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• Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman full fight video

  10-02-2018 23:00
  At UFC 205, back on Nov. 12, 2016, Yoel Romero took on former UFC champ Chris Weidman in a pivotal middleweight bout. That night in New York City, Romero brutally put away Weidman with a flying knee in the third round of their bout. Romero’s finish earned him a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus.Now, over a year later, Romero will battle Luke Rockhold in the main event of UFC 221. The event is set to take place on Saturday at the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia.
  
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• Tyson Pedro Says Loss to Ilir Latifi Served as Valuable Lesson

  10-02-2018 22:11
  Tyson Pedro views his loss to Ilir Latifi as a learning experience. Pedro took on Latifi back in September. He fell short via unanimous decision. It was the first loss in Pedro’s professional mixed martial arts career. Lesson Learned He will look to get back in the win column tonight (Feb. 10). Pedro will meet Saparbek Safarov […]
  
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• Jussier Formiga is out to derail Ben Nguyen's hype train at UFC 221

  10-02-2018 22:00
  Jussier Formiga is looking to put on another win streak going in the UFC, and has to get by promising flyweight Ben Nguyen at UFC 221.
  The Brazilian veteran is currently ranked at No. 4 in the company’s official rankings, and is excited to take on “Ben 10” at Saturday’s pay-per-view event in Perth, Australia, to move another step closer to his long-awaited shot at the 125-pound championship.
  ”It’s a great opponent. Thank God the UFC believes in me and always
  
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• Tai Tuivasa Hopes For Quick Finish at UFC 221, Then a Trip to The Bar

  10-02-2018 21:00
  Tai Tuivasa has his sights set on victory and some booze. Tonight (Feb. 10), Tuivasa will take on Cyril Asker on the main card of UFC 221. Tuivasa will have his hone country by his side as the UFC is invading Perth, Australia for the event. The card is headlined by a middleweight clash between […]
  
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• Livinha Souza injured, out of UFC Austin fight with Jessica Aguilar

  10-02-2018 21:00
  Former Invicta FC strawweight champion Livinha Souza will have to wait a little longer before her UFC debut.
  Souza was scheduled to step inside the Octagon for the first time at next week’s UFC Fight Night card in Austin, Texas, against Jessica Aguilar, but was forced out of the bout due to a hand injury. MMA Brasil first reported the news. Photo courtesy of Livinha Souza's teamSouza’s team told MMA Fighting on Saturday that Souza hasn’t fractured her hand, but the exact injur
  
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• UFC 221 Embedded, Episode 4: ‘Make f*cking weight’

  10-02-2018 20:35
  On the fourth episode of UFC 221 Embedded, Luke Rockhold rides a camel to open workouts, Curtis Blaydes deals with a new pad-holder, Mark Hunt recieves a warm welcome from his Australian countrymen, and Yoel Romero puts on a salsa dancing clinic. Then, chaos reigns as Yoel Romero misses weight at the UFC 221 weigh-ins.
  
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• For Tyson Pedro, defeat to Ilir Latifi was a ‘blessing in disguise’

  10-02-2018 20:00
  Robert Whittaker’s exit from UFC 221 highlighted that the promotion needs more drawing power in Australia, but Tyson Pedro hopes to remedy that over the coming year.After the young Australian began his Octagon career by dispatching Khalil Rountree and Paul Craig in the first round, the UFC underlined the confidence it has in Pedro when he was matched with top-ranked light heavyweight Ilir Latifi last September. Despite drawing a number of superlatives from commentator Joe Rogan throughout
  
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• Tyron Woodley Calls ‘Bullsh*t’ on Dana White’s Recent Comments

  10-02-2018 19:51
  Tyron Woodley has responded to Dana White’s claim that he’s full of sh*t regarding Nate Diaz talks. Much has been made over Woodley’s next fight. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title holder has been calling for a “super fight” for some time now. “The Chosen One” claimed the UFC offered him a bout with […]
  
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• UFC 221 Live Preliminary Results Tonight (Feb. 10) at 6:30 p.m. ET

  10-02-2018 19:10
  The UFC is back in Perth, Australia tonight (Sat. February 10, 2018) at the Perth Arena for UFC 221 on pay-per-view (PPV). The main event of the night will see Luke Rockhold try to win the interim UFC middleweight title against Yoel Romero. Romero will not be eligible to win the interim strap because he missed weight. A […]
  
