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PFL 7 finalized with Smealinho Rama vs. Jamie Abdallah headliner

BAD MMA News — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:10:13 +0000

The PFL’s next trip to New Jersey is finalized with a five-bout main card. Headlining the event is a light heavyweight bout between Smealinho Rama and Jamie Abdallah , who both look to rebound from recent losses under the PFL banner. PFL 7 takes place Aug. 30 at Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. The event’s main card airs live on NBCSN following prelims on Facebook Live. Rama (10-4) returns to the PFL cage after a setback in his first fight in the regular season, which was a TKO loss to Brandon Halsey when the fight was stopped after two rounds

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Dan Spohn ready for next stage of PFL season, but he’s hoping to avoid one name

BAD MMA News — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 21:01:11 +0000

CHICAGO – Dan Spohn was determined to put his fellow competitors in the PFL light heavyweight division on notice Thursday at PFL 2. That’s why, even when he likely already had a victory in the bag, Spohn continued to pursue the finish. Spohn (17-5) earned four points toward a potential playoff berth when he stopped Bazigit Ataev (17-2) via third-round TKO at PFL 2, which took place at Chicago Theater in Chicago and streamed on Facebook prior to the main card on NBCSN. The finish came at the 4:31 mark of Round 3. Spohn picked up an extra point by not letting it go to the scorecards, and by the end of the regular season, that could be the difference between advancing to the playoffs or not. Spohn said he had that fact in mind as the fight was going down the stretch.

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Dan Spohn ready for next stage of PFL tourney, but he’s hoping to avoid one name

BAD MMA News — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:07:07 +0000

CHICAGO – Dan Spohn was determined to put his fellow competitors in the PFL light heavyweight tournament on notice on Thursday at PFL 2. That’s why, even when he likely already had a victory in the bag, Spohn continued to pursue the finish. Spohn (17-5) earned four points toward a potential “playoff” tournament berth when he stopped Bazigit Ataev (17-2) via third-round TKO at PFL 2, which took place at Chicago Theater in Chicago and streamed on Facebook prior to the main card on NBCSN. The finish came at the 4:31 mark of Round 3. Spohn picked up an extra point by not letting it go to the scorecards, and by the end of the regular season, that could be the difference between advancing to the playoffs or not.

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PFL 2 live and official results

BAD MMA News — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 23:33:31 +0000

CHICAGO – PFL 2 takes place today, and you can join us for live and official results beginning at 5:45 p.m. ET (2:45 p.m. PT). PFL 2 takes place at Chicago Theatre, and the early card streams on Facebook (5:45 p.m

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How Tamdan McCrory went from skinny, nerdy kid to grown man middleweight

BAD MMA News — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:22:35 +0000

The story of UFC middleweight Tamdan McCrory ’s first fight is, oddly enough, probably best told from the perspective of Kevin Seaman, who didn’t see it. Seaman is “The Barn Cat’s” longtime coach, a man who didn’t think much of McCrory (14-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) when he first met him. “He was very immature,” Seaman told MMAjunkie. “We didn’t hit it off real well at first. He was a kid, you know?” He was 19 the night Seaman took him up to Massachusetts for that first fight. He’d been training less than a year, still seemed like a skinny, nerdy punk who didn’t listen very well, but what was Seaman going to do

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Bellator 134 prelims: ‘The Silencer,’ ‘The Freight Train,’ ‘The Irish Bad Boy,’ ‘The Barn Cat’

BAD MMA News — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 02:16:07 +0000

Raphael Butler A seven-bout preliminary card has been set for Bellator’s “British Invasion,” and a colorful cast of characters are scheduled for the event. The new bouts includes a heavyweight bout between “The Silencer”, Raphael Butler (8-1-1), and “The Freight Train,” Josh Diekmann (15-5), welterweights Jesse Juarez (22-9) vs. “The Irish Bad Boy” Brennan Ward (9-3) and middleweights Jason Butcher (8-1) vs. “The Barn Cat” Tamdan McCrory (12-3), as well as welterweights Bobby Flynn (4-2) vs. Neiman Gracie (2-0), bantamweights Marvin Maldonado (2-3) vs. Blair Tugman (6-5) and bantamweights Randy Costa (0-0) vs.

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