Former NBA center Darko Milicic made his kickboxing debut Thursday night in Serbia. The 7-footer, who was the second overall draft pick in 2003, lost to Radovan Radojcic in the second round of their exhibition fight via doctor’s stoppage after suffering a cut on his left leg.
“The next time, it will be better,” Milicic said [translated by The Detroit News]. “I’m invincible.”
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Just hours after it was announced that veteran fighter Mark Munoz would return to the Octagon against Caio Magalhaes at UFC 184, Magalhaes had to withdraw due to an infection in his mouth.
Looks like Munoz will remain on the card. On Wednesday night UFC Tonight’s Ariel Helwani confirmed that Roan ‘Jucao’ Carneiro will step in to fight “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” on Feb. 28 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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A pair of hard-hitting heavyweights will meet in Los Angeles.
Promising knockout artist Derrick Lewis takes on Ruan Potts at UFC 184 on Feb. 28 at Staples Center, the UFC announced Tuesday. Lewis was on quite the run before being knocked out by Matt Mitrione in September.
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At the UFC on FOX 13 media day in Phoenix, have a look at the top fighters squaring off before their confrontations Saturday night in the U.S. Airways Center.
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PHOENIX — Nate Diaz’s return to the limelight got off into a rocky beginning, as the popular and frank UFC lightweight was a clearly absent existence from Wednesday’s UFC on FOX 13 open work outs occasion at Phoenix’s U.S. Airways Center.
among the four featured combatants to the Dec. 13 card, Diaz (17-9) was scheduled to appear at the buff occasion alongside headliners Junior dos Santos and Stipe Miocic, and coming competition, Rafael dos Anjos. All three other combatants revealed. Diaz was expected to as well, yet he never did.
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Check out Junior dos Santos vs. Fabricio Werdum complete fight video to see dos Santos’ memorable Octagon introduction ahead of his UFC on FOX 13 main event against Stipe Miocic on Dec. 13 at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix, AZ.
It took only 80 seconds for dos Santos to denote his existence against now-interim heavyweight champ Werdum back in 2008, and six years later, his ill-famed, ear-wiggling finish continues to be a treat to look at. Catch the replay above, courtesy of the UFC.
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LAS VEGAS – Over a decade after huge things were called for him, “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler is ultimately a UFC winner.
In a plodding, razor thin fight on Saturday night, the American Top Team combatant summoned within the last two rounds to claim the UFC welterweight championship from Johny Hendricks at UFC 181. The scores were 48-47, 47-48, and an uneven 49-46 in a split decision in the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
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this is actually the UFC 181 live blog for Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler 2, a welterweight fight at Saturday night’s UFC event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday nightHendricks, who has won four of his previous five fights, will confront Lawler, who has won four of his previous five fights, in the main event. Take a look at the UFC 181 live blog below.
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this is actually the UFC 181 live blog for Anthony Pettis vs. Gilbert Melendez, a lightweight fight at Saturday night’s UFC event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday nightPettis, who has won four of his previous five fights, will confront Melendez, who’s 1-1 in the UFC, on the primary card. Take a look at the UFC 181 live blog below.
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LAS VEGAS – Travis Browne directed the old school fashion of combatants like Mark Coleman on Saturday night.
Browne used some schoolyard-bully earthandpound to finish off Brendan Schaub at UFC 181. Referee Mario Yamasaki called off the heavyweight fight in the Mandalay Bay Events Center at 4:50 of the first round.
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this is actually the UFC 181 live blog for Travis Browne vs. Brendan Schaub, a heavyweight fight at Saturday night’s UFC event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday nightBrowne, who has won three of his previous five fights, will confront Schaub, who has won two of his previous five fights, on the primary card. Take a look at the UFC 181 live blog below.
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this is actually the UFC 181 live blog for Todd Duffee vs. Anthony Hamilton, a heavyweight fight at Saturday night’s UFC event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday nightDuffee, who has not fought in the UFC in nearly two years, will confront Hamilton, who’s 1-1 in his UFC profession, on the primary card. Take a look at the UFC 181 live blog below.
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Here Is the UFC 181 live blog for Tony Ferguson vs. Abel Trujillo, a lightweight fight at Saturday night’s UFC event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday nightFerguson, who has won four of his previous five fights, will confront Trujillo, who’s 3-1-1 in his previous five fights, on the primary card.
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LAS VEGAS – In the opening seconds of the UFC 181 lightweight fight, Abel Trujillo dropped Tony Ferguson straight to the mat using a strong right hand.
For a split second, it seemed like it might be short work for Trujillo in the Mandalay Bay Events Center. But not only did Ferguson survive the opening onslaught, the TUF 13 winner summoned for the largest win of his career.
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LAS VEGAS – An obvious eye poke price Francisco Rivera dearly in his UFC 181 fight against Urijah Faber on Saturday night.
Rivera was holding his own against the previous WEC featherweight champion in the 2nd round of the bantamweight fight in the Mandalay Bay Events Center when he caught an inadvertent finger in a person’s eye from Faber.
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LAS VEGAS – Josh Samman requested a fight at UFC 181 in honor of his late girlfriend, Hailey, whose birthday could have been this weekend.
Granted a chance, Samman made the the majority of his opportunity. The 26-year old middleweight from Miami knocked TUF 19 victor Eddie Gordon chilly in the Mandalay Bay Events Center having a head kick. The time was 3:08 of round two.
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Bellator CEO Scott Coker said lately that if he could, hewant to set Melvin Manhoef on a show every month. While that might be excessive, Manhoef (29-12-1, 1 no contest), coming off a knockout loss to Joe Schilling to the Nov. 15 show in San Diego, Calif., is scheduled for his third fight in a five-month span in Bellator’s only announced second show of 2015, on Feb. 13 in Fresno, Calif. at the Save Mart Center. Manhoef will headline against former Bellator middleweight champ Alexander Shlemenko (50-9).
The promotion declared the fight on Friday night.
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UFC 181 weigh in pictures are for the UFC event this coming Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in vegas, Nevada. In the main event, UFC welterweight champ Johny Hendricks squares off against Robbie Lawler. In the co-main event, UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis defends his title against Gilbert Melendez.
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A set of expert welterweights looking for a success will collide at UFC 184.
With both fighters looking to snap three-fight losing streaks, Josh Koscheck and Jake Ellenberger will meet on Feb. 28 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Daily News broke news of the fight Tuesday.
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The ‘Countdown to UFC 181′ takes a closer look at the approaching UFC 181 occasion this Saturday night in the Mandalay Bay Events Center in vegas, Nev.In the main event, Johny Hendricks defends his UFC welterweight title in a rematch against Robbie Lawler. Anthony Pettis will attempt to keep his UFC title in the co-main event against Gilbert Melendez.
Anthony Pettis vs. Gilbert Melendez
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