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• World Series game leads to UFC Moncton setting new Saturday prime time ratings low

  30-10-2018 23:44
  Saturday’s UFC Moncton show, headlined by Anthony Smith’s win over Volkan Oezdemir, did 531,000 viewers, the lowest ever for a Saturday night prime time show on FS1. Going against the fourth game of the World Series, Saturday’s UFC Moncton show did the lowest Saturday night prime time rating the company has ever done on FOX Sports 1.
  An event with very little in the way of stars recognizable to the average fan, headlined by Anthony Smith’s third-round finish of former li
  
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• UFC Moncton medical suspensions: Smith, Oezdemir both get potential six-month sentences

  30-10-2018 22:33
  Newly minted UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith and his fellow main-eventer Volkan Oezdemir headlined a list of seven fighters to be issued potential six-month medical suspensions in the aftermath of UFC Moncton.The New Brunswick Combat Sports Commission released the event’s finalized medical suspension report to MMA Fighting on Tuesday.
  Smith battled back from adversity and submitted Oezdemir with a third-round rear-naked choke to emerge victorious from the main event of UFC M
  
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• Kristina Williams vs. Bruna Ellen announced for Bellator 210

  30-10-2018 22:00
  Returning flyweight Bruna Ellen looks to keep her win streak going against Kristina Williams.
  Officials announced Tuesday that Ellen (4-1) will face Williams (2-1) at Bellator 210 on Nov. 30 at the WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla. This will be the 22-year-old Ellen’s first fight since August of last year.
  In June, an injury forced Ellen to withdraw from a scheduled bout with Valerie Letourneau at Bellator 201. It was actually Williams who would replace Ellen and go o
  
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• UFC 230 Embedded, Ep. 2: ‘They dangle the carrot, I bite the carrot’

  30-10-2018 21:38
  On the second episode of UFC 230 Embedded, heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier does the media rounds, Derrick Lewis encounters his now-famous catchphrase, Chris Weidman hits mitts with his coach Ray Longo, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza arrives in New York, and much more.
  
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• UFC’s Raulian Paiva considered retirement after girlfriend’s tragic death

  30-10-2018 20:00
  Raulian Paiva scored the biggest win of his career last November, submitting UFC veteran Iliarde Santos in Brazil. Nine months later, he entered the Octagon to compete on the Brazilian version of Dana White’s Contender Series, earning a UFC contract with a win over Allan Nascimento.
  The 23-year-old talent, who now held a 18-1 record in MMA, was on cloud nine.
  Paiva was making plans for his Octagon debut, expecting to enter the American promotion in early 2019, when tragedy happened.
  The A
  
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• UFC 232 Poster Highlights Jones-Gustafsson Rematch, ‘Cyborg’ vs. Nunes

  30-10-2018 19:55 via sherdog.com
  UFC 232 is shaping up to be one of the year’s most anticipated cards, with two title fights at the top of the bill.
  
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• Demetrious Johnson: ‘Nothing there’ in trilogy with Henry Cejudo, fans wanted new UFC flyweight champion

  30-10-2018 19:00
  Demetrious Johnson had just about done it all in his run with the UFC. So it didn’t make a lot of sense to him to try and do it all again.
  A new set of challenges awaits the longtime flyweight king, who was recently announced as one half of a historic trade between the UFC and ONE Championship a little less than three months after losing the 125-pound title in a rematch with rival Henry Cejudo. Having been champion for six years and broken the record for most successful consecutive title
  
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• Ben Askren Questions Why UFC Hasn’t Announced His Arrival: ‘You Know You Love Me’

  30-10-2018 18:47 via sherdog.com
  Demetrious Johnson got a warm welcome and a conference call announcing his arrival to One Championship. For Ben Askren, it’s been largely quiet regarding his move to the Ultimate Fighting Championship thus far.
  
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• Combate Americas Announces One-Night, Eight-Man Tournament for Fresno on Dec. 7

  30-10-2018 18:21 via sherdog.com
  Combate Americas will hold its second annual “Copa Combate" tournament Dec. 7 at SaveMart Center in Fresno, Calif.
  
