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• David Rickels Wants to Test The Heart of Michael Page at Bellator 200

  19-05-2018 23:33
  David Rickels is prepared to push Michael Page to his limits. On May 25, Rickels will take on Page on the main card of Bellator 200. The action takes place inside the SSE Arena, Wembley in London, England. It’ll be Page’s first mixed martial arts bout since Nov. 2016. Page has a perfect record of […]
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• Nikita Krylov knocks out Fabio Maldonado to claim Fight Nights Global title 

  19-05-2018 23:00
  Nikita Krylov put Fabio Maldonado to sleep with a stiff right hook to claim the Fight Night Global light heavyweight title Saturday night in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.The FNG 87 co-main event was nearly called off after 14 seconds when Maldonado ate a swift low kick from the Russian. The Brazilian lay on his back for a number of minutes after the low blow before getting back to his feet, willing to continue.Maldonado stayed on the outside as Krylov used his distance to pepper him with shots. After
  
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• Dennis Bermudez to Face Rick Glenn at UFC Fight Night 133 in Boise on July 14

  19-05-2018 22:55 via sherdog.com
  Dennis Bermudez will meet Rick Glenn in a featherweight bout at UFC Fight Night 133.
  
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• Bantamweights Bethe Correia, Irene Aldana to Lock Horns at UFC 227 in Los Angeles

  19-05-2018 22:43 via sherdog.com
  A women’s bantamweight showdown pitting Bethe Correia against Irene Aldana is set for UFC 227.
  
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• Michel Prazeres returns a ‘healthier’ fighter as a welterweight at UFC Chile

  19-05-2018 21:00
  After missing weight three times during his six-fight winning streak in the UFC, Michel Prazeres won’t be cutting all the way down to 155 pounds for his next fight.
  Prazeres is scheduled to take on Zak Cummings in a welterweight bout at the UFC Chile card in Santiago on Saturday and is feeling better than he was prior to his nine bouts as a lightweight in the Octagon.
  ”I’ll fight a bit healthier,” Prazeres told MMA Fighting. “I still cut a lot of weight, even for 1
  
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• UFC Fight Night Chile Live Results

  19-05-2018 20:46
  The UFC is in Santiago, Chile tonight (Sat. May 19, 2018) from the Movistar Arena. In the main event of the evening, former UFC welterweight title challenger Demian Maia will take on No. 7-ranked Kamaru Usman. The winner will likely take the next step in title contention for the 170-pound title. In the co-main event of the […]
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• UFC Chile Results: Kamaru Usman Dominates Demian Maia

  19-05-2018 20:46
  The UFC is in Santiago, Chile tonight (Sat. May 19, 2018) from the Movistar Arena. In the main event of the evening, former UFC welterweight title challenger Demian Maia will take on No. 7-ranked Kamaru Usman. The winner will likely take the next step in title contention for the 170-pound title. In the co-main event of the […]
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• Darren Till Feels Stephen Thompson Was Forced Into UFC Liverpool Bout

  19-05-2018 20:31
  Darren Till doesn’t believe Stephen Thompson truly wants to fight him. On May 27, Till and Thompson will clash in the main event of UFC Liverpool. The action is set to take place inside the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. This will be the second headlining bout under the UFC banner for Till. “The Gorilla” […]
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• Enrique Barzola details experience living at American Top Team ahead of UFC Chile: ‘It’s the only way to get better’

  19-05-2018 19:00
  Enrique Barzola trains, eats and sleeps all in one place.The featherweight fighter has found a second home almost 3,000 miles away from where he lives in Lima, Peru. Since winning the second season of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America in late 2015, Barzola has been doing his training camps at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Fla. “El Fuerte” has not only been sharpening the skills that currently have him unbeaten in his last three fights, but he has also been living in the dorm
  
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• UFC Chile Predictions: Is This Kamaru Usman’s Time?

  19-05-2018 18:55
  It’s almost time for UFC Chile. Tonight (May 19), UFC Chile takes place inside the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile. The headliner will feature welterweight action. Demian Maia will go one-on-one with Kamaru Usman. In the co-main event, strawweights Alexa Grasso and Tatiana Suarez will collide. Will this be Kamaru Usman’s coming-out party? Who will win the battle of […]
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• Mackenzie Dern guarantees to never miss weight again

  19-05-2018 18:00
  Mackenzie Dern was grateful that Amanda Cooper accepted a fight with her despite the jiu-jitsu ace being seven-pounds too heavy for their strawweight clash at UFC 224.Although Dern was closer to flyweight than strawweight, she wasn’t surprised that “ABC” took the fight after receiving 30 percent of her purse. Dern also revealed that she gave Cooper an additional 15 percent of her win bonus after claiming victory.“I’m not surprised. She got 30 percent of the purse,
  
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• UFC Chile Post-Fight Press Conference Live Tonight (May 19)

  19-05-2018 17:23
  Once the UFC Chile event has wrapped up, you can view a live stream of the post-fight press conference. The event is taking place inside the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile. In the main event, welterweights Demian Maia and Kamaru Usman will collide. Maia is looking to avoid his third straight loss, while Usman is in search of a […]
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• Fightweets: What to make of Chuck Liddell’s comeback?

