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• Jinh Yu Frey, Minna Grusander to Clash for Atomweight Crown in Invicta FC 31 Headliner

  05-05-2018 23:21 via sherdog.com
  The vacant atomweight belt will be up for grabs when Jinh Yu Frey meets Minna Grusander in the Invicta Fighting Championships 31 headliner.
  
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• Is it possible Fedor could win the Bellator heavyweight tournament?

  05-05-2018 22:00
  Thought to be well past his prime, and by no means the favorite, Fedor Emelianenko’s 48-second win over Frank Mir opens up thoughts of an improbable title win. It’s probably been a decade since the true prime of Fedor Emelianenko, who was once considered as close to a mythical fighter as anyone in the sport’s history has been.
  He was talked about as the baddest man on the planet for years, the old axiom they used to say about boxing’s heavyweight champion. That was until
  
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• ACB 86 results: Yusup Raisov unifies 145 titles with first-round finish of Marat Balaev

  05-05-2018 21:32
  Yusup Raisov avenged the only loss of his career to unify ACB’s featherweight titles with a first-round submission of Marat Balaev in the main event of ACB 86 Saturday in Moscow, Russia.“Wolf” found himself in the worst position possible early on as Balaev latched onto his neck and looked to crank his way to a quick win. Raisov managed to compose himself and find a way out of the hold, and as Balaev looked to take him down again, the interim champion landed several uppercuts t
  
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• Kenny Florian Believes GSP Will Return For “Super Fights”

  05-05-2018 21:07
  Kenny Florian feels we haven’t seen the last of GSP. The last time we saw Georges St-Pierre in action was back in Nov. 2017. In the main event of UFC 217, “Rush” challenged Michael Bisping for the middleweight title. St-Pierre earned a submission victory to capture the 185-pound gold. He vacated the title in December. […]
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• Ciro Rodrigues lands brutal overhand elbow KO at ACB 86

  05-05-2018 20:45
  Former Jungle Fight champion Ciro Rodrigues likely scored the most spectacular knockout of the night at ACB 86 after being drafted in to fight promotional mainstay and welterweight contender, Beslan Isaev, on short notice.Isaev was scheduled to fight for the title on the night, but the fight was called off due to injury to champion, Mukhamed Berkhamov.Rodriguez blasted Isaev with an overhand elbow near the beginning of the second round that stopped the fight. It remains to be seen if Isaev will
  
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• Alexander Emelianenko scores knee KO over Gabriel Gonzaga at RCC 2

  05-05-2018 20:15
  Alexander Emelianenko equaled his brother’s recent feat of knocking out a UFC veteran with his finish of Gabriel Gonzaga in the main event of RCC 2 Saturday in Yekaterinburg, Russia.The Russian exploded into action midway through the second round after spending most of the first under the Brazilian. Once back to his feet, Emelianenko let his hands forcing Gonzaga to cover up against the fence.After rocking him with a number of punches, Emelianenko finished the fight with flush knee that s
  
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• Kenny Florian thinks GSP will return, preferably for superfights with Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor 

  05-05-2018 20:00
  Kenny Florian believes that Georges St-Pierre has earned the right to contest super fights rather than title bouts.Khabib Nurmagomedov called for the former welterweight and middleweight UFC champion after claiming the lightweight title at UFC 223. Replying to the Russian’s proposal, St-Pierre told MMA Fighting that both Nurmagomedov and UFC have “unfinished business” to attend to before he could step in to take shot at the lightweight strap.Although it’s up in the air i
  
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• Kenny Florian thinks GSP will return, preferably for superfights with Khabib and McGregor 

  05-05-2018 20:00
  Kenny Florian believes that Georges St-Pierre has earned the right to contest super fights rather than title bouts.Khabib Nurmagomedov called for the former welterweight and middleweight UFC champion after claiming the lightweight title at UFC 223. Replying to the Russian’s proposal, St-Pierre told MMA Fighting that both Nurmagomedov and UFC have “unfinished business” to attend to before he could step in to take shot at the lightweight strap.Although it’s up in the air i
  
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• Michael Bisping On Rumors Of Nick Diaz Fight: “I’d Love To!”

  05-05-2018 19:46
  Often times in the MMA community, fans will make enough noise to get an unlikely fight to happen. That seems to be the agenda MMA fans have regarding the recent rumors of a potential showdown between former UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping and longtime fan-favorite Nick Diaz. Diaz popped into “The Count’s” world in November […]
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• LFA 39 Results: Jerome Rivera Suffers Awful Arm Injury (Video)

  05-05-2018 19:11
  At the LFA 39 event on Friday, a new champion was crowned, however a gruesome injury in an undercard bout is what will likely stick in fight-fans memories coming out of the show. In a Flyweight bout that was televised as part of the LFA 39 event on AXS TV on Friday from the Dodson […]
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• Pic: Invicta FC 29 Fighter Suffers Nasty Broken Finger

  05-05-2018 18:35
  Last night’s Invicta FC 29 event crowned a new bantamweight champion and saw someone suffer quite the finger break. Invicta FC 29 took place inside the Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City, Missouri. In the main event, former Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion Sarah Kaufman took on Katharina Lehner. The bout was contested for the vacant Invicta […]
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• Which is more dangerous, MMA or pro wrestling? Tom Lawlor weighs in

  05-05-2018 18:00
  KENNER, La. — In New Orleans during WrestleMania week, Tom Lawlor talks the differences between MMA and pro wrestling, his current work on the indie wrestling scene, his USADA suspension and planned UFC return and much more.
  
