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Featherweights Chad Mendes vs. Nik Lentz slotted for UFC on FOX 9

BAD MMA News — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 23:10:00 +0000

Two top featherweight contenders have been targeted for a matchup at December’s UFC on FOX 9 event.

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Andy Ogle vs. Cole Miller Added to UFC Fight Night 30: Bisping vs. Munoz Fight Card

BAD MMA News — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 19:52:10 +0000

A bout between featherweights Andy Ogle and Cole Miller has been added to the UFC Fight Night 30: Bisping vs. Munoz fight card set for Oct. 26 in Manchester, England

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Following UFC Fight Night 27 win, Darren Elkins wants top-10 wins and title shot

BAD MMA News — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:45:00 +0000

UFC featherweight Darren Elkins knows that several top-tier featherweights are booked, but as long as he gets a top-10 opponent, he’ll be satisfied.

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Optimistic about knee injury, UFC’s Conor McGregor insults top featherweights

BAD MMA News — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 16:15:00 +0000

While fans have quickly taken to UFC prospect Conor McGregor, his fellow featherweights probably won’t be so eager. Especially after the Irish fighter’s latest tweets.

Optimistic about knee injury, UFC’s Conor McGregor insults top featherweights – MMA Junkie

White: UFN 26′s Gamburyan vs. Miller bout should’ve been stopped after first

BAD MMA News — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:00:00 +0000

After a confusing end to the first round, a UFC Fight Night 26 bout between featherweights Manny Gamburyan and Cole Miller went to the scorecards. UFC President Dana White, though, doesn’t think it should have ever gotten that far.

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‘ONE FC 10: Kojima vs. Leone’ adds Vincent Latoel vs. Willy Ni, other bouts

BAD MMA News — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:30:00 +0000

Next month’s “ONE FC 10: Kojima vs. Leone” event has three new additions. They include featherweights Bashir Ahmad (2-0) vs. Bruno Pucci (2-0) and lightweights Vincent Latoel (13-13-2) vs. Willy Ni (15-7). ONE FC 10 takes place Sept. 13 in Jakarta, Indonesia, at the 15,000-seat Istora Senayan Stadium. As with past ONE FC events, the main card will be available via online pay-per-view ($9.99) following free prelims.

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Join the club: Dennis Siver hopes for title shot with UFC 162 win vs. Swanson

BAD MMA News — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 03:15:00 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Add Dennis Siver to the growing list of UFC featherweights who believe they’re just one win away from a title shot. As it turns out, Siver’s Saturday opponent, Cub Swanson , is right there with him. Siver (21-8 MMA, 10-5 UFC) and Swanson (19-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) meet in a key contenders bout to open up the main card of UFC 162, which takes place at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook. Siver has won two straight at featherweight since dropping down from lightweight, where he spent 13 fights after a drop from welterweight and picked up five post-fight bonus awards in the UFC. Swanson has four straight featherweight wins and along with Ricardo Lamas believes he should be next in line for a shot at the 145-pound belt that Jose Aldo puts on the line against “The Korean Zombie,” Chan Sung Jung , in August. Lamas and Swanson believe they should be there ahead of Jung, as it is.

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Featherweight Prospect Doo Ho Choi Returns to the Ring at Deep Cage Impact on Saturday

BAD MMA News — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:27:53 +0000

Korean featherweight prodigy Doo Ho Choi returns to the ring on Saturday night to face Japanese journeyman Shoji Maruyama in the main event of Deep – Cage Impact at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Choi (10-1) is known to have caught the eye of UFC talent scouts. The 22-year-old will be a strong favorite against Maruyama (12-8-1), but the Japanese fighter has scored his fair share of knockouts and will have taken note of how Tatsunao Nagakura’s punching power caused the Korean some problems at Deep – 61 Impact earlier this year. Deep featherweight champion Kasunori Yokota was scheduled to face Choi in a title bout in February, but the challenger disappeared days before the show under mysterious circumstances that were never satisfactorily explained and the fight failed to materialize. Both featherweights will be fighting on the same card for the second time since their bout was cancelled, but not against each other. Yokota (17-5-3) will be taking on another Korean opponent, whose record is unknown, but who reportedly come from a grappling background and goes by the name of Eun Kyum Kim. Former Deep lightweight champion Katsunori Kikuno (19-5-2) is on the card, which will be held in a cage, taking on 42-year-old UFC veteran Jutaro Nakao (24-17-4), who made his professional MMA debut way back in 1996. A promising fighter at the opposite end of his career is also on the card as unbeaten lightweight Yuta Kaneko (6-0-1) takes on journeyman Hidehiko Hasegawa (19-18-6).

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Elkins-Hioki, Perez-Mizugaki official for UFC on FOX Sports 1 2 in Indy

BAD MMA News — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000

Featherweights Darren Elkins (16-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) vs. Hatsu Hioki (26-6-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) and a bantamweight matchup of Takeya Mizugaki (17-7-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) vs. Erik Perez (13-4 MMA, 3-0 UFC) are now official for UFC on FOX Sports 1 2. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) previously passed along news of the bouts , and UFC executives recently made them official. UFC on FOX Sports 1 2 takes place Aug. 28 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The event’s main card airs on FOX Sports 1, and prelims are expected to stream on Facebook.

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