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• Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa announced as UFC Adelaide main event

  06-09-2018 23:45
  Junior dos Santos is set to give Tai Tuivasa the biggest test of his career.
  On Thursday, officials announced that dos Santos and Tuivasa will meet in the heavyweight headliner of UFC Adelaide on Dec. 2. The bout was first reported by Combate.
  This will be dos Santos’s second fight since returning from temporary suspension tied to a potential USADA violation of which he was cleared in April. The former heavyweight champion would go on to fight Blagoy Ivanov at UFC Boise, winning a five-ro
  
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• Darren Till: ‘There’s no way this fight’s not going to happen because of me’

  06-09-2018 23:00
  DALLAS – The witching hour for Darren Till is not midnight, as it is in folklore, but Friday morning at the fighter hotel. That’s when he will officially step on the scale and a number will blink back to inform him as to whether or not he is fighting for the welterweight title on Saturday night. Of all the distractions during UFC 228 fight week, the question of his weight has been the most burdensome.
  That’s been the cost of coming in over the 171-pound allotment for his welte
  
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• Antonina Shevchenko’s UFC debut vs. Ashlee Evans-Smith targeted for TUF 28 Finale

  06-09-2018 22:30
  Valentina won’t be the only Shevchenko sister showing off her skills in the Octagon in the near future.
  Antonina Shevchenko, Valentina’s older sibling, will face Ashlee Evans-Smith in a flyweight bout at the TUF 28 Finale on Nov. 30 in Las Vegas, sources confirmed Thursday with MMA Fighting. ESPN was the first to report the news.
  Shevchenko (6-0) earned a UFC contract with a second-round TKO over Jaymee Nievara at Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series back in June. The K
  
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• Brandon Davis explains wanting to fight Zabit Magomedsharipov on short notice

  06-09-2018 22:26
  DALLAS — At UFC 228 media day, Brandon Davis discusses how he ended up fighting Zabit Magomedsharipov on short notice, why he wants to set the record for most UFC fights in one year, his strategy against Magomedsharipov and more.
  
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• Tyron Woodley Says Darren Till Fight In Personal

  06-09-2018 21:50
  Tyron Woodley has solidified himself as the top dog in the UFC’s welterweight division. So imagine his displeasure when time after time the MMA community continues to paint him as the underdog. Woodley has successfully defended his championship three times since dethroning Robbie Lawler in 2016. Two of those contests were against decorated striker Stephen […]
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• Carla Esparza says there’s ‘a lot more to come’ in her rivalry with Claudia Gadelha

  06-09-2018 21:46
  DALLAS — At UFC 228 media day, Carla Esparza discusses Tatiana Suarez’s wrestling prowess, being the underdog despite being the former UFC women’s strawweight champion, her very close loss to Claudia Gadelha and much more.
  
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• UFC 228 media day photos

  06-09-2018 21:42
  UFC 228 media day photos are from Thursday’s UFC event in Dallas.
  
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• Rafael dos Anjos Gives His Pick For UFC 228 Main Event

  06-09-2018 21:41
  Rafael dos Anjos has won UFC gold before. He is a former 155-pound champion for the promotion. Since then, however, “RDA” has moved up to 170 pounds where he has looked impressive. The Brazilian hopes to one day step into the cage and win a welterweight title. Dos Anjos spoke to MMA Fighting recently and […]
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• Tatiana Suarez says once people see her striking power, they’ll think ‘she’s evil’

  06-09-2018 21:35
  DALLAS — At UFC 228 media day, Tatiana Suarez discusses where her wrestling stacks up with Carla Esparza, her being a heavy favorite, her own standing in the women’s strawweight division, her striking and much more.
  
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• Aljamain Sterling Wants Bigger Fight After Cody Stamann

  06-09-2018 21:32
  This weekend (Sat. September 8, 2018) Aljamain Sterling will return to the Octagon. He will face Cody Stamann at UFC 228 on the FX preliminary card. Sterling defeated Brett Johns via unanimous decision in April. It was a bounce-back win after being gruesomely knocked out by Marlon Moraes in December. Once again, Sterling will step […]
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• UFC 228’s Zabit Magomedsharipov wants his nickname to be ‘ZaBeast’

  06-09-2018 21:18
  DALLAS — Zabit Magomedsharipov discusses his UFC 228 fight against Brandon Davis, Yair Rodriguez withdrawing from the bout, which nickname he prefers, his chase of the featherweight title, and much more.
  
