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Kickboxing: ‘White Sniper’ hopes to win title in homecoming fight
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Two-time world champion Chris "The White Sniper" Johnson is coming home.
Hawke's Bay kickboxer Johnson, 34, who has been Aussie-based for 10 years, will fight Whanganui's James Griffiths for a national K1…
ROUNDTABLE: Would a rematch between Demetrious Johnson and John Dodson play out …
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By DAN MOORE, MMATORCH UK COLUMNIST
Mighty Mouse is likely to rematch John Dodson next for the UFC Flyweight Title; do you think that fight plays out any differently a year and a half later given…
Diminutive chemist Isabella Truong must survive vicious cage fight to win Wimp 2 Warrior finale
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Isabella Truong works at a Sydney pharmacy and is a self-confessed nerd.
But away from the office she is a warrior and soon to be cage fighter.
For the past six months, the 31-year-old…
Young ‘Terror’ dominates bout
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Young professional mixed martial arts fighter Tanera "The Terror" Terry improved his record to two wins and one loss at the Domination fight night in Christchurch on Saturday.
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UFC Fight Night 42 card: Yves Edwards vs Piotr Hallmann fight preview
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweights Yves Edwards and Piotr Hallmann will face off on the main card of UFC Fight Night 42 this Saturday night (June 7, 2014,), airing live at 10 p.m. EST on FOX Sports 1…
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Get ready for a furious fracas on "Emerald Isle" later this summer ...
Conor McGregor will fight Diego Brandao -- not Cole Miller -- in the main event of UFC Fight Night 46, which takes place at The O2…
UFC Fight Night 41 card: Luke Barnatt vs Sean Strickland fight preview
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Talented young middleweights Luke Barnatt and Sean Strickland will hook 'em up on the main card of this Saturday's (May 31, 2014) UFC Fight Night 41 from Berlin, Germany. How can each fighter avoid the first…
New champ Dillashaw grappling with coach’s move
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LAS VEGAS — In mixed martial arts, it's said that becoming a champion isn't the hard part. Staying a champion is the real challenge.
Newly crowned UFC bantamweight titleholder T.J. Dillashaw will…
Visalia’s Cody Gibson set for UFC return
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Cody Gibson's Ultimate Fighting Championship debut didn't go the way he would have liked.
The Visalia mixed martial arts fighter lost a decision to Aljamain Sterling at UFC 170 on…
Gym sets its eyes beyond Malaysia’s shores
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IRONICALLY, Jasper Chai, one of the partners behind the successful local mixed-martial arts (MMA) gym, Muayfit, is not really big on the fighting sport himself.
“I tried it out for a while, but I just…
The Armbar’s Cageside Evaluation
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The move is The Armbar and Cageside Seats readers have reported back on what they love and loathe about it. Here's the full evaluation.
What you loved:
Legit Move - Because of its effectiveness in…
Could Hollywood lure Ronda Rousey away from MMA?
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Here’s a Hollywood story: pretty girl goes undefeated in mixed martial arts, loses one fight, gets offered acting role in Hollywood (which leads to more roles) and now fights no longer.
That’s the case for…
Despite interest in Roy Jones Jr. boxing match, Chris Lytle says there is no chance of an MMA…
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Sorry, fight fans, but when Chris Lytle turned the "Lights Out" on his MMA career, it was for good.
Last week, reports surfaced that former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight contender, Chris Lytle,…
MCMWTC Marine defends ring title
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - Only the voice of the announcer can be heard through speakers behind the giant curtain. The fighter’s heartbeat becomes louder and more distinct each second before his name is called. He…
Fryia likes his chances Saturday
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The last thing Mitch Fryia ever wants to do is cancel a fight.
But that's exactly what the Sault Ste. Marie native was forced to do last summer after suffering a herniated disc in his back…
Ultimate Fighting Championship stars take on HIV awareness campaign
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It’s the softer, caring side of the anything-goes sport of mixed martial arts.
Ultimate Fighting Championship, the billion-dollar company that stages MMA bouts, teamed up Thursday with the Gay Men’s…
‘A killer show to Bangor’: Hermon native bringing UFC fights to Cross Insurance Center
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship is coming to Bangor.
Dana White, the 1987 Hermon High School graduate who serves as president of the world’s top mixed martial arts organization, announced late…
UFC fighter Soa "The Hulk" Palelei Source: News Corp Australia
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Wanderlei Silva’s bizarre heel turn on ‘TUF’ offers cautionary tale to veteran…
Maybe Wanderlei Silva should have called it a career after his last fight.
For one magical March night last year, one of the most beloved fighters who ever stepped into a cage turned back the clock.
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Judge: DASO can keep mum on more details in death involving Las Cruces MMA fighter
LAS CRUCES >> Siding with the Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office, a state district judge has ruled that the agency followed open records laws and does not have to release publicly any further details about a high-profile New…
FIVE BOUTS ADDED TO ONE FC: HONOR & GLORY
SINGAPORE: ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC) has added five additional fights to the card for ONE FC: HONOR & GLORY, which is set to take place on 30 May at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
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Sorry ‘Bones,’ but Junior dos Santos insists UFC champ Jose Aldo is the best…
Jon Jones may be running roughshod over the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight division since 2008, but Jose Aldo has been doing the same in the featherweight division for nearly a decade.
And that's why…
Grindhouse MMA training a family of champions
Mixed Martial Arts is one of the toughest sports in the world. The fighters have a huge following. Travel to one Lee's Summit, Mo., gym and you will find not only a family affair, but a family of champions.
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Collateral Damage: The Boston Bomber’s Gym, One Year Later
John Allan was vacationing in Thailand last April when he received an email from an employee at Wai Kru, his small mixed martial arts gym in Boston. The subject line read "Tamerlan."
"Tamerlan needs to change his attitude or not be…