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Middleweight Fighter Steps In On Six Days To Save UFC Sao Paulo Light Heavyweight Main Event

UFC Sao Paul has a new main event just six days out.

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UFC Fight Night Sal Paulo has had yet another shakeup to the main event. “Ya Boy” Eryk Anders will step in on just six days notice to face Thiago Santos as Jimmie Manuwa was forced out due to injury.

The 31-year-old Anders is just three weeks removed from his brutal knock out win over Tim Williams at UFC Lincoln. Anders sports a record of 11-1. His only loss was a close five-round decision to Lyoto Machida. Coincidentally, that loss to Machida happened in February of this year in Belem, Brazil. Anders now returns to Brazil looking for redemption.

Santos, 34, has won five out of his last six fights. His only blemish in that stretch came at the hands of David Branch. He most recently defeated Kevin Holland via decision at UFC 227 in August. Since 2015 Santos has gone 9-3 in the UFC with seven knock out wins.

UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo has had to deal with the injury bug. Fights like Neil Magny vs. Alex Oliveira, Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Elias Theodorou and Ketlen Vieira vs. Tonya Evinger were all scrapped or rebooked do to injuries. However, the show must go on.

Here is a look at the updated fight card:

Thiago Santos vs. Eryk Anders
Alex Oliveira vs. Carlo Pedersoli
Sam Alvey vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Renan Barao vs. Andre Ewell
Randa Markos vs. Marina Rodriguez
Christos Giagos vs. Charles Oliveira
Evan Dunham vs. Francisco Trinaldo
Luis Henrique vs. Ryan Spann
Chase Sherman vs. Augusto Sakai
Sergio Moraes vs. Ben Saunders
Gillian Robertson vs. Marya Bueno Silva
Hector Lombard vs. Thales Leites
Elizeu Zaleski vs. Luigi Vendramini
Alex Chambers vs. Livia Renata Souza

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Dominick Cruz Hopes to Return Before End of 2018

Former UFC bantamweight champion, Dominick Cruz, is hoping to return to the octagon before the year concludes. Cruz, 33, has not fought since UFC 207 (December 30, 2016), where he was defeated by Cody Garbrandt in a contest for the UFC’s 135-poun…

Former UFC bantamweight champion, Dominick Cruz, is hoping to return to the octagon before the year concludes. Cruz, 33, has not fought since UFC 207 (December 30, 2016), where he was defeated by Cody Garbrandt in a contest for the UFC’s 135-pound championship. The veteran was expected to face Jimmie Rivera at UFC 219, however, […]

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Matt Brown Injured and Out of Fight Against Carlos Condit at UFC on FOX 29

Veteran welterweight contender Matt Brown has suffered an injury that has forced him out of his upcoming bout against Carlos Condit in the co-main event at UFC on FOX 29. Sources close to the situation confirmed that Brown suffered a torn ACL in his kn…

Veteran welterweight contender Matt Brown has suffered an injury that has forced him out of his upcoming bout against Carlos Condit in the co-main event at UFC on FOX 29. Sources close to the situation confirmed that Brown suffered a torn ACL in his knee just recently that caused him to drop out of the […]

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Derrick Lewis Suffered Broken Hand in Win over Marcin Tybura

Derrick Lewis earned a knockout victory this past Saturday night but he also suffered a broken hand in the process. Lewis finished Polish heavyweight Marcin Tybura with a jaw rattling knockout in the third round of their matchup this past weekend at UF…

Derrick Lewis earned a knockout victory this past Saturday night but he also suffered a broken hand in the process. Lewis finished Polish heavyweight Marcin Tybura with a jaw rattling knockout in the third round of their matchup this past weekend at UFC Fight Night in Austin, Texas. Following the event, Lewis commented that his […]

Robbie Lawler Suffered Gruesome Knee Injury In Dos Anjos Fight

Robbie Lawler has proved time and time again that he’s extremely dangerous in the championship rounds of a fight. Where many fighters wilt beyond the third, “Ruthless” comes to life when the bell sounds for the fourth. That’s why Lawler’s performance in the latter rounds against Rafael dos Anjos was so disconcerting. Lawler limped around, […]

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Robbie Lawler has proved time and time again that he’s extremely dangerous in the championship rounds of a fight.

Where many fighters wilt beyond the third, “Ruthless” comes to life when the bell sounds for the fourth.

That’s why Lawler’s performance in the latter rounds against Rafael dos Anjos was so disconcerting. Lawler limped around, planted his back to the cage and did his best to unleash his ruthlessness.

In a lengthy interview with Kevin Iole today, UFC president Dana White revealed (via MMA Fighting) what most viewers already assumed; that Lawler’s leg had been seriously busted up midway through the fight, the exact cause of which was a torn meniscus:

“The guy’s leg was destroyed. Okay? Blew his ACL and his meniscus and every other thing that’s in your knee out in like the third round. Wobbled over to the fence, laid against it, and asked dos Anjos to come in so that they could just bang it out. Robbie Lawler went to the fifth round.”

Both former champions went to war in the main event of UFC on FOX 26 last month. The former welterweight champion has had many five round fights in recent years, and rose to the occasion against such killers as Rory MacDonald and Carlos Condit. Lawler (28-12, 1 NC) will likely be out for most if not all of 2018.

”Ruthless” has only fought twice since losing his belt to current champ Tyron Woodley, taking a decision win over “Cowboy” Cerrone at last July’s UFC 214 before dropping the lopsided fight to RDA.

Lawler remains the fourth-ranked welterweight in the UFC following the loss to RDA, who is undefeated since moving to 170 pounds.

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Vicente Luque Training Video Shows You Why Guys Are Getting Brain Damage In The Gym

As we move further into the future of MMA and watch the sport grow into an absolute powerhouse, the issues of health and wellness for the athletes that make this sport so great is beginning to take center stage. CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy), is a rising concern in contact sports. A degenerative disease that is brought on due to brain trauma, you can certainly bet that mixed martial artists and other combat sport participants are potential victims that this degenerative ailment will effect.

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As we move further into the future of MMA and watch the sport grow into an absolute powerhouse, the issues of health and wellness for the athletes that make this sport so great is beginning to take center stage. CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy), is a rising concern in contact sports. A degenerative disease that is brought on due to brain trauma, you can certainly bet that mixed martial artists and other combat sport participants are potential victims that this degenerative ailment will effect.

All that being said, fighters are still going to fight, boxers box, football players…football, and really that’s their right. If they’re aware of the risk and still go through with it then it can’t be helped. It’s their right after all. But it makes the importance of training smart all the more paramount in a sport where contact is absolutely certain. Which brings us to Vicente Luque and the brilliant sparring session caught on film last week.

The video of Vicente features the UFC welterweight in a hard sparring session with a training partner at Cerrado MMA. The two fighters throw caution to the wind and decide to bring the heat during their sparring session. It’s not uncommon to go through hard sparring during a training camp, but there’s hard sparring and then there whatever it is these guys decided to do. Check it out below.

Training hard, especially if you’re going to enter into a combat situation, is certainly an important aspect of training. It teaches you to be calm under heavy fire and that you won’t break under pressure when the going gets rough. That being said, there’s a point of diminishing returns and continuous hard sparring, particularly in the gym, can lead to severe brain injury. Surprisingly most damage is done in the gym and if this kind of hard training trend continues then you can be sure that CTE cases will be on the rise in MMA.

What do you think of Vincente Luque and his hard sparring session?

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