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Former champ Andrei Arlovski returns to UFC
Six years after leaving the UFC, former heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski is back with MMA's top promotion. UFC president Dana White announced Arlovski's return via twitter Thursday.
Welcome back Andrei Arlovski!? Dana White (@danawhite) April 24,...
Welcome back Andrei Arlovski!? Dana White (@danawhite) April 24,...
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Rory MacDonald wants UFC title shot with win over Woodley
Rory MacDonald is scheduled to face fellow UFC welterweight contender Tyron Woodley at UFC 174 this summer and, should he win, the Candian believes he will have earned a shot at champion Johny Hendricks ?When I beat Woodley, hopefully [I get a title shot] in the fall or winter in Toronto or Montreal,? MacDonald told MMA Junkie in a recent interview.
?Hendricks is a great fighter. I have a lot of respect for him. He?s definitely a good fighter, and I?m excited to see him in the future.?
MacDonald was on the verge of getting a title shot before losing to Robbie Lawler last fall. Since then, MacDonald's teammate and mentor, Georges St. Pierre, left MMA and gave up his welterweight title, and MacDonald got back in the win column by beating Demian Maia.
The young fighter from Vancouver believes that he's finally hitting his potential. ?I definitely feel like I?m hitting my stride now this year,? he went on.
?My focus is at an all-time high, and I couldn?t be happier. ?I?m striving to be a champion in the welterweight division."
MacDonald doesn't hope to replace St. Pierre, however. All he can do, he knows, is become the best "Ares" that he can be.
?I don?t want to fill Georges? shoes. That?s an impossible task," he concluded.
"I don?t want to be Georges. I want to be myself. I want to represent my style of martial arts and my own personality."
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Wednesday
M-1 Challenge 47 Results and Photo Gallery
Marat Gafurov retains M-1 featherweight title with decision over American Lee Morrison M-1 Challenge Featherweight Champion Marat Gafurov (9-0-0) retained his title and remained undefeated, winning a five-round decision over invading American challenger Lee “American Bulldog” Morrison (13-4-0) in tonight’s M-1 Challenge 47 main event at Orenburgzhye Sport Hall in Orenburg, Russia. Living boxing legend […]
M-1 Challenge 47 Results and Photo Gallery is a post from: MMA Interplay
Source: http://www.mmainterplay.com/mma/m-1-challenge-47-results-and-photo-gallery-68130/
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Tuesday
Think Ronda Rousey?s Opinion Of Cris Cyborg Has Changed? Nope, Not At All
UFC female bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey isn’t afraid to say exactly what she wants, and that’s likely why UFC president Dana White thinks so fondly of her. In a recent interview with Yahoo! Sports, Rousey made it pretty clear that she feels if the UFC brings Cris “Cyborg” Justino in, that she could end up […]
The post Think Ronda Rousey’s Opinion Of Cris Cyborg Has Changed? Nope, Not At All appeared first on Fighters.com.
Monday
World Series Of Fighting Confirms Six Matches For Fourth Event This August
Press Release – LAS VEGAS, Nev. (June 20, 2013) ?Tickets priced from $29, for the star-studded World Series of Fighting Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif. on Saturday, August 10, go on sale beginning at 10 a.m. PST tomorrow, Friday, June 21 at www.axs.com, Citizens Business Bank Arena [...]
Douglas Lima Ready For Anybody Bellator Throws At Him Next
Douglas Lima finally earned gold in Bellator Friday night, besting Rick Hawn and winning the vacant welterweight title at Bellator 117. Just moments later, Lima stated that making the 170-pound limit is becoming “very hard” for him to do. “We’ll see what happens,” Lima said, during the post-fight press conference, which http://fightline.com” target=”_blank”>FightLine attended. “I […]
The post Douglas Lima Ready For Anybody Bellator Throws At Him Next appeared first on Five Ounces of Pain.
Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2014/04/20/douglas-lima-ready-for-anybody-bellator-throws-at-him-next/
Sunday
Alves, Baczynski, Cerrone and White Win Bonuses at UFC on FOX 11
After a night of free MMA action, UFC president Dana White awarded Thiago Alves (pictured), Seth Baczynski, Donald Cerrone and Alex White each an additional $50,000 for their special performances Saturday night at ?UFC on FOX: Werdum vs. Browne.? Alves and Baczynski took home “Fight of the Night” honors for their thrilling 15-minute shootout. Alves [...]
Source: http://www.5thRound.com/167343/alves-baczynski-cerrone-and-white-win-bonuses-at-ufc-on-fox-11/
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Jon Jones Doesn?t Accuse Glover Teixeira of Using Steroids, But ?
