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    • Fight Fixin’: Post-UFC on FUEL 3 edition

      By Adam Martin in Commentary, Amir Sadollah, Brad Tavares, Chan Sung Jung on Wednesday, May. 16, 2012

      You know UFC president Dana White is a fan of The Korean Zombie (Photo courtesy MMAgearguide.net)

      After every night of fights, the question every MMA fan always asks is: “Who should so-and-so fight next?”

      Well, look no further for your answer, as here’s the post-UFC on FUEL 3 edition of Fight Fixin.’

      CHAN SUNG JUNG

      With an epic performance over the highly-regarded Dustin Poirier, “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung proved why he’s one of the very best 145-pounders in...

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    • Phil Davis says he doesn’t mind matchup with Chad Griggs

      By Adam Martin in News, Podcasts, Chad Griggs, Daniel Cormier on Wednesday, May. 16, 2012

      Today’s “The MMA Show with Mauro Ranallo” podcast featured an interview with Phil Davis, who takes on Chad Griggs at UFC on FOX 4 in a matchup that has left many MMA pundits scratching their heads. Here’s what Davis had to say about fighting Griggs, who is making his 205-pound debut.

      “I don’t really mind it. I don’t think about matchups or anything like that. My job is to be the best Phil Davis. I don’t care who Dana White...

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    • The Wednesday After – UFC on FUEL 3

      By Dave Coulson in Commentary on Wednesday, May. 16, 2012

      How does this keep happening?

      Normally, this would be “The Monday After” but FUEL TV cards are landing on some pretty random days. I’m pretty sure UFC on FUEL 4 is going down on a Wednesday night so we will return to normal slightly.

      For a card that really didn’t have much buzz, there were a lot of solid fights. Some impressive performances mixed in with some upsets made the night very enjoyable.

      Without any more time wasted, here are...

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    • The MMA Show Podcast: Daniel Cormier, Phil Davis join Ranallo

      By Adam Martin in Podcasts, Chad Griggs, Daniel Cormier, Josh Barnett on Wednesday, May. 16, 2012

      Daniel Cormier (Photo courtesy Sherdog)

      The MMA Show Podcast with Mauro Ranallo is back at it again with the latest and greatest in the world of mixed martial arts.

      Today Ranallo will be joined by Daniel Cormier, who will talk about his big fight with Josh Barnett this weekend.

      And Phil Davis will stop by to talk about his upcoming bout against Chad Griggs.

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    • Rafael Natal vs. Andrew Craig set for collision course at UFC on FUEL TV 4

      By Adam Martin in News, andrew craig, Kyle Noke, Rafael Natal on Wednesday, May. 16, 2012

      Rafael "Sapo" Natal (Photo courtesy Sherdog)

      A middleweight tilt between two 185ers on winning streaks is set for this summer.

      Sources tell theScore.com that Rafael “Sapo” Natal will fight Andrew Craig at UFC on FUEL TV 4 on July 11 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. UFC officials are expected to confirm the matchup soon.

      After losing his UFC debut to Rich Attonito, Natal (14-3) is unbeaten in his last three fights in the Octagon, and in his...

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    • Tom DeBlass vs. Nick Penner slated for UFC on FUEL TV 4

      By Adam Martin in News, anthony perosh, Cyrille Diabate, nick penner on Wednesday, May. 16, 2012

      Tom DeBlass (Photo courtesy Sherdog)

      Two UFC light heavyweights will get a second chance to pick up their first Octagon victory.

      Former Ring of Combat champion and Ricardo Almeida BJJ black belt Tom DeBlass meets Blumenort, Manitoba, Canada native Nick Penner at UFC on FUEL TV 4, which is set to take place July 11 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

      Sources close to the bout confirmed the matchup to theScore.com, and UFC officials are expected to announce...

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    • Rear Naked Links

      By Dave Coulson in Link Dump on Wednesday, May. 16, 2012

      Chan Sung Jung impressed many, including myself, with his upset win last night.

