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VIDEO | UFC on FOX 10: Miocic vs Gonzaga Preview
FOX UFC Saturday features a clash between the eighth ranked heavyweight Stipe Miocic and Brazilian powerhouse Gabriel Gonzaga.
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QUICK TWITT | Sonnen Confirms That Both TUF Brazil Teams Belong To Him
With the taping of TUF Brazil 3 underway, ‘The Bad Guy’, Mr. Chael P. Sonnen, sent out the following tweet to his fans.
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PHOTO | EA UFC Reveals Chuck Liddell In-Game Character
The people behind the upcoming UFC video game, EA Sports, have just released the latest shot from the UFC video game. In the previous month we have seen the in-game characters ofThe Korean Zombie, Forrest Griffin, Jon Jones, GSP, Alexander Gustafsson, Rashad Evans and Chael Sonnen. Is Chuck on par with the rest of the UFC stars released so far?
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PHOTO | Wanderlei Silva & Chael Sonnen Square Off On TUF Brazil Set
Fight fans have a lot to be excited about in 2014. One of those items is this grudge match middleweight bout between TUF Brazil coaches and longtime rivals, Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva. The two coaches squared off for cameras recently while on the set of their reality series. (See Above) Early prediction
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The UFC’s Good Guys: Former Champs who play nice
The UFC is sort of like teen-heart throb Justin Beiber. Some people (13-year-old girls) love the guy, while others (everyone else) find him rather obnoxious. The UFC and its main man Dana White have made their fair share of enemies over the years, whether it be disgruntled fighters, outraged fans or rival promotions. The most […]
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Vitor Belfort Dropping TRT For Weidman Title Fight?
“I don’t believe [Vitor will be using TRT for his fight with Weidman]. It’s something that him and I have not discussed. He trains with us, but most of his, because he’s been in the game for so long, everything for him is pretty well set. So Joana (Belfort’s wife) does most of his day-to-day […]
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WSOF Calls Foul On Bellator’s Constant Mismatches
The rivalry between Bellator and World Series of Fighting continues to heat up today as WSOF Executive VP, Abdel-Aziz, tells Bleacher Report that his competitor is ripe with easy-to-pick mismatches. “I sit down at midnight every night, and I watch a lot of videos. I’m a big fan. I love this. It’s never too much, […]
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Douglas Lima Faces Rick Hawn for Vacant Welterweight Title April 18th
The Main Event is set for Bellator 117 as Douglas Lima and Rick Hawn will headline a packed night of fights from Iowa’s Mid-American Center on April 18th as the two clash in a Bellator Welterweight Title fight live on Spike TV. The event will broadcast live at 9 p.m. EST/ 8 p.m. CST on […]
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WSOF calls Rebney a Candyass for turning down challenge
By Evan Stoumbels A short while ago WSOF President Ray Sefo and executive Vice President as well a matchmaker Ali Abdelaziz issued a winner take all card against their rival promotion Bellator. Bellator had not responded to the challenge until recently when President Bjorn Rebney spoke on a Bellator conference call recently, saying: “Look, and […]
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The MMA World Reacts To The Retirement Of Chris Leben
Yesterday we learned that longtime UFC middleweight, Chris Leben, was taking a step back from competition and retiring from the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. Following a four-fight losing streak, not many were surprised. Still though, losing a nine-year UFC veteran on the heels of his 22nd straight fight inside the Octagon is a tough […]
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VIDEO | Bisping sizes up potential opponents Machida and Munoz in realtime
Lyoto Machida and Mark Munoz square off while fellow UFC middleweight Michael Bisping provides live commentary — with his trademark British perspective — on what could be his next opponent.
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VIDEO | UFC on FOX 10: Josh Thomson Full Blast (Melendez vs. Sanchez)
Josh Thomson and Gilbert Melendez’s rivalry dates back to their days in Strikeforce where their trilogy of title fights proved epic. Thomson was present as his former nemesis squared off against Diego Sanchez for what turned out to be an instant classic.
