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MMA  NEWS

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(March 4th, 2017) 

WOMENS MMA PIONEER MARLOES COENEN RETIRES 

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  Marloes "Rumina" Coenen announced her retirement from the sport of MMA last night after her title fight loss to Julia Budd at Bellator 174.
  The 35 year old, Dutch fighter was a pioneer of womens mma. Coenen's professional mma career began over 16 years ago in Japan. She has fought in a total of 31 fights and her record stands at 23 wins and 8 loses. 
  Coenen has fought in four different countries as a professional including Japan, USA, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Her last four fights were under the Bellator banner, but she also fought for top promotions like StrikeForce, Dream and Invicta FC. While fighting in StrikeForce she won the Womens 135 pound bantamweight title and defended that belt one time before losing that title to Misha Tate. 
  Other then Misha Tate, "Rumina" has fought some of the best women fighters in the world. She has beaten the likes of Sarah Kaufman, Liz Carmouche, Roxanne Modafferi, Fiona Muxlow and Romy Ruyssen twice. Other great fighters she fought, but lost too are Cris "Cyborg" Justino, Cindy Dandois, Julia Budd and Roxanne Modafferi.
  Coenen's toughness and talent helped fans and promotions realize that womens mma was worth watching and definately entertaining. She definately helped the sport grow and get to where it is today. 

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(February 15th, 2017) 

UFC SIGNS DAVID BRANCH

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  David Branch has signed a multi fight contract to fight in the UFC. With a record of 20 wins and only 3 defeats, the 35 year old comes to the worlds top mma promotion riding a career high 10 fight winning streak. 
  Branch recently competed in the World Series of Fighting promotion, where he won and defended the middleweight and light heavyweight titles. This will be his second stint in the UFC, where he had 2 wins and 2 loses back in 2010 and 2011. 
  Branch has beaten some of the worlds top guys in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. He holds victories over Vinny Magalhaes, Jesse Taylor, Yushin Okami, Paulo Filho, Tomasz Drwal, and Derrick Mehman. His last career defeat came back in 2012 where he lost a 3 round decision to Anthony "Rumble" Johnson under the Titan FC banner. 

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(January 22nd, 2017)

BELLATOR 170 SALARIES

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Main card ( On Spike TV )

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Tito Ortiz ($300,000 + no win bonus = $300,000) def. Chael Sonnen ($50,000)

Paul Daley ($50,000 + no win bonus = $50,000) def. Brennan Ward ($50,000)

Hisaki Kato ($30,000 + no win bonus = $33,000) def. Ralek Gracie ($33,000)

Emmanuel Sanchez ($20,000 + $20,000 = $40,000) def. Georgi Karakhanyan ($24,000)

Derek Campos (19,200 + $15,000 = $34,200) def. Derek Anderson ($7,800)


Prelims ( On Spike.com & Bellator.com )

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Henry Corrales ($14,000 + $14,000 = $28,000) def. Cody Bollinger ($2,500)

Guilherme Bomba ($12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) def. John Mercurio ($2,000)

Kevin Casey ($10,000) fought to draw with Keith Berry ($3,000)

Alex Soto ($3,000 + $3,000 - $6,000*) def. Demarcus Brown ($2,000)

Chinzo Machida ($10,000 + $10,000) def. Jacar Ocampo ($1,500)


Un-aired prelims

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Jacob Rosales ($2,000 + $2,000 = $4,000) def. Ian Butler ($1,500)

Mike Segura ($1,500 + $1,500 = $3,000) def. Tommy Aaron ($2,000)

James Barnes ($2,000 + $2,000 = $4,000) def. Rob Gooch ($2,000)

Curtis Millender ($2,000 + $2,000 = $4,000) def. Johnny Cisneros ($2,000)

Colleen Schneider ($3,000* + $3,000 = $6,000) def. Chrissie Daniels ($4,500)

Jalin Turner ($1,500 + $1,500 = $3,000) def. Gabriel Green ($2,000)

Jack May ($2,000 + $2,000 = $4,000) def. Dave Cryer ($2,000)

Daniel Rodriguez ($1,500 + $1,500 = $3,000) def. Christina Gonzalez ($1,500*)

*  fined 20 percent of purse for missing weight


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(January 22nd, 2017)

TITO ORTIZ RETIRES WITH WIN

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  Former UFC Champion Tito Ortiz fought his last professional mma fight last night in California at Bellator 170. "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" won his final fight in style submitting his opponent Chael Sonnen in the first round by a Rear-Naked Choke. 
  After the fight, Ortiz brought in his son and had him lay down the gloves he wore in the fight in the center of the cage in honour of his retirement. During his post fight speech Ortiz confirmed that this was his last fight and he thanked his fans for their support.
  Tito Ortiz's professional mma career started back in May of 1997 at UFC 13 where he fought twice in one night. During his 19 years fighting he only fought for two promotions, those being the UFC and lately Bellator. His biggest career accomplishment came at UFC 25 when he won the UFC Championship against Wanderlei Silva. He held onto that belt for over three years and he went on to defend that title five times during that time. Finishing with 19 wins, 12 loses and 1 draw, Ortiz has fought and beaten some of the biggest names in the sport of mma. Vitor Belfort, Forrest Griffin, Patrick Cote, Ryan Bader, Alexander Shlemenko, Stephan Bonnar and Ken Shamrock three times are just some of the guys he has wins over. 
  The sport of mma has evolved greatly in the last twenty years and one of the most popular figures in the sport during that time has been Tito Ortiz. A hall of famer for sure, "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" will always be remembered as a true pioneer of mma and one of the greats in the early days of the sport.

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(November 22nd, 2016) 

FEDOR EMELIANENKO SIGNS TO FIGHT WITH BELLATOR

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  Fedor "The Last Emperor" Emelianenko (36-4) has signed a multi-fight contract to fight under the Bellator banner in 2017. The surprise announcement came this past saturday in San Jose at the Bellator 165 event.
  The date and who his first opponent would be was also announced during the broadcast. Former UFC fighter, Matt Mitrione (11-5) will get first crack at the Russian Legend at Bellator 172, in San Jose, on February 18th, 2017. The two fighters were brought out and did short interviews during the broadcast and also did a quick face off with each other. Mitrione said it was an honor to fight Emelianenko and he also stated that he was very excited to fight one of the greatest mma fighters ever. Mitrione seemed just as surprised as the crowd was when the fight was announced. He said he was kept in the dark on who his next opponent would be, but said he was very happy with the outcome. Bellator President Scott Coker said after the broadcast that it was "Great to be back in business with Fedor". 
  At 39 years old, Fedor's time fighting is slowly coming to an end soon, so its very exciting to see what many people consider the greatest mma fighter of all time fight in his final professional bouts. 

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(November 9th, 2016) 

JON JONES STRIPPED OF INTERIM TITLE

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  For the second time in his professional mma career, Jon "Bones" Jones has been stripped of his UFC light heavyweight title for something he has done outside of the octagon. One of the most talented fighters in the sport, the only thing keeping him from being one of the greatest mma fighters of all time is his troubled behavior when not competing.
 
  In 2015, Jones was stripped of the UFC light heavyweight title due to him being arrested for him fleeing the scene of a hit and run that injured a pregnant woman. This time he loses the interim title that he won back in April at UFC 197, when he defeated Ovince St. Preux. The reason for this title being taken away is due to a failed out of competition drug test and one year suspension for that failed drug test. 
  UFC President Dana White said that Jones has "blown it in every way, shape and form that a guy with that much talent can blow it." He also said that the former champ is the "Greatest talent ever and the biggest screw up ever." 
  Hopefully after Jones serves his one year suspension he can clean up his bad behavior and come back and compete at the level he has shown he can compete at. 

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(October 22nd, 2016)

UFC RELEASES 13 FIGHTERS

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  The UFC has let go of 13 fighters in the past few days. Although a few of the cuts are alittle surprising, all of the fighters released are coming off of defeats in their last bout. Below is the list of guys the UFC released and are now free agents. 

- Antonio "Big Foot" Silva (19-10-1) 
- Tamdan "Barn Cat" McCrory (14-5) 
- Alberto Emiliano "Uda" Pereira (9-2) 
- Caio "Hellboy" Magalhaes (9-3) 
- Leonardo Augusto "Leleco" Guimaraes (11-3)
- Kevin "King" Casey (9-5-1) 
- Cory Hendricks (3-1) 
- Sean "Black Magic" Spencer (12-6) 
- Glaico "Nego" Franca (13-5) 
- Kenny Robertson (15-5) 
- Enrique "Wasabi" Marin (8-4) 
- Cody "Freight Train" East (12-3) 
- Shane "Shaolin" Campbell (12-6) 

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(August 24th, 2016) 

RORY MACDONALD HEADED TO BELLATOR

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  Although the deal is not yet finalized, reports have been confirmed that free agent welterweight Rory MacDonald has been offered a multi-fight contract by Bellator. It has also been reported that the UFC was given a chance to match that offer, and have so far declined to do so. At age 27 and ranked in the top 10 of the welterweight division, MacDonald would instantly become one of Bellators top fighters.
  Nicknamed "The Red King" Rory MacDonald holds a career record of 18-4. He has been with the UFC since 2010 and has competed there in 13 straight fights. While in the UFC he has beaten some of the biggest names in mma with wins over BJ Penn, Nate Diaz, Demian Maia, Mike Pyle and current UFC welterweight Champion Tyrone Woodley. 
  MacDonald would instantly become a title contender in the Bellator welterweight division and it will be very interesting to see who he is matched up with when he makes his promotion debute for them. Although the UFC does have most of the top guys in the 170 pound division, Bellator has alot of talent there too. Guys like current Bellator Champion Andrey Koreshkov, Paul "Semtax" Daley, Josh Koscheck, Michael "Vennom" Page, and Douglas Lima could all make for great matches against the newcomer. 

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(August 3rd, 2016) 

ERICK SILVA TO FIGHT THATCH AT UFC FIGHT NIGHT 95 

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  On September 24th, 2016, the UFC will hold a UFC Fight Night event in Brasilia, Brazil. The first fight scheduled for the card is a welterweight bout pitting Brazilian Erick "Indio" Silva against American Brandon "Rukus" Thatch. Both fighters are currently on losing streaks and the loser of this fight may very well get cut from the UFC. 
  Erick Silva is currently on a two fight losing streak. With a record of 18-7, the Brazilian has been in the UFC since 2012 and has fought inside the octagon a dozen times. His biggest victories while fighting for the UFC came against Josh Koscheck, Jason High, Mike Rhodes and Charlie Brenneman, finishing all four of them by submissions in the opening round. 
  Brandon Thatch comes into this fight riding a three fight losing streak. Joining the UFC in 2013, "Rukus" won his first two octagon fights in devastating fashion, finishing both Paulo Thiago and Justin Edwards with knees and punches in the first round. Unfortunately since then Thatch has been submitted in his last three fights by Benson Henderson, Gunnar Nelson and Siyar Bahadurzada. 
  Although a lose in this fight might not be a career ender for either fighter, the winner will keep his job in the UFC and the loser could be looking at a pink slip from the number one promotion in the sport. With so much on the line here, odds are that this match should bring the fireworks and give the fans alot of entertainment. 

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(August 2nd, 2016)

GAETHJE TO DEFEND TITLE AT WSOF 33 

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  On September 24th, 2016, the World Series of Fighting will host their 33rd event. Taking place in North Dakota, lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje will headline the card and defend his title for the fifth time against Ozzy Dugulubgov. 
  With an undefeated record of 16-0, "The Highlight Kid" Gaethje has proven himself to be one of the top mma fighters in the world. With wins over Melvin Guillard, Brian Foster, Nick Newell and Luis Palomino twice, he has shown the courage and heart of a true champion. 
  His opponent, Ozzy Dugulubgov will come into this fight as a big underdog. With a record of 8-2, he is riding a 3 fight winning streak and has gone 5-1 since joining the World Series of Fighting organization. Born in Russia, he now trains out of the Renzo Gracie Academy gym in New Jersey. 
  One more fight announced for the event is another lightweight bout pitting Luiz "Buscape" Firmino (19-6) against Brian Foster (26-9). 
  More matches should be announced soon for this event. 

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(July 19th, 2016)

BELLATOR RELEASES SEVEN FIGHTERS

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  It was announced today that Bellator Fighting Championships has released seven fighters from their promotion. Dave Jansen, Houston Alexander, Raphael Butler, Mike Richmond, Mikkel Parlo, Isao Kobayashi and Thiago Jambo Goncalves have all been let go and are now basically free agents. 
  Of the fighters given their walking papers, lightweight title contender Dave Jansen is probably the biggest surprise on the list. Although he has dropped his last two fights, "The Fugitive" holds a 20-4 record with a 7-2 record inside the Bellator cage. His two recent loses came to former Bellator Champion Will Brooks and Polish submission specialist Marcin Held, both loses came by decision. 
  After receiving word that he would be cut by Bellator, Thiago Jambo Goncalves announced his retirement from mma. At 35 years old, the Brazilian finishes with a pro mma record of 18-5 with 1 no contest.  

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(July 2nd, 2016) 

ANDERSON SILVA REPLACES JON JONES AT UFC 200

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  Anderson Silva will step in on very late notice to fight Daniel Cormier at UFC 200. "The Spider" is replacing former light heavyweight Champion Jon "Bones" Jones because he was pulled from the event after failing an out of competition drug test. 
  Due to the last minute notice, the fight will be a three round non title fight, per Silva's request. 
  Anderson Silva usually fights at 185 pounds in the middleweight division. This will be only the fourth time in his UFC career that he will fight in the light heavyweight division. In those previous three fights at 205 pounds, Silva won all of them by first round knockouts. 
  With the late notice and size disadvantage, the former Champion Silva will have alot to overcome against Cormier in their fight at UFC 200. But win or lose, the fans love the fact that Silva stepped up and took this challenge on less then a weeks notice. 

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(June 26th, 2016) 

RYAN JIMMO KILLED IN HIT AND RUN

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  Light heavyweight mma veteran Ryan Jimmo was killed in a hit and run incident over the weekend. The 34 year old Canadian was a 24 fight veteran with seven of those fights taking place inside the UFC octagon. His professional record will stand at 19 wins and four loses.
  Early reports state that an argument occured between the occupants of two cars at a parking lot in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A man from the first car, thought to be Jimmo, got out of his car to say something to the two men sitting in the other car. As he then turned to walk away, the car drove very fast right toward him, hitting him and knocking him to the ground. The other car then proceeded to drive away from the scene at a very fast speed, almost crashing into another car about a block away. The two men in the other car remain at large and autorities are looking for them for questioning. The car is said to be a dark colored pickup truck.
  One of the toughest guys in the light heavyweight division, Ryan Jimmo will be missed in and out of the sport. Our condolences go out to his family and friends. 

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(June 21st, 2016) 

THIAGO SANTOS IN FOR BRUNSON AT UFC 200

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  Gegard Mousasi has a new oponent for UFC 200. Originally scheduled to face Derrick Brunson on the stacked pay per view card, that fight has now been scrapped due to vision problems Brunson is currently dealing with.
  Stepping in on less then three weeks notice will be Brazilian Thiago "Marreta" Santos. At 13-3, "Marreta" is currently riding a 4 fight winning streak. In those 4 victories, Santos knocked out Nate Marquardt, Steve Bosse and Andy Enz all inside the first round. A competitor on TUF Brazil season 2, he has gained fans attention since the show with his very aggressive fight style and highlight knockouts of his opponents.   

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(June 11th, 2016)

RYAN LAFLARE INJURED AND OUT OF UFC ON FOX 20 

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   An injury suffered by Ryan Laflare has knocked him out of his fight with Alexander Yakovlev at UFC on Fox 20 in Chicago on July 23rd, 2016. Stepping in to replace him, on six weeks notice, will be Kamaru Usman. 

  Usman will be coming into this fight riding a six fight winning streak. The winner of The Ultimate Fighter season 21, "The Nigerian Nightmare" has won his first two UFC fights and he will look to improve his professional record to 8-1. 

  His Russian opponent, Alexander Yakovlev has also won his last two UFC fights. This past january he knocked out George Sullivan in the first round, and last year he defeated Gray Maynard by a unanimous decision. His current record stands at 23-6-1 and his UFC record is even with two wins and two loses. Those two UFC defeats came by decisions to Damian Maia and Nicholas Musoke. 

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(June 6th, 2016)

KIMBO SLICE DEAD AT 42

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   Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson has passed away today in a Florida hospital from heart failure. The mma fighter, boxer was 42 years old. 

  Kimbo Slice first became famous for his street fight videos on you tube. After that, he went on to compete at the professional level of mma where he competed for some of the top mma promotions in the world like the UFC, Elite XC and Bellator. His pro mma record was 5 wins and 2 loses with 1 no contest. He also fought seven professional boxing matches, winning all of them, and finishing six of those fights by knock out. 

  Outside of fighting, Kimbo was also a part-time actor appearing in both movies and tv shows. Many people have said what a nice and friendly man Kimbo was and that his presence will truely be missed. 

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(June 5th, 2016)

MMA REPORTER ARIEL HELWANI KICKED OUT OF UFC 199

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   Ariel Helwani, one of the best reporters in the sport of mma, was thrown out of the Forum during UFC 199. Security escorted Helwani and two of his co-workers just before the main event of the night was set to begin. The longtime reporter was also told that he was getting a lifetime ban from all future UFC events and press conferences.

   Ariel Helwani has been covering the sport of mixed martial arts for many years now and he has earned many awards for his great work. During UFC 199, he reported that Brock Lesnar was going to be returning to the UFC at UFC 200 and that an announcement was coming from the promotion soon. This report is what angered UFC officials, because they felt that he had ruined a big surprise that they wanted to keep secret until the later part of the UFC 199 pay per view. 

  Helwani wrote on Twitter that "I love this sport and this job with all my heart. Did nothing unethical. I reported fight news. That's it. And then we're banned for life." He also wrote "Here's hoping cooler heads prevail. I sincerely love every fighter and fan of this sport. You have helped me realize a dream. Thank you." 

  Hopefully the UFC reconsiders Hewani's lifetime ban because this move by them was 100% wrong and he has been a great reporter for the growing of the sport of mma. 

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(June 4th, 2016)

TUF LATIN AMERICA SEASON 3 CAST REVEALED

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   The Ultimate Fighter Latin America Season 3 cast has been revealed this week. The head coaches for the season will be former UFC Champions Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin. Assisting the head coaches will be some of the best coaches in mma. For team Liddell, Ivan Iberico, Raul Salas and Mike Valle have been named as assistant coaches. The assistant coaches for team Griffin are Raul Arvizu, Eduardo Duarte and Francisco Grasso.

  The 16 fighters that will compete on the TUF Latin America season 3 are as follows.

