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UFC News: Sakara pulls out of fight with Marquardt

According to Dave Meltzer, Alessio Sakara has pulled out of fight against Nate Marquardt at UFC 116 due to the death of his father. No replacement has been found as of yet. UFC 116 is scheduled for July 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The following is the expected fight [...]

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UFC News: Lesnar vs. Carwin signed

Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin have now signed on for their expected Heavyweight Title unification bout on July 3 at UFC 116. It was first reported by Franklin McNeil of ESPN.com on Thursday’s MMA Live program. “It’s pretty much done,” Franklin said. “The UFC has not confirmed this right now so its not official but [...]

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UFC News: MGM Grand and UFC 116

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has officially approved UFC 116 for July 3 in Las Vegas. The event will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The fights between between Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin -a heavyweight title unification bout- Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Wanderlei Silva and Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski are all expected [...]

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In The Clinch: A New Division

The Heavyweight division is unbalanced. Top-heavy, if you will. The top fighters are too large for the majority of the rest of the division to deal with. Changes need to be made. This got me thinking, what if there was another division. Something in-between Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight. The Ohio Athletic Commission, on May 1, [...]

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UFC 111 Review/Thoughts

So UFC 111 has come and gone. I went 5-2 in the fights I picked. SPIKE TV BOUTS Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Brown My Pick: Brown, Rd 2, TKO What happened: Almeida, Rd 1, Submission I picked Brown because I really like his game. He’s got heart and I like that. I figured since this [...]

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UFC News: Cain Velasquez to get next title shot, then Dos Santos

According to Dana White at the UFC 111 post fight press conference, Cain will be waiting on the winner of Lesnar/Carwin and Dos Santos will probably get another fight before his shot at the Championship belt. Cain Velasquez is coming off an impressive knockout victory over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in February at UFC 110 and [...]

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UFC News: Lesnar vs. Carwin likely for…

The unification bout between Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin seems to be scheduled for UFC 116. The event takes place July 3, during Independence Day weekend from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Carwin on his next opponent: “It’s been a long time coming,” Carwin said. “I see it as destiny. Brock [...]

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UFC 111 Preview/Picks

This card is very good and very interesting. All kinds of upsets could happen. Will they? Let’s find out… SPIKE TV BOUTS Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Brown The “Immortal” Matt Brown returns!! Everyone rejoice! How can you not like this man? All he does is win and win with style and class. I’m one of [...]

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