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• Valentina Shevchenko on PVZ: ‘You Have to Respond For Your Work’

  10-12-2017 23:31
  Valentina Shevchenko has explained why she called out Paige VanZant. The former women’s bantamweight title challenger is making the move to flyweight soon. Also moving down to 125 pounds is VanZant. She’s set to take on Jessica-Rose Clark on Jan. 14, 2018. It’ll be featured on the UFC Fight Night 124 card. Back in November, […]
  
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• Inspirational TUF 26 run staved off thoughts of ‘possibly’ retiring for Roxanne Modafferi

  10-12-2017 22:00
  Even an eternal optimist like Roxanne Modafferi couldn’t have predicted that she would be competing for a UFC title in 2017. But that’s exactly the position she found herself in this month at The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale in Las Vegas, Nev.
  “The Happy Warrior” was asked to step in on less than 48 hours notice to fight Nicco Montano for the chance to become the UFC’s first women’s flyweight champion. Both women had competed on the 26th TUF season for the oppor
  
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• Dana White interested in re-signing Cub Swanson: ‘I want him to be happy’

  10-12-2017 21:00
  Cub Swanson’s first loss in over two years couldn’t have come at a worse time.
  The 34-year-old featherweight veteran entered Saturday’s UFC Fresno main event with a four-fight winning streak and the knowledge that this would be the last fight of his current contract. Unfortunately for “Killer Cub,” his successful run came to a halt when opponent Brian Ortega submitted him with a guillotine choke in the second round.
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• Volkan Oezdemir likes ‘jokes’ with Daniel Cormier now, but promises no respect given at UFC 220

  10-12-2017 20:00
  Volkan Oezdemir has adopted the nickname “No Time” early in his UFC career. He believes that will be an apt moniker once again next month.
  Oezdemir told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour that he is predicting a quick finish of UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier at UFC 220 on Jan. 20 in Boston.
  “It’s gonna be a first-round knockout,” Oezdemir said.
  Oezdemir (15-1) is clearly confident, but he has good reason to be. The Switzerland nat
  
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• UFC Fresno Bonuses: Brian Ortega Scoops up $100,000

  10-12-2017 19:07
  Bonuses for UFC Fresno have been revealed. Last night (Dec. 9), UFC Fight Night 123 took place inside the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. The main card aired live on FOX Sports 1 (FS1). Preliminary action was also seen on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass. The main event saw Brian Ortega earn a second-round […]
  
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• The Weekly Grind: Daniel Cormier gets ‘fish hooked’, Max Holloway drops new music video

  10-12-2017 19:00
  The life of a professional fighter isn't all glitz and glamour.As if getting punched, kicked, kneed, choked and twisted into a pretzel on a regular basis isn't enough, fighters attract a general wackiness that makes their lives, well...interesting.
  To commemorate these day-to-day hardships, slip-ups, pranks, and more, we bring you, "The Weekly Grind." How does @rosendo_sanchez get @dc_mma off him He does the nastyand fish hooks DCA post shared by Javier Mendez (@akajav) on Dec 8, 2017 at 1:20pm
  
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• Valentina Shevchenko explains Paige VanZant beef, flyweight plans

  10-12-2017 18:00
  Paige VanZant tweeted last month that her next fight would be for the UFC women’s flyweight title. Valentina Shevchenko wasn’t having any of that.
  Shevchenko, not known for sparring with fellow fighters outside of the cage or practice room, shot back at VanZant on Twitter that “PVZ” should fight her first before getting a title shot. Shevchenko, a former title contender at bantamweight, will be moving down to 125 starting next year.
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• Aljamain Sterling on KO Loss to Marlon Moraes: ‘Sucks To Be The Nail’

  10-12-2017 18:00
  Aljamain Sterling is doing fine and on the road to recovery after suffering a vicious knockout loss to Marlon Moraes Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 123. As Sterling was attempting to shoot in for a takedown on the former World Series of Fighting bantamweight champion, Moraes picked up his left knee and connected with […]
  
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• Brian Ortega feels Frankie Edgar is still top UFC featherweight contender

