Will Chope released by UFC because of 2009 assault conviction

This morning, Cagewriter received an email from UFC officials announcing that the promotion had decided to cancel the scheduled featherweight bout between Will Chope and Diego Brandao for tonight's Fight Night card in Brazil. The reason being that the UFC only recently found out that Chope was served with a bad conduct discharge from the Air Force and given five months confinement for repeatedly verbally and physically assaulting his then-wife back in 2009.

Brazilian outlet Globo first reported about Chope's military history. Today, the UFC announced their response.

"Tonight's featherweight bout between Will Chope and Diego Brandao has been canceled after UFC officials were made aware of Chope's previous military conviction. The UFC does not condone behavior of this nature whatsoever and Chope has been released from his contract. Brandao will receive both his show and win money for the bout," the UFC's statement read.

The 23 year-old Chope last fought and lost in the UFC against Max Holloway in January via TKO. Brandao last fought and lost to Dustin Poirier in late 2013.

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/will-chope-released-by-ufc-because-of-2009-assault-conviction-175139913.html

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Anderson Silva now willing to fight friends, teammates

Anderson Silva always said that he would never fight teammates and friends like Lyoto Machida and Rondaldo "Jacare" Souza. Now, the former middleweight king has changed his tune.

"I always said I wouldn?t fight teammates, but it?s not mutual," Silva told TV show "Altas Horas" in Brazil, according to a report from Guilherme Cruz.

Indeed, when pressed, Machida didn't rule out fighting his friend Silva one day in the future. "The Spider" says that the principle of not fighting teammates is an important one to him but since it evidently one that is reciprocated, he is now willing to fight "The Dragon" or "Jacare."

"We take that very seriously at Team Nogueira, but Lyoto is not from Team Nogueira, neither is ?Jacare?, so it?s a little vague. In every interview they gave, they said they would fight [me], so I can?t be any different," the former middleweight champ said.

"I don?t plan to fight any friend of mine, especially Lyoto, but if I earn a title shot in the future and we have to fight each other, we will."

Machida doesn't seem to have any problem knocking out training partners and friends, as he did to Mark Munoz last year. For his part, Silva is still in the early stages of his recovery from the horrific leg injuries he sustained against Chris Weidman at UFC 168 in late 2013.

Silva is resigned to the fact that he won't fight again this year, but has consistently been making improvements and ratcheting up his training post-surgery, and is confident that he will return to action.

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/anderson-silva-now-willing-to-fight-friends--teammates-224659551.html

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Brazilian commission not planning to review Jussier Formiga vs. Scott Jorgensen fight

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Dan Henderson offers to replace Chris Weidman at UFC 173

Dan Henderson is evidently quite serious about doing whatever it takes to earn another shot at UFC gold. Just days after his rematch war with and KO over Mauricio "Shogun" Rua on Sunday, Henderson has offered to replace injured middleweight champion Ch...

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ONE FC Continues to Bolster Its Ranks with Five More Elite Signings

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ONE Fighting Championship, Asia�s largest mixed martial arts organization with a 90% market share, has...

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Carlos Condit may have torn meniscus, ACL at UFC 171

MMA Junkie reports that the injuries that stopped Carlos Condit in his co-main event bout with Tyron Woodley Saturday night were a torn meniscus and, possibly, a torn ACL. The outlet communicated with Condit coach Mike Winkeljohn via text message and the striking guru also said that Condit will have MRI scans taken of his knee soon to find out for sure the full extent of his injuries.

Woodley hurt Condit with punches in the first and second rounds well before the former WEC and UFC title holder injured his knee. The American Top Team fighter didn't regret the way the fight ended at all.

"I saw that he was hurt and I went for the finish," Woodley said of capitalizing on Condit's injury, in the post fight press conference.

Condit now faces an uncertain future with his injuries as does, to a lesser extend, Woodley, who did not appear to sew up a title fight with his win over Condit.

Check out highlights of Woodley and more speaking at the post-event presser below.

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/carlos-condit-may-have-torn-meniscus--acl-at-ufc-171-161402894.html

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