Новости за 30.12.2016

At the WSOF 34 weigh-ins, all 22 fighters will square off Friday evening for Saturday's fights, and we'll have the live video here at MMAFighting.com.

Marlon Moraes entered free agency after scoring his 10th straight victory under the World Series of Fighting banner in July, but he’s not going anywhere.

On the sixth and final episode of UFC 207 Embedded, tensions erupt between UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and challenger Cody Garbrandt at the UFC 207 ceremonial weigh-ins, then Amanda Nunes and Ronda Rousey finally square off ahead of their big match on Friday.

Cody Garbrandt was a teenager when he began watching MMA. And back then, just like now, Dominick Cruz was the kind of the bantamweight mountain.

LAS VEGAS — T.J. Dillashaw is no stranger to the man challenging for the UFC bantamweight belt on Friday night. Dillashaw and UFC 207 co-headliner Cody Garbrandt were once teammates at Team Alpha Male before Dillashaw left the Sacramento-based gym. And now, much to Dillashaw’s surprise, he has found himself in the crosshairs of Garbrandt in the lead-up to Dec. 30.

Everything you need to know for the fights this weekend.

Welcome MMA bettors, speculators, and gambling lurkers! Back at it again for another week of comprehensive gambling analysis from your friends at MMAFighting.com. This weekend, we have two title fights including the return of the mythical Ronda Rousey.

For those of you who are new here or those who have forgotten, this aims to be an exhaustive preview of the fights, the odds, and my own personal breakdown of where you can find betting value. Читать дальше...

Between February 2014 and August 2015, Ronda Rousey fought for a grand total of two minutes and 10 seconds. That was all it took to finish off Sara McMann, Alexis Davis, Cat Zingano and Bethe Correia. In that time she was anointed as the “Mike Tyson of MMA,” so savage in the cage that the real allure wasn’t if but how long. Yet she was also the “Royce Gracie of women,” in that she galvanized a new perception toward fighting. She didn’t take the edge off of what we were watching; she gave that edge meaning. Читать дальше...

The UFC 207 start time, TV schedule is for the Nunes vs. Rousey event at the T-Mobile Arena on Friday night. The fight card is broken into three different parts, each airing on three different mediums. This post will help explain which fights are airing where and at which times.

The main card airs on pay-per-view beginning at 10 p.m. ET. It is listed as follows:

Amanda Nunes vs. Ronda Rousey
Dominick Cruz vs. Cody Garbrandt
T.J. Dillashaw vs. John Lineker
Dong Hyun Kim vs. Читать дальше...

2016 has been one of the most newsworthy years in the history of MMA. From the sale of the UFC, the rise of Conor McGregor, the impact of USADA testing and the returns of Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey, the MMA media space has been inundated with huge stories. And while it doesn’t occupy the same magnitude of importance as those other stories, 2016 has also played host to never ending saga of lightweight contenders Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson.

Well, the last UFC event of this crazy 2016 is finally here, and the promotion has decided to go out with a bang. This card features the long-awaited return of former champ Ronda Rousey, as she challenges Amanda Nunes for gold, along with a heated bantamweight title fight between Cruz and Garbrandt, and many other competitive bouts pitting high-caliber fighters.

LAS VEGAS — UFC 207 is a card of ends in many ways.

The Dec. 30 show closes out a year unlike any other in the Zuffa offices, one that has been equal parts coronation and equal parts enigma after the sport was transformed overnight by the 10-figure price tag attached to it this summer.

Longtime UFC matchmaker Joe Silva will be gone after Friday night — another member of the old guard off to join the Fertitta Brothers and Burt Watson and seemingly half of the UFC staff into memory. Читать дальше...

Lately, free agency has been a popular choice for UFC fighters with expiring contracts, but for some fighters that’s too big of a gamble.

Stepping inside the UFC Octagon for the fourth time in 2016, Alex Oliveira is honored to be part of the event that will mark the return of Ronda Rousey.

LAS VEGAS -- Before UFC 207, MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani and Shaun Al-Shatti break down the top storylines heading into the event.

MMA Fighting has UFC 207 results for the Nunes vs. Rousey fight card Dec. 30, plus live coverage from Las Vegas, live blogs for the event, and live UFC 207 Twitter updates.

In the main event, Amanda Nunes aims for her second straight UFC title defense when she battles former UFC champion Ronda Rousey in her long-awaited return.

UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will put his belt on the line against rival Cody Garbrandt.

Check out the UFC 207 results below.

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In the fifth episode of UFC 207 Embedded, Ronda Rousey surfaces for the official weigh-in, Dominick Cruz's team and Cody Garbrandt get into a scuffle, and Amanda Nunes hangs out in her hotel room.

The views and opinions expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of mmafighting.com. Please note that this is also my first article and it may be a little rough around the edges. I am nothing more than a dedicated fan of mixed martial arts who also has a love for broadcasting. I would love to pursue a career in MMA broadcast journalism, but to do that, I need to publish some opinion pieces. This is my first one. I hope you enjoy it.

UFC 207 will mark the end of Leister Bowling's MMA coaching career.

Following a decade-long run, Bowling, the head coach of Elevation Fight Team in Colorado, informed the team last week that he will be stepping down following Friday's event, after he corners T.J. Dillashaw, Neil Magny and Brandon Thatch in their respective bouts.

Bowling provided the following exclusive statement about his decision to MMAFighting.com:

"I am not one to ever leave anything unfinished, which... Читать дальше...

Airing taped fights from two weeks earlier, but spiked by an NFL game as a lead-in, the Christmas Eve replay of UFC 206 did the third largest television viewership in company history.