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• Curtis Blaydes eyeing title shot, Stipe Miocic fight after UFC Beijing

  22-11-2018 22:00
  Even with one of the best winning streaks in the heavyweight division, Curtis Blaydes is managing his expectations.
  It’s hard to blame the 27-year-old contender, who gets a shot to avenge his lone professional loss when he meets Francis Ngannou in the main event of UFC Beijing on Saturday. A win would mean Blaydes is unbeaten in his last seven appearances, which would be a strong case for any fighter to get a title opportunity. However, given the drama brewing in his division, Blaydes isn
  
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• Only man to KO Israel Adesanya, Glory champ Alex Pereira targets return to MMA

  22-11-2018 21:00
  Israel Adesanya is making waves in the UFC, knocking out Derek Brunson at UFC 230 to improve to 4-0 inside the Octagon. Many see him as a future title contender in the middleweight division.
  Alex Pereira, the only man to ever finish him in a ring, is looking to go after “The Last Stylebender”.
  Pereira, the current Glory middleweight champion, is 39-6 as a kickboxer. Two of those victories came against Adesanya. The first time they met, in May 2016, the Brazilian won a decision in Ch
  
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• John Kavanagh: Conor McGregor was offered $5M to fight Chinese kickboxer

  22-11-2018 20:00
  With the combat sports rumor mill buzzing about Floyd Mayweather’s on-again-off-again exhibition bout with Japanese star Tenshin Nasukawa, it’s only natural that his rivals might be feeling left out.
  That may explain why John Kavanagh dropped a rumor of his own in a recent interview about his student and good friend Conor McGregor, who just so happened to be the other half of Mayweather’s August 2017 crossover boxing bout that did blockbuster numbers. The former UFC two-divisi
  
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• Q&A With Kevin Holland

  22-11-2018 18:27 via ufc.com
  We spend a few minutes with one of the most supremely confident fighters on the Fight Night Beijing card.
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• Report: UFC To Hold First-Ever Event In Czech Republic in 2019

  22-11-2018 18:19 via sherdog.com
  It seems the Ultimate Fighting Championship will soon check one more country off the list while on its quest established in 2014 to “reshape the sports world.”
  
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• Sean O’Malley says right now he’s ‘making around $4,500 a month through gaming’

  22-11-2018 18:00
  Sean O’Malley is trying to stay positive while he’s stuck on the sidelines.
  The undefeated 24-year-old bantamweight is currently serving a six-month suspension handed out by the Nevada Athletic Commission after testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug ostarine in a September drug test ahead of his UFC 229 fight against Jose Quinonez — a test result that O’Malley believes to be the result of a tainted supplement. In addition to his suspension, “Sugar&rdqu
  
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• 25 Years – The Submissions – Part 4

  22-11-2018 17:56 via ufc.com
  The UFC’s 25th anniversary rolls on with our countdown of the best submissions ever.
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• Zhang Embraces Pressure, Uses It To Fulfill Her Dreams

  22-11-2018 17:07 via ufc.com
  “To be honest, pressure is something that I put on my own shoulders,” she said. “It also becomes my motivation to fulfil my dream to be a great fighter.”
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• Ben Askren Responds To Covington: 'Nobody Likes Him,' Conducts Impromptu Poll

  22-11-2018 16:04 via sherdog.com
  Colby Covington fired the first shots at former One Championship and Bellator MMA welterweight champion Ben Askren calling “Funky” a “34-year-old virgin” who is a “complete joke” during a recent episode with BJ Penn.com Radio.
  
