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• UFC 223 live stream online

  07-04-2018 23:00
  Watch UFC 223 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:
  Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Al Iaquinta
  Rose Namajunas vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
  Renato Moicano vs. Calvin Kattar
  Zabit Magomedosharipov vs. Kyle Bochniak
  Joe Lauzon vs. Chris Gruetzemacher
  Khabib Nurmagomedov will try to win the UFC lightweight title against Al Iaquinta in the main event. Iaquinta is ineligible to win the belt after failing to make cham
  
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• Conor McGregor’s Manager Releases Statement

  07-04-2018 22:38
  The founder of Paradigm Sports Management, and Conor McGregor’s agent, Audie Attar has released a statement in regards to the events of the past few days. Statement about @TheNotoriousMMA pic.twitter.com/eQ0FvA3CT9 — Audie A. Attar (@AudieAttar) April 7, 2018 “So much rumor and misinformation about my client, Conor McGregor. The matter is in the hands of […]
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• Kyle Bochniak: Zabit Magomedsharipov is ‘a perfect fight for me’

  07-04-2018 22:00
  Kyle Bochniak is fine with people overlooking him. For now.
  It’s been an uneven UFC journey for the 31-year-old featherweight from Massachusetts since debuting with the promotion two years ago. Bochniak has alternated wins and losses in his four Octagon appearances, losing a unanimous decision to Charles Rosa in January 2016 before scraping by with a split decision win over Enrique Barzola in his next fight.
  A trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, saw Bochniak lose another unanimous decisi
  
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• Conor McGregor's manager releases statement after UFC 223 chaos, fighter’s arrest

  07-04-2018 21:28
  Two days after Conor McGregor’s attack on a bus full of UFC fighters in Brooklyn, his manager Audie Attar released a statement on the situation.
  “The Notorious”, who once held the UFC featherweight and lightweight belts, was arrested after entering the Barclays Center with several friends and teammates and throwing objects at a bus, allegedly targeting fellow UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov and hurting several people in the process, including UFC 223 fighters Michael Chiesa an
  
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• UFC 223 Post-Fight Press Conference Live Stream on MMANews.com

  07-04-2018 21:14
  After the fights tonight (April 7), you can check out the UFC 223 post-fight press conference. A bevy of unusual circumstances have turned the card upside down. Still through it all, we will have two title bouts. While the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) rules Al Iaquinta ineligible for a title bout due to […]
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• Calvin Kattar juggles fighter, promoter roles heading into UFC 223

  07-04-2018 21:00
  There’s a reason, by and large, that fighters fight and promoters promote.They’re both demanding full-time jobs, for one. They require entirely different sets of skills, for another.Sure, if you become a successful-enough promoter, like UFC president Dana White, you can turn yourself as a fighter character in a video game and give yourself suspiciously high skills levels. But that’s about as close as you’re going to get to seeing the promoter actually set foot in the cag
  
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• Dana White: UFC Will Consider Al Iaquinta Champion If He Wins

  07-04-2018 20:59
  The New York State Athletic Commission may not consider Al Iaquinta a champion if he beats Khabib Nurmagomedov tonight but the UFC will. At the UFC 223 press conference Friday night, White told media a championship belt is on the line for both fighters despite what the NYSAC has ruled. “The title is on the […]
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• Ashlee Evans-Smith knows what’s on the line at UFC 223: ‘At any moment we can get cut’

  07-04-2018 20:00
  Ashlee Evans-Smith has no illusions about the consequences of failure should things not go her way in her next fight.
  Two appearances in 2017 yielded two defeats for Evans-Smith. First, a unanimous decision loss to Ketlen Vieira last April; then, a first-round submission loss to Sarah Moras five months later.
  Up next is not only another opportunity to prove that she has what it takes to stick around in the Octagon, but what could be a fresh start in a new weight class. Evans-Smith is making the
  
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• Borg responds to ‘keyboard gangsters’ questioning eye injury

