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The latest coverage from across combat sports.
NewsReem: Struve fight will be fireworks
Alistair Overeem: “…we’re going to have to be extra sharp, but I’m very motivated to be fighting [Stefan Struve] and I can tell you that it is going to be fireworks.”
NewsAnderson Silva: Positive PED test should mean no more fights
Anderson Silva: “When the guys test for the steroids, (they should have) no more fights… When you use the steroids for a long time, you have a problem. It’s a drug.”
NewsChael: No apologies, I’m not sorry
Chael Sonnen: “I’m not going to apologize because I’m not sorry. I’m a consenting adult; I knew exactly what I was doing. This was a premeditated decision.”
NewsPettis: I have to remind everybody who I am
Anthony Pettis: “[MMA] fans have so many fights to look at, so they’re very quick to forget…It’s been a year off for me, so I gotta go out there and remind them again.”
NewsFaber, Barao get opponents
Urijah Faber has verbally agreed to fight Francisco “Cisco” Rivera at UFC 181, and Renan Barao will fight Mitch Gagnon in the co-main event at UFC 58.
News‘Shogun’ Rua: Retirement doesn’t make sense
Mauricio Rua: “Not at all, it never really crossed my mind…Much to the contrary, I was always planning on continuing to fight.
NewsMcGregor and Siver tweeting and beefing
Conor McGregor: “Someone grab that World Cup quick. @DennisSiver we whooped you p—–s on home soil. Like Id whoop you on any soil you little German midget.”
