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May 27, 2016 - 9:11 pm

UFC bantamweight Cody Garbrandt (8-0) wants to KO Thomas Almeida (20-0) and leap into the UFC rankings.

Both fighters in the main event will put their undefeated records on the line at UFC Fight Night 88 in Las Vegas. Garbrandt, who trains out of Team Alpha Male in California, believes his heart, tenacity, and heavy hands will lead him to victory on Sunday night.

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Henry Cejudo will retire — for good this time — after his bantamweight bout against Payton Talbott on the main card of UFC 323 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.

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Alex Pereira floors Magomed Ankalaev and then used thunderous elbows during a ground-and-pound with the bout called at the 1:20 mark of the first round.