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Omari Akhmedov vs. Mats Nilsson added to UFC 182 in Las Vegas

BAD MMA News — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:04:50 +0000

A welterweight bout between Omari Akhmedov (13-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Mats Nilsson (11-3-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) is the latest addition to January’s UFC 182 lineup. UFC officials recently announced the bout.

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UFC Fight Night 37 post-fight facts: Latifi-Diabate set history with striking shutout

BAD MMA News — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 18:28:46 +0000

For the third consecutive UFC event, the headlining bout attracted the bulk of the post-fight attention due to a spectacular knockout. This time it was Alexander Gustafsson (16-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) who delivered the goods when he stopped Jimi Manuwa (14-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) with a brutal assault of strikes in the second round of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 37 headliner. The organization’s 15th English event was a good one, with five of the nine UFC Fight Pass-streamed matchups ending with a knockout or submission, four of which occurred in the first round. UFC Fight Night 37, which took place at London’s O2 Arena, was the second of four UFC fight cards slated for a busy month of March. With much more MMA still ahead in the coming weeks, take a minute to look back at 25 post-event facts to come out of the UFC’s most recent international show. GENERAL Gustafsson, Manuwa and Gunnar Nelson earned UFC Fight Night 37 fight-night bonuses .

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UFC Fight Night 37 results: Luke Barnatt batters Mats Nilsson in TKO win

BAD MMA News — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:18:07 +0000

LONDON – Luke Barnatt ‘s height and reach were simply too much for newcomer Mats Nilsson . Barnatt battered the grappling specialist from distance to earn a TKO victory late in the first round for his third straight UFC win. The middleweight bout was part of the preliminary card of today’s UFC Fight Night 37 event at O2 Arena in London.

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10 reasons to watch ‘UFC Fight Night 37: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa’

BAD MMA News — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:41:31 +0000

No more sitting in limbo, UFC fans. If you want to keep up with the promotion’s international schedule as it happens, you need to get off your free-trial perch, put that fifth cancelation email in the junk folder, and authorize a monthly charge of $9.99 for UFC Fight Pass (or basically, do nothing). For Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 37 event, that’s the only way you’re going to be (legally) able to watch the punches and kicks fly

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UFC’s March return to London adds Barnatt-Nilsson, Scott-da Silva

BAD MMA News — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 22:05:51 +0000

The UFC’s London return has a pair of middleweight fights added to the bill for late winter. England’s Luke Barnatt (7-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) will take on Sweden’s Mats Nilsson (11-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), the latest Cage Warriors veteran to sign with the UFC. And Brit Brad Scott (9-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will welcome promotional newcomer Claudio Henrique da Silva (9-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) to the UFC. UFC officials announced the new fight bookings on Tuesday. “UFC Fight Night London: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa” takes place March 8 at London’s O2 Arena

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