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• Cage Warriors 94 results: Ilia Topuria upsets Brian Bouland with first-round submission win

  16-06-2018 23:38
  Undefeated Ilia Topuria silenced the Antwerp crowd when he put Brian Bouland to sleep with an anaconda choke in the first round of their main event clash at Cage Warriors 94 on Saturday night.The bout was to be contested for the bantamweight title. Yet, promotional newcomer Topuria lost the right to fight for the title when he came in nearly five pounds over championship weight at 139.5.
  Early in the opening round, Topuria took Bouland’s back as he looked to escape from the bottom after g
  
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• Kayla Harrison says MMA helped her deal with post-judo ‘depression’

  16-06-2018 23:00
  NEW YORK CITY — Kayla Harrison speaks to the media at PFL 1 about the PFL format and scoring system, her upcoming MMA debut at PFL 2, her teammate Colby Covington’s antics and persona, the state of women’s MMA, and much more.
  
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• Stephen Thompson Not Happy With Darren Till’s Rankings Spot

  16-06-2018 22:43
  Stephen Thompson questions why Darren Till has shot up the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight rankings despite missing weight. Thompson and Till did battle inside the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England last month. The bout served as UFC Liverpool’s main event. Till took a controversial unanimous decision victory. Many felt Thompson won the fight, which […]
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• Al Iaquinta readying for a ‘round-and-a-half of absolute hell’ against Justin Gaethje

  16-06-2018 22:00
  After a slight bump in the road due to negotiations, Al Iaquinta is set to return to the cage Aug. 25 when he takes on fellow lightweight contender Justin Gaethje in the main event of UFC Lincoln. And after watching Gaethje string together three ridiculous ‘Fight of the Year’ contenders to kick off his Octagon career, Iaquina knows exactly what he is signing up for if he wants to defeat the former WSOF champion.
  “We got a tough task ahead of us,” Iaquinta said Monday on
  
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• Joe Schilling Making MMA Comeback For Financial Reasons

  16-06-2018 21:06
  Where money talks, Joe Schilling walks. Schilling has made a name for himself in the world of kickboxing. He is the 2013 Glory middleweight tournament champion. He’s currently riding a four-fight winning streak in kickboxing. While things seem to be going smoothly for Schilling, he feels it’s time to return to the cage. The last […]
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• Video: Angelo Rubino stops Maarten Wouters with brutal liver kick at Cage Warriors 94 

  16-06-2018 20:45
  Angelo Rubino scored a brutal liver kick knockout in the final minute of the first round of his welterweight bout with Maarten Wouters at Cage Warriors 94 in Antwerp, Belgium on Saturday night.Rubino was hit with a low shot in the first minute of the round but showcased his kicking arsenal for the remainder of the contest. After failing on flying knee attempt, the Italian connected with a beautifully timed liver shot that stopped the Belgian in his tracks.His fourth win in a row, Rubino improve
  
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• Urijah Faber and Dominick Cruz share the most memorable moments of their rivalry

  16-06-2018 20:00
  Longtime rivals Urijah Faber and Dominick Cruz buried the hatchet some time ago, but on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour, they also took a trip down memory lane.To close out the show, Faber and Cruz recounted their most memorable moments from the days they spent as enemies. Cruz began by remembering how he had to inform Faber that he had to pull out of one of their scheduled bouts — UFC 148 on the big-money Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen 2 pay-per-view — due to injury.“
  
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• Shevchenko Not Sold on Montano’s September Return

  16-06-2018 19:44
  Nicco Montano says she’s ready to compete in September, but Valentina Shevchenko isn’t sold. Montano is the current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s flyweight title holder. She captured UFC gold back in Dec. 2017. Montano defeated Roxanne Modafferi in the main event of “The Ultimate Fighter” 26 Finale. Shevchenko has emerged as a clear contender […]
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• Coach: I’m Expecting a Special Anthony Pettis at UFC 226

  16-06-2018 18:34
  Anthony Pettis’ coach believes his fighter will turn things around. On July 7, Pettis will go one-on-one with Michael Chiesa. The bout was supposed to take place back in April, but Chiesa sustained a cut as a result of Conor McGregor’s actions following a media day session. The bout was rescheduled for UFC 226. The […]
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• Holly Holm ‘wants my 135-pound title back,’ but is still weighing options

