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Report: UFC Fight Night 29 set for Oct. 9 in Brazil, Silva-Kim added

BAD MMA News — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 02:45:00 +0000

As promised, the UFC is making trips to Brazil a regular thing. The promotion will venture back to the MMA hotbed in October for UFC Fight Night 29. Sources close to the event recently told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) the UFC would touch down in Brazil in October. And though the event has yet to be announced by the company, Brazilian news outlet Combate has reported the location as a done deal.

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Report: Sicilia out, Edimilson Souza in vs. Felipe Arantes at UFC Fight Night 28

BAD MMA News — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 17:15:00 +0000

The UFC’s next trip to Brazil in a month has seen a change to its preliminary card lineup – again. Sam Sicilia (11-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has been forced out of a featherweight bout against Felipe Arantes (15-5-1 MMA, 2-1-1 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 28 and will be replaced by promotional newcomer Edimilson Souza (12-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC). The change was reported by Brazilian news outlet Globo , but has not yet been made official by the UFC. UFC Fight Night 28 takes place Sept. 4 at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drumond in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The six-fight main card airs on FOX Sports 1 as the third UFC event set for the new cable network.

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Tim Kennedy vs. Vitor Belfort? Belfort would rather fight at heavyweight

BAD MMA News — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 22:00:00 +0000

A middleweight bout between Vitor Belfort and Tim Kennedy looks to have been a very real possibility – but according to a report out of Brazil, Belfort may have nixed things. Kennedy (16-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) on Friday said on his official Twitter account that he would be heading to Brazil to fight Belfort (23-10 MMA, 12-6 UFC). The same night, UFC President Dana White said the bout was being put together . But according to a report from Brazilian news outlet Globo.com, through its Combate site, Belfort was offered the fight by UFC owner Lorenzo Fertitta – but, through his wife and manager, Joana Prado, turned the bout down.

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UFC 166 gets lightweight bout between K.J. Noons, George Sotiropoulos

BAD MMA News — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 04:10:00 +0000

A pair of lightweights looking to snap rough stretches have been added to the ever-growing UFC 166 lineup in October. Strikeforce veteran K.J. Noons (11-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC) will meet George Sotiropoulos (14-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) on the card in Texas, and each fighter will be hoping to snap a three-fight losing skid. UFC officials on Wednesday confirmed the bout, which was first reported by Australian news outlet The Age . UFC 166 takes place Oct. 19 at Toyota Center in Houston. The main card, featuring a heavyweight title bout between champion Cain Velasquez and former champ Junior dos Santos in a trilogy rematch, airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and Facebook.

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UFC’s Dana White to Sports Illustrated: Do your homework on MMA

BAD MMA News — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 22:20:00 +0000

After blasting Sports Illustrated on ESPN2, UFC President Dana White today made an appearance on “SI Now,” where he angrily denounced the storied news outlet’s coverage of UFC 162. “I honestly thought you guys were calling to apologize because you were embarrassed at how ridiculous your show was,” White told SI Now’s Maggie Gray, who this past week moderated a panel of writers who discussed the possibility of fight-fixing at the July 6 pay-per-view event. “Now as I sit here and talk to you, you’re even more ridiculous, and I’ll bet you this whole interview doesn’t see the light of day. If your producer’s smart, he’ll take this tape out and throw it right in the garbage so the world can’t hear what I’m saying to you right now.” SI, of course, did release the interview as part of the show, which covers a variety of current topics in the sports world. On Wednesday, an SI PR rep declined to comment when contacted by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) on White’s interview with ESPN2′s “Highly Questionable,” where he interrupted an interview to blast the SI panel . Gray defended the segment by saying the topic of fight-fixing had also been broached by reporters covering the event.

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Dana White again blasts conspiracy theories, Sports Illustrated on UFC 162 claim

BAD MMA News — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Responding again today to questions of whether the main event of UFC 162 was fixed, UFC President Dana White ranted at conspiracy theorists and then targeted one of the most respected institutions in sports reporting. “Who’s going to throw a fight by getting viciously knocked out?” the UFC executive ranted during an appearance on ESPN2′s “Highly Questionable.” “You know how stupid you’d have to be to even think that?” “Speaking of morons, Sports Illustrated had this group of people together, and they actually – Sports Illustrated! – had this panel saying, ‘Yeah, so I heard over the weekend, this fight might have been fixed.’ First of all, these people looked like they covered tennis – not fighting – and you could tell none of them even watched the fight.” White was referring to a panel of reporters that mused on whether Anderson Silva took a dive against the newly minted UFC middleweight champ Chris Weidman during a segment on the web series SI Now, which covers hot topics in sports. “For somebody like Sports Illustrated – people are supposed to be credible journalists – to go out and say something that stupid when they never even watched the fight, it’s just a testament to how bad reporting is getting these days,” White continued. “It’s more about the shock factor than the fact factor.” It’s not the first time White has let expletives fly on the topic. Immediately after the pay-per-view event, which took place July 6 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, he said people who thought that Weidman’s knockout was predetermined were “f—ing idiots.” Yet for several days, the topic hung in the air, which likely prompted the SI panel to address the situation. None of the journalists, however, were MMA reporters for the storied news outlet. Reps for SI.com could not be reached for comment. As White pointed out on ESPN2, if the fight was fixed, it would have been far smarter to have Silva tap to Weidman’s submission attempts prior to his fight-ending KO, and under better odds.

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Dylan Andrews vs. Papy Abedi added to August’s UFC on FOX Sports 1 2 event

BAD MMA News — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:30:00 +0000

A middleweight matchup between “The Ultimate Fighter 17″ cast member Dylan Andrews (16-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Swedish contender Papy Abedi (9-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) is the latest addition to the UFC on FOX Sports 1 2 event. UFC officials today announced the new booking, which sees Abedi move up to 185 pounds after three fights in the octagon at welterweight. The bout was originally reported by Australian news outlet MMA Kanvas . Featuring a welterweight rematch between Carlos Condit and Martin Kampmann , UFC on FOX Sports 1 2 takes place Aug. 28 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Andrews was a cast member on “The Ultimate Fighter 17″ and wound up as the final fighter of the 14 picked to a team.

Dylan Andrews vs. Papy Abedi added to August’s UFC on FOX Sports 1 2 event – MMA Junkie

Report: Magnus Cedenblad vs. Robert McDaniel slated for UFC’s in Indianapolis

BAD MMA News — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:00:00 +0000

The card for the UFC’s return to Indianapolis in late summer continues to take shape with the addition of a middleweight bout to the lineup. According to a report from Brazilian news outlet Ataque Total , Magnus Cedenblad (10-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and Robert McDaniel (21-6 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will meet on the second UFC on FOX Sports 1 card. UFC officials have not yet announced the fight. UFC on FOX Sports 1 2 takes place Aug. 28. at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in the Indiana state capital city of Indianapolis

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