David Tees
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Wrestling
First Round Pairings, Reserve Fights Set For Invicta FC Phoenix Rising Series Strawweight Tournament
Invicta Fighting Championshup will debut the “Phoenix Rising Series” next month and eight women will compete for the opportunity to become the new Invicta FC Strawweight Champion. The strawweight gold was vacated when Virna Jandiroba signed with the UFC, debuting…
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Wrestling
Report: Leslie Smith Signs With Bellator MMA
Leslie Smith, who is the interim president of Project Spearhead, has signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator MMA. Yahoo Sports first reported the signing, which was later confirmed by Smith via Twitter: ——Look who just signed with @BellatorMMA !!!…
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Wrestling
Luke Rockhold Claims That Anthony Smith Is Avoiding A Fight With Him
Former UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold will make his light heavyweight division debut at UFC 239, taking on Jan Blachowicz. Anthony Smith recently took some shots at Rockhold during the UFC Seasonal Press Conference, but Rockhold says it is Smith…
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Wrestling
UFC 236 Fighter Salaries
Here are the UFC 236 fighter salaries (via MMA Junkie): Dustin Poirier: $250,000 (no win bonus) def. Max Holloway: $350,000 Israel Adesanya: $350,000 (no win bonus) def. Kelvin Gastelum: $150,000 Khalil Rountree: $70,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus) def. Eryk Anders: $50,000 Dwight Grant: $24,000…
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Wrestling
Paulo Costa Calls Israel Adesanya A Fake Champion
Israel Adesanya defeated Kelvin Gastelum by unanimous decision in the co-main event of UFC 236 to become the UFC Interim Middleweight Champion. Paulo Costa saw what happened at UFC 236 and apparently wasn’t very impressed by what happened this past…
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Wrestling
Max Griffin Says Zelim Imadaev Confronted Him Multiple Times Before UFC 236
Max Griffin and Zelim Imadaev competed on the preliminary card of UFC 236, with Griffin picking up a majority decision win on that night. The two had some run ins before the event and one of those took place at…
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Wrestling
Henry Cejudo Says He’ll Never Fight TJ Dillashaw Again
Former UFC Bantamweight Champion TJ Dillashaw was recently suspended two years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for a failed drug test in line with UFC Fight Night Brooklyn. UFC Flyweight Champion Henry Cejudo, who fought and defeated Dillashaw…
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Wrestling
Belal Muhammad Claims Fighters Use Rankings To Avoid Fights
Belal Muhammad was last seen in action at UFC 236, defeating Curtis Millender by way of unanimous decision. A victorious Muhammad isn’t ranked at the moment, but he does believe that ranked fighters do use their ranking to avoid certain…
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Wrestling
Report: Ryan Scope Injured, Off Bellator MMA Europe 2
Ryan Scope has suffered an injury and has been pulled from the upcoming Bellator MMA Europe 2 card, where he was scheduled for a co-main event fight against Derek Campos. Scope reported the news himself through Instagram, but did not…
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Wrestling
Nick Newell Faces Kalvin Hackney At CES MMA 56
A lightweight division attraction has been added to the upcoming CES MMA 56 card as Nick Newell is going to be in action against Kalvin Hackney. Newell (14-2-0) is back in action for the first time in almost a year,…
