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Vinny Magalhaes has decided against retirement after all. Magalhaes (10-7, 1 NC) has agreed to meet Jeff Monson (49-15-1) in a heavyweight bout on Nov. 9 in Hawaii, the fighter confirmed with MMAFighting.com. The fight will be a part of the Global Warrior Challenge 2: USA vs. Brazil event. "I never really thought of retiring," he said. "I made those comments within 24 hours after I had lost a fight, so I was still a little frustrated, and I was being too emotional with my responses. That's why I haven't said a thing since. I needed to clear my mind before starting to speak about my next moves."

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A featherweight bout between Georgi Karakhanyan and Waylon Lowe is the final addition to next month's World Series of Fighting 5 main card.

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With Bellator officially out of the women's MMA game, another fighter has found a new home.

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The World Series of Fighting 5 card next month in New Jersey will have a decidedly Gracie feel to it with three members of the famed founding family of MMA added to the show.

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A lightweight bout between Eddie Ng and Peter Davis has been named the co-headliner of October's "ONE FC 11: Total Domination" event.

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Maximum Fighting Championship has added a third title fight to its next card. Sam Alvey will meet unbeaten Jason South for the middleweight strap the same night MFC crowns heavyweight and bantamweight champs.

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After 16 years, 41 fights and stints with nearly every major organization of note, Jeff Curran is calling it quits on his MMA career.

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Deep 63 Impact is set for the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Aug. 25. It will be headlined by a good old-fashioned “freak show” style match-up, as reigning middleweight champion Kazuhiro Nakamura goes up against heavyweight veteran Henry Miller.

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With plenty of buzz about MMA fighters such as Anderson Silva and Quinton Jackson crossing over to box against Roy Jones Jr., there's another crossover that will happen first. Former Strikeforce women's featherweight champion and current Invicta Fighting Championships titleholder Cristiane Justino will venture into the world of muay Thai...

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Saturday night's World Series of Fighting show on NBC Sports, headlined by Tyrone Spong's decision win over Angel DeAnda, did the company's best numbers to date with a 0.23 rating and 264,000 viewers. The show, from Ontario, Calif., also pulled an 0.18 in the 18-49 demo and an 0.30 in Males 18-49. The numbers are slightly below the 300,000 viewer level that the lowest rated World Extreme Cagefighting shows did on the same station, when it was known as Versus, and above most Bellator events when they were on MTV 2, which had similar reach...

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Felice Herrig, one of MMA's more outgoing personalities, has signed a multi-fight deal with Invicta Fighting Championships, company officials today announced.

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A bantamweight unification bout between reigning champion Soo Chul Kim and interim champion Bibiano Fernandes will headline One FC's October event in Singapore.

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Winning fighters Tyrone Spong ($31,000) and Gerald Harris ($30,000), as well as losing competitor/company president Ray Sefo ($30,000) were the top earners at this past weekend's World Series of Fighting 4 event.

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Aside from the mandatory seven-day terms, nine fighters from this past weekend's World Series of Fighting 4 event received medical suspensions ranging from 45 to 180 days.

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After badly missing weight for World Series of Fighting 4 this past weekend and ultimately being cut from the promotion, Lew Polley will be back in action this week – as a heavyweight. Polley (12-4) didn't officially weigh in for his WSOF 4 bout with Hans Stringer, but an event source told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) he tipped the scale at 237 pounds. He's now replaced James Wilson (2-0), whom RFA officials said broke his hand, and meets NCAA Division I national wrestling champion and Olympian Steve Mocco (2-0) at Friday's RFA 9 event...

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Following a pair of losses to notable lightweights and his subsequent UFC release, Tim Means has agreed to fight Pete Spratt next month at Legacy FC 23.

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Lew Polley is a self-described personal cook and trainer. That didn't help him as he came in 32 pounds overweight for his World Series of Fight 4 bout against Hans Stringer.

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A training injury has forced Anthony Johnson (15-4) to withdraw from World Series of Fighting 5. Johnson's scheduled opponent, Mike Kyle (20-9-1), will now meet ex-UFC champ Andrei Arlovski (30-10) at heavyweight in the headliner of the Sept. 14 event. WSOF 5 takes place at Revel Atlantic City in Atlantic City, N.J. Its main card airs live on NBC Sports Network. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) confirmed the switch with the promotion following a report from MMAFighting.com. WIth the change, the WSOF 5 card now includes: Andrei Arlovski vs. Mike Kyle Dave Branch vs. Danillo Villefort - middleweight tournament semifinals Elvis Mutapcic vs. Jesse Taylor - middleweight tournament semifinals

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WSOF matchmaker Ali Abdel-Aziz says Jon Fitch is likely to face the winner of Saturday's Jorge Santiago-Gerald Harris fight.

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Championship Fighting Alliance is giving fighters an extra check to finish their bouts at his next event. Promoter Jorge de la Noval believes MMA has gotten too safe and said fighters who finish will get a bonus on top of their "show" and "win" money.

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