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Chris Leben Coming Out Of Retirement To Fight In Bare Knuckle Fighting League

UFC Veteran Chris Leben is coming out of retirement but his next fight won’t take place inside of the Octagon.

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UFC Veteran Chris Leben is coming out of retirement but his next fight won’t take place inside of the Octagon.

Leben has had some hard times after he decided to call it quits in Jan. 2014 ending a 12-year long career that included 22 fights in the UFC and following that decision, he was ordered to 120 days in jail after he was convicted of breaking and entering his ex-wife’s apartment, possession of illegal firearms and violating a court order held by Kaleena Leben. He started his sentence back in September of 2015 but was later released.

However, things were looking up for him as he signed an exclusive multi-year, multi-fight contract with Bellator MMA but Leben’s comeback was cut short after doctors found a severe medical condition that left him with just 18 percent of normal blood flow to his heart, which is a life-threatening abnormality to the left ventricle of his heart that was oversized, misshapen, and not operating prop and as a result, he never fought in Bellator.

That has all changed now that he has been cleared to fight Phil Baroni on Oct. 20 in a bare-knuckle boxing match with the World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation in Casper, Wyoming. Leben made the news official by writing the following on his official Instagram account:

“Just signed my contract with the world bareknuckle fighting federation to fight Phil Baroni October 20 I’m back baby.”

On the flip side, Baroni has competed in several top promotions in his pro-MMA career including UFC, Pride FC, Elite XC, Strikeforce, DREAM, Bellator, ONE Championship in his nearly two decades of experience in the sport and has fought top names such as Frank Shamrock, Karo Parisyan, Brad Tavares, Kazuo Misaki, Dave Menne, among many others.

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Canelo Alvarez vs. GGG Results In Shocking Majority Draw

Boxing purists’ most anticipated fight of the year ended with one of the most disappointing decisions that could have come out of the bout. Mexican mega-star Canelo Alvarez has laid waste to the majority of those who have stepped into the squared circle against him, with the exception of 50-0 Floyd Mayweather back in September […]

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Boxing purists’ most anticipated fight of the year ended with one of the most disappointing decisions that could have come out of the bout.

Mexican mega-star Canelo Alvarez has laid waste to the majority of those who have stepped into the squared circle against him, with the exception of 50-0 Floyd Mayweather back in September of 2013. He then embarked on a seven-fight win streak that concluded with a lopsided decision win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. After the bout, undefeated knockout artist Gennady Golovkin made his way to the ring to confront Alvarez, setting up their highly-anticipated meeting for tonight (Sat. September 16, 2017).

Golovkin is a supreme knockout artist who has won all 37 of his professional fights, finishing 33 of them via knockout. Boxing fans had been clamoring to see their sport’s biggest star, Canelo, go one-on-one with one of the most dangerous fighters on the planet, Golovkin.

When the two finally met inside the ring, it was a fairly back-and-forth affair in the early rounds that saw each man land their respectable shots, however, Golovkin would clearly win the rest of the fight from the fifth round onward. Following the final bell after the 12th round, it seemed as though the Mexican would be handed his second loss in four years. When the judges read aloud their final scorecards, however, it was declared that the fight was scored a Majority Draw.

The finish was highly controversial amongst the boxing community, with many believing that Golovkin clearly won the fight. Both Canelo and Golovkin expressed interest in an immediate rematch. What were your thoughts on the bout? Let us know in the comments!

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Mackenzie Dern Gets Tapped Out In Rio

Highly touted MMA prospect Mackenzie Dern is known for her championship-level submission skills, but she apparently met her match in three-time world champion Bia Mesquita. Last night, Dern met Mesquita in the finals of the absolute class of the IBJJF’s Rio Falls grappling event from the Tijuca Tenis Club gymnasium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and suffered

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Highly touted MMA prospect Mackenzie Dern is known for her championship-level submission skills, but she apparently met her match in three-time world champion Bia Mesquita.

Last night, Dern met Mesquita in the finals of the absolute class of the IBJJF’s Rio Falls grappling event from the Tijuca Tenis Club gymnasium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and suffered her first submission defeat in a long period of time.

