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• Did UFC 225 Do Better than 150,000 Buys? Totals Are In

  19-06-2018 23:49
  The estimated buys for UFC 225 is now available, as Dave Meltzer reports that the event pulled in approximately 250,000 purchases for the pay per view headlined by Robert Whittaker in a non-title bout against Yoel Romero. A premature Los Angeles Times report had the show at less than 150,000 buys, which then circulated to […]
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• Woodley Claims Jon Jones Reached Out to Him Ahead of Covington Bout

  19-06-2018 23:40
  Tyron Woodley has revealed that Jon Jones offered him assistance. Woodley is the reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title holder. “The Chosen One” is set for a title unification bout against Colby Covington. “Chaos” captured the interim welterweight gold when he defeated Rafael dos Anjos via unanimous decision earlier this month at UFC 225. […]
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• MMA Fighting Archives: Bellator 138, featuring Kimbo Slice vs. Ken Shamrock

  19-06-2018 23:36
  Take a look back into the MMA Fighting Archives for the fight between Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock at Bellator 138 from June 19, 2015. Slice and Shamrock were both returning to MMA after five-year absences.
  
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• Michael Page Believes David Haye May Entertain MMA Bout

  19-06-2018 23:04
  David Haye officially retired from the boxing ring recently. The British star was a cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, though, he saw the latter end of his career plagued by injuries. However, according to Bellator ace Michael “Venom” Page, Haye would consider jumping into the cage if he can avoid injuries. Page, who is represented by […]
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• Manager: ‘Jacare’ Souza not interested in David Branch fight

  19-06-2018 23:00
  The UFC was planning on booking Ronaldo Souza vs. David Branch for the upcoming UFC Sao Paulo event in Brazil on Sept. 22, possibly as the main event, but the fight is unlikely to happen now.
  Branch has been vocal on Twitter over the past few days, accusing “Jacare” of turning down the offer.
  Officially we were being told by the ufc the man who calls himself the alligator has been neutered @JacareMMA has declined to fight in his Homeland.— David Branch (@DavidcBranchMMA) June
  
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• David Branch Says ‘Jacare’ Souza Declined Bout at Upcoming UFC Event in Brazil

  19-06-2018 22:51 via sherdog.com
  It appears that David Branch is still on the hunt for his next opponent in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
  
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• David Branch Claims ‘Jacare’ Turned Down Fight Against Him in UFC’s Return to Brazil

  19-06-2018 21:51
  David Branch is looking for a new opponent. The former two-division World Series of Fighting Champion had revealed just recently that he was offered a fight against Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza for the UFC’s rumored return to Sao Paulo, Brazil in September. Now according to Branch, he’s in need of a new opponent after stating on […]
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• Khabib Nurmagomedov Expects Next Fight to Be in Vegas, Vows to ‘Destroy’ Conor McGregor

  19-06-2018 21:38 via sherdog.com
  Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn’t yet have a date or foe for his first UFC lightweight title defense, but signs are pointing toward Conor McGregor being his next dance partner in the Octagon.
  
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• Israel Adesanya Calls Out Paulo Costa vs. Uriah Hall Winner

  19-06-2018 21:24
  Israel Adesanya already knows who he wants to clash with next after his upcoming fight against Brad Tavares at The Ultimate Fighter Season 27 Finale (TUF 27 Finale). Last month Adesanya had already predicted that his next opponent could be the winner of the fight between Uriah Hall and Paulo Thiago. Despite not looking past Tavares, […]
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• Bellator Signs Undefeated Six-Foot-Eight Heavyweight Prospect

  19-06-2018 21:03
  Bellator’s heavyweight division just gained a huge new prospect – literally. MMA Junkie is reporting that the mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion has signed 6-foot-8 heavyweight Steven Mowry to a multi-fight deal. His MMA record sits at 4-0 and his latest social media post shows him signing his Bellator contract: “Proud to announce that I’ve signed with @bellatormma As […]
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• Tyron Woodley reveals offer he got from Jon Jones for upcoming Colby Covington fight

  19-06-2018 21:00
  Colby Covington has made plenty of enemies during his controversial rise to the interim welterweight belt. Chief among those enemies is a man widely considered to be one of the greatest fighters of all-time: Covington’s former college roommate Jon Jones.
  Jones and Covington have sparred on social media multiple times over the past year, the latest instance of which occurred right before UFC 225, when Jones fired off a pair of tweets in support of Covington’s opponent Rafael dos Anjo
  