      UFC on FUEL 3 went down last night and The Korean Zombie came out victorious in one of the best fights of the year. (MMA Junkie)

      Canadian T.J. Grant was one of the winners on the preliminary portion of UFC on FUEL 3. (Sherdog)

      The bonuses for last night were $40,000 and Chan Sung Jung cleaned up with two separate bonuses. (MMA Weekly)

      In other UFC news, ...

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    • Ariel Helwani says blame for Diaz vs. Estima mishap lies on everyone’s shoulders

      By Adam Martin in News, Podcasts, Gilbert Melendez, john allesio on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012

      Today’s “The MMA Show with Mauro Ranallo” podcast featured an interview with Ariel Helwani, who sounded off on the whole Nick Diaz vs. Braulio Estima mishap.

      “It’s become a ‘he said, he said’ kind of thing. Are we ever going to find the truth? Do we really care? We all knew Estima was training with the Blackzilians, so if they didn’t want him to be the opponent, why did they just say so now? I think the whole event at...

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    • UFC on FUEL 3 – Where to Lean

      By Dave Coulson in Beat the Odds, Predictions, UFC on FUEL, We Love Gambling on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012

      What will you be doing on this fine Tuesday night? Normally the answer wouldn’t be watching an MMA card, but that is what it will hopefully be tonight. The UFC brings its latest offering on FUEL TV tonight for their first card on a Tuesday night in quite some time.

      The UFC has held two cards on a Tuesday night previously. The first was the big trilogy fight between Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock on October 10, 2006. 5.7 million...

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    • Update: Ultimate Fighter Finalist Sells Championship Belt

      By Dave Coulson in Commentary on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012

      Don't think Magalhaes and M-1 are sending each other Christmas cards. Photo courtesy of M-1 Global

      Some fighter’s cherish their championship belts, others…not so much.

      While we all know the relationship between Vinny Magalhaes and M-1 Global is far from civil, but even I didn’t think that Magalhaes would go to this extreme to distance himself from the company. Magalhaes was at one point, the M-1 Global light heavyweight champion. After a contract dispute and a huge public fall out, Magalhaes...

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    • The MMA Show Podcast: Gilbert Melendez, Ariel Helwani, Vinny Magalhaes, Shane Roller join Ranallo

      By Adam Martin in Commentary, Ariel Helwani, Gilbert Melendez, John Alessio on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012

      Photo courtesy of Wikipedia

      The MMA Show Podcast with Mauro Ranallo is back at it again with the latest and greatest in the world of mixed martial arts.

      Today Ranallo will be joined by Gilbert Melendez, who will talk about his title defence this weekend against Josh “The Punk” Thomson.

      Ariel Helwani will join Ranallo for a preview of tonight’s UFC on FUEL 3 event.

      Vinny Magalhaes will discuss his old M-1 belt going up for sale on eBay.

      And...

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    • Rear Naked Links

      By Dave Coulson in Link Dump on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012

      When Phil Davis steps on the scale, he actually makes me cringe.

      The plan to have Nick Diaz reinstated in Nevada didn’t work out as Diaz will go in front of the NSAC next Monday in regards to his positive test for marijuana metabolites from February. (MMA Fighting)

      After Diaz failed to show up for his jiu-jitsu fight on Saturday night, his opponent Braulio Estima says that Diaz would also run away from an MMA fight against him. (Tatame)

      Phil...

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    • Hoping for no more ‘jinx,’ Waachiim Spiritwolf welcomes trilogy bout with Marius Zaromskis

      By Adam Martin in Uncategorized, bellator 68, Marius Žaromskis, Waachiim Spiritwolf on Monday, May. 14, 2012

      Photo courtesy Sherdog.com

      Maybe the third time will be the charm for Waachiim Spiritwolf and Marius Zaromskis.

