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UFC Fight Night 51 weigh-in video
Watch UFC Fight Night 51 weigh-in video to see all the UFC Fight Night 51 fighters try to make weight Friday for Saturday's fights.
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Making their network TV debut, Future Islands performed "Seasons (Waiting On You)" from their album, "Singles."
STRETCH Keepsake Clip (Norman Reedus)
Clip from STRETCH by Joe Carnahan - featuring Norman Reedus.
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UFC Fight Night 55 press conference video
At the UFC Fight Night 55 press conference, Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping will discuss their upcoming showdown on Nov. 8 at the Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia.
My Life: Dominick Cruz Teaser
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Bellator MMA: Liam McGeary vs Kelly Anundson - Light Heavyweight Final
Tonight - Friday, September 12th - live on Spike TV, Liam McGeary and Kelly Anundson face off in the Light Heavyweight Finals.
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Bellator 124 live stream online
Watch Bellator 124 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card at 7 p.m. ET. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows: Justin Jaynes vs. Reuben Baraiac Cortez Phelia vs. Eric Ramirez Ben Reiter vs. Shamir Garcia Tony Hervey vs. Jason Fischer Adrian Henderson vs. Leroy Johnson Mike Hernandez vs. Thomas Vasquez Sabah Homasi vs. Eric Moon Mike Hamida vs. Adrian Hadribeaj Bellator 124 takes place at the Compuware Arena in Plymouth Township, Mich. Bellator light heavyweight champion Emanuel Newton faces Joey Beltran in the main event.
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Live Video & Results: Floyd Mayweather, Marcos Maidana Weigh-Ins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and
Marcos Maidana are a less than 24-hours away from their epic
rematch at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
While most will be tuning into the pay-per-view card for the main
event, the undercard is also stacked with intriguing match-ups.
Leo Santa Cruz will take on Manuel Roman in a bout for the super
bantamweight title, while Miguel Vazquez and Mickey Bey will meet
in lightweight action. The pay to view portion of the card opens
with Alfredo Angulo against James De La Rosa.
To make everything official, all fighter’s must first step on the
scales to be weighed by the Nevada Athletic Commission.
Be sure to keep it locked to Sherdog.com on Saturday for
complete coverage of the “Mayhem” event , including play by
play, results and any post-fight news.
“Mayweather vs. Maidana 2” Weigh-In Results:
Showtime PPV Card:
Welterweight: Floyd Mayweather (146.5) vs. Marcos Maidana (146)
Super Bantamweight: Leo Santa Cruz (121) vs. Manuel Roman (122)
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Bellator 124 Results: Play-by-Play & Updates
Cortez
Phelia vs. Eric
Ramirez
Round 1
Ramirez throws out a few range finding punches as Phelia plays the
outside. Ramirez with an outside low kick followed by a left-right
combination. Ramirez with a spinning back fist off the mark, and
Phelia changes levels to complete a takedown. Ramirez threatens
with a guillotine, but nothing there. “The Ram” looks for an
armbar, but immediately switches to a triangle choke. Phelia’s arm
is inside preventing the choke from being fully locked up, but
Ramirez keeps his opponent in position against the cage. “The Ram”
gives up on the choke, and Phelia postures up to start landing some
solid punches to the head of the Michigan native. Phelia stacks up
and continues raining down punches, but Ramirez attempts a heel
hook. Phelia is defending well while trying to roll out of danger,
and with 1:00 left on the clock, Ramirez abandons the submission,
and springs to his feet. Phelia’s knee buckles and he falls to his
back. “The Ram” takes top position and begins laying down some
punches. Ramirez with an armbar attempt, but Phelia steps over, and
lands some peppering shots as the bell sounds.
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UFC Fight Night ‘Bigfoot vs. Arlovski 2’ Notebook: Staying Power
Andrei Arlovski has won five of his past six bouts. | Photo:
Gleidson Venga/Sherdog.com
Andrei
Arlovski understands what it takes to reach the mountaintop in
the
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight division.
