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Diego Lopes shares saddening injury update following UFC 325 loss

BAD MMA News — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:19:38 +0000

Diego Lopes will have more than his title opportunity loss to navigate after news of a serious injury befell the Brazilian following UFC 325 . Despite putting in an admirable performance, Lopes was unable to dethrone Alexander Volkanovski from featherweight gold on Saturday night. As he often does, Volkanovski showed his ability to disrupt his opponent inside the cage, outworking the challenger and walking away with a unanimous decision victory , as he did in their first fight almost a year ago

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Diego Lopes shares saddening injury update following UFC 325 loss – MMA Weekly

WSOF ‘in talks’ with former UFC title challenger Yushin Okami

BAD MMA News — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:50:00 +0000

World Series of Fighting could soon add a top 10 middleweight to its roster.

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UFC releases onetime middleweight title challenger Yushin Okami

BAD MMA News — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 00:15:00 +0000

The UFC has released perennial Japanese contender Yushin Okami.

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Champ Jim Alers and Graham Turner meet on NYE at Cage Warriors 63

BAD MMA News — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:45:00 +0000

Cage Warriors will ring in the new year with a featherweight title fight between American champion Jim Alers and Scottish challenger Graham Turner.

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Women’s MMA Report: Invicta FC set for Dec. 7 return, UFC adds Albu to roster

BAD MMA News — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 02:00:00 +0000

Following a five-month hiatus, Invicta returns with Invicta FC 7 in December. The card will feature a strawweight title bout between champion Carla Esparza and undefeated challenger Claudia Gadelha.

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Women’s MMA Report: Invicta FC set for Dec. 7 return, UFC adds Albu to roster – MMA Junkie

UFC 165 medical suspensions: Jones, Gustafsson among those out at least 60 days

BAD MMA News — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 22:15:00 +0000

Six fighters, including UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and challenger Alexander Gustafsson, were issued two-month medical suspensions following this past weekend’s UFC 165 event.

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UFC 165 Results: Renan Barao Takes Out Eddie Wineland, Remains Interim Champion

BAD MMA News — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 08:16:35 +0000

Interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao scored a spectacular stoppage win over Eddie Wineland at UFC 165 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto with a spinning back kick in the second round that stunned the challenger and was swiftly followed up with a fight finishing flurry of punches. It was an eye-catching performance from the Brazilian, who had bided his time in the opening round, scoring with a series of low kicks to the inside left leg of Wineland and seeing a couple of takedown attempts easily shrugged off.

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UFC 165 Results: Renan Barao Takes Out Eddie Wineland, Remains Interim Champion – MMA Weekly

Word Association with UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Jon Jones (Video)

BAD MMA News — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 06:50:03 +0000

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones plays word association in this video and his asked about most of the 205-pound division’s top ten ranked fighters. Here what he has to say about his UFC 165 challenger Alexander Gustafsson , Dan Henderson , Lyoto Machida , Phil Davis , Rashad Evans , Mauricio “Shogun” Rua , Glover Teixeira , Gegard Mousasi and Chael Sonnen . Courtesy of Fox Sports Be sure to Like MMAWeekly.com on Facebook and Follow @MMAWeeklycom on Twitter . Powered By WizardRSS.com | Full Text RSS Feed | Amazon Affiliate

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Word Association with UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Jon Jones (Video) – MMA Weekly

Countdown to UFC 165: Renan Barao vs. Eddie Wineland

BAD MMA News — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:53:19 +0000

Check out the behind the scenes build-up to the UFC interim bantamweight title bout between champion Renan Barao and challenger Eddie Wineland in Countdown to UFC 165. Click here for Countdown to UFC 165: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson Click here for Countdown to UFC 165: Brendan Schaub vs

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UFC on FOX 9 title challenger Josh Thomson: ‘I haven’t won s–t yet’

BAD MMA News — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:15:00 +0000

Josh Thomson has a message for all the well-wishers of the past 36 hours: Cool your jets.

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UFC on FOX 9 title challenger Josh Thomson: ‘I haven’t won s–t yet’ – MMA Junkie