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• UFC 220 live stream online

  20-01-2018 23:00
  Watch UFC 220 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:
  Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou
  Daniel Cormier vs. Volkan Oezdemir
  Calvin Kattar vs. Shane Burgos
  Gian Villante vs. Francimar Barroso
  Thomas Almeida vs. Rob Font
  UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic aims for a third title defense against challenger Francis Ngannou. In the co-main event, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will put his
  
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• Francis Ngannou doubts Stipe Miocic will get an immediate rematch after UFC 220

  20-01-2018 22:00
  Francis Ngannou doesn’t think Stipe Miocic will be given an immediate rematch if he is dethroned in the main event of UFC 220 Saturday night in Boston.Following his devastating showing of power in his open workout, Ngannou underlined why the champion should be “afraid” ahead of their meeting.“Because if I’m Stipe’s place I should be afraid…I should be afraid of what’s coming on Saturday night,” Ngannou told the gathered media.Miocic has a c
  
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• Dustin Poirier vs. Justin Gaethje Official for UFC on Fox 29 Main Event on April 14

  20-01-2018 21:43 via sherdog.com
  A previously reported lightweight clash between Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje is now official for UFC on Fox 29.
  
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• Goiti Yamauchi vows to finish ‘old and decadent’ Michael Chandler at Bellator 192

  20-01-2018 21:00
  Michael Chandler returns to the Bellator cage on Saturday, seven months after losing his lightweight title to Brent Primus in bizarre fashion, and his opponent doesn’t think he’s the same fighter that once dominated the division in Bellator.
  Chandler, the former 155-pound Bellator champion, will take on rising prospect Goiti Yamauchi in the main card portion of Bellator 192 in Inglewood, Calif., and the up-and-coming Brazilian-Japanese talent believes this is the moment for him to f
  
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• Quinton Jackson Follows ‘Strict Diet’ Despite Being a Heavyweight

  20-01-2018 20:06
  Quinton Jackson appears to be taking the Bellator heavyweight tournament seriously. “Rampage” will meet Chael Sonnen in an opening round bout for the tourney. It’ll take place tonight (Jan. 20) in the main event of Bellator 192. The action is going to be held inside The Forum in Inglewood, California. Speaking to MMA H.E.A.T. “Rampage” […]
  
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• Bellator 192 live stream online

  20-01-2018 20:00
  Watch the Bellator 192 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card at 6:30 p.m. ET. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows and can be watched below:
  Joey Davis vs. Ian Butler
  Khonry Gracie vs. Devon Brock
  Haim Gozali vs. Jose Campos
  Johnny Cisneros vs. Marlen Magee
  Kyle Estrada vs. David Duran
  Noah Tillis vs. Jalin Turner
  Christopher Padilla vs. Gabriel Green
  Cooper Gibson vs. Andrew Lazo
  Noah Tillis vs. Jalin Turner
  Chad George vs. James Barnes
  Ivan Castillo
  
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• UFC 220 Embedded, Episode 6: ‘He’s lethal’

  20-01-2018 19:15
  In the latest episode of UFC 220 Embedded, the fighters cut weight, weigh-in, and square off at ceremonial weigh-ins.
  
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• Bellator’s Joey Davis influenced by LeBron James, ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Malcolm X

  20-01-2018 19:15
  Considering the personalities who have come into his orbit at various points in his life, you can’t blame Joey Davis for believing that he’s destined for greatness.
  A lifelong friend of fellow Bellator fighter A.J. McKee and his father, 15-year MMA veteran and coach Antonio McKee, the 24-year-old Davis was developing a well-rounded combat sports portfolio long before he had any inclination to step into the cage as a pro. It was on the collegiate wrestling scene that Davis establishe
  
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• Douglas Lima: If Rory MacDonald thinks ‘this is gonna be a walk in the park, he’s in for a long night’

  20-01-2018 19:00
  Douglas Lima is one of the top welterweights in the world — and he hopes Rory MacDonald sees him that way too.
  Lima will defend his welterweight belt in the co-main event of Bellator 192 in Inglewood, Calif., on Saturday night, and he wants to put on “the best fight ever in Bellator history” against someone he always wanted to test himself against.
  ”People say Rory is the best in the world today,” Lima told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. &
  
