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• Nina Ansaroff open to talks of fighting teammate Joanna Jedrzejczyk

  09-12-2018 23:00
  TORONTO – Nina Ansaroff speaks to the media at UFC 231 about her decision win over Claudia Gadelha, where she stands in the strawweight rankings, what’s next for her career, and more
  
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• UFC 231 Talking Points

  09-12-2018 22:19 via ufc.com
  What a night of fights in Toronto. Here's what we're talking about after Saturday's action.
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• Kai Kara France to fight Raulian Paiva at UFC 234

  09-12-2018 22:00
  Now that Kai Kara France is in the UFC, he’s looking to make the most of his time.
  The 25-year-old New Zealander will once again compete in the Oceanic region when he meets Raulian Paiva in a flyweight bout at UFC 234, which takes place at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 10. MMA Fighting confirmed the bout with sources and France also announced it on Instagram following an initial report by Stuff.co.nz.
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• Dana White Wants Holloway to Move to 155 Pounds: ‘Everybody in the Top 5 is a Fun Fight for Him’

  09-12-2018 21:45 via sherdog.com
  If Dana White gets his way, Max Holloway’s days as the world’s top featherweight could be numbered.
  
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• Joanna Jedrzejczyk Wants to Return to Strawweight for One Last Championship Run

  09-12-2018 21:22 via sherdog.com
  Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s long-term future may very well be at 125 pounds, but she most likely isn’t done at strawweight just yet.
  
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• UFC 231 Aftermath: Valentina Shevchenko a rare MMA case of patience being rewarded

  09-12-2018 21:00
  It’s rare, in this sport, that the cliche about good things coming for those who wait ever actually applies.
  You can build a head of steam in your division, and then all it takes is a freak fall in a training session and all of a sudden you’re set back a year.
  You can avoid the pitfalls in the gym, but have misfortune befall your potential opponent, and next thing you know, the fight you’ve focused on for the past couple months is off and you’re back at square one anyway
  
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• Valentina Shevchenko Plans Active Title Reign, But Has ‘Unfinished Business' with Amanda Nunes

  09-12-2018 20:55 via sherdog.com
  The UFC introduced the women’s flyweight division with Season 26 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” but after Nicco Montano claimed the inaugural crown, the belt went undefended for nearly a year.
  
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• Gunnar Nelson talks ‘nasty cut’ on Alex Oliveira, choke finish

  09-12-2018 20:00
  TORONTO — After his UFC 231 win over Alex Oliveira, Gunnar Nelson discusses his victory over Alex Oliveira, some things that surprised him about Oliveira, the bloody finish and much more.
  
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• Max Holloway Still Believes Jose Aldo is ‘Greatest Featherweight of All Time’

  09-12-2018 19:13 via sherdog.com
  After Saturday’s remarkable beatdown of the previously unbeaten Brian Ortega in the UFC 231 main event, it would’ve understandable if Max Holloway wanted to brag a little bit.
  
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• At the end of the day, Max Holloway is what he is: A marvel of combat

  09-12-2018 19:00
  Somehow, between his last fight and his latest title defense at UFC 231, Max Holloway had become vulnerable. The man that dumped the featherweight G.O.A.T. Jose Aldo from his throne, and then smashed him around one more time for good measure, walked into Scotiabank Arena as an underdog against Brian Ortega.Like a lazy right hand slung in his direction, it was nothing but a spectacular miscalculation leading to slow doom. Holloway has a way of making opponents and skeptics alike look silly for e
  
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• Dana White Says Fifth Round Would Have Been ‘Very Bad’ for Brian Ortega “Health Wise’

  09-12-2018 18:59 via sherdog.com
  Count Dana White among those who was happy with the doctor stoppage following the fourth round of the featherweight championship clash between Max Holloway and Brian Ortega at UFC 231 on Saturday night.
  
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• Rhys McKee believes Cage Warriors 100 win rekindled status as top European prospect

  09-12-2018 18:30
  CARDIFF, Wales — Rhys McKee comments on choosing Cage Warriors over other promotions, how his first-round finish of Jefferson George has reminded the world of his promise and why he will inevitably move to welterweight in the future.
  
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• Jack Shore open to Scott Malone title defense after ‘unforgettable’ Cage Warriors 100 win

  09-12-2018 18:00
  CARDIFF, Wales — Jack Shore discusses his dominant victory to claim the bantamweight title and claims he is open to fighting Scott Malone for his first title defense.
  
