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Dustin Poirier and Eddie Alvarez fought over a year ago, but their duel ended in a lousy “No Contest.” The two vowed redemption and a thrilling fight; both predicted a knockout. They were both right and the fight more than lived up to expectations as they waged one of the best wars of 2018 thus far.

However, Alvarez couldn’t withstand the Louisiana native’s crushing power as Poirier ended things in spectacular fashion in the second round at UFC on Fox 30.

The two lightweights stood toe-to-toe and traded submission attempts on the ground, but when the combatants were restarted in the center of the ring when referee Marc Goddard scolded Alvarez for an illegal elbow, everything changed. “The Diamond” ruined his foe’s equilibrium with a knee to the head and chased Alvarez into the cage. From there, he unloaded everything in his arsenal: punches, knees, kicks, elbows.

Alvarez threw haymakers out of desperation but missed, only to finally crumble under a barrage of punc…

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— AXS TV Fights (@AXSTVFights) July 28, 2018

James Nakashima proved once again that high-caliber wrestlers are often the most difficult opponents.

“Nako” used his Division I wrestling prowess to dismantle and dominate fellow unbeaten challenger Kyle Stewart in the LFA 46 main event on Friday, retaining his Legacy Fighting Alliance welterweight title in the process. Nakashima took down the Arizona Combat Sports fighter with relative ease in all five of the allotted rounds and nullified virtually all of the Marine’s offense. “Gunz Up” never managed to get anything going in the fight, other than a few scattered bursts of punches while on the feet and a wild, desperate explosion of elbows and upkicks from his back in the fifth round.

The capacity crowd inside Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Newport News, V…

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Calgary on Saturday with a much better offering the second time around. The promotion’s first card in the Canadian city was UFC 149, which is largely considered one of the worst events in mixed martial arts history.

Perhaps in an effort to assuage disgruntled fans in Calgary, the UFC stacked the deck this time, with three former champions looking for a path back to their respective titles and exciting prospects looking to build on some serious momentum.

Former lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez (155) will run it back against Dustin Poirier (156) in a rematch of their UFC 211 no-contest, while former featherweight kingpin Jose Aldo (146) looks to get back to his winning ways against surging a Jeremy Stephens (144).

As if that wasn’t enough, recently deposed strawweight queen Joanna Jedrzejczyk (115) will attempt to work her way back up the rankings…

News of Conor McGregor’s plea deal on Thursday makes him eligible to fight again, and also without travel restrictions. That news was not lost on McGregor’s lightweight rival, Khabib Nurmagomedov, who promptly called for a title fight against the former divisional champion.

The two have a storied history together, with McGregor’s April arrest stemming from an assault allegedly intended for Nurmagomedov himself after the undefeated Dagestani’s altercation with McGregor’s teammate Artem Lobov days earlier.

With McGregor no longer facing jail time or felony charges, Nurmagomedov was quick to issue an official challenge:

"Glad that he stayed out of jail, because I wouldn’t be able to punish him in that case,” Nurmagomedov told MMA Junkie on Thursday. “Now he needs to bring his Irish team to MSG in November and finish our business."

Both “The Eagle” and “The Notorious” won their lightweight belts in New York City, with McGregor taking the title from Ed…

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Former Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight champion Jose Aldo will compete in his first non-title fight this Saturday since joining the promotion back in 2011, as he takes on Jeremy Stephens in a three-round tilt at UFC on Fox 30.

Although Aldo is just 31 years-old, the former world champion has already settled on retiring once his current UFC contract runs its course. The 14-year professional mixed martial arts veteran began his career back in 2004 and currently has just three fights left on his UFC contract, and the Brazilian is looking to end his career on a high note:

“No, I don’t think so,” Aldo said during a scrum session Wednesday of signing another UFC contract. “It doesn’t cross my mind to sign a new contract after.”

“I think it’s easier because you know it’s coming near the end, so you have to give your all because you don’t want to go out on a loss, you want to go out on t…

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Ultimate Fighting Championship superstar Conor McGregor’s legal problems are now behind him, as the Irishman plead guilty to a single count of disorderly conduct on Thursday morning.

The 30-year-old’s legal team was able to negotiate a plea deal with the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office that involves no jail time and no criminal record. McGregor’s travel visa, which the former two-time world champion relies on to fight on various events across the globe, will not be affected under the plea deal, either.

"I just want to say I'm thankful to the D.A. and the judge for allowing me to move forward," McGregor told reporters outside the courthouse on Thursday. "I want to say to my friends, my family, my fans -- thank you for your support."