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• Scott Coker Has “No Problem” With Frank Mir Fighting For ACB

  05-05-2018 17:54
  Bellator president Scott Coker doesn’t mind letting Frank Mir compete outside of Bellator. Mir recently made his Bellator debut in a Heavyweight Grand Prix match-up against Fedor Emelianenko. Mir lost the bout via TKO in 48 seconds. He’s lost three in a row and hasn’t been victorious since July 2015. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship […]
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• Rizin 10 Weigh-in Results: Kyoji Horiguchi, Ian McCall Cleared for Main Event Clash

  05-05-2018 17:30 via sherdog.com
  The Rizin 10 headliner is official, as both Kyoji Horiguchi and Ian McCall made weight ahead of their bout scheduled for Sunday.
  
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• Dustin Poirier Shifting Focus From Eddie Alvarez to UFC Gold

  05-05-2018 17:13
  It seems like Dustin Poirier is tired of waiting around for Eddie Alvarez. “The Diamond” engaged in an early “Fight of The Year” candidate against Justin Gaethje in the main event of UFC Glendale. Poirier won the fight via fourth-round TKO. He became just the second man to defeat Gaethje. For a while, Poirier has […]
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• Technique Talk: Bo Sandoval examines the pillars of MMA performance

  05-05-2018 17:00
  Technical mastery mixed martial arts is no longer a matter of striking or jiu-jitsu expertise. Advances in exercise science as well as heightened scrutiny over dubious weight cutting practices have forced a reevaluation of the role of nutrition, modern best practices around training and recovery.
  As sport sciences advance, so too does the knowledge and appreciation that comes with the pillars of performance: Strength, conditioning, recovery, nutrition and other considerations.Inside mixed marti
  
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• Julia Avila shows off gnarly broken finger she sustained at Invicta FC 29

  05-05-2018 16:00
  Warning: Below photos and video contain explicit footage of graphic injury.
  Ouch.
  Julia Avila had her night cut short at Invicta FC 29 on Friday when she suffered a gruesome compound fracture of her left ring finger in the first round. Avila’s opponent, Marciea Allen threw a kick and it landed awkwardly against her left hand, breaking her finger in gnarly fashion. Allen was ruled the winner by TKO due to injury just 49 seconds into the bout. It was the first loss of Avila’s career.
  
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• Luis Pena — a.k.a. ‘The Violent Bob Ross’ — is working on the big picture

  05-05-2018 15:00
  Here’s guessing Bob Ross, the tranquil painter of the 1980s who created little nirvanas with his brush on PBS, would have never found such serenity in the Octagon. Yet his cult status 30 years later is strong enough that a certain fighter — known spoofily yet reverently as the “Violent Bob Ross” — has emerged as a kind of posthumous devil on his shoulder. Luis Pena is a 24-year old, 6-foot-3 lightweight currently showcasing himself on this season’s The Ultima
  
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• Reyes eager to remind fans of the UFC's most dangerous division

  05-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  For a light heavyweight division in need of young stars, the UFC 218 bout last December between Dominick Reyes and Jeremy Kimball had a lot of expectations on it. Both were exciting finishers with aggressive styles, and a Fight of the Night-caliber war was seemingly on tap in Detroit.Then Reyes went out and finished Kimball in less than four minutes, submitting him with a rear naked choke. It wasn’t one of the knockouts “The Devastator” was building a reputation for, but it was
  
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• Bermudez is happy to be 'bad guy' in Liverpool

  05-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  A few months ago, Manny Bermudez was the hot prospect on the regional scene, the one fighter the UFC needed to sign to the roster, the greatest thing since pizza. Such talk didn’t escape the ears of the 23-year-old.“I heard it, but I heard it from all the people I know, so…” He laughs, figuring they were just being nice.“I come from a pretty small town and a small community, so everybody knows everybody,” said Norwell’s Bermudez. “And having the p
  
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• Ahead of UFC 224 tilt, Cooper proclaims she's 'done with losing'

  05-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Amanda Cooper celebrates her bout against Angela Magana during the UFC 218 event at Little Caesars Arena on December 2, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)" align="center" />Given the fact that Amanda Cooper has been competing in combat sports since her pre-teen years, the Michigan native had come to grips with a few fight game certainties. Training was hard. Winning was good. Losing was bad. But between her March 2017 loss to Cynthia Calvillo and her
  
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• Sarah Kaufman Throttles Katharina Lehner, Grabs Vacant Invicta Bantamweight Championship

  05-05-2018 06:57 via sherdog.com
  Sarah Kaufman dispatches Katharina Lehner with a third-round rear-naked choke in the Invicta 29 main event on Friday in Kansas City, Missouri.
  
