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260-Pound Powerlifter Larry Wheels Cannot Cope With Getting Outgrappled by Lightweight MMA Fighters — And He Can't Believe It

260-Pound Powerlifter Larry Wheels Cannot Cope With Getting Outgrappled by Lightweight MMA Fighters — And He Can't Believe It

I got bitched out." That's Larry Wheels, walking out of Xtreme Couture MMA in Las Vegas after getting submitted by professional fighters who weigh 100 to 125 pounds less than him. He said it into his own camera.
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Netflix's First MMA Card Features Two Fighters Who Haven't Won A Fight This Decade

Netflix's First MMA Card Features Two Fighters Who Haven't Won A Fight This Decade

The streaming platform that changed how the world watches television is about to introduce 325 million subscribers to combat sports. And the first thing they'll see is a woman who last won a fight when "Hotline Bling" was still on the charts.
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Strickland Broke His Nose at UFC 328. He Won Anyway.

Strickland Broke His Nose at UFC 328. He Won Anyway.

The nose broke somewhere in the middle rounds. You could see it in the blood, the angle of it, the way Strickland blinked and reset.
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Tsarukyan Says Chimaev Cut 46 Pounds for UFC 328 Tonight — The 'Unstoppable' Champion May Have Wrecked Himself to Get There

Tsarukyan Says Chimaev Cut 46 Pounds for UFC 328 Tonight — The 'Unstoppable' Champion May Have Wrecked Himself to Get There

Khamzat Chimaev shed 46 pounds to stand on a scale in Newark and hear "185." Arman Tsarukyan, his training partner and the UFC lightweight champion, told media before UFC 328 that Chimaev dropped 21 kilograms to make weight for tonight's middleweight title defense against Sean Strickland. Chimaev st
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The UFC Canceled Its Own Pre-Fight Photo Op Because Strickland's Death Threats Were Too Real

The UFC Canceled Its Own Pre-Fight Photo Op Because Strickland's Death Threats Were Too Real

The UFC runs on a single promise: controlled danger. You watch two people try to hurt each other inside a very specific set of rules.
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Kade Ruotolo's Training Wheels Are Officially Off

Kade Ruotolo's Training Wheels Are Officially Off

Three first-round submissions. That's the Kade Ruotolo MMA experience so far.
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Buchecha Is 0-2-1 In the UFC. Ryan Spann Knocked Him Out In Round Two. The Kindest Outcome Is a Quiet Exit.

Buchecha Is 0-2-1 In the UFC. Ryan Spann Knocked Him Out In Round Two. The Kindest Outcome Is a Quiet Exit.

Ryan Spann gave himself a C+ for the night he knocked Buchecha out. Not a knock on Spann's honesty — he collected a $100,000 Performance of the Night bonus and left the cage thinking he could've done better.
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Renato Canuto Tests Positive For Modafinil. The Supplement, He Says, Had A WADA Logo On Its Website.

Renato Canuto Tests Positive For Modafinil. The Supplement, He Says, Had A WADA Logo On Its Website.

The Nevada Athletic Commission has temporarily suspended four-time BJJ world champion Renato Canuto after his post-fight test from Tuff-N-Uff 152 came back positive for modafinil, the alertness-boosting "smart drug" you might recognize from the Adderall-curious-but-prescription-shy crowd. Canuto ann
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