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Dominick Cruz refused to say if T.J. Dillashaw earned the right to a rematch after their bantamweight championship bout at TD Garden that ended early this morning.

Two mixed-martial artists boasting spinning-backfist knockouts historically square off tonight despite the UFC’s octagon witnessing just three such fantastic finishes in its history.

Dominick Cruz accuses T.J. Dillashaw of keeping it fake atop calling the champ disloyal, stupid, and a plagiarist of his footwork.

Call Travis Browne and Matt Mitrione late bloomers. The former wandered into MMA at 26 after playing basketball in college; Mitrione debuted in the sport in his thirties after washing out of the NFL.

NFL-defensive-lineman-turned-UFC-heavyweight Matt Mitrione tells Breitbart Sports that the smashmouth football displayed last weekend between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals kept his attention.

Dominick Cruz does not believe T.J. Dillashaw represents his stiffest competition.

For Anthony Pettis, fighting serves as a metaphor for life. You get knocked down, you get back up.

UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione has a message for ISIS: “Try. C’mom. I don’t live my life in fear of anybody, especially ISIS, or anybody that has a different set of ideologies than I do.”

Dominick Cruz calls T.J. Dillashaw “stupid” and a “meathead.” T.J. Dillashaw deems Dominick Cruz “one of those guys that talks s—.”

Ronda Rousey’s sister says she saw her sister die in defeat against Holly Holm—and then painfully watched as so many celebrities took joy in her younger sibling’s fall.

Michael Bisping calls his February 27 bout with Anderson Silva a “bucket-list fight.” Anderson Silva says, “I feel like this fight probably should have happened sometime before.”

Michael Bisping vows to give Anderson Silva “zero respect once that cage door shuts.” Two months before that door shuts the mouthy Mancunian gave Silva very little respect on the conference call promoting their February 27 London bout.

Nate Diaz did the Marquess of Queensberry proud on Fox Saturday night. Then he infuriated Miss Manners.

In an interview with ESPN the Magazine Ronda Rousey reveals that Holly Holm put her out on her feet in the first round of their UFC 193 fight, that she wants a rematch, and that she won’t switch trainers despite criticism of Edmond Tarverdyan from her mom.

Former YouTube brawler Jorge Masvidal faces his biggest test as a professional mixed-martial artist when he takes on onetime UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson in South Korea early Saturday morning. Seoul’s a long way from the backyards of Miami.

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, the first man to submit Josh Barnett in mixed-martial arts and knock out Bob Sapp in kickboxing, became the first man suspended by the UFC under its new drug-testing regime administered by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey says her vote belongs to Bernie Sanders in the upcoming presidential election.

A reporter asked Rousey about her relationship with heavyweight fighter Travis Browne in the first the question posed to the 12-0 mixed-martial artist on the UFC 193 conference call. Rousey’s answer, such as it was, spoke loudly in its silence. Listen to the crickets.

“I’m glad the drug testing is more stringent,” UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier tells Breitbart Sports. “Maybe we’ll stop seeing so many guys look like Superman and they’ll start looking like me.”

Jon Jones, the most accomplished fighter in UFC history, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident on Tuesday in connection to a hit-and-run smash-up in Albuquerque earlier this year.

The UFC boldly scheduled a mixed-martial arts (MMA) card for Madison Square Garden next year despite the state’s attorney general dubbing the sport unlawful in New York.

When Andrei Arlovski debuted in the octagon against Aaron Brink at UFC 28, 9/11 meant a number to call in emergency, Creed’s “With Arms Wide Open” topped the Billboard Hot 100, and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood still aired new episodes.

Painters are not the only artists who complain that the public just does not understand their work on the canvas.

Anderson Silva, the longest reigning middleweight champion in UFC history, received a one-year suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Thursday.

UFC welterweight Cathal Pendred called CM Punk a “massive personality” who brings “a lot of attention to the sport” when Breitbart Sports caught up with him in Boston earlier this year. Yesterday on Twitter, CM Punk called the Irishman “boring,” a “coward,” and an alternative name for a cat.

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is now 49-0 in his career, appeared on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” Friday to promote his upcoming and alleged final bout against Andre Berto on September 12 at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. While speaking, Mayweather was asked about

Boston Globe sportswriter and frequent panelist on ESPN Bob Ryan said on Monday’s “Pardon the Interruption” that female UFC champion Ronda Rousey is the “answer to everything” after she defeated Brazilian Bethe Correia on her own turf in Brazil in just

Hurt by comments about her family and moved by the death of a close friend and idol, Rousey got off to a quick start and knocked out home-crowd favorite Bethe Correia only 34 seconds into the first round at UFC 190 on Saturday night.

Fedor Emelianenko, the name mentioned most in the discussion as the best mixed-martial artist in history, announced a comeback last week. He told a Russian-language publication, “I feel that it is time to return to the ring.”

Breitbart Sports asked former UFC greats Bas Rutten, Matt Hughes, and Frank Trigg what current fighters remind them of themselves on the conference call for their induction this weekend into the promotion’s Hall of Fame.

“My father served as an example,” Royce Gracie tells Breitbart Sports. “He wouldn’t tell people what to do. He would get up and do it himself.”

UFC fighter Clay Guida gave a spirited defense of the embattled sport of wrestling this weekend in response to a Breitbart Sports question about why fans chant his name as they boo other cage-fighting wrestlers.

Jorge Masvidal fasts this Good Friday. But it’s because he wants to knock out Al Iaquinta on Saturday and not because Jesus Christ rises from the dead on Sunday.

Jose Aldo picks Chad Mendes to beat Ricardo Lamas on Saturday. Chad Mendes picks Jose Aldo to beat Conor McGregor this July. “But, for whatever reason, if Conor wins, I’d like to get in there and beat the crap out of that guy to take the belt,” Mendes tells Breitbart Sports.

UFC President Dana White tells Breitbart Sports that Ronda Rousey, who hits theaters this weekend in Furious 7, can do as many movies as she pleases from the UFC’s standpoint because fighting comes first for her.

Two years ago, “Conor McGregor” appeared on an Irish welfare check. Today, the name graces a Las Vegas marquee.