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UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has a daunting night ahead of him, as the white-hot Alex Pereira looks to take home his first UFC belt at UFC 281. To make things more interesting, Adesanya and Pereira have met twice before in professional kickboxing matches — and Pereira won both times.

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Mark Wright is the third male celebrity to be confirmed for the lineup of Strictly Come Dancing 2014.

The radio and TV presenter - who rose to fame on The Only Way Is Essex - joins Blue singer Simon Webbe, Saturdays star Frankie Bridge, rugby player Thom Evans, This Morning's Alison Hammond and Andy Murray's mum Judy as confirmed contestants for this year's series.

"Doing Strictly is going to be so completely different from anything I've done before," said Wright.

"I'm the sort of guy who loves to bust out some moves at a party but I'm certainly not a natural dancer.

"Any of my friends would tell you that," he joked, "they call me 'Markey no-moves'!"

Wright continued: "I'm genuinely petrified about dancing on national telly, but Strictly is such an amazing show to be a part of and I can't wait to get stuck in and give it my all!

The Only Way Is Essex star Frankie Essex has claimed that she was physically attacked due to her role on the show.

The reality star told The Sun that she was punched, kicked and scratched by a gang of girls at the 195 club in Epping, Essex on Saturday (July 12).

Frankie, who is the sister of fellow Towie star Joey Essex, was at the club with her boyfriend and some friends, and had gone to the toilets when the incident happened.

Frankie said: "I had sat down and slid the bolt lock when suddenly these girls started banging on the door and shouting really loudly to 'f**king hurry up'.

"I shouted back, 'Give me a minute', but then the door came crashing in and three or four girls just threw themselves at me. They were screaming, 'Who do you f**king think you are?' and 'F**king bitch!'"

She continued: "They were punching,...

Frankie Essex claims she was attacked in a nightclub because of her 'The Only Way Is Essex' fame. The 26-year-old beauty has revealed how she was attacked by a gang of screaming girls in the toilets of Club 195 in Essex on Saturday (12.07.14), as she enjoyed a night out with boyfriend John Lyons, Towie's Chloe Sims and her boyfriend Elliott Wright. She explained: ''I was in the VIP bar having a really good night. Chloe left and my boyfriend went for a smoke outside. ''I nipped to the loo. I even left my bag and everything on the table because the club...

Joey Essex says his mother's suicide affected his learning. The former 'The Only Way Is Essex' favourite believes the trauma of his mother Tina hanging herself when he was just 10 years old could be responsible for his lack of general knowledge. He explains in his new book, 'Being Reem': ''Some people reckoned I stopped learning because of what happened to my mum. Almost like I froze in time. I don't know about that but I remember it hitting me really hard.'' Joey - who can't tell the time, despite owning a £70,000 Rolex watch - and his older sister Frankie Essex...

The Only Way Is Essex star Sam Faiers has revealed that she is not watching her ex-boyfriend Joey Essex on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

In an interview with This Morning, Faiers explained that although she is normally a fan of the show, her recent breakup with Essex - who was her co-star on The Only Way Is Essex - means she has avoided watching him in the jungle.

She said: "It's one of my favourite programmes but obviously when you still have feelings for someone that's an ex, I just didn't feel the need to watch it because it might play on my mind more.

"I will always wish him the best of luck and just because I'm not watching and tweeting ten times a night when it's on, doesn't mean that I don't support him... I do still love him."

Faiers also dismissed the suggestions...

Joey Essex might be proposing to his girlfriend in tomorrow night's (March 24) episode of The Only Way Is Essex.

Viewers will see Essex opening his new clothes shop Fusey before making a speech thanking girlfriend Sam Faiers for her support.

He then produces a box for Faiers while his sister, Frankie, looks on in surprise.

However, Essex has previously claimed he would not propose on television like his co-stars Mario Falcone and Lucy Mecklenburgh.

He said: "[The proposal is] gonna be adventurous and interesting.

"I'd want it to be just me and Sam, so no, I don't think I'd ever do it on the show. It wouldn't mean as much."

"I told Sam I'd love to make babies right now," Essex went on. "But we'll wait until Christmas. Our girl's gonna be called Minnie, obviously."

Faiers added: "He wants Joey Junior for a boy. We talk about it all the time."