The 35-year-old Belarusian will take aim at Antonio
Silva in a high-stakes rematch, as they meet in the
UFC Fight Night “Bigfoot vs. Arlovski 2” main event on Saturday
at Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil. Arlovski is one of
13 men to have held the undisputed UFC heavyweight championship,
along with Cain
Velasquez , Junior dos
Santos , Brock
Lesnar , Randy
Couture , Tim Sylvia ,
Frank
Mir , Ricco
Rodriguez , Josh Barnett ,
Kevin
Randleman , Bas Rutten ,
Maurice
Smith and Mark
Coleman .
“If you want to be the best, you have to fight with the best
fighters,” he told Sherdog.com. “Obviously, the UFC has the best
heavyweight division right now. There’s great fighters -- tough
fighters. Right now, I’m focused on my fight with ‘Bigfoot,’ the
rematch with ‘Bigfoot.’ We’ll see what’s going to happen
after.
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Thomas Almeida vs. Tim Gorman added to UFC Fight Night 56 in Brazil
UFC Fight Night 56 takes place Nov. 8 at Ginasio Municipal Tancredo Neves in Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Broadcast plans haven’t been announced, though it’s likely to include a combination of FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.
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Mayweather vs Maidana 2: Watch full fight video online of Mayweather vs. Maidana I
This weekend's Mayweather vs. Maidana fight is a rare beast in boxing - a Floyd Mayweather rematch. This marks only the second time in his soon to be 47 fight career that Mayweather has taken a rematch (the last was against Jose Luis Castillo back in 2002 - Mayweather won that rematch via decision). Yet there's no question Maidana earned this second crack at the king thanks to his supremely impressive performance in May when they first fought. That first fight ended in a majority decision win for Mayweather with scores of 116-112, 117-111 (which is ridiculous), and 114-114. Most analysts agreed that Mayweather won the fight, but by a narrow margin. Now, Maidana will look to better that performance and close the show.
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UFC: Penn responds to Dolce's claims of improper training possibly leading to his loss against Edgar
Former UFC lightweight champion, B.J. Penn responds to Mike Dolce's claims that improper training may have led to his loss against Frankie Edgar.
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UFC: Dana White doesn't feel Jones' popularity is affected by racism
"Who says Jones isn't popular? I mean, as far as our business goes, Jones is very popular," White said. "I think Joe is saying, ‘Why isn't he this massive superstar? The guy is so talented, his brothers are two NFL players, etcetera, etcetera.' There's no doubt that Jon has had his share of issues since he's been the champ, but I wouldn't say that Jon Jones isn't popular."
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WAPA.tv: Noticias - El Tiempo - Entretenimiento en video desde Puerto Rico
El portal de noticias, el tiempo y entretenimiento en video más grande de Puerto Rico.
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Source: NFL, union close to drug agreement
The NFL and its players are closing in on finalizing a new drug agreement that would bring with it HGH testing and major changes to the marijuana policy and could result in the reduction of punishments for currently suspended players such as Josh Gordon , Wes Welker and Orlando Scandrick .
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Stretch Hummers. A bloody brawl. And Sarah Palin?
“At the time of the incident, none of the involved parties wanted to press charges and no arrests were made,” she said. “However, the case is still an active investigation and is being reviewed by APD and the Municipal Prosecutors Office. Alcohol was believed to have been a factor in the incident. Some of the Palin family members were in attendance at the party.”
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FurysFightPicks.com Presents: UFC Fight Night 'Bigfoot vs. Arlovski 2' Roundtable (ONLINE)
Sep, 12, 2014 TJ De Santis returned to the Sherdog Radio Network Friday for
another SRN Roundtable. De Santis welcomed in Jeff Sherwood, "Kid"
Nate Wilcox, and Patrick Wyman to breakdown tomorrow night's UFC
Fight Night card which pits former UFC heavyweight champion
Andrei
Arlovski ...
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The Crooklyn Daily
The Crooklyn Daily, by Crooklyn: updated automatically with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos.
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The Undertaker Is Now An Instagram Superstar
I have watched Mark Calaway ever since his days in the NWA when he was Mean Mark Callous, he was a Bad Ass then and he is a Bad Ass now. I was one of billions of fans who felt bad when he lost to Brock Lesner, but it took 3 F5’s to take him down, I wish he would show up at Night of Champions, and wish Cena Luck, then announce his Retirement. So next Wrestlemania he can be properly inducted into the Hall of Fame. God Bless the DeadMan,
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Alliance MMA Wrestling Clinic
This will be an annual clinic that will feature all of our top wrestlers. We are ONLY accepting the first 80 registrations. Make sure you register ASAP so you do not miss out on a great opportunity to learn from some of the top wrestlers in MMA. EVERYONE of all ages and skill levels are welcomed.
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Jack Slack: Conor McGregor Is the Future of Mixed Martial Arts | FIGHTLAND
In this writer's humble opinion, McGregor embodies everything that the sport of mixed martial arts needs. And I don't mean the smack talking and the call outs. Nor am I talking about the man who can absorb the attention of the whole room when sat between two fighters twice his size at the press conferences. I don't even mean the surprisingly understated and thoughtful guy who quietly mingled and chatted with press before watching his friend Gunnar Nelson fight at the O2.
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Actor Who Played 'Jaws' In Bond Films Dies
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Richard Kiel, the towering actor best known for portraying steel-toothed villain Jaws in a pair of James Bond films, has died. He was 74.
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BREAKING: Neel Kashkari tells CAL-FFL he'd veto gun bills
Following a number of Twitter and Facebook posts by CAL-FFL and its supporters earlier today, California gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari told the association that he "would veto" the four gun control bills on Governor Jerry Brown's desk.
In a February presentation to students at Cal State Sacramento, Mr. Kashkari made perplexing statements on the polarizing topic of gun laws, comments that the gun rights community largely viewed as "uneducated." As reported by CalNewsroom.com 's John Hrabe, Kashkari's follow-up comments to gun rights supporters "caused a firestorm...among California’s grassroots gun activists."
But CAL-FFL President Brandon Combs says that Kashkari's apparently hard-line stance against the gun bills passed by the Legislature this year is a change for the better.
"Neel Kashkari's views on Second Amendment civil rights has been a trying experience for us, to say the least," noted Combs. "However, we're certainly encouraged by his new position and welcome the move towards embracing fundamental individual liberties. Perhaps Mr. Kashkari took my advice after all.
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Fighter Diet News
Fighter Diet News, by Pauline Nordin: Get Buff, Get Lean
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Fight Night Brasilia: Main Event Preview
UFC color commentator Joe Rogan previews the Fight Night Brasilia main event between Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva and Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski.
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Sifting through a busy combat sports schedule to find fights worth watching
Gleison Tibau (29-10) vs. Piotr Hallman (15-2), UFC Fight Night 51, Brasilia, Brazil: When Bigfoot Silva went to a lackluster decision over Andrei Arlovski as the co-feature to Alistair Overeem's knockout of Brett Rogers back on a 2010 Strikeforce show, did you walk away thinking "Man, I can't wait for a Bigfoot-Arlvoski rematch?" Yeah, neither did we. So, while UFC Fight Night 51 looks on paper to be nothing special, the lightweight co-main in Brasilia looks like one you shouldn't sleep on. It seems unfair to use the term "gatekeeper" for Tibau, because he's been around so long by this point, with nearly two dozen UFC fights, that the term "survivor" seems more appropriate. Hallman, meanwhile, is an MMA Lab import from Poland. He's 2-1 in the UFC, and has earned post-fight bonuses for each of his two wins. A victory over someone as respected as Tibau would signal it's time to take Hallman seriously at 155.
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JISSN | Full text | The effects of consuming a high protein diet (4.4 g/kg/d) on body composition in resistance-trained individuals
It is unusual that despite no change in their training volume, the ~800 kcal increase
in caloric intake had no effect on body composition. This is the first overfeeding
study done on well-trained individuals; thus, one might speculate that their response
differs from sedentary individuals. Although there was no significant change in the
mean value for body weight, body fat, lean body mass or percent fat, the individual
responses were quite varied. This may be due to the fact that other dietary factors
were not controlled (e.g. carbohydrate intake). There was a mean increase in carbohydrate
intake (~14%) in the high protein group. This was not significant due to the wide
variation in intakes. Of the 20 subjects in the high protein group, 9 consumed more
carbohydrate whereas 11 decreased or maintained the same intake. It is unclear if
consuming protein only during the overfeeding period in the absence of fat or carbohydrate
intake alterations would differentially impact body composition; however, we would
speculate that protein overfeeding alone would likely have no effect on fat mass while
promoting gains in lean body mass concurrent with a heavy resistance training regimen
geared towards skeletal muscle hypertrophy.
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Fight Night Brasilia: Official Weigh-In
Watch the official weigh-in for UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski.
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http://www.cagepotato.com/nick-diaz-arrested-on-suspicion-of-dui-driving-with-a-suspended-license-destruction-of-evidence/
Coincidentally, that date coincides with the approximate date Diaz is now expected to appear in court as a result of his latest arrest. Diaz was arrested by members of the Lodi Police Department in the early morning hours on September 6 on charges of suspicion of DUI, obstructing a police officer, destruction of evidence and driving with a suspended license, MMAFighting.com confirmed on Friday.
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Competition Pak
“I am so glad that I decided to finally try Fighter Diet after knowing about it for over a year, but never attempting. I recently did my first bodybuilding competition as a lightweight and placed 1st in my class. The dieting was horrible, though I stuck with it, all 3.5 months were hell! Excuse my language. The mood swings associated with “old school” bodybuilding diets that have almost zero carbohydrates and the lack of energy to do anything almost, is what almost deterred from wanting to compete again. After my competition I was afraid of gaining weight like most competitors do and I didn’t want to live my life eating small portions and always feeling hungry. So, I bought my first FD Ebook which happened to be FD Extreme and currently on the 1500cal plan. So far I have managed to
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Andrei Arlovski conducts greatest open workout in UFC history
BRASILIA, Brazil – Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski is a sizable underdog heading into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 51 headliner with Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva, but on Saturday, he claimed a title of an entirely different sort.
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Ebola is ‘devouring everything in its path.’ Could it lead to Liberia’s collapse?
With projections of the disease's spread unreliable and inconsistent (the WHO has said the total number of infections in West Africa could reach 20,000; at least one long-term model put the number north of 100,000), it's hard to tell exactly just how big the threat is to Liberia. But a London epidemiologist who is studying Ebola's spread in Monrovia has said that the rapidly spreading virus has the potential to infect the majority of Liberia's population, according to Britain's Channel 4 News .
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Lodi Police Release Nick Diaz Booking Photo
Nick
Diaz was arrested in Lodi, Calif., on Sept. 6 on charges of
DUI, obstructing a police officer, destruction of evidence and
driving with a suspended license. Following his booking, the former
Strikeforce champion took the inevitable mugshot.
Above is the photo released to Sherdog.com from the Lodi Police
Department.
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Junior Dos Santos 'almost 100 percent,' aiming for December return
“Right now, it doesn’t really matter to me (who I fight),” Dos Santos said. “I just want to fight. I want to fight before the end of the year because it’s very important. In October, it’s going to be one year that I haven’t had a fight. It’s making me very frustrated, and I’m feeling very nervous about that. That’s what I do. That’s what I love to do, and that’s what I do to live, and I can’t wait to be back.”
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Cage Warriors title challenger Cory Tait: 'Mayweather's the richest guy in sports and he don't weigh much more than me'
So again, long story short, I don't think I'm exactly where I need to be, in terms of respect and stuff like this. A lot of fighters in this country, and even promoters and stuff like this, a lot of people still count me out in a lot of fights. I mean, I've got eight wins. I still got two losses, but in those eight wins, I've never gone the distance. Four knockouts, four submissions. I mean, I don't think there's anybody that's really as versatile as me in this country. And I think, it's not until I get to the UFC and then knock someone out, and then the UK's gonna be like, "Oh my god, like, he's the savior!" Like, "Dadadada" You know how it goes, isn't it. I don't want to be like, Mike Tyson style, and just hate on everybody. Once I actually blow and make it, like, "Aw, fuck them. They never helped me get here in the first place." I don't want to have that chip on my shoulder, man. But, it's difficult, it's difficult, but you know, you get through it.
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UFC Statement on Nick Diaz
Nick Diaz is back in the UFC and he sat down with UFC.com for an exclusive interview. Hear him talk about a potential fight with Anderson Silva, how he got into fighting and much more.
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Watch today's UFC Fight Night 51 weigh-ins live on MMAjunkie at 3 p.m. ET
The weigh-ins take place at Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil, the same venue that hosts Saturday’s UFC Fight Pass-streamed card. The first fighter is on the scale at 3 p.m. ET (noon p.m. PT).
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UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Arlovski II staff picks and predictions
Zane Simon : This is do or die time for Dashon Johnson. The UFC can't lob many easier opponents at him than Pepey, and that's fresh off a flying knee KO for the Brazilian. Unfortunately, winning this fight would mean having improved a lot from his debut a few months ago. Johnson is incredibly limited in his defensive awareness (a byproduct of a can-heavy record). And more unfortunately, he's at his worst on the ground, where he just doesn't seem to realize when he's in a really bad position, or how to get out of it. Pepey may be unpolished on his feet, and overaggressive in his grappling, but Johnson has too much catching up to do to win fights in the UFC right now. Godofredo Pepey by submission, Round 1.
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UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Arlovski II weigh-in results and live video stream
Bloody Elbow is the place to be to watch the UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski weigh-ins, which air today at 3 PM ET/12 PM PT.
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Boxing: Nothing but a Number, Right?
Floyd Mayweather Jr. turns 38 in February. | Photo: Mike
Sloan/Sherdog.com
The scars are there if you look close enough. They traverse the
corners of his eyebrows in short lines, and his face, though barely
touched, is weathered from more than 30 years of boxing.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. does not like to talk about it. Nobody really
likes to talk about what they once were, when their skin was tight
and muscle definition sharp, as opposed to when they hit those 30s
and there is a glint of the middle-aged paunch and all the sculpted
work goes to pot. Mayweather has more than a few years before the
onset of that, but the undisputed welterweight king and the world’s
best pound-for-pound fighter has shown some cracks in his
impregnable veneer lately. Sometimes we forget he is 37 years
old.
Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs) may have reminded everyone in May,
when he shocked the boxing world by giving “Money” his toughest
fight since Mayweather won a split decision over Oscar De La Hoya
in May 2007. The De La Hoya fight generated a record-breaking 2.
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My Life: Dominick Cruz Video Blog Teaser
We had the pleasure of going down Alliance MMA and filming former UFC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz ahead of his UFC 178 fight after being sidelined for nearly three years due to injuries. It was amazing watching Dominick work and witness first hand just how much he sacrifices for this sport, not just on the mat but in every aspect of his life. Look for the full version to drop sometime next week as we all can’t wait to see Cruz back in action on September 27th.
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ONE FC 20 results: Adriano Moraes chokes out Geje Eustaquio, wins flyweight title at 'Rise of the Kingdom'
12 September 2014 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Asia's largest mixed martial arts organization with a 90% market share, ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC), put on a dazzling display of world-class mixed martial arts action to the delight of a packed crowd at the Koh Pich Theatre in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for ONE FC: RISE OF THE KINGDOM. In the main event, Adriano Moraes captured the inaugural ONE FC Flyweight World Championship, defeating Geje Eustaquio by submission in round 2.
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The Perils of Bellator MMA’s New Approach
Can
Bellator President Scott Coker replicate the success he enjoyed
with Strikeforce? | Photo: Keith Mills/Sherdog.com
When Scott Coker was announced as new president of Bellator
MMA , the decision was met with near universal acclaim from fans
and pundits alike. Coker, after all, has a proven track record as
one of MMA’s savviest and most successful promoters. He built the
Strikeforce
brand into a regional and then national power and succeeded where
many other aspiring mixed martial arts promoters had failed. It
also did not hurt that Bellator founder Bjorn Rebney had alienated
many during his time running the company. Coker has been hailed as
a panacea for all that ails Bellator.
While Coker’s track record provides reason for optimism, he returns
to an MMA landscape radically different from the one that existed
the last time he was genuinely steering the Strikeforce ship more
than three years ago. Moreover, he takes charge of a promotion that
is structured and monetized in a completely different way than
either the San Jose, Calif.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Will Take Home $32 Million Payday, Marcos Maidana $3 Million for Rematch
Floyd Mayweather will earn $32 million on Saturday. | Mike
Sloan/Sherdog.com
Floyd Mayweather will earn $32 million dollars when he takes the
ring against Marcos Maidana on Saturday, while “Chino” will take
home $3 million.
The figures were released by the Nevada Athletic Commission on
Friday. “Money” will be taking home the same amount of cash he did
for the first encounter in May, while Maidana doubled his number of
$1.5 million.
Maidana’s purse has been known for the better part of Friday,
Mayweather’s wasn’t revealed until shortly after the weigh-ins at
the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The $32 million represents a small portion of what Mayweather will
ultimately walk away with. The event is aired on pay-per-view, and
the 47-0 boxer takes home a good portion of the revenue due to
Mayweather Promotions co-promoting the fight.
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Nick Diaz had prior DUI arrest on December 12th, missed multiple court dates
New information released on UFC welterweight Nick Diaz reveals that the ex-Strikeforce champion had been booked on a previous DUI charge several months ago.
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Bellator 124: Newton vs. Beltran live results, streaming video and play by play
R2: Newton starts the round with his kicking game at range, thowing spinning heel kicks and side kicks to the body. Beltran is trying to swarm him and eventually catches him in the clinch about a minute in. Newton works his way out, lands a hard knee, and tries to go back to his kicks. Beltran cuts him off immediately, and Beltran swarms him against the fence. They're trading shots, but Beltran is landing a lot more as Newton covers and tries to counter. Newton looks a little frustrated. They separate and Newton goes for a spinning back fist and doesn't land it. Beltran clinches him up, Newton pushes him off and comes forward with a 1-2 and kick combo. Beltran gets him back in the clinch and is throwing a lot of short knees. Newton shrugs him off again and tries to go back to his combo kickboxing, but Beltran's punches are a lot faster and in a lot more volume. Beltran backs newton up and lands a slapping high kick as Newton tries to circle off. Newton is just trying to stay at range and land single big shots. Finally he drives in with a double and gets Beltran down. Beltran lands a couple elbows from bottom and immediately scrambles to his feet.
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'Bellator 124: Newton vs. Beltran' live results
Then Newton turned the tide in a moment’s notice as Beltran walked straight into a spinning backfist that knocked him out cold and kept the belt stationary. It was deja vu for the 30-year-old champ, who delivered a career performance 10 months ago when he knocked out Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal with the same strike to win the interim title.
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Floyd Mayweather: Opponents Have Used Dirty Tactics Against Me My Entire Career
Despite popular opinion, Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t think his
first fight with Marcos Maidana was all that close.
However, boxing’s pound-for-pound king wants to please the fans,
which is why the rematch with Maidana will take place on Saturday
at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas -- just four months
after he captured a majority decision against the Argentina
native.
“Well, the fans demanded it, the fans said it was real exciting,”
Mayweather said during a recent conference call. “My team had a
meeting. They came up with this guy, and like I said before, I’m a
man of my word. Just like I said after the fight, if you feel like
you want to do it again, let’s do it again.”
In their first bout, Mayweather struggled early against his
opponent’s pressuring, aggressive style but gradually made the
necessary adjustments to pull away down the stretch. Still, not all
the ringside judges agreed that Mayweather was the clear-cut
winner. While Burt Clements (117-111) and Dave Moretti (116-112)
saw the fight in favor of “Money,” Michael Pernick scored it
114-114.