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• Jinh Yu Frey to fight for Invicta atomweight title against Minna Grusander at Invicta FC 30

  05-05-2018 06:09
  Invicta FC will crown a new atomweight champion this summer.
  Jinh Yu Frey will take on Minna Grusander for the vacant Invicta atomweight title at Invicta FC 30 on July 21 in Kansas City, Mo., the promotion announced Friday night during the Invicta 29 broadcast.
  Frey (6-3) is coming off a loss to former UFC strawweight Seo Hee Ham last December by first-round TKO at ROAD FC in South Korea. The Texas native beat Ashley Cummins by unanimous decision at Invicta FC 24 in July 2017. Frey, 32, lost in
  
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• Video: Jerome Rivera suffers absurdly nasty arm injury at LFA 39

  05-05-2018 05:52
  Warning: Above clip contains explicit footage of graphic injury.
  This one definitely is not for the faint of heart.
  Just when you think you’ve seen every kind of MMA injury, something comes along to shock you. That was the case at Legacy Fighting Alliance 39 in Vail, Colo., on Friday, when a flyweight bout between Brandon Royval and Jerome Rivera ended in gruesome fashion.
  After an exchange against the cage, Rivera appeared to dislocate his arm and in the footage above it can be seen dang
  
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• Invicta FC 29 results: Sarah Kaufman chokes out Katharina Lehner, wins Invicta title

  05-05-2018 05:46
  Sarah Kaufman made a bit of history Friday night in Kansas City.
  The Canadian fighter defeated Katharina Lehner by rear-naked choke submission, finishing at 4:30 of the third round in main event of Invicta FC 29 to capture the vacant Invicta women’s bantamweight title. Kaufman joins Cris Cyborg as the only other person to win titles in both Strikeforce and Invicta.
  “Cris Cyborg is the only other Strikeforce and Invicta champion,” Kaufman said afterward. “Now, I’m t
  
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• Video: Dyczka puts Larenas on skates with big right hand KO

  05-05-2018 04:39
  Adam Dyczka lived up to his reputation as feared knockout artist on Friday.
  At TKO 43 in Quebec City, the 27-year-old Canadian heavyweight blasted opponent Icho Larenas with a right hand that left the one-time UFC competitor struggling to find his footing. Larenas eventually fell face first to the mat and Dyczka immediately recognized that the fight was over.
  Adam Dyczka wipes out Icho Larenas in the first, planting the UFC vet on his face for his seventh consecutive TKO win. Watch out for the
  
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• Video: John Gotti III wins second pro bout by TKO in 32 seconds

  05-05-2018 04:29
  Though his background has already brought him plenty of notoriety, John Gotti III is starting to build his own legacy inside the cage.
  The welterweight fighter, who is the grandson of infamous New York mobster John Gotti, shined in his second pro MMA bout at a Classic Entertainment and Sports event in Westbury, N.Y., on Friday, needing just 32 seconds to dispatch of opponent Eddie Haws. With the win, Gotti improved his record to 2-0 following a successful debut last October.
  Gotti caught a char
  
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• Invicta FC 29 Results: Sarah Kaufman vs. Katharina Lehner

  05-05-2018 01:57
  Invicta FC 29 is set to go down and we’ve got you covered with live results. In the main event, Sarah Kaufman and Katharina Lehner will do battle for the vacant Invicta FC bantamweight title. In the co-main event, Pannie Kianzad and Bianca Diamoni will go one-on-one. Pearl Gonzalez and Barbara Acioly will also share the cage. […]
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• Invicta FC 29 Results: Sarah Kaufman Captures Bantamweight Title

  05-05-2018 01:57
  UPDATE: Invicta FC 29 has wrapped up and the bantamweight title is no longer vacant. Sarah Kaufman submitted Katharina Lehner to become the new Invicta FC bantamweight champion. ORIGINAL: Invicta FC 29 is set to go down and we’ve got you covered with live results. In the main event, Sarah Kaufman and Katharina Lehner will do […]
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• Bellator 199 Countdown, Episode 1: ‘Now I’m talking, I’m talking mad s--t’

  05-05-2018 01:00
  In the first episode of the Countdown series leading up to Bellator 199 on May 12, Ryan Bader spends some quality time with his family up at the farm, and Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal shows off his professional wrestling skills and gives his take on the massive personalities remaining in the Bellator World Heavyweight Grand Prix.
  
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• Nick Diaz Prefers Football Players in MMA Over One-Dimensional Wrestlers

  05-05-2018 00:43
  Nick Diaz believes football players who transition into MMA outperform “one-dimensional wrestlers.” Diaz may be making his way back to the Octagon after being cleared by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Diaz accepted a one-year sanction following three Whereabouts Failures and can now compete should he sign a bout agreement with the Ultimate Fighting Championship […]
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