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• Fired up Niko Price ready to fight Abdul Razak Alhassan ‘right now’

  06-09-2018 20:50
  DALLAS — Niko Price discusses his UFC 228 matchup against Abdul Razak Alhassan, why he’s been so successful in his early UFC career, his last win being a candidate for Knockout of the Year, the state of the welterweight division, and much more.
  
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• Nutritionist: Darren Till Weighs 178 on Eve of UFC 228 Weigh-ins

  06-09-2018 20:43 via sherdog.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight No. 1 contender Darren Till is preparing for the biggest fight of his mixed martial arts career as he takes on champion Tyron Woodley in the main event of UFC 228 on Saturday night.
  
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• Nicco Montaño says Valentina Shevchenko is in ‘la-la land’ if she thinks she won’t show up to UFC 228

  06-09-2018 20:43
  DALLAS — At UFC 228 media day, Nicco Montaño discusses being an inspiration as UFC champion to Native children, the long odds of her beating Valentina Shevchenko, Shevchenko’s talk that Montaño won’t show up and more.
  
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• Tyron Woodley says Darren Till ‘can only win by knocking me out’

  06-09-2018 20:14
  DALLAS — At UFC 228 media day, Tyron Woodley discusses his title defense with Darren Till, how Till compares to Colby Covington, Till being a specialist and much, much more.
  
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• UFC 228 Embedded, Episode 3: ‘I am who I am because of where I come from’

  06-09-2018 20:00
  In the third episode of UFC 228 Embedded, Nicco Montano speaks on the importance of her Native heritage, Valentina Shevchenko hits the Good Morning Texas studio, Darren Till and Tyron Woodley head to Dallas. Also, strawweight contender Tatiana Suarez and featherweight competitors Zabit Magomedsharipov and Brandon Davis prepare for fight night.
  
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• UFC 228 media day staredowns

  06-09-2018 19:41
  DALLAS — Tyron Woodley, Darren Till, Valentina Shevchenko, Nicco Montaño and the rest of Saturday’s stars faced off at UFC 228 media day.
  
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• Jon Jones Lands New Supplement Sponsorship

  06-09-2018 19:16
  Jon Jones is starting to get his sponsorships back following issues with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). “Bones” has had several issues with USADA testing since it partnered with the UFC some years ago. As a result, some supplement companies have been weary of working with the former 205-pound champion. One of Jones’ former […]
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• John Dodson Explains Why Jimmie Rivera Fight is Personal

  06-09-2018 18:37
  John Dodson is fired up going into his next fight as he’s slated to take on Jimmie Rivera in a bantamweight bout at the upcoming UFC 228 pay-per-view event. Dodson has gone 3-2 since making the jump back up to 135 pounds in 2016. He is fresh off a split-decision victory over Pedro Munhoz this […]
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• Luke Rockhold’s Coach Claims he has Reinvented Himself For Chris Weidman Rematch

  06-09-2018 18:22
  According to his head coach, former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold has reinvented himself for his upcoming fight against fellow former champ Chris Weidman. Rockhold is coming off a devastating loss to Yoel Romero in the main event of UFC 221 in Australia. If you recall, Rockhold was originally slated to fight Robert Whittaker for […]
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• Melissa Martinez vs. Francis Hernandez to co-headline Combate Americas’ Camino a Copa Combate

  06-09-2018 17:30
  Comabte America’s Camino a Copa Combate main card is now complete.The addition of a women’s strawweight fight between Melissa Martinez and Francis Hernandez, which will serve as the co-main event of the card, has finalized the lineup for the three-fight main card at Camino a Copa Combate.
  MMA Fighting recently learned the news.
  Martinez last fought in April where she outpointed Ivanna Martinenghi at Combate Estrellas 2. “Super Mely” is undefeated in her MMA career, sport
  
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• Darren Till’s nutritionist Eoghan Gallagher ‘110 percent’ sure he’ll make weight