Dern lost to a choke from Mesquita, who also went on to win the gold medal in her individual division, in surprisingly fast time. Watch the video courtesy of MMA Fighting here:

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Chael Sonnen Pulled From Submission Underground 3 By Bellator

Chael Sonnen, who is coming off a loss to Tito Ortiz at Bellator 170 last weekend, was scheduled to compete against decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Garry Tonon on Jan. 29 in a grappling match at Submission Underground 3. Originally, Hector Lombard, who was set to grapple with Tonon at the event, was forced to

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Chael Sonnen, who is coming off a loss to Tito Ortiz at Bellator 170 last weekend, was scheduled to compete against decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Garry Tonon on Jan. 29 in a grappling match at Submission Underground 3. Originally, Hector Lombard, who was set to grapple with Tonon at the event, was forced to withdraw from the match due to his upcoming bout against Johny Hendricks on Feb. 19.

Sonnen, the owner and promoter of SUG, was pulled from the event due to Bellator MMA, according to Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting.

The event takes place on Jan. 29 at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon. The grappling-only event is headlined by Dillon Danis, who is Conor McGregor’s training partner, and AJ Agazarm, The event will stream live on FloGrappling. As of this writing, there’s no word yet on who will replace Sonnen and grapple with Tonon at the event. Here is the updated card:

Dillon Danis vs. AJ Agazarm

TBA vs. Garry Tonon

Jeff Monson vs. Gordon Ryan

Chad Mendes vs. Jeff Glover

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Invicta 19 Live Results

It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Friday, September 23rd, 2016) will come in the form of Invicta 19. Headlining the card are Jennifer Maia and Roxanne Modafferi, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card. Jennifer Maia

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It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Friday, September 23rd, 2016) will come in the form of Invicta 19. Headlining the card are Jennifer Maia and Roxanne Modafferi, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card.

Jennifer Maia (13-4-1) and Roxanne Modafferi (19-12) meet in a flyweight title bout as the main event of Invicta 19.

Ayaka Hamasaki (13-1) and Jinh Yu Frey (5-1) meet in a atomweight title bout as the co-main event of Invicta 19.

Irene Aldana (5-2) and Faith Van Duin (6-2)meet in a bantamweight bout at Invicta 19.

Manjit Kolekar (9-0) and Kaline Medeiros (7-4) meet in a strawweight bout at Invicta 19.

Tiffany Van Soest (0-0) and Kalyn Schwartz (0-0) meet in a strawweight bout at Invicta 19.

Julia Jones (4-0) andStephanie Skinner (4-5) meet in a atomweight bout at Invicta 19.

Amber Leibrock (1-1) vs. Amy Coleman (2-0) meet in a featherweight bout at Invicta 19.

Opening the main card is Ashley Greenway (1-0) vs. Sunna Rannveig Davidsdottir (0-0) in a strawweight bout.

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Invicta FC 19 Weigh-In Results

Invicta FC officials held the weigh-ins for Invicta FC 19 on Thursday and you can watch them here: Invicta FC 19 takes place from the Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City, Mo, on Friday, Sept. 23 and airs live and exclusively on UFC Fight Pass. Invicta FC 19 will be headlined by interim flyweight champion

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Invicta FC officials held the weigh-ins for Invicta FC 19 on Thursday and you can watch them here:

Invicta FC 19 takes place from the Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City, Mo, on Friday, Sept. 23 and airs live and exclusively on UFC Fight Pass.

Invicta FC 19 will be headlined by interim flyweight champion Jennifer Maia, who puts her belt on the line against veteran Roxanne Modafferi. The co-main event also features gold on the line as atomweight champion Ayaka Hamasaki aims to make her second title defense against Jinh Yu Frey.

Here are the weigh-in results:

Jennifer Maia (124.7) vs. Roxanne Modafferi (124.8)

Ayaka Hamasaki (104.5) vs. Jinh Yu Frey (104.6)

Irene Aldana (135.8) vs. Faith Van Duin (138.5) * missed weight

Manjit Kolekar (115.5) vs. Kaline Medeiros (115.2)

Tiffany Van Soest (114.7) vs. Kalyn Schwartz (115.9)

Julia Jones (104.5) vs. Stephanie Skinner (105.2)

Amber Leibrock (145.1) vs. Amy Coleman (144.8)

Ashley Greenway (115.3) vs. Sunna Ranveig Davidsdottir (115.3)

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