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• Dana White to Reach Decision on Nick Newell Tomorrow (April 25)

  24-04-2018 23:34
  Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White will soon decide whether or not Nick Newell will join the promotion. It’s no secret that Newell has been calling for a spot on the UFC roster. The former World Series of Fighting lightweight has only lost to Justin Gaethje in his professional mixed martial arts career. With […]
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• Alexander Gustafsson insinuates Jon Jones beat him while on PEDs, Jones fires back

  24-04-2018 23:34
  The triumvirate atop the UFC’s light heavyweight division — Daniel Cormier, Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson — could have been the modern day Tito Ortiz-Chuck Liddell-Randy Couture. It probably won’t end up that way, for several reasons, so all we have is their entertaining Twitter exchanges for now.
  After Jones backed up a Cormier tweet about Gustafsson on Monday night, Gustafsson clapped back Tuesday, essentially insinuating that Jones was on performance-enhancing dr
  
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• UFC Veteran Gerald Harris Replaces John Salter, Meets Rafael Lovato Jr. at Bellator 198

  24-04-2018 22:58 via sherdog.com
  Rafael Lovato Jr.has a new opponent for his featured bout at Bellator 198.
  
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• Marc Diakiese vs. Nasrat Haqparast booked for UFC Hamburg

  24-04-2018 22:00
  Marc Diakiese will look to turn around a two-fight skid when he meets Nasrat Haqparast at UFC Hamburg on July 22.Sources confirmed the fight to MMAFighting.com after an initial report from GNP1 last week.“The Bonecrusher” registered the first two defeats of his professional career in his last two bouts. He lost a split decision to Drakkar Klose at the TUF 25 finale before Dan Hooker submitted him in the third round of their clash at UFC 219.Diakiese (12-2-0) was signed by the UFC on
  
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• Quote: I’m a Fan of Interim UFC Championship Gold

  24-04-2018 21:48
  If UFC Championship gold has to be interim, then so be it says one top 10 welterweight. There’s no denying that winning a UFC title is the pinnacle in the sport of mixed martial arts. With that said, many feel its meaning deteriorates when the “interim” tag gets thrown around. The next interim title bout […]
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• Light Heavyweights Glover Teixeira, Ilir Latifi to Clash at UFC Fight Night 134 in Hamburg

  24-04-2018 21:31 via sherdog.com
  Light heavyweight contenders Glover Teixeira and Ilir Latifi will square off at UFC Fight Night 134, according to multiple outlets.
  
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• Project Spearhead Founder Leslie Smith Planning Legal Action Against UFC for Contract Buyout

  24-04-2018 21:04 via sherdog.com
  Leslie Smith is planning to take legal action against the UFC after she believes the promotion bought out her contract in retaliation for her leading an effort to unionize fighters.
  
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• Teixeira to fight Latifi at UFC Hamburg

  24-04-2018 21:00
  UFC Hamburg has added another major light heavyweight contest to the lineup.
  Sources confirmed with MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani that Glover Teixeira and Ilir Latifi will fight at the July 22 Fight Night event at the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany.
  The bout was first reported by Kimura.se, with the date and location reported by Combate.
  This is the second light heavyweight bout set for the Hamburg show, after Volkan Oezdemir vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was recently booked
  
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• Kevin Lee explains botched weight cut, plans to hire nutritionist for next fight

  24-04-2018 20:30
  The day before his UFC Atlantic City win over Edson Barboza, lightweight contender Kevin Lee missed weight for the first time in his six-year MMA career.
  Lee tipped the scales at 157 pounds at UFC Atlantic City’s official weigh-ins, one pound heavier than the 156-pound lightweight limit allotted for non-title fights. Per the rules of the New Jersey State Athletic Commission Boxing — the regulatory body which oversaw the event — Lee was not allowed any additional time to cut we
  
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• Fedor Emelianenko Not Worried Over Frank Mir’s Size Advantage

  24-04-2018 19:55
  Fedor Emelianenko has never been fazed by size disadvantages and he won’t start now. Emelianenko will meet Frank Mir in a Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix bout. “The Last Emperor” will enter the fight in search of his first victory under the Bellator banner. Meanwhile, this will be Mir’s debut for the promotion. In his last […]
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• ‘King Without a Crown’ Emmanuel Sanchez Eager to Defeat Another UFC Vet at Bellator 198

  24-04-2018 19:00 via sherdog.com
  Shortly after Emmanuel Sanchez dispatched former featherweight champion Daniel Straus with a triangle choke last October, he had an eye-opening conversation with a key Bellator official.
  
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• Colby Covington Claims He’ll Have Armed Security Guards at UFC 225

  24-04-2018 18:58
  Colby Covington is leaving no stone unturned. Covington is set to challenge for an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title for the first time in his career. He’ll clash with former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos in the co-main event of UFC 225. The winner will be crowned the interim welterweight champion. A unification bout with […]
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• John Salter Believes Win at Bellator 198 Makes Him No. 1 Contender for Middleweight Title

  24-04-2018 18:21 via sherdog.com
  As long as John Salter keeps racking up wins in dominant fashion, he is confident that he’s bound to be rewarded eventually.
  
