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The Octagon is heading to Phoenix, Arizona for the first time in company history as UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs. Miocic takes over the U.S. Airways Center on December 13th. Tickets for the momentous event go on sale today with three star-studded fights anchoring the highly-anticipated card, including a heavyweight headliner between rising star Stipe Miocic and former champion Junior Dos Santos. To whet UFC fans’ appetite, here are the three numbers that matter most for each of the six top 15 fighters. #2 JUNIOR DOS SANTOS VS. #5 STIPE MIOCIC14Months on the sideline for dos Santos as &ldquo … Read the Full Article Here
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The reminders of Evan Tanner are everywhere for Josh Burkman.“I got one doll,” he chuckles. “And it’s the little UFC doll of Evan Tanner and it just sits in my office. I look at it and wonder what would be going on if Evan was around right now. He always just seemed to drop into my life at different times.”Tanner, the former UFC middleweight champion, tragically passed away at the age of 37 on September 5, 2008, after a trip into the desert in California turned tragic due to heat exposure. Burkman, his longtime friend and training partner at various times over … Read the Full Article Here
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Rory MacDonald tweeted a picture to UFC President Dana White shortly after his big win over Tarec Saffiedine at Fight Night Halifax. It read: “Title shot or bust!.”
@danawhite @ufc @headrushbrand @tristargym @arielhelwani #titleshotorbust plz retweet pic.twitter.com/2vcX0qdBiv
— Rory MacDonald (@rory_macdonald) October 6, 2014
The boss got the message.
White spoke to the Canadian Press on Wednesday and confirmed that MacDonald is next in line and will face the winner of Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler at UFC 181 for the UFC welterweight title.
“It’ … Read the Full Article Here
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Leave it to Conor McGregor to put everything into perspective in his own unique way when asked about “The Fighting Irish” billboard that was unveiled on O’Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland Thursday morning.“We literally went to war on this street,” the fiery featherweight contender said. “We fought for our lives, fought for our independence on this street and now, right in the middle of it is my pretty, untouched face, screaming, with The Fighting Irish on it.”410 feet wide, the billboard features McGregor, the UFC logo, and The Fighting Irish hangin … Read the Full Article Here
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São Paulo – The UFC® will be hosting a casting call for the fourth season of its Brazilian reality TV show, The Ultimate Fightersup>®, airing on Globo, on Monday, October 27 at the Windsor Barra hotel in Rio de Janeiro. Tryouts will be open to bantamweights (61 kg) and lightweights (70 kg). This season’s coaches have not yet been announced.
All candidates for The Ultimate Fighter® Brazil should be between 18 and 35 years of age and have a minimum of three professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fights – holding a winning record (with verifiable records). For … Read the Full Article Here
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Irish featherweight Conor McGregor, fresh from his first round TKO of Dustin Poirier at UFC 178 arrives back in his hometown to be greeted by a 410ft wide ‘Fighting Irish’ billboard. McGregor was joined by his team mates Patrick Holohan, Cathal Pendred and current Ultimate Fighter 20 contender Aisling Daly.
Welterweight Pendred, also returning from a successful outing aboard at UFC Fight Night Stockholm said: “It’s the way we fight that helps us capture the world’s attention. There’s a fighting spirit within the Irish that is unmatched, it comes from our hist … Read the Full Article Here
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Coming off a stretch where the UFC rolled out 10 events over eight weeks, capped by Rory MacDonald’s blistering third-round finish of Tarec Saffiedine last Saturday night in Halifax, the current two-week break is a chance to do two things:(1)    Reflect on some of the outstanding fights that have taken place already this year, and(2)    Look ahead to the collection of terrific matchups that still remain on the schedule.While we’re inclined to save our thoughts on the best action of 2014 until the year has come to a close, looking at the upcoming schedu … Read the Full Article Here
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If Charles Rosa’s Fight of the Night effort against a Top 15 opponent in Dennis Siver on five days’ notice last Saturday in Stockholm didn’t already mark him as something special in the UFC’s featherweight division, maybe his routine on the Monday after his fight will do the trick.Note that Rosa lost close to 30 pounds in the days after being offered and accepting the fight, he went 15 hard minutes with one of the best featherweights in the world, and then left Sweden with an extra $ 50,000 in his pocket.Sounds like a good time for a well-deserved vacation. Not for Ros … Read the Full Article Here
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“I’m a band nerd, through and through,” John Crouch declares.No one would have guessed that this story of a highly-regarded Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt who currently oversees one of the premier MMA gyms in the United States, a place which boasts an ever-expanding roster of UFC talent, would begin with a proclamation of such curious magnitude. Nor would one have guessed that a high school marching band instructor would also be running a BJJ school as one of the few jiu-jitsu instructors certified at the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy, having learned the art from the first famil … Read the Full Article Here
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Before Jose Aldo began his reign over the UFC’s featherweight division, he went from unknown to champion while fighting in the blue cage of the WEC. As his October 25 rematch with Chad Mendes in the main event of UFC 179 approaches, let’s take a look back at his most memorable WEC moments.June 1, 2008 – TKO2 Alexandre Nogueira (watch on UFC FIGHT PASS)When Aldo made his WEC debut in June of 2008, it came with little mainstream fanfare, although fight game aficionados were curious to see what the Manaus native could do on the world’s most prestigious stage for lighter weight … Read the Full Article Here
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