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• Ricardo Lamas Responds to Yair Rodriguez’s Claims

  23-05-2018 23:34
  Ricardo Lamas has responded to Yair Rodriguez’s description of the events leading up to his UFC release. Approximately two weeks ago, Yair Rodriguez was released from the UFC. According to Dana White, Rodriguez was released for turning down fights with Ricardo Lamas and Zabit Magomedsharipov, and that if a fighter is unwilling to fight after […]
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• Georges St-Pierre Shuts Down Nate Diaz Fight

  23-05-2018 23:24
  Georges St-Pierre isn’t interested in doing battle with Nate Diaz. Earlier this month, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White said he was working on having a lightweight bout between St-Pierre and Diaz as the co-main event of UFC 227 on Aug. 4. Diaz responded to White’s claims by saying he wouldn’t fight St-Pierre unless […]
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• Dana White: UFC to Retain Production Control of Live Events with New ESPN Deal

  23-05-2018 23:07 via sherdog.com
  While the UFC will be moving to a new broadcast home in 2019, don’t expect a drastically presentation when it transitions to ESPN.
  
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• Alistair Overeem can ‘see where the UFC is coming from’ putting Curtis Blaydes fight on UFC 225 prelims

  23-05-2018 23:00
  Alistair Overeem’s fight with Curtis Blaydes was initially on the pay-per-view main card at UFC 225 next month. Now, it has been bumped down to the prelims on FS1.
  Overeem, meanwhile, is hoping for an even earlier time lost — say, just a little after breakfast.
  “People are seeing that as an insult, while I’m just seeing it as there’s probably a business rationale behind that,” Overeem said of the change on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “It&rsq
  
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• Dana White Confirms New ESPN Deal

  23-05-2018 22:18
  As reported earlier today, ESPN has reached a $1.5 billion, five-year deal securing the television rights of the UFC. Wednesday afternoon, Dana White confirmed the news on Twitter, announcing ESPN will, in fact, be the new home for the UFC in 2019: 😃 pic.twitter.com/7EOneqZWfF — Dana White (@danawhite) May 23, 2018 Brett Okamoto later would […]
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• Roy Nelson Officially Pulled from Bellator 200, Named Heavyweight Grand Prix Alternate

  23-05-2018 21:41 via sherdog.com
  Roy Nelson has officially been removed from the Bellator 200 card.
  
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• Signs Point to Khabib-Conor Showdown

  23-05-2018 21:32
  The most talked about fight in MMA right now is without a doubt Khabib Nurmagomedov in a potential lightweight title match against “The Notorious” Conor McGregor. Because of the hype already surrounding the fight, it could lead to many reading into signs that aren’t there. Over the past week, however, the signs have been stronger […]
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• Matthew Frincu vs. Christian Aguilera to Headline LFA 44 in Phoenix on June 29

  23-05-2018 21:21 via sherdog.com
  A welterweight clash pitting Matthew Frincu against Christian Aguilera will headline the Legacy Fighting Alliance 44 card in Phoenix on June 29.
  
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• Rafael Carvalho says idea that ex-UFC fighters will come in, win Bellator gold shows ‘lack of respect’

  23-05-2018 21:00
  LONDON — At Bellator 200 media day, middleweight champion Rafael Carvalho discusses his fight with Gegard Mousasi, the view of fighters coming over from the UFC, a potential fight with Rory MacDonald and more.
  
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• Fabricio Werdum Releases Statement Following USADA Flag

  23-05-2018 20:38
  Fabricio Werdum has spoken out following his U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) flag. Werdum was scheduled to take on Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Moscow in September. Those plans appear to have been quickly derailed after “Vai Cavalo” was flagged for a potential violation of the anti-doping policy. The news comes just after Werdum was rewarded with […]
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• Scott Coker talks Bellator 200, UFC to ESPN, Yair Rodriguez, 50 Cent, more

  23-05-2018 20:35
  LONDON — At Bellator 200 media day, Bellator president Scott Coker discusses the future for Roy Nelson, the UFC’s new broadcast rights deal with ESPN, 50 Cent being in attendance this week in London, Yair Rodriguez and more.
  