The disorderly conduct violation is a far cry from the initial charges set forth by the court following McGregor’s infamous bus attack in the days leading into…

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Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier plans to retire by March 2019 and has already pencilled in his final fights which are title defenses against Corey Anderson at 205 pounds and then World Wrestling Entertainment superstar and former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar at heavyweight.

On Tuesday, Cormier accepted the invitation of Anderson, who reached out to him on Twitter about a potential title shot before the champ retires. That fight will potentially happen first due to the fact that Lesnar only entered the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) testing pool in early July and is required to be in it for six months before he can compete.

Ok , sure just find out when and where. I’ll be there. I always am!

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) July 24, 2018

“DC” made a recent appearance on the Slip n’ Dip podcast a…

Some matchups just jump off the page as soon as they’re announced. Jeremy Stephens vs. Jose Aldo certainly fits that bill, but the featherweight co-headliner at UFC on Fox 30 is far more than just a “Fight of the Night” candidate.

Before he ran into Conor McGregor at UFC 194, Aldo was universally recognized as the greatest featherweight of all time. The long-reigning 145-pound king rebounded from the shocking 13-second knockout loss against the Irishman to claim the interim crown with a five-round verdict over Frankie Edgar at UFC 200. Aldo’s hold on the division proved brief, as he has since lost back-to-back fights in decisive fashion to current featherweight champion Max Holloway.

While Aldo has suffered more defeats in the last three years than he did in the first 10 years of his pro career, Stephens is expecting a difficult fight on Saturday in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

“I’m prepared for the best Jose to show up….firing all leg kicks, firing on all cyl…

The UFC Fight Night 134 main card averaged 492,000 viewers on Fox Sports 1 on Sunday, according to figures released by ShowBuzz Daily.

That ranks as the lowest figure for a Fight Night card on FS1 this year, but the ratings are comparable to other UFC events recently held on Sunday. For example: Last year’s UFC Fight Night 113, which took place on Sunday, July 16 and was headlined by a welterweight clash between Santiago Ponzinibbio and Gunnar Nelson, attracted an audience of 402,000 to FS1.

UFC Fight Night 134 took place at Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg Germany. In the evening’s main event, Anthony Smith knocked out Mauricio Rua in 89 seconds, while Corey Anderson earned a decision victory over Glover Teixeira in the co-feature. Both bouts featured replacement opponents, as Rua was originally scheduled to face Volkan Oezdemir and Teixeira was initially paired with Ilir Latifi.

Meanwhile, the UFC Fight Night 134 prelims averaged 271,000 viewers on FS1. That …

Shit just got real!@ufc @sagenorthcutt pic.twitter.com/CMR9Q3CCAW

— Jake Matthews (@JakeMatthewsUFC) July 20, 2018

Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight Jake Matthews is doing his best on Twiiter to get the attention of another welterweight, Sage Northcutt.

The 23 year-old Australian initially reached out to Northcutt on Twitter on July 19 with a cheeky photoshopped image of the pair standing side by side above a “The Ultimate Fighter – Young Guns!” banner.

Northcutt didn’t reply, so Matthews tried his hand again, asking “Super Sage” not to ignore him.

Dear Mr Northcutt, your normally very polite, but I'm sure you know it's rude to ignore folks.@sagenorthcutt @ufc pic.twitter.com/UK7juCjl2W

— Jake Matthews (@JakeMatthewsUFC) July 24, 2018

Matthews and Northcutt are two of the youngest fighters on the roster, both fight in the welterweight division and both are riding three-fight winning strea…

Alex Munoz (5-0) spoils the coming-out party of Nick Newell, as the former Oklahoma State wrestler imposes grappling dominance over the amputee. Landing hard single shots, repeated takedowns and thudding ground n'pound, the Alpha Male rep captures a unanimous decision. #DWTNCS pic.twitter.com/G2WkOXPke0

— Tanuki Usman (@Hamderlei) July 25, 2018

Nick Newell had designs on an Ultimate Fighting Championship contract. Alex Munoz had other plans.

In his first appearance since Nov. 19, 2016, Team Alpha Male’s Munoz bloodied Newell’s nose with jabs, kept him off-balance with takedowns and took a three-round unanimous decision in their featured lightweight pairing on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series in Las Vegas. All three cageside judges scored it the same: 30-27 for Munoz (5-0).

Outside of an attempted guillotine choke in the third round and a few front kicks to the face, Newell (14-2) struggled to string together meaningful off…

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira will return to the Octagon for the first time in nearly two years when he locks horns with Sam Alvey at UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo on Sept. 22.

