Midnight Mania! Oezdemir-Shogun Off UFC Chile Due to Volkan’s Assault Charges | UFC Betting Sites

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Volkan Oezdemir is having visa issues, and that is forcing his fight with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua off of UFC: Chile. However, if you thought the UFC were going to find an easier opponent for the venerable Shogun, think again: they are planning on re-booking the May 19th bout, according to Combate. Originally, the fight was booked as the main event, but currently Kamaru Usman vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio is listed as the main event for a card that also includes Alexa Grasso and the re-booked Ray Borg vs. Brandon Moreno.

Per @raphamarinho, Shogun and Oezdemir will not be happening at #UFCChile because Oezdemir is being prevented from leaving the US.

The fight will be rescheduledhttps://t.co/EqoHHo71zX

— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) April 12, 2018

The difficulty lies in the felony assault charges Oezdemir faces, which are preventing him from travelling to South America for the Shogun bout.

Yes and it surprises me that this wasn’t flagged beforehand.

— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) April 12, 2018

The report has not yet been confirmed officially by the UFC.

Insomnia

Suga Sean practicing for his next foot injury.

Just Incase this bull shit happens again . @timwelchmt

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Gnarly

“Keep Fighting” I Can’t Say Its Going To Be Easy… But I Will Say Everything In My Life Has Prepared Me For This Test. Whatever You Are Going Through Remember Someone Has It Worse… Thank You Everyone For The Thoughts & Prayers…Real Talk. #TeamElCucuy I Hate Sitting On The Sidelines, but “belt or no belt I won’t allow that to define me…” This Is #MyRoadToRecoveryXT #TonyFergusonMMA SnapJitsu™? #SnapDownCity -Champ

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Happy birthday Gil

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Beautiful knockout

Saemapetch’s 4th round ‘KO’ of Charlie Peters on last nights MTGP show in London, England. @siamfightnews #ufc #mma #bellator #wsof #fight #jj #jiujitsu #muaythai #wrestling #boxing #kickboxing #grappling #funnymma #ufcmeme #mmamemes #onefc #warrior #PrideFC #PrideNeverDie

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Justin Gaethje has no love for James Vick.

When @justin_gaethje stops his interview to blast @jamesvickmma out of nowhere #UFCGlendale • • • @1khathaway – @usatodaysports

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Ouch…

The real Image credit: @kungfufrogmma

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Duke Roufus coaching Belal Muhammad

Getting after it “Fire Fighting” #boxing with my #belalmuhammad We are about that Life! #Repost @bullyb170 ??? Great night of work with @dukeroufus Im coming for his head in six weeks #ufcutica #rememberthename @aliabdelaziz000 #combatcorner @combatcorner #goldisthegoal #onamission #ufc @ufc #roufusport @roufusport

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Urijah Faber had fun on the set of Rampage

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Israel Adesanya is a big believer in timing

What makes @stylebender such a damn good striker? Let him tell you #UFCGlendale • • • @1khathaway – @usatodaysports

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Gerald Meerschaert with the body kick from Hades

Great Pad Session Tonight with my man #geraldmeerschaert @the_gm3 working hard to his 3rd #ufc Performance of Night. #gman has not fought since this #liverkick #knockout December 1. Let’s get this man a Fight @ufc #roufusport @roufusport #wanderleyjiujitsu #cushboxing @scottcushman #supastotswrestling @raufeonstots #milwaukeemma @milwaukeemma #dukeroufusstrikinguniversity @dukeroufusstrikingu #combatcorner @combatcorner #mma #mixedmartialarts #kickboxing #jiujitsu #muaythai #bjj #boxing #wrestling #winning #fight #fighter #fighting

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Michelle Waterson is so good her head and arm throw actually works.

MY GOODNESS! Flash to 2016 when @KarateHottieMMA recorded her FOURTH straight submission. #UFCGlendale

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Mickey Gall’s dog has to be an amazing workout to carry… and he looks like he enjoys it.

