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Travis Browne Says Derrick Lewis Turned Their UFC 208 Fight “Personal”

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Heavyweights Travis Browne and Derrick Lewis will meet at UFC 208 in February in a key contest for the division.

Browne has put himself up against the best of the best, while Lewis is a…

Heavyweights Travis Browne and Derrick Lewis will meet at UFC 208 in February in a key contest for the division.

Browne has put himself up against the best of the best, while Lewis is ascending his way up the ladder.

When Lewis recently earned another victory, he called out Browne for a future date. That bothered Browne, as he explained to ESPN.

“He’s looking up and down the top 10 for the easiest fight and choosing my name,” Browne said. “I don’t know how much more personal it gets than that. I’m not usually one to talk trash, and I do respect him as a fighter, but you want to test yourself, buddy? I’m your man. I’ll show you what this (expletive) is all about up here.”

Browne, 34 years old, has dropped three of his last four and is just 2-4 over his last six. All four defeats, though, have come at the hands of former UFC heavyweight champions in Cain Velasquez, Andrei Arlovski and Fabricio Werdum (twice). He started out his run 16-1-1 overall, including wins vs. Josh Barnett and Alistair Overeem.

For Lewis, this is a chance to cement his place as a top contender. He has won five in a row, including four finishes, to improve his record to 17-4. However, the only notable name during that stretch that Lewis faced was Roy Nelson.

UFC 208 takes place February 11 from Brooklyn and the Barclays Center.

UFC 208 Fight Card Update: Paul Felder to Face Gilbert Burns

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A pair of lightweights looking to kick 2017 off in style will meet at UFC 208, as Paul Felder battles Gilbert Burns.

Felder (12-3) has suffered losses in three of his last five fights a…

A pair of lightweights looking to kick 2017 off in style will meet at UFC 208, as Paul Felder battles Gilbert Burns.

Felder (12-3) has suffered losses in three of his last five fights after starting his career 10-0. Two of those have been decision defeats to Ross Pearson and Edson Barboza. He did record back-to-back victories to start 2016 over Daron Cruickshank and Josh Burkman before a TKO loss to Francisco Trinaldo in September.

Burns (11-2) also had a strong opening run to his career, winning each of his first 11 fights – three of which came inside the Octagon. Since, though, he has gone just 1-2, defeating Lukasz Sajewski and losing to Michal Prazeres and Rashid Magomedov via decision.

UFC 208 takes place February 11 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Currently, Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie occupies the main event billing on the card along with Jared Cannonier vs. Glover Teixeira, Travis Browne vs. Derrick Lewis and Ian McCall vs. Neil Seery.

Video: Holly Holm Says She Hopes Ronda Rousey Wins At UFC 207

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Holly Holm told The Buzzer that she hopes former opponent Ronda Rousey defeats Amanda Nunes in their UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship match in the main event of this month’s UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey pay-per-view.
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Holly Holm told The Buzzer that she hopes former opponent Ronda Rousey defeats Amanda Nunes in their UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship match in the main event of this month’s UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey pay-per-view.

Holm famously knocked out Rousey in “Rowdy” Ronda’s most recent Octagon appearance, and will herself be challenging to regain a UFC Title when she meets Germaine de Randamie to decide the first-ever UFC Women’s Featherweight Champion in the main event of UFC 208, the first PPV that will follow the Rousey-Nunes led UFC 207 show on 12/30.

If both Rousey and Holm win their respective fights, the possibility of the highly-anticipated Rousey-Holm rematch will once again be looming over the Women’s MMA landscape, with the stakes at their all-time highest, as it would also then become the first-ever Women’s “Champion vs. Champion” bout in UFC history.

Rousey meets Nunes for the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship in the main event of UFC 207 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, December 30th.

Holm meets de Randamie for the UFC Women’s Featherweight Championship in the main event of UFC 208 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, February 11, 2017.

Join us here at MMANews.com on 12/30 and again on 1/11 for live round-by-round results coverage of both pay-per-views.

Holly Holm Is Focused On Making UFC History

The UFC has decided to finally implement a female 145-pound division, something heavily campaigned for by Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino, and has granted former bantamweight champion Holly Holm and No. 11-ranked Germaine de Randamie the opportunity to win the inaugural belt. Holm recently spoke to MMA Junkie about the exciting opportunity, something

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Holm recently spoke to MMA Junkie about the exciting opportunity, something that ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ said she couldn’t refuse when approached with the chance:

“I guess I thought that it could be a step that would happen,” Holm said. “I just didn’t think I would be involved in it. I thought I would still be at the 135 (division).

“But gosh, this opportunity is right in front of me. How do you not take it?”

While Holm may have some unfinished business in the 135-pound division, suffering two straight losses since defeating Ronda Rousey for the bantamweight throne in Melbourne, she remains completely focused on the task at hand in her new division:

“You know, this is the fight that’s in front of me, and this is what I’m focused on,” she said. “How awesome to be able to fight for a new division and to be able to fight for the belt? Two belts, two different weight classes. That’s awesome.

“My goal obviously – who wants to gain a belt and then lose it? So (losing the 135-pound title) is definitely a sore spot for me, so I want to be able to fight for the 135-pound belt, as well, but that’s not something I’m of right now because I have this other opportunity in front of me.”

Holm’s ultimate goal in the sport is not only to win as many titles as she possibly can, but also make history by standing in a class of her own by conquering unheard of accomplishments:

“For me, it’s not necessarily about what other people think about me – it’s what I want,” she said. “And I want to be able to accomplish things that haven’t been accomplished before.”

