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Dana White: “First-Round Annihilation” Defuses Anthony Pettis vs. Benson Henderson Trilogy Talk

BAD MMA News — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 17:31:05 +0000

As is often the case with great fight series in the sport of mixed martial arts, trilogies are a popular way of settling disputes between two fighters with unfinished business. Trilogies like Chuck Liddell vs.

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With UFC 163 win, Amanda Nunes focused on title but open to Alexis Davis rematch

BAD MMA News — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 19:30:00 +0000

Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate may not have the only rivalry in the UFC’s burgeoning women’s bantamweight division. With a successful promotional debut at Saturday’s UFC 163 event in her native Brazil, Amanda Nunes said her sights are set solely on a title fight. But before she gets there, she’s opening to settling some unfinished business. In an FX-televised preliminary-card bout at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena, Nunes (8-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) needed a little more than two minutes to fight off a rear-naked-choke attempt and score a TKO victory over Sheila Gaff (10-6-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC). Nunes said everything surprisingly went to plan. “I think (with) Sheila’s game, I think everyone who watched Sheila fight knows she’s very aggressive,” Nunes said after the bout. “But today was different. I think she respected me a lot

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Dan Henderson is Focused on Rashad Evans, but Unfinished Business with Jon Jones Lingers

BAD MMA News — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:00:23 +0000

UFC light heavyweight Dan Henderson is focused on his June 15 main event bout with former light heavyweight titleholder Rashad Evans at UFC 161, but he still wants the fight that didn’t get to happen with champion Jon Jones . Henderson and Jones were scheduled to meet in the UFC 151 main event on Sept. 1, 2012, but a knee injury forced Henderson out of the fight and eventually led to the cancellation of the event. Jones instead faced Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 and Henderson’s title shot dematerialized. The 42-year-old returned at UFC 157, losing to Lyoto Machida by split decision in an uneventful fight. The loss removed Henderson from title contention, but the thought of facing Jones remains. “Obviously that’s something that was supposed to happen last year and didn’t.

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Dan Henderson is Focused on Rashad Evans, but Unfinished Business with Jon Jones Lingers – MMA Weekly