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• ESPN+ signs up 525,000 new customers Saturday for its first UFC event

  20-01-2019 23:30
  The Henry Cejudo vs. T.J. Dillashaw fight Saturday night was a huge success for ESPN, and particular the ESPN+ streaming service.
  ESPN+ signed up 525,000 new subscribers on Saturday, easily the biggest day in the service’s history. For a comparison purpose, that was significantly better than WWE has done for any single day WrestleMania or that UFC Fight Pass ever did with a live event. They had also signed up 43,000 subscribers on Friday, most of which has been attributed to the show.
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• Joanne Calderwood on Jessica Eye’s callout response: ‘I just see excuses’

  20-01-2019 23:00
  NEW YORK — After her win at UFC Brooklyn, Joanne Calderwood discusses the victory over Ariane Lipski, Jessica Eye seemingly not wanting to fight her, being more vocal in the build up and more.
  
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• Alex Hernandez releases statement on loss to Donald Cerrone at UFC Brooklyn

  20-01-2019 22:00
  Alexander Hernandez’s scrap against Donald Cerrone didn’t go exactly as planned.
  Heading into their lightweight fight, which closed out the prelims of UFC Brooklyn on ESPN, Hernandez declared his veteran opponent was simply a “jester in the way” on his way to “kingship.”
  But a little less than two round into contest, Cerrone was seen being peeled off a reeling Hernandez after slapping in a thunderous head kick onto the 26-year-old.
  Keeping his chin up, Hernan
  
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• Henry Cejudo Says He’ll Give ‘Sore Loser’ T.J. Dillashaw a Rematch at 135 Pounds

  20-01-2019 21:01 via sherdog.com
  Henry Cejudo said he was going to knock out T.J. Dillashaw and on Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night 143, and he did just that.
  
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• UFC Brooklyn Aftermath: UFC’s habit of featuring unqualified fighters backfires ... again

  20-01-2019 21:00
  First things first: You might dislike Greg Hardy, and have valid reasons for doing so, but it’s highly likely he didn’t throw that knee to a downed Allen Crowder on purpose.You can’t fake the emotion Hardy showed at the UFC Brooklyn post-fight press conference, in which he appeared dumbfounded over the turn of events, apologized over and over to Crowder for what happened and offering to run the bout back, and expressing disappointment in letting his team down.(Don’t beli
  
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• 'Bitter' T.J. Dillashaw Criticizes Stoppage in Loss to Henry Cejudo at UFC Brooklyn: ‘It’s Pathetic’

  20-01-2019 20:50 via sherdog.com
  Things didn’t go T.J. Dillashaw’s way Saturday night, and to say that he is miffed about it would be an understatement.
  
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• Alexander Hernandez Releases Statement After UFC Brooklyn: ‘Experience is a Costly Bitch’

  20-01-2019 20:41 via sherdog.com
  Alexander Hernandez was humbled by a veteran opponent at UFC Fight Night 143, as he suffered just his second career defeat against Donald Cerrone at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Saturday night.
  
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• Gregor Gillespie robbed in New York following victory at UFC Brooklyn

  20-01-2019 20:00
  What should have been one of the best nights of his professional life quickly turned sour for UFC lightweight Gregor Gillespie.
  Gillespie, fresh off his second-round TKO win over Yancy Medeiros at UFC Brooklyn, took to his Instagram later in the evening to reveal his and his coach’s bags had been stolen from Barclays Center. Giving the thief the option to keep his gear, he pleaded with them to at least return his wallet and mouth guards. View this post on InstagramTo who ever it is who st
  
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• Curtis Blaydes vs. Justin Willis Among Multiple New Bouts Announced for UFC Nashville

  20-01-2019 19:17 via sherdog.com
  A heavyweight clash between Curtis Blaydes and Justin Willis is one of several new additions to the UFC Fight Night Nashville lineup.
  
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• Greg Hardy’s return is guaranteed, unlike Henry Cejudo’s flyweight division. Huh?

  20-01-2019 19:00
  This is where we are in 2019: Greg Hardy, he of the notorious background, bungled his way into a disqualification loss at Saturday night’s UFC Brooklyn event. For that, he left with a guaranteed return fight. And Henry Cejudo, who beat the hell out of a pound-for-pound great who normally fights one weight class above him, left wondering what exactly his future held.
  The UFC Brooklyn card that kicked off the ESPN era may not have been explicitly designed for the purpose of killing off Ceju
  
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• Several bouts announced for UFC Nashville, including Curtis Blaydes vs. Justin Willis

  20-01-2019 18:00
  A heavyweight bout between Curtis Blaydes and Justin Willis is one of several additions to the UFC’s upcoming trip to Tennessee.
  On Saturday’s UFC Brooklyn broadcast, a March 23 show at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville was confirmed as were several bouts, including the previously scheduled welterweight main event between Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson (14-3-1) and former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis (21-8).
  The Blaydes-Willis bout (first reported by FloCombat) was als
  
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• Manny Pacquiao vs. Adrien Broner full fight video highlights

  20-01-2019 17:30
  Watch Manny Pacquiao vs. Adrien Broner full fight video highlights from the main event Saturday night.
  Pacquiao (61-7-2, 39 KOs) defended his WBA welterweight championship against Broner (33-4-1, 1 no-contest). Pacquiao was slated to make $10 million for the fight, without the pay-per-view cut, while Broner will collect $2.5 million.
  Pacquiao vs. Broner took place Saturday at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas and aired live on pay-per-view. The fight ended up being won by Pacquiao via unanimous decisi
  
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• Dana White open to possibility of Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone

  20-01-2019 17:00
  Donald Cerrone has expressed interest on multiple occasions in fighting Conor McGregor. McGregor returned the favor, writing he’d fight “Cowboy” in a tweet Saturday night following Cerrone’s win over Alexander Hernandez at UFC Brooklyn.
  That seems like a no-brainer, right? The biggest star in UFC history trying to rebound off a loss against the wildly popular veteran Cerrone, who is attempting to make one last run at the lightweight belt. It’s one of the biggest no
  
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• Donald Cerrone blasts Alexander Hernandez for trash talk: ‘Have some f*cking respect’

  20-01-2019 16:00
  NEW YORK — After his win at UFC Brooklyn, Donald Cerrone discusses his victory over Alexander Hernandez, Conor McGregor’s tweet about him, Hernandez’s trash talk this week, wanting to hit 50 Zuffa fights and more.
  
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• Henry Cejudo explains how he knew T.J. Dillashaw couldn’t continue: ‘I felt his body go limp’

  20-01-2019 15:00
  Henry Cejudo’s first title defense will go down as a 32-second TKO in the record books, and he’s just as quick to stop any talk of a bad stoppage.
  In the main event of UFC Brooklyn on Saturday, Cejudo successfully prevented T.J. Dillashaw from adding Cejudo’s UFC flyweight championship to his trophy case that already currently holds the UFC bantamweight championship. He wobbled Dillashaw early in the fight and capitalized with follow-up strikes until the bout was waved off.
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• UFC Brooklyn post-fight show

  20-01-2019 14:11
  NEW YORK — With UFC Brooklyn in the books, MMA Fighting’s Luke Thomas, Chuck Mindenhall and Danny Segura broke down the top storylines coming out of the first-ever UFC card on ESPN+ on Saturday night.
  
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• Greg Hardy admits he ‘messed up’, apologizes for illegal knee at UFC Brooklyn

  20-01-2019 14:00
  At the UFC Brooklyn post-fight press conference, Greg Hardy did not sound like a man who had intended to cheat.
  The controversial former NFL star made his UFC debut in the co-main event of Saturday night’s card at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center against Allen Crowder, and it was memorable for all the wrong reasons.
  Hardy was disqualified by referee Dan Miragliotta at the 2:28 mark of the second round of the heavyweight bout for throwing an illegal knee to the head of his downed foe.
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• T.J. Dillashaw says title fight was ‘stolen,’ questions how Henry Cejudo could ‘be that f*cking happy’

  20-01-2019 13:00
  T.J. Dillashaw was pretty furious after UFC Brooklyn.
  The UFC bantamweight champion felt he was robbed, his flyweight title fight against Henry Cejudo stopped far too early Saturday night at Barclays Center in the main event of the first-ever UFC card on ESPN+. Cejudo, the 125-pound champ, clipped Dillashaw in the openings seconds and continued to flurry with Dillashaw struggling to defend. Referee Kevin MacDonald called it at the 32-second mark.
  Dillashaw said he was caught behind the ear, was
  
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• Dana White calls UFC Brooklyn main event stoppage ‘horrible’, unsure about rematch

  20-01-2019 12:00
  At Saturday’s UFC Brooklyn post-fight press conference, UFC president Dana White was crowing about his promotion’s first show on ESPN+ being a smashing success.
  There was one major hiccup in his eyes though.
  The main event was full of drama as flyweight champion Henry Cejudo spoiled bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw’s plans to drop down to 125 pounds and become a dual-division titleholder by finishing him with strikes in just 32 seconds. Cejudo scored two clean knockdowns o
  
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• UFC Brooklyn bonuses: Cerrone doubles up with win over Hernandez

  20-01-2019 08:16
  Donald Cerrone added one more UFC record to his resume on Saturday.
  “Cowboy” doubled up on post-fight bonuses at UFC Brooklyn, the promotion’s first show of the ESPN era, earning himself an extra $100,000 for his second-round TKO win over Alexander Hernandez in the featured televised preliminary bout. This was Cerrone’s first lightweight bout since December 2015 and the move paid off for him as he snagged both a Performance of the Night award as well as the Fight of the
  
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• UFC Brooklyn Bonuses: Donald Cerrone Pockets $100K in Successful Lightweight Return

  20-01-2019 07:37 via sherdog.com
  Donald Cerrone has been one of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s most notorious bonus collectors during his lengthy tenure, and Saturday night was no different.
  
