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Dave Doyle

Staff Writer

Veteran sports reporter and editor with an emphasis on combat sports. Was the first reporter to write about mixed martial arts for a major mainstream sports website, covering the sport since March 2006. Has also worked for CBSSports.com, The Boston Globe, FOXSports.com, and Yahoo! Sports. A Boston native, he currently lives in Los Angeles. You can follow him on Twitter at @davedoylemma.

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Ben Askren defends Bellator welterweight title against undefeated Russian

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It will be a battle of the unbeatens next time the Bellator welterweight title is put up for grabs.

Matthew Riddle enters Bellator season nine welterweight tournament

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Matt Riddle will compete in the Bellator season nine welterweight tourney after the company bought out the pro-pot fighter's Legacy FC contract.

Rory MacDonald says he'll 'figure it all out' on a potential Georges St-Pierre fight

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Rory MacDonald says that UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre is his friend, but they will 'figure it all out' if the time comes for the two to fight.

Fightweets: T.J. Grant vows to 'get people's attention'

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T.J. Grant noticed the people who criticized the decision to give the winner of his match with Gray Maynard a title shot. The Canadian lightweight says he'll go out and change people's minds.

Liz Carmouche says Miesha Tate fight 'has been a long time in the making'

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The latest "first" in Liz Carmouche's career goes down on July 27, when the openly gay fighter meets Miesha Tate in the first UFC women's fight on network television.

Bryan Caraway retroactively awarded UFC 159 Submission of the Night

After Pat Healy was suspended over a drug test failure, Bryan Caraway was retroactively named Submission of the Night winner at UFC 159.

'Bigfoot' Silva on Cain Velasquez rematch: 'There's no superheroes in this sport'

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Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva was on the wrong end of a Cain Velasquez beatdown last year. But he doesn't see that as indicative of how their UFC 160 rematch will go down.

UFC 160's Mark Hunt: 'I can't do anything about' visa issues

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The UFC is confident that Mark Hunt will make it into the United States for UFC 160. For his part, Hunt says the matter is out of his hands.

Hometown favorite Joe Lauzon meets Michael Johnson on UFC Boston card

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Boston's Joe Lauzon returns home to meet Michael Johnson on the Aug. 17 UFC on FS 1 card.

Daniel Cormier's advice for Luke Rockhold: Don't let the 'UFC jitters' get to you

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From one fight who just made his UFC debut to one about to make his, Daniel Cormier has some advice for teammate Luke Rockhold.