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The MMA Hour With Leben, McCorkle, Rebney, Magalhaes and Gutierrez

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, Bellator, VideosHere’s who we have lined up for Monday’s two-hour live edition of The MMA Hour:

* UFC middleweight Chris Leben will stop by to preview his UFC 125 fight against Brian Stann.

* Heavywei…

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Here’s who we have lined up for Monday’s two-hour live edition of The MMA Hour:

* UFC middleweight Chris Leben will stop by to preview his UFC 125 fight against Brian Stann.

* Heavyweight Sean McCorkle will discuss what went wrong in his fight against Stefan Struve at UFC 124.

* Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney will explain the organization’s new TV deal with MTV2.

* Matt Mitrione will grace us with his presence for another installment of “The Mitrione Minute.”

* Former TUF finalist Vinny Magalhaes will talk about his recent win at M-1 Challenge 22.

* Women’s MMA fighter Michelle Gutierrez will talk about her career and upcoming fight in January.

* And MMA Fighting’s Ben Fowlkes will stop by to look back at WEC 53 and talk other MMA news.

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 PM ET / 10 AM PT. Download previous episodes of The MMA Hour on iTunes here.

GIF of the Day: Eddie Wineland’s Slam-Knockout of Ken Stone @ WEC 53

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The full video of Eddie Wineland’s WEC 53 preliminary card fight against Ken Stone is still nowhere to be found — and yet, we now have a gif of Wineland’s Knockout of the Night-winning slam, which means that someone must hav…

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The full video of Eddie Wineland‘s WEC 53 preliminary card fight against Ken Stone is still nowhere to be found — and yet, we now have a gif of Wineland’s Knockout of the Night-winning slam, which means that someone must have seen the fight at some point. Stone had to leave the cage on a stretcher, but was reportedly moving around under his own power later that night. I know, the gif ain’t much. Which is why we’ve included another slam-knockout after the jump — this one of the belly-to-belly suplex variety, from an M-1 Challenge event in August 2009. (Thanks to MiddleEasy for the tip.)

Backstage With Scott Coker

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Scott Coker is arguably one of the most powerful figures in mixed martial arts. He’s also one of the most elusive ones, too. The Strikeforce CEO calls the shots for the upstart San Jose-based organization, but isn’t as visible at events as other promoters.

In the latest installment of our ongoing “Backstage” series, MMA Fighting sat down with Coker prior to Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II in St. Louis to discuss his history as a fight promoter, why he is hard to find on fight nights, what’s next for Strikeforce and so much more.

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Video: Aleksander Emelianenko’s Three-Year Can-Crushing Streak Comes to a Bitter End

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Aleksander Emelianenko was back in action Saturday night in Khabarovsk, Russia, where he faced Australian K-1/Sengoku vet Peter Graham in the main event of Draka: Governor’s Cup 2…

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Aleksander Emelianenko was back in action Saturday night in Khabarovsk, Russia, where he faced Australian K-1/Sengoku vet Peter Graham in the main event of Draka: Governor’s Cup 2010. Despite Graham’s decorated kickboxing background, he came into the fight with an underwhelming MMA record of 3-5, with notable losses to Kazuyuki Fujita, Rolles Gracie, and Jim York (all by first-round choke).

But this was no ordinary MMA match — special rules were in place so that fighters would be stood up after just 30 seconds. Not that it would matter to Aleks, who hasn’t needed much more than his fists lately. In fact, The Other Emelianenko had finished all of his previous eight opponents in the first round. True, most of those opponents were no-name punching bags who looked like they didn’t belong in the ring with him, and his April win against Eddy Bengtsson was one of the dive-iest dives in diving history. Would Graham be another conquest on Alek’s can-crushing streak? As the headline of this post should have already informed you, no, not at all.

Kazuyuki Miyata Talks About How He Turned His Career Around

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Japan isn’t exactly known for grooming its prospects, but few have been put through the paces like 2000 freestyle wrestling Olympian Kazuyuki Miyata. After facing Royler Gracie in his debut, and then top 10 lightweights Genki Sudo, Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto, Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro and Joachim Hansen all within his first eleven fights, Miyata’s record was left in tatters.

Miyata spoke to MMAFighting.com about his tough beginnings, reinvention and building himself back up as an undefeated featherweight.

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Miyata spoke to MMAFighting.com about his tough beginnings, reinvention and building himself back up as an undefeated featherweight.

WEC 53 Aftermath Notes: Video of ‘The Showtime Kick’, Prelim Madness, Bonuses + More

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Let’s get this out of the way: The cage-spring head-kick that Anthony "Showtime" Pettis landed on Ben Henderson in their lightweight title fight at …

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Let’s get this out of the way: The cage-spring head-kick that Anthony "Showtime" Pettis landed on Ben Henderson in their lightweight title fight at last night’s WEC 53 event was 1) The greatest kick in MMA history, 2) Maybe the most impressive knockdown in MMA history, and 3) Further proof that Pettis is one of the most exciting 155’ers in the universe. (He’s also punched his ticket to challenge for the UFC lightweight title against either Frankie Edgar or Gray Maynard, who both look dull as hell by comparison.)

We already knew Pettis was capable of stuff like this, but to have the balls to throw that kick in the fifth round of a title fight? If he planted his foot wrong, the video above might be titled "Ultimate Fail." Instead, he clinched the match on the judges scorecards with absolute authority. Said Pettis after the fight: “Duke Roufus plays with us, and we try these new kicks. He told us if one of us lands it in the cage that he would take us to dinner. So he owes me some dinner.”

The main event earned both men $10,000 Fight of the Night bonuses. As action-packed as the "Henderson vs. Pettis" broadcast was, the unaired prelims were equally hardcore, producing five first-round stoppages in seven bouts…