- John Bedoya (5-0) Bogota, Colombia

- Martin "Toro" Bravo (10-0) Rosarito, Mexico

- Yasser "AK47" Castillo Lamping (5-1) 32, Nagarote, Nicaragua

- Santiago Cardenas (4-2) 30, Castro, Chile

- Illanovic "Nano" Chalo (5-1) 34, Maracay, Venezuela

- Jose David Flores (5-1-1) 30, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

- Javier "El Gladiador" Ganin (10-5) 30, Mar del Plata, Argentina

- Alejandro Martinez (11-1) 25, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

- Claudio "El Nino" Puelles (7-1) 20, Lima, Peru

- Fabian "El Aniquilador" Quintanar (13-2) 29, Tijuana, Mexico

- Leonardo "Lion" Rodriguez (11-3-1) 31, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

- Marcelo "El Pitbull" Rojo (13-4) 28, Cordoba, Argentina

- Pablo "Gallo Negro" Sabori (7-3) 24, San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico

- Juan "El Araucano" Villaseca (5-0) 24, Talagante, Chile

- Miguel "The Destroyer" Villegas (3-1) 21, Tijuana, Mexico

- Walter Zamora (9-2) 26, San Jose, Costa Rica

  The episodes of the reality show will be shown on a weekly basis on UFC Fight Pass as well as many TV stations throughout Latin America. 


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(May 25th, 2016)

UFC VETERAN JAMES TE HUNA RETIRES FROM MMA

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   James Te Huna, a light heavyweight fighting out of Australia, has decided to call it a career and retire from active competition. At 34 years old, the slugger has been in the UFC since 2010 and has competed for them in 10 fights in a row. While fighting for the worlds biggest organization, Te Huna won five and lost five fights against some of the best 205 pounders in the world. 

  Te Huna's biggest career wins came early in his UFC run, beating the likes of Igor Pokrajec, Aaron Rosa, Joey Beltran and Ryan Jimmo. Unfortunately after winning four fights in a row, he went on to finish his career losing his last four bouts. In those defeats he was finished in the first round by Glover Teixeira, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, Nate Marquardt and Steve Bosse. 

  Winning or losing, James Te Huna would usually be involved in very exciting fights with someone getting finished. Although he never won any titles in mma, he definately showed a champions heart every time he competed in the sport. 

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(May 20th, 2016)

MAYHEM MILLER MISSES WEIGHT BY 24 POUNDS FOR VENATOR FC TITLE FIGHT IN ITALY

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   Jason "Mayhem" Miller was scheduled to fight in Italy this weekend for the Venator FC middleweight title against the reigning champion Luke Barnett. At the official weigh-ins friday afternoon, Miller came in and missed weight by a staggering 24 pounds.

  Barnett, who did make weight at 185 pounds, was offered additional money to fight Miller at a catch weight, but he declined the offer. Instead he will defend his title against a fighter who was scheduled to fight on the prelims of the event, his name is Stefan Croitoru. Miller will also remain on the card, facing Croitoru's original opponent, Mattia "Aittam" Schiavolin in a light heavyweight bout. 

  "Mayhem" has not fought a mma bout in almost four years. His last fight took place at UFC 146 on May 26th, 2012, in which he was defeated by CB Dollaway by a unanimous decision. Since that fight, Miller's life has kind of spiraled out of control. He has had many troubles with the law, getting arrested multiple times. He has also posted videos and done interviews where he seems to be acting crazy or very intoxicated. 

  Venator FC officials stated that they gave "Mayhem" this opportunity to fight on their event because they feel everyone deserves a second chance and that they felt he deserved to make a living doing what he has done in the past, fighting. Although the title fight between Miller and Barnett had to be scrapped, Venator has atleast gotten alot of attention thanks to Miller's" unbelievable antics. 

  Venator FC 3 takes place saturday afternoon. Below is how the event currently is lined up. 


~ Venator Fighting Championship Welterweight Title ~

Emil "Valhalla" Weber Meek (7-2-1) vs. Rousimar "Toquinho" Palhares (18-6) 


~ Venator Fighting Championship Middleweight Title ~

Champion Luke "The Bigslow" Barnatt (10-3) vs. Stefan Croitoru (6-1-1) 


205 lbs. = Jason "Mayhem" Miller (24-10) vs. Mattia "Aittam" Schiavolin (12-2-2) 

205 lbs. = Matt "The Hammer" Hamill (11-6) vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (16-14) 

185 lbs. = Igor Araujo (25-8) vs. Marvin Vettori (9-2) 

170 lbs. = Karl "Psycho" Amoussou (21-7-2) vs. Giovanni Melillo (4-0) 

185 lbs. = Jack "The Joker" Hermansson (12-2) vs. Ireneusz "Prymus" Cholewa (10-8-2) 

170 lbs. = Cody McKenzie (15-9) vs. Valeriu Mircea (7-2)

170 lbs. = Che Mills (16-8) vs. Terry Montgomery (5-0) 


Prelims

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~ Venator Fighting Championship Lightweight Title ~

Champion Leonardo Zecchi (13-8-1) vs. Alessandro "The Bad" Botti (12-5) 


~ Venator Fighting Championship Bantamweight Title ~

Cristian "Mani di Pietra" Binda (10-10) vs. Davide Baneschi (7-4) 


~ Venator Fighting Championship Featherweight Title ~

Federico Mini (4-0-1) vs. Ciro Ruotolo (4-3-1) 


145 lbs. = Danyel Pilo (3-1-2) vs. Luca "Shooto" Puggioni (9-9-1) 

205 lbs. = Pietro Cappelli (5-1) vs. Franco De Martiis (2-4) 

155 lbs. = Daniele "The Cyborg" Miceli (2-1) vs. Danilo "Caterpillars" Belluardo (5-1) 

185 lbs. = Cristian "Jackhammer" Magro (8-4) vs. Giuseppe "Ares" Ruotolo (3-2) 

170 lbs. = Stefano Paterno (3-2) vs. Andrea Fusi (1-0) 

155 lbs. = Dennis Coste (2-1) vs. Manolo Zecchini (3-0) 


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(May 19th, 2016)

WITH WEIDMAN HURT - MICHAEL BISPING NOW FACES LUKE ROCKHOLD AT UFC 199 FOR THE MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE

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   A few days ago it was reported that former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman injured himself during training camp and that he wouldn't be able to compete against current UFC Champion Luke Rockhold at UFC 199 on June 4th, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. 

  With the rematch scrapped, UFC officials quickly scrambled to find a replacement to save the main event title fight. England's Michael Bisping was announced as the guy who would fill the vacancy on short notice. 

  Coming off of his biggest career win, defeating Anderson Silva in his last fight, Bisping finally gets his first title shot in the UFC. He will come into the bout with a 29-7 record and also riding a 3 fight winning streak. This will be his second time facing Luke Rockhold. In their first fight, Rockhold submitted Bisping in the second round with a guillotine choke. 

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(May 14th, 2016) 

BELLATOR RELEASES WILL BROOKS AND STRIPS MINAKOV

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   On saturday Bellator made two major announcements concerning two of their reigning Champions. Lightweight champion Will Brooks was released by the promotion and heavyweight champion Vitaly Minakov was stripped of his title. 

  The 155 pound title holder Will Brooks has made it known publicly that he wasn't happy with his current Bellator deal. In July his current contract was set to expire, so Bellator decided that they wouldn't resign him and simply gave him his walking papers two months early. During Bellator 154, it was announced that former Champ Michael Chandler would face Patricky "Pitbull" Freire for the now vacant title in june at Bellator 157 Dynamite 2. 

  As for the heavyweight title. Bellator had to strip the heavyweight belt from Minakov due to his not defending the title in over two years. Minakov last defended the belt at Bellator 115 on April 4th, 2014 when he defeated Cheick Kongo by a unanimous decision. Since that defence, the Russian has had trouble getting a work visa to come and fight in the USA, so Bellator gave him some leeway, but it seems that has ended now. 

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(May 11th, 2016) 

ANDERSON SILVA - URIAH HALL FIGHT SCRAPPED AT UFC 198

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   A middleweight fight at UFC 198 between former UFC Champion Anderson Silva and Uriah Hall has been canceled due to injury. 

  Last night it was reported that Silva was having problems with his galbladder and today he had surgery to fix the medical issue.

   With less then a weeks notice until the event, the UFC decided against finding a replacement for Hall, and simply scrapped the fight completely. Although losing the Silva-Hall bout stinks, the event is still stacked and should still be one of the better cards of 2016.

  Here is how the UFC 198 card stands as of now.


UFC 198


~ UFC Heavyweight Championships ~

Champion Fabricio Werdum (20-5-1) vs. Stipe Miocic (14-2) 


185 lbs. = Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort (25-11) vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" de Souza (22-4) 

140 lbs. = Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino (15-1) vs. Leslie Smith (8-6-1) 

205 lbs. = Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (23-10) vs. Corey Anderson (9-1) 

170 lbs. = Warlley Alves De Andrade (10-0) vs. Bryan "Bam Bam" Barberena (11-3) 


Prelims

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170 lbs. = Demian Maia (22-6) vs. Matt "The Immortal" Brown (22-13) 

155 lbs. = Francisco "Massaranduba" Trinaldo (19-4) vs. Yancy Medeiros (12-3) 

185 lbs. = Thiago "Marreta" Santos (12-3) vs. Nate "The Great" Marquardt (37-15-2) 

135 lbs. = Rob Font (12-1) vs. John "Hands Of Stone" Lineker (26-7) 

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205 lbs. = Antonio Rogerio "Minotoro" Nogueira (21-7) vs. Patrick Cummins (8-3) 

170 lbs. = Sergio "The Panther" Moraes (10-3) vs. Luan "Tarzan" Chagas (14-1) 

145 lbs. = Renato "Moicano" Moicano (9-0-1) vs. Zubaira Tukhugov (18-3) 


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(April 26th, 2016)

PADDY HOLOHAN RETIRES AT AGE 27

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   Irish flyweight fighter Paddy "The Hooligan" Holohan has been forced to retire from active competition due to a rare blood disorder. With a record of 12 wins and only 2 defeats and 1 draw, the young Irishman fought his last 5 fights in the UFC, winning 3 of them. 

  Holohan released a statement saying that he was born with a missing factor in his blood called Factor VIII and that due to his condition being found out, he would no longer be allowed to fight professionally. 

  Holohans career highlight came in his UFC debute, when he submitted Josh Sampo in the first round in his home country of Ireland. 

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(April 2nd, 2016)

DANIEL CORMIER INJURED OUT OF UFC 197 TITLE FIGHT

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   An injury has forced UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier to pull out of his main event title fight at UFC 197 against Jon Jones. 

  Scheduled to take place on April 23rd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the fight was suppose to headline the pay per view event. The match is a rematch of a fight which took place January 3rd, 2015 in which Jon Jones successfully defended his title by beating Cormier by a unanimous decision. After that fight, then Champion Jones got into trouble outside of the cage and his title was stripped from him. Cormier went on to win the title and he also defended the belt once. As for Jones, he hasn't fought since that fight with DC.  

  UFC Officials haven't said weather Jones will remain on the UFC 197 card, or if another fight will be added to fill the void. 

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(March 12th, 2016) 

TRUJILLO AND SCROGGINS OUT OF UFC FIGHT NIGHT 85

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   Next weekends UFC FIGHT NIGHT 85 is Brisbane, Australia has had two fighters withdraw from the event. Justin Scroggins and Abel Trujillo have both been forced off the card with just one week until the event. 

  Abel "Killa" Trujillo couldn't get a visa in order to travel to Australia. His opponent, Ross Pearson will now face Chad Laprise instead. Laprise was suppose to fight Allan Patrick "Nuguette" Silva Alves on the Brisbane event, so now the UFC will need to find a replacement to face the Brazilian fighter on the prelims of the card. 

  Justin Scroggins suffered an undisclosed injury forcing him to pullout of his fight with Ben Nguyen. As of now that fight has been completely scrapped. 

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(March 10th, 2016) 

JAKE ELLENBERGER CUT BY THE UFC

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   Veteran welterweight Jake "The Juggernaut" Ellenberger has been released by the UFC today. His release comes on the heels of a two fight losing streak, and he has only won once in his last six fights.  

   The 30 year old Ellenberger has fought in 41 pro mma fights in his career with 16 of those coming under the UFC banner. While in the UFC, he has gone 9-7 with big wins over Josh Koscheck, Diego Sanchez, Jake Shields, Nate Marquardt, and Jay Hieron. 

  Considering his age and fan popularity, Ellenberger shouldn't have any problem finding somewhere else to fight. In his 30 wins, he has finished 24 of them by knock out or submission which is exactly what fans like to see in our fighters today. 

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(March 9th, 2016) 

CHRIS LEBEN COMEBACK OFF DUE TO MEDICAL CONDITION

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   A few weeks ago it was announced that Chris Leben signed to fight with Bellator and would end his two year retirement. Unfortunately that plan is now scrapped due to a medical condition found in a recent physical taken by the fighter. 

   The 35 year old, former UFC fighter, has a serious heart condition that only allows 18% of blood flow to his heart. The heart condition was discovered when Leben went in for mandatory medical tests, following his Bellator signing, and failed multiple EKG tests. It was also revealed that Leben has an oversized left ventricle and that he may need a heart transplant in the near future. 

  Our thoughts and prayers go out to "The Crippler" Chris Leben and we hope his condition will improve and he can live a normal long healthy life. 

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(March 1st, 2016) 

DETROIT SUPERSTAR DARON CRUICKSHANK CUT BY UFC

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  After 13 fights inside the UFC octagon, Daron "The Detroit Superstar" Cruickshank was officially cut by the UFC. The 30 year old lightweight fighter has been in a slump lately going  winless in his last 4 fights and being submitted in the last three. His UFC record stands at 6 wins, 6 loses, and 1 no contest. 

  Cruickshank released this statement through his Twitter "Ive officially been released. It's been a pleasure and privilege to fight for the UFC. I am now currently looking for a fight elsewhere." 

  With a career record of 16-8, Cruickshank shouldnt have a problem finding promotions to fight for. His standup striking is very exciting and the way he fights makes him a fan favorite. 

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(February 25th, 2016) 

GALVAO SICK AND OUT OF BELLATOR 150 TITLE FIGHT

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    Bellator bantamweight champion Marcus "Louro" Galvao has had to pull out of his title fight at Bellator 150 against Eduardo Dantas. Bellator announced the bad news saying that the champion Galvao has been sidelined with an illness and that Dantas will also be taken off the card but he will receive his show money for the fight. 

  With the loss of the bantamweight title fight, a heavyweight match between Cheick Kongo (23-10-2) and Vinicius "Spartan" Kappke de Queiroz (8-3) will now take over as the events new main event. 

  One other change to the card will see a prelim fight between welterweights Gaston "Tonga" Reyno (5-0) and Chuka Willis (6-2) moved to the main card. 

  Below is how the event currently stands


Bellator 150

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   HWT.  = Cheick Kongo (23-10-2) vs. Vinicius "Spartan" Kappke de Queiroz (8-3) 

155 lbs. = David "Caveman" Rickels (16-4) vs. Bobby Cooper (12-5) 

145 lbs. = Gaston "Tonga" Reyno (5-0) vs. Chuka Willis (6-2) 

185 lbs. = Kendall Grove (22-15) vs. Francisco "Kiko" France (13-3-1) 

125 lbs. = Lena "Hunter" Ovchynnikova (10-3) vs. Rebecca "Becky" Ruth (5-1) 


Prelims

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   HWT.  = David Hammons (1-1) vs. Kyle Noblitt (1-0) 

155 lbs. = Marcio "The Locomotive" Navarro (14-12) vs. Henry "Rome" Lindsay (5-5) 

185 lbs. = Chris Harris (4-0) vs. Julian Marquez (2-0) 

170 lbs. = Manuel "Manny" Meraz (7-1) vs. Andre Fialho (5-0) 

185 lbs. = Gregory "Blade" Babene (16-11) vs. Brandon Farran (12-10) 

155 lbs. = Jason "The Vanilla Gorilla" Witt (7-2) vs. Jonathan "Junk Yard Dog" Gary (11-6-2) 

145 lbs. = Thai "Landshark" Clark (5-0) vs. Deron "The Pharaoh" Carlis (4-1) 


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(February 23rd, 2016)

DOS ANJOS INJURED AND IS OUT OF MCGREGOR FIGHT

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    UFC lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos hurt his foot during training camp and has had to pull out of his title fight against Conor McGregor at UFC 196. Since he came to the UFC in 2013, this is the fourth time that an opponent has pulled out of a fight with the Irishman. 

  McGregor will remain on the card in the main event slot against former Ultimate Fighter winner Nate Diaz. The fight will take place at the welterweight limit of 170 pounds and even though it is not a title fight, it will still be scheduled for 5 rounds. 

  When asked about how he felt about Dos Anjos's withdrawal, McGregor said he was disappointed that he wouldn't be able to unify the light and featherweight titles, but also that he is excited to fight Diaz. 

  Below is how the march 5th, UFC 196 event looks now with the main event change. 


UFC 196

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170 lbs. = Conor McGregor (19-2) vs. Nate Diaz (18-10) 


~ UFC Womens Bantamweight Championship ~

Champion Holly Holm (10-0) vs. Miesha Tate (17-5) 


205 lbs. = Ilir Latifi (12- 4) vs. Gian Villante (14-6) 

205 lbs. = Corey Anderson (8-1) vs. Tom Lawlor (10-5) 

135 lbs. = Amanda "The Lioness" Nunes (11-4) vs. Valentina "Bullet" Shevchenko (12-1) 


Prelims

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170 lbs. = Siyar Bahadurzada (21-6-1) vs. Brandon "Rukus" Thatch (11-3) 

170 lbs. = Erick "Indio" Silva (18-6) vs. Nordine Taleb (11-3) 

185 lbs. = Vitor "Lex Luther" Miranda (12-4) vs. Marcelo Guimaraes (9-1-1) 

145 lbs. = Darren Elkins (19-5) vs. Chas Skelly (15-1) 

155 lbs. = Diego Sanchez (27-8) vs. Jim Miller (25-7) 

155 lbs. = Justin Salas (12-6) vs. Jason Saggo (10-2) 

145 lbs. = Julian "Juicy J" Erosa (15-2) vs. Teruto "Yashabo" Ishihara (7-2-2) 


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(February 17th, 2016) 

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 83 ADDS 3 REPLACEMENT FIGHTERS

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   During this past week, 3 fighters had to pull out of their fights scheduled for this sunday at UFC Fight Night 83. 

 Sarah "Cheesecake" Moras and Trevor "Hot Sauce" Smith were hurt during training, and John "Hands of Stone" Lineker came down with a bad case of dengue fever, knocking all three fighters out of this weekends event. 

  With less then a week until showtime, UFC officials had to scramble and find suitable replacements to fill the voids left by the late injury withdrawals. 

  Replacing John Lineker and fighting Cody Garbrandt on the main card is Brazilian Augusto "Tanquinho" Mendes. Undefeated in five professional bouts, the 32 year old Mendes has finished all of his opponents in either the first or second round. 

  Also stepping up on very short notice, Anthony "Lionheart" Smith will replace Trevor Smith and take on Leonardo Augusto "Leleco" Guimaraes. "Lionheart" is currently on a seven fight winning streak and in his last fight he won the Victory FC middleweight title by stopping former UFC fighter Josh Neer in the opening round. With a record of 24 wins and 11 loses this will be Smith's second stint in the UFC. His first run with the UFC only lasted one fight, in which he was defeated by Antonio Braga Neto by a first round kneebar. 

  The third fighter to be added this week is Kelly Faszholz. Replacing Sarah Moras, she will take on Lauren Murphy in the womens bantamweight division on the prelims. Faszholtz is undefeated in three professional fights, submitting all three of her opponents in those matches. 