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• Khabib Vows To “Destory” Conor McGregor

  19-06-2018 20:46
  UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov would love to get his hands on Conor McGregor next, and he might just get the opportunity to do so. The Eagle won the 155-pound strap back in April at UFC 223 when he defeated Al Iaquinta for the vacant title. UFC President Dana White has noted that a fight […]
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• Jake Ellenberger: I’m Not Done Fighting

  19-06-2018 20:20
  Jake Ellenberger has lost three-straight inside the UFC’s Octagon at the age of 33, but that doesn’t mean that he’s considering retirement anytime soon. This past June Ellenberger suffered a first round TKO loss to Ben Saunders, almost a year after being rendered unconscious by Mike Perry with a nasty elbow. Despite the loss, Ellenberger […]
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• Contender Series headliner Yazan Hajeh looks to become first Palestine-born UFC fighter

  19-06-2018 20:00
  Should Yazan Hajeh achieve his personal goal of earning a UFC contract, he’ll end up making history as well.
  Hajeh headlines week two of the second season of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series in a featherweight bout against Matt Sayles in Las Vegas. With the boss taking a front row seat for the fights, Hajeh could see himself making a deal with White at the end of the night.
  That would make Hajeh, a native of Bethlehem, the first fighter born in Palestine to be signed to t
  
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• Colby Covington Claims He ‘Melted’ Tyron Woodley During Past Training Sessions

  19-06-2018 19:53
  There’s an old adage that says ‘the truth lies somewhere in the middle’ and that’s probably the best approach to take when hearing Colby Covington and Tyron Woodley talk about their past training sessions together. The bitter welterweight rivals, who will square off later this year, have been sniping back and forth at each other […]
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• Curtis Blaydes Reveals Target Date for Stipe Miocic Fight

  19-06-2018 19:19
  Curtis Blaydes has a certain date in mind for a showdown with UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic. Blaydes is coming off the biggest win thus far in his pro-MMA career when he scored a KO over former title contender Alistair Overeem on the preliminary portion of the UFC 225 pay-per-view event at the United Center […]
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• Feature film about UFC formation focusing on Rorion Gracie set 

  19-06-2018 19:00
  The incredible tale about the formation and launch of the UFC will be told on the big screen.
  Mandalay Sports Media has set a feature film about the beginning of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and the influence of co-founder Rorion Gracie, MMA Fighting confirmed Monday. Deadline was the first to report the news. Mandalay Sports Media will fund the film via its joint venture with IMG, a subsidiary of Endeavor, the same company that owns the UFC, Deadline reported.
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• Michael Bisping Has Some Advice For Greg Hardy

  19-06-2018 18:48
  Michael Bisping has shared some advice with Greg Hardy. Hardy competed on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series last week. Despite being an underdog, Hardy knocked out Austen Lane in under one minute. The performance earned Hardy a developmental Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) contract. Hardy’s knockout victory over Lane was his first professional mixed martial […]
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• Conor McGregor Striking Coach Claims Nurmagomedov Fight is ‘Brewing Up Nicely’

  19-06-2018 18:39 via sherdog.com
  If one of Conor McGregor’s coaches is to be believed, things are gradually progressing toward a showdown with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
  
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• Report: UFC 225 Estimated at 250,000 Pay-Per-View Buys

  19-06-2018 17:58 via sherdog.com
  Despite being one of the promotion’s deeper cards of 2018, it doesn’t appear that UFC 225 was a massive pay-per-view success.
  
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• Brock Lesnar Getting UFC Title Shot Isn’t Fair, But It Makes Sense

  19-06-2018 17:44
  We’re just a few weeks away from the biggest MMA card of the summer. UFC 226 takes place Saturday, July 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the card is headlined by a superfight pitting UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic putting his belt on the line against UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. […]
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• Top Contender Confident About Getting Title Shot Over Holly Holm

  19-06-2018 17:36
  The battle of who gets the next title shot in the UFC women’s bantamweight division continues to heat up. This situation no longer just involves former champion Holly Holm. This is according to top contender Ketlen Vieira, who is currently ranked second in the division when looking at the official UFC rankings. Now, with us […]
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• UFC Singapore: Cerrone vs. Edwards Preview

  19-06-2018 17:35
  The UFC returns to with a new event this weekend with their upcoming UFC Singapore show. UFC Singapore (UFC Fight Night 132) is set to take place on Saturday, June 23, 2018 in Kallang, Singapore at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The main card will air on the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 8 […]
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• Dana White’s Contender Series ‘Season 2, Week 2’ Play-by-Play & Results

  19-06-2018 17:27 via sherdog.com
  Sherdog's live Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series play-by-play kicks off at 8 p.m. ET.
  
