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• Anastasia Yankova Staying Positive After First Career Defeat: ‘This Is Just the Beginning’

  28-05-2018 23:59 via sherdog.com
  Anastasia Yankova tasted defeat for the first time in her young MMA career last week, as she dropped a unanimous decision to Kate Jackson at Bellator 200 in London.
  
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• Cris Cyborg Wants Winner of Holm-Anderson, Then Amanda Nunes

  28-05-2018 23:58
  Cris Cyborg wants to stay busy before a showdown with Amanda Nunes. Cyborg is the reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s featherweight title holder and she awaits her next challenge. Cyborg had hopes of fighting women’s bantamweight champion Nunes in July, but that isn’t in the cards. Next month at UFC 225, Megan Anderson will […]
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• Who’s Next for Darren Till? Till Shares His Preference

  28-05-2018 23:46
  Much like the aftermath of UFC Fight Night 118 when Darren Till vanquished Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in the first round, all eyes are directed towards the future for the undefeated 25-year-old upstart, and we are all channeling our inner Bill Goldberg in asking the question: who’s next?! Dana White may not make fights the same […]
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• Cris Cyborg’s plan: Fight Holly Holm vs. Megan Anderson winner, then Amanda Nunes

  28-05-2018 22:00
  UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg made her intentions clear: She wanted to fight on the big UFC 226 card on July 6 in Las Vegas, preferably in a superfight against bantamweight counterpart Amanda Nunes.
  Of course, in the fight game, things rarely progress in a straight line from Point A to Point B, and now it looks highly likely that Cyborg will next defend her belt against the winner of the UFC 225 bout between Holly Holm and Megan Anderson, with a bout with Nunes perhaps on deck afterwar
  
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• UFC Liverpool Promotional Guidelines Pay: Neil Magny Emerges as Top Earner

  28-05-2018 21:13
  Now that UFC Liverpool has wrapped up, it’s time to dive into the Promotional Guidelines compliance pay. In the main event of UFC Liverpool, Darren Till took on Stephen Thompson. After five rounds of action, or lack thereof depending on who you ask, “The Gorilla” nabbed a controversial unanimous decision win. In terms of Promotional […]
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• Joe Rogan Reveals Why he Doesn’t Call UFC on FOX Events Anymore

  28-05-2018 20:11
  Joe Rogan is not one who likes to be controlled. Rogan has long been considered to be the voice of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). That distinction usually belongs to the play-by-play commentator, but Rogan’s voice on UFC broadcasts feels natural to many viewers. He’s been with the promotion since 1997. The UFC’s seven-year relationship […]
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• Darren Till says he ‘outsmarted’ Stephen Thompson, but ‘Wonderboy’ still deserves title shot

  28-05-2018 20:00
  A win over Stephen Thompson would be gigantic for any fighter in the welterweight division. Darren Till, though, does not think it should propel him to a title shot.
  Till beat “Wonderboy” by unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 49-46) in the main event of UFC Liverpool — Till’s hometown — on Sunday night. According to Till, the circumstances do not lead him to believe he earned a title shot with that victory, regardless of Thompson’s No. 1 rank among contenders
  
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• Dana White: ESPN Deal ‘Most Monumental Thing to Happen in the History of This Sport’

  28-05-2018 19:51 via sherdog.com
  When the Ultimate Fighting Championship signed its seven-year contract with Fox back in 2011, it felt like a pretty big deal.
  
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• Neil Magny Says it Made Sense to Call Out Kamaru Usman

  28-05-2018 19:29
  Neil Magny is shooting for the stars. Magny took on Craig White in the co-main event of UFC Liverpool yesterday (May 27). White stepped in as a late replacement opponent. Magny earned a first-round TKO after landing a knee to the face. The win improved Magny’s professional mixed martial arts record to 21-6. He has […]
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• After UFC Liverpool Victory, Neil Magny Targets Showdown with Kamaru Usman

  28-05-2018 19:25 via sherdog.com
  It wasn’t the fight he was supposed to have, but credit Neil Magny for making the most of the situation.
  
