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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Under normal circumstances, the question of which fighter deserves the next shot at Anthony Pettis‘ UFC lightweight title would seem pretty much cut-and-dried.
Rafael dos Anjos has been on a fine run over the past three years, winning eight of his past nine fights, with the most recent win a one-sided victory over Nate Diaz at UFC on FOX 13.
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BARUERI, Brazil — Former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao returned to the win column with a submission victory over Mitch Gagnon, but the fight lasted longer than many expected.
Gagnon, who entered the bout in a four-fight winning streak, was able to survive after getting knocked down in the first round, and won the second round on two of the three judges’ scorecards, but ended up submitted by the Brazilian 135-pounder in the third.
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There wasn’t a fight of the night at UFC Fight Night 58, but four fighters earned Performance of the Night bonuses Saturday night.
Former UFC champion Lyoto Machida was honored for his first-round TKO of C.B. Dollaway in the main event, while Renan Barao earned his bonus for his submission win over Mitch Gagnon in the co-main event.
Erick Silva and Vitor Miranda were the other two fighters to earn $50,000. Silva put Mike Rhodes to sleep with a first-round technical submission victory, and Miranda defeated Jake Collier via first-round TKO.
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PHOENIX, Ariz. — For six years, a UFC title shot eluded Rafael dos Anjos. No longer.
Following the Brazilian’s lopsided victory over Nate Diaz at UFC on FOX 13, UFC President Dana White announced at Saturday night’s post-fight press conference that dos Anjos, rather than injured No. 1 ranked Khabib Nurmagomedov, will be the next man to challenge lightweight champion Anthony Pettis.
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Frankie Edgar needs a chance a UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo, as well as fellow competitor Conor McGregor. He simply does not seem convinced he will get to face either any time soon.
Fresh off a dominant, fifth-round entry triumph over Cub Swanson in Austin on Nov. 22, Edgar considers he is earned another shot at Aldo.
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Francisco Rivera will appeal his submission loss to Urijah Faber on Saturday night at UFC 181 in Las Vegas with the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC), Rivera told MMA Fighting.
Rivera said after discussing the situation along with his manager Jason House, it was something he felt like he needed to do. In the 2nd round, Faber certainly poked Rivera in a person’s eye, sending Rivera up from the cage, covering his face certainly in pain. Faber swarmed, landed punches and eventually cinched in a bulldog choke for the tapout success at 1:34 of the round.
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Watch BAMMA 17 live stream online for BAMMA’s major card in the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester, England on Saturday day.
Former UFC expert Colin Fletcher squares off against Micheal Brightmon in the main event.
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Caio Magalhaes’ 31-second knockout success over Trevor Smith at UFC Fight Night 56 in Uberlandia, Brazil, isn’t going to be overturned.
Smith filed an appeal to Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) asserting that Magalhaes landed illegal punches to the rear of the head seconds prior to the finish at UFN 56 on Nov. 8. But the commission has determined against him.
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Edson Barboza improved to 9-2 in the UFC using a unanimous decision victory over Bobby Green at UFC Fight Night 57, but Green was not the first competition the UFC needed next for the Brazilian lightweight.
Barboza, who had been coming off a first-round knockout over Evan Dunham in July, was offered a fight with Nate Diaz. The Brazilian lightweight accepted the challenge, but Diaz declined.
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Cris Cyborg would happen to be making her bantamweight introduction at Invicta FC 10 on Friday, however an ankle injury forced her off the Dec. 5 card. For her next fight, she’ll be competing at 145 pounds.
Cyborg became the very first Invicta FC featherweight winner having a fourth-round TKO victory over Marloes Coenen in July 13, 2013, and has yet to defend her title.
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A set of expert welterweights looking for a success will collide at UFC 184.
With both fighters looking to snap three-fight losing streaks, Josh Koscheck and Jake Ellenberger will meet on Feb. 28 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Daily News broke news of the fight Tuesday.
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Check out behind the scenes footage from among Bellator’s largest cards. This latest version of Bellator Uncut has footage of Tito Ortiz’s decision triumph over Stephan Bonnar, plus Will Brooks on his lightweight title win over Michael Chandler and Joe Schilling’s highlight-reel knockout of Melvin Manhoef from Bellator 131 on Nov. 15 in San Diego.
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Gilbert Burns’ return to the jiujitsu mats did not go as he anticipated.
Fresh off a first-round submission triumph over Christos Giagos at UFC 179, the Brazilian lightweight returned to Copa Podio on Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in a entry-only, no-time limitation jiu jitsu match against fellow BJJ world champion Leandro Lo.
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Manny Pacquio retained his WBO welterweight title Saturday night against Chris Algieri, battering the American over twelve rounds to take a unanimous decision victory 119-103, 119-103, 120-102. The bout took place at the Venetian Macau in Macau, China and aired in North America on HBO pay-per-view.
Pacquiao’s victory was never in doubt and, at times, it seemed as if the end was near for Algieri as he suffered six knockdowns over the course of the bout. He was able to answer the standing eight count each time, but could never really get any measure of consistent offense going.
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Undefeated lightweight Gilbert Burns will take some time off MMA to get back to his jiu-jitsu roots.
Fresh off a submission victory over Christos Giagos at UFC 179 in Brazil, “Durinho” will put on the gi to meet fellow jiu-jitsu world champion Leandro Lo at Copa Podio on Nov. 22 in Rio de Janeiro. But there’s a catch.
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Roxanne Modafferi won’t face Vanessa Porto after all at Invicta FC 10 after Porto had an “unforseen delay in visa processing,” according to a Invicta press release Thursday.
Modafferi (16-11) will now face Andrea Lee (2-0) at the event at the Arena Theatre in Houston. Lee won her Invicta debut with a unanimous decision victory over Shannon Sinn at Invicta FC 9 earlier this month.
Modafferi recently snapped a six-fight skid with a unanimous decision win over Tara LaRosa at Invicta FC 8 on Sept. 8.
Michele Waterson will defend her atomweight title against Herica Tiburcio in the Invicta FC 10 main event.
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It looks like post-UFC life is treating Tito Ortiz just fine. Ortiz banked a hefty $300,000 purse for his split decision victory over fellow UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar in the headlining bout of Saturday’s Bellator 131 event, according to information released to Sherdog.com by the California State Athletic Commission.
Bonnar took home $100,000 in the losing effort, although he could have doubled that amount had he defeated Ortiz.
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In the battle to determine the winner of the featherweight ‘The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America’, finalists Leonardo Morales and Yair Rodriguez battled for three rounds, but it was the Mexican Rodriguez who’d emerge victorious at UFC 180 on Saturday night.
Morales took center of the cage, but Rodriguez used a lunging punch and push into the cage to trip Morales to the mat where he ended up in full mount. As Morales spun, Rodriguez sunk both hooks to the take the back. Morales was able to escape, but ended up in two armbar attempts, both of which Morales was able to escape.
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UBERLANDIA, Brazil — Fabio Maldonado is riding a four-fight winning streak as a light heavyweight in the UFC, but he won’t be able to get back in action anytime soon.
The Brazilian striker scored a second-round TKO victory over Hans Stringer at UFC 179 on Oct. 25, and he entered that bout with a knee injury.
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