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Psychic Tom Predicts Win For Mark Hunt; Rabble Rousin’ Rich Opens the Show with Demetrious Johnson vs. Dana White Rant; Tony the Tornado rips Stevenson/Fonfara on this week’s FNU Combat Sports Show

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Rich Bergeron opens this week’s FNU Combat Sports show by giving his unique take on the Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson feud with the UFC brass, namely Dana White. Upon refusing to take a fight with T.J. Dillashaw without getting certain assurances and conditions met, many fans on social media insisted DJ was running scared. Even Dillashaw took the opportunity to blast the move by the flyweight champ as “chickenshit.” Dana White even reportedly threatened to shut down the entire flyweight division if Johnson refused to fight TJ. “Mighty Mouse” didn’t blink and didn’t cave to the organization’s demands, and Rich explains in his opening dialogue why DJ should be respected and given the benefit of the doubt for his decision rather than being criticized and dragged through the mud for standing up for himself.

 

During the rest of the broadcast, Tony “Tornado” Penecale details his night out at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia for a fight card headlined by Hank Lundy. He also recaps Fonfara vs. Stevenson II and calls the fight “a disgrace.”

 

“Psychic” Tom Padgett chips in with some post-fight analysis of Aldo vs. Holloway. He also predicts Mark Hunt will benefit from home cage advantage in his battle with Derrick Lewis this weekend at UFC Fight Night 110 in New Zealand.

 

There’s also an update on Hunt’s lawsuit against the UFC and Brock Lesnar and lots of other fight previews and recaps. Listen to the whole broadcast to catch up on what’s new in combat sports this week.

Fight Network, M-1, M-1 Challenge, MMA, MMA, Ryssland, UFC

Fight Network för Live Broadcast M-1 Challenge 79, Fight Nights Global 68, LFA 13 & Omfattande UFC 212 Bekämpa täckning

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För omedelbar släpp - maj 31, 2017

TORONTO - Fight Network, världens främsta 24/7 multiplattformskanal avsedd för fullständig täckning av kampsporter, presenterar ännu en hektisk helg med liveevenemang, börjar denna torsdag, Juni 1 med M-1 Challenge 79: Shlemenko vs. Halsey 2 från St.. Petersburg, Ryssland, som startar kl 2:30 p.m. OCH.

Sändning live exklusivt över hela Kanada, M-1 Challenge 79: Shlemenko vs. Halsey 2 är rubriken av en efterlängtad mellanviktsturnering mellan tidigare Bellator MMA-mästare Alexander Shlemenko(55-9) och Brandon Halsey (9-2). I andra skiss skjutningarna, Tyska weltervikt Bränn adas (7-2) går fiendens territorium mot Rysslands Sergey Romanov (11-1), Brasiliansk lättvikt Michel silva (18-5) kast ned med Alexey Makhno (13-5), Spanska mellanvikt Enoc Löser Torres (19-9) möter Oleg Olenyechev (8-4) och serbisk fjädervikt Dragan Pesic (13-7) ansikten av med Khamzat Dalgiev (8-1).

Den levande M-1 Challenge 79: Shlemenko vs. Halsey 2 huvudkortet kommer omedelbart att följa M-1 urvalprelims, som startar vid 12 p.m. ET och flyger live på Fight Network i Kanada, US. och globalt i över 30 länder i Europa, Afrika och Mellanöstern. M-1 Selection-sändningen har amerikansk bantamvikt Josh Rättelse House (14-4) tar emot Kirgizistans Bakhtiyar Toichubaev (7-3), medan obesegrad Temirlan Sharipov (3-0) möter Danila Prikaza (6-1) i en helryssisk welterviktaffär.

