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• Darren Till wants Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 224 in Rio

  07-03-2018 23:32
  Darren Till is finally ready to return to action.
  The rising welterweight prospect hasn’t fought since his October win over Donald Cerrone. And after a recent battle with sinusitis sidelined him earlier this year, Till told MMAFighting.com on Wednesday that he is looking to fight in the spring.
  In fact, Till (16-0-1) would like to fight top contender Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 224 on May 12 in Rio de Janeiro.
  “Just because of his fan base there,” Till said, “and I’ve
  
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• Calvillo accepts six-month suspension for marijuana

  07-03-2018 23:30
  Cynthia Calvillo’s failed drug test won’t keep her out of competition for long.
  The 30-year-old strawweight has accepted a six-month suspension from the USADA after an in-competition drug test came in positive for Carboxy-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — a marijuana metabolite — last December, per a USADA release.
  Calvillo’s suspension can be reduced to three months pending completion of a USADA-approved drug awareness and management program.
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• Holly Holm Addresses Potential Retirement From MMA

  07-03-2018 23:20
  Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm has made it clear that she has no plans to retire from the sport of MMA. Despite the fact that Holm didn’t capture the UFC women’s featherweight title from Cris Cyborg in the main event of UFC 219, she is pressing forward. As seen in the fight, which […]
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• Holly Holm squashes retirement talk: ‘I still want to fight’

  07-03-2018 22:30
  With a resume that includes world titles in boxing and mixed martial arts, but a recent record of 1-4, Holly Holm knows that retirement talking is slowly pushing to the forefront.
  But the former UFC bantamweight champion is having none of that chatter.“People ask me, ‘you had four out of five losses, four out of five fights are losses and you’re 36 and are you going to return,” Holm said on a recent edition of The MMA Hour. “And I was like, it’s, ‘I sti
  
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• Alistair Overeem vs. Curtis Blaydes Set for UFC 225

  07-03-2018 21:58
  Fight fans can look forward to a heavyweight slugfest involving Alistair Overeem at the UFC 225 pay-per-view event. The UFC announced on Wednesday afternoon that the former title contender would fight top prospect Curtis Blaydes at the upcoming event. Blaydes (9–1-1) is coming off the biggest win of his career by scoring a unanimous decision […]
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• Heavyweights Alistair Overeem, Curtis Blaydes to Clash at UFC 225 in Chicago

  07-03-2018 21:54 via sherdog.com
  Curtis Blaydes wil get the opportunity to take climb another rung on the heavyweight ladder when he faces Alistair Overeem at UFC 225.
  
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• Alistair Overeem vs. Curtis Blaydes official for UFC 225 in Chicago

  07-03-2018 21:52
  The Second City is getting a first-rate heavyweight matchup.
  Alistair Overeem will meet Curtis Blaydes at UFC 225 on June 9 in Chicago, the UFC officially announced Wednesday. ESPN first reported the fight as being targeted earlier this week.
  Overeem (43-16, 1 NC), long one of the top big men in the sport, is coming off a knockout loss to Francis Ngannou at UFC 218 in December. Had the Netherlands native won that bout, he would have been in line for a title rematch with Stipe Miocic. Overeem, 3
  
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• Former UFC Talent Josh Sampo to Meet Dominic Mazzotta at Bellator 197

  07-03-2018 21:33 via sherdog.com
  Former Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor Josh Sampo will collide with Dominic Mazzotta in a bantamweight bout at Bellator 197.
  
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• Bellator Vet, Ex-WSOF Champ Georgi Karakhanyan Signs Contract with ACB

  07-03-2018 21:09 via sherdog.com
  Georgi Karakhanyan has signed with Russian promotion Absolute Championship Berkut.
  
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• Georgi Karakhanyan signs with ACB 

  07-03-2018 20:00
  Georgi Karakhanyan has signed for Russian promotion ACB.Bellator reportedly cut the former WSOF featherweight champion last month. On Wednesday morning, Denis Geyko of RT.com reported via Twitter that the Russian had signed a multi-fight deal with the promotion. Later that day, ACB confirmed his signing to MMA Fighting.After claiming the WSOF title with a third-round submission of Lance Palmer, Karakhanyan lost the belt in his first defense against Rick Glenn when he failed to answer the bell f
  
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• Randy Couture Likes Daniel Cormier’s Chances Against Stipe Miocic

  07-03-2018 19:39
  Only one fighter in UFC history has held both the heavyweight and light heavyweight titles and that’s why Randy Couture’s opinion on the upcoming super fight between Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic holds so much weight. Couture started his career as a heavyweight before eventually dropping down to 205 pounds where he reigned as UFC […]
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• Tim Means Paid Win Bonus Despite Split-Decision Loss

  07-03-2018 18:39
  It’s rare but on occasion, the UFC will award a fighter their win-bonus despite them not actually winning a fight. Tim Means is the latest to receive his bonus money despite technically dropping a split-decision to Sergio Moraes at UFC Fight Night: 145. Means’ corner told him he’d won both rounds heading into the 3rd but […]
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• Derrick Lewis Has Top Contender In Mind For Next Fight

