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• Bellator 203 Results: Patricio Freire vs. Daniel Weichel

  14-07-2018 23:37
  Bellator 203 goes down tonight (July 14). The event will be held inside Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. In the main event, Patricio Freire will defend his Bellator featherweight title against Daniel Weichel. The two met back in June 2015. Just when it looked like Freire was in trouble, he knocked out Weichel in the second round. Also […]
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• UFC Boise Results: Dos Santos Bests Ivanov After Five Rounds

  14-07-2018 23:00
  Tonight (Sat. July 14, 2018) the UFC is in Boise, Idaho from the CenturyLink Arena to host UFC Fight Night 133. Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos defeated former World Series Of Fighting (WSOF) heavyweight champion Blagoy Ivanov in the main event to welcome the Bulgarian to the promotion. The co-main event featured a […]
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• Bellator 203 Results: Freire vs. Weichel

  14-07-2018 23:00
  MMA Fighting has Bellator 203 results for the Freire vs. Weichel fight card Saturday night at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
  In the main event, Bellator featherweight champion Patricio Freire will defend his title against Daniel Weichel.
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  Main card (Paramount at 8 p.m. ET)
  Patricio Freire vs. Daniel Weichel
  Alessio Sakara vs. Jamie Sloane
  Andrey Koreshkov vs. Vaso Bakocevic
  Will Fleury vs. Alen Amedovski
  Maxim Radu vs. Simone La Preziosa
  Simone D’Ann
  
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• Bellator 203 Results: Patricio Freire Retains Title in Split Nod

  14-07-2018 22:59
  UPDATE: Bellator 203 has wrapped up and Patricio Freire successfully retained his featherweight championship. Bellator 203 goes down tonight (July 14). The event will be held inside Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. In the main event, Patricio Freire will defend his Bellator featherweight title against Daniel Weichel. The two met back in June 2015. Just when it looked […]
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• At long last, Raoni Barcelos debuts in the UFC after roller-coaster of emotions

  14-07-2018 22:00
  Raoni Barcelos has finally arrived.
  The former RFA featherweight champion signed with the UFC back in 2017, but it took a while before he finally entered his first UFC fight week. Now set to debut against Kurt Holobaugh at Saturday’s UFC Boise card, Barcelos wants to show it was worth the wait.
  Barcelos experienced a roller-coaster of emotions over the past 12 months. After successfully defending his RFA belt for a second time in 2016, Barcelo first had his subsequent LFA bout cancelled,
  
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• Alexander Gustafsson Thinks Daniel Cormier Performs Better at Heavyweight

  14-07-2018 21:14
  Alexander Gustafsson believes the peak version of Daniel Cormier is at heavyweight. Cormier captured the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight title at UFC 226. He knocked out Stipe Miocic in the first round to become a two-division champion. “DC” was already the light heavyweight title holder. Gustafsson and Cormier have certainly had their differences. Gustafsson […]
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• Blagoi Ivanov relishing UFC debut against ‘one of the greatest’ Junior dos Santos

  14-07-2018 21:00
  Blagoi Ivanov will make his long-awaited Octagon debut this weekend when he meets former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos at UFC Boise.
  While it may seem like a big test for a debuting heavyweight, Ivanov couldn’t be happier with the opportunity to face one of his most revered peers. And that’s not all too surprising when you know the Bulgarian has beaten Fedor Emelianenko in his field of expertise, sambo, and has also survived a life-threatening stabbing.The former WSOF champ
  
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• ‘TUF: Smashes’ Winner, UFC Veteran Norman Parke Inks Exclusive Deal with Bellator MMA

  14-07-2018 20:44 via sherdog.com
  Nine-time UFC veteran Norman Parke has signed an exclusive, multi-fight contract with Bellator MMA.
  
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• Joanne Calderwood to Face Kalindra Faria at UFC Fight Night Omaha on Aug. 25

  14-07-2018 20:23 via sherdog.com
  Joanne Calderwood will lock horns with Kalindra Faria in a flyweight contest at UFC Fight Night 135.
  