  06-09-2018 16:30
  DALLAS – One of the dramas playing out in real time ahead of UFC 228 is the question as to whether or not welterweight challenger Darren Till will make weight for his title fight with Tyron Woodley. To ensure that he does is nutritionist George Lockhart’s protégé, Eoghan Gallagher, who is in Texas to help Till whittle down from his 202-pound frame to a lean, healthy 170 pounds come Friday morning at the official weigh-ins.
  After Wednesday’s open workout at the Am
  
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• An underdog once more, Tyron Woodley says UFC 228 fight against Darren Till is ‘personal’

  06-09-2018 15:01
  DALLAS — After a near 14-month layoff, Tyron Woodley is back, and if Wednesday’s UFC 228 open workouts were any indication, the reigning UFC welterweight champion feels like he has a point to prove this weekend against undefeated challenger Darren Till.“It feels great to be back. It feels great to have an opponent that really thinks he wants some, to go out there and train and just have that mindset — this is personal,” Woodley said at UFC 228 open workouts. &ldquo
  
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• Nicco Montano to Gamblers: I Get Where You’re Coming From

  06-09-2018 14:26
  Nicco Montano will be defending her flyweight championship against Valentina Shevchenko in the co-main event of UFC 228. She will be doing so as the largest champion underdog in the history of the UFC. Montano opened as a +450 underdog, which, for a champion, is large enough, but gamblers have moved the line to now […]
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• Morning Report: Rafael dos Anjos doesn’t agree with Darren Till getting title shot, picks Tyron Woodley to win at UFC 228

  06-09-2018 14:02
  With just one loss since moving up to welterweight, Rafael dos Anjos remains in the mix at 170 pounds, and he isn’t exactly thrilled at how Darren Till jumped to the front of the contenders’ line.
  During an appearance on UFC Tonight on Wednesday, the former lightweight champion was asked how he felt about Till challenging Tyron Woodley for the welterweight title on Saturday at UFC 228, despite Till missing weight in his last fight against Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. Do
  
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• Owen Roddy Doesn't Think Conor McGregor Will Retire After UFC 229

  06-09-2018 13:59 via sherdog.com
  Conor McGregor has not fought in the Octagon since capturing the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight belt from Eddie Alvarez in November 2016.
  Since that fight, McGregor has taken on one of the greatest boxers of all-time in Floyd Mayweather Jr. Despite losing the bout, McGregor took home a purse estimated at over $100 million.
  
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• UFC 228 open workout photos

  06-09-2018 13:52
  Check out UFC 228 open workout photos from Wednesday’s UFC event.
  
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• Paul Felder, James Vick Agree to Fight in December, Possibly at UFC Milwaukee

  06-09-2018 13:42 via sherdog.com
  An exciting lightweight bout appears to be in the works, as Paul Felder and James Vick have agreed on Twitter to fight each other at the end of the year.
  
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• Unfiltered Episode 227: Tyron Woodley & Darren Till

  06-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  UFC welterweight champion, Tyron Woodley and welterweight challenger, Darren Till join UFC Unfiltered in anticipation of their Main Event fight Saturday night at UFC 228 in Dallas Texas.Full Episode:Tyron Woodley: The way he fightsTyron Woodley: He's happy people think he's not focused.Darren Till: He's learned from his stabbing.Darren Till: How he plans for a fight.Darren Till: He knows he is being taken seriously for this fight. Read the Full Article Here
  
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• UFC 228 Open Workouts: European Challengers Plant Their Flags Among American Champions

  06-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  “It touches me right here,” Darren Till explained, tapping on his heart.For a fighter so well known for bravado and confidence, the notable and unexpected support of the Dallas fans in attendance at the official UFC 228 open workouts clearly hit him in a soft spot.“I believed I have fans everywhere…I didn’t think I had this many fans. It’s overwhelming. It’s good for me.”It makes sense that Till would be shocked by the support. His champion oppone
  
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• Tuivasa faces JDS in Adelaide this December

