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• Anthony Smith moving up in weight after brutal cuts down to 185 pounds

  10-03-2018 22:00
  As the wins kept piling up, Anthony Smith ignored the signs that something was very, very wrong with his body in the lead-up to his fights.
  With 40 fights under his belt, and age 30 just around the corner, cutting weight was not getting any easier for the 6-foot-4 Smith ahead of his encounter with Thiago Santos in Belem, Brazil in February. Though he’d made the 185-pound limit countless times, scary symptoms were starting to pop up that should have told Smith to move up a division a long
  
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• Mackenzie Dern on UFC Debut: ‘I Felt Like I Was Meant to be There’

  10-03-2018 20:27
  Mackenzie Dern is riding a high following her successful Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debut. Dern earned a split decision win over Ashley Yoder on the preliminary portion of UFC 222. She battled through some adversity in the fight, being knocked down but quickly getting back to her feet. With the win, she improves her mixed […]
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• 'Pitbull' Freire suggests ‘warm up’ fight with ‘p*ssy’ Darrion Caldwell before next title defense

  10-03-2018 20:00
  Patricio Freire’s next title defense already is in the works, but the Bellator featherweight champion is willing to take a “warm up fight” in the interim.
  “Pitbull” puts his title on the line later this year against Daniel Weichel, a rematch that was originally scheduled for November but fell through after the Brazilian suffered a knee injury. But now that he is ready to get back in action, Freire first suggests a clash with bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell o
  
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• Fabricio Werdum: Alexander Volkov is a Really Dangerous Guy

  10-03-2018 18:58
  Fabricio Werdum is aware of the dangers that Alexander Volkov presents. Werdum is set to do battle with Volkov on March 17. The bout will headline UFC London inside the O2 Arena. Werdum is looking to extend his winning streak to three in a row. Meanwhile, Volkov is going for his sixth straight victory. Use […]
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• Video: Abdul Azim Badakhshi scores vicious knee knockout at Super Fight League show

  10-03-2018 18:30
  Abdul Azim Badakhshi is developing a reputation as one of the Super Fight League’s most dangerous knockout artists.
  At an SFL show in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, the Afghan lightweight silenced Sascha Sharma with an exquisitely timed knee just as his opponent ducked in for a takedown. It was the sixth consecutive knockout win for Badakhshi, who stepped away as soon as he saw that Sharma was down for the count.
  Check out the scary finish above.
  
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• Fightweets: Bellator MMA is reaching the crossroads

  10-03-2018 18:00
  It’s the rarest of rare MMA weekends: One without a major card. If you’re still clicking on fight sites on a weekend everyone else is heading for the hills, you must be a pretty hardcore fan. So let’s talk some fight stuff, then.
  What’s up with Bellator?
  @DuaneBarth: Hey Dave! With Bellator MMA’s viewership trajectory looking like that of the Hidenburg, can you provide some professional analysis and suggestions for a needed course correction?
  Oof ... that is a pret
  
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• The UFC Needs To Sign Nick Newell

  10-03-2018 16:00
  The UFC is home to many of the top mixed martial artists in the world. The promotion is constantly looking to bring in new talent to its organization, and one of the fighters the UFC should be looking to sign is none other than Nick Newell. The man they call “Notorious” on Friday night submitted […]
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• Dash’s Jeff Smith explains how cryptocurrency could be the future for fighter compensation

  10-03-2018 16:00
  Standing in the center of the cage, victorious after going five grueling rounds with Douglas Lima, newly crowned Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald was graced with his hard-earned championship belt. What may have been missed in that coronation was that “The Red King” was also representing a new brand, one that could become a major player in the MMA fighter compensation landscape.
  That brand is Dash, a growing cryptocurrency company that emphasizes anonymity and speed as a
  
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• Lorenzo Fertitta, Ronda Rousey deserve strong consideration for 2018 UFC Hall of Fame class

