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• MMA world celebrates Christmas

  25-12-2017 22:00
  Well, Christmas is here and the MMA community has made sure to celebrate the holiday.While many posted on social media photos of their loved ones, Christmas trees, and presents, others (like Michael Bisping) took the opportunity to take shots at their fellow fighters, and some even dropped Christmas-themed mix tapes.Check out below how the MMA world celebrated the holiday:Juniors first Christmas Eve ❤️ Happy Christmas everyone! A post shared byConor McGregor Official (@thenotorious
  
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• Despite UFC Fresno Win, Davi Ramos Unsatisfied with His Performance

  25-12-2017 21:30
  Davi Ramos bagged his first win with a third-round submission victory over Chris Gruetzemacher at UFC Fresno on Dec. 9 Ramos, despite coming out on top, was not happy with how the fight panned out. Having lost a very close decision to Sergio Moraes in his first outing under the UFC banner, Ramos bounced back […]
  
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• Cris Cyborg wants to test herself in the boxing ring like Conor McGregor

  25-12-2017 20:00
  Although a lot of the MMA fan base are growing tired of hearing some of the bigger names in the sport try to align themselves with boxing bouts, it’s likely to happen a lot more with Zuffa Boxing set to emerge in 2018.On Thursday’s UFC 219 conference call, Cris Cyborg claimed that she would like to do one boxing fight, having tested herself in different combat sports like Muay Thai and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
  The Brazilian claimed that she would regret turning down an opportunity to get
  
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• Cris Cyborg Set For Superstardom at UFC 219, Says Coach Parillo

  25-12-2017 20:00
  UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is set to see her stock explode when she faces former bantamweight titlist Holly Holm at UFC 219 That is the opinion of the Brazilian star’s coach, Jason Parillo. “A lot of people know who Cris is,” Jason Parillo told MMAjunkie ahead of Cyborg’s first UFC women’s featherweight title defense […]
  
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• Mike Perry Just May Get His Christmas Wish From Darren Till After All

  25-12-2017 18:00
  “Platinum” Mike Perry may head into 2018 looking forward to what should be an electrifying bout against Darren Till Perry’s loss to Santiago Ponzinibbio looked to derail plans of a fight with English welterweight prospect Till, but the latter’s encouraging response to a Christmas and Birthday wish. “For a gift I’d like to give you […]
  
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• Andre Soukhamthath’s win at UFC Fresno inspired by memory of son

  25-12-2017 18:00
  Andre Soukhamthath bounced from coast-to-coast ahead of the biggest win of his fighting career, which is perfectly in line with the rest of his unlikely journey to the Octagon.
  Sporting an 0-2 record in the UFC and with no guarantee that he’d get a third shot in the promotion, Soukhamthath took it upon himself to reach out to the matchmakers in the hopes that he could step in for an injured Bryan Caraway, who was scheduled to fight Luke Sanders at UFC Fresno on Dec. 9.
  Fortunately for Souk
  
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• Top MMA storylines of 2017: 5. Weigh-in drama

  25-12-2017 17:00
  The UFC has run 11 pay-per-view events so far in 2017. In seven of them, a fighter either dropped out in the day or days leading into the event (almost always due to a tough weight cut) or there was some kind of collective holding of breath during official weigh-ins.In 38 UFC events thus far, 36 times there was either a fighter missing weight or falling out of the fight in the days before due to circumstances compounded by weight cutting. And UFC 219 on Dec. 30 features two fighters — Cris
  
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• Daniel Cormier on UFC Future: “We May be Going Into my Last Year in 2018”

  25-12-2017 17:00
  UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier insists that 2018 will likely be the year he walks away from the sport, following a stellar career “DC” has always been open about his future plans, insisting that he would hang his gloves up before he reached the age of 40. With 39th birthday approaching in March 2018, […]
  
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• MMA’s Naughty or Nice List: 2017 Edition

  25-12-2017 16:00
  I believe it was the late great John Lennon who turned an ordinary statement into an accusatory question — “So this is Christmas, and what have you done?” John didn’t waste time getting to his point, especially when harvesting suspicions that other people wasted time in general. What does Lennon’s song have to do with an MMA column on Christmas? Everything!Or nothing.The truth is it’s just a cheap way to set up a premise for this year’s MMA list of who&r
  
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• Chael Sonnen Has Given up Hope of a Chuck Liddell Comeback: ‘He’s Gone’

  25-12-2017 16:00
  Having tried his best to entice UFC Hall of Famer Liddell back into the cage, Chael Sonnen has admitted that it is a lost cause “The Iceman” provided fans with a series of indications that he was preparing to return to competitive action in 2017, yet nothing materialized. Sonnen told a Bellator media lunch this […]
  
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• Best of The MMA Hour 2017: In-Studio Guests Edition

  25-12-2017 15:00
  Happy holidays, everyone!
  2017 was a special year for "The MMA Hour" in large part because we welcomed more in-studio guests than any other year since the show launched in 2009. Some of the biggest names in combat sports visited our studio.
  So, on this "Best of The MMA Hour 2017: In-Studio Guests Edition," we'll feature highlights of those conversations. On this episode, you'll hear from:
  Alberto Del Rio
  Chael Sonnen
  Scott Coker
  Mia Kang
  Fedor Emelianenko
  Matt Mitrione
  Michael Chandler
  Chris Wei
  
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• Davi Ramos unhappy with UFC Fresno performance despite submission win

  25-12-2017 03:00
  Jiu-jitsu specialist Davi Ramos scored his first UFC win on Dec. 9, tapping out Chris Gruetzemacher with a third-round rear-naked choke at UFC Fresno.
  But that doesn’t mean he’s happy with his performance.
  Ramos, who lost a close decision on a short-notice welterweight fight against Sergio Moraes in his Octagon debut earlier this year, finished Gruetzemacher only 50 seconds into the final round. But this happened following a sequence in which he slowed down in the second frame after
  
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• Chael Sonnen ‘bummed’ potential Chuck Liddell fight is now ‘dead issue’

  25-12-2017 01:00
  LOS ANGELES — All that talk of a potential fight between Chuck Liddell and Chael Sonnen? Talk is all it will remain for now, according to Sonnen.
  “The American Gangster” said Wednesday at a Bellator media lunch that he initially thought Liddell would be returning to fight, so he was stoking the flames of a potential matchup. But recently, Sonnen said, he has learned that a comeback for “The Iceman” is not to be.
  So one could say that any matchup between one of the m
  
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• John Lineker Releases Statement on UFC 219 Pullout

  25-12-2017 00:02
  John Lineker has quickly offered a statement regarding his removal from the UFC 219 card. Lineker was set to take on Jimmie Rivera on Saturday night (Dec. 30). The bout was set to be featured on the main card of UFC 219. The event takes place inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Hands […]
  
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