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• Giving thanks to the many wonderful things in MMA: 2018

  22-11-2018 16:00
  The two most egregious acts in MMA this year — Conor McGregor’s Dolly Incident and Khabib Nurmangomedov’s timely rebuttal at (and after) UFC 229 — threatened to give this here sport a black eye. Yet we all know that’s impossible. In the sports family, MMA is the kid who ends up in the principal’s office quite a bit, which tends to cause the most prude observers to squirm — but everybody else?
  Everybody else is drawn to its rebellious side, because if th
  
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• Rachel Ostovich Releases Details Of Alleged Assault By Her Husband

  22-11-2018 15:50 via sherdog.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight Rachael Ostovich has released harrowing details of the alleged attack by her husband which left her with a broken orbital bone as well as other injuries, forcing her to withdraw from a high profile bout against Paige VanZant early next year
  
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• Ricardo Lamas Reveals He Had A Blood Clot In His Leg During Elkins Fight

  22-11-2018 15:32 via sherdog.com
  Ricardo Lamas is back in the win column after defeating Darren Elkins at UFC Fight Night 140 to end the first losing streak of his career. Now, it turns out that “The Bully” has one more reason to feel relieved.
  
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• Still on UFC roster, CM Punk taking commentary gig with CFFC very seriously

  22-11-2018 15:00
  CM Punk is known for his work with a microphone. Next month, he’ll embark on a new path for his career and it’ll involve, to use wrestling parlance, putting others over.
  The former WWE champion and UFC fighter will make his MMA commentary debut at Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC) on Dec. 14 in Atlantic City, N.J. The event will air live on UFC Fight Pass. Punk told MMA Fighting that he doesn’t plan on being in and out of New Jersey quickly. He wants to do this new gig &
  
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• The Ultimate Fighter 28, Episode 11 results: Greene vs. Espino

  22-11-2018 05:00
  In the most highly anticipated grudge match of the season, it was Juan Espino who ended things with a bang.
  After being antagonized by housemate Maurice Greene earlier in the season, Espino finally stepped into the cage with him on episode 11 of The Ultimate Fighter 28, and he picked up an impressive submission win to earn his spot in the TUF 28 heavyweight tournament finals.
  Espino, known for his strong wrestling background, set up the finish with an early overhand right that clearly wobbled G
  
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• Video: Cage Warriors 100 promo focuses on title challengers Jack Shore and Mike Ekundayo 

  22-11-2018 03:00
  The build up to the Cage Warriors 100, the biggest event in the promotion’s history, is well underway.
  Cage Warriors released a promotional clip earlier this week focusing on the contrasting backdrops of unbeaten bantamweight title challengers and main event pairing, Jack Shore and Mike Ekundayo.Shore (9-0) banked his last win with a first-round TKO over 11th-hour replacement, Wessley Maia, in front of his adoring Welsh fans at Cage Warriors 97. “Tank” is considered one of the
  
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• Report: Rachael Ostovich says husband punched her ‘repeatedly’ during attack, abused her in past

  22-11-2018 02:33
  Rachael Ostovich described a frightening scene in her petition for a temporary restraining order against her husband.
  Ostovich wrote in the petition, which was obtained by TMZ, that her husband Arnold Berdon punched her “repeatedly on the head, face, ribs, making me fall to the ground.” Ostovich went on to say that she “gasped for breath and escaped” through a balcony.“I coughed up blood, threw up [several] times,” wrote Ostovich, a UFC fighter. “Cracke
  
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• Good Pressure For The Predator

  22-11-2018 02:00 via ufc.com
  Francis Ngannou feels pressure, and that's a good thing.
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• Kayla Harrison vs. Moriel Charneski booked for PFL 11

  22-11-2018 01:00
  Kayla Harrison has an opponent for New Year’s Eve.
  MMA Fighting confirmed with sources that the two-time Olympic gold medal winning judoka will face Moriel Charneski in a lightweight bout at PFL 11 on Dec. 31 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Harrison’s opponent was first reported by ESPN.
  This will mark Harrison’s third foray into the cage after having her hand raised in her first two fights, a first-round armbar submission of Brittney Elkin in Ju
  
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• New Version Of Overeem Has A Surprise Ready For UFC Beijing

  22-11-2018 00:51 via ufc.com
  "You’re going to see the change; you’re going to see a new Alistair. You’re going to see it, but it’s a surprise.”
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• Q&A With Curtis Blaydes

  22-11-2018 00:17 via ufc.com
  Blaydes is focused on erasing his only loss.
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