Den ryska staden St.. Petersburg är värd för mer live-action på fredagen, Juni 2 vid 12 p.m. OCH, som Fight Nights Global 68 sänds live på Fight Network i Kanada och globalt i över 30 länder i Europa, Afrika och Mellanöstern. Den lätta tungviktstiteln går att vinna i huvudtävlingen som obesegradSergey Pavlovich (10-0) tar på Mikhail Mokhnatkin (9-1-2). Under tiden, en tungviktig superkamp är inställd för co-main-evenemanget, med obesegrad rysk kraftstation Vitaly Minakov (19-0) tar emot tidigare EliteXC kingpin och UFC-utmanare Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva (19-11). Avrundar det stjärnbelagda kortet,Stjepan Bekavac (19-6) välkomnar UFC-veteran Nikita Krylov (21-5) till kampanjen, Tony Johnson Jr..(10-3) fyrkanter av med Baga Agaev (28-19) i ett tungt möte, Asif Tagiev (5-2-1) möter Dmitry Aryshev (5-5-1) i en weltervikt bout, plus obesegrad israelisk utsikter Jackie Gosh (7-0) ser ut att sträcka sitt perfekta märke mot Rysslands Oleg Dadonov (6-1).

På fredag, Juni 2 vid 9 p.m. OCH, Legacy Fighting Alliance invaderar Burbank, Calif. för LFA 13: Millender vs.. Holland, med viktiga dueller i weltervikt-divisionen, som Curtis Mille (11-3) tar på Kevin Holland (9-2), medan Karen Darabedyan (12-6) ansikten Sam Liera (12-9). I lätt tungvikt,Dominick Reyes (5-0) tar på Jordan Powell (8-6), medan Alonzo Menifield (2-0) strider Khadzhimurat Bestaev (4-1). En bantamviktkamp mellan obesegrad amerikaner Kyler Phillips (3-0) och MexikosJonathan Quiroz (2-1) kommer att runda ut kortet, som sänds live på Fight Network i Kanada och globalt i över 30 länder i Europa, Afrika och Mellanöstern.

Slutligen, på lördag, Juni 3, Fight Network presenterar omfattande live täckning före och efter kamp för UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway från Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien. Men först, direktsändningen kommer att sändas på Fight Network på fredag, Juni 2 vid 6 p.m. OCH, med alla stjärnor som tippar skalorna före deras pay-per-view-uppvisningar.

Den UFC 212 PRE-FIGHT SHOW kommer att sändas live på Fight Network i Kanada på lördag, Juni 3 vid 7 p.m. ET leder in i LEVANDE PRELIMER på TSN3. Den UFC 212 PRE-FIGHT SHOW kommer att innehålla fjädervikt utmanare Cub Swanson, mellanvikt mästare Michael Bisping och tidigare lätt tungvikt mästare Rashad Evans arbetar som skrivbordsanalytiker med värd Karyn Bryant och reporter Laura Sanko som genomför fighterintervjuer på plats i Brasilien.

I slutet av lördagens pay-per-view-sändning, den levande UFC 212 POST-FIGHT SHOW vid approximativt 1 a.m. ET på Fight Network har höjdpunkter, analys och intervjuer efter kamp.

För en fullständig lista över Fight Network sändning schema, besök www.fightnetwork.com, Följ oss på Twitterfightnet, bli ett fan på Facebook Besök oss på Instagramfightnet.
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FNU Combat Sports Visa: McGregor Agrees to Mayweather fight contract, big weekend ahead for boxing

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This week’s show features Rich and Tom bragging about their UFC 211 main event predictions from last week. Tony also gets ample opportunities to talk about boxing this week with a ton of pugilism scheduled to go down all over the world this weekend. We also preview Bellator’s busy weekend with a huge card Friday night in the UK headlined by a battle between Rory MacDonald and Paul Daley.

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FNU Combat Sports Visa: Joshua vs. Klitschko Recap, Anderson Silva Threatens UFC Retirement

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The FNU Combat Sports show concentrates heavily on boxing this week with the big heavyweight bout between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko to review and discuss first. Then we move on to preview Cinco De Mayo weekend in The Sweet Science, which is headlined by a Saturday night fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Junior. Dessutom, we discuss some additions to UFC 213, Anderson Silva’s retirement threat, the creation of a women’s featherweight division in the UFC for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter, and the viral video featuring the demolition of a Tai Chi “Bemästra” by an MMA fighter. Listen to the broadcast below.