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• Merab Dvalishvili to appeal controversial Ricky Simon loss, expects UFC rematch

  24-04-2018 18:00
  Bantamweight prospect Merab Dvalishvili is planning to appeal the controversial loss he suffered to Ricky Simon at UFC Atlantic City.
  Up on the scorecards and on his way to capturing his first Octagon win, Dvalishvili was caught in a Hail Mary mounted guillotine by Simon in the closing minute of his fight at UFC Atlantic City on Saturday night. The native Georgian somehow persevered through the choke and never tapped, however that didn’t end up mattering. Dvalishvili officially lost via T
  
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• Leslie Smith Says UFC Violates Federal Law, Plans to Take Legal Action

  24-04-2018 17:54
  Leslie Smith and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) may be in for a court battle. Smith was scheduled to compete this past Saturday night (April 21). She was to be featured on the UFC Fight Pass portion of the UFC Atlantic City prelims. Her opponent Aspen Ladd missed weight and Smith decided not to take […]
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• Alex Oliveira Parts Ways with Tata Fight Team Nine Days After Tapping Carlos Condit

  24-04-2018 17:13 via sherdog.com
  Alex Oliveira has decided to end his relationship with Tata Fight Team, where he has spent his last four years of training.
  
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• ‘Jacare’ Souza Confident He’ll Be UFC Middleweight Champion Within Two Fights

  24-04-2018 17:06 via sherdog.com
  Former Dream and Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is confident that 2018 will be a good year for him inside the Octagon.
  
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• Jon Jones Chimes In on Daniel Cormier’s Twitter Battle with Alexander Gustafsson

  24-04-2018 16:58 via sherdog.com
  Last week it was reported that Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight contender Alexander Gustafsson had signed a new lucrative contract with the UFC.
  
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• Lightweight Contender Believes Tony Ferguson Won’t be The Same After Recent Injury

  24-04-2018 16:16
  There is one UFC lightweight title contender who doesn’t have the same confidence that Tony Ferguson will return as the same fighter he once was.  Ferguson is on the road from recovery. If you recall, Ferguson was slated to take on Khabib Nurmagomedov at the UFC 223 pay-per-view event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, […]
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• Bellator 198: Emelianenko vs. Mir Preview

  24-04-2018 16:16
  Bellator MMA returns to network television this weekend with Bellator 198. Bellator 198 is set to take place on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The preliminary card will air online at 7:00 pm EST while the main card will air on Paramount Network at 9:00 PM EST. Fedor Emelianenko […]
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• Jon Jones Agrees With Daniel Cormier Against Alexander Gustafsson in Twitter Beef

  24-04-2018 16:15
  Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is siding with his arch-rival in a recent Twitter beef. Jones has a well-documented history with both current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and title contender Alexander Gustafsson. Last week, Gustafsson took a shot at DC in a post on Instagram where he announced that he had […]
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• Leslie Smith plans legal action against UFC after having contract bought out in wake of union efforts 

  24-04-2018 16:00
  Leslie Smith might go from fighting for the UFC to battling the UFC in court.
  Smith, an MMA veteran, told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour that she is planning on taking legal action against the UFC for essentially buying out her contract last week prior to UFC Atlantic City. Smith is a leader of the fighter unionization effort and interim president of Project Spearhead, which wants the U.S. government to determine whether or not UFC fighters are employees or independent
  
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• Emelianenko not worried about Sonnen talk, Mir’s size

  24-04-2018 15:00
  As has long been a trademark of his storied career, Fedor Emelianenko is laser-focused on his next fight. Any additional drama is of no concern to him.
  And he’s maintaining that stance even if a meeting with a fighter known for stirring up controversy could lay ahead of him.
  Emelianenko meets Frank Mir in the main event of Bellator 198 this Saturday at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, and a win over the former UFC champion puts him the semifinals of the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix
  
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• Morning Report: Joe Rogan says it’s hard for UFC to discipline Conor McGregor, because ‘he’s worth so much money’

  24-04-2018 14:00
  Despite the fact that Conor McGregor has not fought for the UFC in nearly 18 months, the Irish superstar has continued to make headlines, though lately those headlines have been negative. In November, McGregor got in trouble when he stormed the cage during a Bellator event to celebrate with a teammate, striking a Bellator employee in the process and nearly getting physical with referee Marc Goddard. Later that month, rumors surfaced that McGregor was engaged in a bar brawl and had gotten on the
  
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• Unfiltered: David Branch, Derrick Lewis & Atlantic City Recap

  24-04-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  David Branch joins the show after his impressive knockout of Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee and discusses his game plan going into the fight, learning from his loss to Luke Rockhold, whether he'd move up to Light Heavyweight or not, Whittaker vs. Romero 2, and more. Later, "The Black Beast" Derrick Lewis calls in and talks about his UFC 226 bout with Francis Ngannou, making changes to his training, trash talking on social media, and a lot more. Plus, Jim and Matt discuss Matt'
  
