the Octagon to finish Michael Bisping by third-round rear naked choke to become the new middleweight champion and only the fourth fighter in history to hold titles in two different weight classes.St-Pierre definitely had a battle on his hands as Bisping opened up two different cuts on the
  
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• Porzingis, DJ Pose for Epic Photo

  05-11-2017 06:00 via ufc.com
  #UFC217 pic.twitter.com/RdfGQBeE0S— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) November 5, 2017New York Knicks superstar Kristaps Porzingis attended the historic UFC 217 event at Madison Square Garden Saturday night. Porzingis, who's listed at 7 feet 3 inches tall, posed for a picture with UFC legend Demetrious Johnson, who stands at 5 feet 3 inches. Read the Full Article Here
  
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• UFC 217 post-fight press conference video

  05-11-2017 05:46
  The UFC 217 post-fight press conference is the last piece of business to take care of after the action is over in the Octagon, and we have the live video below at MMAFighting.com.
  UFC officials will announce the winners of the Fight of the Night and the Performance of the Night bonuses, and winning fighters will meet the media after their fights.
  The UFC 217 post-fight press conference takes place about 30 minutes after the main event ends, meaning it will start around 1:30 a.m. ET.
  
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• Georges St-Pierre Submits Michael Bisping To Secure Middleweight Title

  05-11-2017 05:45
  Round 1: GSP throws leg kicks early and lands a nice overhand right. A lead hook and spinning body kick lands for GSP and follows up with a jab. Bisping begins to pick up the volume a bit but GSP lands a big right hand. A big jab lands for GSP and he’s really looking […]
  
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• Rose Namajunas Gives Emotion-Filled Interview Following UFC 217

  05-11-2017 05:25
  Rose Namajunas is on top of the UFC strawweight world. Namajunas became just the third female fighter to hold the title Saturday night, finishing Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217. After making it to the finals of The Ultimate Fighter, Namajunas was topped by Carla Esparza. Now, she joins her as as champion, improving to 8-3 […]
  
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• UFC 217 results: T.J. Dillashaw finishes Cody Garbrandt, regains bantamweight belt

  05-11-2017 05:19
  Things didn’t look too good for T.J. Dillashaw at the end of the opening round against Cody Garbrandt on Saturday night at UFC 217.
  Garbrandt, defending his UFC bantamweight title against his former Team Alpha Male teammate and current rival at New York’s Madison Square Garden, dropped Dillashaw with a wicked counter right hand to the jaw in the closing seconds.If it wasn’t for the horn, Garbrandt might have finished the fight. Instead, Dillashaw rallied for a sensational finis
  
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• UFC 217 live blog: Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre

  05-11-2017 05:08
  This is the UFC 217 live blog for Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre, a middleweight championship bout at Saturday night's UFC event at Madison Square Garden in New York City, N.Y.
  Former welterweight champion St-Pierre returns from a four-year hiatus to attempt to take the middleweight title from Bisping - owner of the most wins in UFC history - in the evening’s main event.
  Check out the UFC 217 live blog below.
  Round 1: “Big” John McCarthy on hand to oversee this massive m
  
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• TJ Dillashaw Knocks Out Cody Garbrandt To Reclaim Bantamweight Throne

  05-11-2017 05:05
  Round 1: Garbrandt misses a head-kick to open the fight and both men are trying to find their range as they aren’t landing anything. Garbrandt comes inside now and begins landing some heavy shots but Dillashaw is able to shake him off. A left hook lands for Garbrandt and he follows it up with a […]
  
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• Georges St. Pierre Chokes Michael Bisping Unconscious, Takes Middleweight Title at UFC 217

  05-11-2017 05:05 via sherdog.com
  Georges St. Pierre puts Michael Bisping to sleep in the UFC 217 main event on Saturday in New York.
  
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• UFC 217 results: Rose Namajunas stuns Joanna Jedrzejczyk for strawweight title

  05-11-2017 04:48
  All week long, Joanna Jedrzejczyk tried to get in Rose Namajunas’ head.All week long, Rose shrugged off the histrionics leading up to their UFC strawweight title fight.
  Turns out Namajunas was waiting until fight night to make her noise.
  The Colorado-based fighter stunned the mixed martial arts world with a first-round knockout of the previously undefeated Jedrzejczyk on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  A gigantic left hand to the jaw dropped Jedrzejczyk and a righ
  
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• UFC 217 live blog: Cody Garbrandt vs. T.J. Dillashaw

  05-11-2017 04:40
  This is the UFC 217 live blog for Cody Garbrandt vs. T.J. Dillashaw, a bantamweight championship bout at Saturday night's UFC event at Madison Square Garden in New York City, N.Y.
  The undefeated Garbrandt defends his title for the first time, facing former champion Dillashaw in the evening’s co-main event.
  Check out the UFC 217 live blog below.
  Round 1: Dillashaw with a lot of movement, feinting in and out. Garbrandt tags him with a counter-punch. Front kick by Dillashaw. Neither man landi
  
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• Rose Namajunas Stuns Joanna Jędrzejczyk With First Round Knockout

  05-11-2017 04:32
  Round 1: Rose lands a leg kick to open the fight and Joanna tries to find her range. Rose now lands a nice jab and Joanna just misses on a few strikes. A nice combo lands for Joanna inside the pocket. Namajunas tags Joanna and she’s on top now, however, Joanna gets back up and […]
  
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• Stephen Thompson Takes Home Decision Win Over Jorge Masvidal

  05-11-2017 04:06
  Round 1: Masvidal with front leg side kicks to open the round. A head-kick from Thompson is blocked and Masvidal responds with a leg kick. Side kick to the body lands for Thompson and he follows it up with one to the face as well. Thompson comes inside but just misses on a combination. Masvidal […]
  
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• Paulo Costa Lays Waste To Johny Hendricks With Second Round Knockout

  05-11-2017 03:32
  Round 1: Costa comes in and must misses on a hook. Costa lands a massive body kick and follows it up with another. Hendricks misses a leg kick and just blocks a head-kick. Hendricks misses a lead right-hook and has a takedown stuffed. A big spinning  back kick misses for Costa and Hendricks lands a […]
  
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• Paige VanZant Claims She will Fight Winner of The Ultimate Fighter 26

  05-11-2017 03:13
  It is not too often that a fighter reports early that they will be meeting the winner of The Ultimate Fighter. But when that winner becomes a champion in the UFC, it makes more sense. Paige VanZant stated on social media Saturday night that her next fight will come against the winner of TUF 26, […]
  
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• Ovince Saint Preux Makes Statement, Knocks Corey Anderson Out

  05-11-2017 03:03
  UFC 217 featured some big-time prelim matches including a light heavyweight contest between Ovince Saint Preux and Corey Anderson. Saint Preux, who scored a pair of submission victories via the Von Flue choke earlier this year, earned his first knockout since 2015 when he landed a perfect head-kick on Anderson. The win was the third […]
  
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• Highlights from Friday’s Bellator 186 Event Featuring Ryan Bader-Linton Vassell

  05-11-2017 02:59
  Bellator light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader successfully defended his title Friday night in the main event of Bellator 186. The event, which aired live on Spike, went down from Penn State University and also included two former Nittany Lion wrestling standouts. In the co-headliner, Ilima-Lei MacFarlane became the first-ever Bellator female flyweight with a submission […]
  
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• UFC 217 Prelims: James Vick Beats Second-Round Buzzer to Stop Joseph Duffy

  05-11-2017 02:55 via sherdog.com
  It appears that James Vick has grown tired of flying under the radar in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s lightweight division.
  
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