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• Alexander Volkanovski on Darren Elkins: ‘If he’s as durable as they say he is, he’s in trouble’

  14-07-2018 20:00
  Alexander Volkanovski didn’t mind sitting on the sidelines for a ranked opponent and a U.S. debut on the back of four consecutive wins in as many tests in the UFC’s Octagon.Fortunately, a call eventually came through to gauge his interest in a bout with No. 10-ranked featherweight Darren Elkins, and “The Great” didn’t think twice about accepting it.“I was waiting for an opportunity like this to present itself to face a ranked opponent in the U.S.,” Volk
  
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• Cris Cyborg Says Showdown With Amanda Nunes Could be Last UFC Bout

  14-07-2018 19:59
  Cris Cyborg may be done with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) after her planned “super fight” with Amanda Nunes. Cyborg is the reigning UFC women’s featherweight champion. She defeated Tonya Evinger to capture the gold back in July 2017 at UFC 214. She’s gone on to have successful title defenses against Holly Holm and Yana […]
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• Zak Ottow: It will be ‘back to the drawing board’ for Sage Northcutt after UFC Boise

  14-07-2018 19:00
  For the first time since joining the UFC, Zak Ottow will be heading into a bout as the more experienced fighter. Coming off of a win against Mike Pyle, an MMA lifer who began his career in 1999, Ottow’s matchup this weekend couldn’t be cut from a more different cloth.
  Ottow meets 22-year-old Sage Northcutt in the welterweight co-main event of UFC Boise at the CenturyLink Arena on Friday. The pairing is somewhat of a curious one given that Northcutt is 0-2 competing at 170 pounds and
  
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• UFC Boise Predictions: Can Junior dos Santos Return to Form?

  14-07-2018 18:28
  The time has finally arrived for UFC Boise. Tonight (July 14), UFC Boise will be held inside the CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho. This marks the UFC’s first trip to Boise. In the main event, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos will do battle with former World Series of Fighting heavyweight title holder Blagoy Ivanov. “Super” Sage […]
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• Neiman Gracie is Sticking With Bellator

  14-07-2018 18:03
  Undefeated Neiman Gracie is looking to take on the top tier welterweights over at Bellator. It was reported this week that Gracie has resigned a long-term contract and he has every intention of continuing his streak at welterweight after his win over Javier Torres at Bellator 198. MMA Fighting reported earlier this week that Gracie […]
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• Alexander Gustafsson: Daniel Cormier is ‘better at heavyweight’ 

  14-07-2018 18:00
  Alexander Gustafsson wasn’t too impressed with Daniel Cormier’s comments regarding him following Cormier’s heavyweight title capture at UFC 226.Be that as it may, “The Mauler” also couldn’t help but heap praise on the newly crowned double-champ for his historic knockout win over Stipe Miocic.
  “He did great. I’m impressed. I was impressed by the way he finished Stipe and how he won the fight. I’m very impressed by the guy, he did great,&rdquo
  
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• Bellator 202 Video Highlights: Former Champion Suffers Nasty Ankle Injury

  14-07-2018 17:11
  Bellator 202 didn’t end well for Eduardo Dantas. Last night (July 13), Bellator 202 took place inside the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. In the main event, Julia Budd defended her women’s featherweight title against Talita Nogueira. The co-main event saw former Bellator bantamweight title holder Eduardo Dantas go one-on-one with Michael McDonald. Budd was too overwhelming […]
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• Focused on UFC Boise, Jessica Aguilar says she’s letting attorneys deal with NYSAC mess

  14-07-2018 17:00
  Jessica Aguilar was supposed to fight Jodie Esquibel last month at UFC Utica. She went through a training camp, cut weight and arrived at Adirondack Bank Center in upstate New York City. But the fight didn’t go off.
  The New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) yanked Aguilar from the planned bout for a “potentially contagious” medical condition, a spokesperson for the New York Department of State would later say. Aguilar says she just had chapped lips at weigh-ins and was ap
  
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• Jennifer Maia honored to carry the Chute Boxe flag back to the UFC

  14-07-2018 16:30
  CURITIBA, Brazil — Chute Boxe was at the top of the world in the PRIDE days, collecting trophies and titles in PRIDE with Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio Rua, Anderson Silva and Murilo Rua, among others, but the scenario has changed when most of the stars left between 2003 and 2007.
  Chute Boxe has had many representatives in the UFC over the past year, like Thomas Almeida, Felipe Arantes and Lucas Martins, but none of them came from the main gym in Curitiba — the trio trains at Chute Boxe
  
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• Fightweets: Just how bad was Francis Ngannou vs. Derrick Lewis?