When reigning UFC light heavyweight king Jon Jones (pictured) revealed he requested for Glover Teixeira and he to receive random drug tests ahead of their UFC 172 shootout, media and fans alike applauded Jones for following in former UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre’s footsteps in wanting to clean up the perceived dirty sport of mixed [...]
Source: http://www.5thRound.com/167157/jon-jones-doesnt-accuse-glover-teixeira-of-using-steroids-but/
Nick Diaz ? "I'm not fighting for less than $500,000"
UFC president Dana White recently said that he offered retired former two-time welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz a fight with Hector Lombard. According to White, Diaz was interested in the bout but then never got back to him. In a recent interview with MMA Fighting, Nick confirmed that story, but added some crucial details.
"All I said was, 'What am I getting paid?' And he said, 'Let me check your contract.' And the last text I got from him was what I would be fighting for. I didn't consider fighting for that kind of money. I didn't say anything back to him, right, but usually that means something. I'm not considering even for a second fighting any of those guys for less than $500,000. There's no way," Diaz explained.
Diaz last fought in March, 2013, when he unsuccessfully challenged then-champion Georges St. Pierre for his welterweight title. Diaz retired for the second time in three fights after that one, but so far, has stuck to that status, with the occassional teases.
"I'm retired. Completely retired. Unless the UFC wants to renegotiate for something I'm happy with or I'm going to be fighting for the world title, which is obviously going to be for something I'm happy with because I'll make a ton of money," Diaz went on.
The Stockton fighter says that paying him more would be a win all-around. He'd get more money, the UFC would get a draw and the fans would have their bad boy back.
"The UFC wants me to fight. The people want me to fight. I don't want me to fight. So if we're going to need me to fight, we're going to have to work out the right deal," he said.
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UFC legend Anderson Silva in LA Police Academy
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Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is busy rehabbing his injured leg but that hasn't stopped him from pursuing another passion project of his - training to become a police officer. The MMA legend told Folha de Sao Paulo in a recent interview that, while he doesn't plan to work as an officer upon completion of his training, Silva is attending police academy in his home of Los Angeles.
"I train every morning, take my kids to school and go to the police school," he said, in a translation by Guilherme Cruz.�
"I?m studying at the Los Angeles School Police Department. I?m studying to become a police officer."
Silva said that he has many family members who are police officers, including a beloved uncle who raised him. Silva wants to honor that uncle by completing police academy.
"It?s a personal wish, something that will make my uncle happy," Silva said.
"He thought it was a little weird that I?m not doing this here [in Brazil], but it wasn?t the right time. My brothers are police officers, my nephews are police officers. It?s a family thing."
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Saturday
Clay Guida wins decision over Tatsuya Kawajiri
Clay Guida got back on the winning track with a unanimous decision win over Tatsuya Kawajiri in the co-main of UFC Fight Night: Abu Dhabi Friday. Guida won the bout with scores of 30-27 on all three judges' scorecards.
Of the two scrappy featherweights, Guida struck first, landing a big right hand that floored Kawajiri. The Japanese legend hung tough as Guida then took his back, and avoided giving up a submission. Kawajiri fought back with shoulder lock and arm bar attempts but Guida fended those submissions off before taking the back again.
Kawajiri managed to score a take down before getting caught in a Kimura shoulder lock hold of his own to close the first round. The two engaged in a close grappling war in the second round, which Guida edged out with takedowns and effective scrambling.
In the third, Guida landed more strikes on the feet and scored a big slam. Kawajiri refused to give in and threatened with a guillotine choke and heel hook attempt.
Guida escaped both and walked away with the win.
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Friday
Diaz brothers dissatisfied with pay
MMA Fighting reports that Nick Diaz will not fight in the UFC unless he receives a title shot and/or a substantial pay raise.� This comes just a day after his brother Nate spoke out about his own pay. First, Nick Diaz was offered a fight with Hector Lombard according to Dana White at a UFC […]
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Thursday
Chael Sonnen, Wanderlei Silva targeted for co-main at UFC 175 in Vegas; JDS headlines May 31 show
UFC president Dana White confirmed to Yahoo Sports Monday that the heavyweight fight between former champion Junior dos Santos and Stipe Miocic will be the main event of "The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil" finale on May 31 in Sao Paolo.
The bout had been the co-main event of UFC 173. The fight between TUF Brazil coaches Wanderlei Silva and Chael Sonnen has been moved from the May 31 card in Brazil and will now be the co-main event of UFC 175 on July 5 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, White said. The main event of UFC 175 is a middleweight title bout between Chris Weidman and Lyoto Machida.
The top two fights on the UFC 173 card on May 24 in Las Vegas are a bantamweight title fight between Renan Barao and challenger T.J. Dillashaw and a welterweight bout between Robbie Lawler and Jake Ellenberger.
However, White said, "I'm not done working on that card," referring to UFC 173, so it is assumed that there could be another bout added to it before long.
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