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• KSW 45 results: Phil De Fries defends HW title, Roberto Soldic dethrones Dricus Du Plessis

  06-10-2018 23:30
  Phil De Fries successfully defended his heavyweight title for the time with a second-round submission in the main event of KSW 45 in London, England on Saturday.The towering Brit completely drained Karol Bedorf’s tank with a solid grounded onslaught up until the finish. After consistent ground and pound, De Fries passed Bedorf’s guard and and isolated his arm before forcing the tap from the juggernaut with an americana.Ahead of the fight, former UFC fighter De Fries explained to MMA
  
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• Video: UFC Releases Nurmagomedov-McGregor Promo Narrated by John Malkovich

  06-10-2018 23:13 via sherdog.com
  The anticipation is building for the UFC 229 headliner between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor, and the promotion has unveiled one final promotional video that will be sure to get the blood pumping.
  
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• UFC 229 live stream online

  06-10-2018 23:00
  Watch UFC 229 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the pay-per-view card at 10 p.m. ET on Oct. 6.
  The fight card for this portion is as follows:
  Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor
  Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis
  Ovince Saint Preux vs. Dominick Reyes
  Derrick Lewis vs. Alexander Volkov
  Michelle Waterson vs. Felice Herrig
  UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov will put his title on the line against former two-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor in the main event. Tony Ferguson and Anth
  
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• UFC releases UFC 229 promo video voiced by John Malkovich

  06-10-2018 22:30
  If you weren’t already hyped for Khabib vs. McGregor, you will be now.
  On Saturday afternoon, the UFC released a video — that will act as the pay-per-view cold open — for UFC 229 voiced by actor John Malkovich. The promo is goosebump-inducing and being called one of the best UFC promotional videos ever done.
  Who belongs on the throne?
  There can only be one king. #UFC229 pic.twitter.com/G48hNs0VDq— UFC (@ufc) October 6, 2018Khabib Nurmagomedov will defend his UFC lightwei
  
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• UFC 229 Embedded, Episode 6: ‘Good boy’

  06-10-2018 21:35
  In the sixth episode of UFC 229 Embedded, the fighters make weight, Conor McGregor Jr. has fun with Dillon Danis, and the fighters head to ceremonial weigh-ins.
  
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• Formiga claims he was unofficial back-up plan for Johnson-Cejudo, hopes to earn title shot at UFC 229

  06-10-2018 21:00
  Jussier Formiga has been pursuing a chance to fight for the UFC flyweight belt for over five years, and a win at UFC 229 might put him closer than ever to a championship bout.
  Once considered the best 125-pounder in the world, in times where flyweights weren’t welcome in the Octagon, Formiga enters the eight-sided cage Saturday night in Las Vegas to battle Sergio Pettis hoping that the winner of this contest will be considered the next in line for the gold against Henry Cejudo.
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• Wagner Prado scores devastating knockout win at KSW 45

  06-10-2018 20:30
  Wagner Prado took just 40 seconds to stop short-notice replacement Lukasz Parobiec at KSW 45 in London, England on Saturday.WHAT A KO!!! @wagnercaldeirao is for real! #KSW45 pic.twitter.com/SrLd4IFo2x— KSW (@KSW_MMA) October 6, 2018Prado wasted no time taking the fight to the Polish veteran and caught him flush with a right hand 40 seconds into the contest.
  The former UFC fighter has been in stellar form since leaving the UFC, collecting a record of 7-1 after his promotional departure. Th
  
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• Vicente Luque wants to honor late former manager Glenn Robinson at UFC 229

  06-10-2018 19:00
  LAS VEGAS — Vicente Luque didn’t have the most impressive record back in 2014. He was 7-4-1 on the regional MMA scene in Brazil and not thought of as a prospect.
  Despite that, the Blackzilians picked Luque up and had him compete for the South Florida-based team on The Ultimate Fighter 21: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians. For that, Luque will be forever grateful to the team and its founder Glenn Robinson, who died last month reportedly from a suspected heart attack.
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• Shinya Aoki chokes out Ev Ting at ONE: Kingdon of Heroes

  06-10-2018 18:30
  Japanese star Shinya Aoki earned another shot at the ONE lightweight belt Saturday.
  The former champion met Ev Ting in a lightweight title eliminator at ONE: Kingdon of Heroes in Bangkok, Thailand, and scored his third first-round stoppage in a row, taking Ting to the ground, going the month and quickly locking an arm-triangle choke to put Ting to sleep in just 57 seconds.
  Aoki, who lost the ONE belt to Eduard Folayang back in 2016, is now expected to get the next crack at the lightweight gold.
  
