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• Philipe Lins eyes PFL’s million-dollar check, but won’t make it a distraction

  31-12-2018 23:00
  Philipe Lins was a rising, unbeaten light heavyweight from Brazil when he signed with Bellator in 2014, but never got things going in the promotion. He was let go after winning three of six fights, and realized he needed to change things up in 2018.
  Excited with the idea of a million-dollar tournament at Professional Fighters League, “Monstro” moved up to heavyweight and made quite a first impression in July, knocking out Alex Nicholson at PFL 4. Guaranteed to make the heavyweight p
  
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• The Biggest Upsets of 2018

  31-12-2018 22:05 via ufc.com
  Unless you’re on the wrong side of the result, everybody loves a good upset. Here are the 10 biggest UFC upsets of 2018.
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• Daniel Cormier discusses 2019 plans, says Brock Lesnar fight is ‘kinda still up in the air’

  31-12-2018 22:00
  Daniel Cormier put together a campaign to remember in 2018, but will it be his last?
  Cormier, the reigning UFC heavyweight champion, has long stated a desire to retire by the time he reaches his 40th birthday on March 20, 2019. With that self-imposed deadline fast approaching, “DC” will soon be forced to make a decision. He is, by all accounts, the Fighter of the Year frontrunner for 2018 after putting up a 3-0 record this past year with successful title defenses in two different di
  
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• This Day in UFC History

  31-12-2018 21:02 via ufc.com
  Frankie Edgar, Gray Maynard Deliver Classic
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• UFC 232 salaries: Jon Jones headlines list of 10 fighters to cash six-figure purses

  31-12-2018 21:00
  Newly crowned UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was one of 10 fighters to clear the six-figure mark in earnings on Saturday night, having done so for his dominant victory over Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232.
  The California State Athletic Commission released the event’s finalized salary information on Monday to MMA Fighting.
  Jones defeated Gustafsson via third-round TKO in the night’s main event to win the long-anticipated rematch against the Swede and recapture the light hea
  
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• UFC 232 Talking Points

  31-12-2018 20:15 via ufc.com
  Here's What We Are Talking About After Saturday's Incredible Event.
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• Fighting a teammate in PFL tournament final boosts Natan Schulte’s confidence

  31-12-2018 20:00
  Natan Schulte and Rashid Magomedov have a unique perspective on their opponents for the upcoming PFL lightweight tournament final.
  Schulte and Magomedov are teammates at American Top Team, and both earned spots in the promotion’s million-dollar tournament final on Dec. 31, which is set to take place at the PFL 11 card in New York. Both men have been training under the same roof for more than two years in Florida, and the Brazilian sees the situation as a double-edged sword.
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• 2018 PFL Championship Play-by-Play, Results & Round-by-Round Scoring

  31-12-2018 19:58 via sherdog.com
  Sherdog's live PFL Championships coverage kicks off Monday at 7 p.m. ET.
  
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• UFC 232 Salaries: Jon Jones, Alexander Gustafsson, Cris Cyborg All Earn $500K

  31-12-2018 19:03 via sherdog.com
  Jon Jones, Alexander Gustafsson and Cristiane Justino topped a UFC 232 payroll that saw a total of 10 fighters take home six-figure paydays.
  
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• Kyoji Horiguchi Guillotines Darrion Caldwell; Mayweather Stops Nasukawa at Rizin 14

  31-12-2018 19:01 via sherdog.com
  Former UFC flyweight title challenger Kyoji Horiguchi (26-2) earned his 11th straight victory and secured the inaugural Rizin Fighting Federation bantamweight title with a guillotine finish of Bellator 135-pound champion Darion Caldwell at Rizin 14at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on Sunday.
  
