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• Georges St-Pierre Has Moved On From Potential Super Fight Against Anderson Silva

  06-08-2018 23:56
  For several years the only ‘super fight’ that was ever really discussed in the UFC was a showdown between Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva. At the time, St-Pierre and Silva were both in the midst of long reigns as champions in the welterweight and middleweight divisions respectfully and it seemed like a matchup that could […]
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• Tyron Woodley Says Colby Covington Never Wanted to Fight Him

  06-08-2018 23:23
  Tyron Woodley says Colby Covington didn’t truly want a bout against him. On Sept. 8, Woodley will put his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title on the line against Darren Till. The bout will headline UFC 228 inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. It’ll be “The Chosen One’s” fourth title defense. Tyron Woodley Says Colby Covington […]
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• Video: Thiago santos says it was ‘very, very tough’ cutting weight twice in four weeks

  06-08-2018 23:00
  LOS ANGELES — Thiago Santos speaks to the media at UFC 227 about his decision win over Kevin Holland, cutting weight twice in four weeks, a potential move to light heavyweight, and much more.
  
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• Bellator Reveals Welterweight World Grand Prix Bracket

  06-08-2018 22:02
  Bellator has revealed the bracket for its Welterweight World Grand Prix that will be featured on the DAZN streaming service: One half of the bracket will begin on September 29th when Andrey Koreshkov faces Douglas Lima at Bellator 206.  The winner of that fight will go on to face the winner of the long-requested bout […]
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• Dustin Poirier Shuts Down Idea of GSP Skipping Lightweight Line

  06-08-2018 21:54
  Dustin Poirier shuts down the thought of Georges St-Pierre getting a title shot before he does. Poirier is set to do battle with Nate Diaz at UFC 230 on Nov. 3. “The Diamond” is coming off a second-round TKO victory over former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez. Poirier has now gone 4-0, 1 NC in […]
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• Dustin Poirier bristles at notion of GSP jumping the queue at lightweight: ‘It’s not happening’

  06-08-2018 21:30
  UFC 230’s matchup between Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz appears to be an obvious title eliminator for the lightweight division. Poirier is riding a streak of highlight-reel stoppage wins, while Diaz, despite his two-year layoff, remains the second-biggest star in the weight class at a time when the UFC’s lusting for star power is the greatest its ever been.
  It’d be easy to assume the winner of Poirier vs. Diaz will earn the right to challenge the winner of UFC 229’s block
  
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• Joseph Benavidez vs Ray Borg Possible For UFC 229

  06-08-2018 20:35
  Joseph Benavidez vs Ray Borg could very well take place this fall. Benavidez and Borg are two high-level flyweights. With Demetrious Johnson unseated on the 125-pound throne and possibly being sidelined for two injuries, the flyweight division is more open than ever. Benavidez and Borg may get their chance to shine two months from now. […]
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• UFC 229 is Looking at 2 Million PPV Buys According to Dana White

  06-08-2018 20:19
  The final fight announced at the UFC’s press conference last week was UFC 229 with the long-awaited return of Conor McGregor against current lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Given the history the two have with one another relating to what happened in Brooklyn, New York the week of UFC 223 the fight has so much attention, […]
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• Bellator MMA Reveals Welterweight Grand Prix Matchups

  06-08-2018 20:15 via sherdog.com
  Bellator MMA officially announced the first round of its welterweight tournament, with a Douglas Lima vs. Andrey Koreshkov trilogy fight and a Paul Daley vs. Michael Page grudge match highlighting the the announcement.
  
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• Andrew Sanchez and Luis Henrique Have Received New Opponents

  06-08-2018 19:58
  Andrew Sanchez and Luis Henrique have received new opponents for their respective upcoming UFC fights, per a repot from Combate. Sanchez’s Recent Struggles Sanchez was initially expected to face jiu-jitsu world champ Antonio Braga Neto at UFC Lincoln. The event goes down on August 25th from the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. Markus Perez has now […]
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• Bellator announces matchups for welterweight Grand Prix, including Paul Daley vs. Michael Page

  06-08-2018 19:32
  The opening round of the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix is set.
  Headlining the first part of the bracket is a matchup between current 170-pound champion Rory MacDonald and Jon Fitch, and a highly anticipated grudge match between British striking stars Paul Daley and Michael Page.
  It was not made clear whether MacDonald’s title would be on the line in his tournament bouts and neither dates nor locations have been set for any of the Grand Prix bouts yet. Currently, MacDonald is sche
  
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• Georges St. Pierre: My Money’s on Khabib Nurmagomedov to Beat Conor McGregor at UFC 229

  06-08-2018 19:29 via sherdog.com
  Former two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship king Georges St. Pierre isn’t necessarily a gambling man, but he knows who he has his money on for the newly-announced Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov lightweight title fight at UFC 229 in October.
  