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• Henry Cejudo vs. T.J. Dillashaw full fight video highlights

  20-01-2019 07:18
  Watch Henry Cejudo vs. T.J. Dillashaw full fight video highlights from UFC Brooklyn’s main event fight, courtesy of the UFC.
  UFC Brooklyn: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw took place Jan 19 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Henry Cejudo (14-2) faced off against T.J. Dillashaw (16-4) in a flyweight title contest, which aired live on ESPN+. Catch the video highlights below.
  HENRY CEJUDO!!!!!!!Messaged. Sent. WOW!!!!! #UFCBrooklyn @HenryCejudo pic.twitter.com/5gx41CdUOM— UFC (@ufc) Jan
  
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• UFC Brooklyn in Tweets: Pros react to Henry Cejudo’s incredible KO, Greg Hardy’s DQ

  20-01-2019 07:08
  Henry Cejudo made sure that everyone was talking about the flyweight division at least for one night.
  With months of chatter swirling around the fate of the UFC’s smallest male division, Cejudo walked into the main event of UFC Brooklyn and repelled challenger T.J. Dillashaw in emphatic fashion. Dillashaw, the UFC’s reigning bantamweight champion, was hurt early and Cejudo finished him with strikes just 32 seconds into round one.
  That was just one of the major talking points on the
  
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• Henry Cejudo Ushers in UFC’s ESPN Era With 32-Second TKO in 125-Pound Title Fight

  20-01-2019 06:57 via sherdog.com
  Henry Cejudo not only wanted to defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight title, he wanted to make a statement at UFC Fight Night 143.
  
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• UFC Brooklyn results: Henry Cejudo stops T.J. Dillashaw in 32 seconds

  20-01-2019 06:45
  UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw’s ambition caught up with him Saturday night in the form of one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in mixed martial arts.
  Dillashaw dropped down to 125 pounds to challenge flyweight titleholder Henry Cejudo in the main event of UFC Brooklyn, the company’s first event in a five-year deal with ESPN.
  But Cejudo, the 2008 Olympic wrestling gold medalist from Los Angeles, wasted little time dispatching a foe from a higher weight class, needi
  
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• Greg Hardy vs. Allen Crowder full fight video highlights

  20-01-2019 06:42
  Watch Greg Hardy vs. Allen Crowder full fight video highlights from UFC Brooklyn’s co-main event fight, courtesy of the UFC.
  UFC Brooklyn: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw took place Jan 19 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Greg Hardy (3-1) faced off against Allen Crowder (10-3, 1 NC) in a heavyweight contest, which aired live on ESPN+. Catch the video highlights below.
  Hardy taken down for the first time! #UFCBrooklyn pic.twitter.com/jOfqClVGcI— UFC (@ufc) January 20, 2019Crowder t
  
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• UFC Brooklyn post-fight press conference video

  20-01-2019 06:28
  The UFC Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn post-fight press conference takes place about 30 minutes after the main event ends, meaning it will start around 1 a.m. ET.
  
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• UFC Brooklyn results: Greg Hardy disqualified in fight against Allen Crowder

  20-01-2019 06:19
  When you take a controversial fighter, and make a controversial decision to place him on a fight card, there’s a pretty good chance the fight itself will end in controversy.
  And that’s exactly what happened when Greg Hardy made his official UFC debut in the co-feature bout of UFC Brooklyn on Saturday night.
  Hardy, the former NFL All-Pro whose career was derailed by a domestic violence conviction and drug arrest, fought Allen Crowder at the Barclays Center.
  After an atrocious round-a
  
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• UFC Brooklyn live blog: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw

  20-01-2019 06:07
  NEW YORK – This is the UFC Brooklyn live blog for Henry Cejudo vs. T.J. Dillashaw, a flyweight championship bout at Saturday’s UFC event at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
  Cejudo, who won a split decision over Demetrious Johnson at UFC 227 to claim the UFC flyweight title, defends against Dillashaw, the two-time and reigning UFC bantamweight champion, in the main event.
  Check out the UFC Brooklyn live blog below.
  Round 1: Here we go — a superfight that potentially doubles as a la
  
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• UFC Brooklyn results: Gregor Gillespie finishes Yancy Medeiros in final second of round two

  20-01-2019 05:52
  Watching Gregor Gillespie fight is like watching a snake chase after a victim on a nature show.
  It’s only a matter of time once Gillespie gets a hold of his opponent, no matter how long the opponent tries to hold off the inevitable.
  Yancy Medeiros was the latest victim of the undefeated lightweight’s smothering grappling on Saturday night at UFC Brooklyn. Gillespie completely shut his Hawaiian foe down before finishing the job via TKO at 4:59 of the second round at Barclays Center.
  
