UFC 180 results: Yair Rodriguez decisions Leonardo Morales to become "The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America" featherweight winner

In the battle to determine the winner of the featherweight ‘The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America’, finalists Leonardo Morales and Yair Rodriguez battled for three rounds, but it was the Mexican Rodriguez who’d emerge victorious at UFC 180 on Saturday night.

Morales took center of the cage, but Rodriguez used a lunging punch and push into the cage to trip Morales to the mat where he ended up in full mount. As Morales spun, Rodriguez sunk both hooks to the take the back. Morales was able to escape, but ended up in two armbar attempts, both of which Morales was able to escape.

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UFC 180 results: Yair Rodriguez decisions Leonardo Morales to become "The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America" featherweight winner

UFC 180 undercard live blog: Rodriguez vs. Morales, more

This is the UFC 180 undercard live blog for the UFC 180 event at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City.

There will be six fights on the UFC 180 undercard. Yair Rodriguez vs. Leonardo Morales, Alejando Perez vs. Jose Alberto Quinonez, Jessica Eye vs. Leslie Smith, Gabriel Benitez vs. Humberto Brown, Enrique Briones vs. Guido Cannetti, and Marco Beltran vs. Marlon Vera will be featured on the prelims.

Check out the UFC 180 undercard live blog below.

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UFC 180 undercard live blog: Rodriguez vs. Morales, more

UFC 180 preliminary card staredowns

MEXICO CITY — UFC 180 preliminary card fighters faced off Thursday at the Camino Real Ballroom in the Camino Real Polanco. Jessica Eye and Leslie Smith, Alejandro Perez and Jose Quinonez as well as Yair Rodriguez and Leonardo Morales all faced one other for the media before their Saturday bouts on Fox Sports 1.

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UFC 180 preliminary card staredowns

UFC 180 fight card: Werdum vs. Hunt

MMA Fighting has the UFC 180 fight card for the Werdum vs. Hunt fight card Nov. 15 at the at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.

In the main event, Fabricio Werdum faces Mark Hunt for the UFC interim heavyweight title. The two TUF: Latin America titles will be contested on the UFC 180 undercard.

Check out the complete UFC 180 fight card, according to ufc.com, below.

Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
Fabricio Werdum vs. Mark Hunt
Jake Ellenberger vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Ricardo Lamas vs. Dennis Bermudez
Augusto Montano vs Chris Heatherly
Edgar Garcia vs. Hector Urbina

Undercard (FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET)
Yair Rodriguez vs. Leonardo Morales
Alejandro Perez vs. Jose Alberto Quinonez
Jessica Eye vs. Leslie Smith
Gabriel Benitez vs. Humberto Brown

Undercard (UFC Fight Pass at 7 p.m. ET)
Enrique Briones vs. Guido Canneti
Marco Beltran vs. Marlon Vera

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UFC 180 fight card: Werdum vs. Hunt

UFC Fight Night 56 Results: Shogun vs. St. Preux

MMA Fighting gets the UFC Fight Night 56 results for the Shogun vs. St. Preux event at the Ginasio Municipal Tancredo Neves in Uberlandia, Brazil on Saturday nightIn the main event, Mauricio Rua fight Ovince St. Preux in a light heavyweight competition. Ian McCall confronts John Lineker in the co-main event. Check out the UFC Fight Night 56 results under. Chief card (FOX Sports 1 at 10:30 p.m. ET)Mauricio Rua vs. Ovince St. PreuxIan McCall vs. John LinekerWarlley Alves vs. Alan JoubanClaudio Silva vs. Leon EdwardsJuliana Lima vs. Nina AnsaroffUndercard (FOX Sports 2 at 8 p.m. ET)Diego Rivas vs. Rodolfo RubioCaio Magalhaes vs. Trevor SmithDhiego Lima vs. Pawel PawlakLeandro Silva vs. Charlie BrennemanThomas Almeida vs. Tim GormanUndercard (UFC Fight Pass at 7:30 p.m. ET)Wagner Silva vs. Colby Covington

