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• Mike Swick Looks Back at Recent Struggles, Forward to a Healthy Future

• By Ben FowlkesPosted: 09/01/2010 03:38 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC
• As anyone who's ever gone out to dinner with Mike Swick can tell you, watching the UFC welterweight order is an ordeal unto itself. He can't have garlic, or any of the great stuff that makes spicy food spicy. He can't have many of the staples of the American ...
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• Trevor Sherman Hopes to Keep Training James Toney in MMA

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 09/01/2010 02:30 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC
• After a two-decade career as a professional boxer, James Toney looked like a fish out of water in his mixed martial arts debut on Saturday night, and UFC President Dana White said after Randy Couture overwhelmed Toney that the UFC was done experimenting with ...
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• Palace of Auburn Hills to Host UFC 123; Rampage vs. Machida to Headline

• By Mike ChiappettaPosted: 09/01/2010 11:55 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, News
• UFC 123 is headed to Auburn Hills, Michigan. That's the word from UFC president Dana White, who told MMA Fighting that the finalization of a deal to bring the Nov. 20 event to The Palace of Auburn Hills in the Detroit suburb closed on Wednesday morning. ...
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• Vitor Belfort Confirms UFC 122 Fight Against Yushin Okami

• By Ray HuiPosted: 09/01/2010 10:04 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, News
• Once the rematch between UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and challenger Chael Sonnen is sorted out, the 185-pounder next in line will most likely be the winner of Vitor Belfort vs. Yushin Okami. Belfort confirmed Wednesday on Twitter that he will ...
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• B.J. Penn Can Make a Comeback, but Does He Want To?

• By Ben FowlkesPosted: 08/31/2010 03:53 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC
• I don't know what's more troubling about B.J. Penn's most recent loss -- the fact that he posted a video to his website that sounded oddly like a precursor to a farewell the day after his defeat at UFC 118, or the fact that he hasn't been able to get too fired ...
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• MMA Top 10 Lightweights: Edgar Is the Best, Maynard on His Heels

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 08/31/2010 08:12 AM ET
• Filed Under: DREAM, UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator, Lightweights
• No one can doubt Frankie Edgar anymore. After Edgar beat B.J. Penn by unanimous decision in April, a lot of people believed that the fight was a fluke, that the judges erred, and that Penn was still the best lightweight in mixed martial arts. But now that ...
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• UFC 124: Georges St-Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck II to Take Place in Montreal

• By Ariel HelwaniPosted: 08/30/2010 05:17 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, News
• The Ultimate Fighting Championship is coming back to Montreal, and the event will be headlined by the most famous Canadian in the sport. Georges St-Pierre's title defense against Josh Koscheck will take place on Dec. 11 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, ...
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• Wanderlei Silva Recovering, Hoping for February Return vs. Leben or Belfort

• By Mike ChiappettaPosted: 08/30/2010 04:18 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, News
• Wanderlei Silva's surgically repaired right knee is still healing, but it didn't stop the MMA legend from attending this past weekend's UFC 118, nor has it stopped him from dreaming big about the future. Silva, who still has significant rehabilitation ahead ...
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• Kimbo Slice: UFC Ain't Done Nothing to Me Except Put More Money in My Pockets

• By Ray HuiPosted: 08/30/2010 03:00 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC
• Kimbo Slice is the same person he's always been, the former street brawler-turned-MMA fighter and now professional boxer said Monday, reflecting on his stint with the UFC. "I've always been the same person, UFC ain't done [expletive] to me except put more ...
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• Florian Says Wrestling Ability, Not Mental Game Responsible for UFC 118 Loss

• By Ben FowlkesPosted: 08/30/2010 02:29 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive
• UFC president Dana White saw Kenny Florian's loss to Gray Maynard at UFC 118 on Saturday night as yet another sign that Florian cracks under the pressure of the big fights, falling short just as he's about to reach the top. But to hear Florian tell it, the ...
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• Falling Action: Best and Worst of UFC 118

• By Ben FowlkesPosted: 08/30/2010 12:15 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC
• The UFC's grand James Toney experiment is over, according to Dana White. Whether it was a success or not depends on the hypothesis you started with, but unless you happen to be Toney or one of his hype men, chances are you saw this coming. But while this ...
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• The MMA Wrap-Up: Post-UFC 118 Edition

• By Ben FowlkesPosted: 08/30/2010 10:25 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC
• After an interesting night of fights in Boston, the MMA Wrap-Up returns to break down UFC 118 and ask, in its own whimsical style, will MMA fans finally recognize Frankie Edgar as the world's best lightweight after his domination of B.J. Penn? You'd think ...
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