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• UFC 227 media day photos

  02-08-2018 23:52
  UFC 227 media day photos are for Thursday’s UFC event in Los Angeles.
  
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• Invicta FC Announces Jandiroba-Morandin Strawweight Title Fight For Sept. 1

  02-08-2018 23:52 via sherdog.com
  Undefeated Invicta FCstrawweight champion Virna Jandiroba is set to defend her belt against Janaisa Morandin on Sept. 1 at the historic Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City, Missouri, the promotion announced on Thursday.
  
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• Pat Barry: Joanna Jedrzejczyk ‘f*cking herself over’ by not accepting losses

  02-08-2018 23:45
  LOS ANGELES — Despite losing twice in convincing fashion to UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas, Joanna Jedrzejczyk refuses to admit the woman who took her title and won the rematch is the better fighter.
  “No way I’ll say Rose is the best,” Jedrzejczyk said after defeating Tecia Torres at last week’s UFC on FOX 30 post-fight press conference. “Maybe you beat me, you’re the champion and you won. But your legacy isn’t that big. You should bow do
  
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• Demetrious Johnson says the true fans of MMA ‘love’ the UFC flyweight division

  02-08-2018 23:25
  LOS ANGELES — UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson discusses his UFC 227 title rematch against Henry Cejudo, his love of video games, how he earns money from Twitch, his relationship with the media, T.J. Dillashaw, and much more.
  
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• Volkan Oezdemir faces Anthony Smith in UFC Moncton main event

  02-08-2018 23:15
  Anthony Smith’s quick rise in the light heavyweight division has its next step set, as he headlines UFC Moncton versus Volkan Oezdemir on Oct. 27. The promotion announced the match-up on Thursday.
  Smith (30-13) kicked off 2018 on a three-fight winning streak as a middleweight but lost by TKO to Thiago Santos in February. “Lionheart” decided to move up to 205 pounds shortly after, scoring back-to-back first-round knockouts over former champions Rashad Evans and Mauricio Rua.
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• Volkan Oezdemir and Anthony Smith to Headline UFC Moncton

  02-08-2018 23:15
  Volkan Oezdemir and Anthony Smith are moving on from Alexander Gustafsson and will now find one another in the middle of the Octagon in Canada at UFC Moncton. The UFC announced the bout today via social media. Both Oezdemir and Smith were hoping to face Gustafsson at UFC 227, when Oezdemir was forced to pull […]
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• Henry Cejudo wishes Reebok would offer variety: ‘Give me my gold shorts back, man’

  02-08-2018 22:59
  LOS ANGELES — Henry Cejudo discusses his UFC 227 title rematch against Demetrious Johnson, the science behind his camp, his weight cut, his first-round loss to “Mighty Mouse,” how Reebok has changed his approach to the game, and much more.
  
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• Cub Swanson advocates for ‘live scoring’ to help improve MMA judging

  02-08-2018 22:59
  LOS ANGELES — Cub Swanson discusses his UFC 227 fight against Renato Moicano, his weight cut, the evolution of the sport, how MMA judging can be improved, and much more.
  
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• J.J. Aldrich discusses being ‘close to’ both Rose Namajunas and Joanna Jedrzejczyk

  02-08-2018 22:21
  LOS ANGELES — At UFC 227 media day in Los Angeles, JJ Aldrich discusses being surprised she’s on the PPV main card, her fight with Polyana Viana, playing spoiler, her relationship with Rose Namajunas and Joanna Jedrzejczyk and more.
  
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• T.J. Dillashaw: Cody Garbrandt got rematch, because he’s ‘willing to make a fool of himself’

  02-08-2018 22:05
  LOS ANGELES — At UFC 227 media day, TJ Dillashaw discusses what has changed for him since the first fight, his feeling on Cody Garbrandt getting an immediate rematch, crossing over to other mediums separate to MMA and much more.
  
