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UFC Fight Night 28 Drug Tests Come Back Clean
The Brazilian Athletic Commission has confirmed that all fighters on the September 4, UFC Fight Night 28 event, were drug tested for performance enhancing drugs and substances of abuse (narcotics). All fighters tested clean. UFC Fight Night 28 took place from the Mineirinho Areno in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The UFC’s Fight Night 28 […]
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Fight Night 28 Medical Suspensions: All Fighters Sidelined
The Brazilian Athletic Commission has suspended 22 UFC fighters following last Wednesday’s ‘UFC Fight Night 28: Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader’ event, three of which could be suspended for as long as six-months. While a bulk of the suspensions are for precautionary reasons and are just a standard practice, some of the competitors will need […]
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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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Dana White Confirms Title Shot for Glover Teixeira Following Knockout Win Over Ryan Bader
After a thriller of a main event, UFC Fight Night 28 main event winner, Glover Teixeira will get a title shot against the winner of the light-heavyweight title fight headlining the upcoming UFC 165 between Jon Jones takes on Alexander Gustafsson. UFC executive Mark Zelaznik confirmed the news at the post-fight press conference following Wednesday’s card: […]
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FREE STREAM ALERT: UFC Fight Night 28 Prelim Airs Right Here On BJPENN.COM (1:30PM PT)
Tonight, live from the Mineirinho Arena in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, BJPENN.COM will be streaming a fight featured on the preliminary portion of the UFC’s Fight Night 28 card between welterweights Sean Spencer (9-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and Yuri Villefort (6-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC). Tune in here at exactly 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 […]
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A ‘Pissed’ Ryan Bader Ready To Derail Glover Teixeira’s Title Aspirations
“It pisses me off that everyone is overlooking me. He’s talking about a title shot, other people are talking about a title shot. Fans are saying I don’t have a chance and how good the fight is going to be between [Teixeira] and Jones. But he has a tough fight ahead of him on Sept. […]
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Joseph Benavidez doesn’t have to be mad to fight
The No. 2 ranked flyweight in the world, Joseph Benavidez (18-3 MMA, 5-1 UFC), will return to the cage this Wednesday to take on Jussier Formiga (15-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) on the main card of UFC Fight Night 28 in Brazil. After suffering a split decision loss to Demetrious Johnson last September in his bid for the UFC […]
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Glover Teixeira wants to fight Jon Jones for title, not Gustafsson
UFC light heavyweight contender Glover Teixeira (21-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) says he would rather fight “Bones” as opposed to “The Mauler”, should he earn a 205-pound title fight with an impressive victory over Ryan Bader (15-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) this Wednesday at UFC Fight Night 28. Texeira will look to follow the advice given to him by […]
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Edimilson Souza replaces Sicilia, faces Felipe Arantes at UFC Fight Night 28
According to a report from Brazilian news outlet ‘Globo’, UFC featherweight Sam Sicilia (11-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has been forced out of his scheduled UFC Fight Night 28 bout with Felipe Arantes (15-5-1 MMA, 2-1-1 UFC). Stepping in to replace Sicilia is promotional newcomer Edimilson Souza (12-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC). Souza joins the UFC on […]