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• UFC Brooklyn live blog: Hardy vs. Crowder

  20-01-2019 05:45
  NEW YORK – This is the UFC Brooklyn live blog for Greg Hardy vs. Allen Crowder, a heavyweight bout at Saturday’s UFC event at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
  Hardy, a former NFL standout who has won all three of his pro bouts by first-round knockout, faces Crowder, a Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series signing who has won four of his last five fights by knockout, in the co-main event.
  Check out the UFC Brooklyn live blog below.
  Round 1: Well, here it is — Greg Hardy’s
  
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• Conor McGregor Reacts to Donald Cerrone Victory: ‘For a Fight Like That, I’ll Fight You’

  20-01-2019 05:29 via sherdog.com
  It’s no secret that Donald Cerrone has been seeking a showdown with Conor McGregor, and now he seems to have the Irish star’s attention.
  
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• UFC Brooklyn results: Joseph Benavidez earns decision over Dustin Ortiz

  20-01-2019 05:24
  If there’s still a UFC flyweight division by the next time Joseph Benavidez steps into the cage, it should be time for him to get another title shot.
  Benavidez scored an impressive victory over Dustin Ortiz on Saturday night’s UFC Brooklyn main card, outworking him for 15 minutes and earning 29-28 scores across the board for a unanimous nod at Barclays Center.
  With the victory, Benavidez (27-5) has now won two in a row and eight of his past nine, a stretch which includes a victory o
  
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• Paige VanZant vs. Rachael Ostovich full fight video highlights

  20-01-2019 05:11
  Watch Paige VanZant vs. Rachael Ostovich full fight video highlights from UFC Brooklyn’s main card fight, courtesy of the UFC.
  UFC Brooklyn: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw took place Jan. 19 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Paige VanZant (23-1, 1 NC) faced off against Rachael Ostovich (18-5) in a flyweight contest, which aired live on ESPN+. Catch the video highlights below.
  BIG shots landed by @PaigeVanzant and she gets Ostovich's back! #UFCBrooklyn pic.twitter.com/cAN1pAXFLJ— U
  
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• UFC Fight Night 143 Prelims: Donald Cerrone Dissects Alexander Hernandez in Brooklyn

  20-01-2019 03:57 via sherdog.com
  Alexander Hernandez was not quite ready for Donald Cerrone’s brand of primetime.
  
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• Boxing: Manny Pacquiao Throttles Adrien Broner, Retains WBA Welterweight Title

  20-01-2019 03:12 via sherdog.com
  Manny Pacquiao once again turned in a stellar performance as he dominated Adrien Broner Saturday night in retaining his WBA welterweight title.
  
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• Dennis Bermudez Announces Retirement Following Win Over Te Edwards at UFC Brooklyn

  20-01-2019 02:52 via sherdog.com
  Dennis Bermudez went out on a high note.
  
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• Video: Dennis Bermudez announces retirement after win at UFC Brooklyn

  20-01-2019 02:20
  Dennis Bermudez is going out on a win.
  The UFC veteran called it a career on Saturday night after winning a unanimous decision in a lightweight preliminary bout against Te Edwards at UFC Brooklyn.
  What an amazing career, @MenaceBermudez.
  What better place than to end it in his home state of New York? Thank you, Dennis! #UFCBrooklyn pic.twitter.com/xzCD5GVPst— UFC (@ufc) January 20, 2019“Yeah, man, it is,” an emotional Bermudez told interviewer Jon Anik when asked after the fig
  
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• UFC Brooklyn results: Geoff Neal scores impressive win over Belal Muhammad

  20-01-2019 01:35
  Someone’s four-fight win streak had to come to an end when Belal Muhammad and Geoff Neal squared off.
  As it turned out, it was Muhammad who went down to defeat in their UFC Brooklyn welterweight bout. Neal combined a big left hand and superlative takedown defense to ride to a unanimous decision victory and his fifth consecutive victory. The judges’ scores were 29-28 and a pair of 30-27s.
  “Belal is a real tough opponent, we knew that when we accepted the fight,” Neal said
  
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