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Gall added, “Punk lasted 2:14 with me, which is pretty impressive. MJ lasted only :45. Punk has almost triple the time of ufc experience.”

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) June 6, 2018

UFC 225 is now available on Amazon Prime.

On Saturday night, former World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Phil Brooks -- better known as “CM Punk” -- makes his return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In his second appearance inside the Octagon he is scheduled to take Mike Jackson to kick off the main card of UFC 225 in Chicago.

Punk had his first fight in September 2016 against the young prospect Mickey Gall. Punk was completely outclassed in the fight before Gall eventually locked in a rear-naked choke and finished the fight in 2:14 in the opening period. Jackson (0-1), also lost to Gall via submission, but in 45 seconds seven months earlier in February 2016.

In the lead up to the fight this weekend between Punk and Jackson, MMA Fighting’…

Jumabieke Tuerxun will not have fond memories of his encounter with Andre Harrison.

Power punching volleys, a shut-down sprawl and well-timed takedowns paired with ground-and-pound carried the undefeated Harrison to a unanimous decision over the Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran in the Professional Fighters League 1 headliner on Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York. All three cageside judges scored it for Harrison (18-0, 2-0 PFL): 30-27, 30-27 and 30-26.

Tuerxun (20-7-1, 0-1 PFL) was essentially a non-factor. Harrison either sprawled into top position or executed a takedown in all three rounds, short-circuiting his opponent’s efforts. The 30-year-old Bellmore Kickboxing Academy representative saved some of his best work for the second round, where he threatened Tuerxun with a brabo choke, punished him with heavy artillery and generally made life miserable for the Chinese featherweight.

In the featherweight co-main event, Xtreme Couture’s Lance Palmer…

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The main event of “The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale” is set to change, as Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight contender Brad Tavares will be forced to withdraw due to injury. On Thursday morning, UFC president Dana White reported that Tavares (17-4), who was scheduled to face the red-hot Israel Adesanya (13-0) on July 6, has suffered a broken foot. White also mentioned that at least one other UFC middleweight has offered to step up in Tavares’ place, though he would not commit to having settled on a replacement.

“Brad Tavares, I don’t think anybody knows this yet, just this morning broke his foot,” White told TMZ. “He’s out of that fight now with Israel [Adesanya], so we are looking to put somebody new in with this kid. I’m excited about him. I don’t know. Thiago Santos said he will accept the fight, but I’m still looking and trying to figure this thing out. Injuries are killing me, man!”

San…

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Sean O’Malley, the promising bantamweight prospect who rose to prominence on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, could be nearing an Octagon return.

“Suga” hasn’t competed since taking a unanimous decision over Andre Soukhamthath at UFC 222 on March 3. Shortly after that victory, O’Malley underwent surgery to repair a foot injury suffered in the fight. Now, however, the 23-year-old MMA Lab product is close to making a full recovery.

“I got an X-ray last time and they said, ‘Everything looks good, come back in four weeks and we’ll clear you. I know how my foot feels,” O’Malley said on the "JRE MMA Show” with Joe Rogan. “There’s days where it’s really sore and there’s days where it’s like, ‘Dude, it’s good.’ I feel about 80, 85 percent.”

The promotion initially hoped to have O’Malley headline “The Ultimate Fighter 27” fi…

ICYMI: We are returning to London!! #KSW45, October 6, at The SSE Arena, Wembley!!

Tickets on sale tomorrow!!

More info https://t.co/DI3gkDlgAm pic.twitter.com/NFBKBLboL2

— KSW (@KSW_MMA) June 6, 2018

Polish promotion Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki will return to London for the first time in three years when KSW 45 hits the SSE Arena on Oct. 6.

The organization last traveled to the English city for KSW 32 on Oct. 31, 2015. In the evening’s headliner, Peter Graham earned a second-round stoppage of popular strongman Mariusz Pudzianowski. The card featured a number of KSW stars and big show veterans including Borys Mankowski, Tomasz Narkun, Mateusz Gamrot, Jesse Taylor, James McSweeney, Goran Reljic and Jim Wallhead, among others.

"Our last show in London was a huge success," KSW co-owner Maciej Kawulski said in a release. "We are delighted to finally be coming back and showcase our event again to our fans, new and old, there. We pr…

Former pro wrestling star Phil Brooks, better known as CM Punk, has dealt with an added bit of stress the week before his second Octagon appearance at UFC 225 on Saturday. Fortunately, the end result was positive for him.

On Tuesday, Punk was found not guilty in a defamation lawsuit filed by a WWE doctor against him and pro wrestler Colt Cabana, according to prowrestlingsheet.com. Dr. Christopher Amann was seeking $4 million dollars in damages for comments Punk made during on a podcast in November 2014 as well as additional punitive damages.

