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Video: Preview of Bellator 97′s championship doubleheader on Wednesday

BAD MMA News — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Check out a video preview of Wednesday’s Bellator 97 event, which includes a championship doubleheader and a grudge match in the “Summer Series” light-heavyweight tournament final. The event takes place at Santa Ana Center in Albuquerque, N.M., and the main card airs on Spike TV (7 p.m. ET) following prelims on Spike.com (6 p.m. ET). The full Bellator 97 lineup includes: MAIN CARD (Spike TV, 7 p.m

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Video: A look ahead at MMA’s top 10 welterweights ahead of summer’s key matchups

BAD MMA News — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 02:10:00 +0000

With a break in action from any major MMA events this week, the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com MMA welterweight rankings stood firm. But that won’t be the case for long, as several ranked fighters have key bouts scheduled in the coming months. One month from now, No. 3 Jake Ellenberger and No. 6 Rory MacDonald meet in a fight that’s quickly becoming a grudge match as a war of words escalates on Twitter. Bellator MMA champ Ben Askren defends his belt just four days later.

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Thiago Silva vs. Rafael Cavalcante full fight video highlights

BAD MMA News — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:00:00 +0000

FORTALEZA, BRAZIL – After a night full of submissions, Thiago Silva and Rafael Cavalcante threw caution to the wind and decided to engage in a good ol’ fashioned slugfest. It was a wise move for Silva. The light heavyweights met on the FUEL TV-televised main card of Saturday’s UFC on FUEL TV 10 event at Paulo Sarasate Arena in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil. With both fighters in head-hunting mode and launching power shots in their grudge match, Silva (15-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) eventually backed his opponent to the cage and tagged Cavalcante (11-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) with a series of straight punches. His fellow Brazilian eventually crumpled to the mat, and Silva finished him off with follow-up shots late in the first round. Check out the highlights above. And for complete coverage of UFC on FUEL TV 10 , stay tuned to the UFC Events section of the site. Edit this article

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UFC on FUEL TV 10′s ‘Feijao’ Cavalcante unsure of origin of Silva trash talk

BAD MMA News — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:00:00 +0000

FORTALEZA, Brazil – Former Strikeforce champ Rafael Cavalcante is ready to fulfill a dream on Saturday night when he makes his UFC debut. And while opponent Thiago Silva (14-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) seems to be treating the bout as a grudge match, Cavalcante (11-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) said he can’t be bothered to really care. “I don’t even listen to him,” Cavalcante told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “I don’t even know what he was talking about. But I don’t care about that. All that matters is Saturday. That’s when we’ll see what happens.” “Feijao” and Silva meet on the FUEL TV-broadcast main card of Saturday’s UFC on FUEL TV 10 event, which takes place at Paulo Sarasate Arena in Fortaleza, Brazil. Ahead of the fight, Silva said Cavalcante has been acting like “a Hollywood celebrity” and suggested he couldn’t wait to “slap ‘Feijao’ around.” Cavalcante said he has no idea Silva is talking about

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