106.3 WORD TRAFFIC

    Mixed martial arts

    Stipe Miocic, left, and Daniel Cormier pose during a news conference for UFC 226, Thursday, July 5, 2018, in Las Vegas. The two are scheduled to fight in a heavyweight title fight Saturday in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
    July 06, 2018 - 7:19 pm

    The Superfight: Champions Cormier, Miocic collide at UFC 226

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — According to Daniel Cormier, true UFC superfights have much in common with cartwheel kicks, flying knee knockouts or inverted rolling triangle chokes. Everybody in mixed martial arts loves to talk about them. Plenty of people try to make them happen. And almost nobody actually...
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    July 05, 2018 - 12:10 am

    Max Holloway out of UFC 226 title bout with concussion woes

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway's representatives say he is dropping out of his title defense against Brian Ortega at UFC 226 this weekend due to apparent concussion symptoms. Holloway's management team announced the decision in a statement issued Wednesday night, three...
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    FILE - In this June 9, 2017, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers fan Jordan Phillips poses for a photo in front of a poster featuring Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James, before Game 4 of the basketball's NBA Finals between the Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors, in Cleveland. The four-time NBA MVP announced Sunday night, July 1, 2018, that he has agreed to a four-year, $154 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. (AP Photo/David Dermer, File)
    July 02, 2018 - 8:38 pm

    Down town: Cleveland hurting after LeBron chooses LA, Lakers

    CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James jerseys in assorted colors hung inside the Cavaliers team shop, their retail price slashed by 40 percent. Eight years ago, some of them were still smoldering in the streets. The day after James announced he is leaving Cleveland as a free agent for the second time since...
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    June 14, 2018 - 7:22 am

    MMA star Conor McGregor heads to court for melee charges

    NEW YORK (AP) — Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor is due in court for a hearing on charges stemming from a backstage melee that was caught on video. He's expected to be joined in Brooklyn on Thursday by friend and co-defendant Cian (KEE'-uhn) Cowley. Video showed what appeared to be McGregor...
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    DJ Linderman, left, fights Arnold Adams during the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship event Saturday, June 2, 2018, in Cheyenne, Wyo. The night was promoted as the first sanctioned bare-knuckle fighting in more than a century. (Jacob Byk/Wyoming Tribune Eagle via AP)
    June 03, 2018 - 2:00 am

    Legal bare-knuckle fighting makes bloody debut in Wyoming

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The first ever state-sanctioned bare-knuckle boxing match got a bloody ending Saturday night — and a big response from a raucous crowd. Arnold Adams, a 32-year-old MMA heavyweight, pounded ex-UFC fighter D.J. Linderman's face into a bloody mess in front of 2,000 rowdy fans at...
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    In this Thursday, May 31, 2018 photo, fighter Bobby Gunn, left, and Bryan Pedersen, chairman of the Wyoming State Board of Mixed Martial Arts, speak with reporters during a news conference to promote a bare-knuckle boxing event that is being held Saturday night at the Cheyenne Ice and Events Center in Wyoming. The event is being billed by the promoter as the first legal, regulated and sanctioned bare-knuckle fight event in history. Bare-knuckle fighting was the forerunner of modern boxing with the last major bare-knuckle fight being held more than 100 years ago. Since then it has been held mostly underground and out of sight. (AP Photo/Bob Moen)
    June 01, 2018 - 3:54 pm

    Bare-knuckle boxing from a bygone era looks for a comeback

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — In 1889, the great John L. Sullivan, the Boston Strong Boy, beat Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds — yes, 75 — in what the International Boxing Hall of Fame has called the "last significant bare-knuckle bout in boxing." Since then, about the only gloves-off fighting many people have...
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    Amanda Nunes, from Brazil, celebrates after defeating Raquel Pennington, from the United States, during their UFC women's bantamweight mixed martial arts bout in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Sunday, May 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
    May 13, 2018 - 1:34 am

    Brazil's Nunes beats Pennington and retains UFC title

    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Amanda Nunes of Brazil beat American Raquel Pennington early Sunday to defend her UFC bantamweight title for the third time. The heavily favored Brazilian won by technical knockout in the fifth round in front of her home fans in Rio de Janeiro. Nunes said winning against her...
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    May 08, 2018 - 1:25 pm

    UFC fights will be streamed on ESPN Plus starting in January

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — UFC and the Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday announced an agreement for live fight coverage on its new subscription streaming service beginning in January. The agreement calls for 15 live UFC events to stream exclusively on ESPN Plus. Each event will be called "UFC on ESPN Plus Fight...
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    April 29, 2018 - 12:18 am

    MMA fighter with links to Trump, Cohen is questioned by FBI

    ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — A Russian mixed martial arts fighter who has connections with President Donald Trump, the president's personal attorney Michael Cohen and Russian President Vladimir Putin was questioned this week by the FBI, his manager confirmed Saturday. Fedor Emelianenko was questioned by...
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    Edson Barboza, bottom, tries to protect himself as Kevin Lee hits him during the second round of their mixed martial arts lightweight bout, early Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Atlantic City, N.J. Lee won the bout. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
    April 22, 2018 - 1:47 am

    Lee bloodies, beats Barboza by TKO in UFC lightweight bout

    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Kevin Lee missed weight but was on the mark with injecting himself back into the UFC lightweight title picture. Lee pounded Edson Barboza until blood streamed down his face and won a 155-pound bout when the fight was stopped via TKO in the fifth round on Saturday night...
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