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• TUF 26 Finale Salaries: Montano & Modafferi Easily Top List

  04-12-2017 23:54
  Now that “The Ultimate Fighter” (TUF) 26 Finale has concluded, the salaries have been released. This past Friday night (Dec. 1), an inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s flyweight champion was crowned. Nicco Montano defeated Roxanne Modafferi via unanimous decision to capture the gold. Both competitors walked off with $100,000. Check out the rest of […]
  
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• Max Holloway: Conor McGregor happy to hold onto win from ‘when we were kids’

  04-12-2017 23:40
  Max Holloway was caught up in a social media back and forth with Conor McGregor a day after he successfully defended his UFC featherweight title against former champion Jose Aldo at UFC 218.Speaking about the interaction with the Irishman on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour, Holloway said he felt implored to reply to McGregor after he referenced him in an Instagram post.“When a bully pulls your hair, you punch him in the face,” Holloway told Ariel Helwani.“You know, it&rs
  
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• Jason Parillo: Michael Bisping’s Done Enough in His Career

  04-12-2017 23:02
  Renowned mixed martial arts (MMA) coach Jason Parillo believes Michael Bisping can hang up his gloves now after having a “phenomenal” career. Bisping suffered two losses last month. First, “The Count” lost his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight title to Georges St-Pierre in the main event of UFC 217. He then filled in on short […]
  
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• ‘TUF 26’ Finale Salaries: New Champ Nicco Montano, Roxanne Modafferi Pull Down $100K Paydays

  04-12-2017 22:42 via sherdog.com
  Nicco Montano is the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s inaugural women’s flyweight titlist and she’s officially $100,000 richer now, too.
  
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• Volkan Oezdemir confident that felony charge won’t affect title fight against Daniel Cormier

  04-12-2017 22:00
  Volkan Oezdemir doesn’t see anything getting in the way of his dream of being a UFC champion. Not even his recent arrest on a felony charge.
  “I have a really good team around me,” Oezdemir told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “Believe me, everything is going to be all right. … I don't really know about all the details, how it’s gonna happen. But definitely I'm gonna fight and I'm gonna be champion.”
  Oezdemir will face champion D
  
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• Quote: Many Critics Talk, Few Know About Jose Aldo

  04-12-2017 20:58
  Jose Aldo’s kickboxing coach has offered a statement in response to his fighter’s critics. This past Saturday night (Dec. 2), Aldo was given another chance to defeat Max Holloway in the main event of UFC 218. Holloway unified the featherweight title with a third-round TKO win over Aldo back in June. It was the same […]
  
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• TUF 26 Finale salaries: Nicco Montaño, Roxanne Modafferi bank $100,000 apiece

  04-12-2017 20:06
  It pays to be in title fights these days in the UFC.
  Nicco Montaño and Roxanne Modafferi each earned $100,000 purses for their TUF 26 Finale main event and inaugural UFC women’s flyweight title fight last Friday night in Las Vegas. he Nevada Athletic Commission on Monday released the event’s salary information to MMA Fighting.
  Montaño beat Modafferi, a women’s MMA pioneer, by unanimous decision in a bloody, back-and-forth affair. Modafferi has been a professional
  
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• Spinal Injury Forces Justin Scoggins Out of Upcoming Bout Against Tim Elliott at UFC on Fox 26

  04-12-2017 18:03 via sherdog.com
  A spinal injury has grounded Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight Justin Scoggins.
  
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• Jose Aldo’s coach responds to critics following UFC 218 loss

  04-12-2017 18:00
  Jose Aldo still hasn’t talked since losing to featherweight champion Max Holloway at UFC 218, but one of his coaches has decided to open up.
  Aldo’s kickboxing coach Emerson “Falcao" Vieira cornered the former 145-pound king in the main event of UFC 218 in Detroit on Saturday night, and watched his protégé finished in the third round, just six months after the third-round TKO defeat to Holloway in Rio de Janeiro.
  Vieira didn’t address the rematch in his state
  
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• UFC Fight Night 123 Lineup, UFC 219 Receives Rematch, UFN 125 Heavyweight Fight Added

  04-12-2017 17:56
  – The fight card for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 123 event is now set, as Cub Swanson headlines against Brian Ortega from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California live on FOX Sports 1. Swanson (25-7) is seeking his 11th career win inside the Octagon, with Ortega (12-0) looking to remain unbeaten both with the […]
  
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• Timothy Johnson-Luis Henrique Heavyweight Bout Added to UFC Fight Night 125 for Feb. 3 in Belem

  04-12-2017 17:22 via sherdog.com
  While the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s debut in Belem, Brazil is still in need of a headlining fight, the promotion continues to build out the undercard.
  
