Trainer: Yoel Romero was not out between rounds at UFC 178, considers top 5 competition should be next

Yoel Romero scored the greatest win of his MMA career on Saturday night, but it did not come without some controversy.

Romero conquered Tim Kennedy via third-round TKO at UFC 178 in Vegas, but that stoppage arrived seconds after he got more time to recuperate between rounds. Kennedy protested following the loss, saying that he should happen to be given the TKO success when Romero did not answer the bell, but Romero’s team is convinced nothing will change.

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Trainer: Yoel Romero was not out between rounds at UFC 178, considers top 5 competition should be next

Carlos Diego Ferreira replaces injured Alan Patrick at UFC 179

Alan Patrick was forced from UFC 179 having a fractured jaw, as well as the UFC called another undefeated Brazilian to replace him about the pay per view card.

Beneil Dariush will now confront Carlos Diego Ferreira, who scored notable successes underneath the UFC banner before in 2013, in the main card’s opening fight in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Oct. 25. UFC declared the replacement on Monday night.

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Carlos Diego Ferreira replaces injured Alan Patrick at UFC 179

Morning Report: Chael Sonnen "forgives" Wanderlei Silva for "whatever he did or was getting prepared to do" in ill-fated grudge match

In a very Chael Sonnen-esque creative reason for his activities, former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen considers he and PRIDE star Wanderlei Silva were just victims of circumstance in MMA’s bigger development.

After Sonnen and Silva were handed down a two-year and life prohibition, respectively, by the Nevada Athletic Commission, the former says he ‘was actually disappointed how things shook out’ for his Brazilian cohort.

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Morning Report: Chael Sonnen "forgives" Wanderlei Silva for "whatever he did or was getting prepared to do" in ill-fated grudge match

Former WSOF winner Georgi Karakhanyan resigns with Bellator

A former WSOF winner is headed back to Bellator.

Georgi Karakhanyan, the former WSOF featherweight champ, has signed a multi-fight contract with Bellator, in accordance with promotion officials. Karakhanyan returns to Bellator after most recently losing the WSOF 145-pound title to Rick Glenn in June. The elements surrounding his next fight have not yet been established.

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Former WSOF winner Georgi Karakhanyan resigns with Bellator

UFC Fight Night 53 Fight Card: Nelson vs. Narrative

MMA Fighting gets the UFC Fight Night 53 fight card for the Nelson vs. Story fight card for the Oct. 4 event at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.In the main event, Gunnar Nelson will square off against Rick Story in a welterweight contest. Max Holloway confronts Akira Corassani in a featherweight fight in the co-main event. Check out the UFC Fight Night 53 fight card below. Chief card (UFC Fight Pass at 3 p.m. ET)Gunnar Nelson vs. Rick StoryAkira Corassani vs. Max HollowayIlir Latifi vs. Jan BlachowiczNiklas Backstrom vs. Mike WilkinsonUndercard (UFC Fight Pass at 12:10 p.m. ET)Magnus Cedenblad vs. Scott AskhamNico Musoke vs. Alexander YakovlevDennis Siver vs. Charles RosaCathal Pendred vs. Gasan UmalatovTor Troeng vs. Krzysztof JotkoMairbek Taisumov vs. Marcin BandelZubaira Tukhugov vs. Ernest Chavez

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UFC Fight Night 53 Fight Card: Nelson vs. Narrative

UFC 178 medical suspensor: Tim Kennedy possibly out six months after contentious end

Tim Kennedy may be held out of action for half a year after enduring a controversial third-round TKO loss to Yoel Romero at UFC 178, based on information released to MMAFighting.com from the Nevada Athletic Commission.

Kennedy seemed to be to the brink of knocking Romero out in the closing seconds of round two of the pair’s middleweight competition, yet Romero lived to the horn, subsequently was given nearly a minute-and-a-half to recuperate between rounds as a result of number of outrageous situation which UFC President Dana White called “the dirtiest trick in the book.”

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UFC 178 medical suspensor: Tim Kennedy possibly out six months after contentious end