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(February 15th, 2016) 

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 83 LOSES 4 FIGHTS IN LAST FEW DAYS

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   Scheduled to take place this sunday in Pittsburgh, the card for UFC Fight Night 83 has been hit bigtime by the injury bug and other circumstances.

 Headlined by a welterweight fight pitting Cowboy versus Cowboy. The February 21st card originally had 14 fights on it. Unfortunately within the last week, alot of sudden changes have had to be made to the lineup. 

 A main card welterweight fight between Brandon Thatch and Siyar "The Great" Bahadurzada was taken off this card and moved to UFC 196 because Thatch wasn't cleared to fight in Pennsylvania due to a medication he was taking that wasn't cleared by the state commission. 

  The second casualty was a womens bantamweight prelim fight between Sarah Moraes and Lauren Murphy. Moraes suffered an injury and had to pull out of the fight a week before showtime. As of yet, no replacement has been reported. 

  With two fights off already, the injury curse hit again today times two. One of the better fights on the card pitting John "Hands of Stone" Lineker against Cody Garbrandt was scrapped due to Lineker coming down with Dengue Fever. The other fight called off was a middleweight bout between Travis "Hot Sauce" Smith and Leonardo Augusto "Leleco" Guimaraes. Smith came down with an injury and had to pull out of that fight as well. 

  With just under 6 days left until UFC Fight Night 83 it is unknown if a replacement fight or fighters will be sought to fill the spots left open by all the injuries that hit this card. If no more changes are made, the event still has 10 fights remaining.  

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(February 11th, 2016) 

FORMER UFC CHAMP KEVIN RANDLEMAN PASSED AWAY

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   Retired MMA fighter Kevin Randleman passed away yesterday at the age of 44. Already in the hospital with a severe case of pneumonia, he would die from heart failure while there. 

  Nicknamed "The Monster", Randleman fought in some of the top promotions around the world, like the UFC, Pride FC, and StrikeForce. He won the UFC title at UFC 23 and defended the belt once. His biggest wins in his 14 year career came against guys like Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, Maurice Smith, Pedro Rizzo, Renato "Babalu" Sobral and Murilo Rua. 

  Inside and outside of mma, Kevin Randleman was a very popular and likeable guy and he will be missed dearly.  

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(February 10th, 2016) 

M1 CHALLENGE 65 EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL 8TH

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  The Russian MMA promotion known as M1 Global has announced that is has postponed its M1 Challenge 65 event until April 8th, 2016. Originally scheduled to take place on March 5th, the event has been delayed because as the country prepares for the World Hockey Championships, many sports centers and venues are currently under construction and not ready to be used for sporting events.

  One other change made by the promotion is that a lightweight title fight originally scheduled for M1 Challege 64, will now take place at M1 Challenge 65 in April. In that title fight, current champion Mansour "Tarzan" Barnaoui (12-3) will defend his title against Artiom Damkovsky (20-9) in the co main event of the night. 

  The main event scheduled for the M1 Challenge 65 card remains the same as it was with a Middleweight Grand Prix Semi-Final fight between Ramazan Emeev (13-3) and Brazilian Maiquel "Big Rig" Falcao (35-8). 

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(February 10th, 2016) 

UFC RELEASES 14 FIGHTERS

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   It looks like the UFC is once again releasing fighters at a high number. In the last two weeks the worlds largest promotion has cut 14 fighters from its roster. Below is a list of the fighters released, their official pro records, and their weight classes they last fought in.


Mike Pierce (17-7) Welterweight 

Scott "Young Guns" Jorgansen (15-12) Bantamweight 

George Roop (15-13-1) Bantamweight 

Danny "Last Call" Castillo (17-10) Lightweight 

Yui Chul "Korean Bulldozer" Nam (18-6-1) Featherweight 

Valmir "Bidu" Lazaro (13-4) Lightweight 

Konstantin "The Russian Bear" Erokhin (9-3) Heavyweight 

Hayder "Hulk" Hassen (6-3) Welterweight 

Steve Montgomery (8-4) Welterweight 

Marcio "Lyoto" Alexandre Jr. (13-3) Welterweight 

Marcin "The Polish Zombie" Wrzosek (10-3) Lightweight 

Akbarh "El Caballero" Arreola (23-10-1) Lightweight 

Leo "The Lion" Kuntz (17-3-1) Lightweight 

Steve "Steamroller" Kennedy (22-8) Welterweight 

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(February 7th, 2016) 

TWO TITLE FIGHTS ANNOUNCED FOR UFC 197

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   The UFC announced that UFC 197 will take place on April 23rd, 2016 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. UFC officials have so far only scheduled two fights for the event, and both will be for titles.   

  Headlining the event will be a light heavyweight title fight between current champion Daniel Cormier (17-1) and former champion Jon "Bones" Jones (21-1). This is a rematch in which Jones won a close unanimous decision at UFC 182. Since that fight, Jones was stripped of the title due to outside legal troubles, giving Cormier the chance to win the belt with a win over Anthony Johnson in May 2015. 

  In the co-main event, flyweight champion Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson (23-2-1) will defend his belt against the undefeated Henry Cejudo (10-0). Since winning the title in 2012, "Mighty Mouse" has already defended the title seven times. He has looked unstoppable at 125 pounds and has also climbed to the top of the pound for pound best. Cejudo will definately be the underdog coming into this fight, but the former Olympian hopes he can find a way to top one of the most dominant champions in the UFC. 

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(February 5th, 2016) 

BELLATOR SIGNS CHRIS LEBEN

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   Bellator Fighting Championships has had a busy week signing fighters. On Inside MMA last night, Bellator President Scott Coker announced that Bellator has signed former UFC fighter Chris Leben. 

  At 35 years old, Leben is currently on a four fight losing streak, hasn't fought since december of 2013 and he last won a mma fight in 2011. It has also been reported that Leben has had legal and drug problems for many years. Bellator decided to ignore all these downsides and still decided to sign the middleweight. 

  With a record of 22 wins and 11 loses, Bellator hopes that Leben's popularity will bring in numbers to his fights. Leben fought in the UFC for many years and also appeared on the Ultimate Fighter when it first aired. "The Crippler" has also won some big fights, beating guys like Wanderlei Silva, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Patrick Cote, Mike Swick and Alessio Sakara.  

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(February 3rd, 2016)

BELLATOR SIGNS SERGEI KHARITONOV

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   Russian heavyweight Sergei Kharitonov has signed a multi fight contract with Bellator Fighting Championships. With a pro mma record of 23 wins and only 5 defeats, Kharitonov is definately one of the biggest free agent signings for Bellator to date. Of his 23 victories, all but one have come by way of knockout or submission.

  Kharitonov will come to Bellator with a five fight winning streak. The Russian has competed in some of the biggest promotions around the world including Strikeforce, Pride FC, M1 Global, Dream, K1 Hero's and Rings. He has beaten top notch heavyweights like Andrei Arlovski, Alistair Overeem, Fabricio Werdum, Mike Russow and Pedro Rizzo.

  Bellator's heavyweight division is still kind of thin rosterwise, so Kharitonov should get an opportunity to fight for their title really soon. 

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(February 2nd, 2016)

TITAN FC RETURNS ON MARCH 4TH WITH 3 TITLE FIGHTS

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   The promotion Titan Fighting Championships is scheduled to put on their first event of the year on March 4th. The event will take place in Washington at the Clark County Event Center and it will feature 3 title fights. 

   Headlining the event will be a bantamweight title bout between former Titan FC Champion Brett "The Pikey" Johns (12-0) against Ricky Simon (7-0). Brett Johns held the Titan FC 135 pound title, but was stripped of the belt when he missed weight in his last title defense. The 23 year old fighter from Wales has held titles in three promotions already and looks to remain an undefeated propect to watch. His opponent Ricky Simon is also undefeated and he will have the home crowd on his side as he is from the state of Washington. 

  In the co-main event, featherweight Champion Andre Harrison (11-0) will put his title on the line against former UFC fighter Steven "Super" Siler (28-14). Harrison won the belt in 2015 and also defended the title once, winning both those fights by unanimous decision. Siler comes into this fight on a 5 fight winning streak, with all of those bouts coming in 2015. 

  The third title fight will put flyweight Champion Tim Elliott (12-6-1) versus Pedro Nobre (17-1-2). Elliott won the Titan FC flyweight title by beating a Brazilian fighter named Iliardo Santos. He then defended the belt against another Brazilian guy named Felipe Efrain. Elliott looks to make it three in a row against Brazilian foes as he now will fight Nobre. Nobre comes into this title fighting picking up wins in his first two fights fighting for Titan FC. In 21 bouts, the Brazilian has only lost once and he definately will be a tough test for the Champion. 

  One more fight scheduled for the Titan FC 37 event is a lightweight matchup between former Champs Desmond Green (15-5) and Pat Healy (32-21). Green held the Titan FC 145 pound title and Healy is the former lightweight Champ.  

  Titan FC 37 will be streamed live on UFC Fight Pass and tickets for the show should still be available for those that want to be there in person to see all the action.    

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(February 1st, 2016)

BENSON HENDERSON SIGNS WITH BELLATOR

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   Benson "Smooth" Henderson, the former UFC lightweight Champion, has signed to fight with Bellator. With a record of 23 wins and 5 loses and ranked in the top 15 in two divisions, he becomes the highest profile fighter to leave the UFC and sign with another promotion. 

  Dana White, the President of the UFC, said he was happy for Henderson and that Benson was a great guy. White also stated that the UFC had a chance to match Bellator's offer but they decided not to. 

  In his career, Henderson has held titles in the UFC and WEC, and has beaten some of the best in the world. Some of the guys he has defeated are Nate Diaz, Gilbert Melendez, Clay Guida, Josh Thompson, Donald Cerrone twice and Frankie Edgar twice.

  Joining the Bellator roster, Smooth has a number of opponents he could face. Champion Will Brooks already has said he wants to fight him. A rematch with Josh Thompson could also be a good fight to make. 

  The UFC's loss is definately Bellator's gain, and Benson Henderson will help Bellator gain ground on the number one promotion in the world. 

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(January 29th, 2016)

3 Fights Added To UFC Fight Night 88 In Brazil

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   The UFC has announced the first three fights scheduled for the UFC Fight Night 88 In Brazil event on May 14th, 2016. 

  The main event for the card will feature two of the top middleweights in the world. Vitor Belfort (25-11) will take on fellow Brazilian Ronaldo "Jacare" de Souza (22-4). Both men are ranked in the top 10 of the UFC and a win here could lead to a title shot. 

  The next fight announced for the card is a welterweight scrap between Demian Maia (22-6) and Matt "The Immortal" Brown (22-13). Maia comes into this fight on a four fight winning streak beating a tough Gunner Nelson in his last fight. Matt Brown also won his last fight, submitting Tim Means at the end of round one. 

  The third fight announced is a lightweight fight between Evan Dunham (17-6) and Leonardo Silva Dos Santos (15-4-1). The American Dunham comes into this fight on a three fight winning streak beating Joe Lauzon, Ross Pearson and Rodrigo Damm all by unanimous decision. His opponent Silva Dos Santos is also on a streak of his own as he has not lost in his last ten fights. Since joining the UFC, the Brazilian has picked up wins over Kevin Lee, Tony Martin, Efrain Escudero and William Macario. 

  More fights for this card should be announced soon.  

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(January 25th, 2016)

PEARSON VERSUS TRUJILLO SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 20TH

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   A lightweight match has been scheduled for the March 20th UFC Fight Night Card in Australia. The former Ultimate Fighter Winner Ross "The Real Deal" Pearson (20-10) is set to fight Abel "Killa" Trujillo (13-7). 

 The Englishman Pearson will come into this fight after splitting wins and loses in his last six bouts. Since joining the UFC in 2009, Pearson has fought inside the octagon 18 times picking up wins against the likes of Gray Maynard, Dennis Siver, Ryan Couture, George Sotiropoulos, and Paul Felder among others. 

 The American Abel Trujillo is entering this fight after picking up a first round submission win over Tony Sims at UFC 195. Since joining the UFC in 2012, he has 4 wins, 3 loses and 1 no contest. In the eight fights Trujillo has fought in the octagon, only one has gone to a decision.  

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(January 25th, 2016)

WERDUM INJURED AND OUT OF UFC 196 TITLE FIGHT

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  On sunday it was announced that Cain Velasquez was injured and had to pull out of his rematch with Champion Fabricio Werdum. Stipe Miocic stepped up and decided to fight Werdum on only two weeks notice. Both fighters agreed to the new matchup and it seemed that the main event for UFC 196 was saved and would go on with a heavyweight title fight.

  Oh how quickly things sometimes change in the mma world. On monday, the Champion Werdum announced that he was also injured and that he would not be fighting at UFC 196. Even though he agreed to the Miocic short notice fight, after a day of thinking it over with his coaches, it seems like the Brazilian had a change of heart. Werdum said he wouldve fought hurt against Velasquez, but decided not to do the same against Miocic. 

  As for UFC 196, UFC officials have yet to announce what they will do to fill the empty main event slot on the february 6th card. 

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(January 25th, 2016)

UFC VETERAN ANTHONY PEROSH RETIRES

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  Anthony "The Hippo" Perosh has decided to retire from active competition in pro mma. At age 43, the Aussie light heavyweight has competed in the UFC in 12 bouts and has fought some of the worlds best inside the octagon.

 Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, Jeff Monson, Vinny Magalhaes and Ryan Bader are just some of the top notch fighters he has faced in his 12 year career. The Hippo ends his career with a record of 15 wins and 10 loses, with all 15 of his victories coming by finishes. Perosh stated that he will remain a part of the sport by coaching at his two mma gyms. 

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(January 25th, 2016) 

Cain Velasquez Injured Out Of Title Fight With Werdum

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  Cain Velasquez is injured and officially out of his title fight at UFC 196. The former Champion was suppose to rematch current UFC Champion Fabricio Werdum on february 6th at Las Vegas, Nevada. Unfortunately for Velasquez an injury suffered during training camp will force him out of the fight.   

   Champion Fabricio Werdum will now face Stipe Miocic instead. Taking the fight on less then two weeks notice, Miocic comes into his first ever title fight riding a two fight winning streak in which he TKO'd former UFC Champion Andrei Arlovski in just 54 seconds and also TKO'd the very powerful Mark Hunt. 

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(October 22nd, 2014)

PAULO THIAGO RELEASED BY THE UFC

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  Paulo Thiago has been released by the UFC following his third loss in a row. The welterweight has been with the UFC since 2009 and has fought for the organization 13 times, winning five of those fights. 

 The Brazilians biggest wins in the UFC came against Josh Koscheck in his UFC debute, Mike Swick, and Jacob Volkmann.

 At 33 years old it is currently unknown where Thiago will continue his mma career. 

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(September 24th, 2014)

UFC RELEASES BANTAMWEIGHT MIKE EASTON

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 The UFC has decided to cut bantamweight fighter Mike Easton after his fourth loss in a row. 

 Nicknamed "The Hulk", Easton was signed by Zuffa in 2011 and won his first three fights in the UFC. Since then though, Easton has lost 4 decisions in a row to Raphael Assuncao, Brad Pickett, Yves Jabouin, and current Champion TJ Dillashaw.

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(September 20th, 2014)

MMA LEGEND WANDERLEI SILVA ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

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   The Axe Murderer, mma legend Wanderlei Silva announced his retirement last night in a 13 minute You Tube video he released. The former Pride FC Champion said that he came to this decision to leave the sport at this time because he said that the UFC doesn't respect its fighters and that they pay them crumbs. 

  Silva also said that "My career is over because I don't have a stage where fighters get the proper respect". Although most of the video released is focused on the UFC's treatment of him, Silva was facing a lengthy suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commision for refusing to take a random drug test. This might have also pushed the 38 year old fighter to end his fighting career at this moment. 

  After almost 18 years fighting, Wanderlei Silva's record stands at 35 wins, 12 loses, 1 draw, and 1 no contest. In his victories 25 have come by knockout, 3 by submission, and 7 by decision. He has fought the majority of his fights in the biggest promotions in the world with the UFC and Pride FC. 


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(September 10th, 2014) 

UFC FIGHTER CODY DONOVAN RETIRES

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   33 year old, light heavyweight mma fighter Cody Donovan has announced his retirement from the sport today. After a 15 year career, "Donnybrock" finishes his career with 8 wins and 5 loses with 7 of those victories coming by a finish.


   Donovan's last four fights were in the UFC, where he went 1-3, only winning his UFC debute against Nick Penner back in 2012. In his last three fights, Donovan was knocked out by Ovince St. Preux, Gian Villante, and Nikita Krylov.

  The Colorado native said he would remain close to the sport of mma by coaching and mentoring other fighters. 

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(August 6th, 2014)

UFC Fighter Mark Bocek Announces Retirement

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  Today UFC veteran Mark Bocek announced his retirement from the sport of mma. 

 At 32 years old, the Canadian lightweight fighter signed with the UFC back in 2007 after winning his first four pro fights. Since then, Bocek has fought in the UFC 13 straight times and won eight of those matches. He has competed against former Champions Benson Henderson and Frankie Edgar and has wins over top competitors like Nik Lentz, Dustin Hazelett and John Alessio. Bocek finishes his career at 12 wins and 5 loses with 1 knockout and 7 submissions.

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(July 3rd, 2014)

TUF SEASON 20 CAST REVEALED

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Coaches : Anthony Pettis & Gilbert Melendez 

Weight Class : Womens 115 lbs. 

Fighters : 

Joanne Calderwood (8-0) Scotland 

Alex Chambers (4-1) Australia 

Heather Jo Clark (6-4) New Mexico, USA 

Aisling Daly (14-5) Ireland 

Lisa Ellis (15-8) Washington, USA 

Carla Esparza (9-2) California, USA 

Felice Herrig (9-5) Illinois, USA 

Angela "Overkill" Hill (1-0) New York, USA 

Bec Hyatt (5-3) Australia 

Emily Kagan (3-1) New Mexico, USA 

Justine Kish (4-0) North Carolina, USA 

Angela Magana (11-6) New Mexico, USA 

Randa Markos (4-1) Canada 

Rose Namajunas (2-1) Wisconsin, USA 

Jessica Penne (11-2) California, USA 

Tecia Torres (4-0) Florida, USA 

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(June 25th, 2014)

BELLATOR RELEASES 19 FIGHTERS

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  On wednesday morning it was officially announced that Bellator has released 19 of its fighters who were under contract with the promotion.

  The list of fighters let go by the organization are as follows.

Eric Prindle, Anthony Leone, Frank Baca, Travis Marx, Nathan Coy, Anthony Lemon, Tim Welch, Nick Kirk, Rodrigo Lima, Trey Houston, Jason Fischer, Vaughn Anderson, Keith Berry, Jeremy Kimball, Carlos Eduardo, Eric Smith, Hiroshi Nakamura, Jared Downing, and Sergej Grecicho.

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(June 21st, 2014)

ROSI SEXTON RETIRES FROM MMA

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  Female MMA fighter Rosi Sexton has officially retired from competing in the sport of mma. 

  At 36 years old now, Sexton's career started back in 2002 and she finishes with a record of 13-5. During that 12 year span, the Manchester native has fought for the top organizations in the world like the UFC, Bellator, StrikeForce, Cage Warriors and BoDog. 