  07-03-2018 17:45
  Derrick Lewis is coming off a big win inside the Octagon under the UFC banner. Now, he is looking for his next possible fight. Lewis picked up a third-round TKO victory over top prospect Marcin Tybura at last month’s Austin event that took place at Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Once that fight was […]
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• Fabricio Werdum wants to participate in WWE, UFC at same time

  07-03-2018 17:00
  Fabricio Werdum has a busy schedule with the UFC, and is actually planning on adding more work to his routine.
  The former UFC heavyweight champion returns to the Octagon on March 17, headlining UFC London against Alexander Volkov. Ready for his fourth fight since last July, “Vai Cavalo” told MMA Fighting that he’s trying to negotiate a deal with WWE as well.
  Asked about Brock Lesnar’s potential return to the UFC and Cain Velasquez’s social media posts about pro wre
  
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• Fabricio Werdum wants to participate in pro wrestling, UFC at same time

  07-03-2018 17:00
  Fabricio Werdum has a busy schedule with the UFC, and is actually planning on adding more work to his routine.
  The former UFC heavyweight champion returns to the Octagon on March 17, headlining UFC London against Alexander Volkov. Ready for his fourth fight since last July, “Vai Cavalo” told MMA Fighting that he’s trying to negotiate a deal with a pro wrestling company as well.
  Asked about Brock Lesnar’s potential return to the UFC and Cain Velasquez’s social media
  
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• Johny Hendricks Sets Sights On Weight Class Change

  07-03-2018 16:53
  Former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks is looking to make big changes to his professional MMA career. Some fight fans might not know that Hendricks is currently a free agent. A big part of that is due to his performance inside the Octagon under the UFC banner. By looking at his fight history, he is […]
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• Ryan LaFlare-Alex Garcia Added to UFC Fight Night 128 in Atlantic City

  07-03-2018 16:36 via sherdog.com
  The announcements keep coming for the UFC Fight Night 128 card, which is happening on Saturday, April 21 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The card will be headlined by two lightweight contenders in Edson Barboza and Kevin Lee.
  
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• Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Kyle Bochniak Official for UFC 223 in Brooklyn

  07-03-2018 16:30 via sherdog.com
  Zabit Magomedsharipov officially has a date and opponent for his next Octagon appearance.
  
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• Retirement Not in the Immediate Future for Former UFC Champ Holly Holm

  07-03-2018 16:29 via sherdog.com
  When Holly Holm sent Ronda Rousey crashing to the canvas at UFC 193 back in November 2015 in Sydney, Australia, the former boxing world champion was on top of the world.
  
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• Zach Freeman, Zak Bucia to Square Off in Catchweight Bout at Bellator 197

  07-03-2018 16:04 via sherdog.com
  Zach Freeman, the man best known for defeating Aaron Pico in his mixed martial arts debut, will return to action against Zak Bucia at Bellator 197.
  
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• Chat Wrap: UFC 222, Edgar to 135, Canelo-PED story

  07-03-2018 15:15
  This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.
  UFC 222 is in the books and what an event it actually turned out to be. Cris Cyborg continued her reign of dominance and rather easily, but also showed some signs of vulnerability if you looked hard enough. More importantly, however, was the ascendancy of seven fighters under the age of 30. In particular, Brian Ortega surged ahead to the top of the featherweight rankings, doing seemingly the impossible by stopping Frankie Edgar. We'll discuss all of
  
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• John McCarthy Believes Jon Jones Did Not Intentionally Use PEDs

  07-03-2018 15:14
  Longtime MMA official and current Bellator commentator, John McCarthy, believes Jon Jones when he says he didn’t intentionally ingest performance-enhancing drugs. McCarthy joins California Athletic State Commission Executive Officer, Andy Foster, as those who have publicly stated they believe Jones’ side of the story. Shortly after Jones’ CSAC hearing, Foster clarified his reasons for believing […]
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• Fortunes changed for five at UFC 222

  07-03-2018 15:00
  The strange beauty and brutality that is MMA is centered around it being a game of inches and unpredictability, and that there are consequences of actions. But you never truly know what those consequences are without the perspective of looking back in time.
  On Saturday night in Las Vegas, Frankie Edgar battled Brian Ortega for what was expected to be the next shot at injured featherweight champion Max Holloway. If you studied MMA, you could figure a lot of ways the fight could go. Edgar winning
  
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• Morning Report: Derrick Lewis says he’s hoping to fight Francis Ngannou ‘before he turns 50 on us’

  07-03-2018 14:00
  Last month, Derrick Lewis got back on the winning track with an epic, third-round come-from-behind knockout of Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night: Austin. The win earned Lewis a Performance of the Night bonus and moved Lewis up to sixth in the official rankings but he’s also hoping it got him a fight with fellow heavyweight standout Francis Ngannou.
  Ngannou and Lewis have been exchanges barbs in the media for the last year but with Ngannou being fast-tracked to a title shot and Lewis being
  
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• Brian Moore vs. Giorgio Belsanti booked for Bellator 196

  07-03-2018 13:49
  Brian Moore will join SBG teammate James Gallagher in Budapest on the Bellator 196 card when he meets Italian featherweight Giorgio Belsanti.Bellator confirmed the 145-pound fight to MMA Fighting on Wednesday.Moore (10-6) is coming off a back and forth bout with highly touted prospect A.J. McKee in Dublin. The Wexford fighter’s striking gave “The Mercenary” trouble in the second round of their Bellator 187 main event clash, but ultimately, McKee managed to lock up a rear-naked
  
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• Hernandez's decision to fight full-time panning out well so far

  07-03-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Alexander Hernandez knocks out Beneil Dariush of Iran in their lightweight bout during the UFC 222 event inside T-Mobile Arena on March 3, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)" align="center" />Alexander Hernandez may be the talk of the MMA world after his stunning first-round knockout of Beneil Dariush last weekend in Las Vegas, but there was a time when the confident Texan did question if his decision to quit his job as a mortgage loan offi
  
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• 'Curtious' Millender thrilled to be fighting in the big show

  07-03-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Curtis Millender heard all the pre-fight comments about his UFC debut against Thiago Alves in February. He didn’t take them personally, but he did hear and see them.“Alves is gonna kill this guy.”“This guy doesn’t deserve to be in the UFC.”Those were just a couple of the more choice ones Millender remembers. And after he won that fight in Austin via second-round knockout, he made the rounds on social media to find those comments.“I hit the ‘like&rs
  
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• Blaydes welcomes Overeem to Chicago on June 9

  07-03-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  The Windy City of Chicago will be host to a collision of heavyweight contenders on June 9, as hometown favorite Curtis "Razor" Blaydes looks to take out No. 2-ranked Alistair Overeem in a UFC 225 bout at United Center. Tickets for UFC 225, which airs live on Pay-Per-View, go on sale on April 13.Fresh from the most important win of his career over Mark Hunt in February, the No. 5-ranked Blaydes is unbeaten in his last five bouts in the Octagon, but no win would be bigger than one over the Ne
  
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• UFC Atlantic City adds two bouts, including Ryan LaFlare vs. Alex Garcia

  07-03-2018 05:26
  A pair of welterweight bouts have been added to UFC Atlantic City.
  Ryan LaFlare fights Alex Garcia, while Tony Martin moves up to 170 pounds to face Keita Nakamura at the upcoming New Jersey show on April 21.
  The card will be headlined by a previously announced fight between lightweight contenders Edson Barboza and Kevin Lee.
  This will be LaFlare’s first outing since being knocked out in the second round by Alex Oliveira at UFC on FOX 25 last July. The native of Lindenhurst, N.Y., sports
  
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• Tim Means Thanks UFC for Paying Win Bonus Following Contentious Loss to Sergio Moraes

  07-03-2018 05:10 via sherdog.com
  It appears that justice was served for Tim Means -- at least financially.
  
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• Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Kyle Bochniak official for UFC 223

  07-03-2018 03:49
  Khabib Nurmagomedov won’t be the only Dagestani supernova fighting at Barclays Center next month.
  Top prospect Zabit Magomedsharipov will return to the cage to face Kyle Bochniak in a lightweight matchup at UFC 223 on April 7 in Brooklyn, the UFC officially announced Tuesday. Magomedsharipov previously posted about the matchup last month on his social media.
  Magomedsharipov (14-1) has a pair of Performance of the Night bonuses in his only two UFC fights thus far, a pair of submission vict
  
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• John Dodson on upcoming free agency: ‘I don’t want to go anywhere else’

  07-03-2018 03:00
  LAS VEGAS — After his UFC 222 win over Pedro Munhoz, John Dodson discusses his impending free agency, how pleased he was with the win over Munhoz, getting kicked in the groin often and more.
  
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• Tony Martin vs. Keita Nakamura Booked for UFC Fight Night 128 in Atlantic City

  07-03-2018 01:50 via sherdog.com
  Tony Martin will lock horns with Keita Nakamura at UFC Fight Night 128.
  
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• Holly Holm: ‘I Still Want to Fight & That’s The Bottom Line’

  07-03-2018 01:11
  Don’t ask Holly Holm about retirement plans. With a record of 1-4 in her last five outings and at the age of 36, Holm is constantly asked if retirement has crossed her mind. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s bantamweight title holder doesn’t plan on hanging up her gloves yet. In fact, she’s a […]
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• Erick Silva in talks with UFC, other promotions after UFC contract expired

  07-03-2018 01:00
  Erick Silva could be heading to a different promotion in 2018.
  Silva’s contract with the UFC expired following his December bout with Jordan Mein. The longtime Octagon veteran is currently in talks with the UFC and other promotions to set his next move in the sport, MMA Fighting has learned.
  “The Tiger” lost back-to-back fights in 2017 against Mein and Yancy Medeiros. Silva has only won in one of his last five appearances, defeating Luan Chagas at UFC Fight Night 95 in Brasili
  
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