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• Polaris 8 results: Cornelius vs. Jones

  09-12-2018 17:30
  MMA Fighting has the Polaris 8 results for the Cornelius vs. Jones event Sunday Dec. 9 from the Viola Theatre in Cardiff, Wales.
  The jiu-jitsu promotion are set to crown three new champions at the end-of-year event.Keenan Cornelius faces Polaris middleweight titleholder Craig Jones to determine the light-heavyweight championship. Marcin Held is set to meet hometown competitor Ross Nicholls to decide the welterweight title and highly touted teenager Nicky Ryan clashes with Masakazu Imanari for t
  
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• Dana White would prefer Joanna Jedrzejczyk head back to strawweight

  09-12-2018 17:00
  Dana White and Joanna Jedrzejczyk might not end up on the same page when it comes to Jedrzejczyk’s weight class moving forward.White, the UFC president, said Saturday night at the UFC 231 post-fight press conference that he’d prefer Jedrzejczyk head back to strawweight. Jedrzejczyk lost to Valentina Shevchenko by unanimous decision in a fight for the vacant UFC women’s flyweight title in Toronto.“I love her, she’s such a great fighter and such a good person,”
  
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• Photo: Alex Oliveira needed 29 stitches in forehead after bloody UFC 231 loss to Gunnar Nelson

  09-12-2018 16:37
  Alex Oliveira needed some stitches after his UFC 231 bout with Gunnar Nelson.
  “Cowboy” had a good start against “Gunni” in Toronto, Canada, on Saturday night, but Nelson was able to come back in the second round, take him down and get on the mount, from where he landed a vicious elbow that opened a deep cut in his forehead.
  Nelson tapped the Brazilian with a rear-naked choke a few seconds later, scoring his first win since March 2017.
  Oliveira returned to the losing colu
  
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• Dana White sees ‘big things’ for Max Holloway at lightweight: ‘Everybody in the top five is a fun fight for him’

  09-12-2018 16:00
  TORONTO — Following his dominant win over previously unbeaten challenger Brian Ortega on Saturday, featherweight king Max Holloway may just be the finest fighter the division has ever seen.
  At 27 years old with plenty of time to grow, he could see himself establishing a long-lasting legacy in two weight classes. And UFC president Dana White is encouraging Holloway to double dip.
  White spoke to the media after UFC 231 at Scotiabank Arena shortly after the main event that saw Holloway recor
  
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• Valentina Shevchenko planning long title reign, but still has ‘unfinished business’ with Amanda Nunes

  09-12-2018 15:00
  TORONTO — Over a year has passed since the UFC first created its 125-pound women’s title, and still the belt has yet to be defended. Valentina Shevchenko intends to change that.
  Shevchenko captured the vacant flyweight strap on Saturday night at UFC 231 with a dominant decision over Joanna Jedrzejczyk at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The win ended a long and frustrating road to gold for Shevchenko after her expected title challenges against Nicco Montano failed t
  
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• Max Holloway: At 155, Khabib Nurmagomedov fight ‘might excite me the most’

  09-12-2018 14:00
  Dana White wants Max Holloway to move up to lightweight. In that division, there are no shortage of potentially amazing matchups.
  There’s Conor McGregor, the last man to beat Holloway back in 2013. There’s Tony Ferguson, whose frenetic style would pair dazzlingly well with the Hawaiian. And then there’s lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, whom Holloway was supposed to face at UFC 223 back in April.
  That latter scenario might be the one that intrigues Holloway the most, h
  
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• UFC 231 post-fight show

  09-12-2018 11:23
  TORONTO — With UFC 231 in the books, MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti and Alexander K. Lee break down the top storylines coming out of Saturday night.
  
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• UFC 231 bonuses: Max Holloway claims $100,000; Brian Ortega, Thiago Santos $50,000

  09-12-2018 09:02
  What Max Holloway showed at UFC 231 can’t just be contained with one post-fight bonuses.
  The UFC featherweight champion not only engaged in a memorable battle with the previously undefeated Brian Ortega in Saturday night’s main event, but he reminded everyone just what we’ve missed during his year away from the cage.
  Holloway looked every bit his superb self against Ortega, but also weathered a third-round storm before finishing things off, earning a TKO due to doctor’s
  
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• Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega full fight video highlights

  09-12-2018 09:00
  Watch Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega full fight video highlights from UFC 231’s main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
  UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega took place Dec. 8 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway (20-3) looked to defend his title against undefeated challenger Brian Ortega (14-1, 1 NC) the night’s main event, which aired live on pay-per-view.For more on Holloway vs. Ortega, check out the play-by-play courtesy of MMA Fig
  
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• Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk full fight video highlights

  09-12-2018 08:54
  Watch Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk full fight video highlights from UFC 231’s co-main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
  UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega took place Dec. 9 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Top contender Valentina Shevchenko (16-3) faced off against former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk (15-3) for the vacant women’s flyweight title in the night’s co-main event, which aired live on pay-per-view.For more on Shevchenko
  
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• UFC 231 Bonuses: Max Holloway Banks $100,000 for Dominant Performance

  09-12-2018 07:51 via sherdog.com
  UFC 231 belonged to Max Holloway, and that was evident in the distribution of post-fight bonuses.
  
