Glover Teixeira"s manager says fighter is not yet cleared to meet Rashad Evans

On Thursday, Brazilian outlet Globo reported that a bout between former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans and Glover Teixeira has been verbally agreed upon for the main event of UFC Fight Night 61 on Feb. 22 in Porto Allegre, Brazil.

However, Teixeira’s manager, Jorge Guimaraes, has called the report premature. Guimaraes says that Teixeira, who was medically suspended after his UFC 179 loss to Phil Davis, has yet to be cleared to return to competition by Brazil’s athletic commission.

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Glover Teixeira"s manager says fighter is not yet cleared to meet Rashad Evans

Stipe Miocic says an "habit" to understanding fighting is what got him great at it

PHOENIX — Stipe Miocic spoke to the media Wednesday about his UFC on FOX 13 main event opposite Junior dos Santos, if he is willing to speak as a way to furthering his profession, whether preparing for a fight this huge felt different than his others, how an ‘habit’ to seeing the sport and comprehending it made him better plus more.

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Stipe Miocic says an "habit" to understanding fighting is what got him great at it

Dan Miller out of UFC Fight Night 58, Daniel Sarafian now meets UFC rookie Antonio dos Santos

Dan Miller will not be making his return to the Octagon this year.

Anticipated to confront Daniel Sarafian at UFC Fight Night 58 in Barueri, Brazil, on Dec. 20, Miller was removed from the card as a result of an undisclosed reason. Sarafian now meets UFC rookie Antonio dos Santos. MMAFighting.com supported the change with sources near the scenario adhering to a report from Combate.

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Dan Miller out of UFC Fight Night 58, Daniel Sarafian now meets UFC rookie Antonio dos Santos

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?

Anthony Pettis on Gilbert Melendez: "He is on his way from the summit of his profession"

NEW YORK — Anthony Pettis considers Gilbert Melendez will be among his toughest competitors and is certainly one of the most effective fighters in the lightweight division. The UFC 155-pound champ only believes Melendez’s career path and his own trajectory are going in opposite ways.

“I feel like he is on his way from the pinnacle of his career, and that I’m only entering it,” Pettis told MMA Fighting in a media lunch Monday in Manhattan. “I believe his pinnacle of his career, I’d not say it is passed, but he is not beginning it anymore. I am just beginning to tap into my grown man power, my total potential, my understanding of fighting. I am really assured in this fight.”

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Anthony Pettis on Gilbert Melendez: "He is on his way from the summit of his profession"

Morning Report: A "more powerful, lighter, quicker" Vitor Belfort says he is better without TRT

With news that UFC middleweight Vitor Belfort had passed the first of assumably several random drug tests, the No. 1 competitor seems happy to be moving forward without testosterone replacement treatment (TRT).

“It was better for me (the ending of TRT) because I made a boring treatment that has been troubling me, and today I am more powerful, lighter and quicker,” Belfort told SporTv (via Bloody Elbow). “So, for Belfort, it was amazing. Does not matter what my blood says, nor the effect of the blood test. What issues is what’s in my head.”

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Morning Report: A "more powerful, lighter, quicker" Vitor Belfort says he is better without TRT

UFC 180 results: Augusto Montano stops Chris Heatherly with barrage of knees

Fan favorite Augusto Montano gave the crowd in Mexico City at UFC 180 what they wanted, dispatching Chris Heatherly with an onslaught of knees in the first round of their main card bout.

Heatherly was able to secure the takedown early and after shucking off a Montano armbar attempt, passed to side control. But Montano faked him out, showing he was going to half guard, but rolled out the opposite way. The two eventually clinched along the fence with the bigger Montano being the aggressor. A knee up the middle badly hurt Heatherly, which helped the Mexican plant Heatherly on his back and attempt to pass.

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UFC 180 results: Augusto Montano stops Chris Heatherly with barrage of knees

Morning Report: Tito Ortiz says he helped plant a mole in Stephan Bonnar"s camp ahead of Bellator 131

Hard to believe a fight introduced with the help of a masked man could get any more strange, but here we are.

