As if you weren’t already excited for UFC 183.
Anderson Silva stars in this promo set to an eerie version of the kid’s song “Itsy, Bitsy Spider” and proclaims that he’s back. Silva will meet Nick Diaz in the main event of the card Jan. 31 in Las Vegas.
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Yesterday, the UFC and Reebok declared a fresh uniform and, within this, a fresh UFC uniform policy. Among various other changes, Combatants will not find a way to have their own patrons within any official UFC action, from fights to consider-ins to ‘Countdown’ shows and much more. The changes will not go into effect until July of next year.
In the interim,, there is a whole lot to unpack. We do not understand what the final sum of money Reebok is offering and UFC claims they are just taking enough cash from the plan to insure a tiny fraction of the prices. However, what exactly does this mean for the MMA clothing market? Is this transfer a death blow for supervisors or representatives? Does this help Bellator by giving their combatants an opportunity to advertise or damage them, also, by bringing down all sponsorship opportunities across the board? Above all, is this reasonable to the combatants?
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Kalindra Faria will fight Jessica Aguilar for the WSOF strawweight championship on Saturday night, and the promotion will have a fight in court because of that bout.
Faria fought twice for Xtreme Fighting Championships International this year, and XFC claims that the Brazilian fighter is still signed with the promotion.
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Hard to believe a fight introduced with the help of a masked man could get any more strange, but here we are.
Ahead of his headlining bout opposite fellow Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar Saturday at Bellator 131, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz claims he not only snuck a mole into his opponent’s training camp, but pulled the strings to have him signed by the promotion in the first place.
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Some combatants got into mixed martial arts through their foundation in a subject like wrestling or judo. Some just saw an occasion by making use of their buddies as well as got hooked.
World Series of Fighting middleweight champ David Branch, nevertheless, had a unique road to MMA glory. Branch, who defends his title against Yushin Okami on Nov. 15, claims “a crackhead” had an unwitting part in helping to turn his life around and guide him on the path to fit success.
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Piotr Hallmann tested positive for drostanolone following his split decision loss to Gleison Tibau in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 51 on Sept. 13 in Brasilia, Brazil, but he wants to appeal the result.
Hallmann, who dropped to 2-2 under the UFC banner with the decision loss, claims he’s innocent, and blames the Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) for the positive result.
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Roan Carneiro won the BattleGrounds MMA welterweight tournament with three wins on Friday night, but he has another battle to fight.
“Jucao,” a UFC veteran who defeated Randall Wallace, Trey Huston and Brock Larson in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Oct. 3, claims that the Oklahoma Athletic Commission “robbed” part of his $50,000 prize after his win over Larson.
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