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3 Mar 2010

It’s been less than two weeks since Michael Bisping dropped a close decision loss to Wanderlei Silva at UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia and while his ego may have taken a beating with the defeat, he appears to be eager to jump back into the fray as MMA Mania is reporting that serious talks are underway for Bisping to face former IFL star Dan Miller as part of the upcoming UFC 114 event on May 29th in Las Vegas, NV.
Bisping is 1-2 in his last three fights, with a victory …

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12 Feb 2010
UFC 109 Drug Testing Information Released

The drug testing results for last weekend’s UFC 109 event have been released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and all thirteen fighters tested on the card passed their tests with flying colors. Among those tested were main event participants Randy Couture and Mark Coleman, as well as Nate Marquart, Chael Sonnen, Paulo Thiago, Demian Maia, Matt Serra, Mac Danzig, Phil Davis, Chris Tuchsherer, Joey Beltran, Melvin Guillard and Rob Emerson.
All fighters were tested for drugs of abuse (narcotics), as well as performance enhancing drugs like steroids or masking agents. …

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11 Feb 2010

Ultimate Fighter season eight finalist Phillipe Nover has been cut by the UFC following his loss to Rob Emerson on the undercard of last weekend’s UFC 109 event in Las Vegas, NV. The loss was the third straight for Nover, who had also dropped fights to Kyle Bradley at UFC 98 and Efrain Escudero at the TUF 8 Finale show.
Nover had been hyped by UFC President Dana White as being the “next Anderson Silva” and during one episode of The Ultimate Fighter remarked how much Nover reminded him of current …

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7 Feb 2010
UFC 109 match-by-match coverage

Rolles Gracie vs. Joey Beltran
This is the first member of the Gracie family to fight for Zuffa since Royce’s fight with Matt Hughes in 2006. Gracie has both Renzo Gracie and Greg Jackson in his corner. Gracie bulled him into the cage. Leg trip takedown and he’s almost immediately in full mount. Beltran turned his back. I think he realized he was in with aGracie and rolled to his back. Beltran reversed him while Gracie was too high in mount throwing punches. Gracie has him tied up in guard until …

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2 Feb 2010

Josh Koscheck was supposed to get his chance to avenge a loss to Paulo Thiago this Saturday at UFC 109 in Las Vegas, but an injury forced the American Kickboxing Academy welterweight out of the bout. Luckily, Koscheck’s teammate, Mike Swick, was primed to step in.
“I think I was set to fight around the April time frame,” said Swick on the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Beatdown” show on Monday. “Then I’d heard that Koscheck hurt his knee rolling with Cain (Velasquez). So I kind of figured if he pulls out that …

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26 Jan 2010
UFC – UFC 109 airing on ESPN and ESPN HD on February 6

Coming straight from the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas, ESPN and ESPN HD will host UFC 109: RELENTLESS exclusively live on Saturday 6th February from 11:30pm.

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22 Jan 2010
UFC – Get a free bet on UFC 109 featuring Couture vs. Coleman and more

iFight365.com have teamed up with leading online bookmaker Paddy Power to give all visitors to the website a free £20 bet on UFC 109 next month.

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21 Nov 2009
UFC – Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg at UFC 109?

A welterweight bout between Matt Serra and Frank Trigg is in the works for UFC 109 in February.