Only thing I’m liftin at muscle beach is this big ole dog, dawg @mightymatt

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Cody Garbrandt’s child is well protected by this Good Boy.

@canelo_garbrandt on baby sitting duty

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Forrest Griffin is like Old Man Logan.

This is a picture of me from 1781 back when I was a captain in the Royal British Navy!!! Throw back Wednesday

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Two classic faces

#Repost @UFCPI ??? Who wore it better?

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This made me chuckle

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Weight cuts must really suck.

“Justin Lawrence (@AmericanKiddMMA), I’m whooping your ass ’cause I can’t have this bone-in ribeye, so you’re going to get my bone in your rib!”
– @AJMcKeeJr

Teammate @AaronPicoUSA gave AJ the “perfect” birthday gift to start his #Bellator197 weight cut. pic.twitter.com/RE3WH493yj

— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) April 12, 2018

When the spin kick lands

Ouch #Repost @savelyev_kyokushin ??? European Championship IFK 2018 #ifkeuro2018 #armenia #kyokushin #martialarts #instagood #fights #fullcontact

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Rumbletime Frenchies and BJ Penn.

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Tyson Fury is an interesting return to heavyweight boxing.

He’s back and the heavyweight division just got more interesting.#boxing pic.twitter.com/GxCqg2CUiF

— Boxing News (@BoxingNewsED) April 12, 2018

Pretty cool fan art of Rose Namajunas

Go check out @budafist & follow for cool shit like this. #ufc #mma #bellator #wsof #fight #jj #jiujitsu #muaythai #wrestling #boxing #kickboxing #grappling #funnymma #ufcmeme #mmamemes #onefc #warrior #PrideFC #PrideNeverDie

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Dustin Poirier vs. Justin Gaethje open workout highlights. Who do you reckon has the edge?

UFC on FOX 29: Dustin Poirier v Justin Gaethje Open Workout Highlights https://t.co/XqfGHhATNR via @RodneyJames138

— Fancy Combat (@FancyCombat) April 12, 2018

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Zabit Magomedsharipov hanging out.

??? ?????????? @zabit_magomedsharipov #????????? #ufc223

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Michelle Waterson kicking the bottles ahead of her matchup with Cortney Casey this weekend.

Locked in tonight after a little training session, and felt like doing some accuracy drills with my @drinkbodyarmor bottles! Disregard that last kick #Switch2BODYARMOR

A post shared by Michelle Waterson (@karatehottiemma) on Apr 11, 2018 at 9:32pm PDT

Too soon. Apologies to Ray Borg for finding this funny.

Ray Borg vs. Brandon Moreno rebooked for UFC Chile

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Accurate

What was your first spar like #bjj4life #bjjforlife #bjjfamily #bjjstyle #bjjproblems #bjjfighter

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Emmanuel Augustus has one of the best highlight reels in boxing because of his understanding of rhythm

Emanuel Augustus teaching the ways of the ‘Drunken Master’ to the next generation

Brilliant pic.twitter.com/Z7cNXpcoYW

— Against The Ropes (@ATRboxinguk) April 7, 2018

Excellent clinch battle here

Fight of the century pic.twitter.com/eNP4XnlSA2

— Nature is Scary (@TheScaryNature) April 12, 2018

Aljo’s bulk looks a lot more shredded than my bulk.

What do you think fat boy weighs? #UFCAtlanticCity pic.twitter.com/vGn8s2WzXE

— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) April 12, 2018

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Random Land

Females, amiright?

I posted this already but I Love this vid… #SaveLions (From Lionesses)

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Ron Cobb could really put together some compelling visual imagery.

#INSPIRATION: RON COBB’s designs for Alien ( 1979) pic.twitter.com/37a6rhWcRi

— Pascal Blanché (@pascalblanche) January 29, 2018

Speaking of stunning visual imagery

Photo by @ronnaldong #destination_wild

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