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• PFL’s Lance Palmer on the verge of making his MMA odyssey pay off

  31-12-2018 17:00
  From Lance Palmer’s perspective, there are a number of ways to look at Monday night’s PFL Finals and his chance at a million bucks. On the one hand, he’s 30 years old and entering his 20th fight as a professional mixed martial artist (having compiled a 16-3 record, and winning multiple titles). At this point, he should be getting a big payday because he’s earned it. On the other hand, he’s been fighting since 2011 and has only begun to make real money in 2018. Thou
  
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• Mayweather KOs Nasukawa, Horiguchi taps Caldwell at Rizin 14

  31-12-2018 16:30
  Rizin Fighting Federation’s New Years Eve show dragged for hours with long intermissions, but it definitely delivered. Headlined by a boxing exhibition match between pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather and rising Japanese superstar Tenshin Nasukawa, the fight card featured incredible finishes and some pro wrestling-like scenes.
  A three-round exhibition match that would only have a winner in case of a knockout, Mayweather proved why he’s on another level. Nasuwaka, 21 years younger
  
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• Floyd Mayweather vs. Tenshin Nasukawa full fight video highlights

  31-12-2018 15:47
  Watch Floyd Mayweather vs. Tenshin Nasukawa full fight video highlights from Rizin 14’s main event.
  Mayweather Jr. is undefeated in 50 tests in the boxing ring, his most recent victory coming by way of 10th-round TKO against former UFC champion, Conor McGregor. Nasukawa is unbeaten in 28 kickboxing bouts and four mixed martial arts contests.
  Here’s our recap of the action from our live blog.
  Tenshin Nasukawa begins his ring walk at 11:03 pm local time wearing a long white robe, whit
  
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• Floyd Mayweather vs. Tenshin Nasukawa: Live round-by-round updates

  31-12-2018 15:23
  MMA Fighting has Floyd Mayweather vs. Tenshin Nasukawa live blog for round-by-round updates of Mayweather’s unexpected return to competition.
  The Rizin 14 event will start on Dec. 31 at 1:00 a.m. ET and the Mayweather vs. Nasukawa is expected to start around 9 a.m. ET. Check out our Rizin 14: Mayweather vs. Nasukawa results page to find out what happened on the undercard. Mayweather, who is 50-0 in boxing, will be coming out of retirement to face the 4-0 Japanese star Nasukawa in an exhib
  
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• A Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier trilogy fight is as involved as it is inevitable

  31-12-2018 15:00
  It seems that no matter how far they try to get from one another, Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier are forever tied at the hip. Immediately after Jones put away Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232 — in what was such a whatevs show of prowess and strength that it almost came across as pedestrian — all the talk was about the trilogy. Will Jones and Cormier fight again? Will it be at light heavyweight or heavyweight? Will Jones show up with needles sticking out of his butt cheek for the fight?
  
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• The MMA Hour with Daniel Cormier, Megan Anderson, Ryan Hall, Jon Anik, Conan Silveira, the Monday Morning Analyst and more

  31-12-2018 14:00
  12 p.m.: Show open.
  12:05 p.m.: How, specifically, did Jon Jones defeat Alexander Gustafsson in their UFC 232 rematch with relative ease? We’ll break down those questions in the Monday Morning Analyst.
  12:35 p.m.: 5 minutes on the clock. All of your social media questions answered at A Round of Tweets using #themmahour hashtag.
  12: 40 p.m.: UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier joins the show to discuss his next steps in 2019 and more.
  1 p.m.: UFC commentator Jon Anik will stop by to di
  
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• Morning Report: Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager: Floyd Mayweather ‘very much begging for the fight’ with Khabib

  31-12-2018 14:00
  2018 was a big year for Khabib Nurmagomedov. After winning the undisputed (but heavily disputed) lightweight championship with a unanimous decision victory over Al Iaquinta at UFC 223, Nurmagomedov went on to dominate Conor McGregor at UFC 229, silencing the dispute about his title and making himself a major star in the process. Such was the nature of his newfound star power that even Floyd Mayweather Jr. was interested in fighting him, and even though UFC President Dana White has downplayed th
  
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• Gabi Garcia’s finish of Barbara Nepomuceno leads to heated confrontation with Shinobu Kandori 

  31-12-2018 12:16
  Gabi Garcia nearly had another fight on her hands after her first-round stoppage of Barbara Nepomuceno at RIZIN 14, as former scheduled opponent Shinobu Kandori confronted her in the ring after the submission victory.Garcia transitioned to a key lock after taking her opponent down and landing in top side control, taking just seconds to force the finish at the midway point of the opening round.Gabrielle Garcia Tapped Barbara in 1R
  where are the haters now ? #Rizin14 live on @FiteTV pic.twitter.c
  
