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• PFL’s Kayla Harrison: ‘The baddest woman on the planet is sitting right here’

  28-12-2018 23:30
  Kayla Harrison certainly isn’t lacking in confidence.
  It’s hard to blame the 28-year-old fighter who has already reached incredible heights in her combat sports career. As a judoka, Harrison became the first American to take home gold at the Olympic games when she conquered London in 2012; she made history a second time, defending her Olympic title at the Rio games in 2016.
  Predictably, Harrison’s dominance led to curiosity over whether she would follow in the footsteps of for
  
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• UFC 232 weigh-in video at 7 p.m. ET

  28-12-2018 23:17
  At the UFC 232 weigh-ins, all 26 fighters taking part in Saturday night’s UFC 232 fights will step on the scale Friday, and we’ll have the live video here at MMA Fighting.
  In the main event, Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson hit the light heavyweight limit of 205 pounds.
  The UFC 232 official weigh-in video will be at 12 p.m. ET, and the video is below.
  The UFC 232 ceremonial weigh-in video will be at 7 p.m. ET, and the video is above.
  Check out UFC 232 weigh-in results below.
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• Jeff Novitzky discusses Jon Jones, UFC 232, Jones past adverse drug-test findings, Lance Armstrong, more

  28-12-2018 22:37
  LOS ANGELES — During a media scrum after UFC 232 weigh-ins, UFC vice president of athlete health and performance Jeff Novitzky discusses Jon Jones fighting at UFC 232, the previous adverse drug-test results for Jones, working with the Nevada and California commissions, Lance Armstrong’s criticisms and much more.
  
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• Daniel Cormier voluntarily relinquishes UFC light heavyweight championship

  28-12-2018 22:17
  Daniel Cormier has voluntarily relinquished his UFC light heavyweight championship.
  “Today I am going to relinquish the UFC light heavyweight title,” stated Cormier to ESPN on Friday. “I am not going to be stripped of the belt that I’ve defended with my all for three and a half years. Being stripped of a title suggests you’ve done something wrong, and I haven’t.
  ”I’d rather walk away this way, with my head held high as it always has been, than hav
  
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• UFC 232 Weigh-in Results: Main Card Set, Montel Jackson Heavy

  28-12-2018 22:12 via sherdog.com
  Jon Jones looks to become the first three-time light heavyweight champion in UFC history as he takes on an old foe in Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232.
  
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• Daniel Cormier Relinquishes Light Heavyweight Belt: ‘They Can Have It’

  28-12-2018 21:57 via sherdog.com
  Before being forced to turn over his light heavyweight strap to the winner of the UFC 232 main event between Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson, Daniel Cormier has elected to give up his belt of his own accord.
  
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• Mehdi Baghdad’s opponent released by Brave after missing weight by 10 pounds

  28-12-2018 21:00
  Mehdi Baghdad will have to wait a little longer before he attempts to get back into the winning column.
  The TUF and UFC veteran was slated to fight Mohamad Ghorabi at the Brave CF 21 event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 28. However, Ghorabi came in 10 pounds over the super lightweight limit and the bout was canceled. Brave announced that Ghorabi was released from his contract.
  Baghdad, who lost his Brave debut to Pawel Kielek back in May, is on a three-fight losing skid dating back to 2016.
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• UFC 232 weigh-in video live now

  28-12-2018 19:37
  At the UFC 232 weigh-ins, all 26 fighters taking part in Saturday night’s UFC 232 fights will step on the scale Friday, and we’ll have the live video here at MMA Fighting.
  In the main event, Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson hit the light heavyweight limit of 205 pounds.
  The UFC 232 official weigh-in video will be at 12 p.m. ET, and we’ll have the video live at MMA Fighting.
  The UFC 232 ceremonial weigh-in video will be at 7 p.m. ET.
  Check out UFC 232 weigh-in results below.
  
