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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to its state-of-the-art APEX facility this Sat. night (Sept. 12, 2020) in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the UFC Vegas 10 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, topped by a strawweight showdown between longtime contender Michelle Waterson and 115-pound gamer Angela Hill. Elsewhere on the main card, which airs exclusively on ESPN+,
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Iranian officials executed 27-year-old Greco-Roman wrestling champion Navid Afkari on Saturday despite pleas from UFC president Dana White and U.S. President Donald Trump to spare his life. The Iranian government claims that Afkari murdered a security guard during protests in 2018. Afkari, his attorneys, and family say that he was peacefully protesting and that he
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1:12 AM ET Phil Davis defeated Lyoto Machida in a light heavyweight rematch via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) on Friday night in the main event of Bellator 245 at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun. The victory put Davis on the short list of potential first title defenses for new Bellator 205-pound champion Vadim Nemkov. The most
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Bellator President Scott Coker has fired back at Dana White for suggesting that ex-UFC fighters who have joined Bellator were let go by the promotion. Back in August, Coker made headlines when he proclaimed that Bellator had the best light heavyweight division in all of mixed martial arts. In his defense, Coker’s comments came immediately
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Bellator 245 will take place tonight (Sep. 11) from inside the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The main event will feature a rematch between Phil Davis and Lyoto Machida. The first time Phil Davis and Lyoto Machida fought was in 2013 at UFC 163 in a bout that saw Davis earn the unanimous decision
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5:18 PM ET Next month’s highly anticipated fight between Dustin Poirier and Tony Ferguson isn’t happening anymore, according to Poirier. “UFC and I didn’t come to terms,” Poirier told ESPN. “I will not be fighting on Oct. 24.” Poirier recently traveled from his home in Lafayette, Louisiana, to South Florida to begin his training camp
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