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• UFC 220, Bellator 192 gambling guide

  20-01-2018 18:45
  The first big fight weekend of 2018 is upon us, and with it comes MMA Fighting’s revamped gambling guide, covering everything worth knowing for all your betting needs. This weekend we’ve got a doubleheader on our hands with the UFC’s first PPV event of the year and one of Bellator’s stronger showings in recent memory.
  THE FIGHTSUFC 220; TD Garden Arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
  Stipe Miocic +145 (41%) vs. Francis Ngannou -175 (64%)
  Daniel Cormier -335 (77%) vs. Volkan Oe
  
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• Gleison Tibau would love to rematch ‘impressive’ Khabib Nurmagomedov after ‘controlling’ him in 2012

  20-01-2018 18:15
  Khabib Nurmagomedov was only 1-0 in the UFC when he was matched against Gleison Tibau, one of the true veterans of the lightweight division, at UFC 148 in 2012.It ended up being the closest fight of Nurmagomedov’s Octagon career, a fight which many people scored against him.
  Tibau defended every single one of Nurmagomedov’s 13 takedown attempts and even took Nurmagomedov down himself, a rare occurrence in Nurmagomedov’s career. In the end, judges Glenn Trowbridge, Mark Smith a
  
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• Looked at the right way, Bellator 192 and UFC 220 add up to one big megacard

  20-01-2018 17:45
  From a ratings standpoint, Bellator going head-to-head tonight with UFC 220 is of course a curious and particularly unwise thing to do. Then again, this isn’t yesterday’s Bellator, nor even yesterday’s UFC. This is a New Day Bellator premiering on the Paramount Network, with Mike Goldberg on the call with Mauro and Big John, and Rory MacDonald, a 253-pound Rampage and a 222-pound Chael. Even for UFC snobs who have for so long refused to cast an eye Bellator’s way, that&r
  
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• Rory MacDonald’s Goal is to be Perceived as Real Welterweight Champion

  20-01-2018 17:21
  Rory MacDonald hopes to reach a point where he is widely regarded as the best welterweight in the world. Tonight (Jan. 20), MacDonald will challenge Douglas Lima for the Bellator welterweight title. The bout will serve as Bellator 192’s co-main event. The action takes place inside The Forum in Inglewood, California. Speaking to MMAFighting.com, “Red […]
  
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• No longer afraid to show his true self, Rory MacDonald’s Bellator plan is multifaceted

  20-01-2018 17:00
  INGLEWOOD, Calif. — There was a time when Rory MacDonald was trying to be someone else other than himself.Growing up in Canada, MacDonald idolized Georges St-Pierre, the former UFC welterweight champion and one of the greatest fighters of all time. MacDonald even moved from British Columbia to Montreal, in part to train at St-Pierre’s Tristar Gym.
  Rather than being the first Rory MacDonald, MacDonald admits now that he was trying more to be GSP 2.0.“I was looking up to him a l
  
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• Bellator 192 Countdown, Episode 3: ‘I’m gonna hurt Chael’s feelings’

  20-01-2018 16:15
  In the third and final part of a three-part series leading up to Bellator 192 on Saturday, Chael Sonnen and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson deal with the trials and tribulations of fight week and sell their Heavyweight World Grand Prix opening round fight as only they can.
  
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• Bellator 192: Pros predict Rampage Jackson vs. Chael Sonnen, Douglas Lima vs. Rory MacDonald

  20-01-2018 16:00
  LOS ANGELES — Joey Davis might be a bit biased. He and his family have known Quinton Jackson for decades at this point. So Davis, one of Bellator’s top prospects, feels like he has to pick “Rampage” to beat Chael Sonnen at Bellator 192 on Saturday night at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif.
  “I’m a wrestler, but I know ‘Rampage,’” said Davis, who fights Ian Butler on the card. “He been knowing me since I was a baby, so ‘Rampage’
  
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• UFC 220 start time, TV schedule for Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou

  20-01-2018 15:00
  The UFC 220 start time, TV schedule for the Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou event at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts 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:
  Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou
  Daniel Cormier vs. Volkan Oezdemir
  Calvin Kattar vs. Shane Burgos
  Gian
  