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• UFC 232 Media Day Recap

  28-12-2018 19:33 via ufc.com
  Here’s a brief recap of what each of the fighters had to say heading into this weekend’s event.
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• UFC 232 salaries: Jones, Gustafsson to earn $500,000 for title rematch

  28-12-2018 19:07
  Three of the top four fighters at UFC 232 will be cashing half-a-million dollar paychecks.
  Light heavyweight contenders Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson are slated to earn $500,000 purses for their title rematch, which headlines UFC 232 on Dec. 29 at The Forum in Los Angeles, Calif. Women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is also set to earn a $500,000 purse for her co-headlining title defense against Amanda Nunes.
  Nunes, the UFC women’s bantamweight champion, is the lone title
  
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• Novitzky says UFC re-upped with USADA for 2019, expects ‘30 to 40 percent increase’ in testing

  28-12-2018 17:00
  Anyone who expected the latest Jon Jones fiasco to be a death knell for the UFC’s partnership with USADA is going to be disappointed.
  UFC vice president of athlete health and performance Jeff Novitzky revealed Thursday during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience that the UFC has re-upped its agreement with USADA for a new deal in 2019 that will see the promotion significantly increase its testing output by a margin of “30 to 40 percent.”Novitzky dropped the news during a
  
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• PFL 11 press conference video

  28-12-2018 16:30
  The 12 PFL finalists, Kayla Harrison, PFL president Carlos Silva and Ray Sefo will answer questions from the media Friday morning at the PFL 11 press conference. The video is expected to begin below at 11 a.m. ET at the Chase Square at Madison Square Garden.
  
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• Forum exec says staff has been working ‘around the clock’ to ready for UFC 232

  28-12-2018 16:00
  LOS ANGELES — Getting a venue ready for a large-scale combat sports event is hard enough. Now add in doing it on a week’s notice — during Christmas week.
  That’s what staff at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., is up against right now, as they prepare the arena and all that comes with it for UFC 232 on Saturday.“There’s a lot of elements that have to come together and have to coordinate in a short amount of time,” Rick Merrill, The Forum’s vice presid
  
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• UFC 232: 100 minds predict Cris Cyborg vs. Amanda Nunes

  28-12-2018 15:00
  History will be made at UFC 232.
  Fighting out of the red corner, Cris Cyborg attempts to extend her dominance to another level, defending the UFC featherweight belt for the third time. Looking at her overall record since leaving Brazil to compete in the United States a decade ago, Cyborg will be entering her 12th title bout in 15 appearances, including title wins in Strikeforce and Invicta FC.
  Yet, the stakes are even higher for Amanda Nunes.
  “The Lioness” has stopped some of the be
  
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• Morning Report: Dana White on the financial burden moving UFC 232 put on the fighters: ‘It is what it is’

  28-12-2018 14:00
  In case you’ve been out of the MMA bubble for the last few days, in the lead up to UFC 232, Jon Jones was found to have had a drug-test abnormality which caused the Nevada Athletic Commission to refuse to sanction him. But instead of scrapping Jones’ light heavyweight title fight against Alexander Gustafsson and letting the Cris Cyborg-Amanda Nunes superfight headline the pay-per-view, the UFC decided to move the entire event to Los Angeles on just 6 days’ notice.The move was
  
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• UFC 232 weigh-in video

  28-12-2018 13:00
  At the UFC 232 weigh-ins, all 26 fighters taking part in Saturday night’s UFC 232 fights will step on the scale Friday, and we’ll have the live video here at MMA Fighting.
  In the main event, Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson will need to hit the light heavyweight limit of 205 pounds.
  The UFC 232 official weigh-in video will be at 12 p.m. ET, and we’ll have the video live at MMA Fighting.
  The UFC 232 ceremonial weigh-in video will be at 7 p.m. ET.
  Check out UFC 232 weigh-in re
  
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• UFC 232 fighters discuss event moving to California

  28-12-2018 07:29
  LOS ANGELES — Several UFC 232 fighters discuss the event’s move from Las Vegas to The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. on short notice.
  
