Author: Tony Preston

UFC 132: Evan Dunham Out, So George Sotiropoulos To Face Rafael Dos Anjos

UFC lightweight Evan Dunham has suffered an undisclosed injury and withdrawn from his fight with George Sotiropoulos, according to a report from MMA Junkie.
Sotiropoulos is now slated to fight Rafael Dos Anjos at the July 2nd event in Las Vegas.
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UFC lightweight Evan Dunham has suffered an undisclosed injury and withdrawn from his fight with George Sotiropoulos, according to a report from MMA Junkie.

Sotiropoulos is now slated to fight Rafael Dos Anjos at the July 2nd event in Las Vegas.

Dunham has lost in his past two Octagon appearances.

After a close split-decision loss to Sean Sherk, Dunham was stopped in the first round by Melvin Guillard’s knees. Those two losses were the first of Dunham’s career, which saw him get off to an 11-0 start.

Sotiropoulos is looking to rebound from a loss to Dennis Siver, in a bout that saw Siver utilize superior striking to outpoint Sotiropoulos and claim the decision victory.

The loss was Sotiropoulos’ first in the UFC and first since 2006.

The UFC is reporting that Rafael Dos Anjos has verbally agreed to replace Dunham on the fight card and square off against Sotiropoulos.

Dos Anjos’ last fight was in August, against Clay Guida—Guida picked up the submission victory after Dos Anjos suffered a jaw injury. The loss snapped a three-fight win streak for Dos Anjos and dropped his UFC record to 3-3.

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Strikeforce: Cung Le Will Be in 5 Movies but No Fights in 2011

Cung Le, a Sanshou kickboxer and mixed marital artist, recently told ESPN that he will not be fighting in 2011.Instead, Le is going to be in five motion pictures this year. Due to his filming schedule, he says that a fight this year is “impossible.”Le …

Cung Le, a Sanshou kickboxer and mixed marital artist, recently told ESPN that he will not be fighting in 2011.

Instead, Le is going to be in five motion pictures this year. Due to his filming schedule, he says that a fight this year is “impossible.”

Le last fought in June 2010, in a fight against Scott Smith.

That bout saw Le claim victory over Smith by way of a second-round knockout. The fight was a rematch of their clash in December 2009, in which Smith pulled off a stunning third-round knockout over Le, despite Le having dominated. Le’s career record is 7-1, every fight ending by knockout.

Before his two fights with Smith, Le fought his biggest name opponent to date in Frank Shamrock for the Strikeforce middleweight title.

After three rounds, Shamrock was unable to continue due to a broken arm suffered while attempting to block one of Le’s kicks. Le vacated the title over a year later, to focus on his film career, having never defended the belt.

Le is only interested in a fight if the money is right.

When asked about fighting current UFC champion Anderson Silva, Le responded, “I’m just honored to be brought up for the fight.”

At almost 39 years of age, Le knows that his window of opportunity for fighting is closing and the time frame for a fight is soon, “because the clock is ticking.”

However, just not in 2011, because Le is busy building his resume as an actor.

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UFC 129 Results: Cesar Gracie Says Nate Diaz Headed Back to Lightweight

Nate Diaz suffered a unanimous decision loss to Rory McDonald this past Saturday at UFC 129. The defeat marks his second straight loss at the welterweight division. It now seems that Diaz plans to return to the lightweight division.According to a …

Nate Diaz suffered a unanimous decision loss to Rory McDonald this past Saturday at UFC 129. 

The defeat marks his second straight loss at the welterweight division. It now seems that Diaz plans to return to the lightweight division.

According to a report from MMA Mania, Diaz’s trainer, Cesar Gracie, has said, “Nate Diaz didn’t look too good. I’m gonna be the first one to say it. He looked lethargic out there and he’s been asking me to go back to 155 for some time now.

“Frankie Edgar is the champion over there and he’s the student of a good friend of mine. Nathan was one of the contenders at 155 so we brought him up to 170 but it looks like we’ll probably bring him back down to 155 where he belongs.”

Diaz got his shot in the UFC after he triumphed in The Ultimate Fighter 5 tournament, consisting of 16 lightweights.

After winning in the fifth season finale, Diaz went on a four-fight win streak, before going on a run of 1-3—losing all three by decision.

After a loss to Gray Maynard, Diaz decided to move up to welterweight, citing issues cutting weight.

Here, he picked up two stoppage victories to start off with—one via TKO and one via submission—before suffering these back-to-back decision losses.

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