  19-05-2018 17:00
  An aging legend announces his return. Jon Jones gets into a Twitter beef. A fighter misses weight by nearly an entire weight class, then gets inserted into the UFC’s official rankings in the division she couldn’t make as a reward. A fight card that looks like a fight card for the sake of a fight card is on deck.
  In other words, it’s just another week in the mixed martial arts world. So let’s get right into things in the latest edition of Fightweets.
  Return of Chuck Lidde
  
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• Demian Maia on Kamaru Usman: ‘His Stuff is Not Just Hype’

  19-05-2018 16:33
  Demian Maia certainly isn’t brushing off Kamaru Usman’s legitimacy. Tonight (May 19), Maia will share the Octagon with Usman in the main event of UFC Chile. The event takes place inside the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile. This will be the UFC’s debut in Chile. Originally, Usman was supposed to meet Santiago Ponzinibbio. When “Gente Boa” went down with […]
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• MMA Fighting Archives: Daniel Cormier vs. Josh Barnett, Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix final

  19-05-2018 16:00
  Take a look back into the MMA Fighting Archives to see footage from the build up and epilogue of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix final, between Daniel Cormier and Josh Barnett on May 19, 2012.
  
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• UFC Chile predictions

  19-05-2018 15:00
  For the first time ever, the Octagon travels to the nation of Chile with a show that will be headlined by welterweight standouts Demian Maia and Kamaru Usman.
  “The Nigerian Nightmare” currently holds the UFC’s longest active winning streak at 170 pounds, having beaten all seven of his opponents since conquering The Ultimate Fighter 21. He’ll face his stiffest challenge yet in Maia, a two-time UFC title contender who is widely recognized as one of the greatest Brazilian j
  
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• UFC Chile Results: Maia vs. Usman

  19-05-2018 13:56
  MMA Fighting has UFC Chile results of the Maia vs. Unman event May 19 from the Moviestar Arena in Santiago, Chile.
  In the main event, Demian Maia looks to snap Kamaru Usman’s 11-fight win streak in a key welterweight contest.
  Alexa Grasso aims for her second straight UFC win when she squares off against Tatiana Suarez in the co-main event.
  Check out UFC Chile results below.
  Main card (FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET)
  Demian Maia vs. Kamaru Usman
  Alexa Grasso vs. Tatiana Suarez
  Jared Cannonier
  
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• Demian Maia: Kamaru Usman ‘is not just hype’

  19-05-2018 08:00
  There was a time when Demian Maia was a rising prospect hungry for recognition.
  Maia made his UFC debut back on Oct. 20, 2007, at UFC 77 in Cincinnati, where he made short work of Ryan Jensen in a welterweight bout. It took less than three minutes for Maia to ground Jensen and submit him with a rear-naked choke, a fate that would befall many men who would go on to step into the Octagon with Maia.
  Despite starting his pro MMA career 11-0 and winning his first five UFC fights, Maia’s Brazil
  
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• Usman defeats No. 5 Maia, stays unbeaten in UFC

  19-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  USMAN vs MAIAKamaru Usman may not have made the spectacular statement he wanted to in his UFC Fight Night main event against Demian Maia on Saturday night, but at Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile, “The Nigerian Nightmare” did get the big win over a top five contender he needed, as he turned back the former world title challenger via unanimous decision.“For the longest, everyone’s talking about that I haven’t fought a top ten guy,” said Usman, who said after t
  
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• Suarez, Reyes Rock Fight Night Chile Main Card

  19-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
   SUAREZ vs GRASSONo. 12-ranked strawweight contender Tatiana Suarez will likely see a move up the rankings next week after an impressive first-round submission win over No. 9-ranked Alexa Grasso in the UFC Fight Night co-main event at Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile.Getting the fight just where she wanted it, Suarez eliminated Grasso’s striking by being able to implement her ground game early on. And once the fight was on the mat, it was all Suarez, who took Grasso’s back and
  
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• Prazeres, Pantoja score wins on prelims