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• Living up to his nickname: UFC 229 newcomer Jalin Turner once owned ‘upwards of 200’ tarantulas

  06-10-2018 18:00
  LAS VEGAS — At a glance, it’s easy to take a guess how Jalin Turner earned his in-cage nickname, “The Tarantula.”
  The 23-year-old Contender Series alum stands at a long and spindly 6-foot-3, a size especially interminable for the lightweight class in which he usually plies his trade. Not only that, but the dark, braided hair that tumbles from the top of his head very much resembles the legs of an arachnid, giving further cause to his namesake.But in actuality, that&rsquo
  
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• UFC 229 Salaries: Conor McGregor Tops Payroll with Disclosed $3 Million Purse

  06-10-2018 17:34 via sherdog.com
  Conor McGregor will earn a flat $3 million purse for his first Ultimate Fighting Championship bout since 2016.
  
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• Georges St-Pierre breaks down UFC 229’s Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor main event

  06-10-2018 17:00
  All eyes will be on Las Vegas on Oct. 6 when Khabib Nurmagomedov defends his lightweight title against Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 229.
  One interested party who will certainly be watching is MMA legend Georges St-Pierre. Whispers have long linked the former two-division UFC champion to a potential fight against the winner of Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor, and St-Pierre himself has voiced interest in the matchup. Although he has never competed at 155 pounds, St-Pierre recently told MMA F
  
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• Roberto Soldic fires back at Dricus Du Plessis ‘clean’ comment: ‘He’s already making excuses’ 

  06-10-2018 16:30
  KSW welterweight title challenger, Roberto Soldic, believes champion Dricus Du Plessis is already making excuses for an impending loss by questioning if he is a “clean” fighter ahead of their rematch at KSW 45 Saturday in London, England.Soldic jumped at an opportunity for an immediate rematch with South African Du Plessis following their epic welterweight title clash back in April. Considered a blue-chip prospect in terms of European MMA, “Robocop” believes his weight c
  
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• UFC 229 main event breakdown: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor

  06-10-2018 16:00
  It’s been nearly two years since Conor McGregor last saw the inside of an Octagon. And while the sport has gone on in his absence, it still feels like MMA is back after some sort of hiatus. His presence is that immense.Prior to his side trip into the boxing world, the few existing criticisms of his MMA success centered around what some saw to be beneficial matchmaking. Never mind the fact that he took on both Chad Mendes and Nate Diaz with just a few days of preparation for each. But with
  
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• The Irish discuss Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor

  06-10-2018 15:30
  DUBLIN — MMA Fighting took to the streets of Dublin following the announcement of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor. The people in the Irish capital discussed McGregor’s April antics in Brooklyn, how he is perceived in his home nation and how they think his meeting with “The Eagle” will go on Oct. 6 at UFC 229.
  
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• UFC 229 start time, TV schedule for Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor

  06-10-2018 15:00
  The UFC 229 start time, TV schedule for the Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor fight card at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The fight card is broken into three different parts and airing on three different mediums. This post will help explain which fights are airing where and at which times.
  Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
  Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor
  Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis
  Ovince Saint Preux vs. Dominick Reyes
  Derrick Lewis vs. Alexander Volkov
  Michell
  
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• Quintent 3 results: Team Alpha Male wins four-team event

  06-10-2018 14:30
  Kazushi Sakuraba’s Quintet promotion, a Japanese group attempting to turn submission grappling into a spectator sport, debuted in the U.S. on Friday at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
  The show featured four older MMA legends, Sakuraba, Urijah Faber, Josh Barnett and Frank Mir, but the stars of the show were submission grapplers Gordon Ryan of Team Alpha Male and Craig Jones of Team Polaris.
  It was Ryan’s submission of Jones with a rear-naked choke with a body triangle in 3:21 that w
  
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• UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor predictions

