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• UFC 228’s Darren Till on His Weight Cutting Critics: ‘F*ck Them’

  28-08-2018 23:49
  Darren Till has a message to his critics who dwell on his failed weight cut at UFC Liverpool. Till is set for the biggest opportunity of his professional mixed martial arts career. He’ll challenge UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley on Sept. 8 inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The championship clash will headline […]
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• Darren Till gives update on his weight, ‘can’t wait to say f*ck you’ to critics

  28-08-2018 23:25
  Darren Till is 10 days away from crossing the first hurdle of his UFC 228 title challenge against Tyron Woodley, and next Friday morning’s weigh-ins can’t come soon enough.A behemoth welterweight, Till has badly missed weight twice in the UFC, first tipping the scales at 176 pounds in 2017 ahead of UFC Stockholm, then missing his mark by weighing 174 pounds for his recent decision win over Stephen Thompson in May. Despite that, the UFC awarded the undefeated 25-year-old a Sept. 8 ti
  
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• Darren Till UFC Performance Institute workout media scrum

  28-08-2018 23:02
  LAS VEGAS — At an open workout day in Las Vegas, Darren Till discusses his preparation for his challenge for Tyron Woodley’s welterweight title, his weight leading into next week’s fight, the critics who say he shouldn’t get a title shot and much more.
  
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• Antonio Carlos Junior out of UFC Sao Paulo fight against Elias Theodorou

  28-08-2018 22:40
  UFC Sao Paulo has taken another hit.
  Antonio Carlos Junior is injured and out of his scheduled middleweight fight with Elias Theodorou, sources told MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz on Tuesday. The card is scheduled for Sept. 22.It’s unclear if the UFC will try to find a new opponent for Theodorou. Theodorou acknowledged on Twitter that he is aware that Carlos Junior is out.pic.twitter.com/RRkcNsXvFQ— The Mane Event™ (@EliasTheodorou) August 28, 2018Carlos Junior (10-2, 1 N
  
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• UFC releases one-time bantamweight title challenger Joe Soto

  28-08-2018 22:00
  One-time bantamweight title challenger Joe Soto is no longer with the UFC.
  MMA Fighting confirmed with sources that Soto has been released by the promotion, following an initial report by FloCombat. This makes Soto a free agent for the first time in over four years.
  In eight appearances for the promotion, the 31-year-old compiled a 3-5 record, though he had the distinction of immediately being positioned as a headliner when he debuted in the Octagon back at UFC 177 on Aug. 30, 2014. The main ev
  
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• Megan Anderson Looks Back on Her Loss to Holly Holm in UFC Debut

  28-08-2018 21:47
  Megan Anderson looks back on her Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debut with positivity. Anderson stepped inside the Octagon for the first time in her professional mixed martial arts career back in June. She went one-on-one with Holly Holm. The former Invicta FC featherweight champion and Holm clashed inside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. In […]
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• Floyd Mayweather Invites Conor McGregor to Train at Boxing Club in Las Vegas

  28-08-2018 21:37 via sherdog.com
  Conor McGregor will have the opportunity to get some tips from a former foe ahead of his title bout at UFC 229 if he so chooses.
  
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• UFC Fight Night Adelaide Update: Ashkan Mokhtarian to Face Kai Kara-France on Dec. 1

  28-08-2018 21:05 via sherdog.com
  Ashkan Mokhtarian will welcome newcomer Kai Kara-France to the Octagon at UFC Fight Night 142.
  
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• Watch Darren Till open workout, scrum video now

  28-08-2018 20:57
  LAS VEGAS — Darren Till, who will square off against UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in the UFC 228 main event, will work out and answer questions from reporters Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Chael Sonnen Dismisses Narrative on Conor McGregor’s Cardio

  28-08-2018 20:42
  Chael Sonnen dismisses the notion that the state of Conor McGregor’s cardio is due to being in poor physical condition. McGregor last competed in a boxing match back in Aug. 2017. The “Notorious” one took on Floyd Mayweather in a “money fight.” Mayweather ended up winning the fight via 10th round TKO. Many blamed the stoppage […]
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• Mayweather welcomes McGregor to train at boxing club in Las Vegas