  06-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  The UFC returns "Down Under" on December 2 with a main event that is expected to shake up the foundations of the heavyweight division. Taking to the Octagon at the Adelaide Entertainment Center will be two of the best big men in the game, as former world champion Junior Dos Santos continues on his road back to the top following an important win over Blagoy Ivanov when he faces Australia's own Tai Tuivasa. UFC Fight Night will air live on FS1.Unbeaten as a professional, Western Sydney's "Bam Bam"
  
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• TUF Heavy Hitters Blog: Maurice Greene Part 2

  06-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  I'm still on Cloud 9 from winning my first fight on TUF. Even after weeks have passed and I watched it at home on the big screen with family and friends, it still really hasn't sunk in yet. I've worked so hard to get to this level, and it's starting to pay off.That being said, I think it's crucial to always be striving for more, and to never be totally satisfied with where you're at, so I'm just as hungry now as I've ever been. After taking a bit of time to celebrate -- in the TUF house and at h
  
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• TUF Heavy Hitters Blog: Leah Letson Part 2

  06-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  After being snubbed with the first overall pick and seeing Team Whitaker go down 0-2 in the competition, my TUF experience started out a little rocky.Heading into the tournament, you try to visualize everything that could happen, but at the end of the day you're hoping for, and at least partially expecting, the best.Well, so much for that. Ha-ha.I think it would've been fairly easy to get really worried about the direction my team was headed, and to let that maybe even affect my performance in t
  
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• Till: I Am The Future

  06-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Darren Till of England talks with members of the media during the UFC 228 ultimate media day on September 6, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)" align="center" />Transitioning from prospect to top contender usually takes some time, but for welterweight title challenger Darren Till, the rise to the top has been fast and furious.And the undefeated fighter wouldn’t have it any other way.Saturday will be Till’s fifth UFC fight since May
  
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• Suarez still humble despite dominant run to start UFC career

  06-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  It would be easy for Tatiana Suarez to start getting a little cocky. She’s unbeaten as a pro, an Ultimate Fighter winner and three UFC wins in which she’s dominated her opposition. But if former strawweight world champion Carla Esparza hopes to catch Suarez napping in their UFC 228 bout this weekend, that’s not happening. “I'm humble because I always feel like on any given day, it might not be your day,” Suarez said. “I don't care that I ran through my last op
  
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• Montaño: 'I am who I am because of where I'm from'

  06-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
     View this post on InstagramA post shared by N I C C O R A E (@nrmontano) on Aug 24, 2018 at 4:19pm PDTWith only one UFC fight on her record, Nicco Montaño’s career is already teeming with history. In that one fight, she became not only the first UFC women’s flyweight champion, but also the first Native American UFC champion.Most of the world was introduced to her during the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter, where Montaño consistently demolished the
  
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• Montano message to all underdogs: "You're in control of your destination"

  06-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  A world championship may have changed Nicco Montano’s life, but it hasn’t changed who she is.“It was not even a year ago that I was still living in the basement, trying to figure out what I wanted to do,” she said recently. “It’s definitely all new, all fast.”That whirlwind kicked into gear when the New Mexico native made one of the most memorable runs in the history of The Ultimate Fighter series, as she went from the 14th seed to the season title, a ti
  
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• Miller first fighter to reach big 3-0

  06-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Taking place almost a decade ago, on October 18, 2008, in Birmingham, England, UFC 89 was headlined by Michael Bisping defeating Chris Leben via a unanimous decision.Bisping would go on to post a 29-fight UFC career before retiring in May of 2018. The Count’s benchmark of 29 fights would stand as the most UFC fights ever by one man.Until Saturday (September 8, 2018).The man about to surpass Bisping’s incredible benchmark of 29 bouts in the UFC, is a man who made his UFC debut at UFC
  
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• Esparza ready to run her game at UFC 228

  06-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
     View this post on InstagramA post shared by Carla (@carlaesparza1) on Sep 3, 2018 at 7:46am PDTCarla Esparza was the first women’s strawweight champion in both the UFC and Invicta FC. Compiling an impressive 13-5 record since 2010, Esparza has faced and largely succeeded against the best of the best at 115 lbs. She faces her next test on the road to reclaiming her belt when she meets Tatiana Suarez, a fighter she has known since junior high school, at Saturday’s UFC
  
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• Brandon Davis thinks Zabit is "ideal opponent"