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• Vasiliy Lomachenko Dominates Jose Pedraza to Unify Lightweight Titles

  09-12-2018 07:42 via sherdog.com
  Vasiliy Lomachenko proved once again why he is considered among the current greats in the sport of boxing.
  
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• UFC 231 in Tweets: Pros react to Holloway vs. Ortega, Shevchenko vs. Jedrzejczyk

  09-12-2018 07:30
  The best is still “Blessed.”
  In a thrilling affair, Max Holloway defended his UFC featherweight title with a fourth-round TKO stoppage over Brian Ortega, winning his long-awaited return to the Octagon in thunderous fashion on Saturday night in the main event of UFC 231. Holloway’s brilliance capped off a night at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena that also saw Valentina Shevchenko dominate Joanna Jedrzejczyk to claim the vacant women’s flyweight title.
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• UFC 231 results: Max Holloway defeats Brian Ortega in thrilling four-round war

  09-12-2018 07:25
  Brian Ortega is undoubtedly one of the finest young fighters on the planet.
  But he happens to share a weight class with a competitor who is on the short list for pound-for-pound best in UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway.
  The Waianae, Hawaii native threw down with Ortega for four scintillating rounds on Saturday night in the main event of UFC 231 at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. The ultra-tough Ortega weathered the storm and rallied before Holloway found a second wind and won the fight
  
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• Holloway Continues Run Atop Division

  09-12-2018 07:20 via ufc.com
  Recap the action from the UFC 231 main event, where Max Holloway retained the featherweight belt against Brian Ortega,
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• UFC 231 post-fight press conference video

  09-12-2018 07:08
  The UFC 231 post-fight press conference is the last piece of business to take care of after the action is over in the Octagon, and we have the live video below at MMAFighting.com.
  UFC officials will announce the winners of the Fight of the Night and the Performance of the Night bonuses, and winning fighters will meet the media after their fights.
  The UFC 231 post-fight press conference takes place about 30 minutes after the main event ends, meaning it will start around 1:30 a.m. ET.
  
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• UFC 231 results: Valentina Shevchenko defeats Joanna Jedrzejczyk to claim vacant UFC flyweight title

  09-12-2018 06:32
  Valentina Shevchenko is finally a UFC champion.
  Shevchenko has been through fight cancellations and close calls across two weight classes during her UFC career before finally having a title belt wrapped around her waist on Saturday night.
  Shevchenko dominated game-but-undersized former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk to claim the vacant flyweight championship in the co-feature bout of UFC 231. The judges’ scores at Scotiabank Arena were 49-46 across the board for a unanimous decis
  
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• UFC 231 live blog: Holloway vs. Ortega

  09-12-2018 06:24
  TORONTO — This is the UFC 231 live blog for Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega, a featherweight championship bout at Saturday’s UFC event at Scotiabank Arena.
  Holloway, the reigning champion at 145 pounds who has won his last 12 bouts, faces Ortega, an unbeaten fighter who has won all six of his UFC bouts (excluding one no contest) by knockout or submission, in the main event.
  Check out the UFC 231 live blog below.
  Round 1: Yves Lavigne will be the third man in the cage for this featherw
  
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• Max Holloway Stops Previously Undefeated Brian Ortega in Impressive Fashion at UFC 231

  09-12-2018 06:05 via sherdog.com
  Max Holloway stops Brian Ortega in UFC 231 headliner.
  
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• Shevchenko Cements Flyweight Strap

  09-12-2018 05:44 via ufc.com
  Recap the action from the UFC 231 Main Card
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• UFC 231 results: Gunnar Nelson has violent finish of Alex Oliveira

  09-12-2018 05:42
  If you wrote off Gunnar Nelson, you did so too soon.
  The Icelandic welterweight announced his return to the world on Saturday night at UFC 231, when he got into a dogfight with a game Alex Oliveira. Nelson used nasty elbows to set Oliveira up for the winning rear-naked choke.He got the tap at the 4:17 mark of the second round at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.“It ended the way I expected,” Nelson said. “I believe he hit me in the back of the head, he caught me with the shot and g
  
