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• Dana White Confident UFC Will Get Deal Done with Eddie Alvarez for Potential Dustin Poirier Bout

  08-05-2018 22:25 via sherdog.com
  Eddie Alvarez hasn’t exactly seemed content with the UFC lately, but Dana White believes the fighter and promotion will eventually come to terms on a new contract.
  
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• Jon Fitch: I Think I’ve Got Paul Daley Outclassed as a Fighter

  08-05-2018 22:10
  Jon Fitch believes he’s a better overall fighter than Paul Daley. This Saturday night (May 12), welterweights Fitch and Daley will collide. The bout will serve as the Bellator 199 co-main event. This will be Fitch’s Bellator debut, while Daley is going into his ninth fight under the promotion. There was a time when a […]
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• John Lineker wonders if Brian Kelleher is a man of his word, will trade with him at UFC 224

  08-05-2018 22:00
  John Lineker and Brian Kelleher have been trading shots on social media even before they were matched up against each other at UFC 224 on May 12, and the Brazilian hopes that Kelleher is willing to continue this trend and stand and trade with him in the Octagon as well.
  Kelleher has had a fast rise in the UFC, going 3-1 in eight months, including wins over Renan Barao and Iuri Alcantara, and Lineker loves the match-up for the Rio de Janeiro pay-per-view card.
  ”He’s tough, audacious,
  
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• UFC to Return to Sao Paulo for Fight Card on Sept. 22

  08-05-2018 21:20 via sherdog.com
  With UFC 224 in Rio de Janeiro set to take place on Saturday, the Las Vegas-based promotion has already confirmed its next trip to Brazil.
  
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• Dana White: GSP vs. Nate Diaz, Alexander Gustafsson vs. Luke Rockhold Targeted for UFC 227

  08-05-2018 20:49 via sherdog.com
  In Dana White’s perfect world, UFC Fight Night 127 has a chance to be one of 2018’s biggest events.
  
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• Alex Hernandez vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier Possible For UFC Calgary

  08-05-2018 20:43
  A barn burner between Alex Hernandez and Olivier Aubin-Mercier is in the works. Mike Heck of FanSided MMA is reporting that Hernandez vs. Aubin-Mercier is being discussed for UFC Calgary. Our sources say that there is a verbal agreement in place, but nothing has been signed. This would be the second UFC bout for Hernandez, […]
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• Dana White confirms UFC in talks with GSP, Nate Diaz about fight at UFC 227

  08-05-2018 20:37
  A huge marquee UFC event could be coming to Hollywood.
  UFC president Dana White told UFC Unfiltered on Tuesday that the promotion is working on putting together a fight between Georges St-Pierre and Nate Diaz at UFC 227 on Aug. 4 in Los Angeles.ESPN first reported previously that the parties involved were discussing that bout. MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani reported Tuesday that the talks were still “preliminary.”
  UFC is interested, no doubt, but I’d categorize the talks a
  
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• Neil Magny Calls Jorge Masvidal an ‘Unprofessional Slob’

  08-05-2018 19:29
  Neil Magny is firing back at Jorge Masvidal. Magny is still without an opponent for UFC Liverpool. He was scheduled to take on Gunnar Nelson on the main card of the event on May 27. Nelson was forced off the card due to an injury. Masvidal, who said he wouldn’t be ready to compete against […]
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• Dana White Says he Had ‘Great Meeting’ With Eddie Alvarez

  08-05-2018 18:56
  Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White says a recent conversation with Eddie Alvarez went smoothly. Alvarez is on the last fight of his current UFC deal. The former UFC lightweight champion recently said he isn’t fighting until he gets a new contract. “The Underground King” last competed back in Dec. 2017 in a “Fight […]
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• Joanna Jedrzejczyk Says She Will Have the Title Back by End of 2018

  08-05-2018 18:49 via sherdog.com
  Former Ultimate Fighting Championship strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk is confident she will have her title back by the end of the year.
  
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• Jorge Masvidal Blasts Neil Magny for Allegedly Turning Down Fight at UFC Liverpool

  08-05-2018 18:44 via sherdog.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight contender Neil Magny was scheduled to face Gunnar Nelson at UFC Fight Night 130 on May 27 in Liverpool, England.
  
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• Scott Coker: Bellator uninterested in Ben Askren one-off, open to collaboration with ONE Championship

  08-05-2018 18:00
  If Ben Askren is looking for one more fight and then heading back into retirement, Bellator is going to take a pass on its former welterweight champion.
  Bellator president Scott Coker told MMA Fighting in a recent phone interview that the promotion would not be interested in Askren if it’s only for a single fight. Askren and Rory MacDonald went back and forth on social media recently, igniting some interest in a fight between the former and current 170-pound Bellator champ.
  The undefeated
  
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• Michael Chandler Addresses Being Critical of ‘Wannabe Conor McGregor’ Dillon Danis

  08-05-2018 17:32
  Former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler has addressed his criticism of Dillon Danis. Back at Bellator NYC last June, Chandler lost his lightweight title to Brent Primus via TKO due to an injury. Chandler was expected to challenge Primus for the title at Bellator 197. However, Primus pulled out of the fight citing a knee […]
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• Paul Daley On The UFC Not Banning Conor McGregor: It’s A Smart Move

