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Jessica Eye in favor of women’s flyweight in UFC, won’t compete in it
Jessica Eye may have started her professional fighting career at 125lbs, but she now competes in the UFC’s bantamweight division, and has no intention ever of leaving it. Ever since the news broke of a flyweight fight between Joanne Calderwood and Valerie Letourneau next month at UFC Ottowa on June 18th,…
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Shannon Ritch involved in high-stakes bet for upcoming bare knuckle fight
In recent years, we’ve seen a greater interest in bare knuckle boxing and events that forego the use of gloves for unarmed combat in general. These events are largely either underground or promoted by smaller organizations on pay-per-view, or under private events as seen in the 2011 documentary Knuckle. We’ve seen…
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Nate Diaz on Conor McGregor’s rise: ‘Who the f**k is Dennis Siver?’
On a very special Wednesday edition of The MMA Hour, UFC mainstay Nate Diaz had some choice words regarding his ongoing saga with the organization as well as his thoughts on his most recent opponent Conor McGregor. The main point of his displeasure rests in the way that both he…
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Interview: Croatian M-1 fighter Antun Račić on his ‘invaluable experience’ at Team Alpha Male
It’s not unusual to see American MMA fighters travel from gym to gym in order to work on aspects of their game, or just to sharpen their skillsets with a fresh outlook or a different coaching mindset that is more compatible with their methods and form of thought. Yet what…
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UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic – Winners and Losers
Even before it took place, UFC 198 was the best Brazil vs the World card we had ever seen, with various surefire hall of famers participating in matchups that were almost guaranteed to be tremendous fun. Even with the loss of Anderson Silva vs Uriah Hall, we got some pretty…
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Preview – Bellator 154: King Mo vs. Davis
Scott Coker and company had put together a tremendous card for this weekend’s Bellator event in a homecoming of sorts to the place the promoter and those that have worked close to him have considered a home, San Jose, CA. Unfortunately for the organization and for fans, this card won’t…
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Former WEC and Bellator fighter found dead at home, possible suicide
The MMA community was stunned with the unfortunate circumstances that led to the death of Bellator fighter Jordan Parsons and the search for the man that caused it, yet there was another loss last week as well. MMA veteran Blas Avena, aged 32, was found in his apartment in Las…
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Titan FC hires Jessica Aguilar as WMMA matchmaker, signs Carina Damm
Despite recent concerns regarding the overall health of the organization, Titan FC is continuing their expansion in a surprising direction. The Florida-based organization has recently announced that they would be implementing weight classes for women to compete in the promotion at both strawweight and flyweight. They have also announced the signing of…
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UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski – Winners and Losers
UFC’s European events have changed so much in recent years, exponentially for the better. There’s a lot of great talent from all over the continent now, and hungrier and more rabid audiences as well as the UFC’s willingness to market these events well and investing a lot into these events…
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Bloody Elbow WMMA recap – April 2016
April was a fun month of MMA, after a certain period of inactivity by the major promotions for some time. On the women’s front, we saw some fairly consequential bouts that moved things around in various divisions. For starters, we had the treat that was Tecia Torres taking on Rose…
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