England head coach Peter Moores says he is very confident of a good showing at the upcoming World Cup despite Sunday’s comprehensive loss to Australia.
England were convincingly defeated in the Tri-Series final, losing by 112 runs, but they had earlier impressed in two victories over India.
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The Ultimate Fighter 20 Ending weigh in pictures are for the UFC occasion this coming Friday night in the Pearl in the Palms in vegas, Nevada. In the key occasion, TUF 20 finalists Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza face off to claim the first ever women’s UFC strawweight title.
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PHOENIX — Nate Diaz’s return to the limelight got off into a rocky beginning, as the popular and frank UFC lightweight was a clearly absent existence from Wednesday’s UFC on FOX 13 open work outs occasion at Phoenix’s U.S. Airways Center.
among the four featured combatants to the Dec. 13 card, Diaz (17-9) was scheduled to appear at the buff occasion alongside headliners Junior dos Santos and Stipe Miocic, and coming competition, Rafael dos Anjos. All three other combatants revealed. Diaz was expected to as well, yet he never did.
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Publisher Regan Arts declared on Tuesday they had got Ronda Rousey’s forthcoming book, entitled “My Fight/Your Fight.”
Composed with Rousey’s sister and sports journalist Maria Burns Ortiz, the novel is placed to print in May 2015. It is going to chronicle Rousey’s inspiring journey from youth to Olympic bronze medal to UFC gold.
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UFC 181 weigh in pictures are for the UFC event this coming Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in vegas, Nevada. In the main event, UFC welterweight champ Johny Hendricks squares off against Robbie Lawler. In the co-main event, UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis defends his title against Gilbert Melendez.
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As if Conor McGregor’s coming Jan. 18 fight against Dennis Siver did not already have high enough stakes, it seems the silver screen has now come calling the popular Irishman as well.
MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani reported on Wednesday’s episode of ‘UFC Tonight’ that several film deals are “in the works” for the 26-year old, based on manager Addie Attar, but that McGregor is only going to focus his attention in the chances after he takes care of business against Siver.
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NEW YORK — UFC middleweight champ Chris Weidman talks about the brand new UFC-Reebok partnership, the advantages and disadvantages of the offer, in addition to his forthcoming title fight against Vitor Belfort.
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During his appearance in The MMA Hour on Monday, Bellator president Scott Coker broke several coming fights.
Coker declared to host Ariel Helwani that former collegiate wrestling champ Bubba Jenkins (8-1) will confront Russian featherweight Georgi Karakhanyan (23-4-1) on January 16. That fight will decrease as the co-main event for Bellator 132, which occurs in the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calfornia. Bellator 132 is going to be headlined by Patricio Pitbull and Daniel Strauss, who’ll fight for the featherweight title.
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The ‘Countdown to UFC 181′ takes a closer look at the approaching UFC 181 occasion this Saturday night in the Mandalay Bay Events Center in vegas, Nev.In the main event, Johny Hendricks defends his UFC welterweight title in a rematch against Robbie Lawler. Anthony Pettis will attempt to keep his UFC title in the co-main event against Gilbert Melendez.
Anthony Pettis vs. Gilbert Melendez
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Tyron Woodley may just be 32 years old, however he is already preparing for his post-fighting life. The UFC’s No. 3 ranked welterweight, Woodley lately finished filming his part in the coming NWA biopic ‘Straight Outta Compton,’ and he described his encounter working alongside the rap legends as nothing short of “surreal.”
“It was kind of mad,” Woodley said on Monday’s version of The MMA Hour. “I am sitting on set and Ice Cube’s coming up and speaking to me, asking me [questions]. There were a couple scenes where it was only me and the two lead actors, therefore it absolutely was truly just like a superb cozy set.
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While much has changed in MMA over the past few years, at least we can take comfort in knowing that fewer things still liven up a Nick Diaz interview faster than the mention of Georges St-Pierre’s name.
In classic Diaz fashion, Stockton’s favorite son meandered through a myriad of topics during Monday’s appearance The MMA Hour, from his near two-year layoff to his upcoming return fight against Anderson Silva at UFC 183. But without a doubt, the subject that fired Diaz up the most was his old welterweight rival, St-Pierre, and the former champ’s comments that Diaz “made a mistake” by accepting the fight against Silva at 185 pounds rather than a catchweight.
