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Cage Warriors re-ups with welterweight Matt Inman for five more fights

BAD MMA News — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:00:00 +0000

Thanks to a three-fight winning streak of stoppages, Matt Inman and Cage Warriors Fighting Championship are locked up for a while.

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The Ultimate Fighter 18 Week 3 Notes: Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate Fued Escalates

BAD MMA News — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 07:03:57 +0000

The males took center stage on the third episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate with the first male fight, while the animosity between coaches Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate boiled over. Team Tate gained matchmaking control with Julianna Pena’s submission win over Shayna Baszler and coach Tate opted to pit Chris Holdsworth against Team Rousey’s top male pick Chris Beal in this week’s match-up. Drama in the Fighter House Julianna Pena may have defeated Shayna Baszler in last week’s episode, but she is getting on her housemates’ nerves by talking in an English accent. She is accused by teammates of telling Team Rousey the planned female match-ups. Cody Bollinger confronted Pena about the allegations. Pena denied them, but that did nothing to sway her teammates from believing she did.

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Two New Bouts Added to UFC 167 Fight Card

BAD MMA News — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:08:36 +0000

Two new bouts have been added to the UFC 167 fight card. Middleweights Ed Herman and Rafael Natal will face off while bantamweights Edwin Figueroa and Erik Perez will meet on Nov. 16. UFC officials announced the match-ups on Monday

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Mike Kyle Sees World Series of Fighting as “Opportunity of a Lifetime”

BAD MMA News — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:03:10 +0000

Inconsistency has ruled much of the last couple years for World Series of Fighting heavyweight Mike “MAK” Kyle . Having alternated wins and losses in his last five bouts (with one no contest), Kyle acknowledges things haven’t been their best of late, but having signed with the WSOF, he feels he’ll now have the opportunity to put things on a positive track for an extended period of time. “ MMA as a sport is filled with ups and downs for anyone’s career,” he said. “It’s hard to lose a fight

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The moderately excellent adventure to possible career bump for UFC’s Tim Kennedy

BAD MMA News — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 05:30:00 +0000

Tim Kennedy describes his recent UFC career as having “a lot of ups and downs,” and it’s hard to blame him.

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The moderately excellent adventure to possible career bump for UFC’s Tim Kennedy – MMA Junkie

UFC Fight Night 31 Gains Two Middleweight Bouts

BAD MMA News — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:45:53 +0000

UFC Fight for the Troops 3 has gained two middleweight match-ups. Yoel Romero will face Ronny Markes at the Nov. 6 event in Fort Cambell, Kentucky, while Chris Camozzi takes on Lorenz Larkin.

Agon Wrestling Targeting First MMA-Style Event for October with Several MMA Fighters on Board

BAD MMA News — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 23:14:59 +0000

As the wrestling world continues to wait on the upcoming vote by the International Olympic Committee for the verdict for what will be the final sport added to the 2020 games, the community at large isn’t slowing its plans for overall growth. As first teased on MMAWeekly.com a few months back, promoters are mounting plans to put together a first-of-its-kind wrestling event that will mimic many major MMA shows, such as the UFC or Bellator, while also taking a page from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu events such as Metamoris. Sources have indicated to MMAWeekly.com that plans are coming together for the first event to be held on Oct. 22 at the Rio in Las Vegas for the first ever Agon Wrestling Championships. The promotion is apparently eyeing three possible match-ups, including a main event that could see a Bellator champion step back on the mats that he called home for many years. The main event currently in discussion with event promoters could pit former Olympian and two-time NCAA champion Ben Askren in a folk-style wrestling match against four-time NCAA champion (from four different weight divisions) Kyle Dake. The promotion hopes to crown the winner as the No. 1 contender in the world folk-style wrestling championship, with Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs likely sitting as the top-ranked wrestler in that division. Other match-ups that are currently being pursued include current Bellator wrestler and former NCAA champ Bubba Jenkins against former teammate from Penn State Frank Molinaro, as well as NCAA All-American and current RFA champion Lance Palmer against Oklahoma State standout Jordan Oliver.

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Diego Sanchez “110% Pulling for Johny Hendricks” but Is He Stabbing Georges St-Pierre in the Back?

BAD MMA News — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:59:55 +0000

Teammate, former teammate, or whatever you want to call him, Diego Sanchez does not appear to be a Georges St-Pierre fan… or a Rory MacDonald fan, for that matter. Sanchez is pulling for Johny Hendricks and Jake Ellenberger to win their respective match-ups. “I am 110% pulling for @JohnyHendricks to beat GSP and @EllenbergerMMA to smash rory #USA,” Sanchez tweeted on Friday. St-Pierre is set to defend his welterweight title against Hendricks at UFC 167 in November in Las Vegas. GSP’s TriStar Gym teammate, Rory MacDonald, squares off with Ellenberger at next week’s UFC on Fox 8 in Seattle.

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Diego Sanchez “110% Pulling for Johny Hendricks” but Is He Stabbing Georges St-Pierre in the Back? – MMA Weekly

World Series of Fighting Announces Four-Man Middleweight Tournament

BAD MMA News — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:45:24 +0000

World Series of Fighting’s first-ever four-man tournament kicks off Sept. 14 with a pair of middleweight match-ups, as David Branch (12-3) meets Danillo “Indio” Villefort (14-4) and Elvis “The King” Mutapcic (13-2) faces Jesse “JT Money” Taylor (26-9) at World Series of Fighting 5: Johnson vs. Kyle . Both bouts are scheduled for the NBC Sports Network-televised main card of World Series of Fighting 5, which takes place at Revel Casino Hotel’s Ovation Hall in Atlantic City. The winners will meet on a future World Series of Fighting card to claim the tournament crown and establish themselves as the company’s No. 1 contender at 185 pounds. A light heavyweight slugfest between knockout artist Anthony “Rumble” Johnson (15-4) and slugger Mike “MAK” Kyle (20-9-1) serves as the evening’s main event. Branch, of Brooklyn, N.Y., fights for the third time under the World Series of Fighting banner

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ONE FC: Kojima vs. Leone Set for September 13, Boku vs. Colossa Booked for Co-Main Event

BAD MMA News — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:18:11 +0000

Three more match-ups for ONE FC: Kojima vs. Leone, including a brand new main event were revealed by the Singapore based promotion on Wednesday. Headlining the Sept. 13 card, which is set for the 15,000-seat Istora Senayan Stadium in Jakarta, is a flyweight fight between Shinichi Kojima and Andrew Leone. The co-main event pits two hard-hitting lightweights together with former ONE FC lightweight champion Kotetsu Boku (20-8-2) taking on decorated Muay Thai fighter Vuyisile Colossa (5-4). The Japanese fighter is best known for stopping Zorobabel Moreira to win the title, while the South African is a Muay Thai world champion who has been in MMA wars with the likes of Eduard Folayang and Yui Chul Nam. The third fight to be announced today pits Princeton University graduate and NCAA Division One level wrestler Jake Butler (2-0) against Kyokushin Karate black belt and kickboxing world champion James Kouame (1-1).

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ONE FC: Kojima vs. Leone Set for September 13, Boku vs. Colossa Booked for Co-Main Event – MMA Weekly