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Glover Teixeira Doesn’t Want to Wait Around for a Jones-Gustafsson Rematch

BAD MMA News — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 12:05:28 +0000

After moving into title contention following his knockout victory over Ryan Bader in Brazil, Glover Teixeira doesn’t want to wait around for the Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson rematch if it happens. He just wants to get back into the Octagon. “I don’t worry about this stuff,” Teixeira said on the Fox Sports Post-Fight Show

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Dana White on Chris Leben’s future: ‘His fight style isn’t healthy for him’

BAD MMA News — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 18:10:00 +0000

Continuing to put Chris Leben in the UFC octagon could be dangerous. But keeping him out of it could be doubly so. That’s the conundrum UFC President Dana White currently faces. Leben (22-10 MMA, 12-9 UFC) suffered a split-decision loss to fellow middleweight Andrew Craig (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) on Saturday at UFC 162 in Las Vegas (though it should have been a unanimous-decision loss). It marked his third consecutive defeat and his fourth in his past five fights. Like most of his bouts, Leben absorbed an inordinate amount of blows to the head, but he kept fighting through it. Earlier in his career, the remarkably durability was kind of exciting, and it’s made him a fan favorite. But for White, it’s becoming a reason for worry

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Opponent change no worry for RFA 8′s Sergio Pettis. Now that weight cut …

BAD MMA News — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:10:00 +0000

This isn’t new territory for Sergio Pettis . He’s certainly been down this road before and come through it just fine on the other end. On Friday night, Pettis (7-0) meets Dillard Pegg (5-1) for Resurrection Fighting Alliance’s inaugural flyweight title. But he meets Pegg on short notice when his original opponent, Jeff Curran , pulled out of the fight. RFA 8 takes place at The Rave in Milwaukee.

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Opponent change no worry for RFA 8′s Sergio Pettis. Now that weight cut … – MMA Junkie