  10-12-2017 17:00
  Brian Ortega’s fifth straight come-from-behind win in the UFC has put him in the discussion for a shot at Max Holloway. In almost the blink of an eye, Brian Ortega went from a fighter who had an unprecedented series of comeback wins but looked overmatched against a legitimate top-tier contender, to a fighter very close to a title shot.
  Ortega (13-0, 1 NC) was losing the stand up game to Cub Swanson (25-8), until he went for a jumping guillotine, was losing it, secured the grip, and got Swa
  
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• Among the gems the UFC produced in Fresno, Brian Ortega carries a special kind of gleam

  10-12-2017 16:01
  These days an effective Fight Night in the UFC is one that brings to public consciousness shiny new intriguelings that have thus far gone unheralded. On Saturday night in Fresno there were at least three on display — Marlon Moraes, the former WSOF bantamweight champion who is still shaking off the association; Jason Knight, a man most promisingly dubbed a southern Diaz brother; and Brian Ortega, an undefeated prospect who looks exactly like Hollywood’s exaggerated idea of a fighter o
  
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• Dana White ‘Not Shocked’ Georges St-Pierre ‘Went Away Again’

  10-12-2017 16:00
  UFC president Dana White was very adamant recently about Georges St-Pierre defending his middleweight title after he finished Michael Bisping in November for the belt. But with St-Pierre elected to vacate the title, that left White in a predicament. The UFC boss, though, told reporters following UFC Fight Night 123 that he isn’t upset because […]
  
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• Cub Swanson on Brian Ortega’s choke: ‘I felt like I was going to die’

  10-12-2017 15:00
  What’s it like to be on the wrong end of one of Brian Ortega’s patented fight-ending submissions?Cub Swanson, who’s been around the block in this game, tapped out to Ortega’s guillotine in Saturday night’s UFC Fresno main event. And he can testify that the Los Angeles native’s finishing ability is pretty scary.
  “I felt like I was going to die,” Swanson said at the post fight news conference.
  Swanson, who took a four-fight win streak into the bout,
  
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• Dana White says he ‘expected’ Georges St-Pierre to vacate middleweight title: ‘I don’t think anybody is shocked’

  10-12-2017 14:00
  Last month, in the aftermath of UFC 217, UFC president Dana White made it clear that he expected Georges St-Pierre to defend the middleweight title he captured with a stunning victory over Michael Bisping. White insisted that the UFC and St-Pierre made a deal, and that St-Pierre was expected to fulfill his end of the bargain and unify the 185-pound titles with a matchup against then-interim champion Robert Whittaker, just as St-Pierre’s contract specifically requested.
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• UFC veteran Scott Askham signs three-fight deal with KSW

  10-12-2017 13:00
  UFC veteran Scott Askham has signed a three-fight non-exclusive deal with KSW.The UK middleweight veteran and former BAMMA champion was released by the UFC following two consecutive losses to Jack Hermansson and Brad Scott, but recently bounced back with a win over Luke Barnatt at ACB 70.While some thought his headline clash with “Bigslow” was the beginning of things to come for the Doncaster native and ACB, he claimed that KSW put the best offer on the table for him.“I’l
  
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• Bellator 190/Bellator Kickboxing 8 Results: Rafael Carvalho Successfully Defends Title

  10-12-2017 13:00
  Rafael Carvalho entered hostile territory Saturday at Bellator 190 and came away with a victory and his middleweight title still intact. Carvalho needed just 44 seconds to land an elbow that ended the night of Alessio Sakara in his home country of Italy. The bout headlined the MMA portion of the doubleheader and aired on […]
  
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• Aljamain Sterling releases statement following scary KO loss to Marlon Moraes

  10-12-2017 08:46
  Aljamain Sterling is doing OK after suffering through a scary moment at UFC Fresno.
  Sterling was the victim of an instant ‘Knockout of the Year’ contender at the hands of former WSOF champion Marlon Moraes on Saturday night. The 28-year-old bantamweight contender was knocked out cold after eating a flush knee to the head just 67 seconds into his main card bout against Moraes. Sterling stayed down on the canvas for several minutes after the knockout.
  Sterling was ultimately transporte
  
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• Brian Ortega Willing to Wait on Holloway-Edgar Winner in Order to Receive Title Shot

  10-12-2017 07:59 via sherdog.com
  With his second-round submission of perennial championship hopeful Cub Swanson, Brian Ortega put his own title dreams front and center.
  