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• UFC 227 salaries: Four fighters cash six-figure paydays

  06-08-2018 19:00
  UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw and challenger Cody Garbrandt were among four fighters to clear the six-figure mark in earnings on Saturday night at UFC 227. The California State Athletic Commission released the event’s finalized salary information over the weekend to MMA Fighting.
  Dillashaw defeated Garbrandt via first-round knockout to move his record to 2-0 over the Team Alpha Male fighter in the night’s main event. Dillashaw pocketed a flat $350,000 purse with no win bo
  
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• Henry Cejudo Has Potential To Be An All-Time MMA Great

  06-08-2018 17:26
  One of the biggest upsets in UFC history took place this past Saturday at UFC 227 when Henry Cejudo ended Demetrious Johnson’s five-year reign as the UFC flyweight champion with a narrow, split decision win to take the title and dethrone the champion. It was by far the biggest win of Cejudo’s career to date […]
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• UFC 227 fight night weights: All but six fighters come in over CSAC regulations

  06-08-2018 17:00
  UFC 227 was a great night in the Octagon, but perhaps not on the scales.
  Of the 24 fighters who competed on the card Saturday in Los Angeles, just six weighed within California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) regulations on fight night, per a document obtained from CSAC by MMA Fighting.CSAC rules state that any fighters who come in higher than 10 percent above their contracted weight class in a fight-day weight check can be recommended to move up a division in the future. At Staples Center, 18
  
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• UFC Moves to Dismiss Class-Action Antitrust Lawsuit

  06-08-2018 16:31
  Several years ago, in December of 2014, the UFC was sued by numerous former fighters under their banner. The basis of the lawsuit, which ultimately named such notables as Cung Le, Jon Fitch and Nate Quarry as plaintiffs, was centered around the UFC’s allegedly anti-competitive business model as it relates to the MMA industry. Basically, […]
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• T.J. ‘Killashaw’ doesn’t need to be liked to be great 

  06-08-2018 16:00
  For a little while there, you couldn’t attend a T.J. Dillashaw fight without feeling like Indiana Jones descending into a pit of snakes, not with all the hissing going on all around him. That was of course a response to Conor McGregor calling him a “snake in the grass” to his then teammate Urijah Faber on The Ultimate Fighter 22, just before he ultimately sided with his coach, Duane Ludwig, and bolted Team Alpha Male. One off-hand comment was all it took to turn an ordinary ar
  
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• Miesha Tate Sympathizes With Nate Diaz Over UFC 25th Anniversary Press Conference

  06-08-2018 15:59
  Miesha Tate can understand where Nate Diaz is coming from after the drama that took place at the UFC 25th anniversary press conference. Diaz is set to meet Dustin Poirier in a lightweight showdown at the upcoming UFC 230 pay-per-view event. Following the UFC 25 Anniversary press conference, Diaz went on record by stating that […]
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• Miesha Tate Sympathies With Nate Diaz Over UFC 25th Anniversary Press Conference

  06-08-2018 15:59
  Miesha Tate can understand where Nate Diaz is coming from after the drama that took place at the UFC 25th anniversary press conference. Diaz is set to meet Dustin Poirier in a lightweight showdown at the upcoming UFC 230 pay-per-view event. Following the UFC 25 Anniversary press conference, Diaz went on record by stating that […]
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• Darren Till Describes The Depths of His Obsession With Greatness

  06-08-2018 15:55
  Darren Till has a one-track mind headed into his UFC 228 showdown with Tyron Woodley. Coming off a new deal with the UFC, that track is not financial: “I just got a new contract, and it was a great contract, but I just looked at it, said, yeah, that’s nice,’ signed it, and that was […]
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• UFC President Dana White Says He’ll Only Make a ‘Superfight’ When It’s Right

  06-08-2018 15:33 via sherdog.com
  The term “superfight,” once understood to mean a matchup between the champions of two weight divisions -- the most recent example being Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier facing off against heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic -- has been thrown around a lot recently. UFC President Dana White says the term is being “completely overused.”
  
