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UFC 170 medical suspensions: MacDonald, Assuncao among those with potential long terms

BAD MMA News — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 01:52:49 +0000

A dozen fighters were given medical suspensions following their bouts at this past Saturday’s UFC 170. Five of them could be out as long as six months. MMAjunkie received the list of suspended fighters from the Nevada State Athletic Commission, which oversaw Saturday’s card at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

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UFC 170 post-fight facts: Rousey makes history with 56-day title turnaround

BAD MMA News — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 21:20:47 +0000

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey made history at UFC 170 when she successfully defended her belt for a second time in 56 days, marking the quickest turnaround between title defenses in company history. Only once before has a titleholder attempted to make an identical turnaround, but former welterweight champion Matt Hughes failed to retain the belt in the second lap of the rare challenge when he dropped the gold to Georges St-Pierre at UFC 65. Rousey (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) stopped Sara McMann (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in the main event for her third title defense since being appointed UFC champion a year ago. The performance inside Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Events Center was extremely telling of Rousey’s progression as an MMA fighter as she set a series of UFC records with the help of her striking. To dig in to some of those numbers and much more from the UFC’s second pay-per-view event of the year, FightMetric research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll helps bring 35 post-event facts from UFC 170. GENERAL UFC 170 drew an announced attendance of 10,217 for a live gate of $1.5 million.

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UFC 170 results, photos: Erik Koch steamrolls Rafaello Oliveira in lightweight return

BAD MMA News — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 01:32:53 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Returning to lightweight for the first time in six years, Erik Koch made short work of Rafaello Oliveira . Koch needed little more than one minute to dispatch Oliveira with superior striking. The lightweight bout was part of the preliminary card of today’s UFC 170 event at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass ahead of additional prelims on FOX Sports 1 and a main card on pay-per-view

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Despite recent setbacks, Rafaello Oliveira promises to shine at UFC 170

BAD MMA News — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 02:11:14 +0000

Rafaello Oliveira knows his UFC 162 loss to Edson Barboza wasn’t his best effort. But even at a disappointing 1-3 in his past four appearances, “Tractor” hasn’t changed his goals. “My long-term goals are to be one of the top fighters in the lightweight division, to be remembered as a great fighter, and to have a shot at capturing the belt,” Oliveira told MMAjunkie in his native Portuguese. Oliveira’s most recent appearance was that July loss to Barboza in which he was chopped down with his countryman’s signature leg kicks. In retrospect, Oliveira believes his team spent too much time focusing on some of Barboza’s other tools, which ultimately cost him

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UFC 170 lineup finalized with Eye-Davis closing prelims, dos Anjos-Khabilov opening PPV

BAD MMA News — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:19:15 +0000

The lineup is set for next month’s UFC 170 event, and an intriguing women’s bout and possible title eliminator will close out the night’s preliminary card. UFC 170 takes place Feb. 22 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

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Erik Koch vs. Rafaello Oliveira booked for UFC 170 in Vegas

BAD MMA News — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 14:19:30 +0000

A featherweight bout between Erik Koch (13-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) and Rafaello Oliveira (15-6 MMA, 2-5 UFC) is the latest addition to next month’s quickly filling UFC 170 lineup. UFC officials today announced the bout.

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