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• Roy Nelson officially out of Bellator 200

  23-05-2018 20:26
  Both fighters originally scheduled for the Bellator 200 main event have now been removed from the card.
  Earlier this week, it was announced that Mirko Cro Cop would be forced to withdraw from his Bellator World Heavyweight Grand Prix alternate bout vs. Roy Nelson, which was to serve as the headliner of Bellator 200 in London on Friday.
  At a scrum Wednesday, Bellator president Scott Coker made it official that there would be no replacement opponent for Nelson and that “Big Country” w
  
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• Exclusive Interview: Aaron Chalmers Wants To Break Away From His Geordie Shore Label

  23-05-2018 20:26
  
  
  Aaron Chalmers is a controversial figure within the sport of mixed martial arts. He has polarized opinions, but he continues to prove his doubters wrong by defeating each opponent that is put in front of him. After three consecutive finishes, Aaron “The Joker” Chalmers steps up in competition, as he faces Ash Griffiths on the […]
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• Michael Page says fight with Paul Daley only happens ‘if I want it to happen’

  23-05-2018 19:36
  LONDON — At Bellator 200 media day, Michael Page discusses new wrinkles in his game ahead of his fight with David Rickels, a potential fight with Paul Daley, his future and more.
  
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• Kevin Lee Believes 165-Pound Division is Bound to Happen in UFC

  23-05-2018 19:23
  Kevin Lee has been calling for a 165-pound division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and believes it will eventually become a reality. Lee is no small lightweight. “The Motown Phenom” may be 5’9 but he certainly outmuscles most 155-pounders. Lee is one of the best lightweights in the world, but his body has taken […]
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• Bellator 200 media day staredowns

  23-05-2018 18:26
  LONDON — After Bellator 200 media day, the top fighters squared off Wednesday morning.
  
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• ESPN Acquires Full UFC Package, Adds Broadcast Television Deal to Streaming Rights

  23-05-2018 18:23 via sherdog.com
  ESPN is going all-in on the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
  
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• Two-Division Champ Aung La N Sang to Defend Middleweight Crown at One ‘Spirit of a Warrior’

  23-05-2018 18:17 via sherdog.com
  One Championship middleweight and light heavyweight title holder Aung La N Sang will return to action on June 29.
  
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• Valentina Shevchenko: Nicco Montano Can’t Run All The Time

  23-05-2018 17:58
  Valentina Shevchenko is getting restless with Nicco Montano. “Bullet” is next in line for a shot at the inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s flyweight title holder Montano. A report surfaced claiming that the UFC was getting restless with Montano as she wouldn’t take a bout with Shevchenko at UFC Calgary. UFC president Dana White […]
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• Aaron Chalmers calls some MMA fans ‘pathetic’ over Twitter hate

  23-05-2018 17:29
  Aaron Chalmers discusses the changes to his training camp, Twitter trolls, MMA fans, upcoming opponent Ash Griffiths, moving to Bellator, fighting CM Punk, and more during aBellator 200 media day interview.
  
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• Joe Rogan: CM Punk Should be Fighting in Amateur Event Rather than UFC PPV

  23-05-2018 17:27 via sherdog.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight Phil Brooks, better known as “CM Punk” is set to take on Mike Jackson as part of the main card of UFC 225 on June 9 and the decision to keep both fighters on the card over established fighters is not sitting well with Joe Rogan.
  
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• Video: Luke Rockhold Shelved After Suffering Leg Injury

  23-05-2018 17:24 via sherdog.com
  It looks like fans will have to wait for a bit longer for a fight between Ultimate Fighting Championship mainstaysAlexander Gustafsson and Luke Rockhold after Rockhold injured his leg in training last week.
  
