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USA TODAY: For UFC 163′s Phil Davis, studying felt more like spying

BAD MMA News — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:15:00 +0000

(This story appears in today’s edition of USA TODAY ) UFC light heavyweight Phil Davis has a movie metaphor for each of his past three opponents. For Wagner Prado , it was the Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Bloodsport . For Vinny Magalhaes , it was Wall Street . And for Lyoto Machida , his opponent Saturday in UFC 163′s pay-per-view co-headliner (10 p.m. ET), it’s The Hunt for Red October

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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 on FUEL TV 10′s Ildemar Alcantara wants KO, then stress-free beach vacation

BAD MMA News — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:30:00 +0000

Fighters drop weight classes all the time in the UFC, so that Ildemar Alcantara is doing it shouldn’t be a big deal. But he’s dropping from light heavyweight in his UFC debut to welterweight. Thirty-five pounds? That’ll be a big deal just about every time. Alcantara (18-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC) brings an eight-fight win streak into his Saturday fight against Leandro Silva (11-0-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at UFC on FUEL TV 10, which takes place at Ginasio Paulo Sarasate in Fortaleza, Brazil. Main-card fights air on FUEL TV, while prelims, including Alcantara-Silva, stream on Facebook. Alcantara said the drop from light heavyweight to welterweight isn’t as bad as it might seem since when he debuted in the UFC at 205 pounds, he essentially didn’t cut any weight for a submission win over Wagner Prado in January. “Actually before my UFC debut, I fought here in Brazil as a middleweight,” Alcantara told MMAjunkie.com .

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