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• Dan Hooker Explains Why he is Sticking Around at Lightweight

  30-12-2017 23:36
  Claiming that it would take ‘a million bucks’ to see him fight at featherweight again, New Zealand’s Dan Hooker seems content at 155-pounds Hooker’s impressive knockout victory over Ross Pearson in his hometown of Auckland confirmed to him why he is better fighting in the lightweight division: “Let’s just put it this way, it’d take […]
  
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• Nutritionist Believes Khabib Nurmagomedov Can Cut to Featherweight

  30-12-2017 23:22
  Despite calls by some for lightweight stand out Khabib Nurmagomedov to move up to welterweight, the Dagestani made a surprising revelation earlier this week that he was considering doing the opposite Rather than move up a weight class, Nurmagomedov suggested that he would potentially look towards a challenge for the 145-pound title currently held by […]
  
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• UFC 219 live stream online

  30-12-2017 23:00
  Watch UFC 219 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:
  Cris Cyborg vs. Holly Holm
  Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Edson Barboza
  Dan Hooker vs. Marc Diakiese
  Cynthia Calvillo vs. Carla Esparza
  Carlos Condit vs. Neil Magny
  UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg will try to retain her title against former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm in the main event. In the co-main event, undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov
  
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• UFC 222: Francis Ngannou Expecting to KO Stipe Miocic

  30-12-2017 22:54
  UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic stands between rising star Francis Ngannou and his first title under the promotion’s banner According to the Cameroonian knockout artist, the fight will be an effort of survival for the champion (via MMAFighting): “I think he will try to survive,” Ngannou said when it was suggested that Miocic would stand […]
  
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• UFC 219 Embedded, Episode 5: ‘War is in Cyborg’s head’

  30-12-2017 21:30
  In the fifth episode of UFC 219 Embedded, Carlos Condit goes to UFC’s Performance Institute, Cris Cyborg and Holly Holm cut weight, Holm’s camp and Cyborg’s camp discuss the main event, and more.
  
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• Dan Hooker says it’d take ‘a million bucks’ to get him back down to 145: ‘Drunk I fight better than that’

  30-12-2017 21:00
  LAS VEGAS — Dan Hooker first made his name with a successful run as a regional lightweight champion on the Australian fight scene, but everything changed once he got the call-up to the UFC and decided to drop down to 145 pounds.While the six-foot-tall Hooker held a size advantage over many of his Octagon foes at featherweight, his results were mixed, leading Hooker to compile a middling 3-3 record over his first six UFC appearances. Whenever Hooker re-watched his fights back, he struggled
  
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• Francis Ngannou expects Stipe Miocic’s gameplan to be to ‘survive’ at UFC 220

  30-12-2017 19:00
  If Francis Ngannou is to be believed, Stipe Miocic should be worried less about his third title defense and more about escaping the Octagon in one piece.
  Ngannou challenges Miocic for the heavyweight championship at UFC 220, and the two took part in a press conference for the event Friday in Las Vegas, Nev.. Both fighters were asked if Ngannou’s highly-vaunted knockout power and status as the current betting favorite were affecting their mindsets leading up to the clash.
  “I think he
  
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• Carlos Condit returning to UFC 219 to see what the game still has left for him

  30-12-2017 18:00
  LAS VEGAS — For a time, Carlos Condit thought he was done with the fight game. Or maybe the fight game was done with him. Maybe both were true; it didn’t much matter. The only thing that mattered was that he needed to get out. To get space. To breathe without returning to the same cycle that dominated his entire adult life, two decades of running the same race that always brought him back to the same place, no matter the highs and lows he crossed along the way.
  So he disengaged enti
  
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• Fightweets: Is the UFC getting back on track?