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• Anderson Silva tells Boxing Legend Roy Jones Jr. ‘This Is Everything I’ve Wanted’

  04-12-2017 16:29
  Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is looking at a lengthy time away from the Octagon following a second failed drug test earlier this year. So what will “The Spider” do next? How about that much-talked about boxing match with Roy Jones Jr. Silva took to social media to make sure he let Jones know […]
  
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• Bellator ‘OG’ David Rickels Wants Benson Henderson Next

  04-12-2017 16:20
  David Rickels has fought 19 times for Bellator, winning 13 of those fights including a recent victory over Adam Piccolotti. So, what’s next for the self-proclaimed “OG” of the promotion? Benson Henderson. Rickels (19-4) told MMAjunkie following Bellator 189 that he wants a bout with the former UFC champion and Bellator title challenger Henderson (24-8). […]
  
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• Timothy Johnson vs. Luis Henrique added to UFC Belem

  04-12-2017 16:00
  Heavyweights Timothy Johnson and Luis Henrique are set to collide in Belem, Brazil, on Feb 3, the promotion announced on Sunday.
  Johnson (11-4) has bounced between wins and losses since signing with the UFC in 2015. The 32-year-old heavyweight has defeated the likes of Shamil Abdurahimov and Marcin Tybura inside the Octagon, but looks to get back on track following a first-round defeat to Junior Albini in July.
  Henrique (10-4) suffered consecutive losses to Tybura and Arjan Bhullar in 2017 after
  
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• Eddie Alvarez dished out the violence at UFC 218 to earn coveted nickname

  04-12-2017 15:00
  In MMA, one of the most effective ways to ensure disappointment is to place unrealistic expectations on a fight. Eddie Alvarez’s bout with Justin Gaethje at UFC 218 was just such a set-up for failure. People were circling it for not just Fight of the Night on a card chock full of bangers, but for Fight of the freaking Year. Even for a couple of gung-ho brawlers sick enough to try and meet such expectations, that kind of pressure is a bit much.Yet Gaethje and Alvarez went to Detroit and did
  
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• The MMA Hour with Max Holloway, Volkan Oezdemir, Roxanne Modafferi, Brett Johns, Luke Rockhold, Dustin Poirier, Valentina Shevchenko, Sijara Eubanks in studio

  04-12-2017 14:00
  The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1 p.m. ET -- We'll recap UFC 218.
  1:25 p.m. -- Dustin Poirier will talk about his desire to fight Eddie Alvarez next, his recent win over Anthony Pettis, and more.
  1:45 p.m. -- Luke Rockhold will update us on his place in the middleweight division.
  2:05 p.m. -- Welsh fighter Brett Johns will discuss his calf slicer victory on Friday and what's next for him.
  2:25 p.m. -- Roxanne Modafferi will reflect on her lo
  
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• The MMA Hour with Max Holloway, Eddie Alvarez, Volkan Oezdemir, Roxanne Modafferi, Brett Johns, Luke Rockhold, Dustin Poirier, Valentina Shevchenko, Sijara Eubanks in studio

  04-12-2017 14:00
  The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:
  1:00 p.m. ET -- Eddie Alvarez will join us to recap his thrilling win over Justin Gaethje at UFC 218.
  1:25 p.m. -- Dustin Poirier will talk about his desire to fight Alvarez next, his recent win over Anthony Pettis, and more.
  1:45 p.m. -- Luke Rockhold will update us on his place in the middleweight division.
  2:05 p.m. -- Welsh fighter Brett Johns will discuss his calf slicer victory on Friday and what's next
  
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• Morning Report: After failed drug test, Anderson Silva interested in Roy Jones Jr. boxing match again

  04-12-2017 14:00
  Long before Conor McGregor ever boxed Floyd Mayweather, Anderson Silva ignited public imagination with talks of a superfight with all-time pugilistic great, Roy Jones Jr. Now, with a second failed USADA drug test hanging over “The Spider,” both he and Jones Jr. appear to be trying to get back the one that got away.
  Though Jones Jr. and Silva have been calling for a fight with one another intermittently for ages, the conversation re-emerged this weekend when Jones Jr. went on The Ask
  
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• Women's Week: Ronda Rousey's greatest moments

