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Bellator’s Gigantic Rampage Jackson vs. Tito Ortiz Promo Video

BAD MMA News — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 04:00:53 +0000

The first Bellator MMA Pay-Per-View, Saturday, November 2nd, will feature MMA Legends Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Tito Ortiz as they battle for the first time in the Bellator MMA cage! It will also include the long awaited rematch between Bellator Lightweight World Champion Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez for the belt. Bellator is taking giant steps — well, Rampage and Tito are — to promote its upcoming pay-per-view debut. Be sure to Like MMAWeekly.com on Facebook and Follow @MMAWeeklycom on Twitter .

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Belfort vs. Henderson 2 set for 205 pounds, official for UFC Fight Night 32

BAD MMA News — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 23:35:00 +0000

A recently rumored rematch between MMA legends Vitor Belfort and Dan Henderson is now official.

USA TODAY: In a nation of legends, UFC 163′s Jose Aldo is the people’s champion

BAD MMA News — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:20:00 +0000

(This story appears in today’s edition of USA TODAY .) RIO DE JANEIRO – It takes a small army of security personnel to usher Jose Aldo into the van that awaits the UFC’s featherweight titleholder. Along the way, he answers as many reporters’ questions as possible, smiles for camera click after camera click and signs a few dozen autographs. Thursday’s swirl of activity follows a three-hour engagement in which Aldo participated in a news conference, put on a public workout session that featured a soundtrack by a live rock band and then waded through a sea of fans and reporters to answer even more questions as microphones, cameras and recorders were shoved in his face. It was time for Aldo to retreat to his hotel, but his removal from the scene was anything but easy. “You get more experienced with fighting, and you get more experienced with everything else that goes with it, too,” Aldo told USA TODAY Sports and MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) through a translator. “I’m OK with it. Just go in there and do my job. I feel like that makes me more comfortable with everything.” In his native Brazil, Aldo is a superstar, plain and simple

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USA TODAY: In a nation of legends, UFC 163′s Jose Aldo is the people’s champion – MMA Junkie

Many Fighters Think Chris Weidman Can Beat Anderson Silva; Tim Boetsch Isn’t Buying the Hype

BAD MMA News — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 03:30:32 +0000

Courtesy of Damon Martin and official MMAWeekly.com content partner Bleacher Report . The moment that the UFC 162 main event was announced, middleweight contender Chris Weidman became the sexy pick to finally dethrone Anderson Silva from his reign as UFC champion. Silva has virtually been untouchable since winning the title back in 2006, but the seemingly invincible armor he wore took more than a few dings when he faced Chael Sonnen in two fights between 2010 and 2012. Despite Silva ultimately coming out on top in both fights, Sonnen’s wrestling countered the Brazilian’s laser-like accuracy on the feet for the better part of 25 minutes in total. So with Weidman carrying a similar background, being a former two-time NCAA All-American wrestler with an added element of a rapidly developing submission game honed under Brazilian jiu-jitsu legends like Renzo Gracie and John Danaher, it’s safe to say the New York native is a popular choice to finish what Sonnen started in his fights with Silva. “All the pros, like when you talk to all the fighters, every fighter out there that I’ve talked to and that we’ve interviewed think Weidman’s going to beat him,” UFC president Dana White said recently when speaking to the media about the upcoming UFC 162 main event. “ Georges St-Pierre thinks he’s going to win so much that he didn’t even want to plan to fight Anderson.” White didn’t get a chance to talk to every fighter on the roster because at least one middleweight contender who spent several weeks preparing for Weidman last year doesn’t believe he’s going to walk out of UFC 162 with the title in tow. “I think Dana’s quote was all the fighters he’s talked to were picking Weidman,” UFC middleweight Tim Boetsch recently told Bleacher Report – an official MMAWeekly.com content partner – about the upcoming fight.

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The Sunday Junkie: June 16 edition

BAD MMA News — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:00:00 +0000

A pair of legends squared off for the first time on Saturday night. The Sunday Junkie, MMAjunkie.com’s weekly reader-feedback feature, got plenty of submissions about UFC 161 in Winnipeg, and more. This week’s winner, Ben McPhee, of Arizona, believes the recent injury to Anthony Pettis could turn out to be a blessing in disguise. For his winning entry, McPhee wins a “Fightville” Blu-Ray, as well as a free one-year subscription to ” Fighters Only ” magazine, the world’s leading MMA and lifestyle magazine. Want to submit to next week’s edition of The Sunday Junkie? Scroll to the bottom of the page for instructions

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‘TUF: Brazil 2′ runner-up William Macario says loss not due to emotions

BAD MMA News — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:30:00 +0000

FORTALEZA, Brazil – William Macario simply got defeated by a better fighter. That’s how “Patolino” explains his loss to Leonardo Santos in the tournament final of “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2″ on Saturday. The bout co-headlined UFC on FUEL TV 10 at Paulo Sarasate Arena in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil. Heading to the cage, Macario’s emotions were evident. The previously undefeated fighter was fighting for the world’s biggest MMA organization, in his home country, in a co-main event, and just prior to a clash between Brazilian legends Fabricio Werdum and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

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