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The MMA Hour With Miguel Torres, Jamie Varner, David Haye, Malki Kawa

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, WEC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosThe MMA Hour returns on Monday with another loaded lineup:

* Bantamweight Miguel Torres will stop by to talk about his WEC 51 fight against Charlie Valencia and moving his training camp to M…

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The MMA Hour returns on Monday with another loaded lineup:

* Bantamweight Miguel Torres will stop by to talk about his WEC 51 fight against Charlie Valencia and moving his training camp to Montreal’s Tristar Gym.

* Jamie Varner will also stop by to preview his WEC 51 fight against Donald Cerrone and talk about the bad blood that has been brewing since them since they fought almost two years ago.

* Boxing star David Haye will join the show to talk about his love of all things MMA and his interest in trying out the sport.

* And MMA agent Malki Kawa will respond to Matt Mitrione’s post-UFC 119 accusations about him.

We’ll also look back at Saturday night’s UFC 119 event.

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

Download this show and previous episodes of The MMA Hour on iTunes here.

The MMA Hour begins below beginning at 1 PM ET.

Agent Malki Kawa Responds to Being Fired on Live TV at UFC 119

Filed under: UFC, NewsOn Monday, MMA agent Malki Kawa explained his side of the story in response to receiving the boot from Matt Mitrione live on national television this past Saturday at UFC 119 in Indianapolis.

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On Monday, MMA agent Malki Kawa explained his side of the story in response to receiving the boot from Matt Mitrione live on national television this past Saturday at UFC 119 in Indianapolis.

Mitrione made the public firing after his win over Joey Beltran during the Spike TV prelims and in a one-on-one interview with MMAFighting.com following the event clarified the dismissal by telling Ariel Helwani that earning $5,000 in sponsorship money was “highly unacceptable.” Additionally, Mitrione and his wife felt slighted by Kawa allegedly telling Mitrione’s wife that Mitrione’s business was none of her’s.

Kawa, the CEO of First Round Management, on Monday’s The MMA Hour reasoned that he was only able to rake in $5,000 due to the constraints he was working within. Kawa said he picked up Mitrione as a client four weeks ago expecting an exclusive deal only to learn that Mitrione entered their business relationship with a family member already working sponsorships.

“I’m not upset that he got mad that it was only $5,000 but there were certain things I was bringing to the table that would have gotten him at a certain number and he would have been pretty happy had I been able to handle the whole thing A to Z,” Kawa said.