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• UFC Fight Night 123 Bonuses: Brian Ortega Earns $100K for Submission of Cub Swanson

  10-12-2017 07:55 via sherdog.com
  Brian Ortega ruined Cub Swanson’s title hopes, but bolstered his own — along with his bank account — in the process.
  
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• UFC Fresno bonuses: Brian Ortega wins $100,000 for second-round finish

  10-12-2017 07:46
  Brian Ortega scored an impressive victory in Fresno, and was rewarded with an extra $100,000 for it.
  “T-City” met Cub Swanson in the main event of the UFC Fight Night card in Fresno, Calif., on Saturday night, and tapped the veteran with a standing guillotine in the second round.
  Ortega, who improved to 13-0 in MMA with his fifth straight stoppage victory in the UFC, pocketed two bonuses, Performance of the Night and Fight of the Night, the UFC announced. Swanson, who became a free a
  
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• Brian Ortega vs. Cub Swanson full fight video highlights

  10-12-2017 07:34
  Watch Brian Ortega vs. Cub Swanson full fight video highlights from UFC Fresno’s main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
  UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega took place Dec. 9 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. UFC featherweight contenders Cub Swanson (25-8) and Brian Ortega (13-0, 1 NC) collided in the night's main event, which aired live on FOX Sports 1. Catch the video highlights below.
  For more on Ortega vs. Swanson, check out the play-by-play courtesy of MMA Fighting's Sh
  
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• UFC Fresno in Tweets: Pros react Brian Ortega vs. Cub Swanson, Marlon Moraes KO’ing Aljamain Sterling

  10-12-2017 07:22
  The featherweight division has itself a new contender.
  In his first UFC main event, undefeated 26-year-old Brian Ortega showed why he is a name to watch at 145 pounds, dispatching Cub Swanson with a masterful second-round guillotine choke at UFC Fresno. The stellar performance capped off an event that also saw Marlon Moraes score one of the year’s nastiest knockouts with a first-round knee to the face that put Aljamain Sterling out cold.
  Check out reaction to UFC Fresno’s main card b
  
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• UFC Fresno results: Brian Ortega submits Cub Swanson in second round

  10-12-2017 07:16
  Brian Ortega has made a career out of choking opponents out. But prior to Saturday night, he had never done so on a stage as big as a UFC main event against one of the sport’s most respected veterans.
  Saturday, Ortega scored the most impressive victory of his career, as he submitted Cub Swanson in the second round of his UFC Fresno featherweight main event. The time of the stoppage to a guillotine choke was 3:22 of the second round at Save Mart Center.
  “Five finishes, every fight in
  
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• UFC Fresno post-fight press conference video

  10-12-2017 07:13
  The UFC Fresno 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 above 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 Fresno post-fight press conference takes place about 30 minutes after the main event ends, meaning it will start around 2 a.m. ET.
  
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• Undefeated Brian Ortega Guillotines Cub Swanson in UFC Fight Night 123 Headliner

  10-12-2017 07:12 via sherdog.com
  Brian Ortega guillotine choke submits Cub Swanson in the UFC Fight Night 123 main event on Saturday in Fresno, California.
  
