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LAS VEGAS, Nevada – LFA CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will retrace its roots and return to the birthplace of RFA with a bantamweight showdown when the promotion heads to Kearney, Nebraska in September. … Read More

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Demian Maia may have suffered a third straight, one sided loss on Saturday night, but the vaunted grappler still intends to fight out his new UFC contract.

Maia took on rising welterweight Kamaru Usman in the main … Read More

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Demian Maia recently signed a new deal with the UFC, and it sounds like it could be the former welterweight and middleweight challenger’s last.

Maia has inked a new, four fight cpntract in advance of his bout … Read More

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Andrew Kapel inflicted heavy damage to his opponent from the bottom and it was enough to pull out a stunning decision victory, ending the eight-fight winning streak of Kevin Nowaczyk in the main event of Victory Fighting … Read More

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Victory Fighting Championship, in conjunction with Hoosier Fight Club, has set the main and co-main events for VFC 60 set for Saturday, April 14th at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana.

Topping the bill is welterweight showdown … Read More

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Here are the results from UFC Fight Night 124, which saw Jeremy Stephens stop Dooho Choi in the main event.

Both featherweights came out firing heavy strikes, as expected, but in the early going, Choi appeared to … Read More

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UFC Fight Night 124 has lost it’s original, co-headliner, as Uriah Hall did not weigh-in for his bout with Vitor Belfort. The contest was supposed to be Belfort’s retirement fight.

According to a report from MMA Junkie, … Read More

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HOUSTON, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will head to Nebraska, the birthplace of RFA, next month at LFA 25.

The main event of LFA 25 will feature the … Read More

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David Branch landed some heavy punches on Luke Rockhold early on at UFC Fight Night 116, but the latter came back to finish the former WSOF champ.

Branch came out aggressively and tagged the former middleweight champ … Read More

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Here are the weigh-in results for UFC Fight Night 116, which will take place tomorrow in Pittsburgh, Pennysylvania.

In the main event, former middleweight champ Luke Rockhold will take on former WSOF champion, David Branch.

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HOUSTON, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will head to Nebraska, the birthplace of RFA, next month at LFA 25.

The main event of LFA 25 will feature the … Read More

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Daniel Cormier moved to 2-0 against Anthony Johnson tonight at UFC 210, by submitting the feared slugger in the second round.

Johnson took Cormier down in the opening round, and landed a headkick later in the frame, … Read More

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Daniel Cormier may have needed two attempts this morning in Buffalo, New York to make the 205 pounds, but the headliner for UFC 210 remains a championship affair.

The light-heavyweight champ came in at 206.2 pounds on … Read More

If you cast your mind back to each pay-per-view (PPV) event that has taken place as part of the WME-IMG era, you will recall a series of unmitigated disasters. UFC 209 was no exception to this rule, as lightweight contender … Read More

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Antonio Rogerio Nogueira was unable to avenge his 2010 loss to Ryan Bader tonight at UFC Fight Night 100, as the latter’s wrestling and top game was too much for the legend.

Bader repeatedly took Nogueira to … Read More

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UFC Fight Night 100 will take place tomorrow night in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and all of the scheduled competitors have made weight.

The headliner will see Ryan Bader take on Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in a light-heavyweight bout. … Read More

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Many observers and fans predicted that Valentina Shevchenko was a dangerous fight for Holly Holm to take, and the bantamweight proved that was indeed the case at UFC on FOX 20.

Although Shevchenko never appeared to hurt … Read More

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The weigh-ins for UFC on FOX 20 are complete, and all of the scheduled competitors have made weight.

In the main event, former bantamweight champ Holly Holm will take on Valentina Shevchenko. In the co-main event, Gilbert … Read More

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The first lightweight title defense for Rafael dos Anjos ended very quickly and impressively, as the well rounded fighter needed less than two minutes to stop Donald Cerrone.

Dos Anjos punished Cerrone early on into the UFC … Read More

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The lightweight championship fight for UFC on FOX 17 is official, following today’s weigh-ins, but two fighters came in overweight on their first attempts.

The lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos and Donald Cerrone will fight in Saturday’s … Read More