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UFC: Frankie Edgar vs. Pedro Munhoz on the Move Again, Will Headline August 22...

Frankie Edgar vs. Pedro Munhoz has found a new date yet again. The anticipated bantamweight debut of former lightweight champ Edgar has been rescheduled a fourth time, per a report by Brazil's Combate. It will now headline the UFC's August...
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Ryan Spann vs. Johnny Walker Headed to Fight Island for UFC 253

Popular light heavyweight Johnny Walker is set to make the trip to Fight Island. ESPN was first to report that Brazil's Walker will take on Ryan Spann at UFC 253 in September. While nothing is set in stone as of...
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UFC Fight Island 3: Expectations or Not, Alex Oliveira Knows Winning Is Key

MMA being what it is, a lot of expectations were put on Alex Oliveira vs. Peter Sobotta at UFC Fight Island 3. "A lot of people thought it was going to be Fight of the Night. I knew it...
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UFC Fight Island 3: Carla Esparza on Split Decisions, Open to Ribas Fight Next

Despite a lack of cookies to celebrate with (or at least not enough cookies), Carla Esparza was in good spirits following her fourth consecutive win on Saturday, at UFC Fight Island 3. Even looking a little worse for the...
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UFC Fight Island 3: Pannie Kianzad Feels She’s Had a Harder Road to the...

It took a minute, but it feels like Pannie Kianzad has finally arrived in the UFC. The bantamweight, who appeared on The Ultimate Fighter 28 (at featherweight), wasn't gifted a contract at the end of the season. Few fighters were....
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UFC Fight Island 3: “Reserved” Tom Aspinall Not About to Replicate Teammate Darren Till’s...

MMA is a sport full of colorful personalities. But not everyone can be a Chael Sonnen, Rampage Jackson, or Conor McGregor. For every Darren Till, quite frankly, there's a Tom Aspinall. And that's fine. Let's be honest, one Darren...
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Bellator 242: Mark Lemminger Dug Bellator Debut, Open to More

"To be honest, it did not play out the way I thought it was going to play out," Mark Lemminger said following his Bellator 242 fight with Jake Smith. The welterweight pair threw down on the preliminary card of Bellator's...
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Bellator 242: Raufeon Stots Feels Difficulty Finding Opponents Means He’s Finally Getting Noticed

Raufeon Stots earned his second straight win inside the Bellator cage on Friday. Submitting the previously undefeated Cass Bell by rear-naked choke in the third round at Bellator 242, the bantamweight continued his steady progress up the 135lb ladder. That...

Cummins-Zappitella Title Fight Announced As Invicta FC 42 Main Event

Invicta FC has announced it's next event, and it features a vacant atomweight title fight in the main event. Following Jinh Yu Frey's missing weight earlier this year in her title defense against Ashley Cummins, the Invicta FC 105lb belt...
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Jason Jackson Credits Gilbert Burns, Vicente Luque following Bellator 242 Victory

"Have fun, smile, and don't have bad energy." That, at least in part, was what welterweight Jason Jackson saw as keys to his performance at Bellator 242. Whether the positive approach helped or not, the result was the right one....

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AJ McKee closed out Saturday's PFL San Diego with a vintage "Mercenary" performance. McKee (25-2), once a Bellator featherweight champ, faced off against the previously...