  30-12-2017 17:00
  A mixed martial arts year that was quite unlike any before it wraps up on Saturday night, when Cris Cyborg and Holly Holm meet for the UFC women’s featherweight title in the main event of UFC 219.
  So we’ll naturally discuss that fight, take a peek toward 2018, and more in the latest edition of Fightweets.Is the UFC righting the ship?
  @MMA_and_Beer: Is UFC 220 & UFC 221's highly competitive main events a sign of the promotion starting to get back on track of booking true #1 conte
  
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• Floyd Mayweather Says Dana White is Using His Name to Secure TV Rights Deal

  30-12-2017 16:46
  To the collective surprise of many, UFC President Dana White continued to insist that boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. was considering an unexpected transition to the Octagon Despite no known mixed martial arts experience, White had teased fans with the prospect of seeing the all-time great boxer fight under the promotion’s banner. According to Mayweather, […]
  
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• UFC Releases New 25 Year Anniversary Logo to be Used in 2018

  30-12-2017 16:31
  2018 will herald 25 years of fight promotions for the Ultimate Fighting Championship and the UFC have released a new logo in celebration The logo will be introduced at UFC Fight Night 124 on January 14, which is headlined by a featherweight clash between Jeremy Stephens and Dooho Choi in  St. Louis: The UFC released […]
  
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• UFC 219 main event breakdown: Cris Cyborg vs. Holly Holm

  30-12-2017 16:00
  As she enters her first UFC featherweight championship title defense, Cris “Cyborg” Justino appears to be the best version of herself, a professional in control of every facet of her mixed martial arts game. Once a wild berserker who charged forward in unmitigated bursts of power, Cyborg has spent the last several years buffing and polishing her footwork, angles and technique, and has become downright refined.
  With that backdrop, she comes in at UFC 219 against the patient stylings
  
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• UFC 219 start time, TV schedule for Cris Cyborg vs. Holly Holm

  30-12-2017 15:00
  The UFC 219 start time, TV schedule for the Cris Cyborg vs. Holly Holm event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada 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 at 10 p.m. ET. This portion is as follows:
  Cris Cyborg vs. Holly Holm
  Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Edson Barboza
  Dan Hooker vs. Marc Diakiese
  Cynthia Calvil
  
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• UFC 219 predictions

  30-12-2017 14:00
  Well, the last UFC event of 2017 is just hours away. And although many expected this end-of-the-year card to carry a little more pop, it still has a solid lineup of fights. In the headlining slot, Cris Cyborg defends her women’s UFC featherweight title against former bantamweight champ Holly Holm. This fantastic women’s superfight is accompanied by other great bookings, as Khabib Nurmagomedov makes his first 2017 Octagon appearance against top lightweight contender Edson Barboza, Ca
  
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• UFC 219: Pros predict Cris Cyborg vs. Holly Holm

  30-12-2017 13:00
  LAS VEGAS — Doubt is nothing new for Holly Holm.
  Just two years ago, Holm marched out to a record-breaking crowd in Melbourne and accomplished a feat few in the sport thought possible, dismantling former bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey to forever silence the queen of the UFC and enshrine “The Preacher’s Daughter” among the fight game’s list of all-time applecart upsetters. Now, Holm is looking to one-up her own reputation on Saturday when she challenges the othe
  
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• UFC 219 Embedded, Episode 4: ‘Doesn’t go past second round’

  30-12-2017 07:05
  In the fourth episode of UFC 219 Embedded, Cynthia Calvillo discusses her goals and gets some advice from Francis Ngannou, Cris Cyborg and Holly Holm get some work in, the fighters do media day, and more.
  
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• UFC 219 Results: Cyborg vs. Holm

  30-12-2017 07:01
  MMA Fighting has UFC 219 results for the Cyborg vs. Holm fight card Dec. 30, plus live coverage from Las Vegas, and live UFC 219 Twitter updates.
  In the main event, UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg will try to retain her title against former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm.
  Khabib Nurmagomedov squares off against Edson Barboza in a key lightweight contest in the co-main event.
  Check out UFC 219 results below.
  Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
  Cris Cyborg vs. Holly Holm
  Khabib Nurmagomedo
  
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• UFC 219: Cyborg vs Holm - Live Results

  30-12-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Who were the winners at UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm? Click below to get the results for all the fights from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2017.Cyborg vs Holm | Nurmagomedov vs Barboza | Hooker vs Diakiese | Calvillo vs Esparza | Condit vs Magny | Rountree vs Oleksiejczuk | Jury vs Glenn | Vettori vs Akhmedov | Smolka vs Nicolau | Elliott vs De La RosaUFC 219: Cyborg vs Holm main cardAction starts at 10 pm ETMain event: Cris Cyborg vs Holly Holm Fight coming up later toni
  