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• UFC 232 poster released

  30-10-2018 16:02
  The official poster has been released for UFC 232.
  The UFC’s 2018 calendar ends with a bang on Dec. 29, as the card at Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena features a rematch of one of the greatest bouts in MMA history and a superfight.
  Jon Jones will meet Alexander Gustafsson for the vacant UFC light heavyweight championship in the evening’s main event. Jones took their first battle via unanimous decision at UFC 165 five years ago, and will return from his latest suspension to try to r
  
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• Klidson Abreu moves up to heavyweight for M-1 debut against Anton Vyazigin

  30-10-2018 15:30
  Brazilian talent Klidson Abreu is in for a big challenge.
  The former Brave light heavyweight champion has signed with M-1 Global three months after defeating company’s former titleholder Viktor Nemkov in RCC, and is slated to make his promotional debut against Anton Vyazigin at M-1 Challenge 99 in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, on Nov. 17.
  Abreu was hoping to continue fighting at 205 pounds, but found out earlier this week that the bout will take place in the heavyweight division.
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• Anthony Smith explains why he would rather fight ‘hittable’ Jon Jones next

  30-10-2018 15:00
  Anthony Smith scored the biggest win of his career over the weekend when he stormed back from early trouble and submitted Volkan Oezdemir with a third-round rear-naked choke in the main event of UFC Moncton. The win propelled Smith’s unbeaten run at 205 pounds to 3-0 — a run which started with back-to-back first-round stoppages over former UFC champions Rashad Evans and Mauricio Rua — and now Smith has only one target in mind for his next goal: He wants a shot at the UFC light
  
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• The A-Side Live Chat: Cormier vs. Lewis, UFC 230, Askren-for-DJ trade, Jones vs. Gustafsson 2, GSP, more

  30-10-2018 14:15
  This is The A-Side Live Chat on MMA Fighting.
  Today on the show, we’ll talk Daniel Cormier defending his heavyweight title against Derrick Lewis at UFC 230. What would a win tell us about Cormier? Is there a path to victory for Lewis? Where does the division go from here? Marc is in New York prepping for fight week.
  We’ll also discuss UFC 230, which featured a co-headliner between Chris Weidman and Ronaldo Souza, as well as Israel Adesanya vs. Derek Brunson on the main card. Does We
  
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• The A-Side Live Chat: Cormier vs. Lewis, UFC 230, Askren-for-DJ trade

  30-10-2018 14:15
  This is The A-Side Live Chat on MMA Fighting.
  Today on the show, we’ll talk Daniel Cormier defending his heavyweight title against Derrick Lewis at UFC 230. What would a win tell us about Cormier? Is there a path to victory for Lewis? Where does the division go from here? Marc is in New York prepping for fight week.
  We’ll also discuss UFC 230, which featured a co-headliner between Chris Weidman and Ronaldo Souza, as well as Israel Adesanya vs. Derek Brunson on the main card. Does We
  
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• Gunnar Nelson on struggles to book top opponents, claims Masvidal declined fight

  30-10-2018 14:00
  Gunnar Nelson’s return to action following a knee injury was announced last week, with the Icelandic submission supremo now booked to face Alex Oliveira at UFC 231 in Toronto.Nelson is content having booked a ranked welterweight after continued struggles to get a top name to sign on the dotted line over the last number of years.“Gunni” was forced out of another top tier tussle at UFC Liverpool when the previously mentioned knee injury first flared up. Not only was Nelson disap
  
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• Morning Report: Daniel Cormier thinks Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Georges St-Pierre is the fight to make

  30-10-2018 13:00
  When Khabib Nurmagomedov submitted Conor McGregor at UFC 229, it did more than just give him his biggest win ever, it also finally put to bed the specter “Notorious” cast over the UFC’s lightweight division for the last two years. Now, unencumbered by the question of when “the real champ” might return, the 155-pound division is free to get back to business as usual.
  Or is it?
  Having just dominated the biggest star in the sport, on the biggest stage, and making the
  
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• Ben Askren wants Darren Till, Promises to 'Beat His Ass, Make Him a Grown Man'

  30-10-2018 12:48 via sherdog.com
  Ben Askren may not be a household name with casual fans yet, but that may change shortly, as the undefeated wrestler is on his way to the Ultimate Fighting Championship while his counterpart Demetrious Johnson heads to Askren’s old promotion, One Championship.
  
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• Daniel Cormier: I'll Slap Lesnar In The Face If He Comes Into Cage At UFC 230

  30-10-2018 12:24 via sherdog.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight king Daniel Cormier is set to defend his belt against Derrick Lewis on Nov. 3 in New York City and he’s fired off a warning to World Wrestling superstar Brock Lesnar, who is rumored to be in attendance for the fight.
  