  06-10-2018 14:00
  UFC 229 is finally here.
  The biggest fight of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s career. Another chapter in the legend of Conor McGregor. And one of the most highly-anticipated UFC cards of the year.
  Top to bottom, this fight card has something for everyone, starting with the titanic main event between Nurmagomedov and McGregor which will determine who is the undisputed king of arguably the sport’s deepest division. Nurmagomedov has never lost in 26 pro fights, McGregor has lost just once in 10
  
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• Revenge, money, geopolitics and power: Layers of Conor vs. Khabib seem endless

  06-10-2018 13:00
  There was a time when Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov were friendly. It started as these things do, on social media. Nurmagomedov replied to a McGregor tweet about a t-shirt, and possibly training together, and by the fall of 2014, they were standing, smiling, posing, each with a hand around the other’s back. At the time, McGregor had just knocked out Dustin Poirier in his first sojourn to Las Vegas. On the heels of the chills-inducing quote, “We’re not here to take par
  
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• UFC 229 preview show

  06-10-2018 08:02
  LAS VEGAS — With UFC 229 hours away, MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti and Marc Raimondi break down Saturday’s event, Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor.
  
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• Win A Jackpot And Benefit Make-A-Wish Tonight At UFC 229

  06-10-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  UFC Fans coming out for today’s UFC Fan Experience in Toshiba Plaza from 12-4 and  tonight’s UFC 229 card will have a chance to win 50% of the jackpot for UFC 50 / 50 raffle! All net proceeds will benefit Make-A-Wish of Southern Nevada, which created life-changing wishes for children battling critical illnesss. To purchase tickets, find a 50/50 seller in a red shirt with black Octagon sign or visit one of the kiosks at section 7 or 13 on the main concourse or sections 207 a
  
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• UFC Takes Steps To Prevent Piracy Of Its Biggest Pay-Per-View Ever

  06-10-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  UFC is taking strong steps to stop online pirates from attempting to illegally stream the biggest Pay-Per-View in its history, UFC® 229: KHABIB vs. MCGREGOR, this Saturday, October 6.UFC has engaged VFT Solutions, a leader in the content consumption and protection field, to monitor piracy across live streaming social media sites during the event. VFT’s platform identifies and records the participants on both ends of the piracy: the streamers illegally using live social media applicatio
  
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• UFC Contributes To The Community And To Dreams During UFC 229 Fight Week

  06-10-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
   This week the UFC spent time with various organizations in the Las Vegas area in an effort to improve the community, as well as honor the victims of the October 1st, 2017 tragedy.On Tuesday afternoon the UFC partnered with the American Red Cross of Southern Nevada to host a blood drive at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in remembrance of the October 1 tragedy with the goal secure at least 58 blood donations, one representing each victim, which the Red Cross will use to potentially save 175 li
  
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• UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor Final Results

  06-10-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Who were the winners at UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor? Click below to get the results for all the fights at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, October 6th, 2018.Khabib vs McGregor | Ferguson vs Pettis |vs Saint Preux vs Reyes | Lewis vs Volkov | Waterson vs Herrig | Pettis vs Formiga | Luque vs Turner | Ladd vs Evinger | Holtzman vs Patrick | Lansberg vs Kunitskaya | Maynard vs Lentz | LaFlare vs MartinUFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor main cardAction starts at 10 pm ETMain event: Khabib Nurma
  
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• Luque, Holtzman Among Highlights Of UFC 229 Prelims

  06-10-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  FORMIGA vs PETTISFormiga gets the back early in the 3rd round!#UFC229 pic.twitter.com/qffGHpfRfM— UFC (@ufc) October 7, 2018Brazilian flyweight contender Jussier Formiga picked up an important victory in UFC 229 prelim action, outpointing Sergio Pettis at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.Scores were 30-26, and 29-28 twice.Pettis had his moments on the feet in the first two rounds, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the takedowns and ground control of Formiga. The Milwaukee native got more a
  
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• Lewis Stuns, Reyes Impresses On UFC 229 Main Card

