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• With new beginning in Combate Americas, Gaston Reyno determined to highlight Uruguay in the MMA world

  28-09-2018 23:28
  World titles, fame, and money all take a backseat to Gaston Reyno’s main objective now fighting for Combate Americas.
  The featherweight fighter will start a new chapter to his MMA career on Friday night in Long Beach, Calif., as he makes his promotional debut at Combate Americas: Camino A Copa Combate against Carlos Ochoa. And for Reyno, a fresh start under a new organization brings with it new goals and pursuits.
  The former Bellator athlete dreams of bringing an event to his home country
  
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• The Trenches, Episode 2: Sherdog Live Chat (8 p.m. ET)

  28-09-2018 23:19 via sherdog.com
  Sherdog contributors writers Ant Walker and Jason Burgos want to talk things over and answer your questions during a live video chat series titled “The Trenches,” airing Friday at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
  
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• The Trenches, Episode 2: Sherdog Live Chat

  28-09-2018 23:19 via sherdog.com
  Sherdog contributors writers Ant Walker and Jason Burgos want to talk things over and answer your questions during a live video chat series titled “The Trenches,” airing Friday at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
  
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• UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor fight week schedule announced

  28-09-2018 21:30
  The UFC 229 open workouts and pre-fight press conference will be open to fans next week.Fights fans may have been left out of the kickoff press conference for UFC 229, but they’ll likely play a big part in the Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor fight week experience.
  The UFC released it’s official UFC 229 fight week schedule on Friday for the blockbuster title fight between lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor. The itinerary includes UFC 229 open workouts, a pre-fight
  
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• Mayra Bueno Silva to undergo knee surgery after successful UFC Sao Paulo debut

  28-09-2018 21:00
  Mayra Bueno Silva was five seconds away from probably losing her UFC debut to Gillian Robertson, and will need surgery to fix a left knee injury she sustained in the fight.
  “Sheetara” submitted Robertson with an armbar at 4:55 of the opening round in Sao Paulo on Sept. 22, and told the media moments after the win, that she injured her knee defending Robertson’s first takedown attempt. Six days later, Siva’s coach Diego Lima confirmed to MMA Fighting that she will go unde
  
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• Khabib Nurmagomedov’s father not granted U.S. visa to attend UFC 229 

  28-09-2018 20:30
  Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov will not be traveling to Las Vegas to see his son, Khabib Nurmagomedov, take on Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 229 on Oct. 6.The UFC lightweight champion recently appealed to the American president, Donald Trump, via social media in an effort to gain clearance to attend the blockbuster bout. However, on Friday morning, RT.com reported that Abdulmanap was not granted a visa for the event.Nurmagomedov’s management later confirmed the news to MMA Fighting.Acc
  
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• Video: Main Card Fighters On Weight for Saturday’s Bellator DAZN Debut

  28-09-2018 20:28 via sherdog.com
  Bellator MMA is set to debut on the DAZN streaming service with a blockbuster card featuring a superfight between middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi and welterweight champ Rory MacDonald, as well as a fourth grudge match between Quinton Jackson and longtime rival Wanderlei Silva.
  
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• Daniel Cormier Slams ‘Snitch’ Jon Jones on Instagram

  28-09-2018 20:27 via sherdog.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight and heavyweight king Daniel Cormier has replied to his longtime nemesis Jon Jones after “Bones” called D.C.’s light heavyweight belt a fake title.
  
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• Former UFC Title Challenger Michael ‘Mayday’ McDonald Calls it a Career

  28-09-2018 20:05 via sherdog.com
  Former Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight title challenger and recent Bellator MMA addition Michael McDonald has announced his retirement after suffering yet another broken hand.
  