  Sexton's biggest victories during her career came against Carina Damm, Roxanne Modafferi and Aisling Daly. She also fought top fighters like Gina Carano, Zoila Frausto Gurgel and Alexis Davis.    

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(June 18th, 2014)

BJORN REBNEY LEAVING BELLATOR

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  After months of rumors and speculation, today Viacom has officially announced that company founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney will immediately be leaving the organization.

  Along with Rebney, COO Tim Danaher will also be leaving the company. The reason given for the change is that Viacom had a different plan for Bellator then Rebney and Danaher did. Rebney founded the company eight years ago and has been in charge since then, but with his dismissal it will be interesting to see what happens to the organization under Viacoms control. 

 Former StrikeForce head Scott Coker will now take over as head of Bellator and he will take control of the day to day opperations of the company. 

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(June 11th, 2014)

CHAEL SONNEN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

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  Today UFC fighter Chael Sonnen announced his retirement from the sport of mixed martial arts. The announcement came a day after he failed a random drug test given to him by the Nevada athletic commission.

 Sonnen said that his failed drug test was a result of his TRT use, and that he wants to focus more on his family and have children with his wife.

  Chael Sonnen was suppose to fight Vitor Belfort on July 5th, 2014 at UFC 175, but with the failed drug test that match had been scrapped yesterday.

 Sonnens career lasted 17 years and he finished with a professional record of 28 wins, 14 loses and 1 draw. He has fought some of the greatest Champions in the sport like Jon Jones, Rashad Evans and Anderson Silva twice, and his biggest career wins were over Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, Michael Bisping, Brian Stann, Nate Marquardt, Dan Miller and Yushin Okami.  

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(May 5th, 2014)

JUNIOR DOS SANTOS OUT OF TUF BRAZIL 3 FINALE

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   A heavyweight fight scheduled to headline the TUF Brazil 3 Finale event between Junior Dos Santos and Stipe Miocic is off due to an injury to the former UFC Champion.


   Reports state that Dos Santos injured his hand during training and that he definately wont be healed in time for the event which is set for May 31st, 2014. 

  It is still unknown if Miocic will remain on the card with a replacement for Cigano, or if another fight completely will fill the main event slot.

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(January 23rd, 2014)

ROSS PEARSON INJURED AND OUT OF GUILLARD BOUT

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  Today it was announced that Ross Pearson suffered a knee injury during training camp and he will have to miss his march 8th rematch against Melvin Guillard at UFC Fight Night 37 in London, England. 

 Filling in for the injured Pearson on short notice will be Michael Johnson. Johnson is currently on a two fight winning streak and he is also a former training partner of Melvin Guillard, the man he will now face during the UK show.  

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(January 13th, 2014)

UFC On Fox 10 Gets Debuting Welterweights

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 The UFC has added a welterweight fight to the UFC On Fox 10 card. RFA champ Mike "Biggie" Rhodes (6-1) will make his UFC debute against George Sullivan (14-3) another newcomer to the promotion. 

 The Rhodes-Sullivan fight replaces a pair of bouts that were scrapped due to injury. A heavyweight fight between Aleksey Oleinik and Jared Rosholt as well as a welterweight bout between Pascal Krauss and Adam Khaliev had both been canceled last week, so UFC officials were forced to find a replacement for those matches on short notice. 

 Rhodes comes into this fight on a two fight winning streak, and in his last bout he won the Ressurection Fighting Alliance 170 pound title by winning a five round decision over Alan Jouban. 

 George Sullivan is on a six fight winning streak of his own and he currently holds the Cage Fury Fighting Championships Welterweight title. Of his 14 victories, 10 have come by way of knockout. 

 UFC on Fox 10 takes place on January 25th, 2014 and the main card will be shown live on Fox. 

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(November 20th, 2013)

Bellator Releases Riddle, Ford & Spang

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  Bellator has announced that they have cut three fighters from their roster. Matt Riddle (7-3 & 2 No Contests), Ryan Ford (21-4), and Andreas Spang (8-3) have all been cut from the organization. 

  Riddle was cut immediately after pulling out of his scheduled fight this friday. He never fought for Bellator and has pulled out of three fights already.

  As for Ford & Spang, no reason was given for their releases. 

 

 

 

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(November 10th, 2013)

UFC Fight Night 32 Bonuses

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  After UFC Fight Night 32, Zuffa gave out $50,000 bonuses to four fighters. 

 Vitor Belfort won the knock out of the night bonus, for his quick head kick finish of Dan Henderson. The bonus was the Brazilian sluggers third KO of the night award in a row.

  The submission of the night bonus went to UFC new comer Andriano Martins, for his Straight Armbar finish of Daron Cruickshank in the second round of their fight. 

 And the fight of the night bonuses went to Omari Akhmedov and TUF Brazil veteran Thiago "Bodao" Perpetuo. Although their fight never made it past the opening round, the action was non stop as both men hurt each other with hard shots. The Russian Akhmedov ended up winning the slugfest with a KO after he was hurt and staggered moments earlier.  

 

 

 

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(November 9th, 2013)

WILL CAMPUZANO BACK IN UFC - FIGHTS PETTIS AT UFC 167

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 Will Campuzano (13-4) has resigned with the UFC, and will fight on only two week notice at UFC 167.

 He will replace the injured Vaughan Lee against UFC new comer Sergio Pettis, who is the younger brother of UFC lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis.

 Since being cut by the UFC in 2011, Campuzano has fought and won 5 fights in a row. During that streak he has beaten Hideo Tokoro, Alan Nascimento, Jimmy Flick, Joshua Sampo, and Randy Hinds. 

 

 

 

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(November 8th, 2013)

UFC Fight Night 32 Weigh Ins

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Dan Henderson (204 lbs.) vs. Vitor Belfort (204 lbs) 

Cezar Ferreira (185 lbs) vs. Daniel Sarafian (186 lbs)

Rafael Cavalcante (205 lbs) vs. Igor Pokrajac (204 lbs)

Rony Mariano Bezerra (146 lbs) vs. Jeremy Stephens (146 lbs)

Santiago Ponzinibbio (171) vs. Ryan LaFlare (170 lbs)

Paulo Thiago (170 lbs) vs. Brandon Thatch (170 lbs.)

Godofredo Castro (146 lbs) vs. Sam Sicilia (146 lbs)

Thiago de Oliveira Perpetuo (185 lbs) vs. Omari Akhmedov (182 lbs)

Thiago Tavares (156 lbs) vs. Justin Salas (155 lbs)

Daron Cruickshank (155 lbs) vs. Adriano Martins (155 lbs)

Dustin Ortiz (125 lbs) vs. Jose Maria Tome (126 lbs)

 

 

 

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(August 19th, 2013)

UFC OFFICIALLY CUTS REZA MADADI

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  The UFC has oficially announced that the organization has terminated the contract of lightweight fighter Reza Madadi. 

  It was announced on monday that due to Madadi's conviction in a Swedish court for burglary he is cut from the UFC due to violating the UFC fighter code of conduct. Madadi was found guilty in a Swedish court for breaking into a designer hand bag store and was given an 18 month long jail sentence. 

 In his stint in the UFC, Madadi went 2-1 with victories over Michael Johnson and Yoislandy Izquierdo.   

 

 

 

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(August 16th, 2013)

UFC CUTS SIX FIGHTERS 

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   This week, the UFC has removed six fighters from its web page roster. What does that mean? It basically means that the fighters have been cut and that they no longer work for Zuffa, the company that owns the UFC. Those fighters that got the axe were Roger Gracie (6-2), Dave Herman (21-6), Vinny Magalhaes (11-7), John "The One" Maguire (18-6), Bristol Marunde (12-9), and Ednaldo "Lula Molusko" Oliveira (13-2-1). 

  To me, the most surprising of the cuts was Roger Gracie. In July, Gracie made his UFC debute after being brought over from the now defunct StrikeForce organization. He lost a unanimous decision to Tim Kennedy, but being that he went 5-1 in StrikeForce, I thought the UFC would give him atleast one more fight. Well I was wrong, and now the 31 year old Brazilian will have to look to fight somewhere else. 

 

 

 

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(July 3rd, 2013)

THREE CHANGES TO UFC ON FOX SPORTS ONE 1 CARD

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 Its been a tough week for the UFC On Fox Sports One 1 event. Three fighters due to fight on the Boston card have been forced to pull out of their bouts due to injuries. 

 Today it was reported that Brazilian welterweight Thiago Alves suffered an injury during training camp and that he would longer be able to fight Matt "The Immortal" Brown (19-11) on August 17th. Replacing Alves against Brown will be Mike "Quicksand" Pyle (25-8-1).

 Another main card fight between middleweights Uriah Hall (8-3) and Nick Ring also had to be changed due to Ring getting injured. Hall will now face off against fellow TUF 17 cast member Josh Samman (10-3). 

 A prelim featherweight fight also was changed due to injury. Akira Corrasani was suppose to face off against Mike Brown (26-8), but an injury to Corrasani forced him off the card as well. Replacing Corrasani to fight Matt Brown is Steven Siler (22-10). 

 

 

 

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(July 1st, 2013)

GILBERT YVEL RETIRES FROM MMA

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  Gilbert "The Hurricane" Yvel has  announced his retirement from the sport of mma. At 37 years old, Yvel has fought in 56 pro mma fights and has fought all over the world. He has competed for some of the biggest mma organizations like the UFC, Pride FC, and M1 Global. 

  Yvel's pro mma record currently stands at 38 wins, 16 loses, 1 draw, and 1 no contest. His last two fights were fought under the Ressurection Fighting Alliance banner, and he won both of those fights by finishing his opponents in the first round. 

 

 

 

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(June 28th, 2013)

EDIANE GOMES NOW FACES CHARMAINE TWEET AT INVICTA FC 6

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 With two weeks until Invicta FC 6, an injury has forced another change to the card. Julia Budd was scheduled to fight Ediane Gomes (10-2) on the main card, but an injury to Budd has left her unable to compete at the event. Replacing Budd on short notice will be Charmaine Tweet (4-3).

 Charmaine "Not So Sweet" Tweet comes into her Invicta debute on a three fight winning streak. At 36 years old, she started her mma career in 2011, and lost to Rhonda Rousey in her pro debute. Of Tweets victories, all four have come by way of first round submissions. 

 

 

 

 

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(June 18th, 2013)

UFC 165 IN TORONTO HEADLINED BY LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT

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 On September 31st, 2013, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will once again hold an event in the city of Toronto, Canada. Headlined by a light heavyweight title fight between Champion Jon "Bones" Jones (18-1) and Alexander Gustaffson (15-1), UFC 165 will be held at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. 

 Jones has already defended his title a UFC record five times, since winning the belt at UFC 128 against then Champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. He is also on a nine fight winning streak, during the span beating former Champions like Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida, Vitor Belfort, and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Also since winning the UFC title, Jones has finished all but one of his opponents by knockout or submission. 

 The challenger Gustaffson is currently on a six fight winning streak. In his last fight, he beat former UFC Champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua by a one sided Unanimous Decision. The Swedish fighter also has wins in the UFC against Matt Hamill, Thiago Silva, Vladimir Matyushenko, James TeHuna, and Cyrille Diabate. Current Jones is looking to be a 8 to 1 favorite in this fight.   

 

 

 

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(June 13th, 2013)

JEFF CURRAN PULLS OUT OF RFA 8 TITLE FIGHT WITH SERGIO PETTIS

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  Last night, flyweight veteran Jeff Curran announced that he was pulling out of his title fight at Ressurection Fighting Alliance 8 against Sergio Pettis (7-0). Curran's reason for pulling out of the June 21st headliner in Milwaukee, was because his pet dog died, and he needed to be there for his family. 

  With only nine days left until the event, RFA officials had to scramble to find a replacement to fight for the Inaugural RFA flyweight title against 19 year old Pettis. That lucky man turned out to be Dillard Pegg (4-1) from Ohio. Pegg has already fought four times in 2013, winning all of those matches by finishing his opponents in the first round.    

 

 

 

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(June 7th, 2013)

TOMORROWS MARKES VERSUS BRUNSON FIGHT CANCELED

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 A middleweight fight between Ronny Markes (14-1) and Derrick Brunson (10-2), at saturdays UFC on Fuel 10 event, has been canceled. The reason for the cancelation is that Markes was involved in a car accident and was hurt. He suffered a concusion in the crash, and also has back and neck pains from the wreck, and definately would not be cleared to fight by tommorrow. With only 24 hours to go until the event, there is no time left to find a replacement to fight Brunson.

 Im sure if Brunson makes weight today, he will receive his show money. Hopefully Markes isn't hurt too seriously from the accident and hopefully he will be back in the cage very soon. 

 

 

 

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(June 4th, 2013)

SHOGUN RUA OUT OF UFC 161

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  After "Lil Nog" injury, UFC officials entertained the idea of finding a suitable replacement for him with just 12 days until the event. Chael Sonnen campaigned for the fight on his Twitter feed, but visa issues kept him from being able to fight Rua. Now the UFC has confirmed that Mauricio "Shogun" Rua will also be pulled from the event and the fight will be scraped all together, leaving 11 fights left on the card.  

 

 

 

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(June 2nd, 2013)

LIL NOG INJURED OUT OF UFC 161 FIGHT WITH SHOGUN RUA

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  "Lil Nog" Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (21-5) suffered a herniated disc injury during training and will be forced to withdraw from his rematch with Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (21-7) at UFC 161. With less then two weeks to go until the event, the UFC doesn't have much time to find a replacement for the co main event. 

 The "Lil Nog" and "Shogun" Rua rematch was one of the most anticipated matches on the already weak card and it was moved up into the co main event slot after the events original headliner was called off. Now unless UFC officials can find a suitable substitute, the event might just loss another fight. 

 If indeed a replacement can't be found, the UFC's only option would be to bump one of the prelims up to the main card. The prelim most likely to take that spot is a welterweight fight between Jake Shields (27-6-1) and Tyron Woodley (11-1) which would be a huge step down from the Rua-Nog rematch. 

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(June 1st, 2013)

CHE MILLS MISSES WEIGHT FOR CAGE WARRIORS TITLE FIGHT

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 Yesterday Che Mills missed weight for his Cage Warriors welterweight title fight against Champion Cathal Pendred. He weighed in at 170.7 pounds, less then one pound over the limit, and now the title is no longer on the line and the fight will be only three rounds instead of five. For missing weight, Mills will also be deducted 25% of his fight purse. This will be the English fighters first fight back since being cut by the UFC and it's also his first fight with the Cage Warriors promotion. Mills signed a 5 fight contract with Cage Warriors a few weeks ago and this will be the first fight on that deal.

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(May 30th, 2013)

FORREST GRIFFIN CALLS IT A CAREER

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 Former UFC light heavyweight Champion and The Ultimate Fighter season one winner, Forrest Griffin announced this week that he will call it a career and retire from professional mma.

 One of the more popular fighters in the UFC, at age 33, Griffins retirement comes 10 months after his last fight in which he defeated Tito Ortiz by a unanimous decision. After the Ortiz fight, Griffin ran out of the cage suddenly, and UFC President Dana White had to chase him down and pull Griffin back into the cage for a final interview.

  Also after the Ortiz fight, it was reported that Griffin was allowed a TRT exception for the fight. His opponent Tito Ortiz was mad that Griffin was allowed to be on TRT, and said that Griffin was a cheater for using it. Dana White was also quoted as saying that "If fighters need to be on TRT, they need to retire" and is opposed to TRT exceptions. 

 It was also reported this week that Forrest Griffin and Stephen Bonnar will both be inducted into the UFC Hall Of Fame. 

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(May 26th, 2013)

UFC 160 QUICK RECAP

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   UFC 160 played out pretty much as most of us expected. Cain Velasquez is still the heavyweight Champion, Junior Dos Santos is still the number one contender, and the lightweight division is still the most stacked weight class in all of mma.

   Cain Velasquez beat Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva even more impressively then he did in their first fight. Cain finished the Brazilian quickly, ending the fight with a TKO in the first round, one minute and twentyone seconds into the opening frame.   

 In the co main event, former UFC Champion Junior Dos Santos slugged it out with Mark Hunt for most of three rounds, finally TKOing Hunt with a spinning kick and punches with less then a minute to go in the fight. Although Dos Santos controled most of the fight, Hunt did land a few good shoots to make things interesting, but in the end they weren't enough to win him any rounds. Afterwards both JDS and Hunt were awarded $50,000 for fight of the night. With Cain's and JDS's impressive victories last night, they set up a third showdown for the UFC heavyweight title between the two, sometime later this year. 

  The biggest surprise of the night came when TJ Grant made short work of Gray Maynard, knocking him down numerous times until the referee finally waved the fight off. With the victory, Grant earned a title shot against Benson Henderson, and he also netted $50,000 for knockout of the night. Since dropping down to the lightweight division, TJ Grant is undefeated at 155 and he has won five fights in a row.

  In the other lightweight fight on the main card, Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone dominated StrikeForce import KJ Noons. For three rounds, Cerrone out punched, out kicked, and out grappled Noons, bloodying up KJ's face in the process. With the unanimous decision victory, "Cowboy" gets back in the winning column and improves his UFC record to 7-2.

  Glover Teixiera submitted James Te Huna with a guillotine choke in the first round. Having the only submission in the event, the Brazilian automatically got the submission of the night bonus of $50,000. With the victory, Teixiera's winning streak is now up to 19 in a row and he is also 4-0 in the UFC.  

    

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(May 23rd, 2013)

NEW PROMOTION TOP FC TO HOLD FIRST EVENT IN SEOUL ON 6/29/2013

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  Today Korean Top Team head coach Ha Dong Jin announced that he is starting a new promotion named Top Fighting Championship. He also let it be known that their first event will be held in Seoul, South Korea on June 29th, 2013.

  Already scheduled to fight on the first ever Top FC card is former UFC middleweight Dongi "The Ox" Yang (10-3). An opponent for "The Ox" is still being sought. A light heavyweight bout between HaeJun "Hungry" Yang (9-4) and Doo Hwan Kim (3-1) is also scheduled to take place at the inaugural event. 

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(May 22nd, 2013)

ALISTAIR OVEREEM FIGHTS TRAVIS BROWNE IN BOSTON

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  UFC President Dana White said that the UFC On Fox Sports One 1 event will be stacked with alot of good fights involving some of the biggest names in the promotion. Taking place in Boston, Massachusetts at the TD Garden, yesterday a heavyweight match was announced for the event. Alistair Overeem (36-12) and Travis Browne (14-1-1) will do battle inside the octagon come August 17th.

Both fighters are ranked in the top 10 of the UFC rankings and might be a win or two away from a title shot. 

 Before being knocked out by Antonio "Big Foot" Silva in his last fight, Alistair Overeem was on a 8 fight winning streak and was unbeaten in his last 12 matches. During that span, "The Demolition Man" won the StrikeForce and Dream heavyweight titles. He also competed in the K1 heavyweight grand prix, and won that crown too. Of his 36 career wins, 15 have come by knockout or TKO, 19 by submission, and only two by judges decision. Overeem has fought many of the best fighters in the sport of mma, and holds victories over Brock Lesnar, Fabricio Werdum, Mark Hunt, Sergei Kharitonov, an Vitor Belfort twice.

