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Din Thomas Gives His Take on UFC 247 Judging Controversy

Pretty much the entire MMA community had a response to Saturday's UFC 247 card. And like everyone else, American Top Team coach Din Thomas had a reaction to the scoring of the main event — and the judging controversy...
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B.J. Penn Hospitalized Following Single Vehicle Crash, DUI Investigation Underway

Former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion B.J. Penn was transported to hospital following a single-vehicle crash in his native Hawaii last week. Now, he could be facing charges. Big Island Now reported Tuesday that the troubled Hall of Famer is...
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UFC Oklahoma City Gets Sarah Alpar vs. Duda Santana

Bantamweights Sarah Alpar and Duda Santana are the first fight revealed for May's UFC Oklahoma City. The recently announced UFC Oklahoma City card now has a fight attached to it. Women's bantamweights Sarah Alpar and Duda Santana are set to...
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TUF 27 Winner Brad Katona Confirms Release from UFC

Ultimate Fighter 27 winner Brad Katona, who came out on top of a season full of undefeated fighters, is a UFC athlete no more. On Tuesday, the Canadian confirmed a report by TSN revealing that he had been cut...
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Belal Muhammad vs. Lyman Good Booked for UFC 249

A welterweight showdown has joined the ranks of April's UFC 249. Belal Muhammad will be looking to make it three straight wins when he takes on former Bellator champ Lyman Good at the event. MMA Junkie was first to...
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Douglas Lima to Face Gegard Mousasi for Bellator Middleweight Title

Bellator welterweight champion Douglas Lima will be moving up to challenge Gegard Mousasi for the vacant middleweight title on May 9 in San Jose. Just 24 hours after it was announced that he had signed a new contract extension with...
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Michel Prazeres Suspended Two Years by USADA for Violating UFC Anti-Doping Policy

The latest fighter to run afoul of USADA is Michel Prazeres, who has been handed down a two-year ban from competition after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. USADA continues to test UFC athletes, and they continue to test positive...
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Bellator Champions Lima and Macfarlane Sign Contract Extensions

Bellator has announced that welterweight champion Douglas Lima and flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane have signed multi-fight, multi-year extensions with the company. Early Monday, Bellator MMA sent out a press release stating that reigning welterweight and flyweight champions Douglas Lima and...
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Invicta FC Announces Open Scoring for Phoenix Series 3 in March

Judging was on the hot seat this past weekend. A number of fights came under fire thanks to puzzling scores being returned by judges. Among them, Jon Jones vs. Dominick Reyes (49-46 Jones was rather galling), Andre Ewell vs....
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Bellator Middleweight Champion Rafael Lovato Jr. Vacates Title Due to Health Issues

Facing scrutiny from athletic commissions and questions regarding the viability of fighting with a brain condition, Rafael Lovato Jr. has vacated Bellator MMA's middleweight title. After going public with a brain condition that has put his fighting career on hold,...

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