 

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FNU Combat Sports Visa: “Raging” Al Goes Off on Dana White, Klitschko vs. Förhandsvisning av Joshua & Event Recaps

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It’s an early installment of the FNU Combat Sports Show this week since Co-host “Tornado” Tony Penecale will be busy in his role as the Phillies Superphan tomorrow night at the NFL Draft. We discuss “Raging” Al Iaquinta’s tirade against the UFC and Dana White, recap Bellator 178 och UFC Fight Night 108, and preview the big heavyweight boxing match between Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua on Saturday. We also discuss the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter and last week’s boxing events.

 

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Raging Al Iaquinta Interview By Ariel Helwani is Must See TV

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Av: Rich Bergeron

UFC Lightweight Contender “Raging” Al Iaquinta (13-3) is certainly solidifying his nickname these days. From his dismantling of UFC Legend Diego Sanchez last Saturday night to his public disagreements with the most popular MMA league on the planet, Iaquinta is putting it all on the line lately.

 

Despite the fact that Iaquinta is on a five-fight win streak in the Octagon and has two more fights left on his UFC contract, he told Ariel Helwani in the above interview that it is “probable” he will not be fighting again in the near future.

 

Iaquinta’s self-imposed hiatus from the UFC has nothing to do with a lack of love for the sport, fast. He’s just fed up with the politics and sick of being singled out for speaking his mind about fighter pay and other issues. He covers everything from weight cutting to the Reebok deal and unionization of fighters in the interview with Helwani. He also insists he would enjoy being fully involved in efforts to fix all these issues.

 

Perhaps the most outrageous and entertaining aspect of the interview is how Al rips UFC President Dana White. Using just as many expletives as “The Baldfather” himself likes to employ when he’s angry, Iaquinta gets most animated about White calling the plane ride home the best part of UFC Brooklyn. Iaquinta goes on to point out that White never had an injury in the sport of MMA and should keep his mouth shut about certain aspects of fighting that he has no clue about.

 

That part of Iaquinta’s argument sounds almost identical to the sentiment we shared here on Fight News Unlimited over a year ago with our “Open FU” to White. Back then we were criticizing the UFC President for his treatment of Holly Holm and her management team.

 

Listening to the Helwani interview is all the more entertaining and interesting if you can imagine a fighters’ association with Iaquinta as the president. It would be the best development possible to pay White back for all his own brash, in your face, tell-it-like-it-is ranting over the years. It would be fighting fire with fire, and listening to both of these characters argue with each other would be astronomically better than any of the debates that made up the chaotic 2016 Presidential Election in the United States.

 

It is highly unlikely that Iaquinta would be able to take on such a prominent role in such an association before his UFC contract officially runs out, fast. Fortfarande, it is one of the most opportune times in the history of the sport of MMA for fighters to learn how to band together and exercise their solidarity to generate serious change. From the Reebok deal’s flaws to the new UFC owners taking a more insensitive corporate approach to management to the McGregor vs. Mayweather fight purse talks, there are a lot of motivating factors in place right now to force a major development on the union/association front.

 

Och “Uncle Dana” can “go F$%k himself” (as Al Iaquinta might say) if he thinks he can stop that train from rumbling down the tracks. More fighters need to learn from Iaquinta and follow in his f-bombing footsteps if anything is really going to get better in the near future. Whether it involves foul language or not, fast, the argument for change needs to generate more commentary from the fighters who are directly experiencing the difficulties of getting by on a typical MMA fighter’s salary. The days of keeping your mouth shut and staying in line to make sure you get the best fights and the best opportunities for extra income are coming to an end. It’s truly time for more shortchanged fighters to knock the silver spoon out of Dana White’s mouth and get to work on improving the status quo by any means necessary.

