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MMAWeekly.com has an interesting article today regarding a possible rematch between current EliteXC lightweight champion KJ Noons and Nick Diaz .
Apparently the crew over at EliteXC want to have the Noons-Diaz rematch in place for the next CBS Saturday Night Fights event on October 4th but Noons and Co. don’t seem that interested.
“Nick Diaz is the No. 1 contender. K.J. ...
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Former UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk will fight Tyson Griffin at UFC 90 this October in Chicago, IL.
Griffin is coming off a strong performance against Marcus Aurelio at UFC 86 where he won by unanimous decision, raising his record to 5-1 in the UFC.
Sean Sherk is coming off a TKO loss to current UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn at UFC 84 after sitting out nearly a full year due ...
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Jay Hieron , the current welterweight champion of the now defunct International Fight League , has signed a three fight contract with the Affliction promotion.
According to the Xtreme Couture blog , Hieron will make his Affliction debut in October on the Affliction: Day of Reckoning fight card.
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According to Tatame.com , Vitor Belfort has pulled out of his scheduled fight with Matt Lindland on the Affliction: Day of Reckoning fight card.
Belfort suffered a broken hand in his victory over Terry Martin at the initial Affliction event, and the injury has not healed sufficiently enough to allow him to fight on the October 11 show.
“Man, I’m doing physiotherapy now and ...
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While there has been some recent speculation regarding who Ben Rothwell’s opponent at Affliction: Day of Reckoning would be, Affliction VP Tom Atencio has confirmed Rothwell will be fighting Pedro Rizzo .
Both Rothwell and Rizzo fought and lost on the initial Affliction: Banned fight card. Rothwell had a three round battle with Andrei Arlovksi , while Rizzo lost in the second round ...
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The UFC continues to add former IFL fighters to its middleweight division, most recently Matt Horwich .
Horwich, a former IFL middleweight champion, will make his UFC debut at UFC 90 against BJJ expert Ricardo Almeida . Horwich’s last fight was at the final IFL event this past May where he defeated Joey Guel via unanimous decision. Almeida last fought at UFC 86 where he lost to ...
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Patrick Cote
Here are the results for the MMA HQ Fight Camp at MMAPlayground.com after last nights UFC 87: Seek and Destroy event.
Points Winners
1) Drehog - 62 pts
2) chosen141 - 50 pts
3) i_rgenius - 47 pts
4) gus - 45 pts
5) RJStCroix - 42 pts
5) DJersey - 42 pts
Wager Winners
1) chosen141 - $8,566
2) MikeD - $1,614
3) Drehog - $1,166
4) i_rgenius - $839
5) DJersey - $722
Overal ...
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Georges St. Pierre is my man-crush. I’ve got no problem admitting it. GSP came out and fought a near perfect fight against Jon Fitch and defended his title against a very game opponent. St. Pierre dominated the striking and dominated the wrestling game. As GSP said before the fight, there is no aspect of the MMA game that Jon Fitch was better than him at.
You have to give a lot ...
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Just a reminder that UFC 87: Seek and Destroy is tomorrow night.
This will be the second event of Season 4 for the MMA HQ fight camp at MMAPlayground.com , so don’t forget to get your picks and wagers in for the event.
If you want to join the fight camp and haven’t yet, let me know. It’s still early in Season 4 and a great time to get involved.
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A middleweight fight between Nathan Marquardt and Martin Kampmann has been added to next months UFC 88: Breakthrough card.
UFC 88 is currently scheduled for September 6 in Atlanta, GA and will be headlined by a fight between former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell and contender Rashad Evans .
Here is the current, expected UFC 88 fight card:
Chuck Liddell vs Rashad Evans ...
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Nate Marquardt
Martin Kampmann
Chuck Liddell
Rashad Evans
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For those of you who weren’t aware, UFC president Dana White has been doing a sort of daily mini-blog for the week leading up to UFC 87: Seek and Destroy .
None of them have been too interesting until today. Dana arrived in Minnesota for this weekends event and at the end of the video he is at a restaurant with Quinton Jackson. Jackson shares a few words to his fans and says he is ...
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Affliction held an official press conference yesterday to formally announce their upcoming Day of Reckoning event. The event will be held on October 11 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV.
The main fight card will consist of seven fights to be broad cast on Pay-Per-View, while the undercard will consist of three fights and be broadcast on HDNet.
The main event fight ...
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Josh Barnett
Andrei Arlovski
Vitor Belfort
Paul Buentello
Chris Horodecki , perhaps the most prized of the IFL ’s lightweight “free agents” has agreed to a three-fight contract with the Affliciton promotion.
Horodecki (who holds a prime piece of real estate in the MMA HQ banner) will make his Affliction debut on the upcoming Affliciton: Day of Reckoning card on October 11 in Las Vegas, NV.
An official opponent has not yet ...
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Georges St. Pierre vs Jon Fitch - It is no secret that I am one of Georges St. Pierre’s biggest fans. I wait all year for the three or four times that GSP fights on PPV and those appearances keep me juiced all year long. That being said, I’m both excited and apprehensive about this fight with Jon Fitch in what will probably be GSP’s toughest fight since his ...
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Here are the official fighter salaries from Sunday night’s WEC 35 event.
Carlos Condit - $44,000
Brock Larson - $30,000
Jamie Varner - $30,000
Marcus Hicks - $16,000
Shane Roller - $12,000
Blas Avena - $12,000
Brian Stann - $11,000
Steve Cantwell - $10,000
Brian Bowles - $8,000
Josh Grispi - $8,000
Carlo Prater - $7,000
Damacio Page - $6,000
Mike Budnik - ...
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