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• Brian Ortega Chokes Out Cub Swanson With Amazing Guillotine

  10-12-2017 07:01
  Round 1: A leg kick lands for Swanson and Ortega responds right away with one of his own. More leg kicks from Swanson and Ortega blocks a few shots from Swanson to the head. A nice combination lands for Ortega and Swanson returns fire, however, his shots are blocked. A nice jab lands for Ortega […]
  
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• UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega Fantasy Rewind

  10-12-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Brian Ortega officially announced his arrival as a title contender on Saturday night with a second-round submission finish of Cub Swanson in the main event of UFC Fight Night from Fresno. Ortega was already considered a top prospect at 145 pounds, but Swanson was undoubtedly his toughest test to date and “T-City” passed with flying colors. After nearly wrapping up an anaconda choke at the end of the first round, Ortega was quick to look for another opening to apply his world-class gr
  
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• Fight Night Fresno bonus recap

  10-12-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Gate: $568,290Attendance: 7,605Fight of the Night: Ortega vs. SwansonPerformance of the Night: Ortega & Moraes Read the Full Article Here
  
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• Marlon Moraes scores scary knee KO of Aljamain Sterling at UFC Fresno

  10-12-2017 06:38
  If Marlon Moraes was searching for his signature moment in the UFC, he found it on Saturday.
  In the first round of his bantamweight bout with Aljamain Sterling at UFC Fresno, the former World Series of Fighting Champion landed a sickening knee on Sterling’s jaw that left the New Yorker splayed out on the canvas. Moraes walked away, knowing right away that the bout was over, and the referee officially waved it off at the 67-second mark.
  Moraes (20-5-1) picks up his first knockout win since
  
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• UFC Fresno live blog: Cub Swanson vs. Brian Ortega

  10-12-2017 06:37
  This is the UFC Fresno live blog for Cub Swanson vs. Brian Ortega, a featherweight bout at Saturday night's UFC event at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California.
  UFC featherweight contender Swanson looks to stake his claim for a title shot opposite undefeated up-and-comer Ortega in the main event.
  Check out the UFC Fresno live blog below.
  Round 1: Main event time. Huge spot here for both men in a division that’s wide open. Will Cub Swanson inch closer to his first title shot or will Bri
  
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• Gabriel Benitez Outclasses Jason Knight For Three Rounds

  10-12-2017 06:36
  Round 1: Knight comes in hard and Benitez lands a nice leg kick to start things off. A nice body kick lands for Benitez and Knight eats a leg kick before landing a huge right hand. Knight now comes in on a huge takedown but Benitez is right back up to his feet. Benitez screams […]
  
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• Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux full fight video highlights

  10-12-2017 06:04
  Watch Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux full fight video highlights from the Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux main event below.
  Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux took place Dec. 9 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Two-time Olympic gold medalists Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KO) and Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-1, 11 KO) squared off in the night’s main event, which aired live on ESPN. Highlights from the fight can been viewed below.
  Vasyl Lomachenko vs Guillermo Rigondea
  
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• Marlon Moraes Obliterates Aljamain Sterling In The First Round With A Knee

  10-12-2017 05:58
  Round 1: Moraes comes inside and lands a right hand before catching a kick and taking Sterling down. Moraes backs up and allows Sterling to stand. Moraes blitzes Sterling with a flurry of strikes, and after a failed armbar attempt, Sterling gets back to his feet. Moraes catches Sterling with a huge knee to the […]
  
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• Scott Holtzman Grinds Out Decision Win Over Darrell Horcher

  10-12-2017 05:44
  Round 1: Holtzman just misses on a right hand but shoots in on a takedown against the cage. Horcher defends well and remain on his feet. Horcher now works a takedown against the cage but is tripped by Holtzman and taken down. Some short elbows land for Holtzman from the top and he postures up […]
  
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• Eryk Anders Walks Through Exhausted Markus Perez For Decision Win

  10-12-2017 05:13
  Round 1: Perez throws a high kick to start things off, but it’s blocked. A leg kick from Perez is blocked and Anders just misses a jab. Anders presses Perez against the cage but the pair separate after some failed takedown attempts. Another high kick misses from Perez and he eats a big strike from […]
  
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• Benito Lopez Takes Decision Win Over Albert Morales After Three Round Thriller

  10-12-2017 04:39
  Round 1: Lopez opens up with a ton of pressure and lands a nice head-kick. A nice body kick from Lopez and he lands another as he continues to walk Morales down. Morales comes in fast for a back clinch takedown but Lopez shrugs him off. A stiff jab from Morales knocks Lopez down but […]
  
