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Bellator champ Alexander Shlemenko ‘disappointed,’ but will fight friend Cooper

BAD MMA News — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 18:00:00 +0000

Bellator middleweight champ Alexander Shlemenko might have prepared himself for the possibility of fighting his former training partner, Brett Cooper. But when Cooper lost to Doug Marshall, he appeared to be off the hook.

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UFC 163 results and photos: Rani Yahya grapples way past Josh Clopton

BAD MMA News — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 03:49:00 +0000

RIO DE JANEIRO – Josh Clopton may have to take his loss to Rani Yahya as a moral victory. After a 20-month layoff that included surgery, Clopton had to take on one of the UFC’s best jiu-jitsu practitioners, and do so in Brazil. He survived multiple Yahya submission attempts, but ultimately lost a unanimous decision with a trio of 29-28 scores. The featherweight bout took place today at UFC 163 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. It streamed on Facebook ahead of additional prelims on FX and the pay-per-view main card. Yahya kicked early, then put together a good combination. Shortly after that, Yahya went hard after a takedown that Clopton worked just as hard to defend. He mostly did, but Yahya dropped down into guard and went after a heel hook

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UFC 162 results/photos: Anderson Silva clowns way to title loss to Chris Weidman

BAD MMA News — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 08:45:00 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Anderson Silva bobbed, weaved and clowned his way to the first loss of his UFC career. The now-former UFC middleweight champion showed little respect to opponent Chris Weidman, who entered Saturday’s UFC 162 pay-per-view headliner as one of the smallest underdogs of Silva’s long title reign. As a result, MMA’s pound-for-pound kingpin and arguably the greatest fighter in the sport’s history gave away the fight as much as Weidman won it. In front of a stunned crowd at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, Silva (33-5 MMA, 16-1 UFC) dropped his hands, dared Weidman (10-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) to take a swing, and laughed off the challenger’s attempts. That was all well and good through the first round, when Silva escaped from an early takedown and heel-hook attempt to get back to his feet and deliver some late-round leg kicks. But like the first round, Silva continued clowning in the second round

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