TSN looks to be the new home for UFC programming in Canada

While no announcement has been made yet, The Sports Network (TSN) in Canada sent out schedule revisions for January to television listings services on Friday which included extensive UFC coverage.

TSN, the country’s equivalent to ESPN, was the leading candidate to get the UFC contract, which had been held by Sportsnet, a rival sports network run by Rogers Cable, since the sport’s popularity explosion.

UFC officials would not confirm the deal at this time.

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TSN looks to be the new home for UFC programming in Canada

Chael Sonnen joins ESPN as MMA analyst

“The American Gangster” will return to TV as a MMA analyst.

Fired from FOX Sports after testing positive for five banned substances in two different random drug tests, Chael Sonnen, a former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight title challenger, has signed with ESPN as the channel’s new MMA analyst, The Associated Press reported Tueday.

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Chael Sonnen joins ESPN as MMA analyst

Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping total fight video highlights

Observe Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping total fight video highlights from UFC Fight Night 55’s main event above, courtesy of ESPN.

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Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping total fight video highlights

Morning Report: Michael Bisping indifferent over Cung Le"s lifted suspension, but considers "he got off on a loophole or a technicality"

Michael Bisping is not overly bent out of shape over Cung Le’s drug test play. Had he lost to Le in the key occurrence of the UFC’s Aug. 23 occasion in Macau, China, it might be a different storyline for Bisping.

“I won it in fashion, via stoppage, and that I got a bonus because of it. If anything, it makes me seem better that he was on all sorts of things and that I could defeat him,” Bisping told ESPN’s Brett Okamoto.

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Morning Report: Michael Bisping indifferent over Cung Le"s lifted suspension, but considers "he got off on a loophole or a technicality"

Nick Diaz pleads not guilty to DUI charges

According to a report from ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, UFC welterweight Nick Diaz has plead not guilty to two DUI charges in San Joaquin County Court in California on Thursday.

As previously reported by MMA Fighting, Diaz was detained on both September 6th of 2014 and November 20, 2013, both for driving under the influence. Diaz faces charges of driving under the influence, driving under the influence having an alcohol or drug level above .08, and dangerous speed for prevailing conditions.

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Jon Anik signs expansion with UFC

Among The very famous and frequently-used figures in the UFC’s airing stable is Jon Anik, a guy UFC hired from ESPN in 2011 to help fill airing functions for the UFC’s enlarging schedule and program offerings. Anik’s hiring was announced in the UFC 137 pre-fight press conference and was to be a three-year deal.

Three years have come and gone, but Anik is not going anyplace.

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Jon Anik signs expansion with UFC

Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson total fight video highlights

Observe Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson total fight video highlights from UFC Japan’s primary occasion above, courtesy of ESPN.

UFC Fight Night 52: Hunt vs. Nelson took place September 20, 2014 at the renowned Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Heavyweight sluggers Mark Hunt (10-8-1) and Roy Nelson (20-10) collided in the night’s major event, which aired live on UFC Fight Pass. Catch the video highlights previously.

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Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson total fight video highlights

UFC fight roundup: Todd Duffee vs. Anthony Hamilton highlights bustle of new bookings

The long-awaited return of Todd Duffee emphasized a bustle of action that resulted in several new fight bookings, UFC officials declared on Thursday.

Duffee (8-2), a puzzling but promising colossus whose MMA profession was hindered by long droughts of inactivity, now returns from a two-year absence to take on Anthony Hamilton (13-3) on December 6 at UFC 181. ESPN first reported the fight, which will be set to occur in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Vegas, NV.

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UFC fight roundup: Todd Duffee vs. Anthony Hamilton highlights bustle of new bookings

Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana 2 total fight video highlights

Watch Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana 2 total fight video highlights from the Mayweather vs. Maidana 2 primary occasion above, courtesy of ESPN.Mayweather vs. Maidana took place Sept. 13, 2014 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Floyd Mayweather (47-0) confronted Marcos Maidana (35-5) in the key event. Catch the video highlights previously. For more on Mayweather’s memorable success, take a look at the play-by-play from Shaun Al-Shatti below.

Round 1: Ladies and gentlemen, the circus has started. Julio Lopez belts out the Mexican national anthem. Some gentleman in a velvet suit subsequently busts out the national anthem of Argentina on a flute. No joke. And now another gentleman (not wearing a velvet suit) sings the same. The American national anthem is sung by… Monica. Here comes the walkouts. Maidana outside first to huge swell of applause from this Las Vegas bunch. It is Mayweather time. No Justin Beiber, no Lil Wayne this time. Only “Cash.” Our referee for tonight’s activity is Kenny Bayless. Here we go. Mayweather instantly snaps out his jab. And again, this time to the body. Maidana walks Mayweather to the ropes and fires off a one two. Mayweather slides, then has a second. Mayweather being much more defensive this time around. Maidana eats a shot. Maidana cuts off the ring but can not land flush, and Mayweather pops him. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 Mayweather.

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Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana 2 total fight video highlights