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Jones: defended his title against Daniel Cormier last month but failed a drugs test in advance of the fight. AP/Press Association Images

Woah! The UFC has announced a blockbuster card for Las Vegas in May

Jones, Johnson, Weidman, Belfort, Nurmagomedov, Cerrone and more…

HOURS AFTER THEY beefed up the already-beefy Conor McGregor v Jose Aldo card by adding a second title fight, the UFC announced a blockbuster bill for May 23 featuring two more championship bouts.

Jon “Bones” Jones puts his light-heavyweight crown on the line against number one contender Anthony “Rumble” Johnson in the main event at UFC 187 in the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

And as if that wasn’t enough, middleweight champ Chris Weidman defends against Vitor Belfort in the co-main.

There’s more too, including a lightweight doozy between Khabib Nurmagomedov and fan favourite Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, ranked #2 and #3 respectively.

Travis Browne takes on Andrei “Pitbull” Arlovski in the heavyweight division while Joseph Benavidez faces his fellow flyweight hopeful John Moraga.

That should help the pay-per-view numbers.

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    Mute Rudiger McMonihan
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    Sep 17th 2018, 10:26 AM

    Fan should be banned for life

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    Mute Les Reed
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    Sep 17th 2018, 10:54 AM

    @Rudiger McMonihan: Absolutely right. “Ejecting” the “fan” after the game is over doesn’t even amount to a slap on the wrist.

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    Mute Gustave H
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    Sep 17th 2018, 10:46 AM

    Players are human. This incident was outrageous.

    Punishment or not that fan needs to have a long harsh word with himself.

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    Sep 17th 2018, 11:09 AM

    @Gustave H: maybe inconsonant. Would that be long enough?

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    Mute Paddington C.
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    Sep 17th 2018, 12:43 PM

    @Ruairi O’Bric: “cacophonous” would probably be the longest harsh word I know.

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    Mute David Walshe
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    Sep 17th 2018, 3:59 PM

    @Gustave H: Insubordination

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    Mute Stephen Keane
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    Sep 17th 2018, 7:53 PM

    I might be wrong but I believe said fan was roughed up by a Pacific Island looking guy. Not sure where I heard that though.

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    Sep 17th 2018, 2:33 PM

    Should watch the video, said ‘fan’ immediately got tossed around like a rag doll afterward by some massive Pacific Islander looking guy. Aussies…. what more would you expect though?

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    Sep 17th 2018, 5:10 PM

    @mitchellaneou5: You can say that again

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    Sep 17th 2018, 2:32 PM

    Should watch the video, said ‘fan’ immediately got tossed around like a rag doll after the spat by some massive Pacific Islander looking guy. Aussies…. what more would you expect though?

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    Sep 17th 2018, 2:35 PM

    Watch the video, said ‘fan’ immediately gets thrown around afterward by some islander looking guy….. what more would you expect of the Ausssies though?

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    Sep 17th 2018, 2:37 PM

    Watch the video, afterwards, said ‘fan’ immediately gets thrown around by some islander guy.

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    Sep 17th 2018, 2:38 PM

    Watch the video, afterwards, said ‘fan’ immediately gets severely pushed around by some massive islander guy.

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    Sep 17th 2018, 2:36 PM

    Watch the video, said ‘fan’ immediately gets thrown around after by some islander guy….. what more would you expect of Australians though?

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    Sep 17th 2018, 2:37 PM

    Watch the video, afterwards, said ‘fan’ immediately gets thrown around by some islander guy….. what more would you expect of Australians though?

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