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  • Mainstreaming the Mixed Martial Arts: An Interview with Dennis “Old School ... - Hot Air
    MLive.comMainstreaming the Mixed Martial Arts: An Interview with Dennis “Old School ...Hot AirOver the last 19 years the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) has gone from a sport appealing only to the tiniest number of Americans to being regularly featured on MTV, Spike TV, and more recently Fox Sports. Originally every fighting style against every other ...'I was […]
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Former Maximum Fighting Championship light heavyweight titlist Ryan Jimmo is slated to make his UFC debut against Australian submission specialist Anthony Perosh at UFC 149.

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Ricardo Almeida making UFC debut as a judge Saturday at UFC on Fox 3
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The UFC veteran trained to be an MMA judge after retiring a year ago. With the UFC headed to his home state of New Jersey for UFC on Fox 3, Almeida is getting his first shot at judging from Octagon-side. Almeida told ESPN that he expects to be nervous
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Almeida ready for UFC debut — as a judge
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By Franklin McNeil Ed Mulholland/ESPN.com Monitoring the action: Ricardo Almeida's first real test as an MMA judge comes Saturday. As soon as the judges' scorecards were read, Ricardo Almeida knew it was time to end his fighting career.

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Marloes Coenen couldn’t get another submission over France’s Romy Ruyssen, but the former Strikeforce champion was never in danger, cruising to a unanimous decision in the headliner of Invicta FC’s inaugural outing Saturday night at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan.

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UFC officials confirmed Friday that former title challenger Yushin Okami will welcome Luiz Cane to the middleweight division at UFC 150.

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MMA Roundtable: Overeem's Future, Lombard's Debut, Hendo vs. Jones
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By Mike Chiappetta – Senior Writer Apr 25, 2012 – For a UFC non-event week, there is plenty going on in the world of MMA, some of it good, some of it very bad. From Alistair Overeem's fighting future, to Hector Lombard's move to the UFC,
UFC 145 Jones vs. Evans Fighter Salaries: Jon Jones Tops the PayrollYahoo! Sports
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Siyar Bahadurzada Ready to Fight Again After 'Dream' UFC Debut
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"This is really huge for me," Bahadurzada sheepishly admitted on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour. "To knockout Paulo Thiago in my UFC debut, that was the greatest debut I could ever wish. It happened and it was a dream." As the first Afghan fighter in
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X-ray to decide Siyar Bahadurzada's return following quick UFC on FUEL TV 2 winMMAjunkie.com
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Women's MMA Report: LaRosa wins at RFA 2, Holland KOs Kheyfets in Bellator debut
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Munah Holland (4-1 MMA, 1-0 BFC), a 2007 Golden Gloves boxing champion, scored the biggest win of her MMA career on March 30. Holland knocked out Marianna "The Crushen Russian" Kheyfets (5-1 MMA, 0-1 BFC) at Bellator 63 in Uncasville, Conn.

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'UFC 145 Primetime' ratings: Debut averages 462000 FX viewers (watch full episode)
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Bellator reality show to debut in 2013
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Mixed martial arts' current level of popularity traces back to the debut of The Ultimate Fighter reality program in 2005 on Spike. That show, using athletes competing for contracts with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, sparked a boom that eventually
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  • Strikeforce Heavyweight GP FInal Press Conference Quotes
    SAN JOSE, Calif. (May 17, 2012) -- The main players took the stage Thursday in the final press conference before Saturday's STRIKEFORCE: World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament Final when Josh Barnett faces Daniel Cormier, live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from the HP Pavilion. The powerful Barnett (31-5), of Fullerton, Calif. […]
  • Complete Bellator 69 Weigh In Results
    Lake Charles, La. – The Bellator 69 weigh-ins have been completed from Lake Charles, Louisiana in preparation for Bellator’s Friday night event at L’Auberge Casino Resort, which features the Bellator Season 6 Middleweight Tournament Finals between Maiquel Falcao and Andreas Spang. Also, Megumi Fujii will square off against Jessica Aguilar in a women’s featur […]
  • UFC Featherweight Division: Murky Waters
    By MATT MOLGAARD MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer On Tuesday night Chan Sung Jung a.k.a. the Korean Zombie turned an emerging title contender into a nearly helpless victim. Dustin Poirier entered the headlining bout of UFC on Fuel TV 3 as a generally perceived favorite, riding a four fight promotional win streak, having stomped two highly touted prospects in the pro […]
  • Josh Koscheck Accepts Fight Against BJ Penn, Waiting For Answer
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer There have been rumblings over the last couple of months that former UFC Lightweight and Welterweight Champion BJ Penn has the itch to climb back into the cage after just announcing his retirement in October at UFC 137. The rumblings have apparently turned to contract talks as Josh Koscheck dropped news via Twitter tod […]
  • Junior Dos Santos Looking For War Against Frank Mir At UFC 146
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos will look to continue his dominance in the UFC's heavyweight division when he faces Frank Mir in a few shorts weeks at UFC 146 and talked to MMAFighting.com this week about what he expects from his challenger when they step inside the cage: "He likes to talk a lot, a […]
  • UFC To Announce Urijah Faber's New Opponent On TUF Friday
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer Fans curious as to who Urijah Faber will be facing at UFC 148 can tune into The Ultimate Fighter: Live this Friday to find out as the UFC will make the announcement during this week's broadcast. Faber was to face Dominick Cruz for the UFC Bantamweight title but a torn ACL forced Cruz out of the fight. The two are […]
  • TUF: Brazil Debuts On FUEL TV June 10th At 7pm
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer The Ultimate Fighter Brazil airs each Sunday in Brazil on Globo TV and is available to U.S viewers via the internet but that will change in June as FUEL TV has announced it will begin airing the season June 10th. The announcement came this past Tuesday during UFC on FUEL TV 3. The show will air at 10pm ET (7pm PT) and […]
  • Renzo Gracie Blames Himself For Nick Diaz No Show
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer This past weekend, Nick Diaz no-showed at BJJ match at the World BJJ Expo in Long Beach, CA. against Braulio Estima. Fingers were pointed, blame was placed and each side tried to walk away looking like the good guy but one side of the story no one has heard yet was that of the event coordinator, Renzo Gracie. Gracie sp […]
  • Fedor Emelianenko Plans To Retire Soon
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer Fedor Emelianenko has a fight coming up June 21st in St. Petersburg, Russia but it could be one of the last time's he climbs into the ring or cage. A press conference was held this week to announce the bout which will be against Pedro Rizzo at the Ice Palace and when asked about his future and his thoughts on the […]
  • UFC On FUEL TV 3: "Korean Zombie vs. Poirier" Results
    By MATT BOONE MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer The following are quick-match results from the UFC On FUEL TV 3: “Korean Zombie vs. Poirier” event, which emanated from the Patriot Center on Tuesday, May 15, 2012: Preliminary Card Bouts: -Francisco Rivera def. Alex Soto via Unanimous Decision after 3 Rounds. -Johnny Eduardo def. Jeff Curran via Unanimous Decision afte […]
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