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Women’s MMA Report: UFC books Alexis Davis vs. Liz Carmouche, ‘TUF 18′ teams set

BAD MMA News — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 22:45:00 +0000

UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby has put together a pivotal matchup between BJJ black belt Alexis Davis and former U.S. Marine Liz Carmouche for Nov. 6 at “UFC Fight Night 31: Fight for the Troops 3.”

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Women’s MMA Report: UFC books Alexis Davis vs. Liz Carmouche, ‘TUF 18′ teams set – MMA Junkie

Joe Silva’s Shoes: What’s next for UFC Fight Night 28′s winners?

BAD MMA News — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 00:15:00 +0000

With another night of UFC action in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look forward, put on a pair of Joe Silva’s (and Sean Shelby’s) shoes, and play UFC matchmaker for UFC Fight Night 28′s big winners.

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Joe Silva’s Shoes: What’s next for the UFC 164 winners?

BAD MMA News — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 20:45:00 +0000

With UFC 164 in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look forward, put on a pair of Joe Silva’s (and Sean Shelby’s) shoes, and play UFC matchmaker.

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UFC Fight Night 30 Card Filling Up Fast with Addition of Michael Kuiper vs. Brad Scott

BAD MMA News — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:12:56 +0000

UFC matchmakers Joe Silva and Sean Shelby have been working overtime, getting the UFC Fight Night 30: Bisping vs. Munoz fight card set. The latest addition to the Oct. 26 event in Manchester, England, is a bout between Michael Kuiper and Brad Scott.

UFC Fight Night 30 Card Filling Up Fast with Addition of Michael Kuiper vs. Brad Scott – MMA Weekly

Powerful, but a little misunderstood: UFC matchmakers Joe Silva and Sean Shelby

BAD MMA News — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:30:00 +0000

At first I thought the UFC matchmakers were just being paranoid. As soon as they showed up for their USA TODAY photo shoot in the bowels of Winnipeg’s MTS Centre before UFC 161 in June, Zuffa executives Joe Silva and Sean Shelby couldn’t stop joking – half-seriously, it seemed – about the possibility that this was all an elaborate setup.

Powerful, but a little misunderstood: UFC matchmakers Joe Silva and Sean Shelby – MMA Junkie

Joe Silva’s Shoes: What’s next for the UFC Fight Night 26 winners?

BAD MMA News — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:15:00 +0000

The UFC’s highly anticipated UFC on FOX Sports 1 debut was a tremendous success. Now, following UFC Fight Night 26, it’s time to look forward, put on a pair of Joe Silva’s (and Sean Shelby’s) shoes, and play UFC matchmaker.

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With sights set on UFC title, Conor McGregor wanted fight with Ricardo Lamas

BAD MMA News — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:30:00 +0000

LAS VEGAS – When Irish featherweight Conor McGregor (13-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), heard he was getting a new opponent at next month’s UFC Fight Night 26 event (formerly known as UFC on FOX Sports 1 1), he offered up an idea for UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby: top-ranked 145-pounder Ricardo Lamas (13-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC). “I wanted Rircardo Lamas,” McGregor admitted Wednesday at a press luncheon in Las Vegas. McGregor was originally slated to meet Andy Ogle at the event, which takes place on Aug. 17 at Boston’s TD Garden. When Ogle was forced to withdraw from the card, McGregor was in need of a new opponent.

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UFC on FX 8 ‘Fight of the Night’ winner Lucas Martins to drop two weight classes

BAD MMA News — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:30:00 +0000

Brazilian knockout artist Lucas Martins (13-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will drop down not just one but two divisions for his next UFC appearance. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today learned from Martins’ manager, Wade Hampel, that the 24-year-old “Mineiro” will fight at bantamweight in his next UFC appearance. “I requested the change this morning with Sean Shelby and Joe Silva, and they signed off on it,” Hampel said. Martins weighed in at just 153 pounds for his lightweight bout with Jeremy Larson at UFC on FX 8, which took place in May in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil. The bout served as the evening’s very first contest, and Martins and Larson went back and forth in an entertaining contest before the Brazilian landed a pinpoint straight to the chin that ended the fight 13 seconds into the final round. The win earned Martins a $50,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus, and he was the leading candidate to take home the card’s “Knockout of the Night” bonus, as well, before Vitor Belfort scored a spinning heel kick finish of Luke Rockhold in the evening’s main event.

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UFC on FX 8 ‘Fight of the Night’ winner Lucas Martins to drop two weight classes – MMA Junkie