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Renzo Gracie Wants to Fight in UFC’s Return to Brazil

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsRenzo Gracie’s camp wants you to know that his MMA career isn’t close over and that he wants to fight on the UFC card in Brazil on Aug. 27.

MMA Fighting recently spoke to Gracie’s manager, Ali Abdel Aziz of Do…

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Renzo Gracie‘s camp wants you to know that his MMA career isn’t close over and that he wants to fight on the UFC card in Brazil on Aug. 27.

MMA Fighting recently spoke to Gracie’s manager, Ali Abdel Aziz of Dominance MMA Management, about the 43-year-old’s desire to fight on what will be the first UFC card in Gracie’s home country since October 1998.

“It’s Renzo’s dream to fight in a UFC in Brazil,” Abdel Aziz said, “but it’s up to the UFC and Dana [White] to make it happen.”

Nick Diaz vs. Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos Title Fight Booked for Jan. 29 Strikeforce Card

(You don’t want any part of this, Nick. No part whatsoever. / Photo courtesy of ESPN.)
It’s official: Nick Diaz vs. Jason Miller ain’t happening, at least not in the near future. With both sides failing to come to an agreement on weight class, Strike…

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(You don’t want any part of this, Nick. No part whatsoever. / Photo courtesy of ESPN.)

It’s official: Nick Diaz vs. Jason Miller ain’t happening, at least not in the near future. With both sides failing to come to an agreement on weight class, Strikeforce has decided to move on with their welterweight champion, reportedly booking Diaz to defend his belt against Chute Boxe veteran Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos. The fight is expected to take place on the January 29th San Jose card that will also feature the middleweight title fight between Ronaldo "Grappler" Souza vs. Robbie "Striker" Lawler.

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Nick Diaz vs. Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos Signed for Jan. 29 Strikeforce Event

Filed under: Strikeforce, NewsNick Diaz’s next fight won’t be against Jason “Mayhem” Miller after all.

Instead, the Strikeforce welterweight champion has agreed to defend his title against Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos on Jan. 29 in San Jose, Calif. So…

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Nick Diaz‘s next fight won’t be against Jason “Mayhem” Miller after all.

Instead, the Strikeforce welterweight champion has agreed to defend his title against Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos on Jan. 29 in San Jose, Calif. Sources close to Strikeforce confirmed the booking with MMA Fighting early Wednesday morning.

The proposed Diaz vs. Miller fight couldn’t be agreed upon by both parties due to Diaz not willing to fight at 185 and Miller not willing to drop down to 170. Neither camp was able to agree on a suitable catchweight.

Walker vs. Carson, Gracie vs. Prangley Signed for Strikeforce on Jan. 29

Filed under: Strikeforce, NewsStrikeforce will try to make Herschel Walker vs. Scott Carson happen a second time at its Jan. 29 event in San Jose, Calif.

Sources close to the promotion confirmed with MMA Fighting Tuesday that the heavyweight fight, wh…

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Strikeforce will try to make Herschel Walker vs. Scott Carson happen a second time at its Jan. 29 event in San Jose, Calif.

Sources close to the promotion confirmed with MMA Fighting Tuesday that the heavyweight fight, which was supposed to take place in December before Walker suffered a cut under his eye in training, has been signed for the event. MMA Junkie first reported the news on Monday.

Also signed for the card is a light heavyweight bout pitting Roger Gracie vs. Trevor Prangley, according to sources.

Bjorn Rebney on Bellator’s MTV2 Deal, Alvarez-Melendez, Brookins Litigation

Filed under: FanHouse Exclusive, Bellator, News Describing Bellator’s recently announced deal with MTV2 as a “perfect alliance,” company CEO Bjorn Rebney hailed the union as a proper evolutionary step for the young promotion.

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Describing Bellator’s recently announced deal with MTV2 as a “perfect alliance,” company CEO Bjorn Rebney hailed the union as a proper evolutionary step for the young promotion.

Speaking on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, Rebney said that the new deal with the national cable platform positively addressed most of the issues and problems that plagued Bellator’s recent deal with FSN.

Most notably, its events would be broadcast live around the country, at a consistent start time.

“There are no preemptions, there are no delays,” he told host Ariel Helwani. “It was problematic for me as the CEO of the company. It was problematic for fans who wanted to watch over the last two seasons.”

Chonan vs. Hornbuckle, Fujii vs. Fujino Complete Sengoku ‘Soul of Fight’

Filed under: Sengoku, News, JapanSengoku Raiden Championship promoter World Victory Road added two final fights on Monday to its “Soul of Fight” end of year event, bringing the total to 28 fights.

UFC and Pride veteran Ryo Chonan will look to back up…

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Sengoku Raiden Championship promoter World Victory Road added two final fights on Monday to its “Soul of Fight” end of year event, bringing the total to 28 fights.

UFC and Pride veteran Ryo Chonan will look to back up a dominating victory over an outclassed Jun Hee Moon at Deep 50th Impact against Bellator welterweight tournament finalist Dan Hornbuckle. Megumi Fujii attempts to rebound from the first controversial loss of her 23 fight career when she takes on Emi Fujino, who recently snapped a four-fight losing streak with a 24-second submission win at Valkyrie 8.

The mammoth event, which will be held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, is planned to be a family friendly and festival-like atmosphere with fight fans free to come and go throughout the day. Selected bouts from the Dec. 30 event will air in North America on HDNet.