MMA
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Bellator 292: Nurmagomedov vs Henderson preview, weigh-in results
Bellator continues to shake things up by reinvigorating their divisions holding a Grand Prix, and now it’s time for the lightweights. As usual, it’s a million on the line, and the tournament includes the lightweight champion defending their title in each bout. We’ve seen this before, but this is yet…
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HBO’s Real Sports dives into weight cutting in MMA, with some disturbing footage
HBO’s Real Sports takes a hard look at MMA’s culture of weight cutting.
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UFC 205: McGregor vs Alvarez – Winners and Losers
Even though we didn’t get to see Rashad Evans fight Tim Kennedy or Donald Cerrone fight Kelvin Gastelum, this card was stacked and arguably what the UFC intended for UFC 200 to be. We got a little bit of everything here, with a monumental event that avoided the dreaded “three…
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UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz – Winners and Losers
UFC 196 was already a hotly anticipated event, and one could say that the loss of lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos actually improved the card in terms of interest and potential for chaos after he was substituted by Nate Diaz. What we got was an event that had some outstanding…
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UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor – Winners and Losers
A long fight week ends with two massive booms that have changed the landscape of the sport, at least for the time being. Two title bouts took place at UFC 194 and the year of the championship upsets continues onward with new and even more dynamic champions claiming their crowns.…