  10-03-2018 15:00
  One of the main activities of International Fight Week, the traditional biggest week of the year for the UFC, is the promotion’s Hall of Fame ceremony.
  Unlike most sports’ Halls of Fames, the UFC’s is different. For one, there is no voting process. To be fair, while one can argue about deserving people who haven’t been included — and there are clear examples — there is also nobody undeserving who has been put in.
  It’s also category based, as each year t
  
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• Henry Cejudo: I Have DJ Beating T.J. Dillashaw by a Landslide

  10-03-2018 14:57
  If Demetrious Johnson vs. T.J. Dillashaw ever comes to fruition, then Henry Cejudo would have his money on “Mighty Mouse.” It’s no secret that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president wants to see flyweight champion Johnson take on bantamweight ruler Dillashaw. On Dillashaw’s part, he’s expressed interest in the fight since the promotion tried removing Ray […]
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• Evan Dunham Says Olivier Aubin-Mercier is in For Mairbek Taisumov as UFC 223 Dance Partner

  10-03-2018 14:39 via sherdog.com
  In just a heartbeat, Evan Dunham has a new opponent for UFC 223.
  
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• Nick Newell wins in return to action at LFA 35, calls for UFC opportunity

  10-03-2018 05:56
  Over two years since his last fight, Nick Newell continued his winning ways.
  Newell, a congenital amputee who rose to prominence with a 13-1 start to his career before taking a break from the sport in 2015, was victorious in his return to the cage at Legacy Fighting Alliance 35 in Houston, Texas on Friday night. The 31-year-old needed just 2:10 to put an end to his 160-pound catchweight bout with a rear-naked choke submission of Sonny Luque.
  Nick Newell Wins Sub R1#LFA35 pic.twitter.com/t38vu2x
  
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• Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera won’t be competing at UFC Chile: ‘It hurt to make the decision’

  10-03-2018 03:00
  One of the top Latin American prospects in the UFC won’t be fighting in the organization’s debut event in Chile.
  Due to a minor injury, Marlon Vera has been forced to withdraw from the UFC’s first trip to a South American country outside of Brazil. According to Vera, the UFC planned on having him on the card and they were working on finding him an opponent for the May 19 event that’s set to go down at the Movistar Arena in Chile’s capital of Santiago.“Yeah, e
  
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• Henry Cejudo thinks Demetrious Johnson beats T.J. Dillashaw ‘by a landslide’ at 125

  10-03-2018 02:00
  Henry Cejudo believes he knows how a proposed superfight between UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and bantamweight counterpart T.J. Dillashaw would go down — provided the fight is contested at 125 pounds.
  “I have Demetrious by a landslide, to be honest with you,” Cejudo said recently on The MMA Hour.
  It’s not that Cejudo disrespects the skills of Dillashaw, the two-time bantamweight title holder and one of the sport’s top pound-for-pound fighters. It&rsquo
  
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• Caldwell open to Patricio ‘Pitbull’ fight, becoming two-division Bellator champ

  10-03-2018 02:00
  Following his first successful title defense, Darrion Caldwell found himself trading insults with Bellator featherweight champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and it seemed like the door was immediately kicked down for a potential superfight.
  However, Caldwell’s focus is more on the belt around Freire’s waist than the fighter himself.
  “I just want to fight everybody,” Caldwell told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour. “I don’t want to keep fighting the sam
  
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• BAMMA 34 results: Terry Brazier dethrones Alex Lohore, Rhys McKee claims lightweight title

  10-03-2018 00:32
  Terry Brazier edged out Alex Lohore to claim the BAMMA welterweight world title in the main event of BAMMA 34 at the SSE Arena, London on Friday night.
  It was all Lohore early on. He dropped his former teammate and scored a judo throw in the first 90 seconds. Brazier came back into the contest, completely overwhelming the defending champion with a smothering grappling game and finished the round with a triangle attempt.Brazier came out hot in the second, putting Lohore down with clean left hand
  
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