BARUERI, Brazil — Jose Aldo is open to a champion vs. champion clash in the UFC.
The UFC featherweight kingpin, who is not interested in moving up to lightweight and face Anthony Pettis anymore, welcomed the idea of fighting current 135-pound champion T.J. Dillashaw.
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BARUERI, Brazil — Patrick Cummins returned to the win column with impressive back-to-back wins over Kyle Kingsbury and Roger Narvaez, and he’s ready to keep the win streak alive against TUF: Brazil winner Antonio Carlos Junior at UFC Fight Night 58 in Barueri, Brazil, on Dec. 20. In an exclusive interview to MMAFighting.com, “Durkin” broke down his match-up with “Cara de Sapato”, his desire to rematch Daniel Cormier, “DC’s” title clash with Jon Jones, recalled his first trip to Brazil with Jason Miller and much more.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil — The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 heavyweight winner Antonio Carlos Junior returns to the light heavyweight division after dominating in his reality show bouts, and he’s confident going into his UFC Fight Night 58 clash with Patrick Cummins on Saturday night. In an exclusive interview with MMAFighting.com, the Brazilian grappler explains why he’s called “Shoeface”, says why he will fight better at 205 pounds, breaks down Cummins’ game, his decision to train at Nova Uniao and much more.
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The thirteenth episode of the UFC on FOX franchise is set for a Saturday. The card is headlined through a significant heavyweight battle between former winner Junior dos Santos and ever-soaring competition Stipe Miocic. The card, though, is full of other significant fights for combatants fighting to remain useful, those returning from layoff, or looking to earn a title shot.
Will JDS reaffirm his position as the very best heavyweight not named Cain or is Miocic set to replace him? I answer these inquiries and more with my forecasts for Saturday’s fights.
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See Travis Browne vs. Brendan Schaub total fight video highlights from UFC 181’s primary card above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler 2 took place December 6, 2014 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Heavyweight slugger Travis Browne (17-2-1) collided against ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ alumnus Brendan Schaub (10-5) to the night’s major card, which aired live on pay per view. Catch the video highlights above.
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Jadamba Narantungalag conquered Koji Oishi to become the One FC featherweight champ in August, and Friday’s One FC 23 occasion in Pasay City, Philippines, might place him next in line to get a shot in the gold.
Undefeated possibility Herbert Burns will collide with former champ Honorio Banario at One FC 23 on Dec. 5, and he heard from his supervisor that the promotion will give him a chance at the 145-pound title if he defeats Banario on Friday.
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Two UFC newcomers earned an extra $50,000 on Saturday night.
Paige VanZant and Kailin Curran, two women’s strawweights both making their UFC debuts, earned ‘Fight of the Night’ honors for their clash on UFC Fight Pass. VanZant won the fight via third-round TKO.
Frankie Edgar earned a Performance of the Night bonus for his fifth-round submission win over Cub Swanson.
Oleksiy Oliynyk earned the night’s final performance bonus for his efforts when he rallied past Jared Rosholt to deliver a first-round KO.
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MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani and Shaun Al-Shatti take a closer look at the top storylines heading into Saturday night’s UFC 180, including Fabricio Werdum clashing with Mark Hunt for the UFC interim heavyweight title. In the co-main event, Kelvin Gastelum will square off against Jake Ellenberger.
Check out the preview above.
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The UFC debut for Holly Holm, one of the top bantamweight prospects in women’s MMA, won’t happen next month.
According to MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, sources have confirmed Holm will be out for her UFC 181 clash against Raquel Pennington on Dec. 6 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
MMAbyneko.com was the first to report Holm (7-0) will miss her fight with an undisclosed injury.
Johny Hendricks will defend his welterweight title against Robbie Lawler in the main event of UFC 181.
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The Valentine’s Day UFC FIght Night in Broomfield, Colorado, is starting to take shape.
On Thursday the UFC announced that a welterweight clash between two of the division’s biggest intrigues — Colorado’s own Brandon Thatch and Stephen Thompson — is set to take place on Feb. 14 at the 1st Bank Center.
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It didn’t take long for the UFC’s return to Sweden to get some fire power.
On Wednesday UFC president Dana White announced that light heavyweight contenders Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony Johnson would fight on Jan. 24, 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden, for UFC on FOX 14. Now the UFC has added a co-main event clash between longtime veterans Dan Henderson and Gegard Mousasi.
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UBERLANDIA, Brazil — Ovince Saint Preux was not intending to participate in a slugfest with Mauricio Rua at UFC Fight Night 56, and he did not want to after all.
With just 34 seconds in the key occasion battle in Uberlandia, Brazil, on Nov. 8, OSP joined a tremendous left hand that dropped the former light heavyweight champ to the earth. A couple more punches pushed referee Mario Yamasaki to stop the punishment.
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In the UFC Fight Night 55 pre-fight press conference, Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping will trade more verbal shots before their anticipated battle in Sydney, Australia. The press conference should begin at 8 p.m. ET.
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Welcome to episode 110 of the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.
This weekend features not one, but two UFC Fight Night cards in far reaches of the planet. On the one hand, there is UFC Fight Night 56 in Australia, headlined by a significant middleweight battle between Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping. This looks like do or die for Bisping in terms of being a true competitor given his age. In exactly the same time, Rockhold could certify himself as a future competitor for winner Chris Weidman having a dominating performance.
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If Max Holloway needs to attempt going 5-0 in 2014, Thiago Tavares is open into a featherweight battle.
Tavares, who successfully cut down to 145 pounds with entry triumph over Robbie Peralta in August, talked to MMAFighitng.com about his lately calling out Holloway on Twitter.
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Another middleweight battle was put into the UFC 183 card in Vegas.
The pay per view card, which already features three 185-pound fights such as the main event between Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz on Jan. 31, will indicate the return of Thales Leites against Tim Boetsch, the promotion declared Wednesday.
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On the surface, Ian McCall’s coming flyweight battle against John Lineker is easily the most consequential fight on what’s an otherwise thin UFC Fight Night 58 card next Saturday. Itis a matchup between top-six rated rivals, together with the victor touchdown in the driver’s seat to get another title shot against 125-pound champ Demetrious Johnson.
Yet still the flyweights find themselves going down the only road they have ever known — taking a backseat to your light heavyweight co-chief event consisted of of Ovince St. Preux versus the unheralded Francimar Barroso, a 1-1 UFC fighter who last dropped a split decision to the man Fabio Maldonado botched through at UFC 179.
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Vitor Miranda will have to cut weight for his next bout under the UFC banner.
The Team Nogueira fighter, who came up short against Antonio Carlos Junior at The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 heavyweight final in May, will cut down to 185 pounds for his clash against RFA middleweight champion Jake Collier at UFC Fight Night 58 on Dec. 20 in Brazil.
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A bantamweight clash between Urijah Faber and Francisco Rivera has been added to UFC 181 on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas, Nev., according to UFC officials Wednesday night.
Both fighters have verbally agreed to the matchup.
Faber has won five of his past six fights, including a victory over Alex Caceres via submission (rear-naked choke) at UFC 175 this past July.
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A pair of Bellator veterans will collide at the upcoming Titan FC card in Tampa, Fla.
Tyler Stinson and Jose Figueroa, welterweight veterans who fought for promotions like Bellator, Strikeforce and M-1 Global, will clash in a late addition to the main card of Titan FC 31 on Oct. 31, Titan FC COO Lex McMahon confirmed to MMAFighting.com following a report by MMA Junkie.
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