 Travis "Hapa" Browne has been very impressive since becoming a pro in 2009. In 16 fights, he has only lost one time, that being to Antonio "Big Foot" Silva. He has fought seven times for the UFC, and has wins over Gabriel Gonzaga, Chad Griggs, Stefan Struve, Rob Broughton, and James McSweeney. Of his 14 wins, 10 have been by knockout or technical knockout.

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(May 22nd, 2013)

RENAN BARAO INJURED & OUT OF UFC 161 TITLE FIGHT

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  UFC Interim Bantamweight Champion Renan Barao has suffered a foot injury during training camp, and he will not be able to defend his title at UFC 161. Scheduled to headline the event against Eddie Wineland, Barao's injury forces the UFC to bump a light heavyweight fight between Rashad Evans and Dan Henderson to the top spot on the card. It is unknown at this time if Wineland will remain on the card and fight in a non title fight against someone else.

 It has also been reported that heavyweight Stipe Miocic has an opponent change for the event. Originally scheduled to fight Soa "The Hulk" Palelei, that fight was scrapped by UFC officials in favor of Miocic versus Roy Nelson. I guess with the Barao injury, they're hoping Roy Nelson on the card can help out the PPV sales alittle bit. 

 UFC 161 is scheduled to take place on June 15th, 2013 at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The main card airs live on PPV at 10:PM eastern time.   

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(May 22nd, 2013)

BELLATOR SIGNS PAUL SASS, ROB SINCLAIR AND MARTIN STAPLETON

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  Bellator today announced the signing of three top English lightweight fighters. Paul Sass, Rob Sinclair and Martin Stapleton have all agreed to long term contracts with the organization and should make their debutes for the promotion soon.

  Paul Sass (13-2) was recently released by the UFC after losing in his last two outings. He fought in the UFC a total of five times and won three of those bouts. A submission specialist, 12 of his 13 career wins have come by way of submission. Sass has beaten top fighters like Jacob Volkman, Michael Johnson, Mark Holst, Jason Young, and also has beaten the other two Bellator signed fighters Sinclair and Stapleton.

  Rob Sinclair (12-2) currently holds the BAMMA lightweight title which he won by decisioning former UFC fighter Andre Winner. At age 33, he is the oldest of the three signed fighters. He is currently on a five fight winning streak and has won nine of his fights by KO or TKO.  

  Martin Stapleton (12-1) won the Cage Contender Fight Stars Lightweight Tournament Championship this past december by beating three opponents in one night. He also held the Clash Of Warriors Lightweight title back in 2008. An all-round fighter, Stapleton has great standup skills and is just as good with his grappling. 

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(May 15th, 2013)


 WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING TO HOLD MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE TOURNEY

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  The World Series Of Fighting organization will hold a four man tournament to crown its first ever middleweight Champion. The fighters choosen to compete in the tourney are  Danillo Villefort, David Branch, Elvis Mutapcic, and Jesse Taylor. The first fights will be held on August 27th at the WSOF 4 event and the finals will be held a month later at WSOF 5. So far the matchups for the tourney haven't been announced. 

  Danillo Villefort (14-4) is a former UFC, WEC and StrikeForce vet. In his last fight, he defeated Kris McCray by a split decision to win his debute in the World Series of Fighting. Of his 14 victories, 10 have come by way of KO or submission. Villefort has won 10 of his last 12 fights and has wins over veterans like Mike Campbell, Matt Horwich, and Joey Villasenor. 

  Elvis "The King" Mutapcic (13-2) enters the tournament on a five fight winning streak. He is the current Maximum Fighting Championship middleweight Champion. An all-round fighter, 5 of his wins came by knockout, 6 by submission, and 2 by decision. Mutapcic has beaten current UFC fighters Zak Cummings and Cezar Ferreira, and also holds a win over Bellator vet Sam Alvey. 

  David Branch (12-3) is also a former UFC fighter. Branch fought for the UFC four times, and also won two fights fighting in Bellator. He has already picked up two victories in the World Series of Fighting, beating Paulo Filho and Dustin Jacoby both by Unanimous Decisions. 

 Jesse "JT Money" Taylor (26-9) comes into the tournament on a six fight winning streak. In his last fight, he won the Cage Warriors middleweight title by submitting veteran John Phillips in the 1st Round. In his wins, 5 have come by knockout, 14 by way of submission, and 7 by decision.  

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(May 10th, 2013)

NICK NEWELL STRIPPED OF XFC LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE

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 XFC President John Prisco announced today that Nick Newell has been stripped of the XFC Lightweight Title and that a fight between him and Scott Holtzman is a no go. Prisco said that Newell refused to fight the number one contender Holtzman, even after he was offered more money to do so and he said that Newell only wanted to fight ex UFC fighters at this point of his career. 

 Scott Holtzman will still fight for the now vacant XFC lightweight title against someone else on june 14th, 2013 on the XFC 24 Collision Course card. As for Newell, his days with the promotion are probably done.

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(May 8th, 2013)

UFC CUTS A BUNCH OF FEATHERWEIGHTS

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  The UFC has cut a number of featherweights this week. Topping the list of fighters who got their walking papers the past few days, were Leonard Garcia, Pablo Garza, Bart Palaszewski, and Antonio "Pato" Carvalho. All four fighters have confirmed their release from the promotion by releasing statements on twitter.

  Other then the previous four fighters, five other UFC fighters had their profiles taken down off of UFC.com, which mean they most likely have received their pink slips as well. Those fighters were Reuben Duran, Sam Sicilia, Issei Tamura, Kurt Holobaugh, and Justin Lawrence. 

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(May 7th, 2013)

SHANE CARWIN RETIRES FROM MMA

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  Earlier today, former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin announced his retirement through his twitter. 

 Carwin wrote on his Twitter feed "Officially retired 2day. Thank you to my family, friends, and fans. Dream Big. God Bless."

 Carwin hasn't fought since 2011, and has been plagued by serious injuries during the latter part of his career. At age 38, it seems like a good time for the former Champ to call it a career. He finishes his pro mma career with 12 wins and only 2 defeats with 7 knockouts and 5 submissions in his victories. 

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(May 7th, 2013)

FIGHT MASTER BELLATOR MMA 32 MAN ROSTER

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  The names of the 32 fighters that will compete on this years Fight Master reality show have been released. Below is the list of fighters, their age, hometowns, and fight records. 


Fighters : 

Marcus "Lelo" Aurelio

Age: 26

Record: 6-2

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Nick Barnes

Age: 22

Record: 5-0

San Diego, California, USA

Eric Bradley

Age: 31

Record: 5-1

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Mike Bronzoulis

Age: 34

Record: 15-5-1

Houston, Texas, USA

Frank Carrillo

Age: 29

Record: 6-3

Miami, Florida, USA

Darryl Cobb

Age: 32

Record: 6-6

East St. Louis, Illinois, USA

Christopher Curtis

Age: 25

Record: 7-2

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Evan Cutts

Age: 22

Record: 5-1

Dallas, Texas, USA

Mike Dubois

Age: 30

Record: 3-0

Thomasville, Georgia, USA

Tom Gallicchio

Age: 26

Record: 16-8

Howell, N.J., USA

Ismael Gonzalez

Age: 32

Record: 11-10

Los Angeles, California, USA

Gareth Joseph

Age: 28

Record: 9-5

San Diego, California, USA

Chris Lozano

Age: 30

Record: 9-3

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

AJ Matthews

Age: 24

Record: 5-2

Carlsbad, California, USA

Rob Mills

Age: 35

Record: 8-2

Newcastle, United Kingdom

Steve Montgomery

Age: 22

Record: 3-1

Florence, S.C., USA

Chip Moraza-Pollard

Age: 24

Record: 7-4

Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Brett Nakamura

Age: 30

Record: 6-1

Maui, Hawaii, USA

Jason Norwood

Age: 28

Record: 12-3

Fort Hood, Texas, USA

Dom O'Grady

Age: 31

Record: 15-5-1

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Jacob Ortiz

Age: 31

Record: 8-4

San Manuel, Arizona, USA

Josh Quayhagen

Age: 26

Record: 6-1

Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA

Joe Riggs

Age: 30

Record: 39-14

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Eric Scallan

Age: 27

Record: 11-4

Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

Cristiano Souza

Age: 30

Record: 5-0

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Brendan Tierney

Age: 37

Record: 10-5

Queens, New York, USA

Bryan Travers

Age: 29

Record: 13-3

Bakersfield, California, USA

Andy Uhrich

Age: 27

Record: 8-3

Gering, Nebraska, USA

Tim Welch

Age: 22

Record: 8-4

Great Falls, Montana, USA

Cole Williams

Age: 30

Record: 5-1

Darian, Wisconsin, USA

Joe Williams

Age: 27

Record: 7-1

Tustin, California, USA

Artenas Young

Age: 32

Record: 9-5

Houston, Texas, USA

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(April 27th, 2013)

UFC 159 CURSED WITH INJURIES

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  UFC 159 will probably be remembered most for the nasty injuries and unusual stoppages that happened throughout the event. In the main event, UFC light heavyweight Champion Jon "Bones" Jones over-power Chael Sonnen and TKO'd him at the end of the first round. Although the ref maybe stopped the fight alittle too quickly, most people were talking about an injury the Champ suffered during the bout. Jones broke his big toe on the left side, and didn't notice the injury until after the fight, when Joe Rogan was about to interview him. 

 In the co-main event, Michael Bisping beat Alan Belcher by a Technical Unanimous Decision. The fight was stopped during the third round with less then a minute left, because Belcher's eye ball was accidently cut. The injury began bleeding and Belcher couldn't see out of it so the correct decision was made to go to the score cards alittle early. 

 In a pair of prelim fights, the injuries and accidental injury stoppages happened as well. A lightweight fight between Rustam Khabilov and Yancy Medeiros came to a halt quickly in the opening round, when Medeiros thumb was broken on a slam by Khabilov. In another fight, a eye poke early in the third round caused an evenly close fought fight between Gian Villante and Ovince St. Preux to go to the judges scorecards just thirty seconds into the third round. Somehow the third round was scored and St. Preux got the technical majority decision victory.  

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(April 27th, 2013)

CATONE HOSPITALIZED FOR DEHYDRATION NOT FIGHTING TONIGHT

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  Nick Catone was the only fighter to miss weight yesterday at the UFC 159 weigh-ins. Today he has been hospitalized due to dyhydration and his mma match against James Head has been called off.

 Catone has been in the UFC since 2009 and has fought for the organization seven times already. Most of Catone's fights have been at 185 lbs. and this was only the second time he ever tried to make the welterweight cut.     

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(April 27th, 2013)

UFC 159 : Jones Versus Sonnen Weigh-In Results

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 Only one fighter failed to make weight successfully for UFC 159. Welterweight Nick Catone came in 2 pounds over weight at 173, and he will be deducted 20% of his fight purse. Here is how the rest of the card did on the scale.

Champion Jon Jones (205) vs. Chael Sonnen (205)
Michael Bisping (186) vs. Alan Belcher (185)
Roy Nelson (258) vs. Cheick Kongo (237)
Phil Davis (205) vs. Vinny Magalhaes (205.5)
Jim Miller (155) vs. Pat Healy (155.5)
Rustam Khabilov (156) vs. Yancy Medeiros (155.5)
Gian Villante (206) vs. Ovince St. Preux (206)
Sara McMann (134) vs. Sheila Gaff (133)
Bryan Caraway (136) vs. Johnny Bedford (136)
Leonard Garcia (145) vs. Cody McKenzie (145)
Nick Catone (173) vs. James Head (170.25)
Steven Siler (145.25) vs. Kurt Holobaugh (145)

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(April 25th, 2013)

MITRIONE'S SUSPENDED NO MORE

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  It looks like Matt Mitrione is no longer suspended by the UFC. Today UFC officials announced his next fight against Brendan Schaub on July 27th, 2013 on the UFC On Fox 8 card. 

  Only sixteen days ago, Mitrione was suspended by the UFC for comments he made about transgender fighter Fallon Fox. He was fined and interviewed by the UFC this past week and it looks like his suspention is over and done with.

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(April 25th, 2013)

FLYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT SET TO HEADLINE UFC ON FOX 8

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   UFC Flyweight Champion Demetrius Johnson (17-2-1) will defend his title on July 27th at Seattle's Key Arena, headlining the UFC On Fox 8 card against Brazilian John Moraga (13-1).    

  For the Champion Johnson, this will be his second defense of the title which he won this past september by decisioning Joseph Benavidez after a fast paced five round war. In his first title defense, in january, he also beat John Dobson by a five round decision as well. Since coming to the UFC, he is 5-1-1 and is undefeated since dropping to the 125 pound flyweight division.

   The challenger John Moraga is currently on a seven fight winning streak and he is 2-0 since joining the UFC. In his last fight this past december, he controlled the entire fight and submitted Chris Cariaso in the third round. In Moraga's UFC  debute, he made quick work of Ulysses Gomez, knocking him out in the first round with vicious elbows and punches.

  Although not a 100% official, below is a list of some of the other fights that are also rumored to be on the UFC On Fox 8 card. 

 170 lbs. = Jake Ellenberger (29-6) vs. Rory MacDonald (14-1) 

170 lbs. = Robbie Lawler (20-9) vs. Tarec Saffiedine (14-3) 

135 lbs. = Liz Carmouche (8-3) vs. Miesha Tate (13-4) 

   HWT.  = Brendan Schaub (9-3) vs. Matt Mitrione (6-2) 

155 lbs. = Danny Castillo (15-5) vs. Bobby Green (20-5) 

155 lbs. = Mac Danzig (22-10-1) vs. Melvin Guillard (47-13-3) 

135 lbs. = Julie Kedzie (16-11) vs. Germaine de Randamie (3-2) 

155 lbs. = Michael Chiesa (9-0) vs. Reza Madadi (13-3) 

155 lbs. = Yves Edwards (42-19-1) vs. Spencer Fisher (24-9) 

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(April 9th, 2013) 

MITRIONE SUSPENDED BY THE UFC

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 Just two days after his 19 second TKO victory against Philip De Fries, Matt "Meathead" Mitrione had his contract suspended by the UFC for comments he made about transgender fighter Fallon Fox on "The MMA Hour".

 In response to Mitrione's statement, the UFC released this statement quickly after. "The organization finds Mr. Mitrione's comments offensive and wholly unacceptable, and as a direct result of this significant breach of the UFC's code of conduct, Mr. Mitrione's UFC contract has been suspended and the incident is being investigated. The UFC is a friend and ally of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community and expects and requires all 450 of its athletes to treat others with dignity and respect." 

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(April 3rd, 2013) 

Gustafsson Out Of UFC On Fuel TV 9 Main Event

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 Alexander Gustafsson suffered a major cut in training and he will not be fighting in this saturdays main event against Gegard Mousasi. 

 UFC officials said that Mousasi will remain on the Fuel TV 9 card and in the main event against Gustafsson's team mate Ilir Latifi (7-2). Latifi, a UFC newcomer, is currently on a three fight winning streak. Of his seven career wins, 5 of those victories have come by either knockout or submission.  

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(March 25th, 2013)

TUF BRAZIL 2 - Elimination Round Results & Team Picks

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 The first two weeks of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 2 have aired and the  elimination round fights and team choices are all done now. In the first episode of the season, we saw the first seven fights of the first round and this past sunday we saw the last seven fights of the bouts to see who makes it into the Tuf Brazil house. Below are the results of the first round of action, and also the team choices. 

FIRST ROUND FIGHTS

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1. Pedro Irie (9-5) Defeated Wande Lopes Santana (6-0) by a KO (Punches) in the 1st-Round. 

2. Marcio "Pedra" Santos (4-0) Defeated Daniel "Gelo" Oliveira de Azeredo (4-1) by a Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in the 1st-Round. 

3. William "Patolino" Macario (6-0) Defeated Roberto Barros "Corvo" Martins Amorim (6-1) by a TKO (Cut) in the 1st-Round. 

4. Thiago "Marreta" de Lima Santos (8-1) Defeated Gil Freitas (14-5) by a Decision after 3-Rounds. 

5. Neilson Gomes (14-2) Defeated Felipe Olivieri (11-4) by a Decision after 2-Rounds. 

6. Luiz Jorge "Besouro" Dutra Jr. (11-2-1) Defeated Robson "Negao" Ferreira (4-0) by a Unanimous Decision after 2-Rounds. 

7. Tiago "Unstoppable" Alves (3-0) Defeated Weguimar "Big Big" de Lucena Xavier (17-5-1) by a Submission (Kimura) in the 2nd-Round. 

8. Yan Cabral (10-0) Defeated Ronaldo "Rony Silva" Oliveira Silva (3-0) by a Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in the 1st-Round. 

9. Cleiton "Foguete" Duarte (12-1) Defeated Bruno "Jacare" Dias (11-3-1) by a Decision after 3-Rounds. 

10. Leonardo Santos (11-3) Defeated Luciano Contini (8-1) by a TKO (Injury) in the 1st-Round. 

11. David Vieira (4-0) Defeated Leandro "Buscape" Silva (5-0) by a Majority Decision after 2-Rounds. 

12. Juliano "Ninja" Wandalen (7-3) Defeated Henrique "Sucuri" Batista (4-0) by a Unanimous Decision after 3-Rounds. 

13. Viscardi Andrade (13-5) Defeated Thiago "Jambo" Goncalves (15-3) by a Unanimous Decision after 2-Rounds. 

14. Santiago "El Rasta" Ponzinibbio (18-1) Defeated Thiago "Bel" Silva (9-3-1) by a TKO (Punches) in the 2nd-Round. 

 

TEAM CHOICES

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Team Nog

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Luiz Jorge "Besouro" Dutra Jr. (11-2-1) 

Santiago "El Rasta" Ponzinibbio (18-1) 

Neilson Gomes (14-2) 

Leonardo Santos (11-3) 

David Vieira (4-0) 

William "Patolino" Macario (6-0) 

Cleiton "Foguete" Duarte (12-1) 

 

Team Werdum

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Pedro Irie (9-5) 

Yan Cabral (10-0) 

Tiago "Unstoppable" Alves (3-0) 

Viscardi Andrade (13-5) 

Marcio "Pedra" Santos (4-0) 

Juliano "Ninja" Wandalen (7-3) 

Thiago "Marreta" de Lima Santos (8-1) 

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(March 18th, 2013)

Ronda Rousey To Be Head Coach On TUF 18

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  UFC womens bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey will be one of the head coaches on The Ultimate Fighter season 18. The first ever female head coach, Rousey has appeared on the reality show before, but only as a guest coach. It is believed that the winner of the April 13th fight between Cat "Alpha" Zingano & Miesha Tate will decide who the opposing coach will be and Rousey's next opponent as well. Season 18 will have both men and women contestants from the 135 pound bantamweight division.

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(March 18th, 2013)

Flyweights Jussier "Formiga" & Chris Cariaso Set To Fight At UFC On FX 8

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 On May 18th, 2013, Brazil will once again play host to a UFC event. UFC on FX 8 will be headlined by a middleweight fight between Vitor Belfort & StrikeForce Champion Luke Rockhold. Last night it was reported that flyweights Jussier "Formiga" Da Silva (14-2) & Chris Cariaso (14-4) will fight each other most likely during the prelims.

