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You could say UFC light heavyweight Stephan Bonnar (11-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC) has woken up and smelled the coffee.

In his most recent fight, the original “Ultimate Fighter” alumnus was paired with Mark Coleman at UFC 100 after “The Hammer’s” disastrous debut at UFC 93. Many thought it would be a walk in the park for Bonnar.

It, of course, wasn’t. And following that loss, Bonnar recently told MMAjunkie.com he’s quit trying to look for meaning in his dreams and instead has taken a more traditional approach to his fight camp.

Competitors from this weekend’s “Strikeforce: Miami” card took part
today in an open workout, and Strikeforce photographer Esther Lin was
on scene to capture images.

Today’s media event took place at American Top Team’s Fort Lauderdale branch in Florida.

Taking part were former NFL great and MMA newcomer Herschel Walker,
title challenger Marloes Coenen, former WWE star Bobby Lashley, and other
fighters from the Jan. 30 Showtime-televised event.

A
featherweight bout between promotional newcomer Chad Mendes (5-0 MMA, 0-0 WEC) and
fellow undefeated fighter Erik Koch (8-0 MMA, 1-0 WEC) is set for WEC 47.

WEC executives today officially announced the March 6 fight, which is slated for the
night’s un-aired preliminary card.

MMAjunkie.com first reported Mendes’ likely event participation in December and passed
along news of the potential bout with Koch on Tuesday.

Watch Jay Hieron Talks Nick Diaz, Joe Riggs and Strikeforce on RawVegas.tv

In our latest MMA Fix, we caught up with Jay Hieron, who is getting back in the ring for the first time in six months this weekend with Strikeforce.

Originally, Hieron was going to fight Nick Diaz. But the out-spoken Diaz left Strikeforce, leaving Hieron to fight Joe Riggs. When we asked Hieron for his thoughts on Diaz, he said: “No thoughts I don’t even care about him.”

Ok then. Moving on…

Hieron also discusses Strikeforce walking the line from putting on quality fights and more “freakshow” bouts (see: Walker, Herschel). Watch above or here.

At the TUF 11 media day, Tito Ortiz dropped a pretty big bomb saying that Chuck Liddell was an alcoholic and that Dana White saved him with an intervention.

In the above vid (audio starts off badly, but the part about Chuck around 1:20 in is crystal clear), Ortiz says that Chuck was partying too much, but that Dana stepped in, that The Iceman has been sober since November, and that Ortiz is “proud of him.”

Who knows how much if that is true, but it would be very ballsy and careless for Ortiz to throw it out there if not. As Seinfeld would say, “that’s a pretty big matzo ball hanging out there” if not.

* Credit to CageWriter for the find here.

The case of Filipino boxer Z Gorres, who sustained a life-threatening brain injury during a recent bout, is prompting the Nevada State Athletic Commission to reexamine insurance coverage for combat-sports events in the state.

Currently, Nevada requires promoters to carry $50,000 of medical insurance for a mixed martial arts show or boxing event. However, Gorres, 27, has incurred medical costs more than 10 times that amount as a result of the severe brain injury he sustained in a Nov. 13 bout against Colombian Luis Melendez.

In our latest MMAjunkie.com Fight Biz installment, business columnist Steve Sievert talks to NSAC executive Keith Kizer about the issue. Sievert also discusses the viability of the WEC on pay-per-view and which U.S. state could soon become the 43rd to regulate MMA.