Frankie Edgar needs a chance a UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo, as well as fellow competitor Conor McGregor. He simply does not seem convinced he will get to face either any time soon.
Fresh off a dominant, fifth-round entry triumph over Cub Swanson in Austin on Nov. 22, Edgar considers he is earned another shot at Aldo.
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The Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler 2 official UFC 181 scorecard disclosed judge Glenn Trowbridge gave new UFC welterweight champ Lawler the first, second, fourth and fifth rounds en route to a 49-46 score for Lawler.
In comparison, judge Sal D’Amato gave rounds 1 and 5 to Lawler and a 48-47 score for Hendricks. Judge Marcos Rosales gave rounds 1, 4 and 5 to Lawler en route to a 48-47 score for Lawler.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — T.J. Dillashaw stopped Renan Barao’s reign as UFC bantamweight champion with a fifth-round TKO in May, and the Brazilian has not forgotten that loss.
Barao makes his come back to the Octagon against Mitch Gagnon at UFC Fight Night 58 in Barueri, Brazil, on Dec. 20, and he is excited to fight in Brazil for the first since signing with Zuffa.
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See Joseph Benavidez vs. Dustin Ortiz total fight video highlights from UFC Fight Night 57’s main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.UFC Fight Night 57: Edgar vs. Swanson took place November 22, 2014 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Edson Barboza (19-5-1) collided against Bobby Green (10-9-1) in the nighttime’s fifth fight in the key card, which aired live on FOX Sports 1. Catch the video highlights above. For more on UFC Fight Night 57, take a look at the UFC Fight Night 57 results.
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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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The fifth installment of the grappling superfight event kicks off from Long Beach, California on Saturday, with a legendary ‘rematch’ of two MMA icons headlining the event. Renzo Gracie looks to avenge his PRIDE 10 MMA loss against ‘The Gracie Hunter’ Kazushi Sakuraba while UFC welterweight Rory MacDonald will try his hand at this kind of competition for the first time. The event also features notable names like Garry Tonon and Keenan Cornelius.
Will Sakuraba notch one more win over the Gracie family or is Renzo ready to get redemption? I answer these questions and more with my predictions for Saturday’s matches.
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David Branch successfully defended his World Series of Fighting middleweight title for the first time on Nov. 15.
Headlining the WSOF 15 card in Tampa, Florida, the 185-pound middleweight champion scored his fifth win under the promotion’s banner with a fourth-round finish over UFC veteran Yushin Okami.
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In the fifth episode of UFC 180 Embedded, the fighters get ready for weigh-ins, Dennis Bermudez clowns around with his team, and much more.
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He will not get to fight a fifth time in 2014, but Donald Cerrone will get his fifth fight in a calendar year. As reported by FOX Sports’ Damon Martin on Wednesday, the long-rumored fight between soaring lightweights Cerrone and Myles Jury is currently official.
The fight will occur in Boston, Massachusetts as part the UFC on FOX Sports 1 Fight Night card on Jan. 18.
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The critics said Jose Aldo Jr. had a poor gas tank (This, despite ending in the fourth round against Chan Sung Jung, winning the fourth against Ricardo Lamas, the fifth on two of three cards against Frankie Edgar, and so on).
They said the UFC featherweight champ’s killer instinct was missing (Despite a highlight reel to match anyone in the annals of the sport as evidence to the contrary).
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Neil Magny, who won his fifth straight fight in 2014 using a third-round TKO over William Macario, talks about his position in lightweight section, his run, if he really wants to fight again in 2013, and much more.
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This year has been a breakout one for Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza. It will also see him undergo two elbow surgeries in the span of seven months.
According to Souza’s manager, Gilberto Faria, Souza was diagnosed with ulnar neuropathy, a numbness in his right elbow caused by the entrapment of the ulnar nerve, resulting in numbness and tingling into the fourth and fifth fingers.
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Riding the longest bantamweight winning streak below the UFC banner, Raphael Assuncao is tired of waiting.
Assuncao could not get his title shot at UFC 173 in May due to a rib injury. T.J. Dillashaw not only took his position, but also dethroned Renan Barao with a fifth-round TKO. The UFC chosen to schedule an instant rematch between Dillashaw and Barao for UFC 177, leaving Assuncao out one once again.
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