BARUERI, Brazil — Lyoto Machida made quick work of C.B. Dollaway at UFC Fight Night 58 in Brazil, and he wants to be back in action as soon as possible.
The former UFC light heavyweight, who dispatched Dollaway with a kick to the body in 62 seconds in the main event in Barueri, Brazil, wants to stay active, and a bout with Luke Rockhold, who called him out on Twitter right after the finish, is on his radar.
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The numbers are in for UFC on FOX 13 and the preliminary figures give the event 2.27 million viewers and an .9 in the coveted 18-49 demographic, according to TV By The Numbers.
Saturday’s numbers are a jump up from the UFC on FOX 12 overnights, which only saw 2.02 million viewers and .8 in the 18-49 demographic.
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MMA Fighting has UFC on FOX 13 results for the Dos Santos vs. Miocic fight card Dec. 13, plus live coverage from Phoenix, live blogs of the primary card, and live UFC on FOX 13 twitter upgrades. In the main occasion, Junior dos Santos will square off against Stipe Miocic in a heavyweight tilt. Take a look at the UFC on FOX 13 results below. Chief card (FOX at 8 p.m. ET)Junior dos Santos vs. Stipe MiocicRafael dos Anjos vs. Nate DiazAlistair Overeem vs. Stefan StruveGabriel Gonzaga vs. Matt MitrioneUndercard (FOX at 5 p.m. ET)John Moraga vs. Willie GatesClaudia Gadelha vs. Joanna JerdzejczykJoe Riggs vs. Ben SaundersJamie Varner vs. Drew DoberDerek Brunson vs. Ed HermanJoe Ellenberger vs. Bryan BarberenaUndercard (UFC Fight Pass at 3:30 p.m. ET)David Michaud vs. Garret WhiteleyHenry Cejudo vs. Dustin KimuraAnthony Birchak vs. Ian Entwistle
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Angela Magana was known mainly for being a longtime women’s MMA combatant and competition in The Ultimate Fighter 20. Until about monthly past. That is when the seven-year veteran kind of found Twitter, in her very own manner.
“I was never huge supporter of the latest social networking,” Magana told MMA Fighting. “I was too busy living life to share my entire life. Who gives a f—?”
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LAS VEGAS — Former WWE star CM Punk says how he ended up in the UFC, why he is staying off Twitter, the comparisons to Brock Lesnar, his weight class, and a lot more.
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Anthony Pettis’ first encounter with Khabib Nurmagomedov arrived a year ago on Twitter. Since that time, Nurmagomedov continues to be persistent, both in his quest of the UFC lightweight title and his trash talk of Pettis, the victor. But back then, Pettis acknowledges he was not precisely certain what to make of the correspondence.
“A little bit it got under my skin, and so I got back at then,” Pettis told MMA Fighting on Monday at a media lunch in the Big Apple. “Pettis did not understand who he was really when I initially tweeted him back. Pettis used to be like, who’s this man? Afterward I saw the guy fight Pat Healy. Pettis was not impressed — only another tough wrestler man. Subsequently he beat [Rafael] dos Anjos. Ehh.”
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UFC lightweight winner Anthony Pettis won a lover-vote this previous summer to formally became the primary mixed martial arts to ever grace the cover of a Wheaties box, and at Thursday’s UFC 181 media day in vegas, Pettis’ cover was shown.
The winner is here. pic.twitter.com/wmsevy9ds4
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NEW YORK — Duke Roufus is in a difficult spot. Duke trains Ben Askren and also offers an excellent relationship with UFC president Dana White. Askren and White do not appear to see eye-to-eye, a fact you can extrapolate only from reading Askren’s Twitter timeline.
“I love both men,” Roufus said Monday at an Anthony Pettis media lunch to encourage UFC 181. “I’ve so much admiration for Dana, Lorenzo and Frank. I have told them so many times Roufusport would not be around without them. I’d not be here without them.”
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The three-fight losing depression of Diego Nunes came to dramatic and violent ending on Saturday afternoon, as the previous UFC featherweight competition starched Joachim Hansen having a second-round knockout at First-Class Challenge 11 in Sodertalje, Sweden. Take a look at video of the crazy finish underneath, courtesy of GrabakaHitman.
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In Boston promoting his Jan. 18 headliner against Dennis Siver, UFC featherweight Conor McGregor didn’t waste much time getting right after his opponent.
Claiming to be walking around at 168 pounds, McGregor admitted he enjoys the size advantage to ‘bully’ his opponents.
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SAN DIEGO – The fans at the Valley View Casino Center on Saturday night apparently forgot that they were supposed to hate the Tito Ortiz vs. Stephan Bonnar fight.
While commenters on Twitter went out of the way to one-up one another in trash-talking the main event of Bellator 131 – and they may have had a point with Bonnar’s performance – in Southern California, the assembled had a party, turning the clock back to the days when their corner of the world reigned supreme.
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MMA Fighting has UFC 180 results for the Werdum vs Hunt fight card Nov. 15, plus live coverage from Mexico City, live blogs of all the fights, and live UFC 180 twitter updates.
In the main event, Fabricio Werdum squares off against Mark Hunt for the UFC heavyweight interim title. Jake Ellenberger faces Kelvin Gastelum in the co-main event in a welterweight contest.
Check out the UFC 180 results below.
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Bellator announced on Monday that longtime MMA legend Wanderlei Silva would join several UFC veterans in their pre-Bellator 131 programming in San Diego. It turns out he won’t after all.
Bellator announced on Tuesday that Silva will not be able to participate in Friday’s event in Dave & Busters “due to prior contractual obligations.”
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Winner of seven of his past eight UFC fights, Rafael dos Anjos doesn’t feel he gets the love he deserves.
The Brazilian lightweight, who scored back-to-back knockouts over former champion Ben Henderson and Jason High in a span of 77 days earlier this year, recently called out the MMA media on Twitter, asking if he needed to talk more to get attention.
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The MMA harm bug can strike at any given stage, including following the weigh-ins.
Top UFC flyweight competition Ian McCall was set to face off against Brazilian John Lineker in the co-main event area on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 56 in Uberlandia, Brazil. Both McCall and Lineker had made the contracted weight limitations on Friday. Nevertheless, UFC President Dana White teased on Friday McCall might be from the fight having an unspecified illness.
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In the end, the $15,000 Oklahoma Heist ended up being a $100 fine.
Indignation filled the Twitterverse last month after word broke the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission supposedly fined Roan Carneiro 30 percent of his $50,000 prize for winning the BattleGrounds MMA one-night tournament on Oct. 4 in Tulsa.
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Dhiego Lima has a fresh rival for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 56 card in Uberlandia, Brazil.
Lima, that will make his come back to the welterweight division after losing to Eddie Gordon in the TUF 19 middleweight final, denoted on his Twitter that UFC starter Jorge Oliveira will replace injured Pawel Pawlak on Nov. 8.
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If Max Holloway needs to attempt going 5-0 in 2014, Thiago Tavares is open into a featherweight battle.
Tavares, who successfully cut down to 145 pounds with entry triumph over Robbie Peralta in August, talked to MMAFighitng.com about his lately calling out Holloway on Twitter.
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Not only is the empty Titan FC lightweight title no longer up for grabs on Friday night, but now certainly one of its participants is no longer using the promotion.
As was reported by Front Row Brian via his Twitter web feed, longtime expert Yoshiyuki Yoshida pulled away from his primary event title fight with Mike Ricci after some conditions.
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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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