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• Weidman's Fight Week Secret: 'Two Haircuts'

  30-10-2018 06:00 via ufc.com
  Entering the final full training session of his fight camp, returning middleweight contender Chris Weidman is leaving nothing to chance.Since it was announced that Jacare Souza would step in for an injured Luke Rockhold, Weidman has been busy tweaking his strategy for his new co-main opponent, and Episode 2 of UFC 230 Embedded caught 'All-American' working through some tough ground-and-pound reps to wrap up fight camp. Ray Longo, Weidman's head coach, didn't want him to overdo it, and ensur
  
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• Weidman talks rehab, Jacare and more ahead of UFC 230

  30-10-2018 06:00 via ufc.com
     View this post on InstagramEyes on the prize #Nov3 #MSGA post shared byChris Weidman (@chrisweidman) on Oct 30, 2018 at 11:23am PDTChris Weidman sat down with UFC.com to discuss his rehab from thumb surgery, his opponent at UFC 230, Jacare Souza, and much more.It’s been over a year since we’ve seen you last, how excited are you to get back in the Octagon?Weidman: I’m excited to get back into fighting. I had three losses in a row and came back out of that adver
  
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• Unfiltered: Daniel Cormier In-Studio and UFC Moncton Recap

  30-10-2018 06:00 via ufc.com
  The Double Champ, Daniel Cormier, joins Jim and Matt in-studio for the first half of the show and talks about his UFC 230 Heavyweight title defense against Derrick Lewis, the possibility of fighting Jon Jones or Brock Lesnar next, his relationship with Khabib Nurmagomedov, the Demetrious Johnson/Ben Askren “trade”, and much more. Plus, the guys break down all the action from Moncton, Yair Rodriguez replacing Frankie Edgar against The Korean Zombie at UFC Denver, and Mighty Mouse and
  
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• The Ever Confident Adesanya Expects A First Or Second Round Finish

  30-10-2018 06:00 via ufc.com
  The first time somebody watches Israel Adesanya fight, his rangy limbs and unpredictable striking style might remind a UFC fan of one of the best mixed martial artists ever: Jon Jones. Confidence radiates off Adesanya, who holds a 14-0 MMA record and is 3-0 in the UFC, and he isn’t shy about sharing what he thinks of the comparison.“When (Jones) came to the scene, he was compared to Anderson Silva, who was the all-time great at the time,” Adesanya told UFC.com. “(Jon
  
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• Souza Is Focused On Making The Most Of This Opportunity

  30-10-2018 06:00 via ufc.com
  Ronaldo Souza of Brazil kicks Derek Brunson in their middleweight bout during a UFC Fight Night event at Spectrum Center on January 27, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)" align="center"" />Two weeks before he was set to return to action at UFC 230, a change in opponents moved perennial contender Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza up the fight card and one step closer to challenging for middleweight gold.Initially scheduled to face David Branc
  
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• Roxanne Modafferi: UFC 230 Q&A

  30-10-2018 06:00 via ufc.com
     View this post on InstagramThrilled to be here in New York City, baby! WHOOO!!! ニューヨークに着いた！#ufc230 #bigwoodmma @bigwoodmma702 #monsterenergyA post shared byRoxanne Modafferi (@roxyfighter) on Oct 30, 2018 at 4:15pm PDTRoxanne Modafferi sat down with UFC.com to discuss her history with Sijara Eubanks, their upcoming matchup and much more ahead of UFC 230.UFC: The cast on your season of The Ultimate Figh
  
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• Kelleher expects to reflect one day on the honor of fighting at MSG

  30-10-2018 06:00 via ufc.com
  After fighting three of his five UFC bouts against fine folks from Brazil, with two of those matchups taking place in the South American MMA hotbed, Brian Kelleher is back home in New York and actually taking on a fellow American when he faces Montel Jackson on Saturday’s UFC 230 card in Madison Square Garden.“It’s nice to not have to go through all that travel for the weight cut,” said Kelleher, who is coming off a May loss to John Lineker in Rio de Janeiro. Instead, he
  
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• Jackson Ready To Bet It All On Himself

  30-10-2018 06:00 via ufc.com
  Consider the reality of this week’s situation, a short-notice call to face “Boom” in his hometown that comes on the heels of another short-notice bout against Ricky Simon in August. So is “Quik” ever going to take a fight with a full training camp?“I’m training all the time, so it’s not really a short-notice fight,” he said. “When I was coming up as an amateur and in a little bit of my pro career, I was looking for a fight almost every
  
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• Fight by Fight: UFC 230 Preview

  30-10-2018 06:00 via ufc.com
  DANIEL CORMIER VS. DERRICK LEWISJust four months after becoming the second fighter in UFC history to hold two titles simultaneously, Daniel Cormier makes his return to defend the heavyweight championship for the first time. Undefeated at heavyweight, Cormier is coming off a first-round knockout over Stipe Miocic, and he'll look to stamp his title reign with a first defense on Saturday night.When his career is over, Cormier may go down as one of the best fighters in the history of the sport, but
  
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• Curtis Millender to Face Siyar Bahadurzada at UFC 232 in Las Vegas

  30-10-2018 03:48 via sherdog.com
  Curtis Millender will lock horns with Siyar Bahadurzada at UFC 232.
  
