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Nate Marquardt vs. Brad Tavares set for UFC 182
A middleweight bout featuring former Strikeforce champ Nate Marquardt taking on Brad Tavares is the latest addition to January’s UFC 182 event in Las Vegas. UFC officials confirmed the booking yesterday evening. Nate Marquardt (33-13-2 MMA, 11-6 UFC) returned to the middleweight division this past June, where he scored a “Performance of the night” submission […]
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Tavares Hoping Boetsch Doesn’t Hump His Way To Victory
“I’m hoping he doesn’t just lay-and-pray, wall-and-stall and try to hump my leg. I hope he comes to fight, but I’m ready for him to come in and try to squeak out a win… Obviously his wrestling is his go-to,” Tavares said. “He’s shown in the past fights where he came in barraging, clinching up, […]
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QUICK TWITT | Tavares Wants Bisping Fight, ‘The Count’ Accepts – Wants Immediate Return
Hard to believe that Michael Bisping has yet to secure a win over an active UFC fighter. However, fellow middleweight, Brad Tavares has extended an offer to correct that fact. Tavares, who lost a one-sided decision at UFC on FOX 11, came up with the brilliant idea to fight Bisping recently, and surprise, surprise, ‘The […]
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Lorenz Larkin vs. Constantinos Philippou set for ‘UFC Fight Night 40’ in Cincinnati
UFC officials announced today that a middleweight bout between Lorenz Larkin (14-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) and Constantinos Philippou (12-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC) will take place at May’s ‘UFC Fight Night 40’ event in Cincinnati. After reeling off 5 consecutive victories to put himself in UFC middleweight title contention, Constantinos Philippou has since suffered back-to-back losses inside of […]
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Tavares/McDaniel, Voelker/Head Set for UFC on FOX Sports 1: 2
Two more matchups have been confirmed by the UFC’s official Twitter account as middleweights Brad Tavares (10-1) and Bubba McDaniel (21-6) fight and Bobby Voelker (24-9) takes on James Head (9-3), both at UFC on FOX Sports 1: 2 on August 28th. McDaniel currently rides a seven-fight win streak with his most recent being a […]
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Thales Leites returns to face Tom Watson at UFC 163
Former middleweight title challenger, Thales Leites (20-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC), is once again a UFC fighter. Leites is set to make his octagon return this August at UFC 163 in Brazil against British standout Tom Watson (16-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC). Leites’ was released by the UFC following a UFC 101 split decision loss to Alessio […]
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Alex Caceres and Riki Fukuda Fail Post-Fight Drug Tests | UFC News
UFC bantamweight Alex Caceres (9-5 before test, 8-5, 1 No Contest, now) has failed his post-fight drug test after UFC on Fuel TV 8. UFC on FUEL TV took place on March 2nd at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan. Caceres fought on the preliminary card against Kyung Ho Kang where he won a […]
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Brad Tavares: “I want Wanderlei Silva” | UFC NEWS
UFC middleweight and Ultimate Fighter season 11 veteran, Brad Tavares has called out his next hopeful opponent. And that would be Wanderlei Silva, who is currently basking in his recent knockout victory over Brian Stann. Tavares has won three straight with a significant display of improvement in his last two wins inside the Octagon, namely […]
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Tom Watson vs. Stanislav Nedkov set for UFC on FUEL TV 7 in London | UFC News
A middleweight bout between former BAMMA champ Tom Watson (15-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and Bulgarian fighter Stanislav Nedkov (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is the latest addition to February’s UFC on FUEL TV 7 card. Watson made his UFC debut earlier this year at UFC on FUEL TV 5, where he suffered a close split-decision loss to […]