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• Jon Jones’s Personal Life Makes Headlines Yet Again

  06-08-2018 15:30
  Usually when the Jon Jones’s name appears in headlines in connection to his personal life, fans of the fighter may undergo an increase in heart rate and click the link with tension. If you are one of those fans, you can breathe easy and smile, even, as the former light heavyweight champion himself had a […]
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• UFC 227 Salaries: Demetrious Johnson & TJ Dillashaw Lead Pack

  06-08-2018 15:27
  The California State Athletic Commission has released the UFC 227 salaries. The UFC 227 pay-per-view event took place on Saturday, August 4, 2018, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California with the main card aired on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FX at 8 p.m. ET and […]
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• Thiago Santos Teases Move to 205, Fighting at UFC 230 in New York

  06-08-2018 15:05 via sherdog.com
  Heavy-hitting Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight Thiago Santos is coming off a hard-fought unanimous decision victory over debutant Kevin Holland on Saturday night at UFC 227 in Los Angeles. Santos looked to have the better of his opponent early on before Holland kicked into gear landing some nice shots of his own. The win was a confidence boost for Santos’ title aspirations after a devastating knockout loss at the hands of David Branch in his last fight.
  
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• GSP open to UFC return this year, interested in Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor winner

  06-08-2018 15:00
  The UFC is looking for a big drawing card at Madison Square Garden in November. Perhaps it could be the same guy who headlined the promotion’s last show there.
  Georges St-Pierre told Submission Radio in a sitdown interview Monday in Australia that he’d be open to returning to the UFC before the end of the year. The former UFC middleweight and welterweight champion mentioned both New York and Toronto as possibilities.UFC 230 is scheduled for Nov. 3 at MSG, while UFC 231 will be in To
  
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• Demetrious Johnson Fulfills Vow Made After Ronda Rousey Losses

  06-08-2018 15:00
  This is not the Twilight Zone. The year is still 2018 and Demetrious Johnson is not the UFC flyweight champion of the world. This will take some getting used to for all of us, but to Demetrious Johnson, he’s already adjusted to this strange new world we live in: “I’m fine,” Johnson said at the […]
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• Dana White and Hollywood Abuzz over Kevin Holland Debut

  06-08-2018 14:30
  Kevin Holland found victory in Season 2 of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series with a unanimous decision over Will Santiago, but he did not find a UFC contract. Discussing how Holland came to be selected to fill in as a late replacement to face Thiago Santos at UFC 227, White began with why Holland […]
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• Morning Report: Miesha Tate: ‘I would feel the same way as Nate Diaz does’ about UFC 25th anniversary press conference

  06-08-2018 14:00
  On Friday afternoon, the UFC held a 25th anniversary press conference in Los Angeles to promote a bevy a newly announced fights, including the return of Nate Diaz after a two-year absence from the cage. Unfortunately for Diaz, the show was stolen when the presser concluded with the UFC announcing the fight everyone has been waiting for, Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor. Diaz did not take kindly to his return being overshadowed, storming out of the press conference when the announcement wa
  
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• GSP Interested in Challenging Khabib/McGregor Winner

  06-08-2018 14:00
  As the world is now fully aware, a fight that is being called the biggest fight in UFC history will take place October 6th from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada between reigning lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor. And just as millions of fans will be watching the fight with interest, fighters will […]
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• UFC 227 Talking Points

  06-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  It was the kind of celebrity-filled sellout crowd you could only find in Los Angeles, and the electric atmosphere lent itself to an evening filled with drama and storylines the likes of which are usually reserved for the movie studios across town in Hollywood.These are the UFC 227 talking points.Next Chapter PleaseTJ Dillashaw punches Cody Garbrandt in their UFC bantamweight championship fight during the UFC 227 event inside Staples Center on August 4, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by
  