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The UFC ‘The Time is Now’ press conference will feature some of the UFC’s biggest stars as the upcoming schedule for 2015 will be announced Monday evening at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nev.
Jon Jones, Chris Weidman, Ronda Rousey, Conor McGregor, Anderson Silva, Nick Diaz, Alexander Gustafsson, Anthony Johnson, Lyoto Machida, CB Dollaway, Daniel Cormier, Dennis Siver, Vitor Belfort and Cat Zingano, as well as UFC president Dana White, are expected to attend.
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Invicta FC has announced its upcoming fight card for the Invicta FC 10 event Dec. 5 at the Arena Theatre in Houston, Texas.
In the main event, Michelle Waterson will defend her atomweight title fight against Herica Tiburcio. Tonya Evinger faces cindy Dandois in the co-main event in a bantamweight tilt.
Check out the Invicta FC 10 fight card below.
Atomweight Title Fight: Michelle Waterson (12-3) vs. Herica Tiburcio (8-2)
Bantamweight: Tonya Evinger (14-5) vs. Cindy Dandois (5-1)
Flyweight: Vanessa Porto (17-6) vs. Roxanne Modafferi (16-11)
Flyweight: Jennifer Maia (9-3-1) vs. DeAnna Bennett (5-0)
Featherweight: Charmaine Tweet (6-4) vs. Faith van Duin (4-1)
Bantamweight: Irene Aldana (4-1) vs. Marion Reneau (4-1)
Featherweight: Peggy Morgan (2-2) vs. Andria Wawro (3-1)
Strawweight: Alexa Grasso (5-0) vs. Alida Gray (4-1)
Atomweight: Jinh Yu Frey (2-1) vs. Cassie Robb (0-2)
Flyweight: Rachael Ostovich (1-1) vs. Evva Johnson (1-0)
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The ‘Countdown to UFC 180′ takes a closer look at the approaching UFC 180 occasion this Saturday night in the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico..In the key event, Mark Hunt squares off against Fabricio Werdum in the main event. The show also discussed the co-main event between Jake Ellenberger and Kelvin Gastelum.Jake Ellenberger vs. Kelvin Gastelum
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UBERLANDIA, Brazil — Warlley Alves is considered the most effective fighter to win a The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil season, but Alan Jouban needed to assess him online when UFC offered him a fight from the undefeated welterweight at UFC Fight Night 56. Speaking to the Brazilian media, Jouban discussed his upcoming fight, training with Alves’ last adversary at Black House and how he expects to handle Alves his first MMA loss on Saturday night.
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UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey talks about her forthcoming title fight against Cat Zingano at UFC 184.
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Rory MacDonald joins us in studio to talk about his most recent triumph over Tarec Saffiedine, his forthcoming title shot, competing in Metamoris and much more.
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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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MMA Fighting gets the UFC Fight Night 56 fight card for the approaching Shogun vs. St. Preux event on Nov. 8 at the Ginasio Municipal Tancredo Neves in Uberlandia, Brazil.In the main event, Mauricio Rua combat Ovince St. Preux in a light heavyweight competition. Ian McCall confronts John Lineker in the co-main event. Check out the UFC Fight Night 56 fight card below. Chief card (FOX Sports 1 at 10:30 p.m. ET)Mauricio Rua vs. Ovince St. PreuxIan McCall vs. John LinekerWarlley Alves vs. Alan JoubanClaudio Silva vs. Leon EdwardsJuliana Lima vs. Nina AnsaroffUndercard (FOX Sports 2 at 8 p.m. ET)Diego Rivas vs. Rodolfo RubioCaio Magalhaes vs. Trevor SmithDhiego Lima vs. Pawel PawlakLeandro Silva vs. Charlie BrennemanThomas Almeida vs. Tim GormanUndercard (UFC Fight Pass at 7:30 p.m. ET)Wagner Silva vs. Colby Covington
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One FC has added four new matchups to the approaching card in Manila, Philippines, on Dec. 5, including the promotional introduction of UFC and Strikeforce expert Roger Gracie.
Roger Gracie (6-2), who has not fought since a unanimous decision loss to Tim Kennedy in his UFC debut in July 2013, returns to the light heavyweight division against fellow UFC expert James McSweeney (14-11). “The Hammer” is 2-0 below the One FC banner ad with first-round stoppages over Chris Lokteff and Cristiano Kaminishi.
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