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• UFC 225’s estimated pay-per-view numbers are in

  19-06-2018 17:00
  UFC 225, a show that was supposed to feature two title matches, is currently estimated at doing about 250,000 buys on pay-per-view.
  The number has been the subject of controversy over the past several days because of a Los Angeles Times original report that listed an industry official saying the show did less than 150,000 buys.
  That number would have been considered low, and perhaps shockingly so for the event, although the two title matches didn’t feature any fighter with a drawing histo
  
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• Manager: Khabib Doesn’t Think Conor McGregor Deserves Title Shot

  19-06-2018 16:53
  It looks like Khabib Nurmagomedov’s team is playing mind games with Conor McGregor. It’s no secret that the bout most mixed martial arts fans are looking forward to is one between Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title holder Nurmagomedov and McGregor. Nurmagomedov captured 155-pound gold when he defeated Al Iaquinta via unanimous decision back in […]
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• Leon Edwards Believes He’s Part of Youth Movement in UFC Welterweight Division

  19-06-2018 15:33 via sherdog.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight Leon Edwards is set to take on Donald Cerrone this weekend at UFC Singapore and believes a big win over the veteran could propel him
  
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• Al Iaquinta Preparing for ‘Absolute Hell’ Against Justin Gaethje at UFC Lincoln

  19-06-2018 15:27 via sherdog.com
  Fight fans rejoiced when the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced that lightweights Al Iaquinta and Justin Gaethje would lock horns at UFC Lincoln on Aug. 25.
  
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• Yoel Romero: I ‘Destroyed’ Robert Whittaker the Last Three Rounds at UFC 225

  19-06-2018 15:06 via sherdog.com
  For five rounds at UFC 225, middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and No. 1middleweight contender Yoel Romero engaged in what many agree is now a “Fight Of The Year” candidate. The fighters went back and forth for 25 minutes, ultimately ending in a controversial victory for Whittaker via split decision.
  
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• Ketlen Vieira feeling ‘fooled’ by Amanda Nunes, confident she’s next in line for UFC belt

  19-06-2018 15:00
  “Ketlen Vieira is definitely next, and I will be ready.”
  Amanda Nunes’ words, moments after defeating Raquel Pennington in the main event of UFC 224 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 12, won’t be forgotten by Vieira. A month after hearing the UFC bantamweight queen say she was the next in line, Vieira now worries that Holly Holm might leapfrog her and get a title shot.
  Holm bounced back to the winning column with a win over Megan Anderson in a featherweight bout at UFC 2
  
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• Morning Report: Conor McGregor’s coach Owen Roddy thinks fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov ‘is building’

  19-06-2018 14:00
  At UFC 205, Conor McGregor became the first man in history to hold two UFC titles simultaneously when he knocked out Eddie Alvarez to claim the lightweight strap. Earlier that evening, undefeated lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov beat down Michael Johnson before submitting him with a kimura and then got on the microphone and called out “Dana White’s chicken” for a fight for the belt. Now, almost two years later, we may finally be getting that fight.
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• Yan entering UFC at 'perfect time'

  19-06-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  The buzz has been building about Petr Yan for a while now, and it’s only going to get louder as the time ticks down to the Russian bantamweight’s UFC debut against Teruto Ishihara on Saturday. And though Yan has heard all about the first-time UFC jitters, the 25-year-old is calm, cool and collected at the moment.“I don't really have any nerves right now but, of course, closer to the date it may start bothering me,” said Yan through a translator. “I will focus on not
  
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• Unfiltered Episode 206: Michael Chiesa

  19-06-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  #9 UFC Lightweight Michael "Maverick" Chiesa calls in and discusses his UFC 226 bout against Anthony Pettis, getting over the controversial loss to Kevin Lee, Conor McGregor and UFC 223, wanting to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov, who should be next in line for the Lightweight title, doing analyst work, Stipe vs. DC, and more. Plus, the guys talk about Chris Weidman and Kelvin Gastelum going back-and-forth on Twitter, a hypothetical Jon Jones vs. Brock Lesnar fight, Justin Gaethje vs. Al Iaquinta, and
  
