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USA TODAY: UFC champ Renan Barao not focused on gaudy winning streak

BAD MMA News — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:15:00 +0000

UFC interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao hasn’t lost an MMA fight in eight years. You’d think it would be hard for the 26-year-old Brazilian to remember what defeat feels like. But the memory is never far away.

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USA TODAY: Too easy to ignore UFC Fight Night 27′s Rafael dos Anjos

BAD MMA News — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 17:15:00 +0000

In the lead-up to fights, one mixed martial artist often insists the other is utterly terrified of some aspect of his game — his striking, his takedowns, his submissions or some other facet — and as such will look to avoid them at all costs.

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USA TODAY: UFC Fight Night 26′s Browne, Overeem out to prove worth as contenders

BAD MMA News — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:15:00 +0000

BOSTON – In October, UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and former titleholder Junior dos Santos meet in their rubber match to decide who’s the better man in the octagon.

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USA TODAY: Invicta FC champ Cris ‘Cyborg’ books muay Thai bout at Lion Fight 11

BAD MMA News — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:15:00 +0000

(This story first appeared on usatoday.com .) With plenty of buzz about MMA fighters such as Anderson Silva and Quinton Jackson crossing over to box against Roy Jones Jr., there’s another crossover that will happen first. Former Strikeforce women’s featherweight champion and current Invicta Fighting Championships titleholder Cristiane Justino will venture into the world of muay Thai. “Cyborg” has signed on to face renowned kickboxing champion Martina Jindrova at Lion Fight 11 on Sept. 20 in a fight that will air on AXS TV.

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USA TODAY: Chris Weidman believes Anderson Silva rematch will erase doubts

BAD MMA News — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:15:00 +0000

(This story appeared in today’s edition of USA TODAY .) Chris Weidman is less than a week removed from shocking the world, and all he can think about is doing it again. “I stress a lot about fighting,” Weidman told USA TODAY Sports in an exclusive interview. “I want to be the best in the world so bad, and I want to always shine and look spectacular. I put a lot of pressure on myself to do that and work hard. “I thought once I won the belt, I’d kind of have a weight lifted off my shoulder and could relax a little bit.

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USA TODAY: Even in defeat, ex-UFC champ Anderson Silva still holds all the cards

BAD MMA News — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 15:45:00 +0000

(This story appeared in today’s edition of USA TODAY .) The way it normally works in the fight business, the person who gets knocked out shows up at the press conference later, trying to convince the promoter, the media and the fans that he deserves a rematch. Not the other way around. But then, there was nothing normal about the main event of UFC 162 in Las Vegas, so why should the immediate aftermath be different? All it took was one left hook from challenger Chris Weidman (10-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) to put an end to Anderson Silva ‘s (33-5 MMA, 16-1 UFC) clowning around in the cage, and with it his record-breaking reign as UFC middleweight champion. The sweat wasn’t even dry on the canvas when the rematch talk started, but leave it to the mercurial Silva to go sprinting down the road less traveled at every opportunity. “I don’t fight anymore for the belt,” Silva said moments after suffering his first loss in more than seven years, and the only knockout loss of his 16-year career.

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USA TODAY: UFC 161′s Roy Nelson says ‘the Roy Nelson business doing very well’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:30:00 +0000

(This story appeared in today’s edition of USA TODAY .) Roy Nelson has a theory as to why UFC President Dana White doesn’t like him. “I think he’s star-struck,” Nelson (19-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC), who has been criticized by White for everything from his ragged, everyman appearance to his negotiating tactics, told USA TODAY Sports and MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “Some people get flustered when a bigger star is in the room.” It’s unclear if Nelson, 36, a heavyweight who goes by the nickname “Big Country” and who proudly sports both a beer belly and a bedraggled beard, meant that remark literally or if he even meant it at all. Judging by his reluctance to give straight answers to direct questions, that seems to be the way Nelson likes it. But as Nelson heads into a bout with fellow heavyweight Stipe Miocic (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) at UFC 161 in Winnipeg on Saturday (pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET), his relationship with White and the UFC appears to be as big a threat to his career as any opponent. According to White and Nelson’s manager, Mike Kogan, the fight against Miocic is the last on Nelson’s contract. Although Nelson says he doesn’t know whether that is the case — “I have people for that,” he says — he doesn’t deny White’s assertion that he has declined the UFC’s offer of an extension.

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