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• A decade after entering martial arts to beat up bullies, Natan Schulte is happy to be the unknown guy on PFL roster

  02-08-2018 22:00
  Natan Schulte moved one step closer to the Professional Fighters League lightweight playoffs with a decision victory over UFC veteran Chris Wade at PFL 2 on June 21, and enjoyed being the guy no one knows on the roster. Now, he faces Brian Foster in the main event of PFL 5 in Uniondale, N.Y., on Aug. 2.
  Schulte, who won three points in the PFL system with a decision victory in Chicago, entered the season 15 months after a submission defeat in his first and only bout under the WSOF. A former cha
  
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• UFC 227 media day staredowns

  02-08-2018 21:57
  LOS ANGELES — T.J. Dillashaw, Cody Garbrandt, Demetrious Johnson, Henry Cejudo and the rest of Saturday’s stars faced off at UFC 227 media day.
  
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• T.J. Dillashaw Responds to Cody Garbrandt Calling Him ‘Classless’

  02-08-2018 21:51
  T.J. Dillashaw responds to Cody Garbrandt calling him classless. Dillashaw is set to defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight title against Garbrandt this Saturday night (Aug. 4). This will be the second title bout between these two. In their first encounter, Dillashaw earned a second-round TKO victory to become a two-time UFC bantamweight champion. […]
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• UFC Champion Demetrious Johnson Wants Titles in Other Promotions

  02-08-2018 20:08
  Demetrious Johnson wants all the gold. This Saturday night (Aug. 4), Johnson will defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) flyweight title against Henry Cejudo in a rematch. When the two first did battle, “Mighty Mouse” walloped Cejudo in under three minutes. Since then, Cejudo has shown improvements in his striking and he hopes to capitalize […]
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• Colby Covington Meets with President Donald Trump

  02-08-2018 20:08
  Colby Covington promised if he won the UFC interim welterweight title that he would present the belt to President Donald Trump. On Wednesday, Covington followed through on that guarantee as he stopped by the White House for a meeting with President Trump. “Like President Donald Trump always says: promises made, promises kept,” Covington wrote on […]
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• Colby Covington, Dana White visit President Donald Trump at White House

  02-08-2018 19:30
  Hate it or or love it, Colby Covington is a man of his word.
  Ahead of his interim welterweight championship bout with Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 225 in June, Covington boasted that he would win the title and make a trip to Washington, D.C. to hand it to President Donald Trump.
  Covington went on to defeat dos Anjos by unanimous decision and he has now made good on that promise as he posted a photo to his Twitter on Thursday of a recent trip to the White House where he’s standing alongside Tru
  
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• Dana White Takes UFC Belt to White House for Visit with President Donald Trump

  02-08-2018 19:10 via sherdog.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White paid a visit to the White House on Tuesday to see his old pal, U.S. President Donald Trump, and came bearing a UFC championship belt.
  
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• Dana White, Colby Covington Take UFC Belt to White House for Visit with President Donald Trump

  02-08-2018 19:10 via sherdog.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White and Colby Covington paid a visit to the White House on Tuesday to see U.S. President Donald Trump, and came bearing a UFC championship belt.
  
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• Greasing allowance, definition of KO among four new policies adopted by ABC

  02-08-2018 19:00
  The Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) voted on and passed four new MMA policies Wednesday at its annual meeting in Orlando.
  Among the new policies were a change in greasing allowance, when to go to the scorecards in the case of an accidental foul finish and the definition of a knockout compared to TKO, per MMA rules and regulations committee chairman Sean Wheelock. The four new policies were first approved by the committee and then voted on by the ABC body Wednesday.
  
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• Cub Swanson Explains How USADA Played a Role in Re-Signing With UFC

  02-08-2018 18:52
  Cub Swanson explains the reason why the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) helped lead him to re-signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). There was a time when Swanson contemplated his fighting future. The fifth ranked UFC featherweight decided to fight out of his contract ahead of his bout with Brian Ortega. Swanson was submitted in […]
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• Chris Weidman Reveals Why he Didn’t Get UFC Middleweight Title Shot

  02-08-2018 18:00
  Chris Weidman reveals the reason he was given for being passed on for the next middleweight title opportunity. Weidman may be a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight title holder and he may have scored a submission victory over the 185-pound number one contender, but he isn’t getting the next title shot. That opportunity will […]
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• Cody Garbrandt: The UFC Wants Me to Be the Champ, Not T.J. Dillashaw

  02-08-2018 17:39 via sherdog.com
  Former Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight king Cody Garbrandt thinks the UFC wants him to recapture the 135-pound title from the man who took it from him back at UFC 217.
  
