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Five Ounces of Pain: UFC light heavyweight crystal ball - Boxing - CBSSports.com MMA, Results, News
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Five Ounces of Pain: UFC light heavyweight crystal ball - Boxing - CBSSports.com MMA, Results, News
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New champ Griffin might have to face Liddell soon. (UFC)

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Five Ounces of Pain:  5 Oz. of Pain on CBS Sports: Forecasting the future of the UFC Light Heavyweight division

Bloody Elbow:  The UFC Light Heavyweight Division: A Wonderful Dilemma

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5 Oz. of Pain on CBS Sports: Forecasting the future of the UFC Light Heavyweight division
Five Ounces of Pain — cbssportscom.gif My latest submission for CBSSports.com is now available . This week I take a look at the current status of the UFC’s talent-laden light heavyweight division and give my analysis on what I think is next for most of the division’s top fighters. Click here to fight out what I think is next for Chuck Liddell , Forrest Griffin , Quinton “Rampage” Jackson , Wanderlei Silva , and others. I also offer analysis on Lyoto Machida , which I am sure if bound to generate some response: While Machida is certainly worthy of a title shot, he’s unlikely to ...

The UFC Light Heavyweight Division: A Wonderful Dilemma
Bloody Elbow — ... It's not breaking news that the UFC's light heavweight division is laden with talent.  While all this talent makes for some tough decisions by the UFC brass, the current situation will provide fans with some great matches.  Sam Caplan describes it: ...

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