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• Lando Vannata vs. Drakkar Klose slated for UFC 226

  30-05-2018 23:45
  A matchup between intriguing lightweight up-and-comers Lando Vannata and Drakkar Klose has been slated for July 7 at 226.
  MMA Fighting confirmed the booking Wednesday following a report by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  Vannata (9-2-1) is looking to find his groove after winning just one of his first four bouts under the UFC umbrella. The JacksonWink prospect’s 1-2-1 Octagon record is deceiving though. Vannata debuted in the UFC in 2016 with a near-upset of top contender Tony Ferguson on s
  
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• Darren Till Open to Wonderboy Rematch & It Could Happen

  30-05-2018 23:14
  Darren Till has the solution to the controversy surrounding the UFC Liverpool decision victory over Stephen Thompson: run it back on American soil. Darren Till was able to solve the puzzle that is Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson at UFC Liverpool to earn a decision victory that was much narrower than the judges’ scorecards would indicate. After […]
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• Sara McMann Announces Pregnancy

  30-05-2018 21:47
  Sara McMann is all smiles this afternoon as she has some exciting news for her supporters. No, it’s not a bout agreement or a new contract, but it is a new addition: Sara McMann announced via Instagram today that she is pregnant: “I’ve been dying to tell the world 🤰🏻❤❤❤ The short story: Chad and […]
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• Cezar Ferreira Challenges Darren Stewart

  30-05-2018 20:59
  Three weeks removed from Cezar Ferreira’s submission victory over Karl Roberson at UFC 224 in his home country, Ferreira is already playing matchmaker for his next bout and is one of the few people who want to go see The Dentist. A 13-fight UFC veteran, Ferreira has a 9-4 UFC veteran and is coming off […]
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• Gerald Harris meets Yaroslav Amosov at Bellator 202

  30-05-2018 20:39
  Gerald Harris will return to the Bellator cage. And this time, he’ll have proper time to get ready.
  Harris will fight Yaroslav Amosov in a welterweight bout at Bellator 202 in Thackerville, Okla. on July 13. MMA Fighting confirmed an initial report by MMA Junkie.
  Harris (25-6) came out of retirement on a just a few days’ notice at Bellator 198, where he suffered a first-round submission loss to Rafael Lovato in a 188-pound catchweight bout.
  At Bellator 202, the well-traveled Harris
  
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• Stephen Thompson Believes he Beats Till Outside of Liverpool

  30-05-2018 20:26
  Stephen Thompson feels there was some hometown cooking at UFC Liverpool. Thompson took on Darren Till in the main event of UFC Liverpool. The action took place inside the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. Till ended up taking a unanimous decision, which sparked controversy. Two of the three judges scored the bout 49-46 for Till, […]
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• Conor McGregor’s Teammate: I’ll Fight 50 Cent

  30-05-2018 19:09
  Conor McGregor’s teammate Charlie Ward wouldn’t mind laying some leather on 50 Cent. Bellator 200 has come and gone. Ward was featured on the preliminary portion of the card. The SBG Ireland bruiser went one-on-one with Martin Hudson. The action was held inside The SSE Arena, Wembley in London, England. Ward picked up a first-round […]
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• Charles Oliveira vs. Clay Guida planned for UFC 225 with Bobby Green out

  30-05-2018 18:00
  Clay Guida possibly has a new opponent for next month’s UFC 225 in Chicago.
  Originally scheduled to face Bobby Green on June 9, “The Carpenter” will now take on Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert Charles Oliveira, who stepped up to replace Green on 10 days’ notice. The UFC announced the match-up on Wednesday.
  According to sources close to the situation, Oliveira still needs to get a work visa and medical exams done before flying to Chicago next week.
  Guida (34-17) fought for the
  
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• Following Bellator 200, Michael Page Wants Another Boxing Match

  30-05-2018 17:48
  Michael Page wants to step back inside a boxing ring. Page’s performance at Bellator 200 had the mixed martial arts world buzzing. “Venom” took on David Rickles inside The SSE Arena, Wembley in London, England. Page won the bout via verbal submission in the second round. While Page wants to get back to action as […]
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• Stephen Thompson Says Judges were Influenced by Home Crowd at UFC Liverpool

  30-05-2018 17:29 via sherdog.com
  On Sunday night, Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight contenders Stephen Thompson and Darren Till locked horns in the main event of UFC Fight Night 130 in Liverpool England.
  
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• Bellator Champs Gegard Mousasi, Rory MacDonald Lobby Together for Potential Super Fight

  30-05-2018 17:20 via sherdog.com
  Fresh off being crowned the Bellator MMA middleweight champion, Gegard Mousasi has already told fans he wants his first fight as the champion to be against Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald.
  
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• Elias Theodorou Calls Himself a ‘Poor-Man’s Lyoto Machida’

  30-05-2018 17:15 via sherdog.com
  On Sunday at UFC Fight Night 130, Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight Elias Theodorou took on Trevor Smith in a preliminary contest inside the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. Theodorou was victorious, winning by unanimous decision
  
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• Aaron Chalmers used to struggle with anxiety as a result of online abuse 

  30-05-2018 17:00
  On Tuesday’s episode of The MMA Hour, reality television star turned MMA fighter, Aaron Chalmers, candidly revealed that his management team ran his Twitter profile.“The Joker” improved to 4-0 in his promotional debut at Bellator 200 last Friday. As with all of his fights to date, his winning performance provoked a lot of reaction online. However, having reached celebrity status for his part in MTV’s Geordie Shore before transitioning to MMA, Chalmers makes sure he bypas
  
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• UFC Fighter Claims Opponent Kicked Him in Hotel

  30-05-2018 16:46
  If one Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter is to be believed, then his recent opponent clearly doesn’t believe in losing gracefully. This past Sunday (May 27), UFC Liverpool took place inside Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. The main event saw welterweights Darren Till and Stephen Thompson do battle. Till won the bout via controversial unanimous […]
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• UFC 225: Yoel Romero & The Unbounded Human Spirit

  30-05-2018 15:59
  The most remarkable thing about sports isn’t the accolades chased down by the athletes, the championships, awards, or all the fame and recognition. No, what makes sports so special is that it brings the earth together from worlds apart. This beauty is most amplified when athletes who most showcase that fact cross paths and, in […]
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• Chat Wrap: Bisping's retirement, MMA judging, more

  30-05-2018 15:15
  This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.
  On today's podcast, we'll discuss the retirement of Michael Bisping. What can we say about his career? What were the highs and what were the lows? Does he belong in the Hall of Fame? We'll discuss.
  We're also coming off of a big weekend in UK MMA with the conclusion of UFC Liverpool and Bellator 200. What were the highlights of both events and what stood out? We'll get into the details.
  Plus, UFC Utica is this Friday. We'll look ahead to that event.
  
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• Michael Page says he ‘felt possessed’ in spectacular Rickels win, eyeing boxing fight next

  30-05-2018 15:00
  Michael Page needed less than six minutes to remind the MMA world of the ridiculousness he is capable of Friday night at Bellator 200.
  Returning from a 16-month layoff, Page tore through David Rickels at Bellator’s bicentennial show, dismantling the longtime lightweight contender in absurdly stylish fashion with a performance that ultimately saw a still-standing Rickels wave off the fight just 43 seconds into the second round. And given the manner of his win — a dominant showing ove
  
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• Morning Report: Khabib Nurmagomedov now targeting first UFC title defense sooner than expected  

  30-05-2018 14:00
  After winning the UFC lightweight title with a five-round decision over Al Iaquinta at UFC 223, Khabib Nurmagomedov said he wasn’t planning to return to fighting until November or December of this year. But now it looks like the champ will be back sooner than anticipated.Speaking with his fans during a live chat Tuesday, Nurmagomedov announced that his team had begun talks with the UFC about returning to action this fall, either for the September or October pay-per-view event.
  “I do
  
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• Unfiltered: Darren Till and Liverpool Recap

  30-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Darren Till, fresh off the biggest victory of his career over Stephen Thompson at UFC Liverpool, calls in and talks to Matt and guest co-host Jamie "English" Crowder about the fight, a possible rematch with Wonderboy, owning up to missing weight, how he matches up against wrestlers like Kamaru Usman and Tyron Woodley, RDA vs. Colby Covington, and more. Then, the guys break down all the action from Liverpool and discuss Michael Bisping's retirement, the UFC's new deal with ESPN, and Nick Diaz's l
  
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• TUF: Undefeated - Ep. 7 Recap

  30-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  The latest episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated ended with several shocking moments, with one athlete being eliminated from the competition due to injury and another knocked out of the tournament without ever stepping foot inside the Octagon.The drama started to unfold in the aftermath of the previous episode when Ricky Steele earned a unanimous decision victory over Suman Mokhtarian to move into the next round of the tournament as a representative of Team Cormier.Unfortunately, after the
  
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• TUF: Undefeated - Ep. 7 Preview

  30-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  On the next episode of @UltimateFighter... #TUF27 pic.twitter.com/Auj2FIHAsZ— UFC (@ufc) May 28, 2018As the opening round of The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated tournament begins to wind down, the last lightweight matchup will take place this week as Team Cormier's No. 1 overall pick Richie Smullen will take on dark horse contender Allan Zuniga from Team Miocic.Last week saw Team Cormier return to the winner's circle after one fight away as Ricky Steele was able to use a superior striking gam
  
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• Top MMA writers salute Michael Bisping

  30-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Ever since the news arrived of Michael Bisping's retirement, some of the top voices in combat sports have put pen to paper to salute the storied career of the UFC star. "...Bisping's ability to sell a narrative overshadowed who he really was behind the scenes: A genuinely well-liked, highly respected martial artist." ~Brett Okamoto, from Why the UFC will miss Michael BispingWe've been saying for awhile now, 'We'll miss Michael Bisping when he's gone." Here's why, in my opinion. https://t.co
  
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• Pichel 'born to be a fighter'

  30-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Vinc Pichel celebrates after defeating Damien Brown of Australia in their lightweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at the Spark Arena on June 11, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)" align="center" />If life went according to the usual order of things, Vinc Pichel probably shouldn’t be where he is right now, in a co-main event against Gregor Gillespie and riding a four-fight winning streak that includes two wins compiled a
  
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• Get to know TUF Cast: Richie Smullen

  30-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  If you haven’t noticed it already on The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated, lightweight Richie Smullen doesn’t get rattled by too much, if anything. His coach, light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, likens the Irishman to a silent assassin, so when it is time to fight, don’t expect him to feel any added pressure as a member of Dublin’s SBG Ireland squad.“I don’t feel like I have a target on my back,” he said. “I just enjoy it. When I go in to fight,
  
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• Get to know TUF Cast: Allan Zuniga

  30-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Even though the goal of The Ultimate Fighter is to watch an athlete emerge with a UFC contract and graduate to a fresh start in the Octagon, not all prospective competitors on the series have the same end game in mind. Some want to get the experience that comes with training with top level coaches for six weeks. Some simply want to get their name out there to use for future marketing, and others just want that dose of reality show fame. But Allan Zuniga’s intention was clear from the momen
  
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• Charitable donation highlights UFC's upcoming Utica event

  30-05-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  The UFC hosted a free news conference for fight fans on Tuesday morning featuring Jimmie Rivera, Marlon Moraes, Gregor Gillespie as well as New York State Senator Joseph Griffo and Mayor of Utica, Robert Palmieri.The pre-fight event provided the people of Utica with their first glimpse of the UFC and generated hype for Fight Night.Friday’s event will be the eighth UFC event in New York State since the legalization of professional MMA in March of 2016. Senator Griffo was a key figure in bri
  
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• Charles Oliveira Replaces Bobby Green, Meets Clay Guida at UFC 225 in Chicago

  30-05-2018 05:55 via sherdog.com
  It appears as though Charles Oliveira will step in for Bobby Green and face Clay Guida at UFC 225.
  
