The UFC has a new cable home in Canada.
The company, which had long been broadcast on Rogers Sportsnet, will now be seen on TSN and it’s French-language counterpart, RDS, the company formally announced on Monday. MMAFighting.com first reported the news of the impending deal on Friday.
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PHOENIX — Henry Cejudo talks about wanting to show off his hands at UFC on FOX 13, being satisfied with his performance, fighting in his hometown of Phoenix, wanting to attempt another cut to flyweight, and more.
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PHOENIX — Drew Dober talks about the retirement of opponent Jamie Varner at UFC on FOX 13, feeling Varner relax after a failed lateral drop, wanting to be patient, not being the crowd favorite in his hometown, and more.
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PHOENIX — John Moraga talks about not letting the hometown crowd affect his performance at UFC on FOX 13, getting caught by Willie Gates after taking a low blow, being ready for anybody in the division, and more.
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PHOENIX, Ariz. — It did not take long for that old, goofy smile to creep back across Junior dos Santos’ face.
Fourteen months after Cain Velasquez ground him into an unrecognizable and bloody paste, seven months after his superhuman framework did not make its Brazilian homecoming, the guy they used to call o campeao danced his fiendish dance over the blue canvas at Wednesday’s UFC on FOX 13 open work outs, showing once again that there is few more frightening to observe carton the shadows.
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Anthony Pettis sat on a bed around this time a year ago and let his mind wander.
After knee operation, the UFC lightweight winner was looking to discover what he was doing wrong, why he kept getting injured. Perhaps it was something occurring in training, Pettis thought. Perhaps he should leave his longtime residence of Roufusport and find a fitness center elsewhere.
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The UFC is going to be making its first trip to Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 2015.
Porto Alegre, the hometown of lately crowned UFC heavyweight interim champ Fabricio Werdum, will host UFC Fight Night 61 on Feb. 22, the UFC announced Thursday. MMAFighting.com first reported the Feb. 22 date for Brazil.
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Akira Corassani is going to be trying to find an improved result in his home country this time aroiund.
Corassani, a Sweden native, will meet Sam Sicilia at UFC on FOX 14 on Jan. 24 in Stockholm, the UFC declared Thursday. The card is expected to attract upwards of 30,000 individuals to Tele2 Arena. Corassani is coming off a knockout loss to Max Holloway in Sweden back in October.
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Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks has not seen his family since last Thanksgiving. Obviously, back then, he was not Bellator lightweight winner. A lot has changed for the burgeoning ability and as he heads home for christmas as the corporation ‘s undisputed lightweight champ, he recognizes this previous year continues to be one long, odd, but executing journey.
“it is insane. Brooks did not actually think of it like that, but yeah, it is accurate. It is been a tremendous reversal of occasions for me personally in this previous year,” Brooks told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s The MMA Hour. “Brooks believe I must credit that to being patient, being willing to give that time with being my family in Illinois and making your decision to move out here to Florida and train at American Top Team. I have made plenty of sacrifices this previous year, year along with a half. It is worthwhile. It actually brought me to where I’m now. I am happy I made the choices I made.”
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Matt Betzold has a fresh spot to call home.
Riding a four-fight winning streak, the one-legged flyweight has signed a multi-fight deal with Legacy FC, promoter Mick Maynard told MMAFighting.com on Tuesday.
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Welterweight competition Tyron Woodley previews his UFC 183 fight against Kelvin Gastelum and discussions regarding the tumultuous times in his hometown of Ferguson, MO.
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It looks like post-UFC life is treating Tito Ortiz just fine. Ortiz banked a hefty $300,000 purse for his split decision victory over fellow UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar in the headlining bout of Saturday’s Bellator 131 event, according to information released to Sherdog.com by the California State Athletic Commission.
Bonnar took home $100,000 in the losing effort, although he could have doubled that amount had he defeated Ortiz.
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Kalindra Faria will challenge Jessica Aguilar for the WSOF strawweight championship on Saturday night in Tampa, Fla., but she’s still grounded in Brazil.
Fighting outside of her home country for the first time in her professional career, Faria (15-3-1) missed her flight to the United States due to passport and visa issues.
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UBERLANDIA, Brazil — Juliana Lima scored her first UFC win with a unanimous decision over Nina Ansaroff at UFC Fight Night 56 in Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, on Nov. 8, but she’s not completely happy with her performance.
Lima had to escape from a few submission attempts on her way to the decision victory, and she admits that fighting in her home state got her too excited during the bout.
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There Is still hope for enthusiasts expecting to see former UFC light heavyweights Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva hash out their differences through fight.
With each guy now and probably forever barred from competing in MMA in these United States, Silva expected to take the show traveling back home to Brazil.
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Cub Swanson is not joyful.
Anguish through shots of featherweight competition Conor McGregor sitting cageside at UFC 179 in Rio de Janeiro, Swanson was made to take pleasure in the activity from your house.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — UFC lightweight Gilbert Burns talks about his triumph over Christos Giagos to the preliminary card of UFC 179, transitioning from sport jiu jitsu to MMA, competing in his home country of Brazil and much more. Top kickboxer Tyrone Spong, Burns’ teammate, adds his view on Burns and his triumph.
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The Rousimar Palhares vs. Jon Fitch fight has a date and residence.
Palhares’ WSOF welterweight title defense from the longtime UFC competition was formerly declared as the headliner for World Series of Fighting 16.
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Less than two weeks after barricading himself inside his house within a weird police standoff, Jason Miller appeared for an arraignment in the Orange County Superior Court and issued a not guilty plea for charges of resisting arrest and obstructing an officer.
ABC’s Julie Stone tweeted out the news on Monday morning.
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A typical Thursday day immediately turned ominous for Chris Weidman, as the UFC’s middleweight champ found himself alone fighting against the clock to save the life span of an elderly neighbor who’d started bleeding profusely from several wounds beyond her house after tumbling by way of a glass table.
“I was likely to go pick up Stephen Thompson and his brother in the airport, LaGuardia, this morning,” Weidman described to MMAFighting.com. “I was likely to pick them up but their flight was late. So I had been looking to clean out my car and it turned out to be a torrential downpour this morning. Therefore I’m cleaning it out and all of a sudden I began hearing this sound — Ahhh! Ahhh! Ahhh! — Simply repeating. It was so loud, but with all the rain it had been difficult to determine where it had been coming from or what it actually was.
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