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• Irene Aldana Was More Than Ready For UFC 227

  02-08-2018 17:33
  The bantamweight matchup between Irene Aldana (8-4) and Bethe Correia (10-3-1) has been pulled from UFC 227. The UFC announced on Tuesday that Correia was removed due to injury and a replacement could not be found. In an Instagram post, Aldana said she was sad for the cancelation of her fight and wished Correia a quick recovery. She […]
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• Examining Recent Developments in Nick Diaz Domestic Violence Case

  02-08-2018 17:01
  Yesterday, it was announced by prosecutors in Las Vegas that a recently impaneled Grand Jury did not return an indictment against Nick Diaz in connection with domestic violence allegations against the former champion, leading to an arrest back on May 24 of this year. So, what does that mean? In certain serious criminal cases, before […]
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• Cub Swanson says USADA played big part in re-signing with UFC, has hard time believing tainted supplement ‘excuses’

  02-08-2018 17:00
  Things didn’t play out as planned when Cub Swanson rolled the dice last December and fought Brian Ortega at UFC Fresno on the last fight of his UFC contract. Swanson suffered a second-round submission loss to Ortega, saw his four-fight win streak snapped, and lost significant leverage for his trip to the negotiating table opposite UFC officials.
  Ultimately, Swanson did re-sign with the promotion. He competed against Frankie Edgar in April on the first fight of a new deal that Swanson reve
  
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• Donald Cerrone Parts Ways With Striking Coach Brandon Gibson

  02-08-2018 16:20 via sherdog.com
  Former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title contender Donald Cerrone has parted ways with his striking coach, Brandon Gibson, in an effort to change things up going forward in his career.
  
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• Cody Garbrandt Says UFC Wants Him to be Bantamweight Champion Again

  02-08-2018 16:20
  Cody Garbrandt says he is the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) golden boy at 135 pounds. Garbrandt lost the bantamweight gold back in Nov. 2017. He was finished by T.J. Dillashaw in a grudge match at UFC 217. When a “super fight” between Dillashaw and Demetrious Johnson fell through, it opened the door for “No Love” […]
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• Darren Till Doesn't Consider Woodley a Threat

  02-08-2018 16:03 via sherdog.com
  Darren Till’s profile has definitely risen in the wake of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’sannouncement that he would be taking on 170-pound champion Tyron Woodley at UFC 228 on September 8, 2018 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
  
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• Darren Till Doesn't Consider Tyron Woodley a Threat

  02-08-2018 16:03 via sherdog.com
  Darren Till’s profile has definitely risen in the wake of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’sannouncement that he would be taking on 170-pound champion Tyron Woodley at UFC 228 on September 8, 2018 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
  
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• John Lineker hopes to headline UFC Sao Paulo against a top 5 bantamweight

  02-08-2018 16:00
  CURITIBA, Brazil — John Lineker wants a five-round fight in September.
  Fresh off a third-round knockout over Brian Kelleher at UFC 224 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in May, the bantamweight striker is planning to come back in action at UFC Sao Paulo, scheduled for Sept. 22 in Brazil, against a top 5 opponent.
  “I want to fight as soon as possible,” Lineker told MMA Fighting. “I have no idea who I’m fighting next, the division is crowded now, but I want to fight soon.&r
  
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• Dissecting Demetrious Johnson’s Legacy Part 4: The Tough Questions

  02-08-2018 15:36
  The narrative around Demetrious Johnson not facing top-tier competition in his UFC career has spiraled so far and wide that leading to one of, if not the biggest challenge of Johnson’s career to date at UFC 227, now is a fitting time to dissect this narrative and, in the process, the legacy of the man […]
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• Fortunes changed for five at UFC on FOX 30

  02-08-2018 15:00
  Joanna Jedrzejczyk had looked to be almost unbeatable at strawweight, battling past every top contender before running into Rose Namajunas. Two losses later, followed by Saturday’s convincing win over Tecia Torres, she’s facing a fork in the road.
  On one side, is to stay at strawweight, a division she has had brutal weight cuts to make, and where she may have to wait for a title change on top before getting another title shot. The other direction is to move up to flyweight.
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• Morning Report: Cody Garbrandt: The UFC ‘want me to be champ, that’s why they gave me the rematch’