       

  Both "Formiga" and Cariasco are coming off loses in their last bouts. The Brazilian Jussier Da Silva lost in his UFC debut to John Dobson by a TKO in the second round. Before that fight, he was on a five fight winning streak, and was even ranked as the number one flyweight in the world. For Cariasco, he was submitted in the third round in a fight he was controling against John Moraga. Before that defeat, the American Cariasco was on a three fight winning streak, beating Takaya Mizugaki, Vaugn Lee, & Josh Freguson, all by decision.

 With the UFC looking to trim down their roster, this might be a must win for both fighters as two loses in a row in the UFC usually means a cut slip.

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(February 14th, 2013)

UFC SIGNS FOUR MORE FEMALE FIGHTERS

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 The UFC 135-pound women's division roster is up to six fighters now. Ronda Rousey is scheduled to fight Liz Camouche for the title at the end of the month. Earlier in the week, it was reported that Miesha Tate (13-3) will fight Cat Zingano (5-0) at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale, which takes place April 13th in Las Vegas, and today it was announced that Sara McMan (6-0) and Alexis Davis (13-5) were also signed by the UFC. 

 UFC President has stated that for now, the UFC will only have one female division, and that would be the bantamweight division at 135 pounds. This is horrible news for another female fighter, Cristiane " Cyborg " Santos. Satos has said that she wouldn't be able to make the 135 pound limit, and she has asked for a contract release from Zuffa. It appears that the UFC might indeed release the fomer StrikeForce Champion, and let her go fight elsewhere. 

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(February 14th, 2013)

Nah-Shon Burrell Fights Yuri Villefort At UFC 157

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 A welterweight bout between Nah-Shon Burrell (8-2) and Yuri Villefort (6-1) has been added to the prelims of the UFC 157 card set to take place in Anaheim, on february 23rd, 2013. Both men are StrikeForce fighters that have been brought over to the UFC after the Zuffa buyout, and both of them will be making their UFC debutes. 

 Burrell is coming into this fight after losing by a first round TKO in his last StrikeForce bout. Before that defeat, he had won six matches in a row, and won his first three StrikeForce fights. At age 23, he is a young exciting fighter, that has alot of power in his hands, finishing six of his eight wins by knockout. 

 Yuri Villefort is also a young rising star, but he is also coming into this fight off of a loss. The 21 year old, suffered the first defeat in his career in his only StrikeForce fight, losing by a split decision to Quinn Mulhern. Before that loss, Villefort also had a six fight winning streak, winning two of those by knockout and three by submission. He is equally dangerous in his standing game and his ground work, and he can finish the bout almost anywhere. 

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(May 25th, 2012)
UFC 146 WEIGHT INS - All Fighters Make Weight
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UFC Heavyweight Championship
Junior dos Santos (239) vs. Frank Mir (261)

Cain Velasquez (240) vs. Antonio Silva (264)
Roy Nelson (254) vs. Dave Herman (233)
Shane del Rosario (246) vs. Stipe Miocic (245)
Stefan Struve (255) vs. Lavar Johnson (248)

Prelims
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Diego Brandao (145) vs. Darren Elkins (145)
Edson Barboza (155) vs. Jamie Varner (156)
Jason “Mayhem” Miller (185) vs. C.B. Dollaway (186)
Dan Hardy (170) vs. Duane Ludwig (171)
Jacob Volkmann (155) vs. Paul Sass (156)
Kyle Kingsbury (205) vs. Glover Teixeira (204)
Mike Thomas Brown (145) vs. Daniel Pineda (146)

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(May 5th, 2012)
AKIHIRO GONO RETIRES AFTER 18 YEAR CAREER
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 An mma veteran of 57 fights, Japanese fighter Akihiro Gono (32-18-7) retired from the sport last night after his quick TKO loss to Bellator Lightweight Champion Michael Chandler. The loss was Gono's third straight defeat, and at the Bellator 67 post fight conference, the veteran let it be known that this was his last fight and he would now be retiring from the sport after 18 years. Gono made his pro debute back in 1994. He has fought for the best organizations in the sport including the UFC, Pride FC, Deep, Sengoku, and Pancrase. He holds victories over Gegard Mousasi, Hector Lombard, Tamdan McCrory, Yuki Kondo, and Ivan Salavarry just to name a few of the top guys he had beaten.
 One thing I can say about Gono's career, is that he was usually a very entertaining fighter, and win or lose he would always win the crowds over that he was competing in front of. 

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(April 25th, 2012)

HECTOR LOMBARD SIGNS WITH THE UFC

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 Bellator Middleweight Champion, Hector Lombard has officially signed to fight with the Ultimate Fighting Championships. News of the signing came from the fighter himself as he released the news on his personal Twitter account.

 The Cuban born fighter has posted an awesome pro mma record of 31 wins, 2 loses, and 1 draw. He has also won titles in three different organizations, winning the Bellator Fighting Championships Middleweight title, the Australian Fighting Championship Middleweight title, and the Cage Fighting Championships Middleweight title.

 Lombard is currently on a 20 fight win streak and he hasn't lost a fight since 2006. While fighting in Bellator, he won the organizations title and won all 8 fights he was in.

 Lombards signing is definately one of the biggest aquisitions made by the UFC in recent years and with a few wins, he might get a title shot hopefully sooner rather then later.

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(April 5th, 2012)

TUF BRAZIL TEAMS PICKED

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 The second episode of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil aired sunday and the two teams were selected. Below is this seasons TUF Brazil teams.

Team Belfort
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(185 lbs.)
Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira (4-2)
Daniel Sarafian (7-2)
Thiago "Bodao" de Oliveira Perpetuo (8-1-1)
Sergio Moraes (6-1)

(145 lbs.)
Hugo "Wolverine" Viana (5-0)
Rodrigo Damm (9-5)
Godofredo Pepey (8-0)
Anistavio "Gasparzinho" Medeiros de Figueiredo (12-7)

Team Silva
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(185 lbs.)
Delson "Pe de Chumbo" Heleno (23-6)
Francisco "Massaranduba" Drinaldo (10-1)
Renee Forte (7-1)
Leonardo "Macarrao" Mafra Teixeira (5-0)

(145 lbs.)
Rony "Jason" Mariano Bezerra (10-3)
John "Macapa" Teixeira Da Conceicao (13-0-1)
Marcos Vinicius "Vina" Borges Pancini (19-3-1)
Wagner "Galeto" Campos (11-3)

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(April 4th, 2012)
OVEREEM FAILS PRE FIGHT DRUG TEST
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 UFC Heavyweight Alistair Overeem has failed a pre fight drug test. The drug test was conducted after a UFC 146 press conference last tuesday and Overeems sample was flagged for an elevated T/E ratio that exeeded 10-to-1, well over the 6-to-1 limit allowed.

 Most likely his fight with UFC Champion Junior Dos Santos will be called off, or another heavyweight on the card might take Overeems spot in the main event.

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(March 22nd, 2012)

SANTOS VERSUS PRINDLE BOUT CANCELED AGAIN

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 Today Thiago Santos came in eleven pounds over weight for his rematch with Eric Prindle. For the second week in a row, the fight had to be called off one day before fight time.

 Last week the fight was postponed, due to Prindle having flu-like symptoms after cutting weight. It has not been decided if this fight will be rescheduled or just scrapped all together.

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(March 21st, 2012)

TUF BRAZIL PREMIERES MARCH 25th

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 This sunday, TUF Brazil will premiere at 11:30 eastern time. The show will be broadcasted live in Brazil and online on TUF.com. Below is a list of the pairings for the first round elimination matches.

Middleweights
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Leonardo Mafra Teixeira (5-0) vs. Samuel Trindade (6-1)
Daniel Sarafian (7-2) vs. Richardson Moreira (3-0)
Francisco Drinaldo (10-1) vs. Charles Maicon (8-1)
Delson Heleno (23-6) vs. Gilberto Galvao (19-4-1)
Sergio Moraes (6-1) vs. Thiago Rela (3-1)
Cezar Ferreira (4-2) vs. Gustavo Sampaio (5-1)
Joao Paulo de Souza (8-4) vs. Thiago de Oliveira Perpetuo (8-1-1)
Renee Forte (7-1) vs. Fabio Luiz Vital da Costa (9-0-1)

Featherweights
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Alexandre Ramos (5-0) vs. Hugo Viana (5-0)
Giovanni da Silva Santos Jr. (10-1) vs. John Teixeira (13-0-1)
Marcos Vinicius Borges Pancini (19-3-1) vs. Pedro Nobre (10-0-1)
Rodrigo Damm (9-5) vs. Fabricio de Assis Costa da Silva (14-1)
Rony Mariano Bezerra (10-3) vs. Dileno Lopes (8-0)
Anistavio Medeiros (12-7) vs. Rafael Bueno (7-1)
Wagner Campos (11-3) vs. Fernando Duarte Guerra (10-1)
Godofredo Pepey (8-0) vs. Johnny Goncalves (4-0)

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(March 20th, 2012)

TITO ORTIZ TO RETIRE AFTER UFC 148 MATCH

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 On July 7th, 2012, Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz will fight for the last time. His opponent for the fight is scheduled to be Forrest Griffin. The two men have split wins in two previous matches, and this fight will complete the trilogy between them.

 At age 37, Ortiz has fought in 27 professional mma fights, winning 16, losing 10, and having 1 draw as well. He still holds the UFC record for most Light Heavyweight title defenses with five straight.

 Inside and outside of the ring, Ortiz has always been one of the most popular mma figures in the sport. Love him, or hate him, people always came to see him fight during his 15 year career.

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(March 17th, 2012)

TUF LIVE COACHES PICK TEAMS

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 On the second episode of this seasons The Ultimate Fighter Live, coaches Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber picked their teams. Cruz got the first pick and that means Faber will choose who fights in the first bout. Here in order as they were picked are the teams for this years TUF season.

TEAM CRUZ
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Justin "The American Kid" Lawrence (4-0)
Sam Sicilia (11-0)
Miles Jury (10-0)
Mike "The Wolverine" Rio (9-1)
James Vick (5-0)
Vinc Pichel (7-0)
Chris "Bad Boy" Tickle (8-4)
Jeremy Larsen (8-2)

TEAM FABER
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Al Iaquinta (6-1-1)
Cristiano Marcello (13-3)
Daron Cruickshank (11-2)
Joe Proctor (8-1)
Michael "Maverick" Chiesa (8-0)
John Cofer (8-1)
Andy Ogle (9-1)
Chris Saunders (10-2)

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(March 16th, 2012)

TUF BRAZIL FIGHTERS REVEALED

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 The Ultimate Fighter Brazil reality show is currently filming in Brazil. The coaches for this season are Wanderlei Silva and Vitor Belfort and the season will have two weight classes, featherweights and middleweights. The fighters competing on the season were finally revealed this week. Here is a list of all 32 fighters scheduled to fight for a chance to make it into the TUF Brazil house.

Featherweights
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Marcos Vinicius Borges Pancini (19-3-1)
Rafael Bueno (7-1)
Wagner Campos (11-3)
Giovanni da Silva Santos Jr. (10-1)
Rodrigo Damm (9-5)
Fabricio de Assis Costa da Silva (14-1)
Fernando Duarte Guerra (10-1)
Johnny Goncalves (4-0)
Dileno Lopes (8-0)
Rony Mariano Bezerra (10-3)
Anistavio Medeiros (12-7)
Pedro Nobre (10-0-1)
Godofredo Pepey (8-0)
Alexandre Ramos (5-0)
John Teixeira (13-0-1)
Hugo Viana (5-0)

Middleweights
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Thiago de Oliveira Perpetuo (8-1-1)
Joao Paulo de Souza (8-4)
Francisco Drinaldo (10-1)
Cezar Ferreira (4-2)
Renee Forte (7-1)
Gilberto Galvao (19-4-1)
Delson Heleno (23-6)
Leonardo Mafra Teixeira (5-0)
Charles Maicon (8-1)
Sergio Moraes (6-1)
Richardson Moreira (3-0)
Thiago Rela (3-1)
Gustavo Sampaio (5-1)
Daniel Sarafian  (7-2)
Samuel Trindade (6-1)
Fabio Luiz Vital da Costa (9-0-1)

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(March 16th, 2012)

Anthony "Rumble" Johnson Signs With Titan FC

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 This week it has been reported that former UFC fighter, Anthony "Rumble" Johnson has signed to fight with Titan FC.

 Johnson has a pro mma record of 10 wins and 4 loses, and he fought in the UFC eleven times. He was released by the UFC after his last fight, because he came into the fight 11 pounds over weight. Coming in over the weight limit has been a problem for "Rumble" throughout his career.

 Johnson is scheduled to make his Titan FC debute on May 25th in Kansas City, Kansas. He will fight as a middleweight and it will air live on HD-Net.

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(March 10th, 2012)

TUF LIVE OPENING BOUTS RESULTS

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  Friday night, The Ultimate Fighter reality show began filming for its 15th consecutive season. Like in past seasons, the first episode had the guys fighting to see who wins and gets a spot in the house. This year, 32 fighters fought on the opening day.

Unlike past seasons, every single fight this year will be live and broadcasted on FX TV. The first fights were only scheduled for one round each. Of the 16 fights, 8 went the whole 5 minutes and were decided by the judges and the other 8 fights ended by knockout, TKO, or some kind of submission. Below is the whole results from the first bouts of this seasons TUF.

 

ROUND ONE FIGHTS (March 9th, 2012)
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1. Joe Proctor (8-1) Defeated Jordan Rinaldi (5-1) by a Submission (Guillotine Choke) in the 1st-Round.
2. Cristiano Marcello (13-3) Defeated Jared "Crazy Legz" Carlsten (3-1) by a Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in the 1st-Round.
3. Sam Sicilia (11-0) Defeated Erin "Dead Aim" Beach (3-2) by a KO (Punch) in the 1st-Round.
4. Chris "Bad Boy" Tickle (8-4) Defeated Austin Lyons (9-2) by a TKO (Punches) in the 1st-Round.
5. Andy Ogle (9-1) Defeated Brendan Weafer (6-4) by a Unanimous Decision after 1-Round.
6. Vinc Pichel (7-0) Defeated Cody Pfister (6-4) by a Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in the 1st-Round.
7. John Cofer (8-1) Defeated Mark Glover (6-2-1) by a Unanimous Decision after 1-Round.
8. Chris Saunders (10-2) Defeated Chase "Prison Stare" Hackett (4-2) by a Unanimous Decision after 1-Round.
9. James Vick (5-0) Defeated Dakota Cochrane (11-3) by a Split Decision after 1-Round.
10. Michael "Maverick" Chiesa (8-0) Defeated Johnavan "The Immortal Warrior" Vistante Jr. (3-2) by a Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in the 1st-Round.
11. Mike "The Wolverine" Rio (9-1) Defeated Ali "Insane" Maclean (9-6-1) by a Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in the 1st-Round.
12. Justin "The American Kid" Lawrence (4-0) Defeated James Krause (15-5) by a KO (Punches & Knees) in the 1st-Round.
13. Daron Cruickshank (11-2) Defeated Drew Dober (7-4) by a Unanimous Decision after 1-Round.
14. Jeremy Larsen (8-2) Defeated Jeff Smith (9-1) by a Unanimous Decision after 1-Round.
15. Al Iaquinta (6-1-1) Defeated Jon "Super Saiyan" Tuck (6-1) by a Unanimous Decision after 1-Round.
16. Miles Jury (10-0) Defeated Akbarh "El Caballero" Arreola (19-7-1) by a Unanimous Decision after 1-Round.

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(March 2nd, 2012)

First Ever UFC Flyweight Fight Ends In Controversy

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 About a hour after being announced as a Majority decision victory for Demetrious Johnson, the first ever UFC flyweight fight ended up being a majority decision draw, after a scoring card error was announced later after the event already ended. The match was scheduled to go to an extra fourth round if it was tied after three, but due to that error by the Australian commision, the tie breaking round never happened.

 When asked about the mistake, UFC President Dana White said "Controversy seems to follow us lately" and he also said that a rematch would be done between Johnson and Ian McCall as soon as the two fighters are ready to go.

 In the nights other flyweight Championship semi final match, Joe Benevides TKO'd Yasuhiro Urushitani very early in the second round. Benevides will now have to wait and see who wins the rematch between Johnson and McCall to see who he will fight in the first ever UFC flyweight title fight.

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(February 28th, 2012)

The Ultimate Fighter Season 15 Cast

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 The Ultimate Fighter 15 Live Fighters
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Coaches are Urijah Faber & Dominick Cruz

Akbarh "El Caballero" Arreola (19-6-1) Chula Vista, California, USA
Erin "Dead Aim" Beach (3-1) San Diego, California, USA
Michael "Maverick" Chiesa (7-0) Spokane Valley, Washington, USA
Dakota Cochrane (11-2) Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Daron Cruickshank (10-2) Wayne, Michigan, USA
Mark Glover (6-1-1) Liverpool, England
Myles "The Fury" Jury (9-0) San Diego, California, USA
James Krause (15-4) Blue Springs, Missouri, USA
Jeremy Larsen (8-2) Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Johnavan "The Immortal Warrior" Vistante Jr. (3-1) Pearl City, Hawaii, USA
Brendan Weafer (6-3) New York, New York, USA
Jared "Crazy Legz" Carlsten (3-0) Los Angeles, California, USA
John Cofer (7-1) Hull, Georgia, USA
Drew Dober (7-3) Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Chase "Prison Stare" Hackett (4-1) Littleton, Colorado, USA
Al Iaquinta (5-1-1) Wantagh, New York, USA
Justin "The American Kid" Lawrence (3-0) Villa Ridge, Missouri, USA
Austin Lyons (9-1) Cordova, Tennessee, USA
Ali "Insane" Maclean (9-5-1) Belfast, North Ireland
Cristiano Marcello (12-3) Curitiba, Brazil
Andy Ogle (8-1) Tynemouth, England
Cody Pfister (6-3) Amarillo, Texas, USA
Vinc Pichel (6-0) Sherman Oaks, California, USA
Joe Proctor (7-1) Pembroke, Massachusetts, USA
Jordan Rinaldi (5-0) Matthews, North Carolina, USA
Mike "The Wolverine" Rio (8-1) Miami, Florida, USA
Chris "The So Cal Kid" Saunders (9-2) Long Beach, California, USA
Sam Sicilia (10-0) Spokane Valley, Washington, USA
Jeff Smith (9-1) Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Chris "Bad Boy" Tickle (7-4) Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Jon "Super Saiyan" Tuck (6-0) Hagtna, Guam
James Vick (4-0) Fort Worth, Texas, USA

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(February 24th, 2012)

UFC 144 WEIGHT INS  - RAMPAGE 6 POUNDS OVER

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UFC 144 WEIGHT INS

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Frankie Edgar (154) vs. Ben Henderson (154)

Ryan Bader (205) vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (211)**

Cheick Kongo (229) vs. Mark Hunt (264)

Yoshihiro Akiyama (169)  vs. Jake Shields (170)

Tim Boetsch (186) vs. Yushin Okami (185)

Hatsu Hioki (145) vs. Bart Palaszewski (146)

Joe Lauzon (156) vs. Anthony Pettis (155)

Preliminary Card:

Takanori Gomi (155) vs. Eiji Mitsuoka (154)

Vaughan Lee (135) vs. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto (136)

Steve Cantwell  (185) vs. Riki Fukuda (185)

Chris Cariaso (136) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (135)

Issei Tamura (145)  vs. Tiequan Zhang (146)

**Rampage Jackson will forfeit 20% of his purse to Badar and the fight will be contested at a catchweight of 211 lbs.

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(January 21st, 2012)

BRANDON VERA TO REMATCH THIAGO SILVA

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 Rumor has it that Brandon Vera will rematch Thiago Silva on May 15th, 2012 in an as yet unannounced event.