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• Nick Diaz mugshot released, court date set after domestic battery arrest

  30-05-2018 04:30
  Nick Diaz has his next day in court date scheduled.
  The popular UFC fighter will have to appear in Las Vegas Justice Court on June 6 at 8:30 a.m. before judge Amy Chelini, a court rep confirmed with MMA Fighting on Tuesday.LVMPDDiaz was arrested Friday on charges of domestic battery by strangulation and domestic battery in the first degree. The former is a felony. His booking photo was released Tuesday by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
  Diaz, 34, made $18,000 bail and was released
  
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• Bobby Green Out, Charles Oliveira In for Clay Guida Bout

  30-05-2018 04:29
  An injury suffered by Bobby Green has forced the UFC veteran to withdraw from UFC 225, prompting Charles Oliveira to step in as a last-minute replacement to face Clay Guida at The United Center on June 9th. News of the replacement was first broken by Guida himself on his Instagram page: This is the 10th […]
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• Marlon Moraes: Jimmie Rivera Acted Like I Wasn’t Deserving to Fight Him

  30-05-2018 04:02
  Marlon Moraes wants to show Jimmie Rivera that he is a top bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Moraes and Rivera have had a bit of a rivalry going into their UFC Utica main event. Rivera needed a replacement opponent at UFC 219 following Dominick Cruz’s injury. Moraes was initially willing to step up, […]
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• Elias Theorodou explains why he wants Lyoto Machida next following his UFC Liverpool win

  30-05-2018 03:00
  LIVERPOOL, England — After his win at UFC Liverpool, Elias Theodorou discusses his win over Trevor Smith, how many stitches he needed in the cut he got during the bout, who he wants next and more.
  
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• Kristina Williams replaces Bruna Ellen, will fight Valerie Letourneau at Bellator 201

  30-05-2018 02:00
  Kristina Williams has herself another high-profile matchup.
  “Warhorse” will fight Valerie Letourneau in a women’s flyweight bout on the main card of Bellator 201 on June 29 at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif., replacing an injured Bruna Ellen. The bout was announced on the Bellator 200 broadcast.
  In her pro debut at Bellator 185 last October, the 28-year-old Williams dominated boxing champion-turned-MMA fighter Heather Hardy en route to a second-round TKO. Sh
  
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• Gegard Mousasi to Rory MacDonald: ‘I’m no Michael Bisping’

  30-05-2018 01:30
  Gegard Mousasi wants Rory MacDonald to know that a bout with him is no picnic. To add to his collection of titles from Strikeforce, DREAM, and Cage Warriors Mousasi earned a first-round TKO victory over Rafael Carvalho to capture the Bellator middleweight title. The championship tilt took place inside The SSE Arena, Wembley in London, […]
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• Stephen Thompson says if Darren Till fight wasn’t in Liverpool ‘I think I would win’

  30-05-2018 01:00
  Stephen Thompson believes Darren Till might have gotten a hometown nod Sunday night.
  Till beat Thompson by unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 49-46) on the judges’ scorecards in the main event of UFC Liverpool. Till happens to be from Liverpool and he was headlining the first UFC card in his backyard.The bout was awfully close in almost every round, but many felt Thompson did enough to win. All but three media members listed on MMADecisions.com scored the bout for Thompson.
  When asked by A
  
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• ‘Shogun’ Rua Plans to Spend Entirety of Training Camp for Volkan Oezdemir in Brazil

  30-05-2018 00:08 via sherdog.com
  Currently on a three-bout winning streak, Mauricio Rua will return to the Octagon to face former light heavyweight title challenger Volkan Oezdemir at UFC Fight Night 134 in Hamburg, Germany, on July 22.
  
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• Eddie Wineland vs. Alejandro Perez added to UFC Boise

  30-05-2018 00:00
  Eddie Wineland has a date and an opponent for his first UFC bout of 2018.The long-time bantamweight contender will be meeting season one winner of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America Alejandro Perez at UFC Boise on July 14. The event will take place at the CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho; a heavyweight fight between Junior dos Santos and Blagoy Ivanov is set to headline the card.
  The news was recently announced by UFC Español.Wineland hasn’t fought since losing a decision to John
  
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