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Lesnar plans to do WWE show in November, UFC in 2019
Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar entered the USADA testing pool to finish his suspension, with the intention of challenging new division champ champ Daniel Cormier early in 2019. It was believed Lesnar was done with the WWE, at least for the time being, after performing in SummerSlam in August. However, Lesnar appeared on Sunday night at the WWE Hell in a Cell pay-per-view show. Now Dave Meltzer reports that Lesnar still plans to fight in the UFC, but has not signed a deal, and plans a WWE contest in Saudi Arabia on November 2. H/T MMA Fighting
Ramazan Emeev moving to ATT in Florida following win at UFC Moscow
Welterweight Ramazan Emeev defeated Stefan Sekulic via Unanimous Decision on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 136 in Moscow, Russia. What's next is a move to American Top Team headquarters in Coconut Creek, Florida. Now 15-1, Emeev says he plans to improve everything. “Great coaches, great team and I have lots of friends from my own republic who train there and I can see how they perform. So, everything on a very high level, including main coach, Conan [Silveira]." H/T MMAjunkie
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Cleiton 'Predator' lashes out at Brave champ Azaitar
Cleiton 'Predator' Silva got his second promotional win at last week's Brave 15, with a rear-naked choke over Marcelo Bustos, in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Now the Brazilian lightweight has harsh words for divisional champion Ottman Azaitar. "I'm doing this video to talk about the lightweight champion, whose name I don't even know," he said. "He has to defend the f@$%ing belt. He's running and I know it. He was supposed to fight 'Miau' and he ran. The same thing happened with 'Mineiro' to unify the belts. Stop being a chicken, I'm getting there and I want to make sure everyone knows I'm coming for that belt. Defend or vacate!" H/T Instagram
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Manuwa out, Anders in vs. Santos in UFC Fight Night 137 main event
Jimi Manuwa is out of the light heavyweight main event against Thiago 'Marreta' Santos at UFC Fight Night 137 at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo on Saturday, and has been replaced by Eryk Anders. Anders is coming off a performance bonus winning kick KO over Tim Williams at UFC Fight Night 135 on August 25. This will be Santos's fourth fight in 2018, and will be his league debut at light heavyweight; he formerly fought in the UFC at middleweight. The main event was originally Glover Teixeira vs. Manuwa, but Texeira withdrew with an injury, and now Manuwa is out as well.
Rumor: Carlos Condit vs. Michael Chiesa at UFC 232 on 12/29 in Vegas
Taisumov: If I can't get a visa, maybe I quit, and btw Kevin Lee fight me
Mairbek Taisumov defeated Desmond Green at UFC Fight Night 136 in Moscow, earning his third straight performance bonus. However, each fight was international, because Taisumov has a visa issue. “I want to be champion. That’s why I’m here in the UFC, why I’m still fighting," he said. "I need that belt – it’s the only thing I want. Only the belt. That’s it. If I can’t get that visa, maybe I’m going to stop. I need a visa to fight in America to get that belt. If I don’t get that visa and I can’t fight in the best organization to get that belt, I’m not going to fight. I don’t want to fight anywhere – I want to be UFC champion. ... I want to fight Kevin Lee. Kevin Lee’s a Conor wannabe. Hey, fight me, man. You say bad things all the time about Russia. I’m Russian – I’m Chechen. Let’s fight – don’t talk, man.” H/T MMAjunkie
Henry Cejudo's belt is missing in Moscow
UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo flew to Moscow for UFC Fight Night 136, and saw his belt inadvertently stripped. ”I was flying first class priority, but my luggage is lost at this point,” said Cejudo to MMANytt. “Luckily the UFC took me shopping, they took me on a shopping spree and I got all kinds of clothes, but unfortunately my belt was in my luggage. So now on top of my gold medal, now I’ve lost my belt! I don’t know what it is about gold, I just can’t keep it! But we’re gonna find it, they’re looking for the bags now. ... Let’s be honest, material comes and goes. It’s the memories, it’s the legacy that comes with being a champion. I’m going to get a gold medal back, I’m going to get a belt back. But it’s the memories that come with that that makes it special.” Cejudo lost his gold medal in a California wildfire in 2017; the IOC will replace it. If the UFC is irretrievably lost, that belt too will doubtless me replaced. H/T MMA Fighting
Hunt wants one last hurrah
Following his loss to Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Fight Night 136 in Moscow, former heavyweight contender Mark Hunt has just one fight left on his contract, and has been in a bitter feud with the UFC over their failure to catch Brock Lesnar using PEDs until after the fight had already taken place. Hunto wants his last fight to be at UFC Fight Night 142 on December 2, at Adelaide Entertainment Center in Adelaide, Australia. The card is headlined by Junior Dos Santos vs. Hunt's friend Tai Tuivasa. “I trained a lot of stuff for the ground, of course, but I got caught with a sub,” said Hunt of the loss. “That’s the way it works in this business. ... I love working for the UFC, but we have issues. I’ve got one more fight left, and I’m trying to get on the Adelaide card with Tai and the boys. One last hurrah for the old guy.”