  28-08-2018 20:00
  If Conor McGregor is to knock Khabib Nurmagomedov from the ranks of the unbeaten, he might need some assistance from an old foe who knows a thing or two about maintaining a perfect record.
  Floyd Mayweather told TMZ Sports on Tuesday that he’s not only considering hitting up UFC president Dana White or McGregor himself for tickets to the Nurmagomedov-McGregor lightweight championship bout at UFC 229, but he’s also inviting “The Notorious” to come train at his gym in Las V
  
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• Odds

  28-08-2018 19:42 via ufc.com
  UFC 228: Woodley vs TillSeptemeber 8, 2018   Tyron Woodley (C) vs Darren Till (#2) FighterMoney Line OddsWoodley-120Till+100 Nico Montana (C) vs Valentina Shevchenko (#1) FighterMoney Line OddsMontana+825Shevchenko-1250 Jessica Andrade (#2) vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz (#4) FighterMoney Line OddsAndrade-400Kowalkiewicz+330 Carla Esparza (#6) vs Tatiana Suarez (#9) FighterMoney ... Read the Full Article Here
  
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• UFC Fight Night Lincoln Main Card Averages 596,000 Viewers on Fox Sports 1

  28-08-2018 18:45 via sherdog.com
  The UFC Fight Night 135 main card attracted an average audience of 596,000 to Fox Sports 1, according to ShowBuzz Daily.
  
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• Floyd Mayweather Invites Conor McGregor to Train With Him Ahead of UFC 229

  28-08-2018 18:45
  Conor McGregor has received plenty of offers from people willing to help him get ready to face Khabib Nurmagomedov — now including one from a famous former opponent. Floyd Mayweather, who faced McGregor last year in a boxing match that ended up as the second biggest pay-per-view of all time, says he would love for […]
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• Two Bouts Added to UFC Fight Night in Beijing on Nov. 24

  28-08-2018 18:28 via sherdog.com
  A pair of new contests have been confirmed for UFC Fight Night 141 in Beijing on Nov. 24.
  
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• Daniel Cormier Admits Difficulty, But Plans to Defend UFC Light Heavyweight Title

  28-08-2018 18:05
  Daniel Cormier admits that cutting back down to light heavyweight won’t be easy. Cormier is a two-division champion under the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) banner. In addition to being the light heavyweight ruler, Cormier captured heavyweight gold when he knocked out Stipe Miocic in the first round of their bout at UFC 226 last month. […]
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• UFC 229 is No. 2 in-demand ticket in company history

  28-08-2018 18:00
  If there was any thought that Conor McGregor’s loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr., last year would impact his box office appeal to MMA fans, ticket sales for UFC 229 would quickly dispel that theory.
  One week after tickets were put on sale to the public, with almost all gone within three minutes of the public sale, the show has now become the second most in-demand ticket in UFC history and one of the bigger sports tickets in modern history on the secondary market.
  As of Aug. 23, Stubhub had sol
  
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• Javier Mendez: Conor McGregor’s Striking Is “Too Good” For Khabib Nurmagomedov

  28-08-2018 17:12
  American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez believes that the striking gap between his fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor is far too large to bridge, claiming that there is no possible way for Khabib to ready himself for McGregor’s illusive striking arsenal. Conor McGregor’s striking has been praised by many as some of the best […]
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• Brendan Schaub Believes The UFC is Interested in Signing Logan Paul

  28-08-2018 16:52
  Brendan Schaub believes Logan Paul has sparked interest from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). This past Saturday night (Aug. 25), a boxing event headlined by two popular YouTube personalities took place. KSI and Logan Paul fought to a draw after six rounds of action. The event drew a crowd of almost 20,000 fans inside Manchester […]
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• Eryk Anders explains timing of UFC Lincoln head kick KO: ‘This is chess, not checkers’

