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• Dominick Reyes Calls Out OSP For UFC 228

  24-06-2018 23:42
  Dominick Reyes is calling for a bout with Ovince Saint Preux this September. Yesterday (June 23), Saint Preux went one-on-one with Tyson Pedro. Saint Preux looked to be on the verge of a first-round knockout loss. Instead, “OSP” weathered the storm and reversed a takedown. He ended up locking in an armbar to force the […]
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• Jose ‘Shorty’ Torres details dropping 26 pounds to hit flyweight on short notice

  24-06-2018 23:00
  From Mackenzie Dern missing weight by nearly an entire weight class, to Darren Till’s misadventure in his hometown of Liverpool, to Dana White saying the UFC will attempt to move their weigh-ins back to the old late-afternoon format instead of the early weigh-ins used over the past two years, the subject of weight-cutting has been front and center in recent weeks.
  Into that environment stepped Jose “Shorty” Torres, who had to drop 26 pounds in nine days ... as a flyweight.
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• Robert Whittaker Skeptical of Yoel Romero’s Quick Recovery from Difficult Weight Cut at UFC 225

  24-06-2018 22:28 via sherdog.com
  It’s been about two weeks since Robert Whittaker defeated Yoel Romero via split decision in a memorable five-round battle bout at UFC 225, but he still has some questions regarding how the Cuban wrestler was able to recover so quickly from what appeared to be a grueling weight cut.
  
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• Chris Honeycutt vs. Leo Leite Added to Bellator 202 Lineup on July 13 in Oklahoma

  24-06-2018 22:14 via sherdog.com
  A middleweight showdown pitting Chris Honeycutt against Leo Leite has been added to the
  Bellator 202 lineup.
  
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• Claudia Gadelha: Carla Esparza is Making Excuses For UFC 225 Loss

  24-06-2018 22:03
  Claudia Gadelha believes Carla Esparza isn’t owning up to her UFC 225 loss. Earlier this month, Gadelha vs. Esparza was featured on the FOX Sports 1 preliminary portion of UFC 225. The event was held inside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Gadelha earned a split decision victory. Esparza claimed that Gadelha was slippery and […]
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• Chris Weidman confident he could finish Whittaker: ‘That’s a guy I match up really well against’

  24-06-2018 21:00
  Robert Whittaker wasn’t the only middleweight champion in the house at UFC 225.
  While current 185-pound champ Whittaker was battling Yoel Romero for five rounds in the main event, former titleholder Chris Weidman was in attendance at the United Center watching it all go down. Whittaker defeated Romero by split decision, an outcome that was favorable for Weidman’s path to a title shot given that the New Yorker has a loss to Romero on his record.
  Weidman and Whittaker have never fough
  
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• Khabib Nurmagomedov Reveals the UFC is ‘Working on’ Fight Against Conor McGregor

  24-06-2018 20:34
  Khabib Nurmagomedov definitely plans on defending his UFC lightweight title in 2018 and the most likely opponent remains former champion Conor McGregor. Over the weekend, Nurmagomedov did a live chat with fans on Instagram where he revealed the current plans in the works for a showdown with McGregor later this year. Previously, Nurmagomedov had mentioned […]
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• Ovince Saint Preux Wants Rematch With Jimi Manuwa

  24-06-2018 20:24
  Ovince Saint Preux wouldn’t mind running it back with Jimi Manuwa. Yesterday (June 23), Saint Preux took on Tyson Pedro in the co-main event of UFC Singapore. Things looked shaky for “OSP” early as he was rocked with a head kick and a punch. With his back against the wall, Saint Preux reversed a takedown […]
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• Michael Bisping Will Not Campaign For UFC Hall Of Fame

  24-06-2018 19:11
  Michael Bisping is an icon in MMA. The British star, who retired recently, has been seen as a true great of the sport not only in the U.K but in the sport worldwide. Many fans would agree that his career is worthy of a Hall of Fame spot. Bisping began his career on The Ultimate […]
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• The Weekly Grind: Tai Tuivasa does shoey at club, Tyron Woodley, Darren Till take shots at Colby Covington

  24-06-2018 19:00
  The life of a professional fighter isn’t all glitz and glamour.As if getting punched, kicked, kneed, choked and twisted into a pretzel on a regular basis isn’t enough, fighters attract a general wackiness that makes their lives, well...interesting.
  To commemorate these day-to-day hardships, slip-ups, pranks, and more, we bring you, “The Weekly Grind.”We WINNING at life ✊win lose or draw we USOs and we fukin party haaaard #workhardplayhard #esshaayyy #FTA #rideordie
  
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• Dustin Poirier: Alvarez Is Most Dangerous When He’s Cornered

  24-06-2018 18:52
  Following continual squabbling over social media, accusations of ducking and insults, Dustin Poirier and Eddie Alvarez are now only weeks away from their hotly anticipated rematch at UFC on FOX in Calgary, Canada. Poirier has been continually goading his opponent at every chance he has been given, although, he is fully aware that things will […]
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• Colby Covington: Woodley Knows I’m The Real World Champ

  24-06-2018 18:22
  Colby Covington says Tyron Woodley concedes that the real champ is “Chaos.” Earlier this month, Covington took on former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title holder Rafael dos Anjos. The bout was contested for the interim welterweight gold. Covington vs. dos Anjos served as UFC 225’s co-main event. After five rounds of action, Covington was […]
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• Dustin Poirier: Eddie Alvarez most ‘dangerous’ when he’s ‘cornered’