  02-08-2018 14:00
  Despite being knocked out in their first fight, Cody Garbrandt does not lack for confidence heading into his rematch with T.J. Dillashaw.
  This Saturday in the main event of UFC 227, Garbrandt will challenge Dillashaw for the bantamweight title he lost to Dillashaw last November and, up until now, the trash talk between the two has been relatively muted compared to their last fight. All of that changed this week though as Garbrandt started taking shots at Dillashaw during the open workouts, sayi
  
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• Demetrious Johnson UFC 227 open workout video

  02-08-2018 09:47
  LOS ANGELES — UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson entertained the fans at The Novo at L.A. Live at the UFC 227 open workouts.
  
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• Cody Garbrandt UFC 227 open workouts fan Q&A

  02-08-2018 09:26
  LOS ANGELES — Cody Garbrandt answered questions from fans inside The Novo at L.A. Live at the UFC 227 open workouts.
  
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• Henry Cejudo UFC 227 open workouts fan Q&A

  02-08-2018 08:49
  LOS ANGELES — At the UFC 227 open workouts, Henry Cejudo decided on doing a question-and-answer session with fans, rather than a traditional workout. In the Q&A, Cejudo discussed his title challenge against Demetrious Johnson, his prediction for the fight, growing up near Staples Center and more.
  
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• T.J. Dillashaw UFC 227 open workout video

  02-08-2018 08:41
  LOS ANGELES — UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw put on a show for the fans at The Novo at L.A. Live for the UFC 227 open workouts.
  
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• T.J. Dillashaw, Cody Garbrandt verbally spar over ‘classless’ claim

  02-08-2018 07:24
  LOS ANGELES -- For awhile, there, it seemed like the trash talk was going to subside between UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw and former titleholder Cody Garbrandt.
  The beef between the two former teammates at Team Alpha Male played out on a season of The Ultimate Fighter and all the way up to their first fight at UFC 217.
  So at first, in the leadup to their UFC 227 main event rematch on Saturday night, the animosity seemed played out and the talk was mostly focused on the bout itself.
  
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• Unfiltered: Cub Swanson, Din Thomas, and UFC 227 Preview

  02-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  "Killer" Cub Swanson calls in ahead of his UFC 227 bout with rising contender Renato Moicano and talks to Matt and guest cohost Phoenix Carnevale about how the fight with Renato came to be, how they match up stylistically, training with TJ Dillashaw at The Treigning Lab, expecting twin boys in the coming weeks, and more. Later, the great Din Thomas calls in for an impromptu phoner and helps break down the main and co-main events of UFC 227, and gives an update on a possible Amanda Nunes vs. Cris
  
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• UFC 227 Open Workouts: Audience connections and SoCal love

  02-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  LA’s Novo theater outside the Staples Center, the home of Saturday’s UFC 227 Pay-Per-View event, was the host to free open workouts as unique as the city itself. The defending champions, TJ Dillashaw and Demetrious Johnson, bookended the show with their athletic prowess, while both challengers, Cody Garbrandt and Henry Cejudo used their time on the stage to connect with the lively Angeleno crowd.Flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson kicked off the proceedings with another one of his
  
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• UFC 227: Official Weigh-In Results

  02-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Check out the official results of the weigh-ins for UFC 227: Dillashaw vs Garbrandt 2. The event happens live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday August 4, 2018. You can order the evnt for any device by clicking here.Main Event - UFC Bantamweight Title Bout TJ Dillashaw (135) vs Cody Garbrandt (134.75)Co-Main Event - UFC Flyweight TitleDemetrious Johnson (125) vs Henry Cejudo (124.5)Main Card 10pm/7pm ETPTCub Swanson (145.25) vs Renato Moicano (146)Polyana Viana (115) vs JJ Al
  
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• UFC 227: Fight By Fight Preview