  06-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Brandon Davis wasn’t exactly looking for a fight this weekend, but when he found out that Yair Rodriguez had to pull out of his UFC 228 bout against Zabit Magomedsharipov, he figured he might as well get into one. “Somebody said on Twitter, ‘Get Brandon Davis, Jason Knight or Shane Burgos this fight; they all need one. And I said, ‘You know I'm down,’ and I retweeted it.” That’s all it took to get the ball rolling, but as Davis waited to find out whether
  
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• Valentina Shevchenko UFC 228 open workout highlights

  06-09-2018 06:14
  DALLAS — Valentina Shevchenko (and her sister Antonina Shevchenko) put on a show at the UFC 228 open workouts Wednesday. Shevchenko challenges Nicco Montaño for the UFC women’s flyweight title Saturday.
  
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• Video: Tyron Woodley UFC 228 pre-fight scrum

  06-09-2018 05:30
  DALLAS — UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley speaks to the media at the UFC 228 Open Workouts about his upcoming title defense against Darren Till, Till’s weight situation, his own weight cut, and much more.
  
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• Darren Till UFC 228 open workout highlights

  06-09-2018 05:15
  DALLAS — Darren Till put on a show for the fans and the media at UFC 228 workouts Wednesday evening.
  
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• The Ultimate Fighter 28, Episode 2 results: Lehner vs. Kianzad

  06-09-2018 05:00
  Pannie Kianzad and Katharina Lehner showed why their fight had such high expectations.
  The first women’s featherweight bout in the history of The Ultimate Fighter was a high-level affair, though it was Team Gastelum’s Kianzad (10-3) who would walk out with the unanimous decision win after 10 minutes of action.
  Both women entered the TUF 28 house with Invicta FC experience. Kianzad holds a 2-2 record in the promotion and Lehner (7-1) battled Sarah Kaufman for a vacant 135-pound title
  
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• Tyron Woodley UFC 228 open workout highlights

  06-09-2018 04:54
  DALLAS — UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley put on a show of the fans and the media at UFC 228 open workouts Wednesday.
  
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• ‘Baby Slice’ to fight Corey Browning in lightweight debut at Bellator 207

  06-09-2018 04:00
  “Baby Slice” has an opponent for his first fight at 155 pounds.
  Kevin Ferguson Jr., the son of the late Kimbo Slice, will fight Corey Browning on the main card of Bellator 207 on Oct. 12 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. MMA Fighting confirmed the news with officials after an initial report by ESPN.
  In his past two bouts, Ferguson, 26, competed at catchweights of 160 and 165 pounds as he gradually made the move down from the 170-pound division. He is 3-1 as a professiona
  
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• UFC Vet Manny Gamburyan to Come Out of Retirement, Planning Return in 2019

  06-09-2018 03:55 via sherdog.com
  Manny Gamburyan has the itch again.
  
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• Darren Till Says Weight is On Target Headed Into UFC 228

  06-09-2018 03:43
  As the tension continues to rise leading up to the UFC 228 weigh-ins, Darren Till appeared and sounded cool as a cucumber when the topic of his weight inevitably came up during his media scrum Wednesday. His comments should help ease some of that tension (Via MMAjunkie): “Friday, I’m not stepping any heavier than 170,” […]
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• Darren Till gives update on weight, says anyone who asks about it after UFC 228 is ‘getting slapped’

  06-09-2018 03:05
  Darren Till’s weight might be “not great.” But he’s vowing to successfully hit the mark Friday.
  The UFC welterweight title challenger said Wednesday at UFC 228 open workouts that he was 182 pounds this morning, still 12 off the 170-pound limit he needs to reach in order to face Tyron Woodley for the belt Saturday night. That’s not a huge number for someone in his division at this juncture, though.
  “So, we’ll see,” Till said. “Friday I’
  
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• Cody Garbrandt Goes Into Retreat After Second Loss to Find Himself

  06-09-2018 03:00
  Cody Garbrandt had never felt the sting of defeat in his professional MMA career prior to dropping the bantamweight championship to T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 217. Garbrandt took defeat hard, but heading into UFC 227, he considered himself wiser and stronger through that experience: “I learned a lot – that God puts you through these […]
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