Ahead of his headlining bout opposite fellow Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar Saturday at Bellator 131, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz claims he not only snuck a mole into his opponent’s training camp, but pulled the strings to have him signed by the promotion in the first place.

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Morning Report: Tito Ortiz says he helped plant a mole in Stephan Bonnar"s camp ahead of Bellator 131

Bundles altered for five on active UFC weekend

The UFC’s double weekend events around the world were shows which were nearly precisely opposite to what we were told several months ago was the company strategy of international shows in various time zones.

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Bundles altered for five on active UFC weekend

Ian McCall mentions blood disease for withdrawal from John Lineker fight at UFC Fight Night 56

UFC flyweight Ian McCall pulled away from his scheduled fight opposite John Lineker at UFC Fight Night 56 despite making weight Friday and being apparently able to compete without problem. Yet, based on McCall, he’d well-being problems before arriving in Brazil that escalated to the idea of being struggling to fight.

“Bacterial disease within my blood. My body simply neglected me after the weigh-ins,” McCall told MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani via text message.

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Ian McCall mentions blood disease for withdrawal from John Lineker fight at UFC Fight Night 56

"Shogun" Rua would accept to fight Anderson Silva after TUF: Brazil 4

UBERLANDIA, Brazil — Mauricio Rua confronts Ovince St. Preux in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 56 in Brazil, but fights to keep his focus on the fight.

On the exact same night UFC declared St. Preux as a short-notice replacement for injured Jimi Manuwa, the promotion declared that “Shogun” would train the fourth season of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil in 2015 in reverse to Anderson Silva.

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"Shogun" Rua would accept to fight Anderson Silva after TUF: Brazil 4

Rony Jason vs. Tom Niinimaki establish for UFC Fight Night 58 in Brazil

The UFC returns to Barueri, Brazil on Dec. 20, and the promotion has added a featherweight fight to the coming UFC Fight Night 58 card.

Victor of the very first season of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil, Rony Jason will return in the Octagon against Finnish featherweight Tom Niinimaki. Combate first reported the fight.

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Rony Jason vs. Tom Niinimaki establish for UFC Fight Night 58 in Brazil

Anderson Silva, "Shogun" Rua place to trainer "The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4"

Two of the greatest names in the history of Brazilian MMA will function as opposing trainers on this nation’s following version of The Ultimate Fighter.

UFC.com’s Brazilian website reported on Wednesday that longtime middleweight winner Anderson Silva and former UFC light heavyweight champion and PRIDE Grand Prix winner Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will serve as trainers to the fourth TUF: Brazil season, which airs in the Globo network.

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Anderson Silva, "Shogun" Rua place to trainer "The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4"

Joe Lauzon out of fight with Diego Sanchez at UFC 180

Directly to the heels of the news UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez is out of his UFC 180 main event fight opposite Fabricio Werdum, UFC lightweight Joe Lauzon is no longer place to confront Diego Sanchez to the very same card. MMA Junkie was the very first to report the news, which was afterwards affirmed by UFC Tonight on Fox Sports 1.

According to reports, the reasons for Lauzon’s removal in the fight are uncertain. No replacement was named for Sanchez yet. It is also not clear if Sanchez will still be kept within the primary or fight card.

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Joe Lauzon out of fight with Diego Sanchez at UFC 180

Shooto Brazil plans soccer stadium event in December

The UFC hopes to do hold a MMA event in a soccer stadium in Brazil one day, but it won’t be the first promotion to do it.

Shooto Brazil 52 is expected to take place at the Joaquim Americo Guimaraes stadium, also known as Arena da Baixada, on Dec. 5. Shooto officials have yet to officially announce the deal, but G3 United, responsible for sponsorships and events at the stadium, already is advertising the MMA event on its official website.

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Shooto Brazil plans soccer stadium event in December