  07-04-2018 19:38
  Ray Borg was supposed to be fighting inside the Octagon on Saturday night. Instead, he finds himself having to deal with anonymous critics over the internet.
  A flyweight bout at UFC 223 in Brooklyn between Borg and Brandon Moreno was canceled when Conor McGregor and associates went on a rampage Thursday, hurling objects around the backstage area of the Barclays Center, including a dolly that smashed the window of a bus that was transporting several fighters.
  Glass from that shattered window res
  
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• Conor McGregor’s Court Hearing After Bus Attack (Video)

  07-04-2018 19:23
  On Friday, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor appeared in Brooklyn’s Kings County Criminal Court after his ruthless attack at the Barclays Center on Thursday afternoon. With a police charge pending, Conor McGregor turned himself into police custody on Thursday night. This attack was senseless, reckless and “thuggish”, but it was not without reason. On the 4th April, […]
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• New Footage of Conor McGregor’s Meltdown Appears in UFC Embedded

  07-04-2018 19:10
  If you thought the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) would shy away from Conor McGregor’s UFC 223 media day antics, think again. This past Thursday, the UFC held a media session featuring fighters on tonight’s card. It was business as usual until the festivities wrapped up. McGregor, Artem Lobov, and their entourage entered the Barclays Center […]
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• Technique Talk: Jimmy Smith breaks down Rose Namajunas vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk 2

  07-04-2018 19:00
  While much of the present discussion within the MMA community centers on the UFC 223’s revolving door of main events, the evening’s co-main event stands apart. Both bouts offer quality, but it is only the strawweight title contest that exists as a rematch between originally unwitting, but fervent rivals.
  Ahead of Rose Namajunas and Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s second encounter, we wanted to understand the circumstances that lead to the result in their first fight and what to expect in
  
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• Model Priscila Van Der Broocke hopes to follow husband Renato Moicano’s success in MMA

  07-04-2018 18:00
  Renato Moicano returns to action versus Calvin Kattar at UFC 223 in Brooklyn on April 7, and he’s not the only talented fighter in the family anymore.
  As Moicano prepares to bounce back from a tough defeat to 145-pound contender Brian Ortega, his first-ever loss in mixed martial arts, the Brazilian featherweight predicts that his wife Priscila Van Der Broocke will soon join him in the Octagon.
  Priscila Van Der Broocke, 28, made her MMA debut in December, finishing Laila Oliveira via first
  
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• Dana White: There’s ‘Possibility’ Brock Lesnar Fights for Heavyweight Title in UFC Return

  07-04-2018 17:27 via sherdog.com
  Although he’s only competed once in the last six years and must currently serve the rest of his suspension for multiple failed drug tests at UFC 200, Brock could be in line for a huge opportunity if he returns to the Octagon.
  
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• Dos Anjos-Covington Interim Title Bout Set for UFC 225 in Chicago Instead of Rio de Janeiro

  07-04-2018 17:11 via sherdog.com
  A previously reported interim welterweight championship clash between Rafael dos Anjos and Colby Covington is finally official — just not at the venue that was originally anticipated.
  
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• Al Iaquinta with a chance to steal the show at UFC 223, become the ‘recognized’ champion

  07-04-2018 17:00
  We’ve seen real-time human shufflings on UFC cards before, those situations where at the last minute a perennial undercardsman ends up in a main event. A classic example was when Charlie Brenneman stood in against Rick Story in Pittsburgh on just 24 hour’s notice after Nate Marquardt was removed from the card, and ended up winning. Joe Soto got bumped into a bantamweight title fight with TJ Dillashaw at UFC 177 when Renan Barao went down for the count during his weight cut. He could
  
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• Bellator 196 highlights

  07-04-2018 16:30
  Check out all the top Bellator 196 highlights from Friday’s action, including from the main event between Benson Henderson and Roger Huerta.
  