Holm and De Randamie will meet for the inaugural women’s featherweight championship at UFC 208 live on pay-per-view (PPV), from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on February 11, 2017.

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Jose Aldo: I Don’t Want To Fight Conor McGregor At Featherweight

UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo desperately wants to avenge his UFC 194 loss to lightweight champion Conor McGregor, in which the Irishman handed Aldo his first loss in nearly a decade to take away the Brazilian’s 145-pound title at the time. Since then McGregor has been involved in a massive rivalry with Nate Diaz in the

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Since then McGregor has been involved in a massive rivalry with Nate Diaz in the 170-pound division, and made history against Eddie Alvarez with a second round TKO victory in Madison Square Garden last month to become the promotion’s first dual-weight champion of all time. Aldo has competed only once since the brutal first round knockout loss in December of 2015, winning the interim 145-pound title at UFC 200 against Frankie Edgar.

Now that McGregor has been stripped of his featherweight title, Aldo has been promoted to undisputed champion at 145 pounds, and Max Holloway has secured the interim title, a unification bout between ‘Scarface’ and ‘Blessed’ is what is expected to go down next. While Holloway is most likely the next match-up for Aldo, the Brazilian’s main focus seems to be avenging his loss to McGregor as soon as possible.

During a recent interview with AG.fight, courtesy of Bloody Elbow, Aldo stated that if he does get his shot at redemption against the heavy-handed Irishman, he wants the bout to be in the lightweight division, rather than the 145-pound weight class they competed in for their initial meeting:

“I want to get a fight with Conor, but as he is running from the fight, I want to see how things are going to be in the division,” Aldo said. “But we will fight at lightweight. I don’t want to fight him at featherweight. I’m the champion, and I’ve been beating everyone.

“I want to fight in another division, too, since this is possible now. It is not possible just for one guy. I will ask for a fight, and I will also deny fights if I want to. Since [UFC president Dana White] said that he doesn’t force anybody to fight… This is me right now.”

As far as the current state of the 145-pound division, Aldo is not a fan of the interim titles that have been in circulation throughout the weight class as of late, calling it nothing more than a ploy by the UFC to try and save events:

“This interim belt is bulls**t,” Aldo said. “Even when I won it [in July at UFC 200] I said that. It is just a f****ing excuse that someone created to save events. That is what this belt means. I’m the champion, and I will be waiting to defend my title. If it is not going to be against [Holloway], I could do a superfight or fight in another division.”

For now no official date has been given for a Aldo and Holloway unification bout, but the expected date circling the newswire is the February 11th slot that plays host to UFC 208 in Brooklyn, New York.

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Glover Teixeira, Ian McCall, Nik Lentz & More Official For UFC 208

Not only did UFC 208 get beefed up with the additions of Travis Browne vs. Derrick Lewis and Dustin Poirier vs. Jim Miller, as the UFC announced on Thursday, but the promotion has since announced a slew of additional fights for the February pay-per-view event.

Headlined by Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie in the first-ever UFC Women’s Featherweight Title fight, UFC 208 will also feature the returns of Glover Teixeira, Ian McCall and Nik Lentz, among others.

UFC.com reported the following on Thursday regarding the new fights for the card in February:

In the heavyweight division, Brazil’s Luis “KLB” Henrique seeks his third consecutive UFC win when he takes on Poland’s Marcin Tybura, who is coming off a highlight reel knockout of Viktor Pesta in August.

One of the top light heavyweights in the world, No. 3-ranked Glover Teixeira will return to the Octagon to take on Jared Cannonier, whose light heavyweight debut on Dec. 3 saw him earn Fight of the Night honors for his win over Ion Cutelaba.

Next it’s off to the welterweight division, where New York will be well represented in a pair of bouts, as Long Island’s Ryan LaFlare battles Roan Carneiro and Queens’ Randy “Rudeboy” Brown faces New Jersey banger George “The Silencer” Sullivan.

In an intriguing lightweight matchup, Islam Makhachev squares off with veteran Nik Lentz, and then it’s a double shot of flyweight action, as No. 5-ranked Wilson Reis meets Ulka Sasaki and No. 6-ranked Ian McCall gets a second chance to face Dublin’s Neil Seery.

UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie takes place live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, February 11, 2017.

UFC.com reported the following on Thursday regarding the new fights for the card in February:

In the heavyweight division, Brazil’s Luis “KLB” Henrique seeks his third consecutive UFC win when he takes on Poland’s Marcin Tybura, who is coming off a highlight reel knockout of Viktor Pesta in August.

One of the top light heavyweights in the world, No. 3-ranked Glover Teixeira will return to the Octagon to take on Jared Cannonier, whose light heavyweight debut on Dec. 3 saw him earn Fight of the Night honors for his win over Ion Cutelaba.

Next it’s off to the welterweight division, where New York will be well represented in a pair of bouts, as Long Island’s Ryan LaFlare battles Roan Carneiro and Queens’ Randy “Rudeboy” Brown faces New Jersey banger George “The Silencer” Sullivan.

In an intriguing lightweight matchup, Islam Makhachev squares off with veteran Nik Lentz, and then it’s a double shot of flyweight action, as No. 5-ranked Wilson Reis meets Ulka Sasaki and No. 6-ranked Ian McCall gets a second chance to face Dublin’s Neil Seery.

UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie takes place live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, February 11, 2017.