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UFC’s Got Talent: 12 Stars With Skills Beyond Fighting

The sport of mixed martial arts requires not only talent and technique, but also years of struggle and sacrifice, with fighters more often than not structuring their entire lives around the countless hours required to hone their craft in the endless pursuit of excellence. However, an ability to fight at the highest level in the

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The sport of mixed martial arts requires not only talent and technique, but also years of struggle and sacrifice, with fighters more often than not structuring their entire lives around the countless hours required to hone their craft in the endless pursuit of excellence.

However, an ability to fight at the highest level in the Octagon in front of millions of fans around the world is not the only thing that defines many of these men and women, and the diversity of interests and skills that they possess outside of the Octagon shatters the age-old stereotype that fighters are just a bunch of knuckle-dragging meatheads.

In this article we’ll look at 12 fighters whose talents extend beyond fighting into all manner of different areas of expertise.

From extreme sports enthusiasts to the artistically inclined and even a few self-confessed nerds, you’ll be left in no doubt that the UFC’s got talent.

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Nordine Taleb Pulls Out Of Fight With Alan Jouban At UFC Fight Night 90

UFC is currently looking for a short-notice replacement opponent to fight Alan Jouban at their upcoming UFC Fight Night 90 event.

UFC Welterweight contender Nordine Taleb was scheduled to fight Jouban at the event scheduled for the MGM Grand Garden …

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UFC is currently looking for a short-notice replacement opponent to fight Alan Jouban at their upcoming UFC Fight Night 90 event.

UFC Welterweight contender Nordine Taleb was scheduled to fight Jouban at the event scheduled for the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Taleb reportedly suffered a groin injury, which forced him to withdraw from the fight. Taleb last fought at UFC 196 back in March, knocking out highly-regarded Brazilian welterweight contender Erick Silva in the second round.

Headlined by Rafael dos Anjos vs. Eddie Alvarez for the UFC Lightweight Championship, UFC Fight Night 90 goes down during UFC’s International Fight Week on July 7, 2016.

UFC Fight Night 85 Preliminary Results: Brendan O’Reilly vs. Alan Jouban

It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, , 2016) will come from in the form of UFC Fight Night 85. Headlining the card are Mark Hunt and Frank Mir, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card.

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It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, , 2016) will come from in the form of UFC Fight Night 85. Headlining the card are Mark Hunt and Frank Mir, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card.

Brendan O’Reilly (5-1-1) vs. Alan Jouban (12-4) closes the preliminary card on Fox Sports 1 in a welterweight bout.

Daniel Hooker (13-6) vs. Mark Eddiva (6-2) is next in a featherweight bout

Leslie Smith (7-6-1) vs. Rin Nakai (16-1-1) is next in a women’s bantamweight bout.

Richard Walsh (9-3) vs. Viscardi Andrade (18-6 opens the Fox Sports 1 preliminary bouts in a welterweight bout.

Ross Pearson (18-10, 1NC) vs. Chad Laprise (10-1) in a lightweight bout finishes off the UFC Fight Pass preliminary card.

Opening the UFC Fight Night 85 UFC Fight Pass prelims was Alan Patrick (13-1) vs. Damien Brown (15-9) in a lightweight bout. A wild first round with both men looking to take the fight to the ground. Patrick went for several guillotine chokes in the round but was never able to finish it. Patrick took him down early in the second round and stayed on top of him for the entire round. Pure domination. In the third round, Patrick kept him down on the ground for the majority of the round and landed some good strikes. Brown got up late in the round and tried to finish, but little too late. Patrick picks up the decision victory.

Here are the results

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1 – 8 p.m. ET)

Alan Jouban vs. Brendan O’Reilly

Mark Eddiva vs. Daniel Hooker

Rin Nakai vs. Leslie Smith

Viscardi Andrade vs. Richard Walsh

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass – 7 p.m. ET)

Chad Laprise vs. Ross Pearson

Alan Patrick def. Damien Brown via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)

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UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs. St. Preux — Main Event Liveblog and Quick Results


(“Remember guys, Uberlandia is the most densely-populated man-made island turned garbage dump turned low-income housing development in the entire state of Minas Gerais, so let’s give these half-humanoid mutants a kickass show, okay?” / Photo via MMAJunkie)

Live, from a Brazilian city you’ve never heard of, comes UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs. St. Preux! Featuring: Mauricio Rua fighting a late replacement, Ian McCall not fighting that guy who rarely makes weight on the first try, the return of Mr. Handsome, and the non-wiki all stars.

Note: Due to the McCall-Lineker cancellation, our man Alex Giardini will be providing a play-by-play for only the main event, and filling in results and GIF-links for everything else, saving you from the hassle of watching a likely garbage-ass South American card that’s sure to go past your bedtime. We’re taking the bullet for this one, because we love you so much.

The FOX Sports 1 main card kicks off at 10:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. PT, so follow us after the jump, refresh the page every few minutes for all the latest results, and toss in your own thoughts in the comments section or on twitter @cagepotatomma. Thanks for coming.


(“Remember guys, Uberlandia is the most densely-populated man-made island turned garbage dump turned low-income housing development in the entire state of Minas Gerais, so let’s give these half-humanoid mutants a kickass show, okay?” / Photo via MMAJunkie)

Live, from a Brazilian city you’ve never heard of, comes UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs. St. Preux! Featuring: Mauricio Rua fighting a late replacement, Ian McCall not fighting that guy who rarely makes weight on the first try, the return of Mr. Handsome, and the non-wiki all stars.

Note: Due to the McCall-Lineker cancellation, our man Alex Giardini will be providing a play-by-play for only the main event, and filling in results and GIF-links for everything else, saving you from the hassle of watching a likely garbage-ass South American card that’s sure to go past your bedtime. We’re taking the bullet for this one, because we love you so much.

The FOX Sports 1 main card kicks off at 10:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. PT, so follow us after the jump, refresh the page every few minutes for all the latest results, and toss in your own thoughts in the comments section or on twitter @cagepotatomma. Thanks for coming.

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 56 PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS
– Diego Rivas def. Rodolfo Rubio via unanimous decision (30-27×3)
– Caio Magalhaes def. Trevor Smith via knockout (punches) 0:31 of round one – GIF *
– Leandro Silva def. Charlie Brenneman via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:15 of round one
– Thomas Almeida def. Tim Gorman via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27×2)
– Colby Covington def. Wagner Silva via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:26 of round three

* Lots to the back of the head, huh?

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 56 MAIN CARD RESULTS
– Warlley Alves vs. Alan Jouban
– Cláudio Silva vs. Leon Edwards
– Dhiego Lima vs. Jorge Oliveira
– Juliana Lima vs. Nina Ansaroff

Mauricio Rua vs. Ovince St-Preux