  14-07-2018 16:00
  The dust has all but settled on an eventful UFC 226. But not quite. So before we get back onto the conveyer belt of MMA events, let’s take a look at a few lingering items from last week, as well as a bit of a look forward.
  How bad was Lewis vs. Ngannou?
  @TannerRuss2: Is Derrick Lewis vs. Francis Ngannou the Melvin Guillard-Jeremy Stephens of heavyweight fights?
  That’s one way to look at things. When Joe Rogan proclaimed toward the conclusion of the now-infamous Derrick Lewis vs. Fra
  
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• UFC Boise predictions

  14-07-2018 15:00
  UFC Boise is here, and this one is sneaky good. This card doesn’t have a lot of star power, but it does offer several competitive bookings that show promise of being fun fights. UFC Boise is headlined by a heavyweight matchup involving former UFC champion Junior dos Santos and former WSOF champion Blagoy Ivanov. This event also features what seems to be the beginning of Sage Northcutt’s welterweight career, an exciting featherweight booking in Dennis Bermudez vs. Rick Glenn, the ret
  
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• Michael McDonald Ponders Future Despite Stunning KO at Bellator 202

  14-07-2018 14:30
  Michael McDonald treated fans to a spectacular knockout over former bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas at Bellator 202 on Friday night. In fact, it took MacDonald just 58 seconds to end the Bellator 202 co-headline contest at WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla. Despite the positive performance, the 27-year-old believes that he may be […]
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• Michael MacDonald Ponders Future Despite Stunning KO at Bellator 202

  14-07-2018 14:30
  Michael McDonald treated fans to a spectacular knockout over former bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas at Bellator 202 on Friday night. In fact, it took MacDonald just 58 seconds to end the Bellator 202 co-headline contest at WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla. Despite the positive performance, the 27-year-old believes that he may be […]
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• Sage Northcutt Sees his UFC Future at Heavyweight

  14-07-2018 13:30
  Sage Northcutt returns to the welterweight division on Saturday night’s co-main slot at UFC Fight Night 133 against Zak Ottow.  “Super Sage” is 0-2 at welterweight in the UFC. The 22-year-old will be hoping to turn things around at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho, having lost to Brian Barberena and Mickey Gall in his prior […]
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• UFC Boise Results: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov

  14-07-2018 09:00
  MMA Fighting has Boise results for the Dos Santos vs. Ivanov event July 14 from the CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho, plus a live blog of the main and co-main event and live UFC Boise Twitter updates.
  In the main event, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos welcomes ex-WSOF titleholder Blagoy Ivanov into the Octagon.
  Welterweight prospect Sage Northcutt meets UFC veteran Zak Ottow in the co-headliner.
  Check out UFC Boise results below.
  Main card (FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET)
  Junior
  
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• UFC Fight Night 133 ‘Dos Santos vs. Ivanov’ Play-by-Play, Results & Round-by-Round Scoring

  14-07-2018 07:00 via sherdog.com
  Sherdog's live UFC Fight Night 133 coverage kicks off Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET.
  
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• Volkanovski, Perez extend win-streaks on Boise prelims

  14-07-2018 07:00
   PEREZ vs WINELANDFrenzy at the end of the first! #UFCBoise pic.twitter.com/ixWbUJ0MdX— UFC (@ufc) July 15, 2018Mexico’s Alejandro Perez extended his unbeaten streak to seven at CenturyLink Arena in Boise on Saturday night, as he took a close three-round unanimous decision win over veteran bantamweight contender Eddie Wineland.Wineland was the aggressor throughout the opening round, but that cost him on a few occasions when Perez landed crisp counter right hands. But Wineland di
  
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• Mendes, Price and Northcutt score finishes at Fight Night Boise