Brazilian outlet Combate.com was first to report the light heavyweight booking. UFC Fight Night 137 takes place at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paul, Brazil. A main event for the card has not been revealed.

Nogueira was scheduled to face Jared Cannonier at UFC on Fox 26 in December before being flagged by USADA for a failed drug test. “Minotouro” was eventually handed a reduced suspension after it was determined that Brazilian pharmacies selling contaminated supplements were responsible for the result. The 42-year-old Brazilian hasn’t competed since suffering a third-round TKO defeat against Ryan Bader at UFC Fight Night 100 in November 2016.

Alvey, meanwhile, has gone 2-0 since moving from middleweight to light heavyweight. “Smile’n” Sam scored a first-round knockout of Marcin Prachnio at UFC…

A rematch between ex-middleweight champions Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman is in the works for UFC 230, according to a report from ESPN.com.

UFC 230 takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York on Nov. 3. A headliner for the event has not been announced.

Rockhold and Weidman initially squared off at UFC 194, where Rockhold claimed 185-pound gold with a fourth-round technical knockout win. They were scheduled for a rematch at UFC 199 in June 2016 before Weidman withdrew due to injury. Instead, Rockhold lost his belt to Michael Bisping via first-round knockout in one of that year’s biggest upsets.

Rockhold returned to the win column with a second-round TKO of David Branch at UFC Fight Night 116. Most recently, however, the American Kickboxing Academy product was knocked out in the third round by Yoel Romero in the UFC 221 headliner on Feb. 10.

Weidman has been shelved since July 2017 due to a thumb injury. The Serra-Longo Fight Team product halted …

Glover Teixeira didn’t look like a Top 10 light heavyweight at UFC Fight Night 134.

The 38-year-old Brazilian was taken down seven times by Corey Anderson en route to losing a clear-cut unanimous decision in this past Sunday’s co-main event in Hamburg, Germany. Teixiera has now lost three of his last five Octagon appearances, but this one might have been his most disappointing effort in several years. Teixeira was originally slated to face Ilir Latifi before Anderson stepped in as an injury replacement.

“Congratulations to Corey, he took the fight short notice, but I’ve got to sit back and see what’s going on. It’s a fight that I am very, very disappointed in,” Teixeira said on Fox Sports 1. “I can’t fight like that. I was feeling great. Last time I fought like that and somebody just dominated was by Phil Davis [at UFC 179 in October 2014]. But for Phil Davis I have excuses. My weight cut was very bad. This, I have no excuses. I can’t be fighting like this.”

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Mauricio Rua’s three-fight winning streak came to a resounding end in Hamburg, Germany, on Sunday, as he was stopped by Anthony Smith via knockout just 89 seconds after their UFC Fight Night 134 headlining bout began.

Rua entered the bout with title aspirations after having been targeted as a potential opponent by reigning 205-pound king Daniel Cormier. The 36-year-old Brazilian had experienced a mini-resurgence of late, posting triumphs over Gian Villante, Corey Anderson and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in his previous three outings before falling to Smith.

“Shogun” released a statement via Instagram following his defeat, congratulating Smith while pointing out that “life continues.”

“Unfortunately we don’t always get the result we want, and to understand that fact is part of life,” Rua wrote. “Congratulations to Anthony Smith. For so many times I was celebrating at this moment and I can’t take his merits from him. I dedicated myself, trained hard, and did all…

Anthony Smith calls it like he sees it.

After a resounding first-round stoppage of Mauricio Rua in the UFC Fight Night 134 headliner in Hamburg, Germany, Smith volunteered to step in and replace the injured Volkan Oezdemir against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 227 on Aug. 4. Shortly thereafter, it became official that Gustafsson was also out of UFC 227 due to a “minor injury” of his own.

“That’s ironic, isn’t it?” Smith quipped at the UFC Hamburg post-fight press conference. “It’s kinda weird how that works out. He needed an opponent yesterday. What happened between then and now? I don’t know [if he pulled out because of my callout], but that’s mighty ironic.

“I think that I’m a hard guy to train for, I honestly do. I show up a different product every time I fight.”

After a loss to Thiago Santos in February, the 6-foot-4 Smith elected to move up to 205 pounds, where he has since scored back-to-back first-round stoppages of Rua and Rashad Evans – a pair …

Corey Anderson earned the biggest win of his career on Sunday, outpointing former light heavyweight title challenger Glover Teixeira in the UFC Fight Night 134 co-main event at Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany.