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• Alexander Volkanovski isn’t buying Jeremy Kennedy’s ‘bad guy’ persona

  10-02-2018 19:00
  Alexander Volkanovski is on a mission to rid the UFC world of “bad guys”, but he isn’t buying UFC 221 opponent Jeremy Kennedy’s shtick.“The Great” has made no secret of his disdain for his mouthy counterparts on the roster and explained how trash talking bores him.
  “Everyone is doing the whole talking sh*t kind of thing and it just bores me now,” he told Ariel Helwani on the latest episode of The MMA Hour.“I know, I get it, it’s entert
  
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• Matt Brown Says His Desire to Compete Has Never Been Stronger

  10-02-2018 18:10
  When Matt Brown was contemplating retirement, he had to find his hunger. Brown considered retiring after his knockout victory over Diego Sanchez. Going into the fight, Brown said it would be his last one. After the bout, “The Immortal” one had other plans. Now, he will meet Carlos Condit on April 14 at UFC on […]
  
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• UFC 221: Rockhold vs. Romero gambling guide

  10-02-2018 18:00
  On Saturday evening, the UFC heads to Perth, Western Australia with UFC 221, headlined by a short-notice middleweight interim title fight between former champion Luke Rockhold and Olympic freestyle wrestling silver medalist Yoel Romero. It’s a card high on regional talent and action fights but low on name value. Still, it’s a 12-fight UFC card which means 12 opportunities to bet, and we’ve got you covered with everything you need to know for this weekend.THE FIGHTSUFC 221; Per
  
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• UFC 221 preview show

  10-02-2018 17:46
  At UFC 221, Luke Rockhold faces Yoel Romero for the interim middleweight title on Saturday? What are the keys for both men and what do the results potentially mean for the middleweight division? We’ll explore that plus what’s at stake in Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt and much more.
  
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• MMA Fighting Archives: Luke Rockhold training video from 2010

  10-02-2018 17:00
  In late January, 2010, we traveled to San Jose to shoot a Fight! Magazine cover and an MMA Fighting video feature on Cain Velasquez before his fight against Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia.
  Check out the training video and interview with former UFC champion Luke Rockhold from back then above.
  
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• From the Archives: Luke Rockhold training video from 2010

  10-02-2018 17:00
  In late January, 2010, we traveled to San Jose to shoot a Fight! Magazine cover and an MMA Fighting video feature on Cain Velasquez before his fight against Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia.
  Check out the training video and interview with former UFC champion Luke Rockhold from back then above.
  
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• Fightweets: Tyron Woodley, Dana White, and MMA in 2018

  10-02-2018 16:00
  The old Steve Miller lyric “I went from Phoenix, Arizona all the way to Tacoma, Philadelphia, Atlanta, LA” comes to mind as the UFC makes a stop in Perth, Australia, for UFC 221 Saturday night, part of a run of events that went from Charlotte to Brazil and goes on from here to Texas and Orlando.
  Anyway, it was another week of the sublime and the ridiculous in mixed martial arts, so without further ado, let’s get the ball rolling.
  Tyron Woodley, Nate Diaz, and Dana White
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• UFC 221 predictions

  10-02-2018 15:30
  The last time the UFC hosted a pay-per-view in Australia it had two women’s championship fights in Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm and Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Valerie Letourneau. It was a pretty stacked card.The return to Australia with UFC 221 is not so great, but nonetheless, we still have a show with very important fights. In the main event, Luke Rockhold will take on Yoel Romero for the UFC interim middleweight belt, sort of. Romero missed weight Friday night, so he won’t be eligible
  
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• UFC 221 start time, TV schedule for Yoel Romero vs. Luke Rockhold

  10-02-2018 15:00
  The UFC 221 start time, TV schedule for the Yoel Romero vs. Luke Rockhold fight card at the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia 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:
  Yoel Romero vs. Luke Rockhold
  Mark Hunt vs. Curtis Blaydes
  Tai Tuivasa vs. Cyril Asker
  Jake Matthews
  
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• UFC 221 main event breakdown: Yoel Romero vs. Luke Rockhold

  10-02-2018 14:52
  On Saturday morning Perth, Australia time—Friday night in the U.S.—the UFC 221 main event and the middleweight division fell into even more chaos when No. 1 contender Yoel Romero failed to make weight for a hastily thrown together interim title match. This was after Romero took the fight on short notice following the withdrawal of middleweight champion Robert Whittaker, who was only promoted to lineal champ after Georges St-Pierre won the belt and handed it back like a hot potato.
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• Yoel Romero misses weight, cannot win interim title at UFC 221