Testimony for the lawsuit occurred over a five-day period in Cook County (Ill.) Circuit Court.

In an interview conducted by Cabana, Punk claimed that his departure from the WWE was in large part due to medical oversights during his tenure. Punk specifically mentioned a lump on his back that was misdiagnosed as a fat deposit and later turned out to be a staph infection. Punk also claimed during the podcast that Amann did…

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Jimmie Rivera has received a 90-day medical suspension following UFC Fight Night 131 this past Friday.

The New York State Athletic Commission released a full list of medical suspensions from the event, which took place at the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica…

If he defeats Colby Covington and captures interim welterweight gold at UFC 225, Rafael dos Anjos will enter the rarified air of fighters to hold championships in two divisions within the Las Vegas-based promotion.

Dos Anjos claimed the lightweight belt with a dominant five-round verdict over Anthony Pettis at UFC 185 and defended the title with a first-round stoppage of Donald Cerrone at UFC on Fox 17. After back-to-back losses against Eddie Alvarez and Tony Ferguson, the Rio de Janeiro native moved up to 170 pounds, where he has looked impressive in victories over Tarec Saffiedine, Neil Magny and Robbie Lawler.

“It means a lot,” dos Anjos said of the opportunity during a recent media call. “I’m about to be among the very few to have two belts. I’ve been training very hard to get my second belt and make history.”

In Covington, dos Anjos will be facing an opponent who captured a junior college national championship and All America honors as a wrestler. Covi…

Keri Anne Taylor-Melendez, the wife of UFC and Strikeforce veteran Gilbert Melendez, will make her second professional MMA appearance later this month.

Melendez will lock horns with Tiani Valle in a strawweight bout at Bellator 201 on June 29. Promotion officials announced the pairing on Monday. Bellator 201 takes place at Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif., and is headlined by a women’s flyweight title bout pitting Ilima-Lei Macfarlane against Alejandra Lara.

Melendez hasn’t fought in the cage since November 2016, when she scored a technical knockout of Sheila Padilla 47 seconds into the opening stanza at Bellator 165. The 34-year-old Skrap Pack representative was supposed to compete at Bellator NYC last June but withdrew from the card due to injury.

Valle, meanwhile, is coming off a similar hiatus. Her MMA debut came on Sept. 24, 2016, when she outpointed Sam Hughes at X-1 44 “The Return.”

This month, @KeriMelendez41…

UFC Fight Night 131 attracted an average audience of 517,000 viewers for its main card Friday on Fox Sports 1, according to ShowBuzz Daily.

That is the lowest ratings for a UFC Fight Night televised event thus far in 2018. The previous low occurred less than one week prior, as UFC Fight Night Liverpool, headlined by a welterweight clash between Darren Till and Stephen Thompson, drew an average of 552,000 viewers to FS1 for a Sunday matinee offering on May 27.

UFC Fight Night 131 took place at Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, N.Y., and saw Marlon Moraes knock out Jimmie Rivera 33 seconds into their bantamweight headliner. In the co-main event, Gregor Gillespie submitted Vinc Pichel in the second round in a lightweight affair.

Meanwhile, the UFC Fight Night 131 prelims averaged 322,000 viewers on FS1. In the featured bout on that portion of the card, Sijara Eubanks outpointed Lauren Murphy in a battle of “Ultimate Fighter 26” cast members.

Miesha Tate is officially a mother.

The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion delivered a baby girl after 67 hours of labor. Tate’s partner, MMA fighter Jonathan Nunez, posted a photo of the newborn, named Amaia Nevaeh Nunez, via Instagram on Sunday.

Finally... after over 67 hours of Labor, my love of my life has arrived, Amaia Nevaeh Nuñez... Amaia meet the World...Daddy Vows to love you, protect you and Never leave you!! I am dedicating my life to loving you, Cherishing you, Inspiring you and Teaching you what I have learned early and in the later of my life. I am confident that you won’t take this life for granted, and I know when you get where your going in life... you won’t forget to turn around and help the next one in line!! We will teach you, by example, to be Humble and Kind... just like your momma! GO GET EM BABY GIRL! The world is yours! #godsplan #helloworld #happybirthdayamor #myqueen #Humble&Kind #Amaia #Nuñez #myworld #sundayfunday *thank …

Miesha Tate is officially a mother.

The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion delivered a baby girl after 67 hours of labor. Tate’s partner, MMA fighter Jonathan Nunez, posted a photo of the newborn, named Amaia Nevaeh Nunez, via Instagram on Sunday.

