UFC interim champ Fabricio Werdum gets hero"s reception in Brazil

Fabricio Werdum became the third Brazilian to ever win the UFC heavyweight tournament, as well as the individuals of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, gave their fellow countryman a hero’s reception on Monday.

Werdum, who traveled from America to Porto Alegre to encourage the UFC Fight Night card that takes place Feb. 22 in the city, was welcome by several supporters at the Salgado Filho International Airport.

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UFC interim champ Fabricio Werdum gets hero"s reception in Brazil

Kalindra Faria ‘stressed’ with passport issues ahead of WSOF 15 title fight

Kalindra Faria will challenge Jessica Aguilar for the WSOF strawweight championship on Saturday night in Tampa, Fla., but she’s still grounded in Brazil.

Fighting outside of her home country for the first time in her professional career, Faria (15-3-1) missed her flight to the United States due to passport and visa issues.

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Kalindra Faria ‘stressed’ with passport issues ahead of WSOF 15 title fight

Morning Report: Michael Bisping, Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman a united front against Vitor Belfort at Sydney press occasion

Vitor Belfort might happen to be a world away, but the UFC’s No. 1 middleweight challenger was the hot issue at Wednesday’s pre-fight press conference in Sydney, Australia.

There was no love lost between Friday night’s main-eventers Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping, however they were a united front when it came to issues of the contentious Brazilian star.

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Morning Report: Michael Bisping, Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman a united front against Vitor Belfort at Sydney press occasion

Morning Report: Chael Sonnen needs grappling match with Wanderlei Silva at Metamoris, not MMA fight in Brazil

There Is still hope for enthusiasts expecting to see former UFC light heavyweights Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva hash out their differences through fight.

With each guy now and probably forever barred from competing in MMA in these United States, Silva expected to take the show traveling back home to Brazil.

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Morning Report: Chael Sonnen needs grappling match with Wanderlei Silva at Metamoris, not MMA fight in Brazil

Bisping vs. Rockhold conference call sound

With UFC Fight Night 55 right around the corner on Nov. 7 (in the United States), the two combatants from the primary occasion, Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping, had lots of verbal exchanges on a pre-fight conference call Monday afternoon. Take a look at the video above.

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Bisping vs. Rockhold conference call sound

Paul Daley formally receives visa, targeting early 2015 Bellator return

Paul Daley formally received his visa to restart fighting in America on Monday.

Daley (35-13-2), an English power-puncher who resigned with Bellator in July, is now eyeing an early-2015 return date to the promotion, sources near the situation supported with MMAFighting.com.

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Paul Daley formally receives visa, targeting early 2015 Bellator return

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

What can Cung Le expect from the new UFC appeals process?

When UFC middleweight Cung Le was given a year-long suspension for a positive HGH test taken following his August 2014 bout with Michael Bisping in Macau, China, he had no choice but to accept it. Unlike the United States or other select territories where mixed martial arts (MMA) is regulated by some sort of athletic commission, China currently has no regulatory oversight. When the UFC holds events in this territory and others like it, they are forced to self-regulate. That practice is earnest, but also nascent and, as Le’s predicament illustrates, incomplete.

Whereas fighters have the opportunity to seek out an appeals process in areas with established commissions, those avenues do not exist in unregulated territory. That is, until now.

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What can Cung Le expect from the new UFC appeals process?

VIDEO: Veronica Macedo brutally knocks out Chrissy Audin at local UK show

The ghosts of Sean Salmon reawakened in the United Kingdom this weekend, as Veronica Macedo put a dramatic and brutal stamp on her fight against Chrissy Audin at Say Uncle Fight Night 2. Check out video of the highlight-reel knockout above.

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VIDEO: Veronica Macedo brutally knocks out Chrissy Audin at local UK show

If this can be the ending, Wanderlei Silva leaves the sport having a complex legacy

Few combatants in history will find yourself having as complicated a heritage as Wanderlei Cesar da Silva, who announced his retirement on Friday in a videotaped interview that came across a nasty assault in the UFC and, four days after, may have close the door on a return.

The Nevada Athletic Commission’s indefinite suspension of Silva, that was outright categorized he would never be permitted to be licensed in the state again, looks to have been an administrative ending to his career, at least in the UFC, and probably America.

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If this can be the ending, Wanderlei Silva leaves the sport having a complex legacy