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• UFC 220 predictions

  20-01-2018 14:00
  The first UFC pay-per-view of the year is here, and it’s a top-heavy card. This event is being headlined by two UFC title fights: Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou – arguably the best heavyweight championship fight in recent times, and Daniel Cormier vs. Volkan Oezdemir - a solid light heavyweight title bout. These two great fights are really the only two attractions of the main card. There are some other good matchups, but they’re not the type of fights we’re used to see
  
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• UFC 220: Pros predict Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou

  20-01-2018 13:00
  BOSTON — Daniel Cormier is getting a little tired of being asked to make fight predictions.
  The UFC light heavyweight champion doubles as a high-profile analyst, so he carries a bigger megaphone than most fighters.And when he predicts a fighter is going to win, he’s sure to hear from whomever he picked to lose.
  “Y’all keep getting me in trouble,” Cormier said at Thursday’s UFC 220 media day at Fenway Park. “People keep getting mad at me.”
  So Cormi
  
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• UFC 220 main event breakdown: Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou

  20-01-2018 12:00
  There seems to be a sense of destiny surrounding Francis Ngannou. His incredible story, his distinctive look, his fearsome power, it’s all the stuff of legend, to the point that many have anointed him as the heir to the UFC heavyweight throne.This is not a new narrative in MMA, a sport in which three or four consecutive rock-star showings can catapult a newcomer into the limelight. And while some of those fighters have gone on to become champions, others stumbled before they could ever we
  
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• UFC 220’s Thomas Almeida not thinking about belts, willing to ‘kill or die’ in the Octagon

  20-01-2018 11:00
  Six months after losing a decision to Jimmie Rivera in an exciting contest in Long Island, bantamweight striker Thomas Almeida is slated to meet Rob Font in the pay-per-view portion of Saturday’s UFC 220 in Boston and ready to get back on track.
  Before agreeing to step inside the Octagon on Jan. 20, Almeida stepped on a plane and spent 20 days training in Thailand. He wanted to clear his mind after a 1-2 stint since 2016, but also add a thing or two to his muay thai game.
  “Thominhas
  
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• Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix fighters predict Rampage Jackson vs. Chael Sonnen

  20-01-2018 10:00
  LOS ANGELES — The other fighters in the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix tournament tried their hands at predicting the first-round matchup between Rampage Jackson and Chael Sonnen, which takes place in the main event of Bellator 192 on Saturday night.
  
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• Bellator 192 preview show with Ilima-Lei Macfarlane

  20-01-2018 07:11
  LOS ANGELES — With Bellator 192 on Saturday night, MMA Fighting’s Marc Raimondi and Bellator women’s flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane break down the top storylines, discuss Macfarlane losing her belt in a fire, the terrifying phone alert that affected her home state of Hawaii last week and much, much more.
  
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• UFC 220: Miocic vs Ngannou - Live Results

  20-01-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Who were the winners at UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou? Click below to get the results for all the fights from TD Garden in Boston, Mass. on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.Miocic vs Ngannou | Cormier vs Oezdemir | Kattar vs Burgos | Villante vs Barroso | Almeida vs Font | Bochniak vs Davis | Homasi vs Razak Alhassan| Ortiz vs Pantoja | Ige vs Arce | Bessette vs Barzola| Makhachev vs TibauUFC 220: Miocic vs Ngannou main cardAction starts at 10 pm ET ORDER UFC 220 NOWMain event: Stipe Miocic vs Francis
  
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• UFC 220: Miocic vs Ngannou - Final Results

  20-01-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Who were the winners at UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou? Click below to get the results for all the fights from TD Garden in Boston, Mass. on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.Miocic vs Ngannou | Cormier vs Oezdemir | Kattar vs Burgos | Villante vs Barroso | Almeida vs Font | Bochniak vs Davis | Homasi vs Razak Alhassan| Ortiz vs Pantoja | Ige vs Arce | Bessette vs Barzola| Makhachev vs TibauUFC 220: Miocic vs Ngannou main cardORDER UFC 220 REPLAY OOOOOOHHHH!The champ is in great form tonight! #UFC220 pi
  
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• Miocic breaks heavyweight title record with win over Ngannou

  20-01-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Stipe Miocic celebrates after his unanimous-decision victory over Francis Ngannou of Cameroon in their heavyweight championship bout during the UFC 220 event at TD Garden on January 20, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)" align="center" />MIOCIC vs NGANNOUUFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic didn’t get visibly upset when No. 1 contender Francis Ngannou was anointed as the next big thing in the division by many fans and media memb
  
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• Kattar, Font deliver for home crowd in Boston

  20-01-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  BOSTON STRONG! @CalvinKattar drops Burgos from the unbeaten! #UFC220 pic.twitter.com/KWb9dvCXf7— UFC (@ufc) January 21, 2018KATTAR vs BURGOSFeatherweight prospect Calvin Kattar made it a clean sweep for the Massachusetts’ contingent at UFC 220 Saturday night, as the Methuen native stopped previously unbeaten Shane Burgos in the third round of their bout at TD Garden.Burgos was the aggressor throughout the first round, but it was Kattar’s jabs and quick counters that controlled
  
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• DC proves he deserves belt in dominant display at UFC 220

  20-01-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
   CORMIER vs OEZDEMIRAfter a spectacular 2017 campaign that saw him vault into a title fight in the space of three wins, Volkan Oezdemir saw his winning streak come to an emphatic end in the UFC 220 co-main event at TD Garden on Saturday, as Daniel Cormier successfully defended his UFC light heavyweight title, stopping Oezdemir in the second round. “It feels good to get back in here and get a victory,” said Cormier, who was coming off a no contest against Jon Jones last summer.#A
  
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• Alhassan electrifies Boston with huge KO

  20-01-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  BOCHNIAK vs DAVISAfter a 1-2 start to his UFC career, Boston’s Kyle Bochniak needed to come up big at home in TD Garden and he did just that Saturday night, winning a three-round unanimous decision over debuting featherweight Brandon Davis in UFC 220 prelim action.Scores were 30-27 and 29-28 twice for Bochniak, now 8-2. Mississippi’s Davis falls to 8-3.Bochniak had a good first round as he forced Davis to chase him, then pelted him with counters until he worked his grappling game in
  
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• Four-Time UFC Veteran Isaac Vallie-Flagg Arrested for Burglarizing Commercial Property

  20-01-2018 06:34 via sherdog.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Isaac Vallie-Flagg was arrested for burglarizing a commercial property in Rio Rancho, N.M., on Friday.
  
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• Bellator 192 Results: Rampage vs. Sonnen

  20-01-2018 06:30
  MMA Fighting has Bellator 192 results for the Rampage vs. Sonnen fight card at The Form in Inglewood, Calif., on Saturday night.
  In the main event, Rampage Jackson will square off against Chael Sonnen in the opener for the Bellator heavyweight grand prix.
  Bellator welterweight champion Douglas Lima will put his belt on the line against Rory MacDonald in the co-main event.
  Check out Bellator 192 results below.
  Main card (Paramount at 9 p.m. ET)
  Rampage Jackson vs. Chael Sonnen
  Douglas Lima vs. R
  
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• UFC 220 Results: Miocic vs. Ngannou

  20-01-2018 06:00
  MMA Fighting has UFC 220 results for the Miocic vs. Ngannou fight card Jan. 20, plus live coverage from Boston, and live UFC 220 Twitter updates.
  In the main event, UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic aims for his third straight title defense against challenger Francis Ngannou, who has won 10 straight fights.
  Daniel Cormier aims to defend his UFC light heavyweight title against hard-hitting Volkan Oezdemir, who has 11 of his 15 career wins via knockout.
  Check out UFC 220 results below.
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• UFC 220 weigh-in photos

  20-01-2018 04:27
  UFC 220 weigh-in photos are for Friday’s UFC event in Boston.
  
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• Justin Gaethje vs. Dustin Poirier Official For UFC on FOX 29

  20-01-2018 04:06
  An almost guaranteed barn burner has been booked as the main event of UFC on FOX 29. UFC president Dana White recently told FOX Sports 1 that lightweights Justin Gaethje and Dustin Poirier will throw leather on April 14. A location for UFC on FOX 29 has not been announced. MMAJunkie.com first broke the news […]
  
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• UFC 220 preview show

  20-01-2018 03:30
  BOSTON — Before UFC 220, MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani and Dave Doyle break down the top storylines in Boston.
  
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• Daniel Cormier has no plans on ever returning to heavyweight

  20-01-2018 03:00
  BOSTON -- Don’t expect Daniel Cormier to make a return to the heavyweight division before he calls it a career.
  The current UFC light heavyweight champion was tremendously successful at 265 pounds. He won his first 13 pro fights as a heavyweight, including a championship run in the Strikeforce Grand Prix tournament.His move down to light heavyweight was in large part due to the fact that he didn’t want to fight his friend and training partner, UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez.
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• UFC 223 press conference reaction

  20-01-2018 02:30
  BOSTON — With the UFC 223: Ferguson vs. Nurmagomedov press conference in the books, MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani and Dave Doyle look back at the puzzling event on Friday evening.
  
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• Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix staredowns

  20-01-2018 02:28
  LOS ANGELES — The fighters competing in the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix tournament first round faced off Friday at a media day.
  
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• Justin Gaethje vs. Dustin Poirier confirmed for UFC on FOX 29 main event

  20-01-2018 01:51
  Justin Gaethje and Dustin Poirier are getting five rounds to slug it out.
  UFC president Dana White confirmed on FOX Sports 1 on Friday that the two lightweight contenders will headline a UFC on FOX show that will take place on April 14 at a location to be determined.
  The bout was first reported by MMAjunkie and later confirmed by MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani earlier this week.
  This will be Gaethje’s second main event fight in just three appearances for the UFC.The former World Serie
  
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• Bellator 192 Ceremonial Weigh-ins Live Stream Tonight (Jan. 19) at 8 p.m. ET

  20-01-2018 01:47
  Bellator is presenting a live stream of the ceremonial weigh-ins for their next event. Tonight (Jan. 19), the Bellator 192 ceremonial weigh-ins will take place. All fighters for tomorrow night’s card tipped the scales earlier today. Now, it’s time to pose for the media and face off. The festivities begin at 8 p.m. ET. Some […]
  
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• UFC bantamweight Francisco Rivera suspended four years by USADA

  20-01-2018 01:20
  An independent arbitrator has dropped the hammer on Francisco Rivera.
  Rivera, a veteran UFC bantamweight, has been issued a four-year suspension by an independent arbitrator stemming from his July 2016 positive drug test for the banned substance clenbuterol, USADA has announced. That suspension is retroactive to Aug. 2016, the date on which Rivera was first provisionally suspended by USADA.
  The verdict was made official Friday following a Dec. 2017 evidentiary hearing.Rivera is among several UF
  
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• Independent Arbitrator Hands Francisco Rivera 4-Year Suspension for Anti-Doping Violation

  20-01-2018 00:53 via sherdog.com
  Francisco Rivera has been suspended four years for an anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition urine sample provided on July 23, 2016.
  
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• Dana White Says UFC 223 Headliner is for ‘Real’ Title, Still No Clarity if McGregor Has Been Stripped

  20-01-2018 00:34 via sherdog.com
  Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov will square off at UFC 223 for what Dana White calls the “real” lightweight title, but it remains largely unclear if Conor McGregor has been stripped of the belt he won in November 2016.
  
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• Dana White: Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov winner will be ‘champion’

  20-01-2018 00:08
  Conor McGregor is still the UFC lightweight champion.
  On April 7 at UFC 223 in Brooklyn, interim champion Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov will fight to determine who is the real champion.
  Simple enough.
  That’s the scenario UFC president Dana White laid out on Friday at a press conference in Boston, prior to this Saturday’s UFC 220 event. With Ferguson and Nurmagomedov in attendance, the first question that White was asked was whether their announced main event bout will be for
  
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• Rose Namajunas vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk 2 official for UFC 223

  20-01-2018 00:05
  Rose Namajunas’ first defense of her strawweight title will be against a familiar foe.
  Namajunas has been slated to rematch the woman she captured the belt from, former UFC champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, on April 7 in the co-main event of UFC 223. The UFC made the previously reported booking official at Friday’s UFC 223 press conference.
  Book the date 4/7/18☝I’m taking back what belongs to me!The belt is commin’ to Poland again! @ufc #TheQueenIsBack— Joanna Jed
  
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