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• Paul Daley to Meet with Bellator MMA President Scott Coker in London to Discuss Future

  23-05-2018 17:20 via sherdog.com
  It seems Bellator MMA welterweight contender Paul Daley has had a change of heart regarding his future in the promotion.
  
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• ESPN brokers deal for UFC broadcast rights currently owned by FOX

  23-05-2018 16:51
  FOX Sports is out and ESPN is in.
  Just weeks after nabbing the UFC’s streaming rights beginning next year, ESPN has secured the full broadcast deal for the promotion, Variety reported Tuesday night. The deal would begin in 2019 and signals that FOX Sports will no longer carry UFC events, which it has since 2011. ESPN, its group of networks and the digital streaming ESPN+ will be the small-screen, non-pay-per-view home for the UFC starting next year.
  ESPN confirmed the report Wednesday mor
  
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• Gegard Mousasi looking to end title chase with win over Rafael Carvalho at Bellator 200

  23-05-2018 16:00
  Given his sterling resume, it may come as a surprise that Gegard Mousasi has not competed in a title fight in almost seven years.
  That drought comes to an end this Friday, when “The Dreamcatcher” challenges Rafael Carvalho for the middleweight championship in the main event of Bellator 200 at The SSE Arena, Wembley in London, England. Should Mousasi come out with the win, he’ll add to a trophy case that already includes belts from the Strikeforce, DREAM (at middleweight and li
  
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• Roy Nelson Officially Pulled From Bellator 200 Card

  23-05-2018 15:17
  Hard-hitting heavyweight star Roy Nelson is officially off the Bellator 200 card. Nelson was slated to fight Mirko Cro Cop in an alternate bout for the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix at the upcoming Bellator 200 event. However, the MMA Legend suffered a knee injury and had to be pulled from the card. There was some […]
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• Matt Serra Rips Referee for Potentially Costing Demian Maia Win Over Kamaru Usman

  23-05-2018 15:17
  Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra let his feelings known about the referee of the Demian Maia – Kamaru Usman fight. As seen in the main event of UFC Chile on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile on FOX Sports 1, Usman was able to defeat former title contender by unanimous […]
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• The Parting Shot Podcast 5/22 UFC Liverpool Preview

  23-05-2018 15:09
  The Parting Shot Podcast with your hosts James Lynch and Adam Martin is back with another brand new episode for MMA fans to enjoy. In today’s episode, James and Adam preview UFC Chile. Thanks as always to our sponsors MMAOddsbreaker.com and Bad Boy MMA. If you would like to support the podcast, consider buying some Bad Boy […]
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• Valentina Shevchenko to Nicco Montano: ‘If you don’t want to fight, you have to leave the belt’

  23-05-2018 15:00
  One way or another, Valentina Shevchenko wants her next fight to be for a UFC flyweight title.Shevchenko claims that no date that has been set in stone for her to challenge Nicco Montano, despite her signing to fight the champion on July 28 in Calgary. At the beginning of May, Montano took to Instagram to claim that she was recovering from a tonsillectomy and that she would be ready to jump on the Shevchenko fight as soon as she was fully fit.“Bullet” still hasn’t heard when t
  
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• Morning Report: Matt Serra says referee ‘should be ashamed’ for potentially costing Demian Maia against Kamaru Usman

  23-05-2018 14:00
  In the main event of UFC Chile this past weekend, Kamaru Usman won a five-round unanimous decision over Demian Maia. In a relatively uneventful fight, Maia was unable to impose his grappling advantage on the young wrestler, losing a pretty clear decision. But at least one notable MMA figure believes Maia was given short shrift on Saturday night.Speaking on the UFC Unfiltered podcast, former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra said that Maia got “screwed” by referee Leon Roberts who
  
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• Report: ESPN Nabs Exclusive UFC TV Rights For 2019

