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UFC sale complete, new owners send first memo to fighters
With all of the attention this week focused on the massive expectations of the much-anticpated UFC 202, it’s easy for a lot of things to fly under the radar. Luckily for us, UFC flyweight Ryan Benoit shared a company e-mail that was sent to all of the fighters showing the…
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UFC 202 Video: Conor McGregor fuming backstage after bottle throwing incident
The build up to UFC 202 continues, and the new episode of Embedded picks up right where we left off with the fallout of the bottle-throwing incident between Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor. Backstage, a very agitated McGregor was fuming after the incident, more frazzled than Jose Aldo was in…
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UFC 202: Teammates for Diaz, McGregor banned from promotional events
After the UFC 202 presser ended with an ugly incident in which water bottles and other items were thrown around, UFC senior vice president of public relations Dave Sholler revealed that the teammates and/or other non-licensed personnel of Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor are banned from events related to the…
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UFC’s Leslie Smith reveals she has a tumor, cannot afford treatment
UFC fighter Leslie Smith has been known for her toughness and grit, being an established veteran that has had some serious wars throughout her career. Yet in a recent piece on AXS TV regarding the possibility of a fighters association or union, she revealed that she has a tumor on…
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Jon Jones announces USADA progress, Octagon return ‘really soon’
This Sunday, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones took to Instagram to show gratitude to his fans and supporters, as well as to provide a brief update on his current situation. This comes just over a month after being pulled from UFC 200 due to a test failure, which…
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Weidman: It’s ‘a little embarrassing‘ when I tell people Bisping is the UFC MW champ
After winning the middleweight championship at UFC 199, Michael Bisping is once again the one fighter with the biggest bullseye on his back. In an appearance on The MMA Hour this week, the former middleweight champion expressed his disappointment in seeing Bisping as champion, as he finds it difficult to…
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Video: Documentary trailer shows Cyborg’s weight cut struggles ahead of UFC 198
For years now, Cristiane Justino – known largely to fans as Cris Cyborg – has been one of the most feared fighters on the planet, remaining dominant as the reigning top women’s featherweight in MMA. But since the rise of Ronda Rousey and the popularity of the UFC women’s bantamweight…
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Bloody Elbow women’s MMA recap: July 2016
July was a busy enough month in the sport, but the women’s divisions in MMA saw a lot of activity in the upper echelon of the sport, with titles changing hands and contender pictures becoming clearer. We begin with the strawweight division, where the top two consensus fighters squared off…
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UFC 201: Lawler vs Woodley – Winners and Losers
The story of UFC 201 began as a combination of lowered expectations, not much fan support, fatigue from the previous bunch of events in the month of July alone, and the high expectations and name value of UFC 202. The problem with that line of thinking, however, is the fact…
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Invicta FC 18: Grasso vs Esquibel preview & weigh-ins
This Friday, Invicta returns for another event filled with interesting matchups from top to bottom. The fight card is headlined by 22-year-old Mexican strawweight standout Alexa Grasso taking on Invicta veteran Jodie Esquibel in a bout that could very well determine the next challenger for former UFC fighter Angela Hill.…
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