  16-06-2018 18:00
  Before UFC 225, the immediate path forward for women’s title fights seemed simple: Neither featherweight champion Cris Cyborg nor bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes had a clear-cut, top-drawing contender, so matching the two in a superfight appeared to be the logical next step.
  Then Holly Holm went out and ragdolled a larger opponent in former Invicta featherweight champion Megan Anderson at Chicago’s United Center, and all of a sudden, the only woman ever to hold both UFC and world bo
  
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• Claudia Gadelha to Undergo Knee Surgery

  16-06-2018 17:51
  Claudia Gadelha will be going under the knife. On June 9, Gadelha took on Carla Esparza. The bout was featured on the preliminary portion of UFC 225. The action took place inside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Gadelha ended up winning the bout via split decision. She has now gone 3-1 in her last […]
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• Featherweight prospect Jeremy Kennedy explains why he’s no longer on UFC roster

  16-06-2018 17:00
  Jeremy Kennedy was undefeated until his last fight, is just 25 years old and remains a top featherweight prospect out of Canada. So, it came as a surprise this week when news broke that the UFC veteran — who is 3-1 in that promotion — signed recently with Brave CF.Kennedy told MMA Fighting on Friday that his UFC contract expired following a loss to Alexander Volkanovski in February and, after a negotiation with matchmaker Sean Shelby, he was told that it would be a few months at lea
  
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• Tyron Woodley recalls sparring session with ‘complete buffoon’ Covington: ‘He ran off the mat basically crying’

  16-06-2018 16:15
  Listen to Colby Covington speak long enough and it’s likely you’ll hear a story about how he outclassed UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in the gym back when the two were training partners at American Top Team.
  It’s an anecdote that Covington, the new UFC interim welterweight champion, has repeated often over the past year in his pursuit of a matchup against Woodley. The way Covington tells it, he and Woodley were supposed to do five rounds of sparring at ATT, however W
  
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• ACB 88 results: Karol Celinski edges Luke Barnatt, Marcin Held scores debut submission win 

  16-06-2018 15:50
  Karol Celinski must have been surprised that UFC veteran Luke Barnatt made it to the final bell of their main event clash at ACB 88 in Brisbane on Saturday.The towering Englishman did well to rally after an uncomfortable five minutes in the opening round, but the judges felt it was “Cebula” who did enough to secure a light-heavyweight title shot after 15 minutes.Barnatt was rocked badly by a series of shots in the final two minutes of the first round. Celinski chased him down and la
  
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• Michael Page Scores KO in Second Boxing Bout

  16-06-2018 15:48
  Top Bellator MMA welterweight prospect Michael Page made his return to boxing. Page took on Poland’s Michal Ciach on June 15th at London’s York Hall. This fight was scheduled to be a four-round bout and placed on the undercard of a David Haye-promoted event. Page knocked Clach down once in the opening round. This led […]
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• Dana White & Matt Serra Get Involved in Pro-Wrestling Match With Jerry Lawler

  16-06-2018 15:48
  UFC President Dana White and former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra had some fun at a pro-wrestling show. It all went down on Friday night in Memphis, TN at an independent show that was called the Beale Street Brawl. They were at the show to film content for White’s Lookin’ for a Fight show that […]
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• Fightweets: Dana White blames everyone but himself for CM Punk fiasco

  16-06-2018 15:00
  It’s a rare quiet weekend on the MMA front. But last weekend gave us plenty to discuss, so let’s jump right into another edition of Fightweets.
  CM Punk-Mike Jackson fallout
  @OnlyForKoolKids: Putting clearly out of their depth pro wrestlers on a main card, giving title shots to fighters who failed to make weight, giving title shots heavyweights who score two flashy KOs against diminished opponents - how bad is Dana White for the UFC’s credibility?
  Wow, that’s a pretty har
  
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• Video: Dana White, Matt Serra get involved in pro-wrestling match in Memphis

  16-06-2018 06:38
  Maybe Dana White was inspired by his friend Ronda Rousey’s performance at WrestleMania.
  The UFC president got involved in some pro-wrestling hijinx during an independent show Friday night in Memphis. White and Matt Serra were at the event, called the Beale Street Brawl, to film White’s Lookin’ for a Fight show.
  In the clip, it appears like White and Serra — with the help of WWE and Memphis wrestling legend Jerry “The King Lawler” — helped wrestler Derri
  
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• Andre Ewell Brabo Choke Taps Dinis Paiva, Brings Vacant CES MMA Bantamweight Crown

  16-06-2018 05:59 via sherdog.com
  Andre Ewell made the most of the narrowest of openings.
  