  28-08-2018 16:00
  Before Justin Gaethje closed out UFC Lincoln with his own impressive knockout, it was Eryk Anders who had the Pinnacle Bank Arena buzzing.
  The 31-year-old middleweight opened Saturday’s main card with a bang, crushing Tim Williams with a head kick in the closing moments of the third round that may as well have sent the judges’ scorecards to the shredder.
  What a knockout, @erykanders' a bad dude. pic.twitter.com/DmcohvjUgF— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) August 26, 2018It wasn&rsq
  
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• Andre Fili Rips Michael Johnson After UFC Lincoln Loss

  28-08-2018 15:31
  Andre Fili wasn’t impressed by his fight with Michael Johnson and has taken to social media to express his feelings. As seen in the co-main event of the UFC Lincoln event on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska on FOX Sports 1, Johnson was able to score a split decision […]
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• Javier Mendez: There’s ‘no way possible’ to ready Khabib Nurmagomedov for Conor McGregor’s striking  

  28-08-2018 15:00
  American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez doesn’t think there is any way he could prepare for Khabib Nurmagomedov to be ready for Conor McGregor’s striking arsenal for what he describes as a “classic grappler versus striker fight” on Oct. 6.Mendez believes that McGregor has the best striking assets in the UFC and insisted that he sees the Irishman as a well-rounded fighter ahead of his showdown with “The Eagle” at UFC 229.“To me [Conor McGreg
  
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• Robert Whittaker: UFC Should Do More To Deter Fighters From Missing Weight

  28-08-2018 14:57 via sherdog.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion Robert Whittaker believes fighters will keep missing weight in the UFC because the punishment is not severe enough. The 27 year-old Australian had first-hand experience with an opponent missing weight when he took on Yoel Romero at UFC 225 back in June.
  
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• Bryan Barberena “Knew” UFC Lincoln Would Be Jake Ellenberger’s Last Fight

  28-08-2018 14:40
  Jake Ellenberger set his glove down following his first-round TKO loss to Bryan Barberena at UFC Fight Night 135. Ellenberger would then proceed to formally announce his retirement to the Nebraskan audience, a state Ellenberger hails from. The fans in attendance in the Pinnacle Bank Arena might have been surprised by the announcement, but Bryan […]
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• Tyron Woodley Claims He Won't Fight Kamaru Usman if Till Misses Weight

  28-08-2018 14:33 via sherdog.com
  Due to some high-profile fighter withdrawals this year in pay-per-view events, Ultimate Fighting Championship brass are finally listening to fans by implementing some contingency plans in an effort to save future fights, starting with UFC 228’s welterweight title fight between the champion Tyrone Woodley and his challenger, Liverpool’s Darren Till. Or so it seems.
  
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• Morning Report: Brendan Schaub says Logan Paul and KSI are better promoters than the UFC

  28-08-2018 14:01
  This past weekend, Justin Gaethje knocked out James Vick in the main event of UFC Lincoln, and while the viewership numbers haven’t come in yet, it almost certainly was not the biggest combat sports event of the weekend, at least not monetarily. That honor would fall clearly to the celebrity boxing match between well-known YouTube personalities KSI and Logan Paul, which an estimated 750,000 people payed $10 to watch. It was, by all accounts, an enormous success and one that some MMA perso
  
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• Justin Gaethje Demands to Fight Kevin Lee or Al Iaquinta

  28-08-2018 14:00
  There are few certainties in this crazy whirlwind we call life, and one of them is that if you fight Justin Gaethje, somebody is getting a bonus. For the first time in Gaethje’s UFC career, it was only him who got the bonus after knocking out James Vick in the first round, but the name […]
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• TUF: Heavy Hitters Preview

  28-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  For the first time ever, heavyweights and the women's featherweight division will be on display together when The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters debuts on FS1 on Wednesday night, Aug. 29.To help this latest cast of fighters get to the next level of their careers, middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and top five-ranked contender Kelvin Gastelum will be coaching the 16 UFC hopefuls during the 28th season of the long running competition series. Both Whittaker and Gastelum will bring plenty of k
  
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• Hughes Excited To Finally Focus on MMA Full-Time

  28-08-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  The members of Ohio’s Strong Style team were certainly happy for Jeff Hughes when he defeated Josh Appelt and earned himself a UFC contract last month. But once those initial good wishes were given, it was back to business.“It was pretty much get back to work,” Hughes laughs. “It’s about as blue-collar as it gets.”That’s just fine with the 30-year-old heavyweight, who was ready to work as soon as he got home from Las Vegas, especially now that it’s
  
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• Robson Gracie Jr., Brother of Renzo, to Make MMA Debut at Bellator 208

  28-08-2018 04:41 via sherdog.com
  Another member of the sport’s first family is set to make his mixed martial arts debut.
  
