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UFC Fight Night 28 results: Joseph Benavidez crushes Jussier Formiga for TKO

BAD MMA News — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 04:43:00 +0000

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil – Demetrious Johnson remains Joseph Benavidez’s only setback in the flyweight division. But the way things are going for Benavidez, it looks like a rematch is in store. Jussier Formiga is the latest notch on his “Joe-Jitsu” belt

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UFC Fight Night 27 results: Resilient Darren Elkins outlasts a game Hatsu Hioki

BAD MMA News — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 03:00:00 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS – After his first setback as a UFC featherweight, Darren Elkins has reestablished himself as a serious threat in the division.

USA TODAY: At UFN 27, Condit could revive title hopes by avenging Kampmann loss

BAD MMA News — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:15:00 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS – It’s been more than four years since Carlos Condit lost in his UFC debut. Avenging that split-decision setback to Martin Kampmann wouldn’t have had much importance to Condit beyond personal pride a few years ago.

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Video: Despite superfight talk, UFC Fight Night 26′s Urijah Faber wants title

BAD MMA News — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:45:00 +0000

BOSTON – Urijah Faber may be talking about superfights a little bit here and there, but make no mistake – it’s still the bantamweight title he wants. The 135-pound title picture, though, has been slightly murky, and Faber knows that all too well. With champion Dominick Cruz inching closer to two years without a fight, and now talking about being ready to return in February – which would be roughly 28 months between fights – and interim champ Renan Barao having a recent injury setback of his own, Faber has to be wondering just when he’ll get another crack at bantamweight gold

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Matt Grice vs. Jeremy Larsen at featherweight added to UFC 166

BAD MMA News — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 05:10:00 +0000

Matt Grice (15-5 MMA, 2-6 UFC) and Jeremy Larsen (8-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) are the latest additions to this fall’s UFC 166 event. UFC officials on Wednesday night announced the bout, which sees Larsen drop to 145 pounds for the first time. It’s not yet known whether the contest will serve on the event’s pay-per-view main card or preliminary cards, which air on FOX Sports 1 and stream on Facebook. UFC 166 takes place Oct. 19 at Houston’s Toyota Center. Larsen is in dire need of a win inside the octagon following back-to-back losses in a pair of UFC fights. On the regional scene, he went 8-2 in a five-year span before appearing on “The Ultimate Fighter 15.” Grice, meanwhile, also is looking to rebound after a valiant effort against Dennis Bermudez at UFC 157, which resulted in a split-decision loss and well-deserved “Fight of the Night” bonus. That setback followed a decision over Leonard Garcia at UFC on FX 3

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Video: WSOF 4′s Keon Caldwell says Nick Newell bout not a lose-lose situation

BAD MMA News — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:30:00 +0000

Keon Caldwell believes there’s a common misconception about fighter Nick Newell : fighting him is a lose-lose situation. The argument, it goes, is that defeating a one-handed MMA fighter like Newell doesn’t earn you much credibility, and losing to him can be an incredibly embarrassing setback. But Caldwell (9-1), who meets Newell in a main-card lightweight bout next month at World Series of Fighting 4, doesn’t see it that way at all. Newell (9-0), a former XFC fighter, is 9-0 with eight first-round stoppages, including six via submission. He’s no longer the “the fighter with one hand” so much as he is a legit prospect with proven stopping ability. “He’s a man just like we are, but he’s taken it to the another level with how he is,” Caldwell told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio).

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Mark Hunt Suffers Another Setback, May Have to Return to the Hospital Next Week

BAD MMA News — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:24:46 +0000

It appears that Mark Hunt ’s recent skin graft didn’t take, so he will likely be headed back to the hospital. Hunt fractured his right toe in his UFC 160 bout with Junior dos Santos . He was recently in the hospital not for that injury, but due to an infected hematoma in his left leg. Like the fractured toe, the hematoma was also a result of the fight with dos Santos. Hunt had a skin graft as part of the surgery, but it didn’t take and the skin didn’t survive. He may be headed back to the hospital next week.

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Carina Damm will appeal suspension, says manager

BAD MMA News — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 05:50:00 +0000

The manager of Carina Damm says the fighter will appeal a six-month suspension and $550 fine from the Ohio State Athletic Commission. Jason Ellis of Relentless Sports Management today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Damm denies submitting a false urine sample to the commission following a fight in Cleveland earlier this month. Ellis added that Damm told him she not take performance-enhancing drugs prior to the competition. “I don’t have all the facts,” Ellis said. “I spoke with Carina and her husband briefly, and my understanding is that she’s not doing anything she’s not supposed to be doing. I was told that she isn’t, so I’m going to support my client and see the facts through.” Damm (18-9), who’s married to Bellator vet Luis Santos and is the sister of UFC featherweight Rodrigo Damm , is suspended for six months retroactive to the date of her fight, which took place June 1 at “NAAFS: Fight Night in the Flats 9.” She lost a decision in a catchweight bout against Bellator vet Jessica Eye (10-1), which at the time was her third consecutive setback. Two weeks later, she fought in Brazil and earned a first-round TKO in another regional event

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Megumi Fujii announces retirement plans after one final fight in Japan

BAD MMA News — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 00:30:00 +0000

After nearly 10 years in the MMA game, Megumi Fujii will hang up the gloves – after one final fight. Fujii (26-2) on Saturday announced her pending retirement on her Twitter account, saying she will compete for Vale Tudo Japan on October 3, then call it quits. Of her 26 career wins, the 39-year-old has 19 by submission and has never been stopped – her only two losses have gone the distance. Fujii started her MMA career an amazing 22-0 before suffering her first loss, a split-decision setback to Zoila Frausto Gurgel at Bellator 34 in a fight to determine the promotion’s first 115-pound women’s champion. Prior to that loss, after fighting just three times outside her native Japan in her first 19 fights, she came to the States and picked up three wins for Bellator.

Joseph Benavidez Happy Biding His Time Before UFC Title Shot Number Two

BAD MMA News — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:00:29 +0000

When the UFC announced it was expanding to open up a 125-pound division, Joseph Benavidez believed that, campaigning at his natural weight for the first time, nothing could stop him from becoming a champion. His only two career losses at that stage were to Dominick Cruz , but moving down a division meant that the 28-year-old would never again have to deal with opponents possessing the same sort of height and reach as the undisputed 135-pound king. Benavidez dispensed with Yasuhiro Urushitani in the opening round of the four-man UFC flyweight tournament only to be outpointed by Demetrious Johnson in the final. The fight was sufficiently close to have ended in a split decision, but it is a setback that is still fresh in his memory. “I think about it a lot (because) that was something I counted on for a long time, that once they start the flyweight division I was going to be the champion automatically,” he said.

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