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The MMA Hour With Chael Sonnen, Brian Stann, Joe Warren, Sean Pierson

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, Bellator, VideosThe MMA Hour returns on Monday with another two-hour live show. Here’s who we will be talking to:

* Chael Sonnen, who we have not heard from since December, will make his first public appearance to…

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The MMA Hour returns on Monday with another two-hour live show. Here’s who we will be talking to:

* Chael Sonnen, who we have not heard from since December, will make his first public appearance to address all the news going on his professional and personal life.

* UFC middleweight Brian Stann, who faces Jorge Santiago at UFC 130 in May.

* Bellator featherweight Joe Warren, who meets Marcos Galvao in a non-title fight at Bellator 41 on April 16.

* UFC welterweight Sean Pierson, who fights Brian Foster at UFC 129 later this month.

* MMA Fighting’s Japanese correspondent Daniel Herbertson, who will talk about life in Japan since last month’s natural disaster struck and the state of Japanese MMA.

* Matt Mitrione will return for the first time in three weeks to deliver his “Mitrione Minute.”

And of course, we’ll be taking your calls. Give us a shout at: 212-254-0193 or 212-254-0237.

Watch the show live below beginning at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT. Download previous episodes of The MMA Hour on iTunes: audio feed here; video feed here.

Bellator Weekly News: Featherweight Primer

(That’s no mean mug, that’s really just Warren’s normal expression.  PicProps:  Bellator.com)We bid you good morning, Potato Nation, and we present you with our second installment of preview materials for the upcoming Bellator tournaments, t…


(That’s no mean mug, that’s really just Warren’s normal expression.  PicProps:  Bellator.com)

We bid you good morning, Potato Nation, and we present you with our second installment of preview materials for the upcoming Bellator tournaments, this time running down the 145ers set to do battle in March.  By now you should know that Bellator will be airing live on Saturdays on MTV2, so we’re really going to stop telling you.  But don’t come crying to us when your DVR doesn’t magically start recording the fights in the new time slot, all teary-eyed with your bare face hanging out, asking us what went on and who advanced, because we totally won’t even tell you.

Sorry about that.  Listen, go grab some coffee, and venture in past the jump for introductions and videos for all eight featherweights confirmed for the brackets. 
 

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MMA Top 10 Featherweights: New Year, New Faces

Filed under: DREAM, UFC, Sengoku, Featherweights
An injury forced featherweight champion Jose Aldo to drop out of his scheduled fight at UFC 125, and while Aldo was on the sideline for New Year’s, the featherweight division underwent some radical chang…

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An injury forced featherweight champion Jose Aldo to drop out of his scheduled fight at UFC 125, and while Aldo was on the sideline for New Year’s, the featherweight division underwent some radical changes.

The New Year’s cards for the UFC, Dream and Sengoku all had big featherweight fights that featured several surprise results, and now that the dust has settled, the featherweight division looks a whole lot different heading into 2011 than it did for most of 2010 — with the exception, of course, that Aldo is still the king.

Check out our rankings of the rest of the featherweight division below.

Fighter of the Year: Cain Velasquez

Filed under: Fighting, UFCAt 6-foot-1 and around 240 pounds, Cain Velasquez is no small man in the ordinary world, but among the UFC’s supersized heavyweights, he hardly stands out for his size.

In fact, many heavyweights are either taller or heavier …

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Cain VelasquezAt 6-foot-1 and around 240 pounds, Cain Velasquez is no small man in the ordinary world, but among the UFC’s supersized heavyweights, he hardly stands out for his size.

In fact, many heavyweights are either taller or heavier than Velasquez, and most are both. Yet by the end of 2010, it was Velasquez that reigned over the group of monster athletes.

For capturing the UFC heavyweight championship and completing a rapid rise to the top, Velasquez is MMA Fighting’s 2010 Fighter of the Year.

Bellator 27 Recap: What The Hell Is a ‘Bantam,’ Anyway?

By DL “Dance Lord” Richardson
(Video courtesy YouTube/BellatorMMA)
When it comes to MMA, everyone has preferences. Some people want nothing but knockouts (these are the people waiting three hours to get Chuck Liddell’s autograph)…

By DL “Dance Lord” Richardson

(Video courtesy YouTube/BellatorMMA)

When it comes to MMA, everyone has preferences. Some people want nothing but knockouts (these are the people waiting three hours to get Chuck Liddell’s autograph), some people love nothing more than a fighter scoring a submission win off their back (if you don’t heart Sakuraba, I don’t want to be your friend). Some people love the heavy leather of the weight classes over 200 pounds (looking at you, Stak40), and some people love the non-stop dynamos that compete below 160 pounds. For those who dig an “I just gave my four year old Starbucks and meth” pace, Bellator hooked it up with a bantamweight showcase at The Majestic Theatre in San Antonio last night, and topped off the card with a much-anticipated matchup between current Featherweight Champion Joe Soto and Joe Warren. If you missed it, you better have a damn good reason or a note from your mom.

Come on in for a recap, but I *highly suggest* you watch Soto – Warren before you read it. These guys both wanted the belt like a thirteen year old girl wants a vampire boyfriend, and they put on a jaw dropper. I’ll talk about it, run down the other fights on the card, and if you’re good boys and girls, I’ll even tell you about bantams.

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Joe Warren Stuns Joe Soto in Brilliant Bellator Title Fight

Filed under: BellatorIn a classic fight for the Bellator bantamweight title, Joe Warren was beaten senseless for five minutes in the first round against Joe Soto, only to storm back and knock Soto out just 33 seconds into the second round.

It was one …

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In a classic fight for the Bellator bantamweight title, Joe Warren was beaten senseless for five minutes in the first round against Joe Soto, only to storm back and knock Soto out just 33 seconds into the second round.

It was one of the fights of the year, and a fight that showed that Warren, a world-class wrestler, also has an incredible chin and powerful striking.

“I had a bad first round,” Warren said afterward. “I took a deep breath, got my focus back and pushed hard. You can’t stop me. I’m the baddest man on the planet.”