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Another major Bellator event, another Bellator event not being headlined by a title fight.
What gives, Scott Coker?
The Bellator boss appeared on The MMA Hour on Monday to clear up some of the controversy over why a World Heavyweight Grand Prix opening round bout between veterans Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Chael Sonnen has been granted the main event slot at Bellator 192 this Saturday over a welterweight title clash between defending champion Douglas Lima and former UFC star Rory MacDonald.
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Bellator welterweight contender Rory MacDonald discusses Georges St-Pierre’s middleweight title fight against champion Michael Bisping.

At UFC 217 on November 4th, legendary former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre will return to the Octagon to face middleweight champion Michael Bisping. Not only is it GSP’s first fight since his controversial win over Johny Hendricks in 2013, but it’s the first time he’s ever competed at 185 pounds.

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Filipino-Portuguese actor Kiko Matos, who became popular after his highly publicized “bigwasan” match with actor Baron Geisler last year, won his first fight with the Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) against Billy Jack Magana Sanchez August 12 at the Araneta Coliseum.

Matos defeated Sanchez via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) on round 1 at the 2:15 mark. URCC President and Founder Alvin Aguilar congratulated Matos, saying he knew the actor would win because he had been taking his MMA and Jiu-jitsu training seriously.

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By Robbie Pangilinan

Eight-time Muay Thai  World Champion Vince Soberano is 53 years old but he fights like he is in his 20s. The gym owner, author, TUF coach, and all-around martial arts entrepreneur is in tiptop shape after over 100 fights since his first in 1978.

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Kiko Matos, the Filipino-Portuguese actor who became popular after his highly publicized “bigwasan” match with actor Baron Geisler last year, is working on becoming a professional mixed martial artist.

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BUOYED by the success of the initial international mixed martial arts event  in San Francisco, California last January, the Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) is set to conquer new ground next month in Beijing,China.

URCC top brass Prof. Alvin Aguilar said eight of their world class fighters will represent the country in the URCC XXX Philippines vs China Bakbakan Na on July 8 at the Beijing Sports University Stadium. 

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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz ended his career on a high note, as he choked out Chael Sonnen in the Bellator 170 main event.

Bellator 170’s main event marked the final fight of UFC hall-of-famer Tito Ortiz’s career, and he went out on a high note, submitting Chael Sonnen in the opening round. After enduring heavy-duty trash talk from Sonnen for the duration of the promotion, Ortiz turned in one more winning performance, as well as his trademark gravedigger celebration.

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