With Dominick Cruz suffering another injury, it could have been good news for Raphael Assuncao. However, the Brazilian bantamweight is also out with an injury.
Assuncao, who was hoping to fight for the UFC title after scoring seven straight wins as a bantamweight, but saw Cruz eventually taking his place against T.J. Dillashaw, won’t be able to return to the Octagon due to a broken ankle.
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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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In the space of two years, former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson has aired his grievances against the UFC and Bellator, left both promotions and is still somehow an employee of each.
The news of ‘Rampage’ leaving Bellator MMA and re-signing with the UFC was announced Saturday during FOX Sports’ telecast of UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway.
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Watch Erick Silva vs. Mike Rhodes full fight video highlights from UFC Fight Night 58’s main card above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
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Watch Lyoto Machida vs. C.B. Dollaway full fight video highlights from UFC Fight Night 58’s main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
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Watch Renan Barao vs. Mitch Gagnon full fight video highlights from UFC Fight Night 58’s co-main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
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He’s back.
The mercurial Quinton Jackson has signed again with the UFC and announced the news Saturday night at UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway in an interview on the FOX Sports 1 broadcast. “Rampage” had been competing for Bellator MMA and is still under contract with the organization, Bellator president Scott Coker tweeted. He has not been released.
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Former NBA center Darko Milicic made his kickboxing debut Thursday night in Serbia. The 7-footer, who was the second overall draft pick in 2003, lost to Radovan Radojcic in the second round of their exhibition fight via doctor’s stoppage after suffering a cut on his left leg.
“The next time, it will be better,” Milicic said [translated by The Detroit News]. “I’m invincible.”
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Though it wasn’t the news that MacDonald was hoping for, a week after letting the news sink in MacDonald told UFC Tonight that he won’t let it get him down.
“It’s all good,” MacDonald said. “I’m just gonna light up whoever is next. Like always.”
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A few days removed from their emotionally charged dialogue, UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub and commentator Joe Rogan each pulled away to their particular corners to reflect in the event.
Record an episode of Schaub’s podcast for FOX Sports earlier this week, Rogan was critical of the former’s recent first-round TKO loss to No. 3 heavyweight Travis Browne at UFC 181 on Dec. 6.
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Tom Wright, managing director for UFC operations in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, discusses the most recent news pertaining to all those marketplaces.
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In a move that surprised many, CM Punk is headed to the UFC. The former WWE champion could make his Octagon introduction in 2015, and let us simply say the statement had not been well-received by all. Check out how some of MMA’s top combatants responded to the news below.
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this is actually the UFC 181 live blog for Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler 2, a welterweight fight at Saturday night’s UFC event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday nightHendricks, who has won four of his previous five fights, will confront Lawler, who has won four of his previous five fights, in the main event. Take a look at the UFC 181 live blog below.
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Former WWE champ CM Punk, aka Phillip Brooks, has inked a deal to fight in the UFC. Brooks declared the news Saturday night on UFC 181’s pay per view.
Brooks, a pupil of Rener Gracie, is flirting with mixed martial arts since departing the WWE in 2013.
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this is actually the UFC 181 live blog for Anthony Pettis vs. Gilbert Melendez, a lightweight fight at Saturday night’s UFC event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday nightPettis, who has won four of his previous five fights, will confront Melendez, who’s 1-1 in the UFC, on the primary card. Take a look at the UFC 181 live blog below.
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this is actually the UFC 181 live blog for Travis Browne vs. Brendan Schaub, a heavyweight fight at Saturday night’s UFC event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday nightBrowne, who has won three of his previous five fights, will confront Schaub, who has won two of his previous five fights, on the primary card. Take a look at the UFC 181 live blog below.
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this is actually the UFC 181 live blog for Todd Duffee vs. Anthony Hamilton, a heavyweight fight at Saturday night’s UFC event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday nightDuffee, who has not fought in the UFC in nearly two years, will confront Hamilton, who’s 1-1 in his UFC profession, on the primary card. Take a look at the UFC 181 live blog below.
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In the last episode of UFC 181 Embedded, the combatants hit media day, Pettis gets his Wheaties cover, Gilbert Melendez cuts weight, and much more.
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Well, somehow word got back to UFC middleweight Tim Kennedy that Chael Sonnen lately had some words for him.
Earlier this week Sonnen chided Kennedy for being upset over his contentious UFC 178 loss to Yoel Romero, less affectionately known as ‘stoolgate.’
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Bellator MMA president Scott Coker discusses the most recent news pertaining to the promotion.
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