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UFC Fight Night 56 Results: Shogun vs. St. Preux

UFC Fight Night 56 weigh in video

In the UFC Fight Night 56 weigh-ins, all 22 fighters taking part in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 55 fights will step in the scale Friday, and we’ll possess the live video here at MMAFighting.com. In the principal event, Shogun Rua and Ovince St. Preux will have to make the light heavyweight limitation of 205 pounds. The UFC Fight Night 56 weighin takes place Friday at 1 p.m. ET, and the video is preceding. The UFC Fight Night 56 weigh in results are below. Chief card (FOX Sports 1 at 10:30 p.m. ET)Mauricio Rua vs. Ovince St. PreuxIan McCall vs. John LinekerWarlley Alves vs. Alan JoubanClaudio Silva vs. Leon EdwardsJuliana Lima vs. Nina AnsaroffUndercard (FOX Sports 2 at 8 p.m. ET)Diego Rivas vs. Rodolfo RubioCaio Magalhaes vs. Trevor SmithDhiego Lima vs. Pawel PawlakLeandro Silva vs. Charlie BrennemanThomas Almeida vs. Tim GormanUndercard (UFC Fight Pass at 7:30 p.m. ET)Wagner Silva vs. Colby Covington

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UFC Fight Night 56 weigh in video

One FC"s Luis Santos shows storyline behind his TUF: Brazil 2 fight

Leonardo Santos won the second season of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil in 2013, but things might have done another way it if was not for a contentious fight that few people know about.

Among The greatest and most seasoned welterweights in the Brazilian MMA circuit, Luis Santos earned a shot in the reality show among 28 combatants. He was set to confront Team Nogueira’s Paulo Goncalves Dias in the preliminary fight, and scored a crushing first-round knockout. Nevertheless, his triumph never aired on Globo.

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One FC"s Luis Santos shows storyline behind his TUF: Brazil 2 fight

UFC Fight Night 56 fight card: Shogun vs. St. Preux

MMA Fighting gets the UFC Fight Night 56 fight card for the approaching Shogun vs. St. Preux event on Nov. 8 at the Ginasio Municipal Tancredo Neves in Uberlandia, Brazil.In the main event, Mauricio Rua combat Ovince St. Preux in a light heavyweight competition. Ian McCall confronts John Lineker in the co-main event. Check out the UFC Fight Night 56 fight card below. Chief card (FOX Sports 1 at 10:30 p.m. ET)Mauricio Rua vs. Ovince St. PreuxIan McCall vs. John LinekerWarlley Alves vs. Alan JoubanClaudio Silva vs. Leon EdwardsJuliana Lima vs. Nina AnsaroffUndercard (FOX Sports 2 at 8 p.m. ET)Diego Rivas vs. Rodolfo RubioCaio Magalhaes vs. Trevor SmithDhiego Lima vs. Pawel PawlakLeandro Silva vs. Charlie BrennemanThomas Almeida vs. Tim GormanUndercard (UFC Fight Pass at 7:30 p.m. ET)Wagner Silva vs. Colby Covington

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UFC Fight Night 56 fight card: Shogun vs. St. Preux

Santiago Ponzinibbio open to fast turn around, eyes UFC 180 card in Mexico

BRASILIA, Brazil — The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2 finalist Santiago Ponzinibbio ultimately returned to the Octagon, and he impressed in his welterweight fight against Wendell Oliveira.

Ponzinibbio, who’d multiple injuries that forced him out of three distinct UFC cards, for example, TUF: Brazil 2 Ending position against Leonardo Santos, stopped Oliveira in 80 seconds through the UFC Fight Night 51 card on Saturday night, and he needs to reveal more of his toolbox when you possibly can.

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Santiago Ponzinibbio open to fast turn around, eyes UFC 180 card in Mexico

Nova Uniao"s Leonardo Santos discusses "exhausting" weight cut for UFC Fight Night 51: "I "d cramps all nighttime"

BRASILIA, Brazil — Leonardo Santos returned to the win line on Saturday night in Brasilia, Brazil, but his triumph over fellow The Ultimate Fighter victor Efrain Escudero was more demanding than he anticipated.

