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Looking to start new streak, UFC 165′s Michel Prazeres fighting for his mother

BAD MMA News — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 01:20:00 +0000

“Sometimes it’s your day, sometimes it isn’t.” That’s Michel Prazeres’ take on his loss in his UFC debut, which snapped a 16-0 start to his career. He looks to start a fresh streak tonight against Jesse Ronson.

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UFC heavyweight Stefan Struve sidelined indefinitely with heart condition

BAD MMA News — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:50:00 +0000

UFC heavyweight Stefan Struve’s fighting career has been put on hold following the diagnosis of a leaking aortic valve and enlarged heart.

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MMAjunkie.com Radio (noon ET): Ramsey Nijem, Steve Mocco, Steve Swanson

BAD MMA News — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:25:00 +0000

MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show the UFC’s Ramsey Nijem and Resurrection Fighting Alliance’s Steve Mocco and Steve Swanson . Nijem is in Boston, where he’ll look to get back on track after an April loss to Myles Jury when he meets James Vick at UFC Fight Night 26.

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UFC champ Ronda Rousey says fighting career could be over in two years

BAD MMA News — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 03:05:00 +0000

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey does not believe for one second that her upcoming acting roles will distract her from focusing on her fighting career. But Rousey admits she thinks the clock could be ticking on her time in the cage. “I said from the beginning that I wok in quadrennials,” Rousey told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “I do four-year cycles. I think I’ve got two years left in me, realistically, if I’m going to do this like an Olympic run.” Rousey (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has fought just once for the UFC, but she’s become a full-fledged superstar for the company. She was recently in Seattle as the face of the partnership between the UFC and the promotion’s official wireless provider, MetroPCS. Then it was off to Los Angeles, New York and Chicago as part of the UFC World Tour 2013, where she and Miesha Tate (13-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) helped promote their upcoming UFC 168 clash

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Tim Kennedy’s ideal UFC 162 scenario? Gracie shooting for a single leg on ref

BAD MMA News — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 21:15:00 +0000

On Saturday at UFC 162, Tim Kennedy makes his UFC debut after 12 years as a professional MMA fighter, including three in the now-defunct Strikeforce organization, where he once vied for the promotion’s middleweight belt. It’s long overdue, and yet Kennedy looks at the booking as bittersweet. And no, it’s got nothing to do with his fight purse . Although he’s fighting Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Roger Gracie (6-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) on the pay-per-view card’s swing bout, the always-outspoken Kennedy (15-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) said he’d much rather be paired against a UFC veteran. Fighting in Strikeforce, he constantly was being compared to the middleweights in the industry-leader and asked about whether he measured up to the UFC roster. Ever since the California-based promotion was shuttered, he’s been a cheerleader for Strikeforce fighters as they transition into the octagon. “Now, I’ll just be cheering for myself,” the Special Forces veteran told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “I’ll be like, ‘Great overhand right, Tim!’ ‘Good takedown!’ ‘Oh-oh, watch out for his guard.

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RFA president Ed Soares takes pride in building next UFC talent

BAD MMA News — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:05:00 +0000

Resurrection Fighting Alliance has a nice little streak going, and Ed Soares probably wouldn’t complain if it continued after Friday night. Soares, RFA’s president and a longtime MMA manager, is in Milwaukee for his promotion’s latest show, RFA 8, which takes place Friday at The Rave. The main card airs live on AXS TV at 10 p.m. ET. With a main event between Sergio Pettis (7-0), the younger brother of UFC standout Anthony, and Dillard Pegg (5-1), Soares might be wondering if lightning might strike for a third time. “The headliner of RFA 6, James Krause , and the headliner of RFA 7, Brandon Thatch , now are both in the UFC,” Soares on Friday told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) from Milwaukee just hours ahead of RFA 8. Krause took a seven-fight win streak, including five straight in the RFA, into a short-notice UFC debut this past weekend at UFC 161 – where he took home a double bonus and an extra $100,000 for his submission of hard-to-finish Sam Stout

UFC 161 winner Shawn Jordan on fighting Stipe Miocic: If UFC asks, ‘absolutely’

BAD MMA News — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:30:00 +0000

Shawn Jordan recently fought and defeated a friend, so if the UFC asks wants him to do it again – this time against fellow UFC 161 winner Stipe Miocic – he said he’s game. Jordan (15-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC), who knocked out buddy and fellow heavyweight Pat Barry (8-6 MMA, 5-6 UFC) at the June 15 event, said he was able to set aside the friendship for one night. It resulted in a $50,000 “Knockout of the Night” award after just 59 seconds of work. Later on the pay-per-view main card at Winnipeg’s MTS Centre, Miocic (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) upset Roy Nelson (19-8 MMA, 6-4 UFC) in the co-headliner. That led to some calls for a Jordan vs. Miocic fight, which would feature two of the division’s more promising prospects. Currently, Miocic is No

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UFC 161′s ‘thinking fighter’ John Maguire prefers having no game plan

BAD MMA News — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:30:00 +0000

English lightweight John Maguire (18-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) and Canadian Mitch Clarke (9-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) both are coming off back-to-back losses inside the octagon. But to Maguire, their common stat doesn’t mean they enter the cage at UFC 161 on even ground. “Clarke’s dropped two, and he’s not won a fight in the UFC, and he’s fighting in his own home country,” Maguire told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “So I think the pressure is on him.” Clarke hails from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, which is a province west of the pay-per-view event’s host in Winnipeg. “Of course, there’s pressure on me,” said Maguire, who makes the drop from welterweight

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Why Did Forrest Griffin Retire Now? Because UFC President Dana White Asked Him To (video)

BAD MMA News — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:00:44 +0000

Former UFC light heavyweight champion and original Ultimate Fighter Forrest Griffin has been on the sidelines since late 2012 with an MCL and ACL injury. He and UFC president Dana White announced his retirement at the UFC 160 post-fight press conference on May 25. So why now? “I was (expletive) all over him to retire. I wanted him to retire,” said White. It took some plodding and pleading, but White said he was finally able to convince Griffin a couple months ago that there was really little left for him to accomplish. He could step away from the Octagon, but still have a future with the UFC outside of fighting. And although the decision was made, it took this long to coordinate schedules and finally make the announcement.

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