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Xtreme Couture coach Eric Nicksick was there for much of middleweight Uriah Hall’s training for UFC Fight Night 124. The coach also was there when Hall had a “slight heart attack” during his weight cut. Contrary to the opinion of UFC President Dana White, nothing about the situation was the result of lax preparation.

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Three weeks before the event, a flyweight fight appears to be the final piece to the puzzle for the UFC’s return to Florida. Alex Perez will take on Eric Shelton on the preliminary card at UFC on FOX 28. UFC officials recently announced the new booking for the UFC Fight Pass portion of the event.

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The UFC’s return to Arizona in April continues to build with a big heavyweight fight. Arjan Bhullar will take on Adam Wieczorek at UFC on FOX 29, UFC officials announced today. Bhullar previously had announced the fight booking, himself, several weeks ago before the event had a location.

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Welterweight Siyar Bahadurzada is getting some momentum. The Afghani fighter, who’s sat out for long stretches due to injury, announced he’s set to fight at the recently announced UFC Fight Night 128.

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UFC Belem has lost its co-main event. Pedro Munhoz failed to make weight for his co-main event bout with John Dodson on Friday morning, coming in four pounds overweight, and MMA Fighting has learned that Dodson has decided not to take the fight.

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UFC 224 appears to have its first bout. Lightweights Nick Hein and Davi Ramos both took to social media today to announce they have been booked to face each other at the May 12 event, which takes place in Rio de Janeiro and airs on pay-per-view.

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UFC officials today revealed the octagon will return to New Jersey on April 21, with Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall serving as host.

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The lineup for the UFC’s March return to Las Vegas continues to build with the addition of a lightweight fight. Beneil Dariush will take on Bobby Green at UFC 222.

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Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva tested positive for methyltestosterone – a synthetic testosterone – and an unspecified diuretic prior to UFC Fight Night 122, according to a recent report.

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It looks like the UFC will return to Brazil later this spring for a pay-per-view card. The promotion is making its debut in Belem this week in Para, Brazil, for UFC Fight Night 125. But according to a report from Brazilian MMA news outlet Combate, UFC 224 will go down May 12 in Rio de Janeiro.

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With a little more than six weeks to go, UFC Fight Night 127 finally has a main event. UFC officials today announced that former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum will face former Bellator champ Alexander Volkov in the headliner of the March 17 event, which takes place at The O2 in London and streams live on UFC Fight Pass.

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Floyd Mayweather is at it again. A day after posting a clip of himself stepping into a cage at the Syndicate MMA gym in Las Vegas, “Money” is taking the act a step further, this time cutting a short promo in which he asks: “2018. Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather. MMA. What are the odds?”

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A key flyweight matchup expected to take place in Austin will instead be held in New York. UFC officials today announced that a Brandon Moreno injury forced the promotion to delay a scheduled bout with Ray Borg, pulling it off February’s UFC Fight Night 126 card and pushing it back seven weeks to UFC 223, which takes place April 7 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

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Martin Nguyen will look to make a little bit of history on March 24. Officials today announced Nguyen, ONE Championship’s reigning featherweight and lightweight titleholder, will look to add a third belt to his collection when he meets reigning bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes

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April continues to shape up as the month of matchups between ranked UFC lightweights. On the verge of being added to the slate is Michael Chiesa vs. former champion Anthony Pettis at UFC 223.

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Saturday night’s UFC on FOX 27 card — which, from a star power standpoint, looked like the weakest show since the inception of the series — delivered numbers that would indicate that very point.

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Floyd Mayweather is entering the cage... literally. Despite recently dismissing the notion that he might consider taking an MMA fight (presumably with rival Conor McGregor), the boxing legend apparently decided it would be fun to post a 10-second clip of himself stepping into an MMA cage on Tuesday. It didn’t take long for McGregor to respond:

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The UFC has made another exciting addition to the bantamweight division with the signing of Russian prospect Petr Yan.

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The USADA announced Tuesday that UFC heavyweight James Mulheron has accepted a one-year suspension from competition after testing positive for the banned substances clomiphene and hydroxyclomiphene last November.

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“The Count” won’t be coming home for his retirement fight. Michael Bisping tweeted Tuesday that he will not be on the card at UFC London on March 17. Bisping confirmed with MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani that he is “100 percent” not competing on the card, no matter the opponent offered. Tickets go on sale for the event Wednesday.

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