The Nova Uniao lightweight did not seem nicely during Friday’s official weigh-ins at the Nilson Nelson gymnasium, and after his unanimous decision victory he told MMA Fighting that he hardly slept the night before he stepped on the scale.

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Nova Uniao"s Leonardo Santos discusses "exhausting" weight cut for UFC Fight Night 51: "I "d cramps all nighttime"

UFC Fight Night 51 Results: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski

MMAFighting.com has UFC Fight Night 51 results for the Bigfoot vs. Arlovski occasion at the Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Brazil on Saturday night. In the key event, Bigfoot Silva and Andrei Arlovski will square off in a heavyweight competition. Gleison Tibau confronts Piotr Hallman in a lightweight competition in the co-main event. Check out the UFC Fight Night 51 results under. Chief card (UFC Fight Pass at 8 p.m. ET)Antonio Silva vs. Andrei ArlovskiGleison Tibau vs. Piotr HallmannLeonardo Santos vs. Efrain EscuderoSantiago Ponzinibbio vs. Wendell OliveiraIuri Alcantara vs. Russell DoaneJessica Andrade vs. Larissa PachecoUndercard (UFC Fight Pass at 5:45 p.m. ET)Godofredo Castro vs. Dashon JohnsonIgor Araujo vs. George Sullivan Francisco Trinaldo vs. Leandro SilvaPaulo Thiago vs. Sean SpencerRani Yahya vs. Johnny Bedford

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UFC Fight Night 51 Results: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski

UFC Fight Night 51 weigh in video

In the UFC Fight Night 51 weigh-ins, all 22 fighters taking part in Friday’s UFC Fight Night 51 fights will step in the scale Friday, and we’ll possess the live video here at MMAFighting.com. In the principal event, Antonio Silva and Andrei Arlovski must create the heavyweight limitation of 265 pounds. The UFC Fight Night 51 weigh in takes place at 3 p.m. ET, and the video is preceding. The UFC Fight Night 51 weigh in results are below. Chief card (UFC Fight Pass at 8 p.m. ET)Antonio Silva vs. Andrei ArlovskiGleison Tibau vs. Piotr HallmannLeonardo Santos vs. Efrain EscuderoSantiago Ponzinibbio vs. Wendell OliveiraIuri Alcantara vs. Russell DoaneJessica Andrade vs. Larissa PachecoUndercard (UFC Fight Pass at 5:45 p.m. ET)Godofredo Castro vs. Dashon JohnsonIgor Araujo vs. George Sullivan Francisco Trinaldo vs. Leandro SilvaPaulo Thiago vs. Sean SpencerRani Yahya vs. Johnny Bedford

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UFC Fight Night 51 weigh in video

UFC Fight Night 51 Fight Card: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski

MMA Fighting has the UFC Fight Night 51 fight card for the upcoming Bigfoot vs. Arlovski event Saturday, Sept. 13 in Brasilia, Brazil.

In the main event, Antonio Silva squares off against Andrei Arlovski in a heavyweight contest. Gleison Tibau faces Piotr Hallmann in the co-main event.

Check out the UFC Fight Night 51 fight card below.

Main card (UFC Fight Pass at 8 p.m. ET)
Antonio Silva vs. Andrei Arlovski
Gleison Tibau vs. Piotr Hallmann
Leonardo Santos vs. Efrain Escudero
Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Wendell Oliveira
Iuri Alcantara vs. Russell Doane
Jessica Andrade vs. Larissa Pacheco

Undercard (UFC Fight Pass at 5:45 p.m. ET)
Godofredo castro vs. Dashon Johnson
Igor Araujo vs. George Sullivan
Francisco Trinaldo vs. Leandro Silva
Paulo Thiago vs. Sean Spencer
Rani Yahya vs. Johnny Bedford

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UFC Fight Night 51 Fight Card: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski