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Elliot Worsell, UFC – As a 12-year-old tearaway in Fortaleza, Brazil, Wilson Gouveia would drive his mother round the bend with worry. What’s he up to? When’s he coming home? Who’s he been playing with? A widowed parent-of-three, Mrs. Gouveia kept a tight and loving leash on her three children. A natural fighter, Wilson, the eldest, would be the one designated to look after the nest. The tough guy. The protector.

Source:Wilson Gouveia: Mum’s the word

Elliot Worsell, UFC – Mild-mannered and malevolent, Akihiro Gono is the kind of fighter who’ll beat you down and then haul you back up and apologise. Before all that, he’ll strut to the ring with a jig, a smile and a fancy wig. Throw in some wacky Japanese music, a homage to native musician DJ OZMA, and you have, in a nutshell, the Akihiro Gono experience.

Source:Akihiro Gono: Just Like ‘Magic’

UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre (Pictures) joined TJ De Santis and Jordan Breen Monday afternoon on the Sherdog Radio Network.

GSP broke down his dominating victory over American Kickboxing Academy star Jon Fitch (Pictures) and discussed his future in the Octagon

Source:Beatdown: Georges St. Pierre

Elliot Worsell, UFC – A world-class fighter is never born a world-class fighter. The nature and nurture debate can be saved for a rainy day but, on the whole, a fighter is usually a combination of the two. The desire to fight is often planted from an early age and the ability to fight is often learned at a later stage.

Source:Martin Kampmann: Engineering a run up the middleweight ladder

Jared Hamman (Pictures) needed less than one full round to avenge the only loss of his career — a disputed 15-second stoppage at the hands of Poai Suganuma

Source:Hamman Exacts ShoXC Revenge

MINNEAPOLIS — A back-and-forth battle for mat supremacy between middleweights Demian Maia (Pictures) and Jason MacDonald (Pictures) highlighted an undercard of action emanating

Source:Maia, Kongo Score Victories