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UFC 159 video roundup, part 1
UFC 159 comes to the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., this Saturday, and you need some videos to watch.
So, the UFC 159 full video preview is above, and four individual fighter videos are below.
(Newsday's app users can watch those four videos at http://www.newsday.com/sports/mixed-martial-arts/1.1373318)...
Read more »Jon Jones then: 'We won't be laughing'
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Three months back, there were plates of chicken parm, Caesar's salad and other treats going around the table at Carmine's in Manhattan.
Assorted MMA media were there, as were Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen. The two UFC light heavyweights, there to promote the newest season of "The Ultimate Fighter" as coaches, were cordial and friendly.
There was even an amusing phone call that...
Read more »Chael Sonnen's sonnet for UFC 159
Photo credit: FX/Robert Zuckerman
Chael Sonnen has a fight coming up, which means you'll be seeing plenty of outlanding headlines and sound bites from him.
Jon Jones will be the subject of most Sonnen's rants as their UFC 159 title fight in Newark approaches.
Here's the latest from Sonnen, who gets poetic on "UFC Tonight."
Newsday's mobile app users can view the video at http://youtu.be/B4nKgg_BbtM...
Read more »UFC's Jon Jones to fight Chael Sonnen in Newark
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The last time Jon Jones fought in New Jersey, he foiled a crime in the afternoon then pummeled Mauricio "Shogun" Rua to win the UFC light heavyweight title.
He will return to the Prudential Center in Newark some two years and six weeks later to defend that belt for a fifth consecutive time. Jones will fight Chael Sonnen, his opposing coach on Season 17 of "The Ultimate Fighter"...
Read more »UFC on FX 4 fight card in Atlantic City
For any New York metro area folks yearning for MMA in the Big Apple, hop on a bus or drive your car south on the Garden State Parkway until you get to Atlantic City and the new Revel Casino.
Have a look at Friday night's UFC on FX 4 fight card:
Clay Guida vs. Gray Maynard Sam Stout vs. Spencer Fisher Brian Ebersole vs. TJ Waldburger Ross Pearson vs. Cub Swanson Hatsu Hioki vs. Ricardo...
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