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Dana White: Georges St-Pierre’s VADA stance before UFC 167 ‘a little weird’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:05:00 +0000

BOSTON – Maybe Dana White isn’t used to fighters volunteering to foot the bill for things. Maybe he doesn’t understand why one of his champions would put himself through any additional hardships in the buildup to what many believe is his most dangerous opponent yet. But he knows one thing when it comes to UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and his new insistence that he’ll pay to be drug tested himself by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association: “It’s a little weird,” White said at a Wednesday charity event in Boston, where he is for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 26

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Dana White: Georges St-Pierre’s VADA stance before UFC 167 ‘a little weird’ – MMA Weekly

Luke Rockhold wants top contender bout alongside Velasquez at Houston’s UFC 166

BAD MMA News — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 01:15:00 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Luke Rockhold felt some first-time octagon jitters – he admits it. Despite his fair share of fights on the big stage, Rockhold said he definitely noticed a difference when he made his UFC debut in May against Vitor Belfort in Brazil. That fight resulted in a first-round knockout loss from a Belfort spinning kick to the head. “It was really bright,” Rockhold on Wednesday told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) at a charity event in Las Vegas. “That’s the one thing that was a little different. (And) the mat was a little slippery – I’m not gonna lie

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Luke Rockhold wants top contender bout alongside Velasquez at Houston’s UFC 166 – MMA Junkie