  10-02-2018 07:05
  Update: Yoel Romero missed weight on his second attempt Friday night (Saturday in Australia), coming in at 187.7 pounds. He needed to make 185.
  Romero will not be able to win the UFC interim middleweight title fight in his bout with Luke Rockhold at UFC 221. Rockhold will be interim champion if he wins, but Romero would not win the belt even with a victory.That is all contingent on Rockhold accepting the fight with Romero over weight, which has yet to happen.
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• UFC 221: Rockhold vs Romero - Final Results

  10-02-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Who were the winners at UFC 221: Romero vs Rockhold? Click below to get the results for all the fights at Perth Arena in Australia on Saturday, February 10, 2018.Romero vs Rockhold | Hunt vs Blaydes | Tuivasa vs Asker | Jingliang vs Matthews | Pedro vs Safarov | Brown vs Kim | Adesanya vs Wilkinson | Kennedy vs Alex Volkanovski | Formiga vs Nguyen | Hirota vs Pearson |Ishihara vs Quinonez | Abe vs JumeauUFC 221: Romero vs Rockhold main cardMain event: Yoel Romero vs Luke RockholdRomero charges a
  
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• 'The Last Stylebender' Adesanya wows in debut on UFC 221 prelims

  10-02-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  ADESANYA vs WILKINSONHeavily hyped middleweight Israel Adesanya didn’t disappoint in his Octagon debut, as he kept his perfect record intact with a second-round stoppage of Rob Wilkinson.Wilkinson was tenacious in his attempt to ground Adesanya throughout the opening round, and while he put his foe on the mat twice, the Nigeria native jumped right back up. Overall, it was mission accomplished for the Aussie, though, as he was able to nullify the offense of the highly-touted newcomer.Adesan
  
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• Romero stops Rockhold in UFC 221 main event

  10-02-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Yoel Romero may not have left Perth Arena with the interim UFC middleweight title, but the Cuban standout did put another high-profile name on his record in the main event of UFC 221, as he knocked out former world champion Luke Rockhold in the third round.The fight between the top two contenders in the 185-pound weight class was made possible when champion Robert Whittaker was forced out of the UFC’s first visit to Perth and his bout against Rockhold due to medical issues. In stepped Rome
  
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• Romero-Rockhold official

  10-02-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  After two attempts, Yoel Romero missed weight for his UFC 221 title fight against Luke Rockhold, coming in first at 188 pounds and then 187.7 pounds. Romero will be fined 30% of his show money, which will go to Rockhold, and the fight at Perth Arena will proceed as scheduled. The interim UFC middleweight title will only be eligible to be won by Rockhold. Should Romero win, he will not be awarded the title. Read the Full Article Here
  
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• Blaydes win UD vs. Hunt; Aussies reign supreme on main card

  10-02-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  BLAYDES vs HUNTRising heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes survived some early bombs from Aussie superstar Mark Hunt to roar back and use a steady ground-and-pound attack to take a unanimous decision win in the UFC 221 co-main event at Perth Arena.Scores were 30-26 twice and 29-27.After some uneventful standup to kick off the action, Blaydes scored a takedown with a little over two minutes gone, but Hunt rose to his feet immediately, and soon, the “Super Samoan” drilled Blaydes with
  
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• UFC 221 Results: Romero vs. Rockhold

  10-02-2018 06:02
  MMA Fighting has UFC 221 results for the Romero vs. Rockhold fight card Feb. 11 from the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia, plus live blogs of the main card, and live UFC 221 Twitter updates.
  In the main event, Yoel Romero and Luke Rockhold will square off, but only Rockhold can win the UFC interim middleweight title because Romero failed to make weight.
  Heavyweights Mark Hunt and Curtis Blaydes will compete in the co-main event.
  Check out the UFC 221 results below.
  Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
  
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• Rockhold Responds to Romero’s Failed Weight Cut, Sounds Awful (Video)

  10-02-2018 05:26
  Luke Rockhold and Yoel Romero had tough weight cuts ahead of UFC 221. The difference between the two is that Rockhold made the championship weight on his first attempt. He came in at 185 pounds, while Romero was three pounds over at 188. As of this writing, the “Soldier of God” still has time to […]
  
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• UFC 221 Weigh-in Results: Yoel Romero Almost 3 Pounds Overweight, Everyone Else on Point

  10-02-2018 05:03 via sherdog.com
  UFC 221 features an interim Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title bout between Luke Rockhold and Yoel Romero to headline a night of action in Perth, Australia.
  
