LAS VEGAS — TUF 19 victor Corey Anderson discusses his triumph over Justin Jones at UFC 181, this being his ‘last battle in the loft’, coaching with Frankie Edgar and Ricardo Almeida, his 18-week camp of groundwork, describes his ‘Beastin’ 25/8′ nickname and much more.
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The WSOF train marches on, this time with two title fights when it should have been three. Yushin Okami and David Branch collide to determine the middleweight champion, while Jessica Aguilar and Kalindra Faria will determine who is the organization’s women’s strawweight champion. Yet, a title fight between lightweights Justin Gaethje and Melvin Guillard was scrapped when Guillard failed to make weight.
What: WSOF 15: Branch vs. Okami
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One of the busiest fight nights in recent memory now has one fewer title fight.
Justin Gaethje and and Melvin Guillard will still meet in the co-main event of World Series of Fighting 15, but Gaethje’s WSOF lightweight title will not be on the line.
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Melvin Guillard previews his WSOF lightweight title fight against champion Justin Gaethje on Saturday night.
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If you anticipated UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey to reveal any sympathy for competing Cyborg Justino because of the latter’s recent foot injury, well, think again.
On Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, Rousey, when asked in regards to a possible matchup with all the former Strikeforce and present Invicta featherweight champion, made it abundantly clear what she thinks about Justino in the aftermath of her 2012 suspension for performance-enhancing drugs.
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Invicta is likely to make its Houston debut on Dec. 5. But it’ll accomplish that without Cris “Cyborg” Justino.
Justino, the former Strikeforce featherweight champ, was slated to come back to activity at Invicta 10, but had to pull out due to some rupture of the anterior talofibular ligament in her left ankle.
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SAN DIEGO — Former UFC light heavyweight Stephan Bonnar talked to MMA Fighting ahead of his Nov. 15th fight against former UFC light heavyweight champ Tito Ortiz. Bonnar described why the event with Justin McCully took place in the Bellator cage, how he is a ‘habitual line crosser of decency’, the source of his distaste for Tito Ortiz and much more.
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An harm to Justine Kish has resulted in the reentry of one the season’s early favorites, Tecia Torres, in The Ultimate Fighter 20’s range.
Kish (4-0), the No. 9 seed of Team Pettis who has fought lingering knee problems throughout the course of the show, was found to have a torn ACL by physicians on Wednesday’s episode. An undefeated 26-year old who possesses a triumph over fellow TUF 20 castmate Randa Markos and was scheduled to fight No. 8 seed Bec Rawlings, Kish’s harm finally compelled her to drop out of the contest to get reconstructive surgery.
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