Montano: I think Shevchenko was a little scared
Prior to UFC 228 challenger Valentina Shevchenko said inaugural flyweight champion Nicco Montano wouldn't show up, and Montano ended up being hospitalized during her weight cut, and the belt was stripped. Montano appeared recently on The MMA Hour, and said she wasn't scared of Bullet, it was the other way around. “I think she lives in la-la land for a reason,” said Montano. “I think she really wanted that to happen. Unless she’s another Miss Cleo and she could have another side job and she’s good at that. But I think she was hoping for it, I think she’s a little scared to fight somebody like me. I think deep down she was really hoping for it, hoping this fight wouldn’t happen, so she could have more ammo to be a cyber bully and she wouldn’t have to face me in the Octagon. ... Am I gonna want to stay in the UFC? I kind of want to stay in the UFC just to fight Valentina eventually. But just like with anything else, what else is the motivation? What else is the motivator?” H/T MMA Fighting
Jedrzejczyk agrees with stripping of Montano's belt
When inaugural women's flyweight champion Nicco Montano was hospitalized while cutting weight for a fight vs. challenger Valentina Shevchenko, the UFC declared the title vacant. There was some fan pushback, but at a UFC Fight Night 136 backstage media scrum, former UFC women's strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk defended the move. “I think it was fair,” she said. “We need real and dedicated fighters and champions in the UFC. The UFC is the best organization in the world. There’s no space and time for s*** like this. It was a very hard decision, very tough decision. I believe that you must take this job very serious. You must be 100 percent in. Weight cuts are not easy, are not nice. But you must be on weight when you have to be.” Jedrzejczyk may fight Shevchenko for the vacant belt. “I’ve got an offer, but we’ll see,” she said. “I’m very open to fight Valentina Shevchenko. You always want to fight the best fighters, and definitely, she is one of the top female fighters in the world.” H/T MMAjunkie
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BJ Penn reacts to Ryan Hall fight
One of the most intriguing fights of the year takes place at UFC 223 on December 29 as UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn fights the entirely unique grappling master Ryan Hall, who has added karate to his game. It will be BJJ+Boxing vs. BJJ+karate, and Andre 'Dede' Pederneiras's Alliance vs. Firas Zhabi's TriStar. “I’m happy about the matchup,” said Penn. “Everybody was asking me to do a grappling match so maybe this will give some fans what they want to see. I’m happy to be competing against Firas again if he is training Ryan. Firas is one of the best trainers of all time and it is an honor to go up against him again. I don’t have a good track record against Firas so I’m excited to prove myself. I’m very happy to be with Dede training for this fight. I am in Brazil right now but I will figure out how to get my work with Jason Parillo also. I’m so happy to be at my old school, Nova Uniao. Maybe I have come full circle.” H/T BJPenn.com