      On Friday night at Bellator 68 in Atlantic City, N.J., Spiritwolf and Zaromskis squared off in a 172-pound catchweight tilt (Spiritwolf missed weight by a pound). After a close first round, Spiritiwolf really took it to Zaromskis in the second, taking the Lithuanian to the ground and giving him a pounding. While observers couldn’t agree on who won the first round, everyone agreed...

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    • Renzo Gracie takes responsibility for Nick Diaz mishap

      By Adam Martin in News, Podcasts, daniel straus, dann stupp on Monday, May. 14, 2012

      Today’s “The MMA Show with Mauro Ranallo” podcast featured an interview with Renzo Gracie, who took responsibility for the no-show by Nick Diaz at this past weekend’s BJJ expo.

      “I have to be honest, if there’s someone to blame it’s me. Even though it was my expo, I had one guy (“Junior”) working on it and he was good at organizing it and putting it together. The only thing he’s not good at is dealing with fighters. Junior called Ceasar...

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    • Rear Naked Links

      By Dave Coulson in Link Dump on Monday, May. 14, 2012

      Photo courtesy of The Telegraph

      Diaz used to say that he would always show up for a fight. Well, wasn’t Saturday night a fight?

      The biggest story of the weekend was from jiu-jitsu as Nick Diaz pulled a fast one and didn’t show up for his superfight against Braulio Estima on Saturday night. (MMA Weekly)

      In actual MMA news from the weekend, here is a recap of the latest episode of TUF: Livewhich saw two more underdogs come out...

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    • Despite 0-4 record inside Octagon, Canadian John Alessio focused on putting on a show at UFC 148

      By Adam Martin in News, John Alessio, Shane Roller on Friday, May. 11, 2012

      Photo courtesy John Alessio's Twitter

      John Alessio is getting a fifth chance to pick up his first win in the UFC.

      Alessio, the Score Fighting Series alum and native of Vancouver, British Columbia, returns to the Octagon on July 7 at UFC 148 against Shane Roller. It’s his second fight back in the UFC after returning for a fourth stint with the promotion, and he’ll need to have a good performance to stick around, seeing as though he’s come up...

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    • Darin Harvey says Ronda Rousey could be first women’s fighter in UFC

      By Adam Martin in News, Podcasts, darin harvey, Jimmy Smith on Friday, May. 11, 2012

      Today’s “The MMA Show with Mauro Ranallo” podcast featured an interview with Darin Harvey, the manager of Strikeforce bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, who believes his client could eventually be the first female fighter in the UFC.

      “Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta make those decisions, but they believe in Ronda and like her very much. If it’s ever to happen with any female it’ll happen with Ronda. I spoke to Dana last week at UFC on FOX 3, and he said...

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    • The MMA Show Podcast: King Mo, Jimmy Smith, Darin Harvey, Ricardo Ammendolia, Spencer Kyte, John Alessio

      By Adam Martin in Podcasts, darin harvey, Jimmy Smith, king mo lawal on Friday, May. 11, 2012

      Photo courtesy TheMMAKingdom.com

      The MMA Show Podcast with Mauro Ranallo is back at it again with the latest and greatest in the world of mixed martial arts.

      Today Ranallo will be joined by Bellator and TNA’s latest signing, “King Mo” Lawal.

      Bellator colour commentator Jimmy Smith will then drop by to break down tonight’s Bellator 68 card.

      MMA manager Darin Harvey will then stop in to discuss Ronda Rousey and the business of MMA.

      Spencer Kyte will give up an...

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    • Rear Naked Links

      By Dave Coulson in Link Dump on Friday, May. 11, 2012

      Photo Courtesy of FEG

      Can someone please just let Sakuraba know that it’s getting scary.