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• Video: Miyata stops Yamamoto with hammerlock in Rizin 14 retirement bout 

  31-12-2018 10:08
  Japanese legend Kazuyuki Miyata finished off his career in spectacular fashion, stopping Erson Yamamoto with an elaborate hammerlock submission in the second round of his retirement bout at Rizin 14 in Tokyo, Japan on Monday.In his retirement fight, Kazuyuki Miyata submits Erson Yamamoto via hammerlock from guard. Dear god. #RIZIN14 pic.twitter.com/zhD3yttILJ— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) December 31, 2018Miyata caught the submission from his back and reversed position as Yamamoto looked to e
  
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• Video: Motoya taps Scoggins with teepee choke at Rizin 14

  31-12-2018 09:03
  Justin Scoggins was not successful in his first bout outside the UFC.
  Making his debut inside the Rizin Fighting Federation ring in Saitama, Japan, on Monday, after a nine-fight run in the Octagon, Scoggins lost via first-round teepee choke submission to DEEP bantamweight champion Yuki Motoya.
  Motoya clipped Scoggins with a heavy hand early on the feet, and quickly locked a triangle choke as soon as the fight went to the ground. Scoggins was trying to survive for a minute, but Motoya transition
  
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• Rizin 14 Results: Mayweather vs. Nasukawa

  31-12-2018 08:02
  MMA Fighting has Rizin 14 results for the Mayweather vs. Nasukawa fight card Sunday from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
  In the main event, Floyd Mayweather will square off against Tension Nasukawa in a three-round boxing rules exhibition bout.
  Check out the Rizin 14 results below.
  Main Card
  Floyd Mayweather vs. Tenshin Nasukawa
  Darrion Caldwell vs. Kyoji Horiguchi
  Kanna Asakura vs. Ayaka Hamasaki
  Brandon Halsey vs. Jiri Prochazka
  Gabi Garcia vs. Barbara Nepomuceno
  Daron Cruickshank
  
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• Satoru Kitaoka Outlasts Tatsuya Kawajiri at Rizin Heisei’s Last Yarennoka

  31-12-2018 07:30 via sherdog.com
  As the Heisei period nears its end in Japan, Rizin Fighting Federation’s Heisei’s Last Yarrenoka — which serves as something of a prelim to Rizin 14 — featured a mix of new and old talent at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
  
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• Floyd Mayweather says he’s making $9M for Tenshin Nasukawa exhibition at Rizin 14

  31-12-2018 06:52
  Is it possible to make $1 million per minute? Floyd Mayweather says he’ll do just that this weekend.
  Mayweather, the boxing legend, insinuated Sunday on Instagram that he’ll be making $9 million to face 20-year-old kickboxing prodigy Tenshin Nasukawa in a boxing exhibition match at Rizin 14 at Saitama Super Arena in Japan on Monday. The contest will be three rounds of three minutes apiece.
  “What if I told you I was making $9,000,000 for 9 minutes of sparring in Tokyo Japan wou
  
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• Video: Megan Anderson says she’d fight Cat Zingano again to prove herself

  31-12-2018 03:00
  INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Megan Anderson speaks to the media at UFC 232 about her win over Cat Zingano, the bizarre finish to the fight, where she goes next from here, and more.
  
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• On last fight of Rizin contract, Daron Cruickshank just wants to go where the money is at

  31-12-2018 02:00
  By the time New Year’s rolls around in his home state of Michigan, Daron Cruickshank will once again be a free agent. But if Rizin Fighting Federation plays their cards right, there’s a good chance that “The Detroit Superstar” sticks around.
  Cruickshank (22-10) has called the Japanese promotion home since debuting at Rizin’s first event back in April 2016, though he’s continued to make the 14-plus hour commute from the United States for all eight of his appea
  
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• Video: Uriah Hall explains emotional post-fight speech about sister

  31-12-2018 01:00
  INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Uriah Hall reacts to his violent come-from-behind knockout win over Bevon Lewis at UFC 232, discusses his emotional post-fight interview, his sister’s battle with depression and the evolution of maturity inside the Octagon.
  
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