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12:12 PM ET The Professional Fighters League has announced a series of one-night tournaments around the globe that will ultimately feed five new athletes into the 2020 regular-season roster. The league has partnered with five separate organizations in United Arab Emirates, Russia, Germany, Brazil and Australia. Each international promotion will host a four-fighter tournament in
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4:01 PM ET Daniel Cormier said Monday if he doesn’t get his trilogy bout with heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic by the summer, he would consider retiring. “You can’t wait forever,” Cormier said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “Every day that passes does not benefit me. I’m a realist, I understand that. Either we’re going to
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4:21 AM ET Bellator two-division champion Ryan Bader is dropping back down to light heavyweight to defend his title against Vadim Nemkov on May 9 in San Jose, California, the promotion announced Saturday night. Bader (27-5, 1 NC), who also holds the Bellator heavyweight belt, has been light heavyweight champion since 2017 but hasn’t defended
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10:48 PM ET The UFC’s heavyweight division is in a state of uncertainty going into 2020, but one thing is for certain: Curtis Blaydes is a legitimate title threat. Blaydes (13-2) earned a highlight-reel finish against a former champion Saturday, knocking out Junior dos Santos with standing strikes at 1 minute, 6 seconds of the
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