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• UFC 231 live blog: Shevchenko vs. Jedrzejczyk

  09-12-2018 05:34
  TORONTO — This is the UFC 231 live blog for Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk, a women’s flyweight championship bout at Saturday’s UFC event at Scotiabank Arena.
  Shevchenko, who has won three of her last four fights including her UFC flyweight debut in February, faces Jedrzejczyk, a former strawweight champion who is making her return to the 125-pound division, in the co-main event.
  Check out the UFC 231 live blog below.
  Round 1: Referee Todd Anderson will oversee th
  
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• Ansaroff, Burns Score Big Wins At UFC 231

  09-12-2018 04:07 via ufc.com
  Recap all the action from the UFC 231 prelim action.
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• UFC 231 Prelims: Unranked Nina Ansaroff Upsets No. 4 Strawweight Claudia Gadelha

  09-12-2018 03:55 via sherdog.com
  Nina Ansaroff waded through an early storm of punches and a few powerful takedowns from Claudia Gadelha to prevail over three rounds in the featured UFC 231 preliminary bout.
  
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• UFC 231 results: Jessica Eye gets split-decision nod over Katlyn Chookagian

  09-12-2018 03:08
  Jessica Eye is now 3-0 since going to the UFC flyweight division, and she wants a crack at the winner of UFC 231’s co-main event.
  The Cleveland native earned a split-decision victory on Saturday night over Katlyn Chookagian in a hard-fought, if not exactly thrilling, contest, taking two out of three 29-28 scores at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena.
  After the fight, she said she wanted the winner of the bout between Valentina Shevchenko and Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the vacant 125-pound belt.
  
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• UFC 231 results: Elias Theodorou earns split decision over Eryk Anders

  09-12-2018 02:38
  Elias Theodorou played the matador in his UFC 231 middleweight bout with Eryk Anders on Saturday night. Anders, for his part, obliged and played the bull.They played their roles so well, in fact, that the bout at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto that the scorecards went to a razor-thin split decision. The Canadian Theodorou got the better end of two out of three 29-28 cards for his third consecutive victory.Theodorou was masterful in the opening round, using constant movement and circling to keep An
  
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• Video: Dhiego Lima scores walk-off knockout over Chad Laprise at UFC 231

  09-12-2018 01:47
  Dhiego Lima snaps his three-fight losing skid in a devastating fashion.
  With losses to Yushin Okami, Jesse Taylor and Jason Jackson in his last three bouts, Lima, a former Titan FC champion, was in desperate need of a victory at UFC 231 in Toronto. Standing in his way, was The Ultimate Fighter: Nations winner Chad Laprise.
  During the scrap, Lima (13-7) and Laprise (13-4) danced around the cage as they looked for an opening in their opponent’s defense. But a little over 90 seconds into the
  
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• UFC 231 Embedded, Episode 6: ’Let’s get the f**k out’

  09-12-2018 01:39
  In the last episode of UFC 231 Embedded, Brian Ortega and team take a plunge in a cold pool, the fighters step on the scale, and more.
  
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• Jack Shore Remains Unbeaten, Claims Bantamweight Crown at Cage Warriors 100

  09-12-2018 01:18 via sherdog.com
  Cage Warriors Fighting Championship celebrated its 100th numbered event at Ice Arena in Cardiff, Wales, on Saturday, and the European promotion can only hope for 100 more just like it, as not a single bout on the professional portion of the card went to a decision.
  
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• Cage Warriors 100 results: Jack Shore, Dean Trueman claim vacant titles

  09-12-2018 01:13
  There wasn’t a single fight that went the distance at Cage Warriors’ centenary show in Cardiff, Wales, on Saturday night, but home favorite Jack Shore drew the biggest cheers from the crowd by clinching the Cage Warriors bantamweight title with a dominant win over Mike Ekundayo.Shore outwrestled the Titan standout over the three rounds. “Airlines” managed to land one of his signature takedowns in the second, but as soon as Shore got back to his feet he immediately hit a
  
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• Johnny Walker vs. Justin Ledet targeted for UFC Fortaleza

  09-12-2018 00:58
  Top Brazilian prospect Johnny Walker will be back in the cage early next year.
  A light heavyweight bout pitting Walker and Justin Ledet is being targeted for UFC Fortaleza on Feb. 2 in Brazil, sources told MMA Fighting on Saturday. Sources said the bout has been verbally agreed to, but not yet signed. The UFC has yet to make an official announcement about the fight.
  Walker (14-3) is coming off a thunderous elbow knockout of Khalil Rountree at UFC Argentina last month. The 6-foot-5, athletic pro
  
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