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• UFC 219: Cyborg vs Holm - Final Results

  30-12-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  Who were the winners at UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm? Click below to get the results for all the fights from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2017.Cyborg vs Holm | Nurmagomedov vs Barboza | Hooker vs Diakiese | Calvillo vs Esparza | Condit vs Magny | Rountree vs Oleksiejczuk | Jury vs Glenn | Vettori vs Akhmedov | Smolka vs Nicolau | Elliott vs De La RosaUFC 219: Cyborg vs Holm main cardMain event: Cris Cyborg defeated Holly Holm Cris Cyborg retained the women’s feathe
  
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• Oleksiejczuk, Nicolau impress at UFC 219 prelims

  30-12-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  OLEKSIEJCZUK vs ROUNTREE JRPolish light heavyweight Michal Oleksiejczuk’s UFC debut may have been delayed from November, but once he stepped into the Octagon at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Saturday, he made the most of his opportunity, winning a shutout three-round decision over Khalil Rountree Jr.Scores were 30-27 across the board.After eating some thudding shots and getting cut over the right eye early on but rebounding with a takedown, Oleksiejczuk’s toughness was evident. And tho
  
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• Nurmagomedov dominant yet again, calls out McGregor & Ferguson

  30-12-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  NURMAGOMEDOV vs BARBOZAOn the day Khabib Nurmagomedov and his wife welcomed a son into the world, “The Eagle” also secured his place as the top contender for world title honors at 155 pounds, as he scored a dominant three-round unanimous decision victory over Edson Barboza in the co-main event of UFC 219 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “If the UFC gives me one hour rest, I can fight right now with (lightweight champion) Conor (McGregor) or (interim champion) Tony (Ferguson).&rd
  
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• Cyborg aces ultimate test, retains belt vs. Holm

  30-12-2017 07:00 via ufc.com
  CYBORG vs HOLMAfter over 12 years of dominance that has seen her stay undefeated over her last 20 fights, UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg was in search of a defining win that would eliminate any doubt as to her place among the greats of the sport, and Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, she accomplished that mission, as she scored a five-round unanimous decision victory over former bantamweight champion Holly Holm in the main event of UFC 219.Scores were 49-46 and
  
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• UFC 219 preview show

  30-12-2017 06:05
  LAS VEGAS — Before UFC 219, MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani and Shaun Al-Shatti break down the top storylines in Las Vegas.
  
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• UFC 219 weigh-in photos

  30-12-2017 03:57
  UFC 219 weigh-in photos are for Friday’s UFC event in Las Vegas.
  
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• Daniel Cormier says it’s ‘crazy’ Volkan Oezdemir thinks he can KO him quickly; Oezdemir fires back

  30-12-2017 02:30
  Volkan Oezdemir won his last two fights by knockout in a combined 70 seconds against two of the top light heavyweights in the world. He has gone on record multiple times that the same fate will befall Daniel Cormier at UFC 220 on Jan. 20, en route to a UFC light heavyweight championship reign.
  Oezdemir said that again Friday at a UFC 220 press conference at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Cormier was having none of the quick KO talk, though.
  “I think it’s crazy,” Cormier said of
  
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• UFC unveils 25th anniversary logo

  30-12-2017 01:51
  The turn of the calendar isn’t going to mark just another year in the UFC.
  Instead, 2018 will mark a quarter-century since the birth of the company. Nov. 12, 1993, the night of UFC 1, was one of the most important nights in the history of combat sports and the martial arts.At a press conference on Friday, UFC president Dana White said the company planned “big things” for its silver anniversary, and unveiled the company’s 25th anniversary logo.“What started as an id
  
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• Pietro Menga released by UFC

  30-12-2017 00:00
  Pietro Menga’s UFC run is over before it started.
  The 29-year-old Englishman received his walking papers from the organization less than two weeks after what was supposed to be his debut with the company. Booked as a short-notice replacement for an injured Justin Scoggins opposite one-time flyweight title challenger Tim Elliott at UFC on FOX 26, Menga was unable to make the 125-pound limit and he was told by a doctor to stop cutting weight prior to the weigh-ins, which led to the cancella
  
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