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• Rafael Carvalho knocks out Alessio Sakara in 40 seconds at Bellator 190

  10-12-2017 03:56
  Rafael Carvalho said he didn’t think this fight would go to the judges and he made sure of that, knocking out Alessio Sakara in just 40 seconds to defend his Bellator middleweight title at Bellator 190.
  Sakara was looking to become the first Italian born fighter to win a major MMA title and was hoping fighting in front of his countrymen in Firenze, Italy would help him achieve that goal but Carvalho was having none of it, hurting Sakara with a right hand before putting him out with a vicio
  
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• UFC Fight Night 123 Prelims: Alexis Davis Snares Split Decision in Liz Carmouche Rematch

  10-12-2017 03:55 via sherdog.com
  Alexis Davis has Liz Carmouche’s number.
  
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• Alex Perez caps off debut at UFC Fresno with anaconda choke of Carls John de Tomas

  10-12-2017 03:36
  It’s been a heck of a year for Alex Perez.
  The 25-year-old Californian won his fourth fight of 2017 and his first in the UFC by submitting Carls John de Tomas in the second round of their preliminary bantamweight bout at UFC Fresno on Saturday. Perez (19-4) was signed out of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series after nearly making it to the UFC on a couple of occasions in the past.
  Hailing from nearby Lemoore, Calif., Perez made it clear that his plan was to ground De Tomas, a
  
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• Brandon Girtz brutally knocks out Luka Jelcic at Bellator 190

  10-12-2017 03:32
  It didn’t take long for Brandon Girtz to erase the memory of his last loss.Coming into his fight at Bellator 190 and still sporting a scar on his forehead from his brutal loss to Derek Campos at Bellator 183, Girtz wasted no time getting back into the win column, dropping Luka Jelcic with a series of left hands in less than two minutes.
  Watch the sensational first-round knockout below.
  The southpaw @brandongirtzmma with the BIG right!! #MamaMia #Bellator190 pic.twitter.com/iNHEuLVRlD&mdash
  
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• Bellator 190 Results: Carvalho vs. Sakara

  10-12-2017 02:03
  MMA Fighting has Bellator 190 results for the Carvalho vs. Sakara event, taking place on Saturday at the Nelson Mandela Forum in Firenze, Italy.
  In the main event, Rafael Carvalho will defend his Bellator middleweight title against Alessio Sakara.
  Check out the Bellator 190 results below.
  Main card (Spike TV at 8 p.m. ET)
  Rafael Carvalho vs. Alessio Sakara
  Brandon Girtz vs. Luka Jelcic
  Lena Ovchynnikova vs. Alejandra Lara
  Mihail Nica vs. Carlos Miranda
  Undercard (Spike.com)
  Gregory Babene vs. To
  
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• Davi Ramos pulls off slick choke of Chris Gruetzemacher at UFC Fresno

  10-12-2017 01:47
  Davi Ramos is a confident man. He told fellow lightweight Paul Felder in his post-fight interview Saturday night it was his plan to win the UFC lightweight title.And why shouldn’t he feel good? The 31-year-old Brazilian improved to 7-2 at UFC Fresno with a third-round submission win over Chris Gruetzemacher. That was his fifth career submission and his first UFC win.
  Check out his winning move below:
  ⚡️ quick! @DaviRamosBJJ takes Gruetzemacher's back and sinks in the RNC in ro
  
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• Rico Verhoeven scores big KO of Jamal Ben Saddik, retains Glory heavyweight title

  10-12-2017 00:43
  Rico Verhoeven defended his Glory title Saturday in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  The heavyweight champion stepped into the ring against Jamal Ben Saddik, one of the few men to ever beat him in kickboxing, and survived an early scare before scoring a knockout victory in the fifth round at Glory 49.
  pic.twitter.com/0gS6mgWqtM— Streetfight Bancho (@streetfitebanch) December 9, 2017
  pic.twitter.com/wcXN9YCnbo— Streetfight Bancho (@streetfitebanch) December 9, 2017
  Verhoeven improved to 53-10-
  
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