Finally... after over 67 hours of Labor, my love of my life has arrived, Amaia Nevaeh Nuñez... Amaia meet the World...Daddy Vows to love you, protect you and Never leave you!! I am dedicating my life to loving you, Cherishing you, Inspiring you and Teaching you what I have learned early and in the later of my life. I am confident that you won’t take this life for granted, and I know when you get where your going in life... you won’t forget to turn around and help the next one in line!! We will teach you, by example, to be Humble and Kind... just like your momma! GO GET EM BABY GIRL! The world is yours! #godsplan #helloworld #happybirthdayamor #myqueen #Humble&Kind #Amaia #Nuñez #myworld #sundayfunday *thank …

Andrea Lee’s husband, Donny Aaron, issued a statement on Sunday apologizing for the Nazi emblems he wears on both arms.

The tattoos were revealed on Friday, when Lee tweeted some photos of herself and Aaron at the lake. Visible in one of the photos is an image of a swastika tattoo on Aaron’s left arm. It was later revealed that Aaron also has an image of a Nazi SS bolt symbol on his right arm.

Still had a great day at the lake with my fam and certainly enjoyed the jet skis. pic.twitter.com/s5FuwYc2Y5

— Andrea Lee (@AndreaKGBLee) June 2, 2018

Aaron, who is also Lee’s coach, claimed that he has explored the possibility of tattoo removal or a coverup, but neither is a viable option. Aaron says that the tattoos represent a “dark time” when he was in prison, but he does not want his transgressions to negatively impact Lee. Aaron’s full statement is as follows:

Please read this and accept my most sincere apologies to all I have offende…

It appears that Stipe Miocic has enlisted the help of a light heavyweight champion with a particular set of skills to prepare for his UFC 226 title defense against Daniel Cormier.

Ryan Bader recently posted photos on his Instagram account of a visit to Ohio’s Strong Style Fight Team camp to train with the UFC heavyweight king. Bader, the Bellator MMA 205-pound titlist, is currently competing in the California-based promotion’s heavyweight grand prix. The Arizona native will face Matt Mitrione in the seminfinals of the tournament later this year.

“Thanks for having me out [Stipe Miocic] and for the work from the great coaches and people [at Strong Style Fight Team],” Bader wrote.

Miocic will square off against Cormier in a champion vs. champion superfight on July 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Cormier, the UFC’s light heavyweight champion, was a two-time junior college national champion and an NCAA All-American as a collegiate wrestler. He was also …

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As so often happens when a fighter earns a big victory in the Octagon, Gregor Gillespie was prompted to make a callout in his post-fight interview at UFC Fight Night Utica on Friday.

The four-time NCAA All-American wrestler from Edinboro University declined to make use of the platform after earning his fifth consecutive UFC triumph, a second-round submission of Vinc Pichel in the evening’s co-main event.

Instead, as he so often does, Gillespie talked about fishing.

“I don’t call people out. It’s not what I do,” Gillespie said in his post-fight interview. “ All I’m thinking about right now is fishing tomorrow and fishing the next day. I’ll be fishing until my training partner fights at Madison Square Garden next week and then I’m going to go and support him. I also don’t worry about winning streaks because guess what, if I lose what good is that winning streak? Some people have suggested my ne…

Just three weeks after scoring a second-round stoppage of David Rickels at Bellator 200, flamboyant British striker will compete in his second boxing match at York Hall in London on June 15.

MMANytt.com first reported the news, and ESPN.com’s Chamatkar Sandhu confirmed the booking with event promoter David Haye. Page does not yet have an opponent for the card.

The 31-year-old Page made his professional boxing debut in October 2017 with a third-round technical knockout victory over Jonathan Castano in Greenwich, England. Page’s opponent fell to 2-12-1 with that defeat.

Meanwhile, Page’s win over Rickels on May 25 was his first MMA appearance since taking a split verdict against Fernando Gonzalez at Bellator 165 on Nov. 19, 2016. “Venom” is 13-0 in his MMA career, with all but two of his triumphs coming inside the distance.

Just a week ago, Yair Rodriguez was getting ready to test the free agent waters.

Now, his relationship with the UFC — which cut him for what it claims was a refusal to accept a fight — is seemingly better than ever. The tide began to change on Friday, when ESPN.com’s Brett Okamoto reported that the UFC had rescinded the termination of Rodriguez’s contract to set up a potential fight between the Mexican featherweight and Zabit Magomedsharipov at UFC 228.

On Saturday, Rodriguez released a statement explaining how things played out. The saga took a positive turn when “El Pantera” met with matchmaker Sean Shelby face-to-face over lunch.

