MMA News
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Fabricio Werdum removed from UFC commentary duties following anti-Reebok post
After an Instagram post critical about Reebok, former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has now found himself out of his side job as a member of the Spanish commentary team for UFC broadcasts. Werdum’s comments stemmed from his displeasure with the current sponsorship situation with Reebok, which replaced the previous…
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Boxing queen Cecilia Braekhus wants a fight with Cris Cyborg in 2017
Cecilia Brakhus may be at the top of the mountain in the boxing world, but she’s still hungry for more and wants a new kind of challenge. After defeating fellow elite boxer Anne Sophie Mathis on Braekhus’ home soil in Norway over the weekend, she intends to take on a…
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MMA fighter accused of domestic violence, attacking fellow fighter ex-fiancée
Australian Jessica-Rose Clark, who has had some ups and downs in her MMA career, has decided to make public a harrowing ordeal she has been going through with her former significant other. Clark explained that she was in a relationship with fellow Aussie MMA fighter Julian Wallace and referenced an…
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Royce Gracie files for divorce, demands legal fee coverage and spousal support
It looks like Royce Gracie is about to be single for the first time in 22 years. TMZ Sports reports that divorce filings were registered in Los Angeles County Superior Court for Royce and his wife Marianne Cuttic, a Los Angeles area podiatrist. The original face of the UFC and…
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Overeem doubts McGregor and Mayweather earn as much as they claim
For years, fans and media have speculated on full paydays for MMA fighters, mostly due to the secretive nature of the sport when it comes to financials. Despite disclosure from various commissions and organizations, there’s always the undisclosed contractual pay for some of the bigger names, making things more nebulous…
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UFC on Fox 21: Maia vs Condit – Winners and Losers
Growth. That was the theme for so many of these fights tonight. Performances that showed new wrinkles for some fighters, while others refined the items in their toolboxes to put on a show. Despite being primarily set up to be an action card, there was a fair amount of divisional…
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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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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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Women’s MMA Recap – May 2016
May turned out to be a rather busy month for women in the sport. A ton of fights that had very important divisional consequences for the participants involved, including some shocking upsets and surprisingly great performances. First off Invicta FC put on another action-packed card with some of their better…
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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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