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• Bellator 206 weigh-in video live now

  28-09-2018 20:01
  At the Bellator 206 weigh-ins, all 34 fighters taking part in Saturday night’s fights will step on the scales Friday in San Jose.
  In the main event, Gegard Mousasi and Rory MacDonald will have to hit the middleweight championship limit of 185 pounds.
  The Bellator 206 official weigh-ins will be at 12 p.m. ET, and MMA Fighting will have the video live. The Bellator 206 ceremonial weigh-ins will be at 8 p.m. ET.
  Check out Bellator 206 weigh-in results below.
  Main card (DAZN at 10 p.m. ET):Ge
  
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• TUF 27 winner Brad Katona to fight Matthew Lopez at UFC 231

  28-09-2018 19:00
  The Ultimate Fighter 27 featherweight champion Brad Katona is set to begin his UFC career in earnest.
  On Friday, the UFC announced that Katona will drop back down to 135 pounds to fight Matthew Lopez at UFC 231 on Dec. 8 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
  Katona, a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, sports a spotless record in seven pro bouts. He won the TUF 27 featherweight tournament earlier this year, defeating Kyler Phillips and Bryce Mitchell on the reality show before winning a unanimous deci
  
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• Daniel Cormier fires back at ‘snitch’ Jon Jones for recent comments

  28-09-2018 17:41
  If Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones are headed towards a third fight, they’ve already put in plenty of promotional work.
  Despite Cormier holding out for a heavyweight title fight with Brock Lesnar next year, and Jones’s status unclear after recently being handed a retroactive 15-month suspension from the USADA that will be cleared by the end of October, the longtime rivals haven’t been able to stop themselves from sniping at each other over social media.
  Earlier this month, Cormie
  
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• Screw it: A 165-pound title bout between Nate Diaz and Dustin Poirier would be momentous

  28-09-2018 17:00
  Though it was accomplished for a few tawdry giggles, that one time Nate Diaz smacked Dana White just outside the Turf Motel in California served as a kind of iconic moment in MMA. A million fighters wished they’d found that same cheek with their own hands, and a million more were ready to make it a kind of YouTube tradition. Needless to say, White took the slap like a champ, because he knows exactly how smackable his face actually is. That’s why he made sure he was a playable fighte
  
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• 'Cyborg' Calls for UFC to Have A Backup Ready if Amanda Nunes Pulls Out of UFC 232

  28-09-2018 16:41 via sherdog.com
  The first-ever women’s super-fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship takes place at UFC 232 in December between featherweight champion Cristiane Justino, better known as “Cyborg,” and bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes.
  
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• Conor McGregor donates €10,000 to Irish child’s medical care

  28-09-2018 16:00
  Say what you will about Conor McGregor’s antics outside of the Octagon, and the ways in which he sells his fights, but “The Notorious” has never shied away from charitable donations.The latest donation has come a week away from his all-encompassing lightweight title fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov. According to the mother of sick child, Bru McCullough, the Dubliner paid the entire €10,000 that she appealed for after opening a GoFundMe account to fund the Irish boy&rsquo
  
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• Aaron Pico planning for Freddie Roach to be in his corner at Bellator 206

  28-09-2018 15:00
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — Freddie Roach is supposed to be in Aaron Pico’s corner at Bellator 206, MMA Fighting has learned.
  Pico trains under the legendary boxing coach at Roach’s Wild Card gym in Los Angeles. The top prospect is expecting for Roach to be in his corner for his bout with Leandro Higo on Saturday night here at SAP Center.Bellator president Scott Coker dropped the news to MMA Fighting in an interview Thursday after media day. Pico’s manager Bob Cook confirmed that
  
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• Morning Report: Jon Jones lights into Daniel Cormier over USADA criticism

  28-09-2018 14:00
  It’s safe to say, Jon Jones is all the way back.
  Last week, Jones was finally handed down his suspension from USADA following his failed drug tests in relation with UFC 214: a reduced, 15-month suspension, retroactive to July of last year, meaning Jones is eligible to return to fighting this next month. That’s obviously great news for Jones but others were, perhaps, unhappy with USADA.Earlier this week, UFC double champion, Daniel Cormier, who has previously commented on his dislike
  
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• Bellator 206 weigh-in video

  28-09-2018 13:00
  At the Bellator 206 weigh-ins, all 34 fighters taking part in Saturday night’s fights will step on the scales Friday in San Jose.
  In the main event, Gegard Mousasi and Rory MacDonald will have to hit the middleweight championship limit of 185 pounds.
  The Bellator 206 official weigh-ins will be at 12 p.m. ET, and MMA Fighting will have the video live. The Bellator 206 ceremonial weigh-ins will be at 8 p.m. ET.
  Check out Bellator 206 weigh-in results below.
  Main card (DAZN at 10 p.m. ET):Ge
  
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• New Main Event Tops Cage Warriors 97 Card After Omer Cankardesler Fails Medicals

  28-09-2018 12:57 via sherdog.com
  The Cage Warriors 97 main event took an unexpected turn just a few hours before the weigh-ins were to begin.
  
