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Watch The Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg Weigh Ins Here Beginning At 7PM EST

Today’s weigh-ins for Saturday’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg event will begin this afternoon beginning at 7 PM EST (4 PM PST) from the HP Pavilion Concourse in San Jose, Calif.

The MMA News will carry the live video courtesy of Strikeforce.com.

Saturday’s main card will air live on Showtime at 10 PM EST. Sherdog.com will also be streaming six preliminary bouts on their website beginning at 8:15 PM EST (5:15 PM PST).

Main Card

Welterweight Championship bout: Nick Diaz (169.5) vs. Evangelista Santos (169.5)
Middleweight Championship bout: Ronaldo Souza (184.25) vs. Robbie Lawler (184)
Heavyweight bout: Herschel Walker (220.75) vs. Scott Carson (214)
Light Heavyweight bout: Roger Gracie (206) vs. Trevor Prangley (205.25)

Sherdog.com Live Stream

Welterweight bout: Nate Moore (171) vs. Nathan Coy (171.25)* – *Given extra time to drop the 1/2 lbs to make weight
Lightweight bout: Bobby Stack (154.75) vs. Isaiah Hill (155.5)
Catchweight (180 lbs) bout: Eric Lawson (180) vs. Ron Keslar (179.5)
Women’s (135 lbs) bout: Germaine de Randamie (135.5) vs. Stephanie Webber (135.75)
Welterweight bout: James Terry (170.5) vs. Lucas Gamaza (171)
Women’s (120 lbs) bout: Jenna Castillo (121.5)* vs. Charlene Gellner (118) – *Given extra time to drop the 1/2 lbs to make weight

Preliminary card (Amateur bouts)

Catchweight (150 lbs) bout: Anthony Dariano (149.5) vs. Alan Perez (151)
Catchweight (165 lbs) bout: Ricky Jackson (164.5) vs. Niko Jackson (166)
Welterweight bout: Sam Bracamonte (168) vs. Armin Safiari (169.5)

Mike Russow vs. Jon Madsen Official, Complete UFN 24 Card

An undercard bout between UFC heavyweights Mike Russow (13-1,1 NC) vs. Jon Madsen (7-0) was made official today for the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Ortiz vs. Nogueira event. The bout completes an eleven fight card set for March 26 at the Key Arena in Seattle, Washington.
Spike TV will broadcast a four-fight main card that […]

UFC Fight Night 24 PosterAn undercard bout between UFC heavyweights Mike Russow (13-1,1 NC) vs. Jon Madsen (7-0) was made official today for the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Ortiz vs. Nogueira event. The bout completes an eleven fight card set for March 26 at the Key Arena in Seattle, Washington.

Spike TV will broadcast a four-fight main card that evening featuring matches between headliners Tito Ortiz vs. Antônio Rogério Nogueira, Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson, Amir Sadollah vs. Duane Ludwig, and Leonard Garcia vs Nam Phan II.

Russow makes his first octagon appearance since come-from-behind knockout victory over Todd Duffee in May at UFC 114. The third round KO earned him the “Knockout of the Night” bonus. It was his ninth straight victory and second in the UFC.

Madsen remains undefeated and is 4-0 in the UFC since making his promotion debut as part of “The Ultimate Fighter” season ten finale in December of 2009. His last fight was against Gilbert Yvel at UFC 121 in October, earning a TKO victory in the first round.

Main Card

Light Heavyweight bout: Tito Ortiz vs. Antônio Rogério Nogueira
Welterweight bout: Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson
Welterweight bout: Amir Sadollah vs. Duane Ludwig
Featherweight bout: Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan

Preliminary Card

Featherweight bout: Alex Caceres vs. Mackens Semerzier
Heavyweight bout: Jon Madsen vs. Mike Russow
Welterweight bout: John Hathaway vs. Kris McCray
Bantamweight bout: Michael McDonald vs. Nick Pace
Heavyweight bout: Sean McCorkle vs. Christian Morecraft
Middleweight bout: Mario Miranda vs. Aaron Simpson
Welterweight bout: Dennis Hallman vs. TJ Waldburger

Hump Day Headlines with Stephanie Ann Cook and Danielle Loveland

Kenny Florian questions “Who has he beaten?” in regards to Melvin Guillard’s statement that UFC needs to give title-shots to new blood instead of recycling contendors like Florian. Florian adds he would take a fight with Guillard.
Junior Dos Santos says Brock Lesnar “doesn’t accept punches well” and has a “weak chin.”
Brendan Schaub uses fear […]

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Kenny Florian questions “Who has he beaten?” in regards to Melvin Guillard’s statement that UFC needs to give title-shots to new blood instead of recycling contendors like Florian. Florian adds he would take a fight with Guillard.

Junior Dos Santos says Brock Lesnar “doesn’t accept punches well” and has a “weak chin.”

Brendan Schaub uses fear to motivate him in fights like watching video of his upcoming UFC 128 opponent, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic in his past K-1 fights.

Spike TV announces UFN 24 Main Card including: Tito Oritz vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Dan Hardy vs Anthony Johnson, Duane Ludwig vs Amir Sadollah, and Leonard Garcia vs Nam Phan.

Former UFC fighters, James McSweeney and Ricco Rodriguez are scheduled for a February 26th bout at BAMMA 5.

Former NFL Runningback legend, Hershel Walker who is 48 years old,  faces Scott Carson at Strikeforce this weekend and is planning a return to the NFL by the time he’s 50 years old.

UFC 126 is sold out.

More pictures of Stephanie Ann Cook and Danielle Loveland courtesy of BabesofMMA below:




BAMMA 5 Poster – Paul Daley vs. Yuya Shirai Headline

BAMMA 5: Daley vs. Shirai is the latest event of the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts. The show will take place on Feb. 26 at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England.
Headlining the event will be a BAMMA welterweight title fight between Paul “Semtex” Daley and DEEP champ Yuya Shirai from Japan.
Main […]

BAMMA 5 Poster

BAMMA 5: Daley vs. Shirai is the latest event of the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts. The show will take place on Feb. 26 at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England.

Headlining the event will be a BAMMA welterweight title fight between Paul “Semtex” Daley and DEEP champ Yuya Shirai from Japan.

Main Card

Welterweight Title Fight: Paul “Semtex” Daley vs. Yuya Shirai
Heavyweight bout: James McSweeney vs. Ricco Rodriguez

Preliminary Card

Lightweight bout: Daniel Thomas vs. AJ Wenn
Welterweight bout: Rob Mills vs. Leigh Cohoon
Lightweight bout: Jason Ball vs. Maktar Gueye
Welterweight bout: Paul Cook vs. Tom Maguire
Lightweight bout: Tim Newman vs. Diego Vital
Lightweight bout: Costas Doru vs. Liam James
Lightweight bout: Franky Slater vs. Jeremy Petley
Welterweight bout: Charlie Leary vs. Tom Breese

Mitrione And Freire Receive Indefinite Medical Suspensions

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has saw fit to suspend a total of five fighters from last Saturday’s UFC: Fight for the Troops 2 event, which took place at Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas.
Topping the list of suspensions were Matt Mitrione and Willamy Freire who both received indefinite sentences for injuries suffered in […]

medicalsuspensions8dThe Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has saw fit to suspend a total of five fighters from last Saturday’s UFC: Fight for the Troops 2 event, which took place at Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas.

Topping the list of suspensions were Matt Mitrione and Willamy Freire who both received indefinite sentences for injuries suffered in their bouts.

Mitrione injured his left hand during his first-round TKO win over Tim Hague in the co-main event. He can be cleared to return if he receives clearance from a doctor first. The win was Mitrione’s fourth as a professional fighter and fourth as a UFC fighter.

Freire received his indefinite suspension for damage to his right hand and cheek. He lost a unanimous decision to Waylon Lowe in his UFC debut as part of the last prelim bout of the evening. He can have the suspension lifted once he is cleared by the proper specialist for each of his injuries.

The full UFC: Fight for the Troops 2 medical suspensions as posted by Sherdog.com are as follows:

• Matt Mitrione: Suspended indefinitely due to injured left hand and must be cleared by an orthopedist.

• Willamy Freire: Suspended indefinitely due to injuries to the right hand and right cheek and must be cleared by an orthopedist and facial surgeon.

• Evan Dunham: Suspended until Feb. 22 as a precaution.

• Tim Hague: Suspended until Feb. 22 as a precaution.

• George Roop: Suspended until Feb. 22 as a precaution.