  14-07-2018 07:00
   NORTHCUTT vs OTTOWWobbled him.Finished him.@SageNorthcutt enjoys a triumphant return to WW. #UFCBoise pic.twitter.com/DZzg7QQfjA— UFC (@ufc) July 15, 2018Sage Northcutt’s return to the welterweight division Saturday night wasn’t without its rocky moments, but when the Texan was able to let his hands go at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, he was impossible for Zak Ottow to stop, with the result being a second-round stoppage win for Northcutt.Ottow opened the fight with a flush
  
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• Dos Santos battles to Boise main event win over Ivanov

  14-07-2018 07:00
   DOS SANTOS vs IVANOVSolid combo from the former champ! #UFCBoise pic.twitter.com/2K6avbOwMm— UFC (@ufc) July 15, 2018In his first bout since a title fight loss to Stipe Miocic in May 2017, former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos returned to the win column with a grueling five-round win over UFC newcomer Blagoy Ivanov in the UFC Fight Night main event at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho.The unanimous decision read 50-45 across the board for the Brazilian star.Pressuring Ivanov
  
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• Julia Budd Dominates, Stops Talita Nogueira to Retain Title in Bellator 202 Headliner

  14-07-2018 05:27 via sherdog.com
  Julia Budd is at the top of her game, there’s no question about it.
  
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• Bellator 202 Results: Julia Budd retains featherweight title with third-round stoppage of Talita Nogueira

  14-07-2018 05:23
  There must be something that agrees with Julia Budd at the WinStar World Casino and Resort because every time she fights there she gets her hand raised.
  On Friday night at Bellator 202 in Thackerville, Okla., Budd put her featherweight title on the line, against undefeated challenger, Talita Nogueira, and had one of the best performances of her career, dominating the former Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion en route to a third-round TKO stoppage.
  Budd (12-2) got the better of Nogueira (7-1) in
  
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• Betting Odds Trickle in For Potential Cris Cyborg-Amanda Nunes Bout

  14-07-2018 03:58
  Cris Cyborg vs. Amanda Nunes isn’t official, but that hasn’t stopped oddsmakers from going to work. Cyborg vs. Nunes has been talked about for a while now. Those discussions have only heated up following the recent champion vs. champion bout between Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic. Nunes recently revealed that she signed a contract for […]
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• Will Fleury is ready to show the world what a ‘Raw Bastard’ is in Bellator debut

  14-07-2018 02:00
  Will “F*cking” Fleury is a real original.The Irish middleweight sports a handlebar mustache and prides himself on making his opponents as uncomfortable as they possibly can be for as long as they’re locked in a caged enclosure with him.
  An SBG fighter, Fleury was signed by Bellator after moving to 4-0 as a professional. As far as he’s concerned, he’s waited nearly a decade for an opportunity to showcase his skill set to the world, and competing under the Bellator b
  
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• Colby Covington Blasts ‘Straight to DVD’ Actor Tyron Woodley

  14-07-2018 01:42
  Colby Covington has taken some more jabs at Tyron Woodley. It’s no secret that “Chaos” and “The Chosen One” aren’t chummy. Covington is the current interim Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title holder (see highlights of his win here). He’s due for a title unification clash with Woodley. The bout will likely take place later […]
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• Bellator 202 Results: Budd vs. Nogueira

  14-07-2018 01:34
  MMA Fighting has Bellator 202 results for the Budd vs. Nogueira fight card Friday night at Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla.In the main event, Bellator women’s featherweight champion Julia Budd will defend her title against Talita Nogueira.
  Check out the Bellator 202 results below.
  Main card (Paramount at 9 p.m. ET)
  Julia Budd vs. Talita Nogueira
  Eduardo Dantas vs. Michael McDonald
  Chris Honeycutt vs. Leo Leite
  Valentin Moldavsky vs. Ernest James
  Prelims (MMA Fighting at 7 p.m.
  
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• Cris Cyborg opens as massive betting favorite over Amanda Nunes for potential superfight

  14-07-2018 01:00
  Oddsmakers don’t appear to have much faith in Amanda Nunes’ ability to snap Cris Cyborg’s 13-year unbeaten run.
  Cyborg (-300) opened as a massive 3-to-1 betting favorite over Nunes (+230) on Friday morning ahead of a potential superfight between the UFC’s current female featherweight and bantamweight champions, according to odds released by online bookmaker Bovada. The news comes as Cyborg and Nunes continue to rage against one another on social media in debate over the
  
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