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• Stephan Bonnar arrested on felony DUI charge after being restrained by citizens

  30-10-2018 03:41
  Stephan Bonnar has apparently run afoul of the law near Las Vegas.
  The UFC Hall of Famer was arrested Sunday on a felony DUI charge after alleged reckless driving on a freeway, the Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) confirmed Monday. TMZ was the first to report the news. Bonnar is also being charged with a pair of misdemeanors — resisting a public official and unsafe starting or movement of a stopped vehicle. Nevada Highway PatrolStephan Bonnar’s booking photo after an Oct. 28, 2018 DUI ar
  
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• UFC Lightweight Marco Polo Reyes Accepts 6-Month Suspension for Anti-Doping Violation

  30-10-2018 03:07 via sherdog.com
  Marco Polo Reyes has accepted a six-month suspension for an anti-doping violation, USADA announced Monday.
  
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• ‘UFC 230 Countdown’ video

  30-10-2018 03:00
  The ‘UFC 230 Countdown’ video features the main event clash between UFC double champion Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis and a co-main event fight between former UFC champion Chris Weidman and Jacare Souza.
  
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• Érik ‘El Goyito’ Pérez vs. Andres Ayala to headline Combate Americas card on Nov. 17

  30-10-2018 02:00
  A bantamweight scrap between Erik “El Goyito” Perez and Andres “Doble A” Ayala will serve as the main event for Combate Americas upcoming card on Nov. 17 in Monterrey, Mexico.
  Perez (18-6) will be looking to extend four fight streak. In his most recent bout, “El Goyito” starched David Fuentes with a third round knockout in his promotional debut last April. He was expected to return against John Castenanada in a title eliminator in October. However, Castenanad
  
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• Andrei Arlovski vs. Walt Harris added to UFC 232

  30-10-2018 01:00
  A heavyweight fight between Andrei Arlovski vs. Walt Harris has been added to UFC 232 in December.
  UFC officials confirmed the initial report from the Las Vegas Review Journal.
  Arlovski (27-17, 1 NC), a former UFC champion, is looking to right the ship after dropping back-to-back decisions to Shamil Abdurakhimov and Tai Tuivasa. Prior to this string of losses, “The Pitbull” earned victories over Junior Albini and Stefan Struve. To date, Arlovski has finished 20 of 27 career victorie
  
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• John Kavanagh writes passionate defense of Artem Lobov: ‘A fighters’ fighter’

  30-10-2018 00:30
  Is Artem Lobov’s UFC resiliency a product of his relationship to Conor McGregor? John Kavanagh, who coaches both men, would beg to differ.
  Kavanagh wrote a passionate, lengthy defense of Lobov this weekend on Facebook. Lobov, a good friend and longtime training partner of McGregor, fell to Michael Johnson by unanimous decision in the co-main event of UFC Moncton last Saturday, his third straight UFC loss. Kavanagh said despite Lobov’s reputation, he has not been an easy fight for an
  
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• USADA suspends Polo Reyes six months for tainted supplement

  30-10-2018 00:09
  Polo Reyes can now return to the Octagon.
  The UFC lightweight was handed a six-month suspension by USADA after he tested positive for the prohibited substance ostarine, the agency announced Monday. An investigation turned up that the drug got into Reyes’ system from a tainted supplement, which resulted in a reduced sanction.Reyes’ six-month ban is retroactive to March 15, the day he was first provisionally suspended. That means the Mexican fighter is able to compete again right away
  
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• Marvin Vettori reveals USADA violation

  30-10-2018 00:00
  Marvin Vettori’s next fight is yet to be booked and now we know why.
  With the USADA no longer publicly announcing if fighters have been flagged for potential violations, the 25-year-old UFC middleweight took it upon himself to go on Instagram on Monday to speak directly to fans and inform them that he is currently under investigation after recently failing a drug test. View this post on InstagramHi guys, many of you are asking me everyday when my next fight is going to be, so I thought to
  
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