MMA NEWS: Dana White updates Mayweather-McGregor status, Weekend Event Previews, how Cub Swanson could actually lose, NBC Sports MMA league rebrands

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•UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRIMER: Ecochard’s preview of Swanson vs. Lobov, plus Ellenberger, Diego Sanchez, Lauzon, Dodson

•BELLATOR 178 PREVIEW: Grocke’s preview and predictions including Straus vs. Freire, Middleton vs Macfarlane

•Swanson confident – for good reason – he’ll beat Lobov, but there’s a big mistake he could make that Robbie Lawler once made

•Woodley predicts Cub Swanson beats Lobov on Saturday night, but says what Lobov’s strategy should be to score upset

•MMA community heaps praise on Demetrious Johnson tying Anderson Silva’s record, but is he GOAT? (w/Keller’s Analysis)

•5 YRS AGO – HYDEN’S TAKE: The UFC’s Long-Term Plans For Further Domination as of 2012

•NEWS DIGEST 4/20: World Series of Fighting is making a bold rebranding move to carve out a niche+ latest on Mayweather-McGregor

•ROUNDTABLE: Before the rebranding to PFL, where did the World Series of Fighting fit into the MMA landscape?

•MEDIA & BUSINESS: Takeaways from “The 2017 MMA Journalism Report” including how journalists feel about their field, salaries, objectiveness