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

Gabriel Gonzaga plans to begin another run towards heavyweight title at UFC on FOX 13

Gabriel Gonzaga got a couple of operations to get a busted right hand following his last UFC fight, and he is finally able to return in the Octagon.

The Brazilian heavyweight, who has not fought since a unanimous decision loss to Stipe Miocic in January, is set to meet Matt Mitrione on the primary card of Saturday night’s UFC on FOX 13 in Phoenix, and is feeling “excellent” after an 11-month layoff.

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Gabriel Gonzaga plans to begin another run towards heavyweight title at UFC on FOX 13

UFC 181 fight card: what is at stake?

it is worth valuing in annually of possibly inadvisable growth and crushing harm, not every occasion is influenced negatively. Some manage to be engineered well and have all of the necessary fortune to keep the correct quantity of quality. When card integrity is held in place, there is little to complain about. Tonight’s occasion is really amazing, at least as far as the paying part of the occasion can be involved. There are many positions, recognizable names, killer rematches, grudge spells and much more. Maybe very best of all, this night could function as the forerunner for what should be a really unbelievable January.

None of the means we’ll get the kind of promised action fight enthusiasts cannot get enough of, however you can find enough elements in position to give us assurance to happily observe heading to the evening.

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UFC 181 fight card: what is at stake?

Michael Page returns to Bellator cage against Curtis Millender on Feb. 27

During his appearance in The MMA Hour on Monday, Bellator president Scott Coker broke several coming fights.

Coker declared to host Ariel Helwani that former collegiate wrestling champ Bubba Jenkins (8-1) will confront Russian featherweight Georgi Karakhanyan (23-4-1) on January 16. That fight will decrease as the co-main event for Bellator 132, which occurs in the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calfornia. Bellator 132 is going to be headlined by Patricio Pitbull and Daniel Strauss, who’ll fight for the featherweight title.

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Michael Page returns to Bellator cage against Curtis Millender on Feb. 27

Four title fights highlight Bellator"s first three events of 2015

SAN DIEGO – Four title fights highlight the first three events on the Bellator 2015 schedule.

The first event under the company’s new monthly schedule, Bellator 132, will be held on Friday, January 16, at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif., as Patricio “Pitbull” Friere (22-2) will defend his Bellator featherweight title against former champion Daniel Straus (23-5).

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Four title fights highlight Bellator"s first three events of 2015

Dan Henderson targeting likely middleweight return in January

Even at 44 years old, Dan Henderson is not opposed to a small reinvention. The prior Pride and Strikeforce winner, who stays in the middle of a career-worst recession, told MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani on Wednesday that he’s “for sure” eyeing a fight in January, which it’d “likely” be at middleweight, as reported on UFC Tonight.

Henderson (30-12) competed at middleweight to get a big ball of his professional fighting career, but has not done so since losing a hard fought unanimous decision to then-Strikeforce champ Jake Shields in mid-2010.

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Dan Henderson targeting likely middleweight return in January

Anderson Silva signs new 15-fight UFC contract

Anderson Silva had eight fights left on his UFC contract, including his return against Nick Diaz in January, but Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta seemingly needed more.

White and Fertitta had dinner together with the former middleweight champ last Thursday in Rio de Janeiro, and they consented to a fresh deal with all the MMA legend.

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Anderson Silva signs new 15-fight UFC contract

UFC 179 forecasts

The UFC is back in Brazil, this time on pay per view with the last remaining Brazilian winner in the corporation in Jose Aldo placing his title up for grabs against Chad Mendes. Here is the 2nd meeting involving both, the primary taking place at UFC 142 in January of 2012, also in Rio. In the co-main event, top light heavyweight rivals Phil Davis and Glover Teixeira, both coming from losses, look to return to the winning track.

Will Aldo successfully keep his featherweight title? Who’ll emerge triumphant in the co-main event between Teixeira and Davis? I answer these inquiries and more with my forecasts for Saturday’s fights.

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UFC 179 forecasts

Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung full fight video

Relive the action from August 2013’s UFC 163 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo defeated ‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung via fourth-round TKO.

Aldo next defends his title on October 25th when he faces Chad Mendes in the main event of UFC 179. Aldo previously defeated Mendes in January of 2012 at UFC 142, where he stopped the American by TKO in the first round.

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Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung full fight video

Travis Browne waxes philosophical on the ups and downs of a fighter"s life

It takes a special breed to handle the emotional roller coaster that is the life of a professional fighter.

UFC heavyweight contender Travis Browne has been through highest highs and the lowest lows during his recent encounters. There was the memorable comeback from near-defeat to knock out Alistair Overeem in Boston in Aug. 2013; then there was a letdown of a performance on national television against Fabricio Werdum with a title shot hanging in the balance in January.

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Travis Browne waxes philosophical on the ups and downs of a fighter"s life

UFC looking at Myles Jury against Donald Cerrone for January

The UFC is looking to book a top-ten lightweight bout between Myles Jury and Donald Cerrone.

UFC Tonight reported that Jury, who is 15-0 in his mixed martial arts career and 5-0 in the UFC, likes the idea of fighting the surging “Cowboy” Cerrone next, but that they’d prefer the fight be held in January.

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UFC looking at Myles Jury against Donald Cerrone for January

UFC targeting Ronda Rousey fights in both January and March

LAS VEGAS — Ronda Rousey defended her UFC women’s bantamweight twice within two months in the opening stages of 2014, and when all goes well, the UFC is expecting she will do exactly the same in 2015.

“She Is completely, 100-percentage fighting January,” UFC President Dana White disclosed at a Friday press conference to advertise UFC 181. “She will fight in January, 100-percentage. She will fight in January, and then she is going to film a picture, and then I am expecting for her to come back again in March.”

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UFC targeting Ronda Rousey fights in both January and March

Former WEC champion Miguel Torres to make kickboxing introduction in January

Another UFC expert is scheduled to compete in the Legacy Fighting Championship kickboxing card in January.

Miguel Torres, who was once considered the top bantamweight fighter in the world, is place to produce his kickboxing debut against fellow MMA fighter Angel Huerta in the introduction of Legacy FC kickboxing on January 16, Legacy FC promoter Mick Maynard told MMAFighting.com.

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Former WEC champion Miguel Torres to make kickboxing introduction in January