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Mackenzie Dern missed weight by seven pounds for her bout against Amanda Cooper at UFC 224, a miss that caused the fighter to be fined 30% of her fight purse.
The Brazilian won the bout via first round submission and got a win bonus as a result, but 15% of that also went to the defeated Cooper.
“I’m not surprised. She got 30 percent of the purse, which was my penalty — usually it’s only 20 percent, but because I was so much heavier it went up to 30 percent,” Dern said on The MMA Hour. “I think she was confident in the fight. I think she thought she was going to win and everything. If I was confident and I was getting 30 percent and we were giving her an extra 15 percent too — if I won I would give her 15 percent of the bonus extra too — I would have accepted the fight too. I was hoping she would. I was really grateful she accepted the fight,”
After all the craziness surrounding the missed weight at UFC 224, one thing Dern is promising is that she won’t be missing weight anymore.
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Daniel Bryan is getting another chance at the Money in the Bank briefcase.
Big Cass was supposed to face Samoa Joe this week for the last spot in the men's Money in the Bank ladder match. On Sunday, WWE reported Big Cass needed help leaving the ring at a recent live event.
.@BigCassWWE was assisted up the ramp by @WWE officials today after his match in Munich, Germany… will he be fully prepared for his #MITB Qualifying Match against @SamoaJoe this Tuesday on #SDLive?! pic.twitter.com/4bLKVajZFa
— WWE (@WWE) May 20, 2018
Now Smackdown General Manager Paige says the match with Samoa Joe and Big Cass has been replaced by Daniel Bryan and Jeff Hardy. The winner will go on to face Samoa Joe next week.
Due to @BigCassWWE injury, @WWEDanielBryan will face @JEFFHARDYBRAND tomorrow night on #SDLive in a second chance match…
The winner will face @SamoaJoe NEXT WEEK for an opportunity to qualify and enter the Men’s #MITB Ladder Match.
— PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) May 21, 2018
Both H..

The new 'Bonesoldier'…
On night two of NJPW's 'Wrestling Dontaku' event, following the clash between Will Ospreay and KUSHIDA over the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Ospreay's night went from being in the clouds to falling flat on the ground as he just so happened to be in the ring as it was time for the debut of the new 'Bone Soldier'. 'Bullet Club' original Tama Tonga addressed Ospreay and the entire Junior Heavyweight division uttering that they were in for a rude awakening. That rude awakening came in the form of former IMPACT X Division Champion Taiji Ishimori.
After laying waste to Will Ospreay Ishimori was revealed as the new 'Bone Soldier' and the newest member of 'Bullet Club'. NJPW sat down with the revamped Ishimori who spoke on the crowd reaction that he received and stated that he would have been surprised and excited too if he was a fan watching himself.
“The fans’ reaction? How was it? Only ..

WWE, ROH, and NJPW veteran, and Impact Wrestling star Matt Sydal recently spoke to Wrestling Epicenter's Interactive Wrestling Radio. You can see highlights below, and the full interview at this link.
Being X Division Champion:
“I can tell you this about this belt. I'm attached to it. It's attached to me.”
Every wrestler now working what was considered the “X Division” Style in 2002:
“Well, I think that if everybody is doing that style then there are a few people who truly embody it and everybody else is just an immitator. What you have is a bunch of people who will forever be my challengers and somebody like me who truly embodies the OG, the original stylings of the X Division. That's me. I am that man! Of course the X Division title found me. Yeah, the belt has been through a lot of incarnations. But, what it has is a lineage that you can stand behind. A lineage that you can believe in. A lineage that is what wrestling is today. I am NOT like any other wrestler…

Naito minces no words about his dislike for Chris Jericho.
The tranquilo Tetsuya Naito keeps his cool throughout the toughest of situations but what took place during night two of NJPW's 'Wrestling Dontaku' event was the straw that broke that camels back. As Naito exited the ring after receiving admiration from the Fukuoka faithful in attendance he was attacked by a “fan” who was wearing a 'Bushi' mask. That “fan” turned out to be former nine-time WWE Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho who was last seen in NJPW when he attacked Naito from behind at 'New Years Dash' the day after Wrestle Kingdom 12. Prior to their first encounter Naito voiced his opinion on Chris Jericho coming into the company and stealing spotlight away from his main event match against Kazuchika Okada at Wrestle Kingdom.
The bad blood between the two men will peak on June 9th at NJPW's 'Dominion' event as Chris Jericho will make his in-ring return to the compan..

Bring all of them back.
Last night during during an NXT Live event in Oklahoma City The Revival returned to their old stomping grounds of NXT to challenge the current NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era. The returns did not stop there as “Prince Pretty” Tyler Breeze made a surprise return to NXT as well at a house show in Jacksonville, FL earlier tonight.
Meanwhile in #NXTJacksonville, @MmmGorgeous shocked the Florida crowd! pic.twitter.com/QC808rueqq
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) May 19, 2018
Breeze competed against NXT talent Marcel Barthel and emerged victorious in his return to the black-and-yellow brand. In his post-match promo Tyler Breeze stated that although some of the fans' favorites eventually end up going to RAW or SmackDown the majority of them started off in NXT. He closed with saying that he will see the fans next week.
Main Event – @MmmGorgeous pinned @Marcel_B_WWE. Nice to see Marcel be allowed to work more than seven minutes. He’s a stud who went toe-to-toe with..

