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UFC 165 Video Highlights: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson

BAD MMA News — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 11:48:23 +0000

Watch highlights from the light heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson from UFC 165 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Saturday. 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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UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson Extended Preview

BAD MMA News — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:03:09 +0000

UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson takes place on Sept. 21 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto and is headlined by a light heavyweight title fight between champion Jon Jones and challenger Alexander Gustafsson . UFC interim bantamweight titleholder Renan Barao puts his belt on the line against Eddie Wineland in the co-main event.

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Video replay: UFC 165 press conference where Jones discusses Silva’s antics

BAD MMA News — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:15:00 +0000

Did you miss Tuesday’s news conference announcing UFC 165, featuring Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson ? Check out a video replay of the media and fan event. UFC 165 will take place Sept. 21 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto with a main event light heavyweight title fight between champion Jon Jones and top contender Alexander Gustafsson. At Tuesday’s news conference in Toronto, Jones was asked plenty of questions about Anderson Silva ‘s loss to Chris Weidman at UFC 162 on Saturday, including what that meant for his pound-for-pound status as the new No. 1 and what he thought of Silva’s antics during the fight, which directly led to his loss

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Bocek-Prazeres, Clements-Thompson added to September’s UFC 165 in Toronto

BAD MMA News — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 02:00:00 +0000

The UFC’s September return to Toronto continues to fill out with a new pair of fights featuring two Canadians added to the bill. Mark Bocek (11-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) will meet Michel Prazeres (16-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) in a lightweight bout, and Chris Clements (11-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) takes on Stephen Thopmson (7-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) at welterweight. Joe Ferraro of Canada’s Sportsnet first brought word of the two new fight bookings, which subsequently were confirmed by UFC officials. UFC 165 takes place Sept. 21 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The main card airs on pay-per-view and features a light-heavyweight title fight between champion Jon Jones and challenger Alexander Gustafsson .Prelims will air on FOX Sports 1 and stream on Facebook.

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UFC 160 officially draws 12,380 attendance for $2.942 million live gate

BAD MMA News — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:00:00 +0000

This past month’s UFC 160 officially drew an attendance of 12,380 for a live gate of $2,942,365. Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer on Thursday released the figures to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). Officials initially announced an estimated attendance of 11,089 for a live gate of $2.942 million. UFC 160, the promotion’s annual Memorial Day weekend card, took place May 25 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and featured a heavyweight title fight between champion Cain Velasquez and Antonio Silva . Velasquez dominated “Bigfoot” to earn a quick first-round TKO for his first defense of the title he reclaimed from Junior dos Santos in December at UFC 155.

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Chael Sonnen reportedly replaces Nogueira, meets ‘Shogun’ Rua at UFC 161

BAD MMA News — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:45:00 +0000

In what will be just seven weeks since losing a light heavyweight title fight against Jon Jones , Chael Sonnen reportedly will return and save the co-main event spot at UFC 161. Sonnen (27-13-1 MMA, 6-6 UFC), according to a report from Globo , will step up to meet Mauricio Rua (21-7 MMA, 5-5 UFC) in the co-main event of the card later this month in Canada. “Shogun” was in need of an opponent once Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (21-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) dropped off the card with a back injury . UFC officials, however, could not yet confirm the report to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) early Monday afternoon. UFC 161 takes place June 15 at MTS Centre in Winnipeg. It will be the UFC’s first trip to the Canadian province of Manitoba. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook