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The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson

Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos will begin his road back to the crown on Saturday, November 5, when he faces the No. 3-ranked Tony Ferguson in a five-round main event bout at Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City. The lightweight showdown headlines the UFC’s fourth event in Mexico, and also features the finals of The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 (also known as UFC Fight Night 98). Winner of Martin Bravo vs. Claudio Puelles will be crowned. FOX Sports 1 will televise the card. Currently ranked second at 155 pounds, Brazil’s Dos Anjos won five straight over the likes of Nate Diaz, Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis and Benson Henderson before a stunning first round upset loss to Eddie Alvarez in July cost him his title. Hungry to get his belt back, Dos Anjos can make a statement with a win over former Ultimate Fighter winner Ferguson. Showing the best form of his career, California’s “El Cucuy” is on an eight-fight winning streak that includes wins over Edson ... ... See more

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Ricardo Lamas Is Reportedly Going Against Charles Oliveira at TUF: Latin America 3 Finale

Ricardo Lamas was hoping that UFC find an opponent for him and get him on the card very soon. Looks like UFC made sure that his bucket list wish granted. According to FloCombat, sources close to the bout that The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 3 Finale targets the matchup between Lamas and Charles Oliveira on Nov. 5 in Mexico City. The no. 4 in UFC featherweight rankings, Ricardo 'The Bully' Lamas was originally slated to face the former two division world champion BJ Penn at Fight Night 97 on Oct. 15, but Penn's rib was injured and pulled out of the fight. Due to the loss of the main event, the entire card was scrapped by the UFC. The promotion said all the fighters on the Manila card would be rescheduled, and it appears the UFC has wasted no time in doing so. The Chicago native has found success in three of his past five showings inside the Octagon, and suffered a unanimous decision defeat at the hands of Max Holloway in his most recent outing. Oliv... ... See more

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"It's discouraging," Ricardo Lamas on the Cancellation of UFC Manila Card

UFC leaves Pinoy fans devastated when entire Manila card was cancelled ten days before the fight night. The promotion announced to reschedule the event after BJ Penn's rib was injured and pulled out of the fight against Ricard Lamas. "It sucked. I literally went through an entire camp, I was done training. The only thing that was left was to cut the weight. I was already holding my weight pretty low, and to hear that, it stinks, especially with the holidays coming up. This is what I do to make a living. I want to give my family a nice Christmas this year, and to have that cancelled when you put in so much work, it's discouraging. But, I try to push it out of my head and I know UFC will make it right and everything will work out," Lamas told Ariel Helwani on MMA Hour episode. Ricardo Lamas is disappointed. He is ready but his preparations and everything he put in work will go to waste, as well as to earn the show and win money. "Athle... ... See more

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UFC Leaves Fans Devastated As They Cancels Entire Manila Card

Source: Wikipedia October 7, 2016 around 1:57AM, I saw URCC light heavyweight champion Chris Valdez Hofman reposted ONE heavyweight champion Brandon Vera's post that the UFC just cancelled their entire PI card on Facebook. At first, looks like a rumor since BJ Penn had to pullout of the fight. Seconds later, a legit source FOX Sports twitted that the UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn to be rescheduled after losing half of main event. Filipinos are not pleased especially fight fans. The reason stated by UFC was due to the loss of the main event. I don't understand why as they have many fighters to replace Penn. Bryan Caraway, Robert Whiteford and Dan Hang even offered to fight Lamas. But there's another side of the story that makes sense too. Every athlete will have to give blood for drug test. When you test positive, passport will be confiscated in country . Was it redundancy then? Because USADA tests these UFC fighters for performance-en... ... See more

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BJ Penn's Path Back To The Octagon Was Not An Easy One

BJ Penn is not returning to the octagon for the third time. The two division world champion and Hall of Famer is out of UFC Fight Night 97 card due to undisclosed injury. The match between him and Ricardo Lamas was the main event of the second UFC event to be held again at the MOA Arena, Manila. BJ Penn announced in January that he is coming out of retirement to make a comeback to the octagon. A month after, however, his former BJPenn.com editor accused the "The Prodigy" of sexual assault against his girlfriend. In April, UFC stated that no criminal or civil charges have been filed against Penn, nor has any action been taken by local law enforcement. He was once again booked for a fight against Cole Miller on the main card of UFC 199. BJ Penn was suspended by USADA for six months due to out-of-competition IV use last May which ended September. The fight which was going to be in the featherweight division was again scrapped out of the UFC 199 card. He was last seen ... ... See more

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BJ Penn Pulls Out of UFC Fight Night 97!!!

UFC Fight Night 97 is 10 days away! UFC needs to find a replacement in the main event! BJ Penn has been pulled from the featherweight bout against Ricardo Lamas due to an injury, MMA Junkie reports. The promotion has not yet confirmed whether they will be searching for a replacement, or if Lamas is getting pulled from the card as well. The card takes place in the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Manila, Philippines and the entire card is set to air exclusively on UFC Fight Pass at 6:45 AM ET. Lamas remains in the headline spot and he hopes to bounce back from his loss to Max Holloway at “UFC 199”. Lamas possesses impressive wins over the likes of Diego Sanchez and Dennis Bermudez. Who do you think he should face on short notice? ... See more

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NEIL MAGNY: Started From The Bottom, Now Few Steps Closer To Becoming A Champion

UFC gave me a free pass to the UFC Manila Ultimate Media Day on May 14, 2015. I was about to walk upstairs when I saw Neil Magny and he was like walking in front of me, but were too starstruck to go up to him. On March 10, 2015 during the UFC Fight Night Manila's first ever On-Sale Event, I found out that the product of The Ultimate Fighter was in the card. Hyun Gyu Lim was his opponent. The fight I was most excited about. On Fight Night's Day, I saw Magny walking towards the coaster that took him and his team at the Mall Of Asia arena. So happy to finally gotten a photo with one of my favorite warriors of the octagon. It was a rough first round for Magny as the jabs keep landing on him. I covered my eyes when Lim dropped him with a knee. After getting outscored by the Korean figher, Magny came back in round two. He showcased beautiful skilled grappling as he body lock and pound 'The Ace' out until the referee stops the fight. That TKO win moved his winning st... ... See more

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Rising Featherweight Brian Ortega

Sunday, June 07, 2015- the replay of UFC Fight Night 68: Boetsch vs. Henderson was on and saw Thiago Tavares' forehead broke by lesser known fighter for me at that time named Brian Ortega. It was a big TKO win for the unbeaten Gracie BJJ black belter and BBS (Black Belt Surfing) owner who I learned just coming back from a suspension due to failed post-fight drug test in his rookie year. Triangle City or T-City still gained a new fan in me with how smart, creative and skilled he is. Ortega did it again at UFC 195: Lawler vs Condit. They won't call him 'T-City'for nothing. Diego Brandao was triangle choked by Brian. Without that beautiful finish, Brandao dominated and could've won it by decision. Clay Guida showed his veteran presence over Brian Ortega at UFC 199 - Rockhold vs Bisping. I was scared I knew he was about to lose the fight until he made that knee to the head. T-City knocked The Carpenter out. His come from behind victory and beautiful finishes am... ... See more

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The Filipino Wrecking Machine

The Filipino Wrecking Machine Mark Munoz our homegrown talent who is a very skilled wrestler and striker fighting in the UFC middle and light weight division has finally hang up its gloves on UFC Fight Night 66 in Pasay City Manila after a beautiful win against Luke Barnatt. With a career record of 14 wins 6 loses and 1 decision Mark has a colorful career in MMA. At the post fight interview Mark planned to teach wrestling in the Philippines saying "In MMA, I think wrestling is a discipline where the Philippines needs. I can connect the dots for them. The striking is good, jiu-jitsu is good, but I think wrestling is deficient a little bit." “I want to be able to come back and use my talents, gifts and abilities. I was a wrestling coach. I coached with Urijah (Faber) at UC Davis. We were just feeding off of each other. I just love coaching. I love taking a kid and seeing their skills and being able to add to their skills. Not change them. Just add to their skil... ... See more

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The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson

Ricardo Lamas Is Reportedly Going Against Charles Oliveira at TUF: Latin America 3 Finale

"It's discouraging," Ricardo Lamas on the Cancellation of UFC Manila Card

UFC Leaves Fans Devastated As They Cancels Entire Manila Card

BJ Penn's Path Back To The Octagon Was Not An Easy One

BJ Penn Pulls Out of UFC Fight Night 97!!!

NEIL MAGNY: Started From The Bottom, Now Few Steps Closer To Becoming A Champion

Rising Featherweight Brian Ortega

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