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• UFC 231 live stream online

  08-12-2018 23:00
  Watch UFC 231 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the pay-per-view card at 10 p.m. ET on Dec. 8.
  The fight card for this portion is as follows:
  Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega
  Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
  Alex Oliveira vs. Gunnar Nelson
  Hakeem Dawodu vs. Kyle Bochniak
  Jimi Manuwa vs. Thiago Santos
  UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will defend his title against Brian Ortega in the main event. Valentina Shevchenko will square off against Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the vacant UFC
  
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• Donald Cerrone, Alexander Hernandez Booked for UFC’s Debut on ESPN+ in Brooklyn

  08-12-2018 22:27 via sherdog.com
  Donald Cerrone will finally get to make his return to the lightweight division, but it won’t be against Conor McGregor.
  
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• Kyle Bochniak seeks ranked opponents after UFC 231

  08-12-2018 22:00
  Even in defeat, Kyle Bochniak was riding high off of his last performance.
  Matched up with blue chip featherweight prospect Zabit Magomedsharipov at UFC 223 in April, the two proceeded to put on a show that earned he and Magomedsharipov an extra $50,000 each for the Fight of the Night. The unanimous decision went Magomedsharipov’s way and Bochniak had to settle for winning over a swath of new fans, including a Brooklyn crowd that may not have been amicable towards the proud Bostonian at f
  
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• Cage Warriors 100 results: Shore vs. Ekundayo

  08-12-2018 21:21
  MMA Fighting has the Cage Warriors 100 results for the Shore vs. Ekundayo event Dec. 8 from the Viola Theatre in Cardiff, Wales.The centenary event will see two vacant titles contested.In the main event, Jack Shore takes on fellow unbeaten prospect Mike Ekundayo for the bantamweight title. In the co-main event, featherweight tournament finalists Dean Trueman and Aiden Lee collide to determine the division’s titleholder.Check out the Cage Warriors 100 results below:
  Main card (UFC Fight Pa
  
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• Alex Oliveira on Gunnar Nelson: ‘I will put him to sleep’ at UFC 231

  08-12-2018 21:00
  Alex Oliveira is planning on ruining Gunnar Nelson’s return to the Octagon on Saturday night in Canada.
  The Brazilian “Cowboy” will face “Gunni” in the main card of UFC 231, scheduled for Saturday at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, and hasn’t changed much in his training compared to his preparation for a recent 39-second win over Carlo Pedersoli in September.
  Confident after a “medieval” camp in his hometown of Tres Rios, and hoping to “fi
  
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• Donald Cerrone to fight Alexander Hernandez at UFC’s ESPN+ debut

  08-12-2018 20:25
  When Donald Cerrone goes back down the 155-pound division, a fresh face will be waiting for him.
  MMA Fighting confirmed with sources that “Cowboy” will fight 26-year-old Alexander Hernandez on the UFC’s upcoming ESPN+ debut show, which takes place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Jan. 19. The matchup was first reported by MMAjunkie.
  This will be Cerrone’s first fight at lightweight since a failed bid to unseat then-champion Rafael dos Anjos back at UFC on FOX 17 in Dece
  
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• Thiago Santos expects No. 1 contender bout with UFC 231 win over Jimi Manuwa

  08-12-2018 20:00
  UFC 231 could be a big night for Thiago Santos.
  Entering the Octagon for the fifth time in 2018, “Marreta” faces his first “true” test as a light heavyweight on Saturday night, taking on seventh-ranked Jimi Manuwa on the main card portion of the pay-per-view show in Toronto, Canada.
  Fresh off a win over fellow middleweight Eryk Anders in a 205-pound bout in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in September, Santos told MMA Fighting that the outcome of Saturday’s bout will determine
  
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• Max Holloway doesn’t think Conor McGregor did as poorly as most people say against Khabib Nurmagomedov

  08-12-2018 19:00
  UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway has plenty of history with the two men who headlined UFC 229’s record-shattering pay-per-view.
  Holloway fought Conor McGregor all the way back in the early stages of his own Octagon career, suffering a unanimous decision defeat to the Irishman in August 2013. He also was briefly scheduled to challenge Khabib Nurmagomedov for the lightweight title on short notice earlier this year at UFC 223, but withdrew from the contest because of difficulties cutt
  
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• One card, three opponents: Diego Ferreira details rollercoaster of emotions ahead of UFC 231

  08-12-2018 18:00
  Diego Ferreira had three different opponents for Saturday’s UFC 231 over the past two weeks.
  The Brazilian was booked against experienced Canadian lightweight John Makdessi for the Dec. 8 card in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and couldn’t be more excited for it. Speaking with MMA Fighting last month, Ferreira explained why this match-up was going to be so great for his career.
  “I wanted to fight him for a while, I said ‘I would love to fight this guy one day,’ and look
  
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• Fightweets: Pondering MMA’s promotional landscape in 2019

  08-12-2018 17:00
  We’re finally at fight day, one with two fantastic title fights in Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega and Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk. But before we get to UFC 231, a philosophical question to kick off this week’s edition of Fightweets ...Promotional landscape in 2019
  @MichaelFiedel: Will all the recent moves by relevant players, how do you think the order of prominence for MMA promotions shakes out? Bellator, ONE, RIZIN, KSW, ACB, etc. all making strong cases. How would
  
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• UFC 231 main event breakdown: Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega

  08-12-2018 16:00
  As the minutes count down to UFC 231, uncertainty stands alongside excitement. For years, Max Holloway has been one of the most dependable fighters in the game. From the start of 2012 until the end of 2017, he fought 18 times, transforming into a powerhouse while capturing the UFC featherweight championship.But 2018 has so far been a nightmare for Holloway. In March, he was forced to withdraw from a fight due to a leg injury. In April, he agreed to a short-notice fight against Khabib Nurmagomed
  
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• UFC 231 start time, TV schedule for Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega

  08-12-2018 15:00
  The UFC 231 start time, TV schedule for the Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega fight card at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto 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)
  Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega
  Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
  Alex Oliveira vs. Gunnar Nelson
  Hakeem Dawodu vs. Kyle Bochniak
  Jimi Manuwa vs. Thiago Sant
  
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• UFC 231 predictions

  08-12-2018 14:00
  The UFC’s penultimate pay-per-view of 2018 features a pair of highly anticipated title clashes.
  Featherweight champion Max Holloway and No. 1 contender Brian Ortega will settle unfinished business in Saturday’s UFC 231 main event after seeing their initial booking in July spoiled by Holloway’s medical issues that to this day remain somewhat shrouded in mystery. Is Holloway 100-percent going into his first fight in a year? Will it matter against the unbeaten Ortega, who has bee
  
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• For Hakeem Dawodu, the signposts were always pointing toward the Octagon

  08-12-2018 13:00
  When Hakeem Dawodu was 6 years old, a teacher of his told him he should sign up for taekwondo. He was living in Calgary with his mom, who was only 20 years old at the time and struggling to make ends meet. His father had already been deported back to Jamaica and was no help to the situation. Dawodu paid special attention to the advice, because — even at 6 years old — it felt talismanic, like something important to do. He was already getting in street fights. Taekwondo sounded fun. H
  
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• Jack Shore on Cage Warriors 100 title fight: ‘The stakes don’t get much higher than this’

  08-12-2018 12:00
  As an IMMAF amateur European champion and the son of Welsh MMA veteran, Jack Shore has had to deal with a lot of expectations since his first fight as a professional.When he takes to the cage on Saturday night in front of his adoring Welsh crowd, however, “Tank” is completely aware that there are not many marquees bigger than the Cage Warriors centenary show.Even if there was no title at stake in his clash with fellow unbeaten prospect Mike Ekundayo, Shore believes having main event
  
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• Aidan Lee doubts Dean Trueman’s experience will factor in featherweight title fight

  08-12-2018 10:00
  CARDIFF, Wales — Aidan Lee discusses his quick ascent with Cage Warriors, why he believes Team Renegade are one of the best teams in Europe, and how he hopes to steal the show in his featherweight title showdown with Dean Trueman at Saturday night’s Cage Warriors 100.
  
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• Dean Trueman: Fighting for Cage Warriors’ gold is ‘the pinnacle of my career’

  08-12-2018 09:00
  CARDIFF, Wales — Dean Trueman talks about being in the best form of his life, how winning the Cage Warriors gold would be the biggest feat of his career, why he’d be open to fighting Paddy Pimblett if he returned to featherweight and why he thinks Aiden Lee will buckle under the pressure in their co-main event featherweight title clash.
  
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• Copa Combate 2 results: Andres Quintana wins tournament with spinning elbow KO, earns $100K grand prize

  08-12-2018 08:25
  Andres Quintana left Copa Combate 2 with three professional MMA wins on his record, a giant trophy cup and $100,000.
  Representing the U.S., Quintana won Combate Americas’ second annual one-night, eight-man featherweight tournament, which took place at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif., on Friday night.
  Quintana was victorious in the final by stopping Alejandro Flores with a wild spinning elbow knockout in the first round. Quintana was walking down Flores and landing big shots. Althou
  
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• UFC 231 ‘Holloway vs. Ortega’ Play-by-Play, Results & Round-by-Round Scoring

  08-12-2018 07:27 via sherdog.com
  Sherdog's live UFC 231 coverage kicks off Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET.
  
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• UFC 231 Results: Holloway vs. Ortega

  08-12-2018 06:00
  MMA Fighting has UFC 231 results for the Holloway vs. Ortega event at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, live blogs of the top fights, and live UFC 231 Twitter updates.
  In the main event, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will try to defend his title against Brian Ortega.
  Valentina Shevchenko and Joanna Jedrzejczyk battle for the vacant UFC flyweight title in the co-main event.
  Check out UFC 231 results below.
  Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
  Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega
  Vale
  
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• Austin Hubbard Stops Gassed Killys Mota, Nets Vacant Legacy Fighting Alliance Lightweight Title

  08-12-2018 05:54 via sherdog.com
  Austin Hubbard waited out the storm, assessed the damage and got down to business.
  
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• UFC 231 preview show

  08-12-2018 04:52
  TORONTO — Before UFC 231, MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti and Alexander K. Lee break down the top storylines for the event in Toronto, headlined by Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega for the UFC featherweight title.
  
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• UFC 231 ceremonial weigh-in photos

  08-12-2018 04:04
  UFC 231 ceremonial weigh-in photos are from Friday’s UFC event in Toronto.
  
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• Dana White on welterweight title hold-up: ‘When is Woodley ready to fight anybody ever?’

  08-12-2018 03:28
  TORONTO — There are a lot of people who want to know when Tyron Woodley’s next title defense will be.
  Count Dana White among them.
  The UFC president spoke about the welterweight championship situation during a media scrum Friday at the ceremonial weigh-ins for UFC 231 at Scotiabank Arena and when asked who was primarily responsible for the division title currently being on hold, he put forth just one name.
  “Woodley,” White said. “When is Woodley ready to fight anyb
  
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