 In their previous bout at UFC 125, the bout was ruled a no contest after a unanimous decision victory for Thiago Silva was overturned due to a failed drug test by the Brazilian. The fight was completely one sided, with Silva dominating all three rounds, and one wonders how much difference the steroids actually did to help in Silva's win.

 UFC on FX 3 will probably be the event that night, one would think that this rematch would land on the main card portion of the card. Rumour also has it that it will take place in Virginia somewhere.

 

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(December 21st, 2011)

StrikeForce Melendez Vs Masvidal Payrolls

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Gilbert Melendez: $150,000
(no win bonus)

Jorge Masvidal: $23,000

Cristiane Santos: $66,000
(includes $33,000 win bonus)

Hiroko Yamanaka: $8,000

Gegard Mousasi: $150,000
(no win bonus)

Ovince St. Preux: $17,000

K.J. Noons: $65,000
(includes $30,000 win bonus)

Billy Evangelista: $20,000

Caros Fodor: $20,000
(includes $10,000 win bonus)

Justin Wilcox: $12,000

Roger Bowling: $ 14,000
(includes $7,000 win bonus)

Jerron Peoples $ 2,000

Devin Cole: $12,000
(includes $6,000 win bonus)

Gabriel Salinas-Jones: $3,000

Eddie Mendez: $6,000
(includes $3,000 win bonus)

Fernando Gonzalez: $3,000

Herman Terrado: $6,000
(includes $3,000 win bonus)

Chris Brown: $3,000  

 

 

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(December 9th, 2011)

M-1 CHALLENGE 30 WEIGH INS

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~ M1 Global Welterweight Championship ~

Shamil Zavurov (169.4) vs. Yasubey Enomoto (169.4)

Jose Figueroa (155.2) vs. Artiom Damkovsky (155)

Alexander Sarnavskiy (154.6) vs. Sergio Cortez (159)

Eddie Arizmendi (185.6) vs. Tyson Jeffries (185)

Bao Quach (144.4) vs. Alvin Cacdac (142.6)

 

PRELIMS

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Aaron Miller (149.6) vs. Paul Webb (147.2)

Max Martyniouk (155.2) vs. Chris Gomez (156.4)

 

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(December 9th, 2011)

MIGUEL ANGEL TORRES CUT BY THE UFC

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 On thursday night, UFC President Dana White announced that Former WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel A. Torres was released from the organization because of some controversial statements the fighter made on his twitter account.

 Torres tweeted the statement "If a rape van was called a surprise van, more women wouldn't mind going for rides in them because everyone likes surprises". The fighter deleted the comment a few hours later, but by then alot of people already saw it.

 Dana White said that Torres's statement was in very bad taste and that he would not be fighting for the UFC anymore. White also said that UFC fighters need to watch what they say and write in public, and that rape jokes would not be tolerated anymore.  

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(December 1st, 2011)

ELIOT MARSHALL GETS CUT FROM UFC

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 After suffering his second loss in a row in the UFC, Eliot "The Fire" Marshall has been cut by the organization. It was the fighter himself who made the release known threw his twitter account on wednesday.

 A six time UFC veteran, Marshall has gone 3 - 3 in his two stints with the worlds top mma organization. His release comes as a surprise to some because alot of people thought that he shouldve got the decision in his last fight against Brandon Vera. 

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(November 30th, 2011)

LEBEN GETS ONE YEAR SUSPENSION AFTER UFC 138 FAILED DRUG TEST

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 19 of 20 fighters on the UFC 138 card have passed their post fight drug test. Only middleweight UFC veteran Chris Leben failed his drug test for having the pain killers oxycodone and oxymorphone in his system.

 Not being the first time Leben has been in trouble for substance abuse, the UFC has suspended him for one year. In 2008, he was also suspended after another failed drug test came back positive after a fight also in England against Michael Bisping.

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(November 22nd, 2011)

FORMER UFC FIGHTER BIG RIG FALCAO HAD A HEART ATTACK

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 29 year old, Brazilian mma fighter Maiquel Jose "Big Rig" Falcao Goncalves suffered a heart attack and is currently in a Brazilian hospital in stable condition awaiting surgery.

 Big Rig's manager Marcelo Brigadeiro reported that his client is currently at Holy House Of Mercy intensive care unit in Pelotas. He also said that Falcao suffered a myocardial infarction and that doctors are still performing tests to see what needs to be done to help him.

 Recently Big Rig signed a contract to fight with Bellator, but his debut will now have to wait until he gets back to 100%. 

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(November 20th, 2011)

FIGHTER OF THE WEEK RUNNER UPS

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 This week Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva got the fighter of the week honours for his impressive KO victory over Cung Le. But other fighters also had very good weekends, and here are some of the runners up to the fighter of the week.

 Mike Chandler captured the Bellator Lightweight Championship by upsetting previous Champion Eddie Alvarez. The fight was a back and fourth war, in which both fighters were hurt and bounced back on a number of occasions. In the fourth round, Chandler submitted Alvarez to stay undefeated and capture the title.

 At UFC 139, Dan Henderson battled "Sho Gun" Rua in the first ever non title fight to go 5 rounds. Henderson survived a fifth round in which Rua had him mounted and was throwing down bombs for the majority of the round. Henderson held on to the end, and he won the fight by a very close unanimous decision.

 Also at UFC 139, former WEC Champions Brian Bowles and Urijah Faber fought for the number one contender spot in the bantamweight division. Faber submitted Bowles in the second round, earning him a second title shot against UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz.

 In Florida at Bellator 58, Bellator Middleweight Champion Hector Lombard dominated Shark Fights Light Heavyweight Champion Trevor Prangley. In the opening round, Lombard landed some very good punches that staggered Prangley. In the second round it was much of the same, until Lombard finally ended it by knocking out the Aussie.  

 

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(November 17th, 2011)

STRIKEFORCE CHALLENGERS 20 WEIGHT INS

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Antwain Britt 184 lbs. vs. Lumumba Sayers 185 lbs.
Ronda Rousey 146 lbs. vs. Julia Budd 146 lbs.
Adlan Amagov 184 lbs. vs. Anthony Smith 188 lbs.
T.J. Cook 205 lbs. vs. Trevor Smith 205 lbs.
Derek Brunson 186 lbs. vs. Nate James 184 lbs.
Matt Ricehouse 155 lbs. vs. Bill Cooper 155 lbs.
Bobby Green 155 lbs. vs. J.P. Reese 155 lbs.
David Hulett 170 lbs. vs. Quinn Mulhern 169 lbs.
Andreas Spang 185 lbs. vs. Willie Parks 184 lbs.

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(November 7th, 2011)

JOE WARREN TO DEFEND HIS TITLE IN FEBRUARY 2012 AGAINST PAT CURRAN

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 Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Warren (7-2) will defend his title for the first time in february 2012 against Pat Curran (16-4). Warren was suppose to defend the belt against season four tournament winner Patricio "Pitbull" Freire, but a hand injury has sidelined the 24 year old Brazilian. Freire will now instead have to wait until his injury is healed and he will fight the winner of the Warren - Curran fight.

 Pat Curran earned the right to fight Warren for the title by winning this past summer series featherweight tournament. During the tourny, he beat veterans Marlon Sandro by a KO, Ronnie Mann by a unanimous decision, & Luis Palomino by a submission. This was the second Bellator tournament Curran has won in as many years. Curran won the lightweight tournament in 2010, but ended up losing to Champion Eddie Alvarez by a unanimous decision.

 As for Champion Joe Warren, he is coming off of a brutal knock out lose to Alexis Vila in the opening round of the bantamweight tournament. Warren said that he was preparing for a fight with Freire, but will change his training camp now to get ready for Curran. A Greco-Roman wrestler, Warren said he will use his superior grappling skills to win every round to defend his belt. 

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(October 30th, 2011)

BJ PENN AND CRO COP ANNOUNCE THEIR RETIREMENTS AT UFC 137

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 Two legends of the sport of mma announced their retirements from the sport at UFC 137. Two time UFC Champion BJ Penn and former PrideFC Champion Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic both suffered defeats in their UFC 137 matches and afterwards they each announced that they were done fighting and that these were their lasts fights. 

 Going into his fight with Roy Nelson, Cro Cop said that win or lose this would be his farewell fight. After dominating the opening round, and almost finishing his opponent, Cro Cop faded late and was stopped by a TKO in the final round. His carreer record will stand at 27 wins 10 loses and 2 draws.

 BJ Penn on the other hand was talking about going for title number 3 before his main event fight against Nick Diaz. After a close first round, Penn was badly hurt in the second stanza and almost didn't survive. In the end a battered and beaten Penn lost by way of an Unanimous Decision. Afterward he shoke interviewer Joe Rogans hand and said this would be the last time he would fight in the octagon. At age 32 this comes as a shocker to most fans. Penn finishes his career with a record of 16 wins, 8 loses, and 2 draws.   

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 (October 27th, 2011)

Sylvia Versus Kraniotakes Fight Back On

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 24 hours after the Illinois commision denied Andres Kraniotakes a license to fight Tim Sylvia, it seems like they have had a change of heart a day later. The main event bout between former UFC Champion Tim Sylvia and German Kraniotakes is back on for November 5th at Moline, Illinois under the Pro Elite banner.

 Scheduled to be broadcasted on HD-Net, Pro Elite 2 will also feature a co main event fight between another former UFC Champion Andrei Arlovski versus journeyman Travis Fulton.

November 5th, 2011 (Moline, Illinois, USA)
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Pro Elite 2
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  HWT.   = Tim Sylvia (29-7) vs. Andreas "Big Daddy" Kraniotakes (12-4)
  HWT.   = Andrei Arlovski (16-9) vs. Travis Fulton (247-48-10)
155 lbs. = Reagen Penn (1-0) vs.
125 lbs. = Tara LaRosa (20-2) vs.
155 lbs. = Waylon Lowe vs. 

(Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinals)
Mark Ellis (1-0) vs. Ryan Martinez
Richard Odoms vs. Jason Bosler
Jake Heun vs. Chris Birchler
Walter Harris vs. Esteves Jones

(Heavyweight Tournament Alternate Match)
Todd Monaghan (2-3) vs.

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(October 26th, 2011)

Kraniotakes Out of Pro Elite 2 Main Event Versus Tim Sylvia

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 Andreas Kraniotakes was scheduled to fight former UFC heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia on November 5th at the Pro Elite 2 event in Moline, Illinois. But with just 10 days left until the event, the Illinois commission has denied Kraniotakes a license for the fight.

 Although the German has a record of 12 wins and 4 loses, the reason given by the Illinois commision for not sanctioning the fight was that he didnt have any sanctioned fights in his career. Without any past sanctioned mma bouts, the commision said they couldn't determine if he was qualified to fight a guy of Sylvia's calibur. 

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(October 15th, 2011)

MAIQUEL JOSE FALCAO GONCALVES SIGNS WITH BELLATOR

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 Only a few months after being cut by the UFC, Brazilian middleweight, Maiquel Jose Falcao Goncalves will be back fighting in the United States under the Bellator banner.

 During tonights Bellator 54 event, it was announced by company head, Bjorn Rebney that the former UFC fighter had indeed signed a contract to fight with their promotion and that he would be making his Bellator debut very soon.

 Nick named "Big Rig", Falcao Goncalves has a very impressive record of 28 wins and only 4 loses, with 23 of those victories coming by way of knock out and 3 by submissions.   

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(October 13th, 2011)

UFC UNDISPUTED 3 LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT ROSTER

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 With less then three months to go until the UFC Undisputed 3 video game is released, the Light Heavyweight roster was made official today. With a total of 19 fighters, here is the list of this years 205ers that will appear in the game.

  • Ryan Bader
  • Jason Brilz
  • Phil Davis (Game Spot Exclusive)
  • Cyrille Diabate
  • Rashad Evans
  • Rich Franklin
  • Forrest Griffin
  • Matt Hamill
  • Dan Henderson
  • Quinton Jackson
  • Jon Jones
  • Chuck Liddell
  • Lyoto Machida
  • Vladmir Matyushenko
  • Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
  • Tito Ortiz
  • Mauricio Rua
  • Thiago Silva
  • Brandon Vera

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(September 19th, 2011)

DAN HENDERSON BACK IN THE UFC FACES SHOGUN AT UFC 139

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 Soon after Dan Henderson knocked out Fedor Emelianenko, rumors started about his possible return to the UFC. Well for once it seems the rumors were true, as it is being reported that Hendo is back in the UFC and he will headline UFC 139 against "Shogun" Rua.

 Back in 2009, Henderson knocked out Michael Bisping in glorious fashion. After the fight it seemed a rematch with Champion Anderson Silva was next. But after contract negotiations failed between the UFC and Henderson, he then signed with StrikeForce. While in StrikeForce, Hendo went on to win the Light Heavyweight title and won 3 out of the four fights he fought in.

 Whats next for Henderson is a main event matchup at UFC 139 against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. The good news is that Henderson belongs in the UFC fighting the best middleweights and Light Heavyweights in the world. The bad news is it looks like StrikeForce might be done.

 Now with the UFC taking another StrikeForce Champion, it looks like StrikeForces days might be limited to how long the Showtime contract lasts for. Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz and Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem have also been signed by the UFC leaving StrikeForce with only half of its Champions left.     

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(September 14th, 2011)

BELLATOR SIGNS THREE HOT PROSPECTS

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 This week the Chicago based, Bellator organization has been busy signing new rising prospects to its already filled roster. German Jonas Billstein (9-1), Brazilian Rodrigo "Ratinho" Lima (9-0), and Frenchman Norman Paraisy (10-1-1) have all agreed to extensive deals to fight for Bellator.

 20 year old, Jonas Billstein currently holds the German MMA Championship light heavyweight title. In his nine victories, 7 have come by way of knock out, 1 by submission, and 1 by a decision. Although most of his professional fights have come at 205 pounds, he is expected to fight in the middleweight division when he makes his debute in America. With less then two years experience, Billsteins future in the sport looks to be very bright.

 Norman Paraisy has fought in Bellator once in 2009, and in that fight he suffered his only career defeat at the hands of Dave Menne. Paraisy's 10 career wins include five submission stoppages and two knockout wins as well. He also competed on The Ultimate Fighter TV show in season 11.

 Bantamweight Rodrigo Lima comes to Bellator with an undefeated record. This Tata Fight Team representative has finished seven of his opponents within the first round, 2 by knock out, and the other 5 by submission. So far he has only competed in Brazil under the Watch Out Combat Show banner. 

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(September 14th, 2011)

ZWICKER INJURED OUT OF STRIKEFORCE CHALLENGERS 19 MAIN EVENT

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 On wednesday it was confirmed that Virgil "Rezdog" Zwicker had suffered an injury during training, and that he will no longer fight in the main event against Lorenz Larkin on the StrikeForce Challengers 19 card. Zwicker has fought for the StrikeForce organization twice already. In his first fight for them, he fought at heavyweight and lost to Lavar Johnson by a knock out. Then this past april he moved back down to light heavyweight, and won by a TKO over Brett Albee.

 At 29 years old, and a record of 10 wins and only two loses, hopefully his injury aint too serious and he will be back soon. StrikeForce officials say they are currently looking for a replacement to fight Larkin in the main event.

September 23rd, 2011 (at Nevada, USA) on Showtime-TV
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StrikeForce Challengers Series 19
=============================

205 lbs. = Lorenz "The Monsoon" Larkin (11-0) vs.
155 lbs. = Ryan Couture (2-1) vs. Maka Watson (4-1)
  HWT.   = Lavar "Big" Johnson (15-4) vs. Shawn Jordan (11-3)
170 lbs. = Brian Melancon (5-2) vs. Felipe Portela (7-0)
170 lbs. = Jason High (14-3) vs. Todd Moore (14-4)

Prelims
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155 lbs. = Magno Almeida (9-2) vs. James Terry (10-3)
155 lbs. = Bobby Green (15-5) vs. Charon Spain (6-6)
145 lbs. = Germaine de Randamie (2-2) vs.
170 lbs. = Joe Ray (5-2) vs.

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(September 7th, 2011)

NICK DIAZ PULLED FROM UFC 137 MAIN EVENT AGAINT GSP

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 After missing a second press conference in a row, Nick Diaz has been removed from his UFC 137 fight against UFC welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre. The announcement was made by UFC President Dana White after Diaz failed to show up at the second press conference in Las Vegas. In his place, Carlos Condit will now get a shot at the title.

 Condit was suppose to face BJ Penn at the October 29th event, but now UFC officials say they are looking at alternative opponents for the Prodigy. So far Nick Diaz's whereabouts are not known, and weather or not he will be cut from the UFC is also still uncertain.

 St. Pierre said that he also doesn't like going to these press conferences, but he still does because he understands that it is his job to promote his fights. When asked about the opponent change, GSP said he was excited to fight Condit, and also said that Condit might be a tougher fight for him then Diaz wouldve been.

   

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(September 6th, 2011)

OVEREEM SIGNED BY THE UFC

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 StrikeForce & K1 Heavyweight Champion Alistair "The Demolition Man" Overeem has officially been signed by the UFC. Since beginning his mma career in 1999, Overeem has fought in many organizations around the world including PrideFC, StrikeForce, and Dream. He holds a record of 35 wins and 11 loses, and has not been defeated in his last 11 fights.

 On top of his signing with the organization, UFC officials also said who he would fight in his first match with them. Overeems first opponent in the octagon will be former UFC Champion Brock Lesnar (5-2) at UFC 141 on december 30th, 2011.

 Overeem is the second current StrikeForce Champion who has been brought over to the UFC. Welterweight Nick Diaz was the first.    

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(August 14th, 2011)

MMA TRAINER SHAWN TOMPKINS DIES AT 37

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  On sunday it was reported that MMA trainer and former fighter, Shawn Tompkins unexpectantly passed away. At age 37, his untimely death has come as a shock to the mma community.

 Tompkins has trained UFC fighters like Vitor Belfort, Wanderlei Silva, Mark Homnick, Goran Reljic, and Sam Stout.

 Our thoughts and prayers here at MMA 24-7 go out to his family in their time of grief. 

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(August 11th, 2011)

MATT HAMILL RETIRES AFTER UFC 133 DEFEAT

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 Last saturday night, at UFC 133, Matt "The Hammer" Hamill (11-4) stepped in on short notice to fight against Sweden's Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson. After a close first round, Hamill got caught by a hard left punch, and ended up getting knocked out for only the second time in his career.

 A few days after the defeat, Hamill announced that he would retire from fighting and would concentrate only on coaching other fighters instead. At age 34, the announcement came as a big surprise to everyone.

 Born deaf, Hamill has been wrestling since he was a child. He made his way into the UFC after a good run on season three of The Ultimate Fighter reality TV show. While in the UFC he has beaten top contenders like Tito Ortiz, Mark Munoz, Keith Jardine, and even beat current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon "Bones" Jones by a DQ.       