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• Jorge Masvidal Eviscerates Neil Magny, Kamaru Usman While Looking for Fight

  16-06-2018 04:54 via sherdog.com
  Jorge Masvidal is having trouble getting a fight, and now “Gamebred” is targeting every Top 5 welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in order to get one.
  
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• Tyron Woodley Invites Colby Covington to The Hollywood Beatdown

  16-06-2018 03:39
  Tyron Woodley has extended an invitation for Colby Covington to appear on The Hollywood Program, the TMZ program that Woodley co-hosts, and he is calling Covington out by his conspicuous absence: “We invited him on the show, didn’t we?” Woodley rhetorically asked his co-host Evan Peters. “So what happened with that?” It did not take […]
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• Alexa Grasso vs. Angela Hill Planned For UFC Lincoln

  16-06-2018 03:24
  Alexa Grasso and Angela Hill are on a collision course headed for August. Sources confirmed to Damon Martin that verbal agreements are in place for Grasso vs. Hill at UFC Lincoln. Both strawweights are in the top 15 UFC 115-pound rankings, but a loss for either fighter could see her knocked off the rankings. In […]
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• Michael ‘Venom’ Page Scores Spectacular Knockout in Second Pro Boxing Bout

  16-06-2018 03:05 via sherdog.com
  Bellator MMA welterweight Michael Page had his second professional boxing match in his native London on Friday, and once again scored a knockout victory.
  
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• Claudia Gadelha headed to surgery after UFC 225 win over Carla Esparza

  16-06-2018 03:00
  Claudia Gadelha will have to go under the knife next week.
  The Brazilian strawweight scored a close split decision victory over Carla Esparza at last week’s UFC 225 in Chicago, bouncing back to the win column after taking a long break from the sport, and now has to have surgery to fix a knee injury.
  Knee surgery will be next week. Thank you for the real and loved ones!!— Claudia Gadelha (@ClaudiaGadelha_) June 14, 2018Speaking with MMA Fighting days after the victory, Gadelha reveal
  
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• TJ Dillashaw on Why Fight with Demetrious Johnson Wasn’t Made

  16-06-2018 02:00
  It is now common knowledge among the MMA Community whom TJ Dillashaw would be facing August 4th if he had his wish, and his name is not Cody Garbrandt. Of course, as a competitor of the highest rank, Dillashaw will shift his focus exclusively to Garbrandt now that the deal is done and the date […]
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• UFC Attorney Denies Low Figures For UFC 225’s PPV Buy Rate

  16-06-2018 01:31 via sherdog.com
  UFC 225 featured two title fights and several big names, but initial reports regarding its pay-per-view buy rate were still alarmingly low.
  
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• M-1 Challenge 94 Video: Artem Damkovsky Breaks Arm in Failed Title Bid

  16-06-2018 01:19 via sherdog.com
  European mixed martial arts promotion M-1 Global hosted M-1 Challenge 94 Friday in Orenburg, Russia, and had an unusual end to proceedings in the main event.
  
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• Chris Weidman, Kelvin Gastelum Trade Words Over Next Title Shot

  16-06-2018 01:04 via sherdog.com
  Now that Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight king Robert Whittaker has defeated Yoel Romero for the second time at UFC 225, the remaining Top-5 middleweights are jockeying for position to secure the next title shot.
  
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• T.J. Dillashaw explains why he’s fighting Cody Garbrandt, not Demetrious Johnson

  16-06-2018 01:00
  LOS ANGELES — T.J. Dillashaw wanted to move down to face UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson in a superfight next. The bantamweight champion said it over and over again earlier this year.
  Dillashaw wanted it, UFC president Dana White wanted it, MMA fans loved the idea and Johnson himself even said he was interested.
  Yet, after all of that, it’s not going to happen. At least not this summer.Dillashaw will defend his 135-pound title against Cody Garbrandt at UFC 227 on Aug. 4 in
  
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• UFC Attorney Denies Reported UFC 225 Buyrate

  16-06-2018 00:54
  An Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) attorney denies the reported UFC 225 buyrate. UFC 225 took place on June 9 inside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The event was headlined by a non-title middleweight bout between champion Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero. The bout wasn’t contested for a championship because Romero missed weight. Whittaker ended […]
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• Video: T.J. Dillashaw UFC 227 media lunch scrum

  16-06-2018 00:45
  LOS ANGELES — At a UFC 227 media lunch, UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw discusses his upcoming opponent Cody Garbrandt, Demetrious Johnson, weight cuts, and much more.
  
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