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20 May 2012 at 10:34 PM

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What a difference a year makes.

In 2009, Jamie Varner was the defending WEC lightweight champion. In 2010, Varner lost the title to Benson Henderson via third round guillotine choke, had battled to an inexplicable draw with Kamal Shalorus, lost a “Fight of the Night” rematch by decision to rival Donald Cerrone, and suffered a first round submission loss in the final WEC event to Shane Roller. Last year, Varner returned to smaller circuit shows, where he scored two...

20 May 2012 at 10:08 PM

Hand Surgery Is Next On Daniel Cormier's Agenda

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That was the question on everyone's mind after he manhandled veteran Josh Barnett to win the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament on Saturday night at the HP Pavilion.
Will he go straight to the UFC, where he'd clearly fit in among the division's elite, or will he fight again in Strikeforce?

The answer, for now: Neither. A visit to the surgeon is on deck before anything else goes down in Cormier's career.
Cormier broke his right hand in the opening stanza of his five-round battle with the former UFC...

20 May 2012 at 4:16 PM

Strikeforce HWGP Main Card Results...

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Melendez Survives Late Rally by Thomson, Retains Lightweight Belt

Not surprisingly, Gilbert Melendez and Josh Thomson gave fight fans five rounds of high level mixed martial arts in their rubber match at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California Saturday night. But what may have been shocking to those same fans was how close Thomson came to unseating the longtime Strikeforce lightweight champion before losing an unpopular split decision.

Scores were 48-47 twice, and 47-48 for Melendez, who defeated Thomson in 2009 and lost to him in 2008. All three bouts ended in five round decisions.

“We know each other real well, and it’s a battle of...

20 May 2012 at 4:16 PM

Strikeforce HWGP Main Event Results...

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When Strikeforce’s Heavyweight Grand Prix began 16 months ago, Daniel Cormier was just a promising up and comer and not a member of the tournament’s field of eight. Saturday night at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Cormier became the Grand Prix champ after defeating Josh Barnett by way of a near-shutout five round unanimous decision that announced his arrival as one of mixed martial arts’ premier big men.

Scores were 50-45 twice and 49-46 for Cormier, a two-time US Olympic wrestler who replaced...

20 May 2012 at 2:39 PM

Jon Jones Arrested For DUI

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Jon Jones arrested for DUI via TMZ
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20 May 2012 at 1:19 PM

Strikeforce San Jose Prelim Results

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For the first time under the Zuffa banner, Strikeforce returned to its spiritual home of San Jose, California for the Heavyweight Grand Prix finals between Josh Barnett and Daniel Cormier, featuring a title defense by Gilbert Melendez against Josh Thomson. The undercard – televised on SHO Extreme – featured a roster of familiar Strikeforce names, local talent, and rising stars.

JZ “Gesias” Cavalcante vs....

20 May 2012 at 8:31 AM

UFC Returns to San Jose July 11

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On the heels of tonight’s successful STRIKEFORCE® event at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., the Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced that it will return to the venue on Wednesday, July 11 with an action-packed card. Headlined by an explosive five-round fight between middleweight contenders Mark Munoz and Chris Weidman, the event will also showcase San Jose’s own Jon Fitch battling Aaron Simpson in welterweight action.

All four competitors were standouts in collegiate...

20 May 2012 at 5:42 AM

The Ultimate Recap Live*: Episode Eleven

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With regular recapper and national treasure Dan Downes stuck at an all-day "Engagement Enrichment" retreat, this week's rehashing duties fall to the second string.

Two live fights and one big announcement are supposed to fit into an hour-long show, so there's little time for house hijinks,. After a quick look back at last week's upsets, we get right into the background on tonight's first matchup.

Training sequence! Chris Saunders is a stand-up guy, and though he was Faber's last pick, his coach now says he could be one of the toughest. We get some heart-breaking background on Saunders' tough childhood, then cut to him emoting on the topic to unlikely life coach...

20 May 2012 at 1:51 AM

At 33, Duane Ludwig is Just Warming Up

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Duane “Bang” Ludwig is just like you, with one exception: he’s a world renowned kickboxer and mixed martial artist.

The Denver, Colorado native is a husband, a father, a small business owner (303 Training Center in Westminster, CO), and simply a guy who wants to own a house. On the other hand, he is also the proud owner of the fastest knockout in UFC history, but that title nor the litany of Muay Thai belts that he refers to as “closet stuffers” have not altered the down-to-Earth individual he is outside of the cage, regardless of how popular he is in it.

“I still have a mortgage and car payments,” tells Ludwig. “I still live fight to fight. It's not like I'm anything different....

19 May 2012 at 9:40 PM

Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber For The Interim Bantamweight Title

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by Jack.Haggerty at 9:40 PM (27 Views / 0 Likes)

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Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber is officially set for UFC 148, for the Interim Bantamweight title