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(August 11th, 2011)

TACHI PALACE FIGHTS 10 PAYROLL

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Ian McCall: $8,000
(including $4,000 win bonus)

Darrell Montague: $4,000

Eddie Yagin: $6,000
(including $3,000 win bonus)

Joe Soto: $6,000

Jussier da Silva: $7,000
(including $3,500 win bonus)

Mamoru Yamaguchi: $4,000

Giva Santana: $6,000
(including $3,000 win bonus)

Doug Marshall: $8,000

Jorge Lopez: $6,000
(including $3,000 win bonus)

David Marshall: $3,000

Ulysses Gomez: $10,000
(including $5,000 win bonus)

Drew Bittner: $1,500

Kenny Ento: $4,000
(including $2,000 win bonus)

Phil Collins: $3,000

Brad McDonald: $2,000
(including $1,000 win bonus)

Sergio Quinones: $1,000

Musa Toliver: $3,000
(including $1,500 win bonus)

Andy Miranda: $3,000
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(July 28th, 2011)

ALVAREZ TO DEFEND TITLE AGAINST CHANDLER AT BELLATOR 54

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 Bellator Fighting Championships Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez (22-2) will defend the title on October 15th, 2011 in Atlantic City, New Jersey at Bellator 54 against season four tournament winner Mike Chandler (8-0).

 So far Alvarez has only defended his title one time since winning the belt over two years ago against Toby Imada at Bellator 12. He is currently riding a seven fight winning streak and is also a perfect 6-0 while fighting under the Bellator banner.

 His opponent, Mike Chandler has a perfect record in eight fights. He won the Bellator season four lightweight tourny by beating Marcin Held, Lloyd Woodard, and Patricky Friere. The 25 year old from Missouri has fought five times for Bellator, winning twice by decision, once by TKO, and twice by submission. Chandler has also fought one bout in StrikeForce, defeating Richard Bouphanouvong by a TKO in the second round at StrikeForce Challengers 5. 

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(July 28th, 2011)

ARLOVSKI TO RETURN AUGUST 27TH AT PROELITE EVENT

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 On August 27th, 2011, ProElite is scheduled to host an event at Neil Blaisdell arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski (15-9) is scheduled to headline the main event against Ray Lopez (5-2).

 On a four fight losing streak, Arlovski looks to rebound from first round knock out loses to Fedor Emelianenko, Brett Rogers, Sergei Kharitonov, and a three round decision loss to Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva. His last win came in 2008, when he beat Roy Nelson by KO at an Affliction event. 

 Also scheduled to appear on the card, is recently cut UFC veteran Kendall "The Spider" Grove fighting against another former UFC fighter, Joe "Diesel" Riggs. BJ Penn's brother, Reagen is also scheduled to make his mma debut at the event.

August 27th, 2011 (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
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ProElite 1
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  HWT.   = Andrei Arlovski vs. Ray Lopez
185 lbs. = Kendall Grove vs. Joe Riggs
  HWT.   = Jake Heun vs. Mark Ellis
185 lbs. = Drew McFedries vs. Kala Hose
135 lbs. = Sara McMann vs. Raquel Pa'aluhi
Reagan Penn vs.

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(July 25th, 2011)

JASON HIGH SIGNS A MULTI FIGHT DEAL WITH DREAM

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 Jason "the Kansas City Bandit" High (14-3) has said on his twitter account that he signed a multi fight deal with the DREAM organization.

 A former UFC and StrikeForce veteran, High has already fought for the DREAM organization three times, winning in two of those matches. He currently is riding a 5 fight winning streak with wins over Quinn Mulhern, Rudy Bears, Hayato Sakurai, Keto Allen, and Jordan Mein.

 A regular on twitter, High is one of the friendliest professional mma fighters out their and he goes out of his way to answer most of the questions asked of him on twitter. I personally wish him the best on his return to Japan and hope he has alot of success. 

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 (July 22nd, 2011)

BOBBY LASHLEY PULLS OUT OF MAIN EVENT AT TITAN FC 19

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 With less then a week to go until the event Titan Fighting Championship 19, heavyweight Bobby Lashley pulls out of his main event match against UFC veteran Eddie Sanchez.

 Although the reason for pulling out of the fight isn't exactly clear, Titan FC CEO Joe Kelly said that things were not going good in Lashley's life currently, and it wouldn't be right to have him fight next week. Kelly also said that Lashley would be back for Titan Fighting Championship 20 on August 26th in Kansas City.

 With the Lashley-Sanchez bout being scratched, a fight between James Krause (12-3) and Clay French (18-6) has been promoted to the main event. And a female fight between Sara McMahon (2-0) and Tonya Evinger (8-5) has also been moved from the prelims to the main card. 

July 29th, 2011 (Kansas, USA) on Hd-Net
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Titan Fighting Championships 19
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160 lbs. = James Krause (12-3) vs. Clay French (18-6)
135 lbs. = Sara McMann (2-0) vs. Tonya Evinger (8-5)
185 lbs. = Rob Kimmons (23-7) vs. Brendan Seguin (22-17-1)
170 lbs. = Nick Nolte (3-3) vs. Marcio Navarro (7-5)
155 lbs. = Willian de Souza (1-1) vs. Joe Wilk (11-6)
135 lbs. = Anthony Gutierrez (2-0) vs. Cody Land (4-0)
  HWT.   = Daniel Gallemore (0-0) vs. Alex Huddelston (0-0)     

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(July 22nd, 2011)

NATE MARQUARDT SIGNS WITH BAMMA

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 Less then a month after he was released from the UFC, Nate Marquardt (31-10-2) has signed on with a new organization. The British Association of Mixed Martial Arts, BAMMA signed the 32 year old fighter to a multi-fight deal this week.

 Marquardt became a free agent, when the UFC cut him because he pulled out of a main event fight against Ricky Story, with just one day left before the event. UFC President Dana White went online and stated that Marquardt was cut from the UFC and would never fight in the UFC ever again. After his release, many organizations showed interest, but in the end he signed with BAMMA.   

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(July 21st, 2011)

CRUZ TO DEFEND UFC TITLE ON VERSUS

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 On October 1st, 2011, the UFC will host its first ever show in the nations capital at Washington D.C. The event is scheduled to broadcast live on the Versus channel, and for the first time ever on Versus a UFC title will be up for grabs. UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz (18-1) will defend his title against Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson.

 Cruz will defend the UFC belt for the second time ever in his second UFC fight ever and he also comes into this bout on a nine fight winning streak. In his first UFC fight, Cruz avenged his only career loss by beating Urijah Faber. His opponent Demetrious Johnson also comes into this fight on a winning streak, as he has won four fights in a row since his first ever career loss. "Mighty Mouse" has fought twice already in the UFC defeating former WEC Champion Miguel A. Torres and Japanese star Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto.       

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(July 20th, 2011)

MAXIMUM FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP RELEASES DREW FICKETT

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  Lightweight fighter Drew Fickett was released this week from his contract with the Maximum Fighting Championship organization. MFC owner Mark Pavelich said the decision was made to release Fickett because he lost his last two fights by first round knock outs.

 Although Fickett had a contract with MFC, the organization gave him permission to fight in Japan for the last Dream event. But Pavelich also said that Fickett was informed if he lost badly he would be cut.  

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(July 19th, 2011) 

OVEREEM OUT OF STRIKEFORCE GRAND PRIX

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 The StrikeForce Heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem is officially out of the StrikeForce Grand Prix. StrikeForce President Scott Coker and Zuffa head Dana White both confirm that Overeem will no longer compete in the Heavyweight tournament.

  The reason for his tournament departure was because the second round of the GP is scheduled to take place in September, and Overeem said he would not be ready to fight until the earliest october.

 Filling in for Overeem will be Daniel Cormier.  

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(July 16th, 2011)

UFC 133 CARD TAKES ANOTHER HIT

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 UFC 133 scheduled for August 6th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has been plagued by injuries and fighters pulling out of their fights. The main event has gone through 3 opponent changes of its own, and now the co main event has been hit by injury. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira was suppose to fight Rich Franklin, but yesterday it was announced that the Brazilian hurt his shoulder during training and he will not be able to fight.

 With less then two weeks to go until the event, UFC officials say they are currently looking for a late replacement. Last week both Phil Davis and Vladimir Matyushenko both had to pull out of their Light Heavyweight fights and were replaced by Tito Ortiz and Matt Hamill. Now the UFC has too find another Light Heavyweight to fill in or just cancel the bout completely.  

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(July 15th, 2011)

JON JONES SCHEDULED TO DEFEND TITLE AT UFC 135 AGAINST RAMPAGE

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 UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Jon "Bones" Jones (13-1) is scheduled to defend his title for the first time at UFC 135 against former Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (32-8).

 Jones became the youngest UFC Champion, when he won the title at UFC 128 this past march, by defeating then Champion Mauricio " Shogun" Rua by a 2nd round TKO. The last time the UFC Light Heavyweight title was successfully defended was back in 2007, when "Rampage" beat Dan Henderson in his first title defense. Since then, Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Lyota Machida, and "Shogun" Rua have all lost their titles in their first title defense.

 Since losing his title, Quinton Jackson has won four out of five fights, beating Matt Hamill, Lyota Machida, Keith Jardine, and Wanderlei Silva. During this span his only lose came to Rashad Evans.   

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(July 14th, 2011)

HAYATO "MACH" SAKURAI INJURED AND REPLACED BY ISHIKAWA

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 Hayato "Mach" Sakurai suffered an undisclosed injury this week, and he is forced to pull out of his scheduled fight at this weekends Dream - Fight for Japan - Grand Prix Final. His opponent Marius Zaromskis (14-6) will now be fighting Eiji Ishikawa (22-16-2) who has stepped up and took the bout on only a three day notice. The match will be contested at a catch weight of 174 pounds.

 Ishikawa is 31 years old and has fought in 50 fights, most of those matches under the DEEP and Pancrase organizations. He comes into this fight on a two fight winning streak and has also won 7 of his last 9 fights.

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(July 14th, 2011)

MATYUSHENKO INJURED - HAMILL NOW FIGHTING GUSTAFSSON AT UFC 133

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 An injury suffered during training, has forced Vladimir Matyushenko to pull out of his UFC 133 fight with Alexander Gustafsson. Filling in for the injured Russian will be former TUF fighter Matt Hamill.

 Hamill comes into this fight winning 5 out of his last 6 fights, and in that span he has beaten Tito Ortiz, Keith Jardine, Mark Munoz, Reece Andy, and Jon Jones by a DQ. In his last fight at UFC 130, Hamill headlined for the first time, but lost to Quintin "Rampage" Jackson by Unanimous Decision. 

 

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(July 13th, 2011)

PHIL DAVIS OUT OF UFC 133 TITO ORTIZ REPLACES HIM

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 On tuesday it was reported that Light Heavyweight Phil Davis was injured during practice, and he was forced to pull out of his main event match against Rashad Evans. With less then a month to go until the event, Tito ortiz stepped up and will now fight Evans.

 At first, both Tito Ortiz and Lyota Machida both turned down the fight, but after a few hours, Ortiz changed his mind and decided to take the rematch. In thier first fight at UFC 73, Evans and Ortiz fought to a draw.

 UFC 133 takes place in less then four weeks on August 6th at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

 

UFC 133 - Evans Versus Ortiz
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205 lbs. = Rashad Evans (20-1-1) vs. Tito Ortiz (16-8-1)
205 lbs. = Rich Franklin (26-6) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (19-5)
185 lbs. = Yoshihiro Akiyama (13-3) vs. Vitor Belfort (19-9)
185 lbs. = Jorge "El Conquistador" Rivera (19-8) vs. Alessio Sakara (15-8)
170 lbs. = Mike Pyle (22-7-1) vs. Rory MacDonald (11-1)

Prelims
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205 lbs. = Vladimir Matyushenko (26-5) vs. Alexander Gustafsson (11-1)
145 lbs. = Rani Yahya (16-6) vs. Chad Mendes (10-0)
170 lbs. = Brian Ebersole (45-15) vs. Dennis Hallman (42-13-2)
135 lbs. = Ivan Menjivar (22-8) vs. Nick Pace (6-1)
170 lbs. = Mike Pierce (12-3) vs. Johny Hendricks (10-1)
145 lbs. = Mike Brown (24-8) vs. Nam Phan (16-8)
185 lbs. = Rafael "Sapo" Natal (12-3-1) vs. Costantinos Phillippou (7-2)

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(June 26th, 2011)

UFC Live On Versus 4 Bonuses

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After a great event, in front of a sold out Pittsburgh crowd, UFC President Dana White announced the fighter bonuses at the post fight press conference.

The knock out of the night bonus of $50,000 went to French Heavyweight Cheick Kongo. The submission of the night bonus of $50,000 went to Joe Lauzon. And the fight of the night bonuses went to Charles Olieviera and Nik Lentz for their lightweight scrap that ended in somewhat of a controversial fashion.

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(June 25th, 2011)

Nate Marquardt Cut By UFC

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 About an hour before weigh ins for the UFC Live on Versus 4 event. It was announced that middleweight main eventer, Nate Marquardt would not be allowed to fight because he failed his medicals. Soon after, UFC President Dana White released a video stating that Marquardt was cut from the UFC. Why he failed his medicals isn't known at this time and exactly why the UFC released him is still unclear.

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(June 21st, 2011)

DE JESUS TKO OVER MIURA OVERTURNED BY CSAC TO NO DECISION

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 on monday the California State Athletic Commision overturned a first round TKO victory by Issac De Jesus over Russ Miura, and changed it to a No Contest. At a post fight drug test, De Jesus failed for having marijuana in his system. Because of the failed drug test, he has been suspended till november, fined, and now a victory and TKO have been taken off his record.   

(June 20th, 2011)

RIKI FUKUDA INJURED AND OUT OF UFC 133

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 Japanese middleweight fighter, Riki Fukuda (17-5) has been forced to pull out of a scheduled bout with Rafael "Sapo" Natal at UFC 133. On his twitter account, Fukuda said he was hurt in a car accident and injured his left knee which will require surgery. 

 Fukuda made his UFC debute back in February, in which he lost a very controversial decision to TUF alum Nick Ring. Before signing with the UFC, he fought for DEEP, Shooto, EliteXC, and Pancrase organizations.    

(June 18th, 2011)

STRIKEFORCE HEAVYWEIGHT GRAND PRIX SEMI FINALS SET

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 Alistair "The Demolition Man" Overeem (35-11) and Josh "The Baby Faced Assasin" Barnett (27-5) both won their quarter final matches on saturday in Dallas, Texas. With the victories, Overeem and Barnett join Sergei Kharitonov and Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva in the semi-finals. 

 Overeem used alot of caution in his fight with brazilian Jiu Jitsu specialist Fabricio Werdum. "The Demolition Man" kept the fight standing for most of the bout, and earned the unanimous decision with hard punches and solid knees throughout the three round affair. 

 Barnett on the otherhand used the opposite approach against Brett Rogers. From the beginning Barnett took his opponent down and kept top control to wear out Rogers. In the second round, Barnett again took Rogers down and ended the fight with a triangle choke. 

 In the semi-finals Overeem will fight "Bigfoot" Silva, and Barnett will take on Sergei Kharitonov. No dates have been set for the matches yet.    

(June 18th, 2011)

CHUCK O'NEIL RELEASED BY THE UFC

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  It was announced on friday that TUF 13 semi finalist Chuck O'Neil was cut by the UFC on friday. The news was first released by O'Neil himself on his facebook page. In the statement he wrote “I was officially released by the UFC today. I will continue to work hard to improve myself as a person and a fighter every day. I will make it back there, because the UFC is where I belong. Thank you to everyone for your continued support, and there will be a fight coming soon with a much improved performance ... I promise!”

 O'Neil fought four times while on TUF 13, he won two and lost two times. In his last fight in the UFC, he lost by way of a unanimous decision to Chris Cope at the Ultimate Fighter Season 13 Finale. His record currently stands at 8 wins and 4 loses with 2 tko's and 5 submissions to his credit.  
 

 (June 18th, 2011)

 

BONNAR INJURED OUT OF UFC LIVE ON VERSUS 5 FIGHT

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 Today it was announced that Light Heavyweight Stephan Bonnar is injured and will not be able to fight Karlos Vemola on August 15th, 2011 at UFC Live On Versus 5. It was also announced that UFC newcomer Ronny Markes will fill the open spot and fight Vemola. 

 The Brazilian Markes will come into this fight with an 11-1 record with 5 ko's and 4 submissions to his name. In April, Markes won a unanimous decision against former WEC Champion Paulo Filho. Markes also currently holds the Shooto South American Light Heavyweight Title.

 Markes's opponent, Karlos Vemola has an impressive record of 8 - 1. Since joining the UFC, Vemola has won one and lost one fight. In his last match, he TKO'd Seth Petruzelli in the 1st round at UFC 122.     

(June 7th, 2011)  

 

CARANO NOT FIGHTING JUNE 18th

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 It was announced yesterday by Scott Coker, that Gina Carano was forced to pull out of her fight against Sarah D'Alelio. The reason given for the cancelation of the fight, was that Carano's medical clearance was revoked by her doctor, due to an injury being found during a pre-fight medical examination.

 Exactly what the injury is or why the doctor made this decision hasn't been released to the media just yet, but Scott Coker said that a timetable for Gina’s return will be determined after further tests are conducted later in the week.

 The 29 year old Carano hasn't fought since August of 2009, when she suffered her first career loss at the hands of the current StrikeForce Champion Cristina "Cyborg" Santos. As for her opponent, it remains doubtful that D'Alelio will remain on the card. A fight between KJ Noons and Jorge Masvidal has been moved from the prelims to the main card to fill in for the Carano fight.

 June 18th, 2011 (Dallas, Texas, USA) Showtime-TV
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StrikeForce -
Heavyweight Grand Prix
Second Half Of Quarter Finals
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(Heavyweight Grand Prix - Quarter Finals)
Alistair Overeem (34-11) vs. Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1)


Josh Barnett (26-5) vs. Brett Rogers (11-2)

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  HWT.   = Daniel Cormier (7-0) vs. Jeff Monson (42-11) 


  HWT.   = Chad Griggs (10-1) vs. Valentijn Overeem (29-25) 


155 lbs. = Jorge Masvidal vs. K.J. Noons


 

Prelims
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155 lbs. = Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante (15-4-1) vs. Justin Wilcox (11-3)


145 lbs. = Amanda Nunes (6-1) vs. Julie "Fireball" Kedzie (16-8)


155 lbs. = Magno Almeida (9-1) vs. Conor Heun (8-4)

170 lbs. = Mike Bronzoulis vs. Todd Moore



145 lbs. = Sarah D'Alelio (4-1) vs.

 

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(August 14th, 2009)

 

 

UFC SIGNS SUPERMAN

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 The UFC has signed Dennis " Superman " Hallman to a multi-fight deal. Hallman has a 5 fight winning streak and a record of 41 - 12 - 1. He is 33 years old and hasnt fought in the UFC since 2005 in UFC 55 - Fury, where he lost to Jorge Rivera by a Unanimous Decision.

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(August 13th, 2009)

 

 

UFC RELEASES 4 FIGHTERS

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The UFC has Released 4 fighters this week. Thales Leitas, Tamdon McCrory, Dan Cramer, & George Roop were all given their walking papers after loses in their last bouts.

Earlier this week, the UFC reported that it signed Vladimir Matyushenko and that he will fight Igor Pokrajak in UFC 103: Franklin Versus Belfort.  

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