“I address to all my fans, friends and family for always [being] supportive of my career. As well I’ll like to thank all of those companies showing interest in my persona and work,” Rodriguez wrote.

“Sean Shelby and I have a friend in common, Mario Delgado, he was the connection between us. He set up a meeting between Sean…

Marlon Moraes had the shortest night of any winner at UFC Fight Night 131, but he was perhaps the easiest choice for a post-fight bonus check.

The former World Series of Fighting champion earned a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for his first-round knockout of Jimmie Rivera in the evening’s main event at the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, N.J. Moraes finished Rivera with a left high switch kick and follow-up punches 33 seconds after their fight began.

Meanwhile, a typically relentless approach propelled Gregor Gillespie to a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” award and a second-round submission of Vinc Pichel in the lightweight co-headliner. Gillespie advanced to full mount late in the second stanza and eventually transitioned to an arm-triangle choke, securing the tapout at the 4:06 mark.

Elsewhere, Ben Saunders showcased a devastating clinch game in a first-round finish of Jake Ellenberger to capture a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” check i…

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Yair Rodriguez’s situation in the UFC has taken an unexpected turn.

It appeared as if Rodriguez’s days in the UFC were done, but now it seems that “Pantera” and Zabit Magomedsharipov have verbally agreed to a fight at UFC 228 in September, according to a report from ESPN.com’s Brett Okamoto.

I'm told UFC is rescinding its termination letter to Yair Rodriguez, essentially reinstating his contract. The Magomedsharipov fight is not signed yet, but is UFC 228 on Sept. 8. No location finalized for that event.

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) June 1, 2018

According to multiple reports, Rodriguez had been released from his UFC contract just a couple of weeks ago after turning down an August fight against Magomedsharipov at UFC 227.

“We offered him fights, he turned down the fights. There was a lot more back and forth that went on with that. If you don’t want to fight, this isn’t the place to be. There’s plenty of places out there that wi…

A scheduled strawweight bout between Jessica Aguilar and Jodie Esquibel has been removed from UFC Fight Night 131 hours before the event.

The promotion announced the cancellation in a statement on Friday:

"Due to a medical issue involving strawweight athlete Jessica Aguilar, the New York State Athletic Commission has cancelled her scheduled bout against Jodie Esquibel,” the statement read. “Tonight's UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes card will proceed with 12 bouts, beginning at 6:55 pm ET / 3:55 pm PT.”

The UFC didn’t disclose the medical issue that forced Aguilar off the card. However, Din Thomas, Aguilar’s coach, told MMAjunkie.com that the New York State Athletic Commission elected to pull the fighter from the card due to chapped lips.

“[Thursday], the commission doctor saw her lips and thought it may have been some sort of infection,” Thomas said. “They rushed her to a dermatologist as soon as she stepped off the scale. The dermatologist said no…

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UFC 225 is now available on Amazon Prime.

On June 9 at UFC 225, former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight king Rafael dos Anjos will lock horns with Colby Covington for the interim welterweight belt.

During Thursday’s UFC 225 media call, things got heated between the pair in the lead up to their big fight next weekend. As expected, Covington tried to get under the skin of his opponent, although Dos Anjos was having none of it and stayed calm and composed during the interview, explaining that he had heard it all before in the lead up to his fight with Conor McGregor, which didn’t materialize due to an injury sustained by the Brazilian.

Dos Anjos explained that trash talk by his opponents doesn’t faze him as he’s grown up with much worse and believes Covington is doing a poor job imitating McGregor.

“I grew up in Brazil in the favelas, man. Bullies, trash talking, doesn’t work with…

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A pair of bantamweight contenders have received the all clear to do battle.

Jimmie Rivera (134.6) and Marlon Moraes (135.4) were on target with their weight Thursday morning in Utica, New York, making official the UFC Fight Night 131 headliner at Adirondack Bank Center.

It what feels to be a bit unusual in the current weight-cutting climate, there was no drama Thursday, as all 26 competitors hit their marks.

UFC Fight Night 131 Weigh-in Results: Jimmie Rivera (134.6) vs. Marlon Moraes (135.4)Gregor Gillespie (155.6) vs. Vinc Pichel (155.8)Walt Harris (253) vs. Daniel Spitz (243.8)Jake Ellenberger (170.4) vs. Ben Saunders (169.4)Julio Arce (145.4) vs. Daniel Teymur (145.8)Gian Villante (205.2) vs. Sam Alvey (204.8)Sijara Eubanks (125.6) vs. Lauren Murphy (125.6)Nik Lentz (155.4) vs. David Teymur (155.8)Belal Muhammad (170.2) vs. Chance Rencountre (170.6)Desmond Green (155.4) vs. Gleison Tibau (15…