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• Historic night for UFC hopefuls on Week 2 of DWTNCS

  19-06-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Fresh off an entertaining start to its second season, the action on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series continued this week with a loaded collection of contests that left everyone in attendance at the Ultimate Fighter Gym and those watching on UFC FIGHT PASS thoroughly entertained.All five bouts ended inside the distance, with only two of the bouts escaping the first round, making it far more difficult for UFC President White to make his contract decisions than it was in Week 1.For
  
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• Fight Night Singapore: Fantasy Cheat Sheet

  19-06-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  The UFC will embark on a return to Singapore this weekend with a welterweight showdown in the main event pitting the always-exciting Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone against fast rising British star Leon Edwards.Edwards has been calling for a marquee fight for some time now and he got his wish against another top 15 opponent in Cerrone.Cerrone is fresh off an impressive TKO victory in his most recent fight against Yancy Medeiros and he'll look to build on that win as he returns to action on Saturday.In t
  
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• Eye: 'I know what lane I'm supposed to be in'

  19-06-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  LIVE w/ Jessica "Evil" Eye ahead of #UFCSingapore! Ask her anythingPosted by UFC on Tuesday, 19 June 2018It's fight week here in Singapore, and in the midst of her final preparations for her main card bout with Jessica-Rose Clark, Jessica Eye sat down to do a Facebook Live session and answer your questions.Asked about what she perceived as her weakness, Eye reflected back to her time in the UFC women's bantamweight division, where she came out on the wrong side of close fights with the murderer'
  
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• UFC Fight Night Boise Update: Niko Price Announces Fight with Randy Brown on Social Media

  19-06-2018 04:18 via sherdog.com
  The UFC Fight Night 133 lineup will apparently expand to 14 bouts, as Niko Price will square off against Randy Brown in a welterweight clash on July 14.
  
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• UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber Posts Video of Injured Foot After Accident in Singapore

  19-06-2018 04:03 via sherdog.com
  Fight week has not gotten of to the best of starts for UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber.
  
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• Bobby Green on Clay Guida: He’s Probably Icing His Coochy

  19-06-2018 03:23
  Bobby Green isn’t mincing words. Green was set to take on Clay Guida earlier this month. The bout was scheduled to take place inside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. It would’ve taken place on the preliminary portion of UFC 225. “King” was forced off the card due to an injury. Charles Oliveira stepped up […]
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• Ronda Rousey goes berserk in WWE segment, ‘attacks’ Kurt Angle, Alexa Bliss

  19-06-2018 03:05
  Well, we knew the real-life Ronda Rousey doesn’t like to lose. Her WWE character apparently doesn’t, either.
  Rousey went berserk Monday in a WWE Raw segment, using a judo toss on Kurt Angle and throwing women’s champion Alexa Bliss threw a table. She also hit both with a briefcase multiple times and attacked some referees. Rousey’s character was very upset about getting screwed by Bliss out of a potential title win Sunday night at Money in the Bank.
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• Urijah Faber posts image of injured foot after incident in Singapore

  19-06-2018 02:00
  Urijah Faber’s trip to Singapore got off to an interesting start.
  The UFC Hall of Famer and former WEC featherweight champion is in the island nation on UFC Singapore fight week, and, well, things got off on the wrong foot.
  Faber posted a video Instagram on Monday, showing off a swollen left foot, injuries apparently suffered when his foot was run over by a car.“Warm welcome to Singapore, first day here and get run over by the only car in the road #strange” Faber wrote.
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• Zak Ottow Says He’ll Expose Sage Northcutt at UFC Boise

  19-06-2018 01:36
  Zak Ottow claims Sage Northcutt will have no answer for him. Earlier today (June 18) the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced that Ottow vs. Northcutt is on for UFC Boise on July 14. This will be Northcutt’s return to welterweight after having back-to-back bouts in the 155-pound division. Under the UFC banner, Northcutt is 0-2 […]
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• UFC Performance Institute recommends fighters stay within 10 percent of weight class on fight night

  19-06-2018 00:00
  The UFC Performance Institute is recommending fighters stay within 10 percent of their weight class on fight night, per an expansive analysis by the facility released Monday.
  In addition, the detailed study states that no more than 1.5 percent of an athlete’s body weight can be lost per week from only body fat, so any drop in weight “should plan to be less severe” in order to lose fat and not muscle. The recommendation is that fighters should be losing no more than two to thre
  
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