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• Unfiltered: Dustin Poirier, and Bas Rutten In-Studio

  28-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  MMA legend and UFC Hall of Famer Bas Rutten joins Jim and Matt in-studio to talk about a variety of subjects including fighting in Pancrase, the early days in the UFC, Karate Combat, and much more. Then, #3 UFC Lightweight contender Dustin Poirier calls in and talks about fighting Nate Diaz at UFC 230, the possibility of a 165lbs. division, Khabib vs. Conor, mental warfare, and a lot more. Full EpisodeBas on the moment everyone realized UFC was realBas snapped a guy's shin in half using an inver
  
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• UFC 229 Preview: Waterson vs. Herrig

  28-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  While the spotlight will be affixed to the main event at UFC 229 as Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor finally lock horns, the October 6 Pay-Per-View main card kicks off with a clash between veteran strawweights looking to put themselves in position to make a run towards to the top of the division in 2019.More than a decade after being cast members on the Oxygen network’s reality series Fight Girls, Michelle Waterson and Felice Herrig will share the Octagon together in the opening bout
  
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• TUF Blog: Maurice Greene Part 5

  28-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  This week we got to see a lot more frustration coming from the other side of the house.I like Leah Letson a lot. She's a good person and a very strong competitor. It was frustrating to see her not get the kind of experience that she rightly hoped for. Because of that, I made a big effort to extend the olive branch, so to speak, and welcome her to our team if she was ready to make that transition to training with Team Gastelum.My mindset was that although this is a team-based tournament, you have
  
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• TUF Blog: Marciea Allen Part 5

  28-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Fall is right around the corner enjoy mother nature while you can . #shadowboxing #mma #wmma pic.twitter.com/oqAtFYzlC5— Marciea Allen (@MarcieaAllen) September 27, 2018My fight’s now over, and in addition to the defeat, I suffered a pretty significant injury that had nothing to do with the armbar that ended the fight.I couldn’t place my entire body weight on my foot and I didn’t know how it happened in the fight, but regardless of how, I just knew something was wrong.Thi
  
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• TUF Blog: Josh Parisian Part 5

  28-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
     View this post on InstagramDrilling combos that focus on footwork and stance changing this evening #mma #ufc #tuf28 #heavyhitters #theultimatefighter #heavyweight #footwork #mittworkA post shared byJosh Parisian (@parisianmma) on Sep 6, 2018 at 3:07pm PDTFight day had finally arrived. All of my typical pre-fight nerves started to set in upon waking up: shallow breathing and a slow, but hard, pounding heartbeat. One thing that I wrote in my journal every single evening before be
  
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• The Story Of Matt Hughes' Comeback From A Near-Fatal Accident Proves Inspiring

  28-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Twenty minutes wasn’t going to be enough to tell the Matt Hughes story. That was my first thought when I found out the “25 Years in Short” series on UFC FIGHT PASS was going to include a mini-documentary on the comeback of the legendary UFC Hall of Famer from a near-fatal 2017 accident.Then I saw the film. But before that, I found out who was directing it, and my worries disappeared.“I actually like this format that they’re doing with this series a lot,”
  
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• The 10: The Biggest Fights in UFC History

  28-09-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Next Saturday night’s main event is a going to be big.After nearly two full years away from the Octagon, the first man to ever hold championship gold in two divisions simultaneously, “The Notorious” Conor McGregor, will end his hiatus and return to face the unbeaten, unstoppable Khabib Nurmagomedov for the lightweight title in the main event of UFC 229 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.It is a fight that has been brewing since before McGregor made his first UFC appearance
  