  06-10-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
   FERGUSON vs PETTISWHAT. A. FIGHT.#UFC229 pic.twitter.com/cHG6COY3SJ— UFC (@ufc) October 7, 2018Former lightweight champions Tony Ferguson and Anthony Pettis didn’t disappoint in their UFC 229 co-main event on Saturday, with Ferguson emerging victorious from their bloody war via second-round TKO to extend his winning streak to 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.The bout was Ferguson’s first since October 2017.Ferguson kept the heat on Pettis throughout the opening five minu
  
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• Khabib Smothers McGregor, Defends Title In UFC 229 Main Event

  06-10-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  The bad blood between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor apparently did not get settled by Nurmagomedov’s fourth-round submission of the returning Irishman, as the UFC 229 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas was marred by post-fight altercations involving the principals, leading to Nurmagomedov not being presented with the championship belt after his first successful lightweight title defense, as he and McGregor were ushered to the locker room without hearing Bruce Buffer’s offi
  
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• UFC 229 ceremonial weigh-in photos

  06-10-2018 06:45
  The UFC 229 ceremonial weigh-in photos are from Friday’s UFC event in Las Vegas.
  
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• PFL 8 results: Featherweight, heavyweight playoff finals set

  06-10-2018 06:22
  Four fighters advanced for a chance to compete for million-dollar checks in New York on Dec. 31, as Lance Palmer, Steven Siler, Philipe Lins and Josh Copeland made it to the PFL featherweight and heavyweight playoffs with wins at the PFL 8 show Friday night in New Orleans.
  The first fighter to guarantee a spot in the featherweight final was Lance Palmer. The former WSOF champion got past Max Coga via decision in a 10-minute quarterfinal bout. On the other side of the bracket, Andre Harrison imp
  
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• UFC 229 Results: Khabib vs. McGregor

  06-10-2018 06:00
  MMA Fighting has UFC 229 results for the Khabib vs. McGregor fight card at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, live blogs of the top fights, and live UFC 229 Twitter updates.
  In the main event, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov will put his title on the line against former two-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor, who is making his return to the Octagon after a two-year absence.
  Former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson will square off against former UFC champion Antho
  
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• Khabib Nurmagomedov issues warning to Conor McGregor fans after tense UFC 229 weigh-ins: ‘I’m going to smash your boy’

  06-10-2018 03:19
  The final faceoff before the UFC 229 main event was worth the wait.
  Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor were unable to get on the same page at a press conference on Thursday, with Nurmagomedov leaving the premises before a late McGregor could arrive, but their confrontation at Friday’s ceremonial weigh-ins made up for the lost time.
  After the two hit the scales to pose for the packed crowd at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the same site where Nurmagomedov will defend
  
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• PFL 8 live stream online

  06-10-2018 01:32
  Watch the PFL 8 live stream online for early tournament action Friday night in New Orleans.
  This portion of the card is as follows:Undercard
  Jack May vs. Alex Nicholson
  Jumabieke Tuerxun vs. Alexandre Almeida
  Philipe Lins vs. Caio Alencar
  Andre Harrison vs. Alexandre Bezerra
  Kelvin Tiller vs. Jared Rosholt
  Lance Palmer vs. Max Coga
  Mo De’Reese vs. Mike Kyle
  The finalists for the heavyweight and featherweight tournaments will be determined on the card.
  
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• UFC 229 salaries: Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov earn seven-figure paydays

  06-10-2018 00:43
  The Nevada Athletic Commission has released salary info for Saturday night’s UFC 229 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
  As expected, the headliners will make the biggest paydays. Former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor will earn a flat sum of $3,000,000 for the fight, while UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov’s pay is $2,000,000.Neither competitor will earn a win bonus, and the fight purses do not include money made off pay-per-view sales.
  Among the re
  
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• PFL 8 Results

  06-10-2018 00:00
  MMA Fighting has PFL 8 results for the fight card Friday night at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
  The card will feature the next rounds of the heavyweight and featherweight playoffs.Check out PFL 8 results below.
  Main card (NBC Sports at 10 p.m. ET)
  TBD vs. TBD
  TBD vs. TBD
  Jared Rosholt vs. Philipe Lins
  Lance Palmer vs. Andre Harrison
  Francimar Barroso vs. Josh Copeland
  Steven Siler vs. Nazareno Malegarie
  UndercardJack May vs. Alex Nicholson
  Jumabieke Tuerxun vs. Alexandr
  
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