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• B.J. Penn: 'I Really Would Like to See James Toney Do Good Out There'

• By Mike ChiappettaPosted: 08/22/2010 12:00 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, News
• The spotlight should belong to B.J. Penn and Frankie Edgar at UFC 118, where the two will be facing off in a rematch to determine the UFC lightweight champion. But as the event moves closer, much of the intrigue has centered around boxer-turned-MMA fighter ...
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• Boxing World's Confidence in James Toney Fading as UFC Debut Nears

• By Mike ChiappettaPosted: 08/20/2010 10:19 AM ET
• Filed Under: Fighting, UFC
• Back in 2007, around the time that the UFC started doing gangbusters business in the competitive pay-per-view world, the big names in the boxing universe started hearing questions about the upstart promotion. Aside from the financial threat it offered as a ...
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• TUF 11 Winner Court McGee Highlights UFC 121 Prelims on Spike

• By Matt EricksonPosted: 08/19/2010 06:58 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, News
• The UFC and Spike TV will once again air a pair of preliminary card bouts as a lead-in to a pay-per-view card, this time forUFC 121 from the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on Oct. 23. Spike will broadcast a pair of middleweight bouts, leading off with ...
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• Reflective and Determined B.J. Penn Out to Prove He's Still Got It

• By Mike ChiappettaPosted: 08/19/2010 04:15 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC
• With age comes wisdom, but if you're a pro athlete, it also comes with aches, pains and the beginning of the realization that your career is closer to its end than beginning. B.J. Penn is not old in any sense of the word. If you're a longtime MMA fan, Penn ...
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• Where Is MMA's Next Great Middleweight?

• By Mike ChiappettaPosted: 08/19/2010 12:09 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator
• For all his pre-fight bluster, Chael Sonnen walked into the octagon as a major underdog against UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, with most expecting him to emerge chastened and quieted, however briefly. Yet for about 23 minutes, Sonnen did just what ...
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• Thiago Alves: The Nightmare Is Over, but I'm on My Last Chance

• By Mike ChiappettaPosted: 08/18/2010 10:31 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, interview
• Thiago Alves' plane touched down in Oakland, Calif., and he exhaled. After a championship match loss, after two fight postponements, after brain surgery and 13 months of inactivity, the worst stretch of his young career was supposed to have been over. Yet ...
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• UFC 117 Fighter Salaries: Anderson Silva, Matt Hughes Each Earn $200,000 Purse

• By Ray HuiPosted: 08/17/2010 12:38 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, News
• The UFC 117 fighter salaries are in and Anderson Silva and Matt Hughes each received the highest purse with $200,000 for the Aug. 7 event in Oakland. Silva earned $200,000 with no win bonus while Hughes made $100,000 to show and a $100,00 to win, according ...
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• Mirko Cro Cop Steps Up to Fight Frank Mir at UFC 119

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 08/17/2010 11:49 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC
• MMA legend Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic will get a chance at earning his biggest win in the Octagon to date on September 25, as the UFC has confirmed that Cro Cop accepted a fight with Frank Mir in the main event at UFC 119. Cro Cop agreed to take the fight -- ...
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• Backstage With Ed Soares

• By Ariel HelwaniPosted: 08/17/2010 09:14 AM ET
• Filed Under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, Videos
• Ed Soares is one of the most recognizable and influential managers in mixed martial arts. With a stable of fighters that includes the likes of Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida, Jose Aldo, Junior dos Santos and the Nogueira brothers, Soares has quickly put ...
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• Paul Heyman Told WWE to Not Allow 'TUF 1' to Follow 'Raw'

• By Ray HuiPosted: 08/16/2010 02:45 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC
• It was a good thing WWE head Vince McMahon didn't listen to then-employee Paul Heyman. Heyman, the mastermind between the pro wrestling industry-changing ECW promotion in the 90s, revealed Monday that the WWE had the option to not allow The Ultimate Fighter ...
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• Report: Cro Cop in for Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Frank Mir at UFC 119

• By Matt EricksonPosted: 08/15/2010 06:47 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, News
• Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira has suffered a training injury that will likely require surgery and has pulled out of his UFC 119 main-event rematch with Frank Mir. Stepping in for the heavyweight will be Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic. The news comes from Fighters ...
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• Federal Prosecutor Links Shane Carwin to Steroids Conspiracy Case

• By Mike ChiappettaPosted: 08/14/2010 01:25 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, News
• Top-five ranked UFC heavyweight Shane Carwin has been named as one of 22 professional athletes who obtained steroids from an online pharmacy based in Mobile, Alabama, according to the Alabama news site, Al.com Carwin was named as a past customer of Applied ...
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