A pair of hard-hitting heavyweights will meet in Los Angeles.
Promising knockout artist Derrick Lewis takes on Ruan Potts at UFC 184 on Feb. 28 at Staples Center, the UFC announced Tuesday. Lewis was on quite the run before being knocked out by Matt Mitrione in September.
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A heavyweight showdown between Bigfoot Silva and Frank Mir is set for UFC 184 on Feb. 28 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, according to UFC Tonight on Wednesday night.
Silva (18-6-1) hasn’t picked up a win since UFC 156. He lost via first-round KO to Andrei Arlovski at UFC Fight Night 51 this past September.
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Anthony Johnson’s indefinite suspension has come to a conclusion. The UFC declared on Thursday that the civil case imposed against Johnson coming from previous claims of domestic abuse was dismissed, and consequently, the burgeoning light heavyweight competition was cleared to restart his UFC career.
“The one who filed a civil temporary protection order against UFC competition Anthony Johnson last September voluntarily dismissed their complaint last week in the Florida Circuit Court,” the UFC declared in a statement. “Before allowing a judgment of dismissal of the case, the presiding judge alone challenged the alleging party regarding their voluntary goals, and then the judge dismissed the whole issue.
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In The Event you’ve not heard or seen considerably from UFC lightweight Eddie Alvarez lately, that is not by accident. Since his unanimous decision loss to Donald Cerrone at UFC 178 in September, Alvarez has not spoke to the media. He has not even been active on social media.
“I Have sorta been a recluse recently,” Alvarez admitted on Monday’s The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. “I have only been keeping from Twitter. I apologize to my lovers. I apologize to everyone. I’ve not discussed much or did anything, but I wanted a little bit of time after the fight. That is all.”
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In the side effect of his brawl with Daniel Cormier at the MGM Grand in early August, UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones lost his Nike sponsorship price. Jones acknowledged as much during a disciplinary hearing together with the Nevada Athletic Commission in late September.
But it looks like Jones may end up landing on his feet again.
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Bellator expert Mike Richman will kick off Bellator’s large Nov. 15 primary card against former UFC fighter Nam Phan in a bantamweight fight. Bellator declared the fight on Friday night throughout the telecast of Bellator 129.
The 29-year old Minnesota native Richman has been with Bellator since his 2012 success over Chris Horodecki. “The Marine” is coming off a knockout victory over Ed West at Bellator 126 in September, and has gone 6-4 complete with all the promotion in a couple of years.
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UFC lightweight Piotr Hallmann isn’t sure when it happened or how it happened, but he knows it did.
That ‘it’ doesn’t refer to the ingestion of some sort of performance-enhancing drugs, but rather, the Brazilian athletic commissions’ error(s) that led to a positive test result for drostanolone following his UFC Fight Night 51 loss to Gleison Tibau in Brasilia in September.
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Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey had some time to relax during her quick visit to Brazil in September. Brazilian celebrity magazine Caras invited “Rowdy” to visit their island in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, for a photo shoot.
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Gleison Tibau feels ready to make a run for the UFC title.
The Brazilian veteran, who scored his 15th UFC lightweight victory with a split decision over Piotr Hallmann at UFC Fight Night 51 in September, wants to fight again as soon as possible.
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LAS VEGAS — At the UFC 181 press conference, UFC welterweight champ Johny Hendricks, Robbie Lawler, UFC lightweight champ Anthony Pettis, Gilbert Melendez and UFC president Dana White answered questions in the media in the Premier Ballroom in the MGM Grand Hotel in Vegas, NV, on Friday, September 26, 2014.
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According to a report from ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, UFC welterweight Nick Diaz has plead not guilty to two DUI charges in San Joaquin County Court in California on Thursday.
As previously reported by MMA Fighting, Diaz was detained on both September 6th of 2014 and November 20, 2013, both for driving under the influence. Diaz faces charges of driving under the influence, driving under the influence having an alcohol or drug level above .08, and dangerous speed for prevailing conditions.
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Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort will not occur on Dec. 6 after all, but that will not alter Ronaldo Souza’s strategies.
“Jacare”, who scored his fourth straight triumph below the UFC banner using a third-round entry over Gegard Mousasi in September, will still work to be the ‘plan B’ in case something occurs to Belfort before his title fight against Weidman in February.
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Observe Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson total fight video highlights from UFC Japan’s primary occasion above, courtesy of ESPN.
UFC Fight Night 52: Hunt vs. Nelson took place September 20, 2014 at the renowned Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Heavyweight sluggers Mark Hunt (10-8-1) and Roy Nelson (20-10) collided in the night’s major event, which aired live on UFC Fight Pass. Catch the video highlights previously.
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Follow Ryan Couture, L.C. Davis, light heavyweight tournament victor Liam McGeary and Bellator light heavyweight champ Emanuel Newton through their recent successes in this latest version of Bellator Uncut. Bellator 124 took place September 12, 2014 at the Compuware Arena in Plymouth Township, Michigan. The key card aired live on Spike TV.
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UFC welterweight Nick Diaz was arrested in California on September 6 on charges of suspicion of DUI, obstructing a police officer, destruction of signs and driving with a suspended permit, MMAFighting.com affirmed on Friday following a preliminary report from the Lodi News-Sentinel.
Diaz was detained at 2:20 a.m. by Corporal Eric Bradley while driving down the 600 block of East Pine Street, according to Sergeant Steve Maynard of the Lodi Police Department. Diaz was later processed at Lodi City Jail.
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Like many, UFC president Dana White challenged the words of Joe Rogan, the organization ‘s longtime color commentator, when Rogan wondered whether racism is a portion of the rationale UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones is not more popular than he’s.
But White’s questions pertained to Jones’ degree of popularity, not the issues of racial reasons. White told UFC.com on Thursday that he believes the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter is plenty popular.
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Undefeated at 37 years old, boxing’s pound-for-pound king revealed Tuesday his plans to call it a career.
Speaking with media members following his arrival to the MGM Grand for fight week, Floyd Mayweather Jr. said he intends to retire in September 2015. Mayweather will finish out his current six-fight, $200 million contract with Showtime and CBS, completing the fourth fight on his deal Saturday when he defends his welterweight world title to Marcos Maidana.
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Watch Joe Lauzon vs. Michael Chiesa full fight video highlights from UFC Fight Night 50′s main card above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
UFC Fight Night 50: Jacare vs. Mousasi took place September 5, 2014 at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. Lightweight bonus hunters Joe Lauzon (24-9) and Michael Chiesa (11-2) collided in a battle of submission artists on the night’s main card, which aired live on FOX Sports 1. Catch the video highlights above.
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