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• UFC 223 main event breakdown: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Al Iaquinta

  07-04-2018 16:00
  So here we are, hours away from a fight where the UFC lightweight champion is not involved, and the UFC interim champion is not involved, yet a new titleholder will somehow be determined. Or maybe he will? If Khabib Nurmagomedov wins in the UFC 223 headliner, he will be the new champion. Of that, we are sure. But what of late replacement Al Iaquinta? On Friday, UFC president Dana White made a vague claim that if Iaquinta wins, he will be the champion. Yet when he was cornered to explicitly conf
  
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• UFC 223 ceremonial weigh-in photos

  07-04-2018 15:33
  UFC 223 ceremonial weigh-in photos are from the UFC event Friday night.
  
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• UFC 223 start time, TV schedule for Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Al Iaquinta

  07-04-2018 15:00
  The UFC 223 start time, TV schedule for the Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Al Iaquinta fight card at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday night. The fight card is broken into two different parts and airing on two 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:
  Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Al Iaquinta
  Rose Namajunas vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
  Renato Moicano vs. Ca
  
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• UFC 223: A Show of Resilience

  07-04-2018 15:00
  Rocked? Or wobbled? After Michael Johnson landed a powerful left hand to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 205, legions of fans swear to this day that Khabib was rocked. To me, I hardly detected a wobble. As far as I could tell, Khabib remained composed, cool, calm, and kept marching forward. Maybe the punch didn’t do […]
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• UFC 223 predictions

  07-04-2018 14:00
  This had to be the weirdest fight weeks of all time. Last Saturday, we had a fantastic pay-per-view card in our hands, but due to several bizarre incidents, the card we have a week later in not nearly as good. UFC 223 lost many high-level fighters: Tony Ferguson, Max Holloway, Anthony Pettis, Michael Chiesa, Ray Borg, Brandon Moreno and Paul Felder. All these fallouts took a lot of steam away from the Brooklyn event, but even with those losses, UFC 223 still carries some very compelling and imp
  
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• UFC 223: Pros predict Rose Namajunas vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk 2

  07-04-2018 13:00
  NEW YORK CITY — Rose Namajunas will defend her UFC strawweight belt for the very first time on Saturday night. And she will be attempting her first defense against the same woman she took the title from – Joanna Jedrzejczyk.This 115-pound female bout might be the most anticipated rematch in women’s MMA history. Much of the circumstances that many believe factored in the outcome of the first bout are no longer present in the second.
  Jedrzejczyk appeared to have a very good weig
  
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• Timeline of Destruction: The Road to UFC 223

  07-04-2018 12:00
  The week leading up to UFC 223 featured a chain of events unprecedented even by mixed martial arts’ often-chaotic standards.How did a 13-fight card headlined by Tony Feguson vs. Khabib Nurmaogmedov end up a nine-fight show headlined by Nurmagomedov vs. Al Iaquinta, with superstar Conor McGregor finding himself in police custody? Here’s a timeline of an incredible turn of events leading up to Saturday night’s card at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center:
  Thursday, March 29
  During a
  
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• UFC 223 Results: Khabib vs. Iaquinta

  07-04-2018 07:47
  MMA Fighting has UFC 223 results of the Khabib vs Iaquinta event April 7 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, plus live blogs of the main card, and live UFC 223 Twitter updates.
  In the main event, Khabib Nurmagomedov will attempt to become the next UFC lightweight champion if he can get past Al Iaquinta, who was a late replacement for UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway.If Iaquinta wins, he will not be the champion since he already weighed in at 155.2 pounds before Holloway was d
  
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• Zabit and Bochniak put on fight for the ages on UFC 223 main card

  07-04-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  MOICANO vs KATTARHEATING UP! #UFC223 pic.twitter.com/OZTs7XwZi2— UFC Canada (@UFC_CA) April 8, 2018Brazilian featherweight contender Renato Moicano bounced back from the lone loss of his career to Brian Ortega, snapping Calvin Kattar’s 10-fight winning streak on the UFC 223 main card at Barclays Center by taking a three-round unanimous decision.The two started out at a measured pace, at least until Kattar erupted with a right hand in the second minute that got Moicano’s attenti
  
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• UFC's summer slate heats up

  07-04-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  The UFC Octagon will see plenty of action around the globe this summer, with stops everywhere from Boise and Hamburg to Nebraska and Canada.The fights begin on International Fight Week in Las Vegas on July 6, as The Ultimate Fighter Finale takes place at the Pearl Theatre.Eight days later, on July 14, CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho will host the Octagon's best.Then it's a pair of international events, with a show in Hamburg, Germany on July 22 and a show at a to be determined location in Cana
  
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• UFC 223 Final Results

  07-04-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Who were the winners at UFC 223: Khabib vs Iaquinta? Click below to get the results for all the fights at Barclays Center on Saturday, April 7, 2018.Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Al Iaquinta|Rose Namajunas vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk|Renato Moicano vs Calvin Kattar|Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Kyle Bochniak|Joe Lauzon vs Chris Gruetzemacher|Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Felice Herrig| Evan Dunham vs Olivier Aubin-Mercier|Bec Rawlings vs Ashlee Evans-Smith|Devin Clark vs Mike Rodriguez
  UFC 223: Khabib vs Iaquinta main
  
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• Namajunas shines in first title defense, wins Jedrzejczyk rematch

  07-04-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  They're throwing leather in round 4!!What a fight between @RoseNamajunas and @JoannaMMA! #UFC223 pic.twitter.com/Wu2rImxWUs— UFC (@ufc) April 8, 2018BROOKLYN - Rose Namajunas made it two for two over Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the UFC 223 co-main event at Barclays Center, but she had to go five rounds to get the win the second time around, pulling off a unanimous decision victory to retain her UFC women’s strawweight title for the first time.Scores were 49-46 across the board for Namajuna
  
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• Khabib dominates Iaquinta to become undisputed lightweight champ

  07-04-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  - GSP fight in November- Iaquinta's a real gangster- Where's the chickenThat's a lot of information to digest, @TeamKhabib #UFC223 pic.twitter.com/N9wS1fpkJy— UFC (@ufc) April 8, 2018NURMAGOMEDOV vs IAQUINTAThere would be no Miracle on Atlantic Avenue for Al Iaquinta. Looking to catch top contender Khabib Nurmagomedov napping in their UFC 223 main event at Barclays Center, the Long Islander gave a gritty effort for five rounds, but the unbeaten Nurmagomedov was not to be denied, as he won
  
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• Bruce Connal named to 2018 UFC Hall of Fame class

  07-04-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  UFC today announced that pioneering television producer Bruce Connal has been named to the UFC Hall of Fame class for 2018 as a Contributor. With his selection, Connal becomes the fifth inductee of the UFC Hall of Fame’s ‘Contributor Wing’ and third welcomed posthumously. The 2018 UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Thursday, July 5 in Las Vegas. The event will be streamed live and exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS.“Bruce was a close friend to all of us her
  
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• Aubin-Mercier, Kowalkiewicz kick off UFC 223 with big wins

  07-04-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  KOWALKIEWICZ vs HERRIGBROOKLYN - Strawweight contenders Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Felice Herrig delivered a high-intensity three-rounder in UFC 223 prelim action at Barclays Center Saturday night, with Kowalkiewicz emerging victorious via split decision.There was no break in the action in the opening round, with most of the first frame taking place on the feet before a furious ground exchange only interrupted by the horn.With the crowd chanting her name, Kowalkiewicz (12-2) began to pull away in
  
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• UFC 223 preview show

  07-04-2018 06:58
  With UFC 223 just hours away, MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani and Danny Segura break down the top storylines.
  
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• Video: Adam Borics lands a vicious flying knee KO at Bellator 196

  07-04-2018 05:48
  Adam Borics gave the MMA fans in Budapest, Hungary something to cheer about.
  On a night that was otherwise somewhat unexciting, Borics submitted a Knockout of the Year candidate. landing a gorgeous flying knee to the neck of Teodor Nikolov at 1:30 of the second round in the co-main event of Bellator 196. The knockout moved Borics to 11-0 and inserts him into the featherweight title picture.
  Watch Borics’ sensational knockout below.
  Ádám Borics absolutely outclassed Teodor Ni
  
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• Bellator 196 Results: Benson Henderson submits Roger Huerta in the second round

  07-04-2018 05:24
  Benson Henderson is back.
  Friday night at Bellator 196 in Budapest Hungary, the former UFC lightweight champion had his best performance in the Bellator cage, dominating former UFC standout Roger Huerta before submitting him in the second round of the main event.Henderson, who signed with Bellator in 2016 has had a rough go of things since making the jump over to the circular cage, going 1-2 leading up to this fight with his lone win by way of injury in a bout he was likely losing. None of that
  
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• Bellator 196 Results: Henderson vs. Huerta

  07-04-2018 05:08
  MMA Fighting has Bellator 196 results for the Henderson vs. Huerta fight card Friday night at the BOK Hall in Budapest, Hungary.
  In the main event, former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson will look to get back to his winning ways against former UFC standout Roger Huerta. The card also features NCAA standout wrestler Ed Ruth dropping down to 175 pounds for the first time against Ion Pascu.
  Check out Bellator 199 results below.
  Main card (Paramount at 9 p.m. ET)
  Ben Henderson def. Roger
  
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• Prior to arrest, Conor McGregor’s trip to New York could have ended with new contract

  07-04-2018 04:52
  If all went according to the UFC’s plans, this week was supposed to unfold in a dramatically different way for Conor McGregor and the company.
  According to UFC sources, the promotion was close to coming to terms with McGregor on a new contract this week, though several stumbling blocks remained.Regardless, UFC brass were hopeful they would be able to finalize a new deal with the Irish superstar and thus announce his long-awaited return at the 25th anniversary press conference Friday night
  
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• UFC 223 Embedded: ‘What the f*ck is wrong with [Conor]’?’

  07-04-2018 02:57
  In the fifth episode of UFC 223 Embedded, see Conor McGregor and his team vandalize vans, the injury suffered by Michael Chiesa, the chaos after, and much more.
  
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• Dana White: If Al Iaquinta beats Khabib Nurmagomedov, he’s the ‘champ’

  07-04-2018 02:35
  Heading into the tail end of one of the most chaotic weeks in UFC history, Dana White decided to throw another curveball into the mix.
  Prior to the UFC 25th Anniversary press conference, UFC 223 main event participants Khabib Nurmagomedov and Al Iaquinta were brought on stage to field questions and hype up for their upcoming bout that materialized barely 24 hours before fight night.
  Once upon a time, Nurmagomedov was scheduled to fight longtime rival Tony Ferguson on April 6, but that went out
  
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• Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Al Iaquinta press conference video

  07-04-2018 02:18
  Khabib Nurmagomedov and Al Iaquinta answered questions from the media after UFC 223 weigh-ins Friday.
  
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• Rafael dos Anjos vs. Colby Covington will be held at UFC 225 in Chicago

  07-04-2018 02:05
  Rafael dos Anjos and Colby Covington will, in fact, square off for the UFC interim welterweight championship.
  But on Friday, the UFC revealed the match will be held at UFC 225 in Chicago on June 9, rather than the initially reported date of May 12 at UFC 224 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The company made the announcement during the UFC’s 25th Anniversary press conference at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Dos Anjos (28-9), a former UFC lightweight champion, is 3-0 since coming up from 155
  
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• UFC 223 ‘Nurmagomedov vs. Iaquinta’ Play-by-Play, Results & Round-by-Round Scoring

  07-04-2018 00:40 via sherdog.com
  Sherdog.com's UFC 223 (now available on Amazon Prime) coverage kicks off Saturday at 8 p.m. ET.
  
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