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Rob Font: Killing the Cross Counter (www.youtube.com)
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Rob Font is a UFC fighter who relies mostly on his jab. With such a jab-heavy focus, he frequently has to deal with opponents attempting to slip inside his j...

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Alexa Grasso on her UFC flyweight title belt: “It’s right next to my bed. It’s the first thing I see every morning. That keeps me motivated. Even when I’m super sore and tired, I look over and see ... (www.si.com)
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Rob Font vs Adrian Yanez | FREE FIGHT | UFC Nashville (www.youtube.com)
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Tune in to UFC Nashville main card action on August 5 at 9pm ET / 6pm PT!Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: https://ufc.ac/3u8FIJpExperience UFC li...

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Jamahal Hill decimates Ariel Helwani, calls him a snake & an instigator (youtu.be)
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Shavkat's manager says they've asked for Wonderboy or Usman if Gastelum can't be rescheduled. (twitter.com)
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“@LynchOnSports @MMAJOEYC we've already asked for both if Kelvin isn't gonna be ready.”

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Angela Lee to make a 'statement’ on her future at ONE Fight Night 14 (Spetember 1st) (www.scmp.com)
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Beneil Dariush on Charles Oliveira loss - "i truly believe we fight again, and i win that fight" (twitter.com)
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“no way he said that with a straight face”

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Remember Shorty Torres? He's fighting for the Bantamweight title vacated by Brad Katona, vs South African prospect Nkosi Ndebele (i.redd.it)
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Justin Gaethje on UFC 291 victory against Dustin Poirier: “I truly believe, if you had a camera from space that can see inspiration, there was a blink of light when I won that fight. I’m so gratefu... (www.si.com)
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[Spoiler] TUF 31 semi-finals: Brad Katona vs. Timur Valiev (twitter.com)
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“The Ultimate Fighter Fight of the year. The fight everybody deserved. #tuf31 #ufc #tuf”

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Look who I just ran into on the streets of Tokyo! (i.redd.it)
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Kimbo Slice VS "Merciless" Ray Mercer (youtu.be)
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This was definitely a weird fight. Love both of these fighters. Mercer was a dog for actually stepping up and getting into a cage.

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We will be having a little bit of r/MMA after dark with a late night AMA with Buchecha! Marcus Almeida will be here tomorrow night, 10 PM Pacific/1 AM ET to answer your questions. We will put the t... (imgur.com)
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MMA has a 14.7% concussion rate, which is higher than both boxing and bare knuckle fighting, per presentation at the Association of Boxing Commission’s Annual Conference (twitter.com)
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“Learned today that MMA has a 14.7% concussion rate, which is higher than both boxing and bare knuckle fighting #ABCconference2023”

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Adesanya admits he was wrong to question Whittaker's heritage: "I f*cked up back then, but you learn. I would never say that to Rob again because, who am I to try and take away his heritage?" On DD... (mmajunkie.usatoday.com)
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Israel Adesanya realized that just like Dricus Du Plessis, he brought race into a rivalry before.

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Rob Font: They Call It Murder — THE FIGHT SITE (www.thefight-site.com)
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An elite action fighter isn’t often an elite action fighter. One of the great tragedies of a division as fast-moving and violent as 135 is that a fighter often only breaks through as an elite and gets top fights when their time as an elite is nearly at an end; the bottom of the division is too cr

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Quick breakdown of Gabriel Bonfim's fight at UFC 291 and why his grappling tactics worked. (opennotegrappling.beehiiv.com)
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Cory Sandhagen vs Marlon Vera | FREE FIGHT | UFC Nashville (youtu.be)
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Middleweight Prospect Sharabutdin Magomedov to debut @ UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi (i.redd.it)
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Michel Pereira will now fight at middleweight moving foward per John Morgan (i.redd.it)
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Israel Adesanya talks Dricus Pull-out, Sean Strickland negotiations and his hypocrisy with Rob Whittaker's nationality (m.youtube.com)
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Some rough timestamps for the more interesting aspects of the podcast:

28:50 for Dricus Du Plessis' fight with Rob 31:24 Izzy addresses that he made the same nationality accusations with Rob 38:17 for Sean Strickland's negotiations with the UFC

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Austin Hubbard: “The last two years have been the worst in my life. It just felt like life was on a down slope. Every time I thought it couldn’t get worse, it got worse” (www.si.com)
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Kelvin Gastelum on Instagram: "Breaking news 🚨 Unfortunately I received an injury and my fight with Shavkat Rakhmonov off/delayed" (www.instagram.com)
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16K likes, 707 comments - kgastelum on August 1, 2023: "Breaking news 🚨 Unfortunately I received an injury and my fight with Shavkat Rakhmonov off/de..."

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Shavkat Rakhmonov vs Kelvin Gastelum Rebooked? (twitter.com)
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“Pinata, I agreed to fight you on your territory on Mexican Independence Day in arena full of your supporters and it’s not my problem you can’t do it now. It’s your turn to accept to fight me on my territory in Abu Dhabi at UFC 294! Or did you realize it was bad idea just now?”

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[Official] General Discussion Thread - August 2023 (kbin.social)
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Happy August, everyone! Let's talk about: fights you are looking forward to, memes, and anything else that's on your mind.

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