  19-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
   PRAZERES vs CUMMINGSDespite six consecutive wins at lightweight, battles with the scale forced Brazil’s Michel Prazeres to the welterweight division, but Saturday night at Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile, Prazeres extended his winning streak to seven with a split decision win over Zak Cummings.Scores were 29-28 twice and 28-29 for Belem’s Prazeres, who improves to 25-2. Kansas City’s Cummings falls to 21-6.Despite dealing with a sizeable height and reach advantage, Praz
  
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• Fight Night Chile: Prelim Results

  19-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
   PRAZERES vs CUMMINGSDespite six consecutive wins at lightweight, battles with the scale forced Brazil’s Michel Prazeres to the welterweight division, but Saturday night at Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile, Prazeres extended his winning streak to seven with a split decision win over Zak Cummings.Scores were 29-28 twice and 28-29 for Belem’s Prazeres, who improves to 25-2. Kansas City’s Cummings falls to 21-6.Despite dealing with a sizeable height and reach advantage, Praz
  
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• Dennis Bermudez vs. Rick Glenn set for UFC Boise

  19-05-2018 06:00
  Dennis Bermudez will try to get back on track in the featherweight division this summer.
  The Long Island resident will face Rick Glenn at UFC Boise on July 14 in Idaho, MMA Fighting confirmed Friday with UFC officials. Newsday was the first to report the news.
  Bermudez (16-8), once near a title shot at 145 pounds, has lost three in a row. The Ultimate Fighter 14 alum is coming off a pair of split decision losses, the most recent against Andre Fili at UFC on FOX 27 in January. Bermudez, 31, has
  
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• Dan Henderson on MMA Return: ‘I Have no Plan on Getting Back in There’

  19-05-2018 05:13
  Don’t expect Dan Henderson to make a return to active competition. Henderson retired following his unanimous decision loss to Michael Bisping back in Oct. 2016. “Hendo” was competing for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight title. At the age of 47, Henderson doesn’t appear interested in putting his gloves back on. “Hendo” left the sport […]
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• Poliana Botelho hopes Syuri Kondo decides to brawl at UFC Chile

  19-05-2018 04:00
  Poliana Botelho was victorious in her Octagon debut. This time, she wants to leave an impression.
  Botelho fought for the first time under the UFC banner back in October, defeating Pearl Gonzalez via unanimous decision at UFC 216, but it wasn’t the most exciting contest. Now set to return on May 19 against undefeated Syuri Kondo at UFC Chile, Botelho expects an action-packed fight.
  ”I hope Kondo trades with me,” Botelho told MMA Fighting. “Most strikers I face don’t
  
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• Roy Nelson: I Really am Disgusted With Matt Mitrione

  19-05-2018 03:33
  Roy Nelson still has beef with Matt Mitrione. Nelson and Mitrione have already fought twice. “Big Country” won their first encounter via TKO back in Dec. 2012. Mitrione earned the victory in their rematch via split decision. As a result, Mitrione is moving on to the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix semi-finals. After the bout, Mitrione […]
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• Bethe Correia vs. Irene Aldana scheduled for UFC 227

  19-05-2018 02:34
  Irene Aldana asked for an specific opponent and got her wish.The Mexican fighter has been booked to fight former UFC women’s bantamweight title challenger Bethe Correia at UFC 227 on Aug. 4 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif. The news was announced by the promotion on Friday.
  Aldana last fought in January where she picked up a unanimous decision win over Talita Bernardo. The victory marked Aldana’s first victory inside the Octagon. The 30-year-old fighter who trains out of
  
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• UFC 226 poster released

  19-05-2018 02:00
  The term is thrown around a lot these days, but the UFC wants to make it clear that the upcoming clash between Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier is nothing less than a genuine superfight.
  Miocic and Cormier loom large on the poster for UFC 226, which takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 7.
  THE SUPERFIGHT.#UFC226 is one for the history books! pic.twitter.com/xvoa6JOd9Y— UFC (@ufc) May 18, 2018As one would expect, the promotional material is splashed with gold to reflect the
  
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• Nine months after 26-second KO win in UFC debut, prospect Humberto Bandenay finally returns to action at UFC Chile

  19-05-2018 01:00
  Humberto Bandenay has had a tough time getting his second fight in the UFC.The 23-year-old featherweight, who debuted back in August with a 26-second knockout of Martin Bravo, has been scheduled to fight twice since his spectacular finish in Mexico City.Bandenay was first set to fight Alexander Volkanovski at UFC Sydney last November, but was forced to withdraw due to a hand injury. The Peruvian fighter was then scheduled to compete at UFC Austin in February, but visa issues didn’t allow
  
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