  02-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  TJ DILLASHAW VS CODY GARBRANDTCody Garbrandt has the power, skill and determination to beat TJ Dillashaw and regain his bantamweight title in the main event of UFC 227 this Saturday. Dillashaw has the same tools to make it 2-0 against his former teammate. So what this fight may come down to is who was affected more by their first bout in NYC last November? Suffering your first loss, and by knockout, no less, can be a traumatic blow to a fighter’s ego, and some are never the same again. If
  
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• Swanson: It's my job to kick ass

  02-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  One of the hottest fights on the UFC 227 card promises to be the featherweight brawl between No. 5 Cub Swanson and No. 10 Renato Moicano. More than one hundred of Swanson's SoCal family and friends will be in attendance as he looks to thwart the Brazilian's rise up the ranks. We caught up with him to talk about the fight, that massive family support, fatherhood and more. UFC: We were just talking to our UFC China counterpart and he told us the nickname they have for you in China. Can you guess w
  
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• Oezdemir vs Smith to headline in Moncton

  02-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  The UFC heads to Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada for the first time on Saturday, October 27, and it will be a five-round light heavyweight showdown headlining the UFC Fight Night event, as No. 2-ranked contender Volkan Oezdemir faces rising star Anthony “Lionheart” Smith.Tickets for UFC Fight Night, which airs live on FS1 from the Moncton Events Center, go on sale on September 14.Eager to stamp his ticket for another shot at the 205-pound title, Switzerland’s Oezdemir has the po
  
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• Jackson never stopped despite not getting a contract on DWTNCS

  02-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Montel Jackson didn’t get a UFC contract after his June stoppage of Rico Disciullo on Dana White’s Contender Series, but that didn’t deter the unbeaten bantamweight from his path.In ‘The Matrix’, when Neo went to see the Oracle, and the Oracle told him that he wasn’t The One, he could have taken it two ways,” Jackson said. “He could have put his head between his legs and pouted, or he did what he knew – he knew he was The One, and he believed
  
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• DJ brushes off Cejudo's comments & Garbrandt is greeted by Tyson on Embedded

  02-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson proved to be the better fighter when he finished Henry Cejudo in Round 1 at UFC 197 to defend his belt. Since then “Mighty Mouse” has defended his belt three more times and solidified his spot in the UFC’s Greatest of All-Time conversation.Now - a little more than two years removed from their first encounter - Cejudo believes it’s his time after winning back-to-back fights to earn the title shot at UFC 227 on Saturday.On Episode 3
  
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• Dillashaw: Cody is never going to get a title shot again

  02-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  We caught up with @UFC champ @TJDillashaw to ask him about his highly anticipated rematch with Cody Garbrandt, how he feels about defending the belt in Los Angeles & the state of the 135 pound division. #UFC227Read the full Q&A here : https://t.co/uANojqubHo pic.twitter.com/i522KBul33— UFC News (@UFCNews) August 2, 2018On Saturday, TJ Dillashaw will put his bantamweight title on the line when he steps in the Octagon with former friend turned foe, Cody Garbrandt. The bad blood battl
  
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• Cejudo: Vicious, Smart & Sharp

  02-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  On August 4th, Henry Cejudo will get a second chance to do what no man thus far has been able to do: dethrone Demetrious Johnson for the UFC featherweight title. The two first met at UFC 197 in a bout that needed less than three minutes for Mighty Mouse to work his magic. In his quest to turn the tables, Cejudo has traveled the world to meet with the best training partners, and taken a philosophical approach to besting his opponent. We caught up with him in Los Angeles just ahead of his co-main
  
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• Henry Cejudo compares Demetrious Johnson’s greatness to LeBron James

  02-08-2018 06:40
  LOS ANGELES — Henry Cejudo speaks to the media at UFC 227 open workouts about his championship rematch against Demetrious Johnson, what the first fight taught him, the changes he’s made to his game, why Johnson reminds him of LeBron James, and much more.
  
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• T.J. Dillashaw UFC 227 open workout scrum

  02-08-2018 06:33
  LOS ANGELES — At UFC 227 open workouts, UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw discusses his title defense with Cody Garbrandt, why he wants to fight Demetrious Johnson, whether he thinks the UFC is rooting for Garbrandt to win and more.
  
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