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The UFC on Thursday issued a statement regarding Matt Brown's controversial comment about female fighters.

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In the wake of backlash from comments on his podcast, "The Immortal" issues a formal apology for his controversial statement.

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"The California Kid" will step in for the injured and now former champion, Dominick Cruz, against Renan Barao at UFC 169. The 11-year veteran was a guest on MMAmania's 'Darce Side Radio' this week, and he revealed that he spoke to Cruz after Monday's announcement. He also talked about what will be different this time around against Barao, his victory over Michael McDonald, becoming a preferred status member of Southwest Airlines, staying positive, and divulged his feelings on the naysayers and critics.

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In the wake of Brown's controversial comments on his podcast, the next women's contender has a suggestion of her own for "The Immortal".

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Michael Chiesa's return to the Octagon has been slightly delayed. Chiesa (10-1), who did not have a fight lined up when he suffered the injury, recently got back on the winning track by defeating Colton Smith via second-round rear-naked choke in November. "The Ultimate Fighter" season 15 winner suffered the first loss of his career in July when he was submitted via D'Arce choke in the second round by Jorge Masvidal.

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An apology can be a difficult thing, especially if you're looking to gain something out of it at the same time.

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UFC welterweight Martin Kampmann is burned out, in need of time away from the daily grind of being a high-level MMA fighter. That’s why he’s taking an undetermined hiatus from competition.

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"Women were fighting?" It doesn't sound like Matt Brown will be joining Armbar Nation anytime soon. On the mend recovering from two torn discs in his back, UFC welterweight Matt Brown got a few pals together for the inaugural episode of his podcast. In an obviously relaxed setting joined by a few like-minded friends, Brown began opening up on his thoughts on women's MMA. With the conversation centered on UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey's recent title defense to Miesha Tate at UFC 168, Brown was a bit reluctant to give the pair their due.

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After having been out of the Octagon for more than a year and having lost four of his last six fights, the question swirling over BJ Penn’s head.

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Dustin Poirier didn't take too kindly to Diego Brandao's comments earlier this week regarding their UFC 168 fight.

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All around the world, people, in a drunken haze, scream out their New Year’s resolutions on Dec. 31. It’s not until they wake up the next morning with a hangover to end all hangovers that a lot of them come to the conclusion that their resolution probably isn’t going to come to fruition.

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Antonio Rogerio Nogueira on Wednesday revealed that he has returned to training with hopes to fight sometime in May or June.

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It's been just under six months since Grant pulled out of his title fight against Benson Henderson and the former top contender is still not cleared to resume training.

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The UFC is reportedly planning a heavyweight title eliminator for this spring, but before that happens, one of the contenders has to sign a new contract.

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While Tarec Saffiedine dominated Hyun Gyu Lim for the majority of five rounds at UFC Fight Night 34, he doesn’t think the performance puts him above facing his originally scheduled opponent for the event, Jake Ellenberger.

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An late injury to Oleksiy Oliynyk (48-9-1) has led to the cancellation of the Ukrainian's UFC debut, a heavyweight tilt against Jared Rosholt (9-1) initially scheduled for UFC on FOX 10.

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According to his twitter page and this photo it looks like the UFC has signed another highly talented Russian fighter.

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Alan Belcher is back to the fighting game, but it won’t be inside the Octagon. The UFC middleweight is still unable to fight MMA since his technical decision loss to Michael Bisping last April, when he was poked in the eye in the third round, but will compete again in February.

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Former Ultimate Fighter season 18 competitor Tim Gorman never got a chance to prove he could win the reality show after an injury knocked him out of the running before he even fought one of his housemates in the tournament.

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Inaugural female TUF winner Julianna Pena (5-2) will face her first test outside the realm of reality television when she takes on No. 9 ranked bantamweight contender Jessica Andrade (10-3) at UFC 171.

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