  23-05-2018 07:33
  It appears ESPN is in full tilt with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As it is, fight fans were surprised to hear the announcement that a deal was reached to have 15 UFC events take place on ESPN+, which is a digital platform. The deal was said to be worth $750 million over five years. […]
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• Report: ESPN brokers deal for UFC broadcast rights currently owned by Fox

  23-05-2018 07:17
  Fox Sports is out and ESPN is in. At least according to a new report.
  Just weeks after nabbing the UFC’s streaming rights beginning next year, ESPN has secured the full broadcast deal for the promotion, Variety reported Tuesday night. The deal would begin in 2019 and signals that Fox Sports will no longer carry UFC events, which it has since 2011. ESPN, its group of networks and the digital streaming ESPN+ will be the small-screen, non-pay-per-view home for the UFC starting next year, acc
  
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• TUF: Undefeated - Ep. 6 Recap

  23-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  A week’s reprieve was all heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic could get as light heavyweight king Daniel Cormier returned to the winner's circle in the latest fight in the featherweight division.While Team Miocic finally got on the board a week ago with a win by Mike Trizano, things didn't go as well in the latest episode as grappler Suman Mokhtarian took on Team Cormier's Ricky Steele.Ahead of the showdown between the two featherweight competitors this week, the opening round of the tournam
  
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• TUF: Undefeated - Ep. 6 Preview

  23-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  It was a good week for Team Miocic in the previous episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated, as the heavyweight champion finally got his first win of the season when Mike Trizano moved into the next round of the tournament with a win over Thailand Clark.Now the featherweights are up to bat again, with grappler Suman Mokhtarian taking on Team Cormier fighter Ricky Steele.Of course, Mokhtarian took center stage last week after he suffered a knee injury in training that forced him to undergo som
  
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• Join UFC President Dana White at UFC 226 with EA SPORTS UFC 3 #BeTheBoss Contest

  23-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Las Vegas – UFC® and EA SPORTS™ today announced the launch of the first-ever #BeTheBoss contest with EA SPORTS™ UFC® 3, where six prize winners will receive the ultimate UFC prize pack that includes a trip to the highly-anticipated UFC® 226: MIOCIC vs. CORMIER on Saturday, July 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Contest entry begins today and concludes on Wednesday, June 6 at 11:59 p.m. PT. To enter the contest, players must complete an official entry form by visitin
  
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• Get to know TUF Cast: Suman Mokhtarian

  23-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Suman Mokhtarian doesn’t sleep. Well, at least that appears to be the case, since any time an email goes out to the Aussie rep on season 27 of The Ultimate Fighter, a response is fired back within minutes. But seriously, when does he sleep?“When the work is done,” he laughs.The work is rarely done for a 25-year-old prizefighter, but when that prizefighter is a head coach and owner of the Australian Top Team gym and the promoter and matchmaker for the Urban Fight Night promotion
  
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• Get to know TUF Cast: Ricky Steele

  23-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  For a long time, Ricky Steele has been doing things with his fists and feet that would immediately earn him membership in the “cool dad” club. But it wasn’t until he returned home to Idaho after taping The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated in Las Vegas that he got his official membership card.“When I got back, DC (TUF coach Daniel Cormier) wrote me a text message, and she thought that was the coolest thing ever,” laughed Steele, who has raised quite the fight aficionado
  
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• ESPN and ESPN+ to Become Exclusive Media Home of UFC in the U.S.

  23-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  UFC®, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, and The Walt Disney Company’s new Direct-To-Consumer and International segment along with ESPN, today announced the full scope of the historic multi-year agreement that makes ESPN-branded media platforms the exclusive digital and television home of the UFC in the United States, further expanding streaming rights to UFC on ESPN+ and building upon the agreement revealed earlier this month.Starting in January 2019, ESPN+ and
  
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• Allen on his return to the Octagon: 'I want a spectacular finish'

  23-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Arnold Allen is a family man. That’s why it was tough on the young Brit when he spent last year’s Christmas in freezing Montreal, Quebec, Canada as opposed to his home in Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, and the feast of love turned into an embrace of the grind. Allen had a fight coming up, his first in ten months, so Christmas Eve looked like any other day: “Training,” the Tristar Gym fighter laughed. And a measured bit of feasting at a training partner’s house, whose
  