  24-06-2018 18:00
  After a year’s worth of back-and-forth, bluster, and accusations of lies, Dustin Poirier and Eddie Alvarez have finally signed to meet in what is going to be one of the UFC’s most hotly anticipated rematches in quite some time.
  While Poirier had his fun taking jabs at Alvarez along the way, he understands that with the two set to tangle at UFC on FOX 30 in Calgary on July 28, things are about to get serious. And he’s not about to take Alvarez lightly.
  “He’s a dange
  
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• Leon Edwards Seals Status as Welterweight Title Contender

  24-06-2018 17:35
  Add one more name to the list of welterweight title contenders. Following a unanimous-decision victory over Donald Cerrone in the main event of UFC Fight Night 132, which took place early Saturday morning in Kallang, Singapore, Leon Edwards is now a bonafide title contender at 170lbs. The Jamaican-born Brit has won six-straight fights and is […]
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• The UFC Performance Institute wants to curtail extreme weight cutting, but answers are hard to come by

  24-06-2018 17:00
  LAS VEGAS — The UFC Performance Institute published an impressive, 80-page analysis this week. It’s filled with numbers, graphs and charts, covering everything from methods to winning UFC fights to injury prevention to nutrition.
  What’s not in the one-year-old Performance Institute’s study is a cure for MMA’s weight-cutting epidemic. That’s because there’s no true, fool-proof answer and still much research to be done, Performance Institute executives sa
  
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• Colby Covington to Tyron Woodley: ‘I’m sending you to sleep for good’

  24-06-2018 16:00
  Colby Covington has done everything in his power to earn a title shot against Tyron Woodley. He’s now holding a gold belt of his own, after beating Rafael dos Anjos to win the interim welterweight strap at UFC 225 last weekend.
  That does not mean, however, that Covington is going to take his foot off the gas when it comes to running Woodley down verbally. Despite there being no other direction to go in the 170-pound division besides Woodley vs. Covington, “Chaos” took it to Wo
  
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• After McGregor bus attack and infant son’s hospitalization, Ray Borg plots welcome comeback

  24-06-2018 15:00
  The first thing worth knowing is that Ray Borg has no anger in his heart. For someone who has had so much turmoil in his young life, that is saying something. That is almost a miracle.
  And it’s precisely because of his little miracle that he can say that.
  Anthony Borg, born three weeks prematurely on March 27, only to be diagnosed with hydrocephalus and spend 60 days in the hospital, is improving. He is strong and growing, and in his most recent check-up, his specialists liked what they s
  
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• UFC Singapore Reebok Payouts: Donald Cerrone Tops List

  24-06-2018 14:48
  UFC Singapore is in the books, and now it’s time for Reebok to pay the fighters their sponsorship money. UFC Singapore (UFC Fight Night 132) took place on Saturday, June 23, 2018 in Kallang, Singapore at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The main card aired on the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 8 a.m. […]
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• Arnold Allen recalls being warned off steroids by strongman father as a child

  24-06-2018 05:00
  Arnold Allen used his recent post-fight interview at UFC Liverpool to poke some fun at his father — and he doesn’t regret it one bit.Although some people took exception to his comments about his former strongman father “injecting since I was a baby,” Allen insisted that his father’s history with PEDs has always been a source of humor within the family’s household.Despite some negative reactions, “Almighty” didn’t lament having a laugh at his
  
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• Michael Bisping looks back on favorite moments from his UFC career

  24-06-2018 03:00
  Michael Bisping walked away from mixed martial arts as the owner of one of the most decorated and well-traveled careers in UFC history, but there’s still one moment that stands above all others for the 14-year veteran: His stunning UFC 199 victory over Luke Rockhold.
  Stamped as an overwhelming betting underdog, Bisping accepted the fight against Rockhold on little more than two weeks notice in June 2016 and promptly delivered one of the biggest upsets in the history of the sport, knocking
  
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• Jorge Masvidal Accepts Leon Edwards’s Challenge

  24-06-2018 01:39
  Saturday at UFC Fight Night 132, Leon Edwards earned the biggest victory of his career when he earned a unanimous decision victory over the legendary Donald “Cowboy Cerrone” and already had a name in mind in whom he wanted to fight next: “I was going on the rankings, and everyone else was matched up. Masvidal, […]
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• ONE champ Angela Lee calls car accident ‘a restart button’ for her fighting career

  24-06-2018 01:00
  Angela Lee’s third defense of her title was anything but routine.
  It had been almost a full year since Lee last competed prior to her rematch with Mei Yamaguchi at ONE Championship: Unstoppable Dreams on May 18. Lee won the inaugural ONE 115-pound (classified as “atomweight” by the organization) title in an exciting five-round bout with Yamaguchi in May 2016 and successfully fended off two challengers en route to a second fight with her Japanese rival.
  Lee-Yamaguchi II was ori
  
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• Curtis Blaydes Wants Francis Ngannou If He Doesn’t Get Title Shot

  24-06-2018 00:29
  Curtis Blaydes has seen his career propel in recent months. His recent third-round knockout of MMA legend Alistair Overeem has launched Blaydes into the title picture. Following his impressive victory, Blaydes clamored for a title shot, although, there is another bout he’d consider in the meantime. Blaydes has declared that if he is not given […]
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