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Posts Tagged ‘Returns’

Fedor Emelianenko at Affliction Banned

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
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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
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MMA Crossfire – Brock Lesnar is back – in the WWECanada.com (blog)
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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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Batista should return at Wrestlemania XXVIII and make a huge impact on the WWE.

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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  • 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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