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Danis challenges UFC's Kevin Lee to $100,000 winner-take-all grappling match

Holtzman vs. Patrick added to UFC 229

08/15/2018

According to Brazilian news outlet Combate, a lightweight bout between Scott Holtzman and Alan Patrick has been added to UFC 229. The event takes place Oct. 6 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Two world Combat Sambo champs to fight at Brave CF 14 on Saturday

08/15/2018

Brave 14 in Tangier, Morocco on Saturday will feature two former Combat Sambo World champions. 2016 world champ and 4-0 fighter Velimurad Alkhasov fights Jiu-Jitsu specialist and Ricardo Almeida protege Sean Santella. Ikram Aliskerov won gold in Combat Sambo in 2017 and fights Sweden's Diego Gonzalez. Both Velimurad and Ikram are cornered by the enormously respected Dagestani martial arts master Emiragaev Esedulla, who has been active in the career of the UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Brave 14 will stream live on Fite.tv at 12:00 p.m. ET

Teixeira believes he'll need shoulder surgery

08/15/2018

Jon Jones injured Glover Teixeira's shoulder with an improvised overhook at UFC 172 in 2014, and the Brazilian had shoulder surgery. Now Teixeira has injured the other shoulder and is out vs. Jimi Manuwa and UFC Fight Night 137. He'll learn Thursday if he needs surgery. ”I visited [the doctor] before, but since I got injured again, I’ll see if something [got worse]. We’ll see if I need surgery or only physical therapy. I think I’ll need surgery because I wanted to have surgery before. The doctor had already told me that my rotator cuff was injured,” Teixeira said. “And I think it just got worse now.” H/T MMA Fighting

Search on for Teixeira replacement vs. Manuwa at UFC Fight Night 137 on 9/22

Roy Nelson vs. Sergei Kharitonov for Bellator 207 co-main

08/15/2018

Roy Nelson vs. Sergei Kharitonov will serve as the co-main event of Bellator 207 on Friday, Oct. 12, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Nelson is coming off a controversial Majority Decision loss to Matt Mitrione in a Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal fight. 'The Russian Mercenary' Kharitonov was awareded a majority decision win, but saw it overturned due to an accidental eye poke. Prior to that he was 9-1 his last 10.

Machida: Fight with Fedor would be a superfight

By Kirik Jenness
08/15/2018
Lyoto Machida: "I like to challenge myself, new challenges, that was one of the offers that came with my move to Bellator."
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Brandon Vera fight scene in BuyBust (2018)

Danaher of the Day: Use your legs kids

The single biggest problem that beginning jiu jitsu students face: When people begin the study of jiu jitsu they often see it as a matter of learning a sufficient number of moves in sufficient detail to be able to hold their own on the mat with their classmates. Certainly there is a lot of truth to this. When coaching however, I see the main problem a little differently. The human body has some fundamental and very important ASYMMETRIES. An obvious example is the left side/right side asymmetry. People are either right handed or left handed and will be stronger and more coordinated on their strong side. Another extremely important asymmetry is that between UPPER BODY AND LOWER BODY STRENGTH AND COORDINATION. We are all much stronger in the lower body than upper body. If I asked you to walk several times across the dojo you could do this easily and with little effort. If I asked you to walk several lengths of the dojo on your hands in a handstand, even if you had the balance skills to do so, it would be a strenuous and tiring workout. If I asked you to sign your name on paper with your hand, you would do so easily; if I asked you to sign your name holding the pen in your toes it would be a real struggle. HUMANS ARE MASSIVELY STRONGER AND LESS COORDINATED IN THE LOWER BODY THAN UPPER BODY. This has clear ramifications for jiu jitsu. We must learn to grapple predominantly with our lower body (legs). This means we have to overcome the lack of lower body coordination that most of us bring into the sport. As a beginner, YOU MUST PUT YOUR PRIMARY FOCUS UPON DEVELOPMENT OF COORDINATION AND DEXTERITY IN YOUR LEGS SO THAT YOU LEARN TO GRAPPLE PREDOMINANTLY WITH YOUR LEGS IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF THEIR SUPERIOR STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE. You must overcome the natural beginners tendency to grapple with the upper body and learn to let your legs do most of the work. Every time you drill moves, BE MINDFUL OF LETTING YOUR LEGS DO THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK INVOLVED. There is no shortcut here - it will take time; but let me assure you that FORMING A STRONG CONNECTION OF YOUR MIND TO YOUR LEGS (knowledge to action) WILL BE THE SINGLE BIGGEST DETERMINANT OF YOUR PROGRESS IN JIU JITSU

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Nigerian Nightmare: Colby Covington turned me down 4X

By Kirik Jenness
08/15/2018
Kamaru Usman: “You said you’d be ready in November, [the UFC] offered me the fight in November. I accepted and he says no — once again for the fourth time.”
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Leites to retire following UFC Fight Night 137, after 12+year UFC career

08/15/2018

Thales Leites started fighting in 2003 and by 2006 he was a perfect 9-0 and got a UFC contract. Now he plans to retire after fighting Hector Lombard at UFC Fight Night 137 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. on September 22.

“I’m going to be 37, I already have a pretty big number of fights,” Leites said. “I don’t want to stay at 37, 38, 39 doing this very intense training that also has a lot of impact to the head – the famous concussion. Like it or not, every training session, you’re taking impact to the head. Not to mention the abrupt weight cuts. Doing that two to three times a year, we know it’s not healthy. ... But how is the future of the athletes who started doing these weight cuts, their old age? I’ve had many fights, so I don’t have the same drive, that same hunger to keep training and competing that I did before. I think my time has come. Now, there are new generations coming in. I’m happy for everything I did, everything I went through. I really enjoyed the journey and I’ll keep enjoying it, in a different way. ... I leave it very satisfied and with my head held high. Like any athlete, I’ve had highs and lows in MMA. Fighting isn’t simple – you’re meeting someone who prepared just as much as you to be there. Two will go in there to fight and one will leave as the winner. This is an obvious conclusion and you can’t escape that."

Jarrah Al-Selawe breaks down key welterweight fight at Brave 14

By Kirik Jenness
08/15/2018
Jarrah Al-Selawe: "If it goes to the ground, Abdouraguimov will have the advantage and will probably submit Wheeler. However, if Sidney keeps it standing he has a lot more chance to win and might knock Abdoul out."
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Schaub: Greg Hardy is not a redemption story, Nick Newell is

By Kirik Jenness
08/15/2018
Brendan Schaub: “Greg Hardy is the easy one. ‘Hey, just toss him these guys and let him knock them out. It’s a redemption story.’ You know what’s a f@$%ing redemption story? Nick Newell with one f@$%ing arm!”
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Kevin Lee said he got the better of Dillon Danis rolling, who offered a 100k grappling match which Lee accepted

Oscar De La Hoya: MMA fighter pay makes me sick to my stomach

Golden Boy applies with CSAC for first MMA event

Today it was confirmed that Golden Boy, the famous boxing promotion run by Oscar Del La Hoya, has applied for a license with the CSAC to run MMA events starting in November.

Schedule of all upcoming UFC fights

By Kirik Jenness
08/14/2018
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Glover Teixeira out of UFC Fight Night 137 main event vs. Jimi Manuwa due to injury

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