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• UFC 227 Scorecard

  06-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Saturday’s UFC 227 event is in the books, and now that the dust has settled in Los Angeles, it’s time to go to the scorecard to see who the big winners were at STAPLES Center.1 – Henry CejudoWhat a difference two years makes. From rock bottom to the top of the world, Henry Cejudo’s win over Demetrious Johnson was another shining example of why there is no drama and place for redemption like there is in combat sports. Think about being knocked out by one of the greatest fi
  
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• UFC 227: Fantasy Rewind

  06-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  One champion successfully defended his title and a new king was crowned as UFC 227 unfolded on Saturday night from Los Angeles.In the main event, TJ Dillashaw slammed the door on his longtime rivalry with former teammate Cody Garbrandt with a stunning first-round KO to hold on to his bantamweight title.Both fighters were definitely gunning for the knockout, but it was Dillashaw who used pinpoint accuracy and a devastating counterstrike to put Garbrandt on wobbly legs midway through the opening r
  
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• Lewis on the hunt after earning a contract on DWTNCS

  06-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Bevon Lewis was patient. Last month that patience was rewarded with a UFC contract.“I was just waiting to get a pair of those gloves on,” said Lewis of the four-ounce UFC mitts that he will now get to wear in the Octagon on a regular basis.It hasn’t been one of those decade-long waits to get the call to the big show, but it may have felt longer for the middleweight prospect after a second-round stoppage of Elias Urbina on the first season of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Con
  
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• Dana White Explains How ‘Big Mouth’ Kevin Holland Won Him Over at UFC 227

  06-08-2018 05:35 via sherdog.com
  Kevin Holland was a winner on Dana White’s Contender Series earlier this year, but he didn’t initially win over the man for whom the event is named.
  
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• Thiago Santos Considering Light Heavyweight Move, But Not Before UFC 230

  06-08-2018 03:59
  Thiago Santos has made it clear that he wants in on the UFC 230 card. Santos is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Kevin Holland last night (Aug. 4) at UFC 227. It wasn’t easy for Santos as Holland kept fighting off his back. It was a much needed win for Santos as he […]
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• Andrew Sanchez and Luis Henrique get new opponents for UFC events in Lincoln, Sao Paulo

  06-08-2018 03:00
  The UFC was forced to find new opponents for Andrew Sanchez and Luis Henrique after their original opponents withdrew from upcoming events, sources confirmed following reports by Combate.
  Sanchez, who was slated to face jiu-jitsu world champion Antonio Braga Neto at UFC Lincoln on Aug. 25, now takes on Markus Perez. Sanchez (9-4) attempts to get back on track after losses to Anthony Smith and Ryan Janes, while Perez (10-1) looks to get his momentum going after a first-round win over James Bochn
  
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• ‘Neglected’ Henry Cejudo Had Chip on Shoulder After First Loss to Demetrious Johnson

  06-08-2018 02:40 via sherdog.com
  During his streak of 11 consecutive flyweight title defenses, Demetrious Johnson rarely lost rounds as he usually outclassed every opponent put in front of him.
  
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• T.J. Dillashaw: I Really Don’t Believe Cody Garbrandt’s Got a Chin

  06-08-2018 01:56
  T.J. Dillashaw doesn’t believe Cody Garbrandt can take the heat. Dillashaw shared the Octagon with Garbrandt a second time last night (Aug. 4). Dillashaw put his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight title on the line in the main event of UFC 227. The title clash was held inside the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. […]
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• T.J. Dillashaw Wants Dominick Cruz to ‘Get to Work’ to Earn UFC Bantamweight Title Shot

  06-08-2018 01:41 via sherdog.com
  One of the most logical next opponents for UFC bantamweight king T.J. Dillashaw would seem to be the last man to defeat him.
  
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• Video: Renato Moicano explains why interim title fight with Brian Ortega ‘makes sense’

  06-08-2018 01:00
  LOS ANGELES — Renato Moicano speaks to the media at UFC 227 about his submission win over Cub Swanson, where he goes next, why he wants to fight Brian Ortega for the interim featherweight belt, and much more.
  
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• Daniel Cormier Willing to Give Stipe Miocic Rematch If Lesnar Misses Their Fight ‘For Any Reason’

  06-08-2018 00:05 via sherdog.com
  It’s essentially settled that Daniel Cormier will make his first – and likely only – heavyweight title defense against Brock Lesnar at some point in early 2019.
  
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