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Seven years after he was unceremoniously let go as head of New Jersey state athletic commission, Larry Hazzard is getting his old job back, he today told MMAjunkie.

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Awesome news? Hard to digest? Simply meh? That all depends on what type of mixed martial arts (MMA) fan you are, as this upcoming weekend (Sept. 12-13) will churn out six major combat sports events across four different continents, including UFC Fight Night 51 on the Fight Pass digital network.

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Following a bizarre segment between Inside MMA host Kenny Rice and Ben Askren, AXS TV Fights CEO Andrew Simon apologized publicly to the One FC welterweight champion.

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Things got heated when One FC welterweight champ Ben Askren started to talk about "push back" against the "UFC monopoly" and Inside MMA host Kenny Rice wasn't having it and cut him off mid-interview.

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Former UFC top contender Chael Sonnen was promoted to purple belt in jiu jitsu.

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After a two-year layoff, Geronimo "Mondragon" dos Santos returned to the cages with a quick finish.

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Thiago Silva, the former UFC light heavyweight contender who was arrested in early-February and subsequently cut from the UFC, is once again a free man. A Florida judge dropped all charges levied against Silva stemming from an alleged altercation with Silva's estranged wife, Thaysa Kamiji, and her partner, Pablo Popovitch, outside of Popovitch's mixed martial arts school in Fort Lauderdale, MMAFighting.com confirmed on Thursday following an initial report by TMZ.

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Jonathan Koppenhaver, the ex-Bellator fighter also known as War Machine, entered a ‘not guilty' plea on 32 felony counts in his first appearance in a Las Vegas courtroom on Wednesday, stemming from the alleged brutal assault of his former girlfriend Christy Mack.

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After a year had gone by with no fight and no payday, Michelle Waterson started thinking that maybe the thing to do was give up fighting for a while and try to get pregnant again.

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According to the former WWE star turned professional fighter, Bobby Lashley is more serious about his MMA career than ever before, and he has every intention of making the most of what’s likely his last chance.

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Shinya Aoki has finished his opponent in four of his last five MMA bouts, and that’s one of the reasons why he won’t be back to the featherweight division again in the future.

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After dishing out some beatings to would-be robbers, Mayura Dissanayake took his talents back to the ring. The results, though, were much the same.

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Prior to Jordan Mein tipping the scales in Tulsa, Okla., on Friday, his father, Lee Mein, was arrested on a charge of sexual battery. As a result of the arrest, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has barred Mein from attending his son’s bout at UFC Fight Night "Henderson vs. dos Anjos." UFC officials addressed the development in a statement on Saturday.

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Paul Daley is free to fight in the United States again.

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Ken Shamrock wants to break the neck of 'War Machine,' who once took his 17 year-old daughter to Mexico ... and left her there

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Georges St-Pierre Athlete · 4,090,174 Likes · 1 hr · I did the ?#?ALSIceBucketChallenge? but the most important part is that everyone donates: http://www.alsa.org/donate. So, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Eugenie Bouchard: you're up next!!!

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The BJJ ace said that he is having his "ass kicked" in the process of learning Muay Thai since he began to practice a month ago.

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UFC 177 JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER! UFC newcomer Richard Odoms (8-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has been forced out of his heavyweight fight against Ruslan Magomedov (12-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) later this month. UFC officials announced the news on Monday and said no replacement will be sought for Magomedov for the card. Instead, he’ll be booked for a future show.

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Let's get it on! Popular MMA referee John McCarthy will be officiating UFC events in Nevada once again, pending his official relicensing on August 21st.

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Former Strikeforce featherweight champion Cristiane Justino is not interested in reuniting with her old boss Scott Coker under the Bellator banner, even though the Viacom-owned mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion has introduced a women's 145-pound weight class.

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