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UFC Fight Night 24 Live Chat

Filed under: UFCTalk all things UFC Fight Night 24 with Matt Erickson and other members of the MMA Fighting team as you watch the Spike TV broadcast live at 10 p.m. ET.

The four fights we’ll be discussing are Phil Davis vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, …

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Talk all things UFC Fight Night 24 with Matt Erickson and other members of the MMA Fighting team as you watch the Spike TV broadcast live at 10 p.m. ET.

The four fights we’ll be discussing are Phil Davis vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson, Amir Sadollah vs. DaMarques Johnson and Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung.

And we’ll weigh in on the five preliminary card bouts from the UFC’s Facebook stream, as well, including the heavyweight tilts between Jon Madsen vs. Mike Russow and Sean McCorkle vs. Christian Morecraft.

The live chat is below.

Three More Bouts Added to UFC Fight Night 24 Facebook Stream

Filed under: UFC, NewsThe UFC has once again raised its own bar. After previously announcing a pair of free preliminary card fights for UFC Fight Night 24 would be streamed live on Facebook, the company has upped the ante to five – apparently thanks to…

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The UFC has once again raised its own bar. After previously announcing a pair of free preliminary card fights for UFC Fight Night 24 would be streamed live on Facebook, the company has upped the ante to five – apparently thanks to some social media pressure put on company president Dana White.

Posters on The Underground forum started an impromptu campaign asking White, via the message boards and Twitter, for more fights on Facebook. After scheduling two earlier in the week, the UFC boss came through and added three additional to the stream.

Tito Ortiz Wants to Return Soon, Fight Forrest Griffin for Third Time

Filed under: UFC, NewsAfter pulling out of his main event fight against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira later this month thanks to a training injury, Tito Ortiz said he will be ready to fight again later this spring – and wants a trilogy fight with Forrest Gr…

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Tito Ortiz wants to fight Forrest Griffin in his next fight.After pulling out of his main event fight against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira later this month thanks to a training injury, Tito Ortiz said he will be ready to fight again later this spring – and wants a trilogy fight with Forrest Griffin.

Ortiz, the former UFC light heavyweight champion, was scheduled to face Nogueira at the UFC’s Fight Night card in Seattle on March 26. But last month, a cut suffered in an accidental sparring headbutt required 22 stitches. On Monday, he told Ariel Helwani on “The MMA Hour” losing training time for an opponent of Nogueira’s caliber would be a crucial setback.

“I just got the stitches out at the end of last week, and I’m not able to wrestle for another week and a half,” Ortiz said. “I can’t take three weeks off and (be prepared) for Nogueira – it’s impossible to do. So I had to pull out of the fight.”

Tito Ortiz Out of Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Bout, Phil Davis In

Filed under: UFC, NewsTito Ortiz has pulled out of his main-event bout next month against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and will be replaced by Phil Davis.

UFC president Dana White made the announcement Saturday afternoon on his Twitter feed. Ortiz-Nogueir…

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Tito OrtizTito Ortiz has pulled out of his main-event bout next month against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and will be replaced by Phil Davis.

UFC president Dana White made the announcement Saturday afternoon on his Twitter feed. Ortiz-Nogueira was scheduled to headline the UFC’s Fight Night 24 show in Seattle, the promotion’s debut in that city.

Instead, Davis (8-0, 4-0 UFC) will get his first taste of a main event, stepping in for Ortiz, the former light heavyweight champion. White’s announcement on Twitter said Ortiz needed stitches and was out of the bout. Ortiz confirmed the news in a Twitter post of his own Saturday afternoon, saying he needed 22 stitches and had suffered a concussion.

Waylon Lowe, Nik Lentz Booked for UFC Fight Night in Seattle

Filed under: UFC, NewsLightweights Waylon Lowe and Nik Lentz will meet at the UFC’s Seattle Fight Night card next month.

A source close to the fighters’ camps confirmed the booking to MMA Fighting on Thursday. The news was also reported by MMA Diehar…

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Waylon LoweLightweights Waylon Lowe and Nik Lentz will meet at the UFC’s Seattle Fight Night card next month.

A source close to the fighters’ camps confirmed the booking to MMA Fighting on Thursday. The news was also reported by MMA Diehards.

Lowe (10-3, 2-1 UFC) and Lentz (20-3-2, 4-0-1 UFC) are both managed by Monte Cox – and sources told MMA Fighting that the booking was not the first proposed matchup between two of his fighters. In the UFC’s lightweight division, Cox also manages Jacob Volkmann, Sean Sherk, Kamal Shalorus and Cody McKenzie.

Dana White: Lyoto Machida, Tito Ortiz in ‘Must-Win’ Fights

Filed under: UFC, NewsFORT HOOD, Texas – The UFC’s light heavyweight division has long been considered by many to be the promotion’s most competitive. And Dana White believes that is the case – and that some of his most notable fighters at 205 have cru…

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Dana WhiteFORT HOOD, Texas – The UFC’s light heavyweight division has long been considered by many to be the promotion’s most competitive. And Dana White believes that is the case – and that some of his most notable fighters at 205 have crucial bouts coming up.

The UFC president, speaking Friday at a Q&A session for enlisted military personnel on the Fort Hood base, noted that former champions Lyoto Machida and Tito Ortiz are both in must-win situations in their next fights.