  08-05-2018 16:59
  Bellator and former UFC fighter Paul Daley gave his opinion on the situation that faces Conor McGregor and the UFC. As many people are aware, during the UFC 223 media day Conor McGregor attacked a bus that contained UFC fighters. This attack was aimed at UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and was a retaliation to […]
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• Ryan Bader Optimistic About His Tournament Path Before Bellator 199

  08-05-2018 16:49
  Ryan Bader (24-5) faces Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (21-6) in the next round of Bellator’s Heavyweight World Grand Prix at Bellator 199. The current light-heavyweight champ has a shot at avenging a loss from his wrestling days, along with a chance at claiming two titles with Bellator MMA that would make for a great landmark […]
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• UFC Reaches Agreement to Stream 15 Live Events on ESPN+ Beginning in 2019

  08-05-2018 16:47 via sherdog.com
  The Ultimate Fighting Championship will officially be moving to at least one new platform beginning in 2019.
  
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• Junior Dos Santos: “This Last Year Was A Nightmare”, USADA Needs to Change

  08-05-2018 16:32
  Junior Dos Santos hasn’t been inside a UFC octagon since he dropped a title fight to Stipe Miocic at UFC 211. He was scheduled to fight Francis Ngannou in the fall but a USADA violation derailed his career for nearly 9 months. Following a lengthy investigation, USADA cleared JDS and two other fighters of having […]
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• UFC & Walt Disney Reach Deal, ESPN+ Getting Exclusive UFC Content

  08-05-2018 16:03
  The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is looking to make a major splash in the live streaming world. While many have been eagerly waiting to see where the UFC will wind up when it comes to a television deal, the promotion has announced an exclusive streaming agreement. UFC and The Walt Disney Company have reached a […]
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• UFC to stream 15 events, more on ESPN+ starting next year

  08-05-2018 15:56
  The UFC and ESPN announced a “groundbreaking agreement” Tuesday morning.
  The organization will stream 15 live events exclusively on ESPN+ starting in January 2019. The events will be branded “UFC on ESPN+ Fight Night” and they will have 12 fights each.
  “I couldn’t be more excited to partner with The Walt Disney Company and ESPN on an agreement that will continue to grow our sport. UFC has always done deals with the right partners at the right time and this on
  
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• Dana White Confirms Rumors of Georges St-Pierre vs. Nate Diaz

  08-05-2018 15:12
  Rumors of a Nate Diaz versus Georges St-Pierre fight are indeed true. These rumors made the rounds online as of late and UFC President Dana White confirmed that they are true during a recent appearance on the latest episode of UFC Unfiltered. This fight as well as a light heavyweight showdown that would see Luke […]
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• Jorge Masvidal reveals UFC Shanghai altercation with Michael Bisping

  08-05-2018 15:00
  It’s no secret that the enmity between Jorge Masvidal and Michael Bisping stems — at least partly — from a pair of heated run-ins the two shared last year in New York before UFC 217.But that was far from the end of things between Masvidal and Bisping.The two apparently another had near-scuffle just weeks afterward, halfway across the world at UFC Shanghai, and that altercation left a much worse taste in Masvidal’s mouth.“I was already scheduled for one of the fight
  
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• Joe Rogan Responds to Colby Covington: Don’t Slap Me

  08-05-2018 14:34
  Colby Covington has made a name for himself in the UFC by making controversial comments and provoking his opponents, but his trash talk does not stop with UFC fighters. Recently, Covington responded to the comments that Joe Rogan made during an episode of his well-known podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. During this podcast, Rogan warned […]
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• Morning Report: After ‘slap’ comments, Joe Rogan responds to Colby Covington

  08-05-2018 14:00
  Though it seems like everybody in the UFC wants a piece of loudmouth welterweight contender Colby Covington, there’s one guy who most definitely does not: UFC commentator Joe Rogan.
  Las month, on his The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Rogan called out Covington for some of his more brash actions, like picking fights with former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum or for talking trash about his college roommate, former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, saying that if Covington wasn
  
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• Unfiltered: Dana talks GSP vs. Nate Diaz, plus Stephen Thompson joins

  08-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  UFC President Dana White joins the show and discusses trying to put together a GSP vs. Nate Diaz Lightweight fight and an Alexander Gustafsson vs. Luke Rockhold at Light Heavyweight, working on a new contract with Eddie Alvarez, Nicco Montano's status, Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier, Kevin Lee, Tony Ferguson, and the rest of the UFC Lightweight title picture, Leslie Smith's labor complaint against Zuffa, Oscar De La Hoya's "Golden Boy MMA" plans, Mario Yamasaki attending a refereeing seminar, Ro
  
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• UFC reaches groundbreaking deal with Walt Disney Company and ESPN

  08-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  UFC®, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, and The Walt Disney Company’s new Direct-To-Consumer & International segment along with ESPN, have reached an immersive, multi-year media rights agreement for exclusive live UFC content on ESPN+, as well as across a variety of ESPN’s television, social and digital platforms, in English and Spanish, taking effect in January 2019.This first-ever rights and distribution agreement between the two companies provides
  