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FNU Combat Sports Visa: UFC Fight Night and Bellator 177 Recap and upcoming MMA and Boxing Schedule

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This week’s broadcast features recaps and previews of MMA and boxing events around the world. Tony, Tom and Rich also discuss politics and go off on a couple tangents here and there. We make it the whole episode this week without mentioning MacGregor vs. Mayweather even once.

We do break down some huge upcoming fights with Andre Berto taking on Shawn Porter in the main event on Showtime this week and a fourth MMA fight between Daniel Straus and Patricio “Pitbull” Friere at Bellator 178 on Friday night. We also have another UFC fight night to discuss and last week’s MMA results to go over.

 

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Fight Network Presents 5 Liveevenemang över 3 Dagar som börjar i kväll, April 20

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För omedelbar release - april 20, 2017

Inklusive UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Swanson vs. Lobov inleder, ONE Championship: Kings of Destiny, LFA 10: Heinisch vs.. Rota, M-1 Challenge 76 och Combate Americas 13

TORONTO – Fight Network, världens främsta 24/7 multiplattformskanal avsedd för fullständig täckning av kampsporter, presenterar tre actionfyllda dagar med blandad kampsport, börjar ikväll, Torsdag, April 20, med Combate Americas 13 från Tucson, Arizona, startar globalt med live-prelims på 8 p.m. ET och kl 10 p.m. ET i Kanada med live-huvudkortet, som följer en liveupplaga av IMPACT Wrestling vid 8 p.m. OCH.

Åtgärden fortsätter på fredagen, April 21 vid 8:30 a.m. ET med en direkt kanadensisk sändning av ONE Championship: Kings of Destiny från Manila, Filippinerna. Senare, vid 9 p.m. OCH, LFA 10: Heinisch vs.. Rota härrör från Pueblo, Colorado och airs live på Fight Network i Kanada och globalt i över 30 länder i Europa, Afrika och Mellanöstern.

På lördag, April 22, M-1 Global återvänder med en live dubbelrubrik, börjar vid 10 a.m. OCH med M-1 urval 76, som sänds live i Kanada, US. och globalt i över 30 länder i Europa, Afrika och Mellanöstern. Den M-1 Challenge 76 huvudkort sänds exklusivt i Kanada kl 1 p.m. OCH.

Slutligen, Fight Network kommer att leverera omfattande täckning av UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Swanson vs. Lobov över Kanada på lördag, April 22, börjar vid 7 p.m. ET med live UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Swanson vs. LobovPRE-FIGHT SHOW leder in i LEVANDE PRELIMER på Fight Network. Huvudkortet sänds live på TSN5. DenUFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Swanson vs. Lobov PRE-FIGHT SHOW will feature UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and retired UFC lightweight contender Yves Edwards serving as desk analysts with host Karyn Bryant and reporter Laura Sanko conducting on-site fighter interviews.

I slutet av lördagens huvudkort, den levande UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Swanson vs. Lobov POST-FIGHT SHOW on Fight Network features highlights, analys och intervjuer efter kamp.

The stacked lineup for tonight’s Combate Americas 13, börjar vid 8 p.m. ET globally on Fight Network and 10 p.m. ET with the main card in Canada, innefattar:

-Romerska Salazar (10-5) vs. Ricky Palacios (7-1)

-Irwin Rivera (5-2) vs. Kevin Natividad (2-0)

-Benny Madrid (9-3) vs. Chad Dietmeyer (8-2)

-Daniel Rodriguez (3-0) vs. Joel Champion (4-0)

-Erick Sanchez (7-3) vs. Randy Steinke (17-10-1)
-Victor Reyna (8-3) vs. Andrew Perez (5-4)
-Stephanie Alba (3-1) vs. Alesha Zappitella (2-0)

ONE Championship: Kings of Destiny, airing on Friday, April 21 vid 8:30 a.m. ET across Canada, is headlined by lightweight kingpin Eduard Folayang defending his title against surging Ev Ting. The full card includes:

-Eduard Folayang (17-5) vs. Ev Saker (13-3) – ONE lightweight title
-Kevin Belingon (14-5) vs. Toni Tauru (11-4-1)
-Danny Kingad (5-0) vs. Muhammad Aiman (2-1)

-Eugene Toquero (8-4) vs. Stefer Rahardian (4-0)
-Chan Rothana (4-2) vs. Xie Bin (2-1)

-Gina Iniong (4-2) vs. Natalie Hills (2-4)
-Michelle Nicolini (3-1) vs. Irina Mazepa (2-0)

-Robin Catalan (4-3) vs. Jeremy Miado (6-0)
-Christian Lee (5-1) vs. Jianping Wan (2-2)
-Honorio Banari (11-6) vs. Jaroslav Jartim (6-5-1)

LFA 10: Heinisch vs.. Rota, airing on Friday, April 21 vid 9 p.m. ET across Canada and globally on Fight Network, features the following lineup:

-Ian Heinisch (7-0) vs. Lucas Rota (12-6)

-Nick Urso (9-3) vs. Brandon Royval (5-2)
-Zac Riley (5-3) vs. Jerome Rivera (5-0)

-Dominic Montoya (7-0) vs. Slobodan Maksimovic (12-5-1)

-Andrew Yates (9-2) vs. Andrew Tenneson (5-1)
-Adam Martinez (3-1) vs. Maikel Perez (1-0)

-Cody Yohn (3-1) vs. Mike Jones (4-2)

Saturday’s M-1 Global doubleheader begins with a live global broadcast of M-1 urval 76 vid 10 a.m. OCH, which will include the following bouts:

-Javier Fuentes (9-3) vs. Khamzat Sakalov (4-2)
-Elnur veliev (6-0) vs. Zalimbek Omarov (7-2)
-Anatoly Lyagu (5-1) vs. Abubakar Mestoev (4-0)
-Evgeniy Goncharov (5-2) vs. Daniil Arepyev (7-1)
-Alexey Valivakhin (10-5) vs. Ingishkan Ozdoev (0-0)

Den M-1 Challenge 76 main card airs live across Canada at 1 p.m. ET and is headlined by a clash for the M-1 bantamweight championship. The full fight card includes:

-Movsar Evloev (6-0) vs. Alexei Nevzorov (12-2) – M-1 bantamweight title
-Khamzat Dalgiev (8-1) vs. Heliton dos Santos (15-5)
-Timur Nagibin (8-2) vs. Diego D’Avila (18-5)

-Sergey Morozov (6-2) vs. Fabricio Sarraff (22-9)

-Zalimbeg Omarov (7-2-1) vs. Elnur veliev (6-0-1)

Lördagens UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Swanson vs. Lobov PRELIMERAR air live on Fight Network across Canada at 8 p.m. OCH. The star-studded four-bout card includes:

-Thales Leites (26-7) vs. Sam Alvey (30-8)
-Dustin Ortiz (16-6) vs. Brandon Moreno (13-3)

-Scott Holtzman (9-2) vs. Michael McBride (8-2)

-Jessica Penne (12-5) vs. Danielle Taylor (8-2)

För en fullständig lista över Fight Network sändning schema, besök www.fightnetwork.com, Följ oss på Twitterfightnet, bli ett fan på Facebook Besök oss på Instagramfightnet.
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FNU Combat Sports Visa: Johnson vs. Reis Preview, The Undertaker Retires, NASCAR Fights

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Rabble Rousin’ Rich Bergeron, “Psychic” Tom Padgett och Tony “Tornado” Penecale discuss the news and events of the last two weeks in combat sports. From Rampage Jackson’s rough final fight in Bellator to Chris Weidman’s controversial loss to Gegard Mousasi we cover all the major MMA happenings. We also discuss the upcoming week’s boxing schedule and look back at some events in boxing from the last two weeks. We wrap up with a discussion about NASCAR and Bellator taking advantage of their common partnership with Monster energy drink. The two sports giants announced recently that Bellator will host fight cards at future racing events.