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Chloe Sims and Frankie Essex have stripped off for a Nuts Christmas photoshoot. The Only Way Is Essex pair told the magazine about what they get up to over the holiday period. "Oh my God, I hate opening presents," Sims said. "I have a proper phobia about it. I can't open any gift in front of anyone." She added: "My face feels red, I can feel my heart pumping and I get so anxious I can barely speak. "I have to ask people to leave the present in a corner and I'll open it later." Sims said of (more)...

Frankie Essex has said that she did not choose a 'celebrity pair' of breasts when having a boob job. The Only Way Is Essex star also told Nuts that her bottom did not need any surgical enhancement. "I really didn't want the fake look - like two balloons on a stick!" she said of her boob job. "I discussed it with the doctor and we tried all these different shapes and sizes until I found the ones I liked." She added: "They all advised me, especially Chloe Sims - she's had two boob jobs now! "They told me what would (more)...

Frankie Essex is not interested in any men on 'The Only Way is Essex'. The 24-year-old beauty - whose brother in Joey Essex - only likes blonde men and does not find any of the male members of the cast attractive. She said: ''There's no one on the show I'm interested in. Joey's mates are like my little brothers so there's nothing there. ''Arg isn't my type at all and Mario's with Lucy. I like a blond guy and there's none on the show. I like blue eyes as well. And someone who's more of a man. I want someone with the personality...

The Only Way Is Essex duo Billi Mucklow and Cara Kilbey have announced that they will be running the 2012 Virgin London Marathon in support of Samaritans. The duo will join co-star James 'Arg' Argent in running the 26 miles alongside thousands of others on Sunday, April 22. Mucklow and Kilbey are aiming to raise £10,000 for Samaritans, and have planned a number of events to help reach the target figure.

"We know how important a service like Samaritans is, my mum has experienced depression and our friends Frankie and Joey Essex lost their mother to suicide," Kilbey said. "We want people (more)...

Frankie Essex is a 'mother figure' to her brother Joey. The 24-year-old reality star - who appears alongside the hunk in 'The Only Way Is Essex' - explained she has been the one to guide Joey since the siblings lost their mother when she tragically committed suicide when they were teenagers. She said: 'I lost my mum when I was 13 and I'm not the only one. Since I talked about it on the show, I've had so many Tweets, from full-grown women to kids who have lost their mum. 'People don't realise Joey and I lost our mum. It was hard but I thought I had to talk about it, and the result was amazing. 'I'm so protective over...

Frankie Essex is a "mother figure" to her brother Joey. The 24-year-old reality star - who appears alongside the hunk in 'The Only Way Is Essex' - explained she has been the one to guide Joey since the siblings lost their mother when she tragically committed suicide when they were teenagers. She said: "I lost my mum when I was 13 and I'm not the only one. Since I talked about it on the show, I've had so many Tweets, from full-grown women to kids who have lost their mum. "People don't realise Joey and I lost our mum. It was hard but...

Frankie Essex is a "mother figure" to her brother Joey. The 24-year-old reality star - who appears alongside the hunk in 'The Only Way Is Essex' - explained she has been the one to guide Joey since the siblings lost their mother when she tragically committed suicide when they were teenagers. She said: "I lost my mum when I was 13 and I'm not the only one. Since I talked about it on the show, I've had so many Tweets, from full-grown women to kids who have lost their mum. "People don't realise Joey and I lost our mum. It was hard but...

Celebrity Big Brother's Michael Madsen has predicted that Kirk Norcross was evicted for being too keen to win. The Only Way Is Essex star, who struck up a close bond with Frankie Cocozza in the house, left the show last Friday. "I wasn't surprised about Kirk at all because I figured that, while we were seeing him running around doing seven tasks per task and endlessly buffooning with Frankie, he may have been perceived as being too eager and too aggressive and overdoing it," Madsen told Romeo Dunn, who disagreed. The Reservoir Dogs actor went on: "Maybe he'd latched onto Frankie as his court jester, completely dependent upon Frankie." So Solid Crew rapper Dunn (more)...

Chloe Sims was taken to hospital this morning (Christmas Eve) after injuring her left hand. The Only Way Is Essex star had been enjoying festive drinks in London with co-stars Frankie Essex and Lauren Pope prior to the incident. Sims was pictured getting into an ambulance at 7am with Essex, holding a self-made bandage around her bleeding hand, the Daily Mail reports. A spokesperson told the paper that Sims sustained the injury when she was trying to leave the Hoxton Pony via a fire escape, claiming that a staff member had accidentally closed the door on her hand. Sims was initially taken to University College Hospital in central London (more)...