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• Dana White on Chuck Liddell’s comeback: ‘I asked him to retire 10 years ago for a reason’

  28-05-2018 19:00
  Eight years ago, shortly after suffering his third consecutive knockout loss, Chuck Liddell hung up his MMA gloves at the request of UFC president Dana White. But now Liddell is officially on the comeback trail, and not surprisingly, White isn’t a fan of the idea.
  “I hope he’s coming out of retirement to be partners with (Golden Boy Promotions owner Oscar) De La Hoya and not to fight. I hope he doesn’t fight,” White said Sunday at UFC Liverpool’s post-fight p
  
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• Eddie Alvarez Explains Why he Didn’t Sign New UFC Contract

  28-05-2018 18:56
  Eddie Alvarez is “rolling the dice” on himself. Alvarez is set to do battle with Dustin Poirier a second time. The two competed back in May 2017 at UFC 211. The bout ended in a No Contest after Alvarez landed illegal knee strikes to the head of a downed opponent. Alvarez vs. Poirier II takes […]
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• Scott Coker on Mousasi vs. MacDonald: It Will Happen One Day

  28-05-2018 18:11
  Belaltor president Scott Coker believes Gegard Mousasi vs. Rory MacDonald will eventually become a reality. Mousasi recently captured the Bellator middleweight championship. “The Dreamcatcher” earned a first-round TKO victory over Rafael Carvalho in the main event of Bellator 200. Mousasi adds to his trophy collection along with the DREAM light heavyweight and middleweight titles, as […]
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• Eddie Alvarez ‘rolling the dice’ on himself, fighting last fight of UFC contract against Poirier

  28-05-2018 18:00
  Expectations were that for Eddie Alvarez to agree to a rematch against Dustin Poirier, he would first have to agree to terms with the UFC on new deal.
  However, that didn’t end up being the case.
  Alvarez and Poirier meet in a much-anticipated lightweight clash on July 28 in the main event of UFC on FOX 30, which takes place at Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome. The fight represents the final bout of Alvarez’s current UFC contract, meaning the stakes will be exceedingly high for &
  
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• Dana White to Meet McGregor in Las Vegas to Discuss Potential Showdown with Nurmagomedov

  28-05-2018 17:26 via sherdog.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White was expecting to meet Conor McGregor in Liverpool, England, although the meeting did not come to fruition.
  
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• UFC President Dana White Warns Others to Accept Fights When Offered

  28-05-2018 17:24 via sherdog.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White has dug his heels in the sand on the decision to release one of the most promising young fighters in Yair Rodriguez.
  
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• Dana White Meeting Conor McGregor in Las Vegas, Not Liverpool

  28-05-2018 17:19
  Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White and Conor McGregor have rescheduled their meeting. It’s no secret that McGregor is a top priority in the UFC. Since arriving at the world leader in mixed martial arts, the “Notorious” one has been money. With the fame and success comes unwanted drama and legal trouble. Following the […]
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• Dana White defends decision to keep CM Punk on UFC 225 main card, move Alistair Overeem to preliminaries

  28-05-2018 17:00
  UFC 225 is an event loaded with contenders, and that means some ranked names will have to be content with not being on the main card.
  One of the fighters who unexpectedly finds himself on the preliminary portion of UFC 225 is heavyweight veteran Alistair Overeem, currently sitting at No. 2 in the UFC’s official contender rankings. His June 9 bout in Chicago vs. Curtis Blaydes was moved from the pay-per-view to the FOX Sports 1 preliminaries after a women’s featherweight bout between
  
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• Click Debate: New study will look at force of blows in MMA, including 12-to-6 elbows

