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The latest coverage from across combat sports.
NewsCoach: Faber fought Barao with partially torn hamstring
Mike Roberts: “We took him [Urijah Faber] in and got an MRI, and they said it was a bruised ligament in his knee, so he could barely walk.”
NewsWhite: Machida could earn title shot at UFN 36
Dana White: “You’ve got Vitor Belfort next, you have Jacare Souza, you have Lyoto Machida and the list goes on and on of all these nasty, nasty guys at 185 pounds.”
NewsThomson: Benson not strong, doesn’t hit hard
“He doesn’t hit hard. He’s not strong. He doesn’t kick hard,” said Josh Thomson of Benson Henderson. “He’s a good athlete. He’s a good fighter.”
NewsChris Leben has never paid taxes
UFC president Dana White said Thursday that Leben has “some minor tax issues?? like he’s never paid his taxes.” That’s right. Never.
NewsThiago Silva in custody followed armed stand-off with SWAT team
UFC fighter Thiago Silva was involved in an armed stand off with the police, and is in custody. “She want my house, she want my money,” he told reporters.
NewsWhite: I have no idea why GSP keeps complaining
“Georges St-Pierre can get as kooky as he wants to get and say whatever he wants to say, but I would never repeat what he told us,” said Dana White.
NewsOvereem explains Lesnar call out
Alistair Overeem: “He was talking about maybe a comeback, and I thought he [Brock Lesnar] wanted to fight me because of his last fight, maybe a rematch.”
Kajan Johnson: To truly know a man you must fight him
Shogun: Judges got decision wrong in first fight with Henderson
Bisping: Hendo KO was ‘my just desserts’
Anthony Johnson: There’s no team in Reem, only I
McDaniel earned $33k fighting in the UFC in 2013, not complaining