  04-12-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  This week, UFC FIGHT PASS honors the female athletes of combat sports. Today, look back at the greatest moments in the career of former UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey.Sarah D’Alelio Strikeforce Challengers 18 – August 12, 2011 (Watch on UFC FIGHT PASS)After three amateur and two pro wins, all ending in the first round via armbar submission, Ronda Rousey was well known to hardcore fight followers when it was announced that she was signed to a Strikeforce contract. More
  
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• UFC Mainland China Debut Results in Sellout Crowd, Largest MMA Event in China's History

  04-12-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Las Vegas – UFC®, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, today shared final results from UFC® FIGHT NIGHT: BISPING vs GASTELUM, its first-ever event in mainland China.The event took place on November 25, 2017 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai in front of a sellout crowd of 15,128 and marked the country’s largest ever Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event. The fight night drew more than one million live views on PPTV, China’s leading sports media provid
  
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• UFC 218 Scorecard

  04-12-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Saturday’s UFC 218 event is in the books, and now that the dust has settled in Detroit, it’s time to go to the scorecard to see who the big winners were at Little Caesars Arena.1 – Francis NgannouAlistair Overeem</a> in their heavyweight bout during the UFC 218 event inside Little Caesars Arena on December 02, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)" align="center" /> Count me in with that small group that was waiting to s
  
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• UFC 218: Holloway vs Aldo 2 Fantasy Recap

  04-12-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  If there were any questions remaining from Max Holloway's first win over Jose Aldo, the reigning featherweight champion answered them in the rematch on Saturday night at UFC 218 in Detroit. In his first title defense against the man he beat to win the belt, Holloway put on a masterful performance, in many ways outdoing his last outing against Aldo as he dominated from bell to bell before getting a third-round finish once again. Aldo definitely looked ready to fight, just like the last time, but
  
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• TUF 26 Finale Scorecard

  04-12-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Friday’s TUF 26 Finale event is in the books, and now that the dust has settled in Las Vegas, it’s time to go to the scorecard to see who the big winners were at the Park Theater.1 – Nicco Montano People kept waiting for the other shoe to drop on Nicco Montano’s historic run to the flyweight title. Fight by fight, they said, “This will be the one where she loses.” There was no way the unheralded 28-year-old was going to keep running through higher-seeded foes
  
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• On the Rise: Fresno Edition

  04-12-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Hot on the heels of a thrilling night of action at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Octagon moves to Northern California for the UFC’s debut show at the Save Mart Center in Fresno.Headlined by a crucial featherweight clash between divisional stalwart Cub Swanson and surging upstart Brian Ortega, and a boasting a rich collection of supporting acts, Saturday’s fight card should be a strong and entertaining follow-up to the awesomeness that transpired last weekend.And just as a hand
  
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• Changes made to Winnipeg card

  04-12-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Several changes to the Dec. 16 UFC on FOX card in Winnipeg were made official Monday.With Jose Aldo moving into the UFC 218 main event against Max Holloway last weekend, Josh Emmett got the call to step in and face featherweight contender Ricardo Lamas in the co-main event at Bell MTS Place.Flyweight Justin Scoggins was forced out of his matchup with Tim Elliott due to injury, and he will be replaced by unbeaten Manchester product Pietro "Pitbull" Menga.In middleweight action, another Brit, Darr
  
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• Francis Ngannou on Stipe Miocic: ‘He Was Just The Interim Champion’

  04-12-2017 04:09
  Francis Ngannou believes he can become the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title holder. Last night (Dec. 2), Ngannou took on Alistair Overeem in the co-main event of UFC 218. Ngannou earned a vicious first-round knockout victory. It only took one punch to end “The Reem’s” night. At the post-fight press conference, Ngannou fired off a […]
  
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• Nicco Montano vs. Roxanne Modafferi full fight video highlights

  04-12-2017 04:00
  Watch Nicco Montano vs. Roxanne Modafferi full fight video highlights from The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale’s main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
  TUF 26 Finale: Montano vs. Modafferi took place Dec. 1 at the Park Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada. TUF 26 finalist Nicco Montano (4-2) took on late-replacement Roxanne Modafferi (21-14) with the inaugural UFC women’s flyweight title on the line in the night's main event, which aired live on FOX Sports 1. Catch the video highlights below.
  
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• Amanda Cooper thinks Angela Magaña is ‘off,’ shouldn’t keep fighting

  04-12-2017 01:00
  DETROIT — Amanda Cooper talks to the media at UFC 218 about her technical knockout win over Angela Magana, fighting in her home state, what's next for her UFC career, and much more.
  
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