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Bjorn Rebney discusses Tito Ortiz’s return to MMA & DUI
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz hasn’t fought since 2012, where he lost to Forrest Griffin by unanimous decision. Following that loss, Ortiz retired from MMA only to come out of retirement about a year later to fight former training partner Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in the Bellator cage. Unfortunately Ortiz pulled out of that […]
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Bellator Responds to World Series of Fighting’s Challenge
The World Series of Fighting laid down a challenge to Bellator. The challenge was this: A cross-promotional pay-per-view event where fighters from both organizations would fight each other, winner-takes-all. Finally after no response from Bellator and a deadline given by WSOF, we have our answer. On Monday, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney spoke with MMAFighting.com […]
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VIDEO | UFC London Media Tour Highlights
Jimi Manuwa and Alexander Gustafsson met the press for the first leg of their week long press tour ahead of their showdown in March at London’s 02 Arena. Props to our friends over at WhoaTV.com for the coverage.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov will fight Diaz and Melendez at same time
By Evan Stoumbelis Khabib Nurmagomedov might dress up with his comedic wig at weigh ins, but he is no joke once in the cage. The 25 year old Soviet native is 21-0 in his MMA career, and 5-0 in his UFC career, with 14 of his 21 wins coming by stoppage. We last saw Nurmagomedov […]
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Bjorn Rebney: UFC’s comments about GSP are “Most Tasteless They’ve Made”
By Evan Stoumbelis Georges St. Pierre’s departure from the UFC has been anything but quiet. The former welterweight kingpin has made several comments about the UFC’s lack of a desire to clean up the sport and crack down on performance enhancing drug users. St. Pierre said their lack of a desire to help clean up […]
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FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Donald Cerrone’s Brutal K.O. Over Guillard (Full Fight)
At UFC 150 Donald Cerrone returned to form against his former training partner, Melvin Guillard. The two exchanged blows for just 76 seconds before Cerrone put out Melvin’s lights. Relive all the action in the player above and enjoy!
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Rampage Jackson Returns to Bellator Feb. 28 Against M’Pumbu
Bellator MMA returns to Spike TV with a bang as the promotion kicks off its tenth season Friday, February 28 at 9pm ET/PT. The star-studded card includes the tournament debut of MMA superstar Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Emanating from Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun, the night features Rampage in a Light Heavyweight opening round battle with former Champion […]
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PHOTO | Gustafsson & Manuwa Square Off In London
In anticipation of the UFC’s March return to London, UFC Fight Night 37 main event fighters, Alexander Gustafsson and Jimi Manuwa, squared off for the media at a recent press event. UFC Fight Night 37 is set to go down on March 8, from the O2 Arena in London, England.
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QUICK TWITT | WWE’s ‘Triple H’ Joins Gracie Jiu Jitsu Family
I know, I know. You guys are already mad at me for posting this ‘Pro-wrestling’ story. This isn’t that fake WWE stuff, this is MMA! This is real fighting! (Your past comments have been well noted, I promise.) Still though, WWE star ‘Triple H’ has joined the ranks of his compadres, ‘Batista’ and ‘CM Punk’, […]
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Chris Leben Officially Retires From MMA
Unfortunately for fight fans, nine-year UFC veteran, Chris Leben, has announced his retirement today. ‘The Crippler’ used ‘The MMA Hour’ as the platform to announce his exodus from the sport. “As far as competing in the UFC, I think I am pretty much done”, stated Leben. “I’ve retired from competing in MMA.” Leben leaves the […]
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Ronda: ‘Women’s MMA No Longer Experimental, We’re Winning Fights of the Night’
“I like to have a lot of pressure (on me) when I fight, but I hated the state of fragility that women’s MMA was in before.So, I feel a lot better knowing that that weight is off of me. Not that I don’t like pressure, but I don’t want to have to worry. I am […]
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Joe Riggs: “Nick Diaz is a f**king mongoloid”
“Nick Diaz is a f**king mongoloid. He doesn’t even know what he talks about. He’s a guy who will see a word in the dictionary and just regurgitate the word and put it to no use. It makes no sense what he’s talking about. I’d love to beat the sh*t out of him. Actually, I’d […]
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Nate Diaz: ‘We’re Not Making Millions, We’re Making Pennies’ Fighting In The UFC
“I was actually thinking what the hell is wrong with this guy’s (Gray Maynard’s) corner and the ref for not stopping this fight because I was landing a lot of shots. I was kind of like ‘What the f—? Is this s— going to end? If he had experienced fighters in his corner and his […]
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QUIK TWITT | Rampage Jackson Blasts Former Sponsor Reebok For Lack Of ‘Hook Up’
Former UFC light-heavywewight champion, Rampage Jackson, has had a falling out with his sponsor, Reebok Shoes. After leaving the UFC for the greener pastures at Bellator, Rampage, has seen action just once since his January, 2013 UFC bout against Glover Teixeira. Perhaps the lack of activity and promotional power is to blame for Reeboks lack […]
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Joe Warren Helping Rousey Prep For McMann’s Wrestling
MMA’s self-proclaimed ‘baddest man on the planet’, Joe Warren, is reportedly in talks with the Rousey camp to help train the UFC champion against Olympic Silver Medalist Wrestler, Sarah McMann. Warren broke it down to MMAFighting.com. “Looks like I might be helping Ronda in the wrestling regard. I’d be happy to help either one of […]
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VIDEO | UFC on FOX 10: Road to the Octagon (Full Replay)
Witness an extraordinary look into the lives and training camps of six of the UFC’s biggest characters in UFC’s Road to the Octagon: Henderson vs Thomson.