      The UFC has announced that the next international season of The Ultimate Fighter will be titled “The Smashes” and pit fighters from the United Kingdom against those from Australia. (MMA Weekly)

      On yesterday’s conference call, Strikeforce announced a July 14th event that will see middleweight champion Luke Rockhold defend his title against Tim Kennedy. (MMA Fighting)

      Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez said that he has...

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    • UFC announces TUF: UK vs. Australia

      By Adam Martin in Uncategorized on Friday, May. 11, 2012

      Photo courtesy UFC Australia Magazine's Facebook

      A brand new international season of “The Ultimate Fighter” is coming.

      According to UFC Australia Magazine’s Facebook account, the new show featuring fighters representing Australia and the United Kingdom against each other will be entitled “The Smashes,” a play on their long-time cricket rivalry.

      Registration is now open and tryouts will be held on June 12 in Sydney and June 15 in London for fighters ranging from 61kg (134 pounds) to 77 kg...

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    • Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy Official For July

      By Dave Coulson in News, Strikeforce on Thursday, May. 10, 2012

      It was officially announced today during the Strikeforce World Heavyweight Grand Prix conference call that Luke Rockhold and Tim Kennedy will finally meet inside the Strikeforce cage.

      Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker made the announcement that Rockhold will defend his middleweight title against Kennedy on July 14 in Portland, Oregon. Many thought this fight would happen in January, but Kennedy was recovering from an injury and Keith Jardine was given the title shot. Rockhold finished Jardine by TKO in the opening...

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    • Dustin Poirier says waiting for featherweight title shot the best decision for his career

      By Adam Martin in News, Podcasts, Dominick Cruz, Dustin Poirier on Thursday, May. 10, 2012

      Today’s “The MMA Show with Mauro Ranallo” podcast featured an interview with Dustin Poirier, the UFC featherweight, who has been criticized by fans for not taking a title fight against UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo. Poirier believes that he made the right decision waiting for what he is sure will come when the time is ready.

      “This is definitely the right path, man. I’m happy for Erik Koch that he’s getting the shot at the title and I wish him...

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    • UFC on FUEL 3 dark horse FOTN: Fabio Maldonado vs. Igor Pokrajac

      By Adam Martin in Commentary, Chan Sung Jung, Dustin Poirier, Fabio Maldonado on Thursday, May. 10, 2012

      Photo courtesy ProMMANow.com

      UFC on FUEL 3 is just five days away but it’s had little to no buzz outside of perhaps the main event between top featherweight contenders Dustin Poirier and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung.

      But that doesn’t mean there aren’t more intriguing matches lining the card.

      Along with the Poirier vs. Jung matchup, two other bouts are being advertised on the events poster: Donald Cerrone vs. Jeremy Stephens and Amir Sadollah vs. Jorge Lopez. And while...

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    • King Mo Signs with Bellator…and TNA?

      By Dave Coulson in Bellator, Commentary on Thursday, May. 10, 2012

      The news broke late last night that former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion King Mo Lawal had not only signed on to fight for Bellator Fighting Championship, but he will also be appearing with TNA Wrestling as a performer.

      The move came as somewhat of a surprise to most fans. After being released by Zuffa last month for comments made about NSAC commissioner Pat Lundvall, many felt that Lawal would be welcomed back after a couple of months and that he...

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    • The MMA Show Podcast: Dustin Poirier, Sarah Kaufman, Eric Del Fierro

      By Adam Martin in Podcasts, Dustin Poirier, eric del fierro, Ronda Rousey on Thursday, May. 10, 2012

      Photo courtesy MMAjunkie.com

      The MMA Show Podcast with Mauro Ranallo is back at it again with the latest and greatest in the world of mixed martial arts.

      Today Ranallo will be joined by Dustin Poirier, who battles Chan Sung Jung in the main event of UFC on FUEL 3 next week.

      Sarah Kaufman, the former Strikeforce bantamweight champion, will stop by to talk about her upcoming fight against Ronda Rousey.

      And Eric Del Fierro will drop in to give an...

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