May 2015 MMA News Archive

Melvin Guillard never saw the end coming until the morning he awoke and it was already lurching through his front door. Sometimes, that's just how it goes. Close your eyes and you're a 10-year UFC lifer, open them eight hours later and you're unemployed.

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UFC welterweight Thiago Alves' badly broken nose will require extensive surgery to repair.

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The UFC couldn’t reach the same success in its second trip to Goiania.

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GOIANIA, Brazil – Ex-interim welterweight champ Carlos Condit did the usual whatever-the-UFC-wants dance following his second-round TKO of Thiago Alves. But afterward, he was a little more insistent.

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GOIANIA, Brazil – Charles Oliveira earned a pair of bonus awards for a total of $100,000 at UFC Fight Night 67. But who else joined him with $50,000 each?

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Tyron Woodley wants a fight with former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks, and he’s been wanting it for the past decade. According to Woodley (15-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC), the bad blood developed in 2005 in a Big 12 conference wrestling tournament final, where Hendricks (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) “fish hooked me with three fingers and said I bit him,” which led to a costly point deduction...

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MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 10 p.m. ET) -Thiago Alves (170) vs. Carlos Condit (170) -Nik Lentz (146) vs. Charles Oliveira (144) -K.J. Noons (170) vs. Alex Oliveira (170) -Francimar Barroso (205) vs. Ryan Jimmo (206) -Norman Parke (156) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (156) -Wendell Oliveira (170) vs. Darren Till (171) PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET) -Damon Jackson (145) vs. Rony Jason (146) -Jussier Formiga (126) vs. Wilson Reis (126) -Nicolas Dalby (171) vs. Elizeu Zaleski (171) -Mirsad Bektic (146) vs. Lucas Martins (145) PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET) -Ericka Almeida (116) vs. Juliana Lima (115) -Tom Breese (171) vs. Luiz Dutra (170)

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James McSweeney just wanted a fight. And said so on his personal Facebook page.

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Carlos Condit and Thiago Alves will only be required to pass a fight-night drug test in relation to Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 67 main event in Goiania, Goias, Brazil.

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The UFC’s return to South Florida next month has an intercontinental fight set for the lineup with welterweights Viscardi Andrade, from Brazil, and Sweden’s Andreas Stahl.

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The UFC’s August “Music City” event has a third fight added to the bout card. Bantamweights Roman Salazar and Marlon Vera have agreed to meet at UFC Fight Night 74.

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Lavar Johnson-Eric Prindle Heavyweight Bout Scheduled for Regional Event in California.

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Flyweights Willie Gates, Darrell Montague Booked for ‘TUF 21’ Finale on July 12.

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Jessamyn Duke set to Meet Elizabeth Phillips in Chicago.

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The UFC's former lightweight champion uses injury-caused time off to rebuild his body for a stint in the 170-pound division.

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Recovered from a brutal leg injury, Viscardi Andrade is again scheduled to meet fellow UFC welterweight Andreas Stahl.

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Rafael dos Anjos Still Recovering from Torn MCL, Wants to Defend Title in December.

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Next month’s WSOF return to Canada, which features a pair of title fights, has rounded out the lineup with a revised bout and a new featherweight contest.

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Bellator’s return to Connecticut this summer has another fight added to the lineup.

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When Thiago Alves and Carlos Condit step into the cage at UFC Fight Night 67, fellow welterweight Matt Brown will be watching with great interest.

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