  28-05-2018 16:00
  A new scientific study could glean some much-needed information about MMA strikes — including regarding one of the most panned illegal blows in the sport.Experts in the kinesiology department at Auburn University at Montgomery in Alabama have begun a study into the force of impact of different mixed martial arts strikes in assorted positions, MMA Fighting has learned.The research was the brainchild of Alabama Athletic Commission executive director Jody McCormick and will take a look at st
  
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• The Darren Till show was a local smash, but the rest of the world isn’t sold quite yet

  28-05-2018 15:00
  For the first time the UFC Octagon planted roots in Liverpool, England, the organization came with a very simple plan: put forth its young and talented local southpaw—Darren Till—in a showcase, and let the money tree germinate. On paper, the idea made plenty of sense; it was the same path they followed with Irishman Conor McGregor, and that seemed to work out far beyond their wildest dreams.
  Till may still have a brilliant future ahead of him as a draw, a headliner, perhaps even a c
  
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• Morning Report: Dana White says next season of The Ultimate Fighter ‘might be the last one’

  28-05-2018 14:00
  In 2005, the UFC was struggling to find a foothold in the greater global consciousness when Dana White and the Fertitta brothers had an idea: build a reality television program - The Ultimate Fighter - around the sport and the fighters to Trojan Horse the UFC into the mainstream. It worked and the TUF Finale fight between Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar is now widely credited as the single-most pivotal moment in MMA history. But now, the UFC’s flagship program may be on its final voyag
  
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• On the Rise: Utica Edition

  28-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Fans don’t have to wait long for the action inside the Octagon to jump off in June as business gets underway on the first of the month in Utica, New York with a rare Friday evening fight card.Headlined by a pivotal bantamweight clash between Top 5 talents Jimmie Rivera and Marlon Moraes, the 13-fight event also features a showdown between surging lightweights Gregor Gillespie and Vinc Pichel, veteran welterweights Jake Ellenberger and Ben Saunders locking horns and TUF 26 contestants Sijar
  
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• Fight Night Liverpool: The Scorecard

  28-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Sunday’s UFC Liverpool event is in the books, and now that the dust has settled in England, it’s time to go to the scorecard to see who the big winners were at Echo Arena.1 - Darren TillDarren Till missed weight for his UFC Liverpool main event, coming in at 174.5 pounds, and his win over Stephen Thompson didn’t provide the visceral thrills that his stoppage of Donald Cerrone did. But “The Gorilla” gets the top spot here because Sunday’s victory was over the n
  
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• Fight Night Liverpool: Fantasy Rewind

  28-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Darren Till picked up the biggest win of his career as he edged out Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson in a tactical striking battle at the first UFC card in Liverpool, England on Sunday.While Till is best known for his jaw-rattling power, the British welterweight opted for a more strategic game plan while taking one on of the most diverse and creative strikers in the history of the sport. Till was constantly stalking throughout the fight, and while he wasn't landing many of his best punches, he was k
  
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• Eubanks returns hoping for another chance at UFC gold

  28-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  In late November of last year, everything felt like it was coming together perfectly for Sijara Eubanks.After entering the competition on Season 26 of The Ultimate Fighter ranked 12th in the 16-woman field to crown the inaugural women’s flyweight champion, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt known as “SarJ” (pronounced “Sarge”) started working her way through the opposition.First she dispatched fifth seed Maia Stevenson, forcing her to tap to a kimura in the second r
  
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• Five Takeaways From UFC Liverpool

  28-05-2018 05:24
  MUCH DISCUSSED MAIN EVENT TURNS HEATED AFTER CONTROVERSIAL ENDING One of the most anticipated Fight Night main events of all time already had more than enough conversation pieces swirling around it: Is it too much too soon for Till? What happens if Till beats “Wonderboy?” How big of a star would he become? Who will […]
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• Gillian Robertson felt referee ‘definitely’ stopped fight with Molly McCann late

  28-05-2018 03:34
  LIVERPOOL, England — After her win over Molly McCann at UFC Liverpool, Gillian Robertson discusses winning in McCann’s hometown, McCann missing weight, whether or not she thought it was a late stoppage and more.
  
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• Dana White updates status of meeting with McGregor, potential Khabib fight

  28-05-2018 02:00
  Dana White’s expected meeting with Conor McGregor in Liverpool didn’t work out as planned, however the UFC president expects to see McGregor soon stateside, where the two will try to figure out the Irishman’s next move.
  “Conor and I are going to meet in Vegas,” White said Sunday at the UFC Liverpool post-fight press conference. “... He and I haven’t seen each since New York. So we haven’t seen each other, we haven’t talked, nothing, so we ne
  
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• Darren Till Says He Doesn’t Deserve Title Shot Following UFC Fight Night Liverpool Win

  28-05-2018 01:48 via sherdog.com
  Darren Till is on a four-fight winning streak, with back-to-back high profile triumphs over Stephen Thompson and Donald Cerrone.
  
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• Dana White to Fighters: Accept Fights or Go Elsewhere

  28-05-2018 01:33
  If you’re in the camp that believes Dana White and the UFC released Yair Rodriguez to send a message to other fighters, White’s comments in the UFC Liverpool Post-Fight Press Conferences goes a long way in supporting that. When asked to provide more information on Rodriguez’s release, White reiterated comments he made immediately following Rodriguez’s […]
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• Stephen Thompson Not Fuzzing Over UFC Liverpool Decision

  28-05-2018 01:13
  Stephen Thompson is classy in defeat. Thompson took on Darren Till earlier today (May 27). The action took place inside Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. “Wonderboy” lost the bout via controversial unanimous decision. Two of the three judges scored the fight 49-46 for Till, which many found to be egregious. Many media members scored the […]
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• Stephen Thompson Not Fussing Over UFC Liverpool Decision

  28-05-2018 01:13
  Stephen Thompson is classy in defeat. Thompson took on Darren Till earlier today (May 27). The action took place inside Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. “Wonderboy” lost the bout via controversial unanimous decision. Two of the three judges scored the fight 49-46 for Till, which many found to be egregious. Many media members scored the […]
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• Stephen Thompson: ‘I thought I had four of the rounds’ against Darren Till at UFC Liverpool

  28-05-2018 01:00
  The UFC Liverpool main event was as closely contested as they come and Stephen Thompson thinks he did enough to earn the victory.
  “Wonderboy” and opponent Darren Till went five rounds that were heavy on strategy and feints, but light on definitive strikes. In the end, it was Till who won a unanimous decision in front of his hometown fans Sunday at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England.
  The majority of media scores were in favor of Thompson, something that the 35-year-old himself agre
  
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• Darren Till goes off in expletive-filled post-fight speech after win over Stephen Thompson at UFC Liverpool

  28-05-2018 00:27
  Darren Till’s post-fight remarks were too raw for FS1.
  The UFC welterweight went off in an expletive-filled rant Sunday night after his unanimous decision victory over Stephen Thompson in the main event of UFC Liverpool. Till’s comments to interviewer Dan Hardy in his hometown were censored by FS1. But the UFC posted a clip of what he said afterward — uncensored.
  “For all them doubters, yes!” Till said. “Say what now? Now? Who the f*ck is doubting me now? No
  
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• Darren Till’s Win Was Bad Judging, But Good For The Welterweight Division

  28-05-2018 00:25
  The main event of UFC Fight Night 130, which took place Sunday at Echo Arena in Liverpool, England, was not without its fair share of controversy. A day after missing weight on the scales, hometown fighter Darren Till took on Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson in an extremely important fight in the UFC welterweight division. Though highly-anticipated, […]
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• Stephen Thompson on Narrow Decision Loss at UFC Fight Night Liverpool: ‘I Thought I Edged It Out’

  28-05-2018 00:21 via sherdog.com
  Oftentimes when a person repeatedly uses the phrase, “It is what it is,” they’re holding something back.
  
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