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Strikeforce: Los Angeles Weigh-Ins Open To Public

Strikeforce wants fight fans to join the promotion at 5 PM PST this Tuesday, June 15 at the Conga Room at LA Live in Downtown Los Angeles, Cali. for the weigh-ins for Wednesday’s “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” event.
Headlining the event will be former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champ Renato “Babalu” Sobral (35-8) and knockout artist Robbie Lawler (17-5) […]

Headlining the event will be former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champ Renato “Babalu” Sobral (35-8) and knockout artist Robbie Lawler (17-5) who will fight at a catchweight of 195 pounds.

Sixteen competitors will fight on Wednesday’s “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” card, which takes place at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, and will be televised live on Showtime beginning at 11 PM EST (delayed broadcast for the West Coast).

Main Card

Catchweight bout (195 pounds): Robbie Lawler vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral
Welterweight bout: Marius Zaromskis vs. Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos
Middleweight bout: Trevor Prangley vs. Tim Kennedy
Lightweight bout: KJ Noons vs. Conor Huen

Preliminary Card

Catchweight (160 lbs) bout: R.J. Clifford vs. Jeremy Umphries
Bantamweight bout: Marcus Kowal vs. Hugo Sandoval

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Chael Sonnen Taking A Few More Shots At Anderson Silva

UFC middleweight contender Chael Sonnen talked to Canada’s Joe Ferrero on Saturday, staying on par by trash talking champion Anders Silva through the entire interview.
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UFC middleweight contender Chael Sonnen talked to Canada’s Joe Ferrero on Saturday, staying on par by trash talking champion Anders Silva through the entire interview.

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Rich Franklin Out For 8 Weeks

Rich “Ace” Franklin suffered the broken arm in the first round of his main event bout with Chuck Liddell at this past weekends UFC 115 event. Franklin broke the arm after checking a kick from the “Iceman” in the middle of the frame but kept on fighting till KOing his opponent with seconds left […]

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Jeremy Stephens Vblog For The UFC Fan Expo

UFC lightweight fighter Jeremy “Lilheathen” Stephens (18-5) was part of the previous UFC Fan Expo at UFC 114, supporting his sponsors and his training partner Joe Brammer.
Stephens recently earned a split decision and the “Fight of the Night” award for defeating Sam Stout at UFC 113.
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UFC lightweight fighter Jeremy “Lilheathen” Stephens (18-5) was part of the previous UFC Fan Expo at UFC 114, supporting his sponsors and his training partner Joe Brammer.

Stephens recently earned a split decision and the “Fight of the Night” award for defeating Sam Stout at UFC 113.

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Randy Couture Would Love To See Shaquille O’Neal Take On Hong Man Choi

Former UFC heavyweight champ and MMA legend Randy Couture (18-10) was in Vancouver this past weekend to help promote Saturday’s UFC 115 event.
In his rounds speaking to the press, Couture answered a few questions from The Province newspaper in Vancouver.
Most surprising celebrity who has been a fan?
“I guess, probably the one that caught my attention […]

Former UFC heavyweight champ and MMA legend Randy Couture (18-10) was in Vancouver this past weekend to help promote Saturday’s UFC 115 event.

In his rounds speaking to the press, Couture answered a few questions from The Province newspaper in Vancouver.

Most surprising celebrity who has been a fan?

“I guess, probably the one that caught my attention the most, and maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise, was Shaquille O’Neal. I met him during the season of the first Ultimate Fighter and when I fought Tito [Ortiz, at UFC 44 in Las Vegas on Sept. 26, 2003] … well, when I walk in the cage and stand there, waiting for all the introductions and nonsense to get over with and the fight to start, I’ll pick out somebody on the far side and make eye contact with them. It passes that minute or so for me. That night, it happened to be Shaquille. He’s so damn big. So I winked at him and smiled and I guessed it freaked him out. I’ve talked to him a couple of times since then and he’s a great big, huge, funny guy and he’s expressed interest in fighting.”

How would he do?

“I think he’s a tremendous athlete. He’d probably do well. It’d be interesting to see him and Hongman Choi [the 7-foot-2 South Korean MMA star] hook it up. A couple of 7-footers out there, slinging leather. The ring would suddenly look very small with those two in it.”

Pat Barry Breaks Hand And Foot Against “Cro Cop”

After facing one of his childhood idles, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, UFC heavyweight Pat Barry had to make a trip to the hospital after their fight due to a broken hand and foot.
Barry posted the picture from his Twitter account, twitter.com/hypeordie, noting that he broke his hand in the first and his foot in either […]

After facing one of his childhood idles, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, UFC heavyweight Pat Barry had to make a trip to the hospital after their fight due to a broken hand and foot.

Barry posted the picture from his Twitter account, twitter.com/hypeordie, noting that he broke his hand in the first and his foot in either the first or second round against the big Croatian.

Broke hand in first Broke something in foot in first or second

Nooo, it sucks to say, but I pannicked last night after I knew my hand and foot were done. I burned out trying to end it with power hits.

Barry’s performance in the fight was certainly affected by the injuries, after dominating the first round against “Cro Cop,” and helped to lead to his submission loss in the third round.

The UFC president, Dana White, talked about the loss for Barry, noting the fighter offered too much respect as a friend instead of facing a dangerous foe.

“He respected Cro Cop, but kind of had this feeling like I know I’m going to take him out tonight. I think he played that fight all wrong.”

Check out the second photo of Barry after the jump