Stephan Bonnar responds to Tito Ortiz, promises more surprises before their fight

SAN DIEGO – In the final days leading up to Bellator 131, it’s been Tito Ortiz’s turn to attempt mind games with Stephan Bonnar.

The former UFC light heavyweight champion arrived at the open workouts at a local Dave and Buster’s on Wednesday while Bonnar, his opponent in Saturday night’s main event at the Valley View Casino Center, went through a wrestling workout with Ortiz’s former wrestling coach, Paul Herrera.

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Stephan Bonnar responds to Tito Ortiz, promises more surprises before their fight

UFC 180 Embedded, Episode 1: "I"m a punching bag"

In the first video of UFC 180 Embedded, Fabricio Werdum checks out a local BJJ tournament, Mark Hunt explains his haircut, Ricardo Lamas shops for his nephews, and Dennis Bermudez looks for an edge and plays video games.

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UFC 180 Embedded, Episode 1: "I"m a punching bag"

Bellator champ Joe Warren still eyes Olympic gold medal

Fresh off a unanimous decision victory over Eduardo Dantas at Bellator 128, new Bellator bantamweight champion Joe Warren might go to Dantas’ backyard in 2016.

The decorated wrestler, who won the gold medal in the 2006 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, could return to wrestling competition 10 years later for the Olympic Games, also set for “Marvelous City.”

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Bellator champ Joe Warren still eyes Olympic gold medal

Mike Goldberg apologizes for social media outburst after NFL on FOX debut

Longtime UFC play-by-play man Mike Goldberg apologized on Tuesday for his Twitter outburst this past weekend.

Goldberg worked the booth for a game between the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings on FOX this past Sunday — the first of two NFL games he was slated to work — and received criticism for his performance via the social media platform of Twitter. Goldberg shot back at his detractors on Sunday afterwards, calling one critic a “douche” and telling another, “dude f— you.”

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Mike Goldberg apologizes for social media outburst after NFL on FOX debut

Nevada official: Chance of Romero-Kennedy result being overturned is "really slender"

LAS VEGAS — UFC 178’s featured middleweight fight took a turn for the weird on Saturday night when Yoel Romero received extra time to recuperate involving the 2nd and third round after almost being ended under a flurry of punches by Tim Kennedy.

within an action of evident gamesmanship, Romero stayed on his stool almost 30 additional seconds more compared to required one-minute break between rounds despite continued demonstrations from Kennedy, who finally lost the fight via third-round TKO due to strikes.

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Nevada official: Chance of Romero-Kennedy result being overturned is "really slender"