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• Michael McDonald announces retirement

  28-09-2018 05:29
  “Mayday” is calling it a day.
  Bellator and UFC veteran Michael McDonald has decided to retire after seeing his career limited by hand injuries over the last few years. The 27-year-old bantamweight confirmed the news on Facebook following an interview with ESPN.My friends and family, I am excited to announce the start of a new chapter for me and my wife Rachel.
  Today I am...Posted by Michael "Mayday" McDonald on Thursday, September 27, 2018
  “My friends and family, I am excited
  
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• Wanderlei Silva says he’s making $1 million for Bellator 206 fight with ‘Rampage’ Jackson

  28-09-2018 02:13
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — At Bellator 206 media day, Wanderlei Silva discusses his fourth fight with “Rampage” Jackson, the bout being at heavyweight, why he wanted this fight, how much he’s making for this fight, his feelings on Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz, Mirko Cro Cop and more.
  
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• Leandro Higo says Bellator is in for ‘surprise’ if they think he’s ‘stepping stone’ for Aaron Pico

  28-09-2018 02:02
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — At Bellator 206 media day, Leandro Higo (through translator and coach Eric Albarracin) discusses fighting top prospect Aaron Pico, if he believes Bellator is looking at him as a stepping stone for the potential future face of the promotion, his eye injury and more.
  
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• Scott Coker: Eddie Alvarez to Bellator ‘doesn’t seem likely at this point’

  28-09-2018 02:00
  If you hoped that free agent Eddie Alvarez would return to Bellator MMA and perhaps have a trilogy fight with Michael Chandler, you’re in for disappointment.
  Bellator CEO Scott Coker told MMA Fighting at Bellator 206 media day on Thursday that the chances of the former UFC and Bellator lightweight champion ending up returning to his old Bellator stomping grounds don’t look so hot.
  “It doesn’t seem likely at this point,” Coker said.
  Alvarez was the face of Bellator
  
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• Aaron Pico believes he can be Bellator champion by next year

  28-09-2018 01:47
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — At Bellator 206 media day, Aaron Pico discusses why he always wears a suit in front of the camera, the challenge of fighting 18-4 veteran Leandro Higo, where he sees his future in both MMA and boxing and more.
  
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• Gegard Mousasi says he’d want ‘a lot of drug testing’ ahead of potential Lyoto Machida rematch

  28-09-2018 01:18
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — At Bellator 206 media day, Gegard Mousasi discusses the size discrepancy in his fight with Rory MacDonald, what MacDonald has to lose in the fight, a potential fight with Lyoto Machida down the road, the UFC middleweight division and more.
  
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• Firas Zahabi says GSP’s next opponent, weight class will depend on ‘juiciest offer’

  28-09-2018 01:01
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — At Bellator 206 media day, Tristar Gym head coach Firas Zahabi discusses Rory MacDonald’s fight against Gegard Mousasi, MacDonald moving up to middleweight, Georges St-Pierre’s future and much more.
  
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• Rory MacDonald happy to not be part of ‘annoying and fake’ UFC welterweight shuffle

  28-09-2018 00:46
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — At Bellator 206 media day, Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald discusses cryptocurrency, taking challenges, if it’s the biggest fight in Bellator history, UFC vs. Bellator, and more.
  
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• LFA Flyweight Champ Sabina Mazo Pulled From Saturday's LFA 51 After Opponent Suffers Injury

  28-09-2018 00:26 via sherdog.com
  Legacy Fighting Alliance flyweight champion Sabina Mazo has been pulled her main event bout at LFA 51 this weekend after her opponent Jaimelene Nievera announced she was injured on Thursday.
  
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• LFA Flyweight Champ Sabina Mazo Pulled From Friday's LFA 51 After Opponent Suffers Injury

  28-09-2018 00:26 via sherdog.com
  Legacy Fighting Alliance flyweight champion Sabina Mazo has been pulled her main event bout at LFA 51 this weekend after her opponent Jaimelene Nievera announced she was injured on Thursday.
  
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