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Bellator 98 Results: Alexander Shlemenko Outduels Brett Cooper to Retain Title

BAD MMA News — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 08:47:29 +0000

Bellator 98 suffered several bumps in the road en route to finally taking place on Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn., but eventually did take place with the Bellator middleweight championship on the line. Alexander Shlemenko defended his belt, winning a unanimous decision over Brett Cooper, who stepped into the fight as a replacement for the injured Doug Marshall. Shlemenko established his dominance early with his stand-up game, landing with greater frequency and greater power than Cooper.

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Dana White Wouldn’t Mind Putting Vitor Belfort vs. Lyoto Machida in UFC 167 Co-Main Event

BAD MMA News — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 08:15:15 +0000

Vitor Belfort wants to fight for the UFC middleweight championship. Lyoto Machida wants a rematch with Phil Davis. Neither is going to get the fight that they want, but they may just get a fight against each other. UFC president Dana White wouldn’t mind putting the two in a fight together, especially if it were at 185 pounds, according to a report on UFC Tonight on Tuesday. In fact, White told UFC Tonight reporter Ariel Helwani that he would make the fight the co-main event of UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks , the promotion’s 20th Anniversary event. UFC 167 takes place on Nov. 16 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

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Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman Rematch at UFC 168; Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate is Co-Main

BAD MMA News — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 02:42:49 +0000

function not found The UFC middleweight championship changed hands for the first time in seven years when Chris Weidman upset Anderson Silva at UFC 162 on July 6. The talk about the fight has not waned in the days following the fight. While UFC president Dana White and new champion Chris Weidman both proclaimed that Anderson Silva could have an immediate rematch if he wanted it, the former champion took a step back to think about it. The pondering was short-lived, however, as White announced on Saturday’s edition of ESPN SportsCenter that Silva has agreed to rematch Weidman at the promotion’s monster year-end event in Las Vegas, UFC 168. Not only will Weidman vs. Silva II headline UFC 168 on Dec.

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Anderson Silva Pulls Back on Declining Rematch, Wants Time to Ponder Future

BAD MMA News — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 14:15:17 +0000

function not found Chris Weidman pulled off one of the bigges t upsets in UFC history on Saturday night when he knocked out Anderson Silva at UFC 162 in Las Vegas. Silva was on a 16-fight winning streak in the Octagon. He held the middleweight championship longer than any fighter in company history. He has more title fight victories on his record than Weidman has fights.

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Herb Dean Tapped to Officiate Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman UFC 162 Main Event

BAD MMA News — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:37:52 +0000

Referee Herb Dean will control the cage when Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman square off for Silva’s UFC middleweight championship. Nevada State Athletic Commission officials on Friday assigned Dean as the referee for the bout. They also named Adalaide Byrd, Marcos Rosales and Patricia Morse Jarman as the fight’s judges. Silva and Weidman headline UFC 162 , which takes place on July 6 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White recently took aim at referee Steve Mazzagatti , heavily criticizing the official’s actions in the World Series of Fighting 3 main event between Jon Fitch and Josh Burkman. His criticism of Mazzagatti was followed by concern that his comments might be met with retaliation from the commission

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Anderson Silva and Jon Jones Nominated for Best Fighter ESPY; Can Either Beat Floyd Mayweather?

BAD MMA News — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:06:09 +0000

UFC champions Anderson Silva and Jon Jones have been nominated for ESPN’s prestigious ESPY Award for “Best Fighter” for the second consecutive year. But can either of them edge out last year’s winner, boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. , who is also nominated again this year? Rounding out the 2013 nominees are Mayweather’s fellow boxers Danny Garcia and Canelo Alvarez. This is the third time each for Silva and Jones to be nominated for the award. Jones has been nominated three years in a row, while Silva was nominated for the award in 2009, 2012, and 2013. Silva (33-4) has not lost in the Octagon since making his UFC debut in 2006. He has won 16 consecutive UFC bouts, has held the middleweight championship since late 2006, and set numerous other records.

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UFC 161 Fighter Flashback: Dan Henderson’s Stunning Wanderlei Silva KO (Full Fight Video)

BAD MMA News — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:30:43 +0000

Dan Henderson has former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans to worry about in Saturday’s UFC 161 main event in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He’s no stranger to high pressure fights and pulling off impressive finishes. One of the more memorable moments in his career, however, was Henderson’s upset of Wanderlei Silva at Pride 33 to win the promotion’s middleweight championship. As we near UFC 161, check out Dan Henderson’s knockout upset of then-Pride champion Wanderlei Silva at Pride 33…

UFC 161 Fighter Flashback: Dan Henderson’s Stunning Wanderlei Silva KO (Full Fight Video) – MMA Weekly