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Dana White Responds To ‘Terrible’ FS1 Ratings/Historic Low TUF Scores
The ratings are in from Wednesday night’s UFC-a-thon; a night that showcased a UFC Fight Night event from Belo, Brazil, along with the premiere of the highly anticipated TUF: Tate vs. Rousey series. According to the UG’s ‘MMALogic,’ the UFC Fight Night prelims pulled 270k viewers, 539k viewers for the main card, and TUF:18 grabbed […]
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UFC interested in Ben Askren, not pursuing Paul Daley
UFC President Dana White said his promotion may very well be interested in Bellator welterweight champion and current free agent Ben Askren (12-0 MMA, 9-0 BFC): “We’ll talk to Ben,” White said following Thursday’s pre-UFC Fight Night 26 press conference. “Yeah, we’ll talk to him.” The four-time collegiate All-American wrestler, Askren, began his MMA career in 2009, […]
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Rampage: “When Tito signed, I went, ‘Damn – there goes my Roy Jones fight’”
Prior to Bellator 97, rumors had been swirling that former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (32-11 MMA) would be making his Bellator debut in a boxing match opposite former multi-division champ Roy Jones Jr. (56-8). When Rampage took to the cage at Bellator 97, many anticipated it would be to announce that he […]
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Bellator 97 results
By Evan Stoumbelis – @MMAEvan Bellator 97 took place tonight, on Spike TV, and what a night of fights it was. Kicking off the night on Spike.com with the prelims Will Brooks defeated Cris Lyva via 3rd round TKO (Punches 2:20) Rafael Silva defeated Rodrigo Lima via 3rd round submission (Rear-naked choke 2:03) in the […]