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Former heavyweight king Fedor Emelianenko will return to action this summer, but as most people should already know, it won’t be in the UFC. The one time Pride heavyweight champion will next fight on June 21 in his native Russia, according to M-1 Global Director of Operations Evgeni Kogan. Kogan released the news via Twitter on Friday. “Fedor Emelianenko fighting on June 21, Ice Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia. News on the opponent to come,” wrote Kogan.
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UFC on FX 3 now has a location, as promotion officials announced Thursday that the June 8 event will take place at the BankAtlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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The American Airlines Arena in Miami almost had the roof come off on Monday, and it had nothing to do with the Miami Heat. Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has officially returned to the WWE, and made his first appearance during Monday Night Raw in Miami. Speculation had been running wild for the past week or so that Lesnar was in negotiations to return to the WWE, an organization he was a part of for several years beginning back in 2002.
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Brock Lesnar Returns to WWE, What's Next? Fan's Take
Yahoo! Sports After losing to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141 in December, Lesnar retired from MMA. As soon as his retirement speech was done, the internet was abuzz with a possible return to professional wrestling. It took more than three months, but that return … Former UFC Champion Brock Lesnar returns to WWE on Monday Night Raw (Video) MMA Crossfire – Brock Lesnar is back – in the WWE If Former UFC Champ Brock Lesnar is WWE-Bound, Dana White Says That's OK |
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In recent years, World Wrestling Entertainment has tried to cash in on the expected added viewers of the Monday Night Raw immediately following WrestleMania by doing things out of the ordinary. In years past, we have seen the WWE Draft held on this night, but it was last year that…
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WWE’s Wrestlemania weekend draws up a frenzy of news, rumors and WWE alumni appearances. Among Ric Flair’s Hall of Fame appearance, Shawn Michaels appearing as the special-guest referee and The Rock vs. John Cena, there have been several rumors of WWE returns.
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Since his promotional release in 2009, former UFC middleweight title challenger Thales Leites has won all but one of his six fights.
Tonight, Leites gets the opportunity to avenge the lone defeat when he rematches fellow UFC vet Matt Horwich in the co-headliner of Amazon Forest Combat 2.
Following knee surgery (actually, four surgeries in all) and a nasty battle with a staphylococcus (“staph”) infection, Leites’ confidence now is unflinching.
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Top prospect Sheila “The German Tank” Gaff needed just 10 seconds to earn a spot in the finals of the inaugural Cage Warriors 125-pound women’s tournament.
Gaff knocked out Brazil’s Jennifer Maia at Cage Warriors Fight Night 4 on March 16.
In our latest Women’s MMA Report, MMAjunkie.com’s Robert Sargent discusses that bout and why some dubbed it controversial, and he also covers Tara Larosa’s return to competition, Finnish prospect Katja Kankaanpaa’s latest triumph, and Marianna “The Crushen Russian” Kheyfets’ upcoming Bellator debut.
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The grudge match is coming, and FX is going to document the buildup.
In advance of their UFC 145 light heavyweight title fight, UFC champ Jon
Jones and former title holder Rashad Evans will be featured in an
upcoming edition of “UFC Primetime,” a three-part special that airs on
FX.
The first episode airs Friday, April 6, at 11 p.m. ET, with subsequent
episodes premiering in the same timeslot on April 13 and April 20.
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After a nearly four-year absence from MMA, Nate Loughran is getting back on the horse.
The UFC vet is dropping from middleweight to welterweight and is slated to meet Jaime Jara at “Cage Combat FC: The Return,” which takes place Saturday at Grace Pavilion in Santa Rosa, Calif.
A student of onetime UFC middleweight challenger David Terrell, Loughran brings a virtually unblemished resume to the cage.
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