Anderson landed seven takedowns against the 38-year-old Brazilian in a dominant performance after stepping in to replace the injured Ilir Latifi on short notice. After an 0-2 campaign in 2017, “Overtime” has bounced back with triumphs over Teixeira and Patrick Cummins this year. Anderson was a slight underdog against Teixeira, but he was not surprised by the way he was able to handle his more celebrated foe.

“I’m not surprised at all because that’s the exact plan: go out there and dominate,” Anderson said at the post-fight press conference. “Everybody talked about how great Glover was, but the plan was to go out there and show them how great I am.”

A victory over a ranked opponent has Anderson sitting pretty for the rest of 2018, especially cons…

Anthony Smith wanted to tack on another big name to his résumé, and on Sunday and he did.

After knocking our former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans in 53 seconds last month, “Lionheart” destroyed Mauricio Rua in the main event of UFC Fight Night 134 in Hamburg, Germany. The Nebraskan rocked “Shogun” with a front kick to the chin and then clubbed away at his head with punches. Rua backed away, nearly fell and when Smith nailed the Brazilian legend with a right elbow to the side of his face, Rua was out.

Smith slammed a follow-up right-left hook combo to Rua’s jaw, sending him lifelessly to the canvas. The end came in just 89 seconds, allowing Smith to add another former world champion onto his ledger.

Anderson Bests Teixeira Corey Anderson took another step up the light heavyweight ladder by dominating former world title challenger Glover Teixeira in the co-main event Sunday.

Anderson, the champion of Season 19 of "The Ultima…

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They’ve weighed in! Watch the #UFCHamburg face offs LIVE now! https://t.co/GV04fSPaiD

— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) July 21, 2018

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is headed to Hamburg, Germany, on Sunday, headlined by former light heavyweight champion Mauricio Rua (206) and Anthony Smith (205).

Glover Teixeira (206) will look to continue the momentum from his last outing as he takes on “The Ultimate Fighter 19” winner Corey Anderson (204), and heavyweight Stefan Struve (264) will collide with Marcin Tybura (246).

UFC Fight Night 134 will air live on Fox Sports 1 and will begin on Sunday, July 22, at 10:30 a.m. ET / 7:30 a.m. PT.

UFC Fight Night 134 Weigh-In Results: Mauricio Rua (206) vs. Anthony Smith (205)Glover Teixeira (206) vs. Corey Anderson (204)Abu Azaitar (185) vs. Vitor Miranda (185)Stefan Struve (264) vs. Marcin Tybura (246)Danny Roberts (169) vs. David Zawada (171)Marc Diakiese (155) vs. Nasrat Haqparast (156)Damir Hadzo…

Jinh Yu Frey came into the Invicta 30 headliner on Saturday with the goal of capturing the vacant Invicta Fighting Championships atomweight crown, and she achieved it. However, her win at the Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City, Missouri, was not without controversy.

Frey was sluggish throughout her five-round battle with Finland’s Minna Grusander and appeared to lose four of the allotted rounds. Nevertheless, all three cageside judges favored her in the fight.

Grusander controlled the fight in the clinch, occasionally landed some solid punches and stalked the American throughout their 25-minute encounter. “Brutsku” had to fend off a rear-naked choke attempt from Frey in the third round, but that was the best offense the Arlington, Texas, fighter mustered in the bout.

Even with Frey backing up and playing it safe for the duration of the final round, the judges submitted scorecards that gave her the win by margins of 49-46, 48-47 and 48-47. The decision appeared to…

Also per Dana White, freaking Cowboy Cerrone vs. Mike Perry (!!!!!!) is “good to go” for UFC Fight Night on Nov. 10 in Denver.

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) July 21, 2018

Another fan-friendly matchup was announced for UFC Fight Night 139 on Friday, as the Ultimate Fighting Championship confirmed Donald Cerrone will take on Mike Perry just hours after announcing Frankie Edgar vs. Chan Sung Jung. UFC President Dana White confirmed the tip after an initial report from ESPN.

“Cowboy” (33-11) and “Platinum” are set to fight on the Nov. 10 card in Denver, with Cerrone looking to bounce back from a decision loss to Leon Edwards last month and Perry (12-3) aiming for a second victory in a row after taking a split decision victory over Paul Felder at UFC 226.

UFC Fight Night 139 will mark the UFC’s 25th anniversary, with the card being held in the same city as UFC 1 back in 1993.

Both welterweights are well-known as fan favorites with…