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Bellator MMA bantamweight champion Marcos Galvao has been forced out of his title defense and rematch against former Nova Uniao teammate Eduardo Dantas on weigh-in day.

Watch Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz square off at the UFC 196 press conference.

Watch Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz square off at the UFC 196 press conference.

Ben Askren will return to the One Championship cage on April 15 when he defends his welterweight crown against Nikolay Aleksakhin.

Whether he really meant it, or was simply saying it to be controversial, Nate Diaz levied a pretty damning accusation at the entire roster of the world’s largest mixed martial arts promotion.

Even if victory arrives at UFC 196, Conor McGregor will not be able to achieve his goal of becoming a two-division champion.

Several years ago in Brazil at the Nova Uniao main academy, Marcos Galvao and Eduardo Dantas were teammates. They became friends and trained together constantly, but in the back of each other’s heads, the two knew that someday their paths would inevitably cross in the throes of real combat, not just in the gym.

Watch Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz square off at the UFC 196 press conference.

The UFC Fight Night Rotterdam lineup was recently bolstered by the addition of two new bouts, as Yan Cabral will meet Reza Madadi at lightweight, while Nikita Krylov will face Francimar Barroso at light heavyweight.

John Dodson will make his return to the bantamweight division at UFC on Fox 19.