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• Video: Robert Whittaker TUF 28 media lunch

  28-08-2018 04:02
  LOS ANGELES — Before the next TUF season premieres on Wednesday night, coach and UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker discusses his time on the show opposite future title challenger Kelvin Gastelum, when he expects to return to the Octagon, his thoughts on fighters getting title shots after missing weight and much, much more.
  
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• Ketlen Vieira Withdraws from UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo Bout vs. Tonya Evinger

  28-08-2018 03:55 via sherdog.com
  Ketlen Vieira has been forced to withdraw from a proposed bantamweight clash against Tonya Evinger at UFC Fight Night 137 in Sao Paulo on Sept. 22.
  
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• Ketlen Vieira Reportedly Out of UFC Sao Paulo Card

  28-08-2018 02:54
  Ketlen Vieira is reportedly off the UFC Sao Paulo card. The UFC will be heading back to Sao Paulo. An event is set to go down on the last night of summer. UFC Sao Paulo will be held inside the Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. One bout that was planned for the card will not […]
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• Ketlen Vieira out of UFC Sao Paulo fight with Tonya Evinger, will require surgery

  28-08-2018 02:35
  UFC Sao Paulo got a new main event. Now it’s going to need a new co-headliner.
  Ketlen Vieira is injured and out of her women’s bantamweight contender bout with Tonya Evinger, which was scheduled for Sept. 22 in Brazil, Vieira confirmed with MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz on Monday.
  Vieira said she has a knee injury and will require surgery. MMAjunkie was the first to report the news, including that the UFC is seeking a replacement to fight Evinger. Vieira said she is unsure how
  
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• Robert Whittaker Argues Why Fighters Who Miss Weight Should Not Receive Title Shots

  28-08-2018 01:13
  Robert Whittaker knows a thing or two about fighting opponents who miss weight. In his last bout, he went to war in what might be the consensus fight of the year thus far when he defeated Yoel Romero at UFC 225 in Chicago, Illinois. At the next pay per view, another fighter who has become […]
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• Robert Whittaker: UFC giving title shots to fighters who miss weight is ‘not fair’

  28-08-2018 00:30
  LOS ANGELES — Robert Whittaker wants the punishments to be steep for fighters who miss weight. Instead, the UFC seems to be going in the opposite direction.
  Yoel Romero missed weight at UFC 221 in February, only to beat Luke Rockhold and earn a title shot against Whittaker at UFC 225 in June. Romero, of course, missed weight prior to the Whittaker bout and was unable to win the middleweight belt had he been victorious. Whittaker ended up winning by split decision.
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• Tyron Woodley Says 0% Chance He Faces Usman on 24 Hours’ Notice

  28-08-2018 00:03
  Kamaru Usman has made it public that should something happen to Tyron Woodley or Darren Till in the UFC 228 main event, that he will be there to play cleanup for the main event, and the one thing he expected to pick up was the welterweight championship Woodley would be dropping should it be Till […]
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• Renzo Gracie’s brother Robson Gracie Jr. to debut at Bellator 208

  28-08-2018 00:00
  Another member of the Gracie clan will enter the Bellator cage.
  Robson Gracie Jr. will officially join family members Royce, Khonry and Neiman on Oct. 13, when he makes his professional MMA debut in a welterweight bout with Peter Nascimento at Bellator 208, sources confirmed following a report by MMA Junkie.
  Gracie Jr. is a 27-year-old grappler who fights out of New York, where he trains with his older brother Renzo. Before moving to New York in 2015, Gracie Jr. trained with former UFC middlewe
  
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