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WSOF 5′s Elvis Mutapcic wants continued big challenges on path to a title

BAD MMA News — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 23:45:00 +0000

Elvis Mutapcic already has one middleweight title on his mantle Now he wants another. He sets his sights on a belto for World Series of Fighting this week in the middleweight tournament.

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Eddie Alvarez Remains with Bellator, Challenges Lightweight Champ Michael Chandler on PPV

BAD MMA News — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 21:12:10 +0000

It’s been nearly a year since he last fought, but Eddie Alvarez is once again under contract with Bellator MMA. He’ll make his next start for the promotion in a rematch with lightweight champion Michael Chandler.

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Georges St-Pierre Knows Johny Hendricks Presents Challenges, but That’s Nothing New

BAD MMA News — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:30:03 +0000

Many people are saying that Johny Hendricks could be to Georges St-Pierre what Chris Weidman was to Anderson Silva, but St-Pierre knows the challenges before him.

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Details on UFC champ Ronda Rousey’s role in ‘The Expendables 3′

BAD MMA News — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 00:15:00 +0000

Ronda Rousey is used to big challenges, and her role in “The Expendables 3″ is just that. The UFC women’s bantamweight champion is no bit part in the action flick; she’s one of the “Young Expendables,” according to a working draft of the script obtained Wednesday by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). Rousey plays Luna, an “athletic female bartender” in her 20s who joins up with the “Old Expendables” to battle one of their own. Just like Rousey, Luna is quick with words and handy in a fight.

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UFC champ Demetrious Johnson teasing superfights, sees challenges at flyweight

BAD MMA News — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 11:30:00 +0000

SEATTLE – As a new father, UFC flyweight titleholder Demetrious Johnson (18-2-1 MMA, 6-1-1 UFC) is all about cashing the biggest checks possible, and he thinks a superfight with either of the UFC’s two current bantamweight champions could provide exactly that. However, he believes there are still plenty of challenges at flyweight, as well. “I’ve beat the best of the best in the flyweight division, and there are still up-and-comers in there,” Johnson said at Saturday night’s post-UFC on FOX 8 press conference in Seattle. “I know there’s some key matchups coming up pretty soon. … There are still a couple of flyweights out there that I haven’t fought yet, and I wouldn’t mind fighting them.

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Watching Dominick Cruz pushed UFC on FOX 8′s John Moraga to next level

BAD MMA News — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 22:15:00 +0000

SEATTLE – John Moraga knew he had what it takes to be a champion some day. But he also knew he was going in a direction that needed him to take a push to the next level. Moraga knew he was underachieving, and it took a visit to a UFC champion’s training camp to realize what he needed to do to get to take things up a notch. Moraga (13-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) on Saturday challenges Demetrious Johnson (17-2-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC) in the main event of UFC on FOX 8 for Johnson’s flyweight title. And he may have Dominick Cruz to thank for helping him get there

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Guillard dedicates UFC on FOX 8 to recently passed grandmother, ailing sister

BAD MMA News — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 02:15:00 +0000

UFC lightweight Melvin Guillard (30-12-2 MMA, 11-7 UFC) has a lot on his mind leading into his next fight, and it’s not about his departure earlier this year from the Blackzilians MMA team in Florida. Guillard’s grandmother passed away on Monday, and he said his sister is scheduled to have brain surgery four days after this weekend’s UFC on FOX 8 event, where he faces Mac Danzig (30-12-2 MMA, 11-8 UFC) on the event’s FX-televised preliminary-card at KeyArena in Seattle. Win or lose at the event, Guillard will fly to Florida to reunite with his wife, whom he hasn’t seen since April, and then go to New Orleans to see his sister through her procedure. Guillard said he remains focused despite recent challenges and said he’s dedicating his fight to his family. “Those things only make me stronger,” he told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). It’s been a tough year for “The Young Assassin,” who left the Blackzilians after back-to-back losses in the octagon. He was then blocked from returning to his former team at Jackson-Winkeljohn’s MMA and went to court on a pair of assault charges from 2010. In April, Guillard moved into the basement of a fighter house at the Grudge Training Center in Wheat Ridge, Colo., to get his career back on track

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