Focus: UFC 180 Version

MMA Fighting’s Esther Lin takes a look back at her favourite photographs during UFC 180 fight excursion, including a field trip with Greg Jackson on fight day.

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Focus: UFC 180 Version

Nik Lentz and Thiago Tavares will rematch at UFC Fight Night 60

Five years after their very first fight in the UFC, Nik Lentz and Thiago Tavares will meet again in the Octagon.

The UFC declared on Tuesday that Lentz and Tavares, who fought to a majority draw in a lightweight fight at UFC Fight Night 20 on Jan. 2010, are set to collide for a second time at UFC Fight Night 60 in Broomfield, Colo., on Jan. 14.

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Nik Lentz and Thiago Tavares will rematch at UFC Fight Night 60

Matt Brown vs. Tarec Saffiedine headlines UFC Fight Night on Feb. 14

Top-ranked welterweights Matt Brown and Tarec Saffiedine are set to tangle on Feb. 14 in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Broomfield, Colorado. UFC President Dana White announced the match-up at Monday’s ‘The Time is Now’ press conference.

Brown (19-12), ranked No. 5 on the UFC’s media-generated welterweights rankings, looks to rebound after watching his remarkable seven-fight win streak meet its end with a unanimous decision loss against Robbie Lawler.

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Matt Brown vs. Tarec Saffiedine headlines UFC Fight Night on Feb. 14

Brandon Thatch set to square off with Stephen Thompson in Colorado

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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Brandon Thatch set to square off with Stephen Thompson in Colorado

Max Holloway vs. Cole Miller, other fights declared for UFC Fight Night in Colorado

The UFC’s February return to the Front Range of Colorado now has some fights.

The UFC declared three fights for the Valentine’s Day card in Broomfield, including a featherweight confrontation between American Top Team fighter Cole Miller (21-8) as well as the 22-year old Hawaiian, Max Holloway (11-3).

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Max Holloway vs. Cole Miller, other fights declared for UFC Fight Night in Colorado

Royce Gracie: Nick and Nate Diaz"s fights "are what this sport should be"

SAN DIEGO – LeBron James is an amazing gift, however he did not devise basketball. Similarly with Tom Brady in football and Sidney Crosby in ice hockey.

Royce Gracie, nevertheless, has a prominence in his sport that few sportsmen will ever experience in their own lives. Not only was Gracie his selected field’s biggest opponent during his prime, but his prime really help create the sport which grown in his wake.

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Royce Gracie: Nick and Nate Diaz"s fights "are what this sport should be"

UFC pays homage to Helio Gracie vs. Masahiko Kimura at Maracana arena

Jose Aldo, Chad Mendes as well as the other stars of UFC 179 stepped about the Maracana field for the work outs this Thursday, also it turned out to be a historic moment for the sport. With this day 63 years past, among the greatest fights in the annals of the sport happened in the soccer stadium, when Masahiko Kimura delegated Helio Gracie having a entry that was later named after him.

With MMA returning to Maracanazinho at its finest with UFC 179, the promotion fosters the pre-fight events in Rio de Janeiro. The UFC’s office in Brazil developed the idea to market a quiz show about MMA called “Voce Sabia?” (which means “Did you understand?” in Portuguese).

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UFC pays homage to Helio Gracie vs. Masahiko Kimura at Maracana arena

Oklahama State Athletic Commission explains why BattleGrounds winner Roan Carneiro will be possibly fined

In the fallout of the BattleGround MMA eight-man tournament he won on Friday night, Roan Carneiro made it clear he thought he’d been “robbed” by the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission. The grand prize for navigating the eight-man field in a single night of competition was $50,000. Carneiro was docked 30 percent of his winnings by the OSAC — $15,000 — for showing up late to a mandatory physical examination.

Carneiro talked to MMA Fighting about it on Saturday.

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Oklahama State Athletic Commission explains why BattleGrounds winner Roan Carneiro will be possibly fined

Demetrious Johnson on Conor McGregor: "He reminds me of a young Mike Tyson, a youthful Muhammad Ali"

Demetrious Johnson’s fashion isn’t a secret. In the cage, the UFC flyweight champ combines his many tools right into a cyclone of technical brilliance — mystifying footwork and unrivaled speed joining together in one unassailable package. Johnson’s strategy might not consistently translate into fanatic excitement, but hey, with four consecutive title shield and counting, there is no questioning its effectiveness.

Once the gloves come off though, Johnson’s frenetic motor will shift right into a more moderate form. Seldom is the 28-year old winner seen browsing the minefield of public callouts. Boisterous actions of bravado simply aren’t his thing, nor the typical efforts of ruckusness upon which so many legends of the mic game developed their standing.

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Demetrious Johnson on Conor McGregor: "He reminds me of a young Mike Tyson, a youthful Muhammad Ali"

Jesse Taylor, Joe Ray replace Dennis Hallman, Chris Honeycutt in Battlegrounds MMA one-night, eight-guy tournament

Two new entrants are added to Battlegrounds MMA’s one-night, eight-man tournament field, as onetime WSOF title rival Jesse Taylor and expert Joe Ray have replaced Dennis Hallman and Chris Honeycutt in the welterweight bracket, promotion officials declared on Tuesday.

“we’re thrilled to bring two more exceptionally skilled rivals like Jesse and Joe to the tournament fold, and are excited by the higher amount of likely future consequences that their inclusion creates for this unbelievable, one-night event,” BattleGrounds MMA President Kenny Monday said in statement.

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Jesse Taylor, Joe Ray replace Dennis Hallman, Chris Honeycutt in Battlegrounds MMA one-night, eight-guy tournament