Welcome to Fightful.com's live coverage & discussion for NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 25 Day 2. We'll be bringing you full, match by match coverage of every bout on the card. You can also send in your feedback on our Disqus boards below!
NJPW BOTSJ 25 Block B Match
Hiromu Takahashi def. Marty Scurll
NJPW BOTSJ 25 Block B Match
Chris Sabin def. Kushida
NJPW BOTSJ 25 Block B Match
El Desparado def. Ryusuke Taguchi
NJPW BOTSJ 25 Block B Match
Dragon Lee def. Sho
Los Ingobernables (Sanada & Bushi) def. Bullet Club (Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori)
Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) def. Flip Gordon & Toa Henare
Chaos (Will Ospreay, Yoshi-Hashi & Yoh) def. ACH, Tiger Mash IV & Tomoyuki Oka
Shota Umino def. Yota Tsuji
Shota Umino vs. Yota Tsuji
The match begins with some chain wrestling between the competitors, Tsuji and Umino take turns wrenching away on each others arms. Tsuji gets Umino to the ropes before nailing him with a chop, Umino goes for a headloc..

Here's your Fight Size wrestling Update for the morning Of May 19th, 2018.
– Two-time WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair announced over his official Instagram page that he had to cancel the appearances he was scheduled to make this weekend due to a sudden illness. Flair had a serious health scare last summer that sent the wrestling world into a frenzy. Ryan Satin of Pro Wrestling Sheet reported that Flair has come down with the flu.
A post shared by Ric Flair® Nature Boy® (@ricflairnatureboy) on May 18, 2018 at 8:16am PDT
– Former IMPACT Wrestling talent 'Ava Storie' made her NXT TV debut this past Wednesday as she competed in singles action against Lacey Evans. In January of this year Storie was moved to the “alumni” section of the IMPACT Wrestling website which confirmed her departure from the company after only eleven months with the company.
#WWENXT @Storie_Time on NXT pic.twitter.com/X4M0sXcS5z
— JJ Williams (@JJWilliamsWON) May 16, 2018
– After seventeen years of ma..

“Hangman” goes over the journey to 'All In'.
“The Problem Solver Of Bullet Club” Adam “Hangman” Page has established himself as the enforcer of the group. Two years ago during the month of May Page earned his black-and-white stripes by joining forces with 'Bullet Club' during a Ring Of Honor 'War Of The Worlds' show. Now, “Hangman” is four months away from being involved in an event that his good friends and stable-mates Cody and The Young Bucks put together as they have sold out a 10,000 seat arena in Chicago, IL.
Ahead of the actual 'All In' show and 'All In' weekend 'The Elite' hosted a press conference inside of the Pro Wrestling Tees store in the same city that their sold out event will be held in. Following the press conference Fightful's correspondent Steven Muehlhausen had the opportunity to interview both Adam “Hangman” Page and Tessa Blanchard and during his conversation with both stars he asked Page to share..

Joe tells us all how to look scary.
Whenever he is featured on WWE TV in any form or fashion Samoa Joe speaks with an intensity and passion in his voice that results in many fans calling him “intimidating” and describing him as a tough individual. Next week Samoa Joe will have an opportunity to earn his spot into the 2018 men's Money In The Bank Ladder match in a qualifier against Big Cass. But before that WWE is currently wrapping up their tour of the U.K. and Sky Sports was able to catch up with “The Destroyer” and asked him to explain the art of intimidation.
“Intimidation is an unusual animal.” Joe said. “Its a lot about body language and understanding the human psyche and knowing that usually a direct stare will crush most human souls, *Joe stares into the camera*, and you know that's kinda’ just the basic gist of it.” He continued, “I heard that’s like an contributing factor [Being a larger athlete making him more intimidating], but I’d like to say its the soul crushi..

Here are the standings for the NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 25, they will be updated each day that a Best Of The Super Juniors 25 event takes place.
Here is how the point system breaks down:
Win = 2 points
Draw = 1 point for each competitor
Loss = 0 points
A Block
Taiji Ishimori: 2 Points (1-0-0)
Tiger Mask IV: 2 Points (1-0-0)
ACH: 2 Points (1-0-0)
Yoh: 2 Points (1-0-0)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay: 0 Points (0-1-0)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru: 0 Points (0-1-0)
Bushi: 0 Points (0-1-0)
Flip Gordon: 0 Points (0-1-0)
B Block
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion El Desperado: 2 Points (1-0-0)
Chris Sabin: 2 Points (1-0-0)
Hiromu Takahashi: 2 Points (1-0-0)
Dragon Lee: 2 Points (1-0-0)
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Marty Scurll: 0 Points (0-1-0)
Kushida: 0 Points (0-1-0)
Ryusuke Taguchi: 0 Points (0-1-0)
Sho: 0 Points (0-1-0)

Wrestling promoter and fiance of WWE veteran Rosa Mendes, Bobby Schubenski spoke about Black Craft Cult Wrestling, and much more with WPW Weekly. You can see highlights below, and the full podcast at this link.
Bobby Schubenski on engagement to Rosa Mendes:
We’re working through some things, Milena is the best mom in the world and I am just so busy. She’s getting back into wrestling, she’s just working her ass off and it’s been awesome. So yeah we are working through some things, but we will get it all sorted out.
Bobby Schubenski on upcoming Blackcraft Wrestling Promotion:
First of all it’s in my hometown and I have some really special people involved in it on August 24th. I can’t really give away who all is going to be there, but we have a really special band that will be performing live there…I can give away two of the wrestlers that are going to be there, I am really excited about. We have Brit Baker and Paige’s mom Saraya Knight, so I’m really excited about that. The band t..