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• UFC 221 Weigh-in Results: Yoel Romero 3 Pounds Overweight, Everyone Else on Point

  10-02-2018 05:03 via sherdog.com
  UFC 221 features an interim Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title bout between Luke Rockhold and Yoel Romero to headline a night of action in Perth, Australia.
  
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• UFC 221 weigh-in video live now

  10-02-2018 04:05
  At the UFC 221 weigh-ins, all 24 fighters taking part in Saturday night’s UFC 221 fights will step on the scale Friday, and we’ll have the live video here at MMA Fighting.
  In the main event, Yoel Romero and former UFC champion Luke Rockhold will have to make the middleweight limit of 185 pounds.
  The UFC 221 weigh-ins will occur above at 10 p.m. ET.
  Check out UFC 221 weigh-in results below.
  Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
  Yoel Romero vs. Luke Rockhold
  Mark Hunt vs. Curtis Blaydes
  Tai T
  
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• Video: Luke Rockhold vs. Lyoto Machida

  10-02-2018 03:00
  At UFC on FOX 15, back in April 18, 2015, Luke Rockhold took on Former UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida in an 185-pound contest in the main event of the card. That night in Newark, Rockhold put on a dominant performance, choking out the Brazilian in the second round of the fight. The victory earned Rockhold a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus.Now, almost three years later, Rockhold will take on Yoel Romero in the main event of UFC 221. The two middleweight contenders are set to ba
  
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• Tyron Woodley responds to Dana White saying he’s ‘full of sh*t’ about Nate Diaz fight

  10-02-2018 02:13
  The most highly anticipated opponent for Tyron Woodley right now might be Dana White.
  On Wednesday, White said on UFC Tonight that Woodley was “full of sh*t” for comments he made earlier in the week to ESPN about potentially fighting Nate Diaz next. Woodley didn’t seem to take that real well.The UFC welterweight champion said Friday in his “Hollywood Beatdown” segment for TMZ Sports that White, the UFC president, was the one putting out wrong information.
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• Bellator 194 Countdown, Episode 1: ‘I’m a human elephant’

  10-02-2018 02:00
  In the first of episode of the Countdown series leading up to Bellator 194 on Feb. 16, Matt Mitrione and Roy Nelson take in the opening fight of the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix before returning home to show off their domestic side. Later, Mitrione channels his spirit animal, while Nelson sharpens his boxing at the Mayweather Boxing Club.
  
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• UFC 221 ‘Rockhold vs. Romero’ Play-by-Play, Results & Round-by-Round Scoring

  10-02-2018 01:19 via sherdog.com
  Sherdog's live UFC 221 coverage kicks off Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET.
  
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• Robert Whittaker Addresses Not Fighting Georges St-Pierre For Middleweight Title

  10-02-2018 01:08
  UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has sounded off on Georges St-Pierre not fighting him. St-Pierre returned to competition in November after four years away from the sport to win the middleweight title with a submission victory in the third round over Michael Bisping at UFC 217. The win made St-Pierre just the fourth fighter in […]
  
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• UFC 221 weigh-in video at 7 p.m. ET

  10-02-2018 00:46
  At the UFC 221 weigh-ins, all 24 fighters taking part in Saturday night’s UFC 221 fights will step on the scale Friday, and we’ll have the live video here at MMA Fighting.
  In the main event, Yoel Romero and former UFC champion Luke Rockhold will have to make the middleweight limit of 185 pounds.
  The UFC 221 weigh-ins will occur above at 10 p.m. ET.
  Check out UFC 221 weigh-in results below.
  Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
  Yoel Romero vs. Luke Rockhold
  Mark Hunt vs. Curtis Blaydes
  Tai T
  
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• Robert Whittaker always had a feeling GSP wasn’t going to fight him

  10-02-2018 00:00
  For nearly all of 2017, the UFC middleweight division was a weight class in limbo.With Michael Bisping recovering from an injury and Georges St-Pierre angling for a surprise title shot, the conversation surrounding the 185-pound ranks was a maddening one for many of the division’s best fighters — some of whom, like ex-champion Luke Rockhold, publicly called for a matchmaking protest until the UFC offered clarity regarding the situation.That much-needed clarity finally arrived in the
  
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