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Six fighters joined UFC Canada Direction of Operations Tom Wright at the Fight Night Halifax post-fight press conference: Mitch Gagnon, Ultimate Fighter Nations’ champions Elias Theodorou and Chad Laprise, batanmweight winner Raphael Assuncao, and headliners Tarec Saffiedine and Rory MacDonald.Performance of the Night went to Canada’s Olivier Aubin-Mercier and Rory MacDonald for their strong performances. Aubin-Mercier finished Jake Lindsey midway through the second round of their FOX Sports 1 prelims bout while MacDonald became the first person to stop Tarec Saffiedine with strikes. Fight of … Read the Full Article Here
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Skip ahead to UFC Fight Night Halifax: MacDonald vs Saffiedine
Saturday, October 4th UFC Fight Night Stockholm: Nelson vs Story FIGHT PASS Prelims – 12:10PM EST/ 9:10AM PST/ 4:10PM GMT Online Airings Brazil and Latin America – Blocked All Other Countries – FIGHT PASS on UFC.tv Cable/Satelite Airings Central/South America
Mexico – UFC Network
Argentina – UFC Network
Bolivia – UFC Network
Chile – UFC Network
Colombia – UFC Network
Ecuador – UFC Network
Panama – UFC Network
Paraguay – UFC Network
Peru – UFC Network
Rep. Dominicana – UFC Network
Venezuela – UFC Network … Read the Full Article Here
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Rory MacDonald
25-year-old welterweight Rory MacDonald is a phenom in every sense of the word. The British Columbia, Canada native made his professional MMA debut at the age of 16 and got his first action in the Octagon against Mike Guymon at just 21 years old. MacDonald showed impressive resilience in his debut, finishing Guymon after getting dropped early. He immediately received a jump in competition in his next fight when he was slated to take on exciting welterweight Carlos Condit at UFC 115. Despite falling to Condit, MacDonald went on to win seven of his next eight fights, including … Read the Full Article Here
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Welterweight Josh Burkman, one of the fighters who made his name in the UFC after a run on an early season of The Ultimate Fighter, is back in the Octagon after nearly six years away, as UFC President Dana White announced his signing Friday afternoon.
Welcome back to the #ufc @joshburkman good to have you back!! #tuf2 http://t.co/bnkF9mhgP8
— Dana White (@danawhite) October 3, 2014
In his first fight back, Burkman will square off with explosive 170-pound contender Hector Lombard at UFC 182 in Las Vegas on January 3.Burkman, who competed on season two of the reality show, compiled … Read the Full Article Here
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One of my favorite quotes comes from the bio of UFC middleweight Tom Watson, who, when asked why he fights, said that he realized “by living a few years of my life like most won’t, I could live the rest of my life like most can’t.”Rory MacDonald has been living much of his life like most won’t, fighting grown men while still a teenager, leaving his home in British Columbia to train in Montreal, and opening up his life to those who choose to pick at him because he’s not a trash talker or demonstrative speaker with a collection of sound bites in his back pocket. It&rsqu … Read the Full Article Here
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Rick Story could have made the biggest mistake of his career. Well, given the fact that he landed with the renowned and respected MMA Lab in Arizona, made that a very slim possibility, but anytime you take something you’ve done for your entire fighting life, change it, and start off fresh somewhere else, that’s a big risk. But as he stood in the Octagon waiting to fight Leonardo Mafra in July, Story couldn’t have been more at ease.“Right before the bell rung, I was completely focused on my fight,” he said of the Atlantic City bout, his first since leaving his form … Read the Full Article Here
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Your Saturday is Set!
NELSON vs STORY!!! LIVE on Fight Pass tomorrow 3pm ET/12 PT pic.twitter.com/4FQTk9Lj7d
— Dana White (@danawhite) October 3, 2014
 
My first headline bout, pretty cool. #ufchalifax #title #champion http://t.co/DqjDkGMbRK pic.twitter.com/7RIpKqEPmO
— Rory MacDonald (@rory_macdonald) October 3, 2014
 
“Hair Off”! “@ufc: @kennyflorian #UFCHalifax’s @EliasTheodorou believes he has the #BestHairInMMA. Do you agree? pic.twitter.com/EVw3GqqRgu”
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) October 3, 2014
 
Going over the game plan … Read the Full Article Here
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UFC Fight Night, which is headlined by the welterweight bout between Rory MacDonald and Tarec Saffiedine and the bantamweight bout between Raphael Assuncao and Bryan Caraway, airs live on FOX Sports 1 from the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada beginning at 10pm ET / 7pm PT. Four prelim bouts will air live on FOX Sports 2 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT, and the first two prelims of the night will be available exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS beginning at 7pm ET / 4pm PT.MAIN EVENTTarec Saffiedine (170) VS Rory MacDonald (170)FOX SPORTS 1 MAIN CARDBryan Caraway (135) VS Raphael Assuncao (135)Yo … Read the Full Article Here
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“It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles…” – Sun TzuTarec Saffiedine believes he knows Rory MacDonald.Not like his favorite TV show or what Rihanna song he’s listened to the most. No, the last Strikeforce welterweight champion believes he understands the top Canadian talent as a fighter inside the Octagon. How MacDonald attacks, keeps distance, his game plan.And, Saffiedine’s belief is that this will lead him to victory over MacDonald in the UFC Fight Night main event on Saturday night.“I … Read the Full Article Here
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Michael Bisping started the flood in 2007, and then the proverbial waters receded. Soon, a British MMA contingent led by “The Count,” Dan Hardy, Ross Pearson, and several others eventually dwindled down to a select few who remained on the UFC roster, with those few largely taking their camps from the UK to the United States. Middleweight Scott Askham wouldn’t mind helping lead the next generation of fighters from England through the UFC, and on Saturday, he begins that task when he makes his Octagon debut in Stockholm against hometown favorite Magnus Cedenblad. It’s a m … Read the Full Article Here
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