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• UFC 224: Fantasy Cheat Sheet

  08-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Following a two-week break in the action, the UFC returns this weekend with a stacked card headed to Brazil, where women's bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will put her title on the line for the third time when she faces Raquel Pennington in the main event.Nunes has been a dominant champion since winning the belt in 2016, but now she'll face one of the grittiest competitors in the entire division as Pennington looks to build on her four-fight win streak when she takes on the champion at UFC 22
  
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• Machida confident 2018 will be a 'great year'

  08-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Heading into his main event showdown with Derek Brunson in October 2017, Lyoto Machida was champing at the bit to step back into the Octagon and show everyone that he was still a force to be reckoned with in the middleweight division.Following a two-year layoff after self-reporting use of a banned substance, “The Dragon” was done serving his suspension and poised to return to the UFC cage in a headlining capacity, competing in Sao Paulo against an established Top 10 opponent. It was
  
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• Garbrandt's book 'The Pact' shows true example of a fighter

  08-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  SACRAMENTOEvery single decision in life can change the entire outcome of the story.Former UFC champion Cody Garbrandt’s road to gold inside the Octagon was paved by the courage and the will to live inside the heart of a five-year-old boy named Maddux Maple. The man known ironically in the fight world as “No Love” tells the heartwarming tale of his bond with Maddux in his new book “The Pact,” which hits bookshelves today. The story chronicles Garbrandt’s tumult
  
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• From the Author: 'The Pact's' Dagostino talks Garbrandt book

  08-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  When "The Pact" coauthor Mark Dagostino first came upon the story of Cody Garbrandt and Maddux Maple, it was unlike any story he had heard before.He decided right then that he wanted to help tell the story to the masses and he did so with “The Pact,” which is available to buy now. The book details Garbrandt’s incredible bond with Maple and their journey through Maddux’s battle with cancer and their joint quest for the UFC championship.Dagostino spoke with UFC.com about th
  
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• Rousey Teammates Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir Preparing to Join WWE

  08-05-2018 04:43 via sherdog.com
  Before any of them ever really got into the sports entertainment business, Ronda Rousey, Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir referred to themselves as “The Four Horsewomen.”
  
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• UFC Welterweight Mike Perry Moves Training Camp to Jackson-Wink MMA in New Mexico

  08-05-2018 04:13 via sherdog.com
  On the heels of the first two-fight losing streak of his professional career, Mike Perry is looking to change things up a little bit.
  
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• Chad Mendes Returns from 2-Year Suspension, Meets Myles Jury at UFC Fight Night Boise

  08-05-2018 03:53 via sherdog.com
  Chad Mendes has nearly completed his two-year USADA suspension and will return to the Octagon against Myles Jury at UFC Fight Night 133.
  
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• UFC 224 Embedded, Ep. 1: ‘I’m not Mystic Mac or anything, but I feel like a first-round KO’

  08-05-2018 03:37
  On the first episode of UFC 224 Embedded, strawweight prospect Mackenzie Dern trains with her new team in California, Kelvin Gastelum gets in work at Kings MMA, women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes and her partner Nina Ansaroff arrive in Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza discusses his excitement to fight in his home country, title challenger Raquel Pennington packs with the help of Tecia Torres, and much more.
  
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• UFC 224 Countdown video

  08-05-2018 03:00
  The UFC 224 Countdown video takes a closer look at the upcoming UFC 224 event on Sat., May 12 at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  In the main event, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amandes Nunes will face Raquel Pennington. Middleweight contenders Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Kelvin Gastelum in a pivotal 185-pound fight in the co-main event.
  Watch the UFC 224 Countdown video above.
  
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• Jorge Masvidal on Neil Magny: There is a B*tch in The Building

  08-05-2018 02:41
  Jorge Masvidal has some harsh words for Neil Magny. Magny was scheduled to take on Gunnar Nelson at UFC Liverpool on May 27. Nelson went down with an injury. Masvidal said he was willing to meet Magny at the event, but apparently things went awry during negotiations. Magny had the following to say on Instagram: […]
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• Monday Morning Analyst: Kyoji Horiguchi, Pearl Gonzalez and Askar Askarov shine

  08-05-2018 02:00
  On this week’s episode of the podcast, we look at Kyoji Horiguchi’s win over Ian McCall at RIZIN 10, Pearl Gonzalez submitting Barbara Acioly at Invicta 29, and Askar Askarov at ACB 86 turning in a talented performance. We’ll go over how they won and what made their victories impressive.
  
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• Despite own experiences, Paul Daley says it was a ‘smart move’ for UFC to not cut McGregor

  08-05-2018 01:00
  Fairly or unfairly, Paul Daley became somewhat of a measuring stick for UFC indiscretions in 2010 with his infamous after-the-bell punch of Josh Koscheck.Daley took a post-fight swipe at Koscheck at UFC 113 and was promptly banned from the Octagon for life by promotion president Dana White. In the years since, Daley’s name has become a point of comparison for the UFC’s punishment — or lack thereof — for other fighters who have made regrettable decisions, much in the same
  
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