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• UFC Chile Pulls in Average of 870,000 Viewers

  23-05-2018 05:54
  Viewership numbers for the main card of UFC Chile have been released and they aren’t half bad. The FOX Sports 1 main card broadcast drew an average of 870,000 viewers (via MMAFighting.com). The event peaked at 1,143,000 viewers for the opening main card bout between Vicente Luque and Chad Laprise. It also took in 9,473 […]
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• Fabricio Werdum Releases Statement Regarding Failed USADA Drug Test

  23-05-2018 05:04 via sherdog.com
  Fabricio Werdum believes his potential anti-doping violation is nothing more than a “misunderstanding,” and the former heavyweight champion hopes to be cleared to return to the UFC soon.
  
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• UFC Fight Night Chile Averages 870,000 Viewers for Main Card on FS1

  23-05-2018 04:48 via sherdog.com
  UFC Fight Night 129 averaged 870,000 viewers on Fox Sports 1 this past Saturday, according to ShowBuzz Daily.
  
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• Two-Division Titan FC Champ Jose Torres to Make Octagon Debut at UFC Fight Night Utica

  23-05-2018 04:32 via sherdog.com
  Two-division Titan FC champion Jose Torres will replace the injured Hector Sandoval and face Jarred Brooks at UFC Fight Night 131 in Utica, N.Y.
  
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• Craig White on signing for UFC: ‘It’s a dream that I never thought would come true’ 

  23-05-2018 04:00
  The outpouring of emotion for Craig White was palpable last Tuesday.Approaching his 10th year as a professional, even “The Thundercat” was bemused by the number of well-wishers that reached out to him after being announced as Neil Magny’s replacement opponent for UFC Liverpool.“I didn’t know that many people liked me, to be honest,” White told MMA Fighting. “If you asked my friends they’d tell you I was an asshole, so to see people saying I was a
  
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• Joe Rogan Says CM Punk Shouldn’t Even be on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series

  23-05-2018 02:35
  Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) color commentator Joe Rogan isn’t a fan of seeing CM Punk on the main card of a pay-per-view again. Punk is set to compete in his second UFC bout on June 9. Punk will go one-on-one with Mike Jackson in the main card opener of UFC 225. The former WWE champion […]
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• UFC Chile: Usman vs. Maia averages 870,000 viewers

  23-05-2018 02:00
  Boosted by a NASCAR lead-in, the show beat the 2017 average for the series by nine percent. The UFC’s debut Saturday night in Santiago, Chile did slightly above-average ratings despite, on paper, being a lackluster card when it came to name fights.
  UFC Chile averaged 870,000 viewers on FOX Sports 1, which put it above the 2017 FS1 Fight Night average of 795,000. That should be considered good, even more so with Kamaru Usman — an unproven headliner whose current talent eclipses his n
  
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• Paul Daley Set to ‘Hash Things Out’ With Scott Coker

  23-05-2018 01:56
  Paul Daley’s beef with Bellator may finally be cooling off. Daley hasn’t been shy in expressing his issues with the promotion in the past. “Semtex” has even hinted at retirement soon due to losing the fun he once had for mixed martial arts. Daley believes Coker has a grudge against him for not signing up […]
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• Luke Rockhold re-injures leg, tabling talks of Gustafsson fight

  23-05-2018 00:30
  So much for that Alexander Gustafsson vs. Luke Rockhold fight. At least for now.
  The bout, which had been discussed for what was expected to be a light heavyweight matchup at UFC 227 in Los Angeles on Aug. 4, was never officially announced.But a leg injury suffered by the former UFC middleweight champion has put those talks on ice for now, MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani reported Tuesday.
  Rockhold, who suffered the leg injury last week in training, posted a graphic video in which he received
  
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