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• The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated - Ep. 2 Preview

  24-04-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  It was a good start to the competition for Team Cormier on The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated, after the light heavyweight champion's first fighter up, Joe Giannetti, got an impressive win to kick off the tournament. Giannetti made quick work of Team Miocic fighter John Gunther last week with a guillotine choke submission in the first round. It was a particularly tough loss for heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic, because Gunther is actually one of his teammates at his home gym back in Cleveland.To pic
  
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• Holloway - Looking back and moving forward

  24-04-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Max Holloway sounded tired. And he had every right to. The UFC featherweight champ was enjoying Easter when he got the call from manager Brian Butler, wondering if he was interested in a fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov for the lightweight title.In six days. With no training camp and a long flight from Hawaii to New York and a vicious weight cut to make it to 155 pounds ahead of him.So, of course, Holloway was interested.“There was no hesitation,” he said. “I told him, ‘Let
  
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• Jon Jones sides with Daniel Cormier in Twitter beef with Alexander Gustafsson

  24-04-2018 04:30
  Finally, there’s a topic on which Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier can agree.
  The topic? Their fights with Alexander Gustafsson.
  Gustafsson stirred up trouble last week on Twitter when, in announcing he had signed a new contact with the UFC, he took a passive-aggressive swipe at Cormier, the current UFC light heavyweight champion.
  While others are talking about retirement, I just signed my new deal with the @ufc today. I am… https://t.co/Z4cQdzPLXv— Alexander Gustafsson (@AlexThe
  
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• Complete card released for Bellator 200, including Nelson vs. Cro Cop, Carvalho vs. Mousasi

  24-04-2018 04:00
  The lineup for Bellator’s 200th event is set.
  Officials released the full card on Monday for the May 25 show that will air live from the SSE Arena in London and air on tape delay in North America.
  Bellator 200 is headlined by a pair of star-studded bouts as Mirko Cro Cop (36-11-2) seeks to avenge a7 1/2-year-old loss to Roy Nelson (23-15), while middleweight champion Rafael Carvalho (15-1) looks for his fourth consecutive title defense when he faces Gegard Mousasi (43-6-2), who has won si
  
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• UFC Medical Suspensions: Edson Barboza Out Indefinitely

  24-04-2018 03:06
  The UFC Atlantic City medical suspensions have hit Edson Barboza hard. This past Saturday night (April 21), UFC Atlantic City took place inside the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the main event, Kevin Lee took on Barboza. Despite a scare in the third round, Lee dominated Barboza on his way to a TKO […]
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• Budd vs. Nogueira, Dantas vs. McDonald announced for Bellator 202

  24-04-2018 03:00
  Bellator will put on two events in 48 hours in July, and the first night will be headlined by a title bout.
  One night before Bellator 203 in Rome, Italy on July 14, Bellator 202 will take place at the WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, featuring Julia Budd vs. Talita Nogueira in the main event and Eduardo Dantas vs. Michael McDonald as co-headliner on July 13.
  Budd (11-2) captured the Bellator featherweight belt with a fourth-round TKO victory over Marloes Coenen in March 2017, an
  
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• UFC Atlantic City medical suspensions: Edson Barboza, nine others out indefinitely

  24-04-2018 02:17
  UFC lightweight contender Edson Barboza highlighted a list of 10 fighters to be issued indefinite medical suspensions as a result of potential damage suffered at UFC Atlantic City. The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board released the event’s finalized medical suspension report on Monday.
  Barboza suffered a devastating fifth-round TKO loss to Kevin Lee in the night’s main event. As a result of potential damage sustained in the contest, which ended via doctor’s stoppage, Bar
  
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• Monday Morning Analyst: How Kevin Lee beat Edson Barboza at UFC Atlantic City

  24-04-2018 02:00
  On today’s episode of the podcast, we take a look back at the main event from UFC Atlantic City. How did UFC lightweight Kevin Lee look so dominant against Edson Barboza? Partly it was the employment of a southpaw stance, but in reality, it was his unique combination of guard passing, mount riding and ground and pound.
  
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• Olympic Judo Gold Medalist Kayla Harrison to Make MMA Debut at PFL 2 in Chicago

  24-04-2018 00:06 via sherdog.com
  Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Kayla Harrison will make her mixed martial arts debut this summer.
  
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• Referee Marc Goddard: ‘It’s clear as day’ that Merab Dvalishvili was out at bell against Ricky Simon

  24-04-2018 00:00
  If Marc Goddard were sitting at home Saturday night and someone sent him the video of the end game in the fight between Ricky Simon and Merab Dvalishvili at UFC Atlantic City, he said he would feel the same way he does now.
  The veteran MMA referee thinks Merab Dvalishvili was indeed unconscious at the bell of the three-round fight, he told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. Goddard said he fully believes that referee Liam Kerrigan, who was the third man in the cage of the
  
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