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• Alexander Volkanovski questions Chad Mendes’ passion ahead of UFC 232

  28-12-2018 06:49
  LOS ANGELES — Before UFC 232, Alexander Volkanovski discusses event location change, his opponent Chad Mendes, supplements, and more Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Dennis Bermudez moving to lightweight to fight Te Edwards at UFC on ESPN+

  28-12-2018 06:23
  Dennis Bermudez is looking to have better luck at 155 pounds.
  Hoping to avoid a fifth straight loss, Bermudez is set to make his UFC lightweight debut on Jan. 19 when he fights Te Edwards at UFC on ESPN+ at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, per Newsday.
  MMA Fighting confirmed Bermudez’s division change with sources following an initial report by FloCombat.
  Since finishing as a finalist on season 14 of The Ultimate Fighter back in December 2011, Bermudez (16-9) has compiled a 9-7 in the UFC&rsq
  
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• Megan Anderson ‘pissed off’ over lack of female featherweights in UFC

  28-12-2018 05:33
  LOS ANGELES — Megan Anderson addresses the state of the UFC women’s featherweight division, the location change of UFC 232, what she expects from Cat Zingano and why she believes rankings are meaningless.
  
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• Michael Chiesa has no plans to go back to lightweight ever again

  28-12-2018 04:41
  LOS ANGELES — Before UFC 232, Michael Chiesa explains why he wanted to talk to the media, why he’s sticking at welterweight, his Carlos Condit fandom, and more.
  
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• Ilir Latifi on Jon Jones’ drug test issues: ’If you’re positive, you’re positive’

  28-12-2018 04:21
  LOS ANGELES — Before UFC 232, Ilir Latifi discusses event’s move to California, Alexander Gustafsson’s training, Jon Jones’ drug testing woes, and more.
  
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• Jon Jones, Alexander Gustafsson get into heated argument at UFC 232 press conference

  28-12-2018 04:00
  It’s safe to say Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson did not exchange Christmas cards this week.
  On Thursday afternoon, both fighters met with the media to discuss the fallout from an “abnormality” on Jones’ pre-fight drug test forcing the UFC to move UFC 232 from Las Vegas to Inglewood.
  Gustafsson, who had recently flown in from Sweden, was visibly agitated as he lambasted his opponent for what he perceived as ruining the plans for fans and fellow fighters.
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• Daniel Cormier says Jon Jones turned Jeff Novitzky into ‘his old lady’

  28-12-2018 03:00
  Daniel Cormier thinks UFC vice president of athlete health and performance Jeff Novitzky might be a little too close to the Jon Jones situation.
  Since news of Jones’s latest controversy emerged over the weekend, this time a drug-testing abnormality discovered after an analysis of his last 18 months of tests dating back to his last failure in July 2017, Novitzky has gone to bat for Jones, making it clear that the metabolites found in Jones’s system are not indicative of a re-ingestio
  
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• Video: Professional Fighters League ‘2018 Season PFL Championships’ Press Conference

  28-12-2018 02:46 via sherdog.com
  The Professional Fighters League championship event press conference takes place Friday at 11 a.m. from Chase Square at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  
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• UFC 232 Embedded, Episode 4: ‘You know I love Bob Marley’

  28-12-2018 02:30
  In the fourth episode of UFC 232 Embedded, Amanda Nunes trains on Christmas Eve, Jon Jones gets a gift and tells a story about his brother, and more.
  
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• Jeff Novitzky reveals USADA first found adverse findings in Jones’ drug tests back in August

  28-12-2018 02:00
  The recent adverse findings in Jon Jones’ USADA drug test results popped up much earlier than December, according to UFC executive Jeff Novitzky.
  Novitzky, the UFC’s vice president of athlete health and performance, appeared Thursday on The Joe Rogan Experience to explain Jones’ recent drug-testing situation and the UFC’s decision to uproot UFC 232 from Las Vegas to Los Angeles on less than a week’s notice. Novitzky revealed that Jones first tested positive for tra
  
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• Jon Jones: There is ‘no asterisk’ next to my accomplishments

  28-12-2018 01:43
  When it comes to where he stands in the hallowed halls of MMA, Jon Jones doesn’t see much room for interpretation.
  The 31-year-old UFC star has been the subject of much controversy in recent years, with various legal problems and multiple run-ins with the United States Anti-Doping Agency casting a shroud over his sterling in-cage accomplishments. Jones has never been truly defeated (the lone loss on his 24-fight record came as via disqualification in a bout opposite Matt Hamill back in 20
  
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