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Dan Henderson Didn’t Bother Watching First ‘Babalu’ Sobral Fight Again

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ST. LOUIS — Below is a highlight video of Thursday’s pre-fight Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu press conference featuring the main event fighters, Dan Henderson and Renato Sobral. Both fighters talked about why and how they have changed a decade ago and what we can expect from them on Saturday night.

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ST. LOUIS — Below is a highlight video of Thursday’s pre-fight Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu press conference featuring the main event fighters, Dan Henderson and Renato Sobral. Both fighters talked about why and how they have changed a decade ago and what we can expect from them on Saturday night.

Paul Daley: ‘One of Us Is Getting Knocked Out’

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ST. LOUIS — Below is a highlight video of Thursday’s pre-fight Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu press conference, where Paul Daley and Scott Smith talked about Saturday night’s fight. Daley predicted a Smith knockout and “Hands of Steel” talked about cutting to 170 for the first time.

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ST. LOUIS — Below is a highlight video of Thursday’s pre-fight Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu press conference, where Paul Daley and Scott Smith talked about Saturday night’s fight. Daley predicted a Smith knockout and “Hands of Steel” talked about cutting to 170 for the first time.

Paul Daley: ‘One of Us Is Getting Knocked Out’

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ST. LOUIS — Below is a highlight video of Thursday’s pre-fight Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu press conference, where Paul Daley and Scott Smith talked about Saturday night’s fight. Daley predicted a Smith knockout and “Hands of Steel” talked about cutting to 170 for the first time.

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ST. LOUIS — Below is a highlight video of Thursday’s pre-fight Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu press conference, where Paul Daley and Scott Smith talked about Saturday night’s fight. Daley predicted a Smith knockout and “Hands of Steel” talked about cutting to 170 for the first time.

Michael Johnson, Jonathan Brookins Thankful for Team GSP Experience

Filed under: UFC, NewsLAS VEGAS – When Jonathan Brookins and Michael Johnson meet in the Season 12 finale of “The Ultimate Fighter” on Saturday, they’ll do so as teammates forced to become opponents.

Both Brookins and Johnson were part of coach Georg…

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LAS VEGAS – When Jonathan Brookins and Michael Johnson meet in the Season 12 finale of “The Ultimate Fighter” on Saturday, they’ll do so as teammates forced to become opponents.

Both Brookins and Johnson were part of coach Georges St-Pierre‘s team, and both believe being picked by the UFC welterweight champion instead of by rival Season 12 TUF coach Josh Koscheck has made them better fighters.

Throughout the season, it seemed – at the very least thanks to the editing – that St-Pierre’s coaching methods were paying more dividends than Koscheck’s style. And both Brookins and Johnson said as much Thursday on a media call for their Season 12 championship fight on Saturday.

UFC Finalizes Card for TUF 12 Finale

Filed under: UFC, NewsLAS VEGAS – On the heels of Wednesday’s Season 12 wrapup of “The Ultimate Fighter,” which saw Michael Johnson beat Nam Phan and Jonathan Brookins beat Kyle Watson to reach Saturday’s live finals, three bouts featuring contestants …

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LAS VEGAS – On the heels of Wednesday’s Season 12 wrapup of “The Ultimate Fighter,” which saw Michael Johnson beat Nam Phan and Jonathan Brookins beat Kyle Watson to reach Saturday’s live finals, three bouts featuring contestants from the show have been added to the card.

Johnson and Brookins will meet in the co-main event to determine Season 12’s lightweight champion. Also booked are bouts between Watson and quarterfinalist Sako Chivitchian; quarterfinalists Cody McKenzie and Aaron Wilkinson; and Phan and WEC vet Leonard Garcia. The UFC made the bouts official Thursday morning.

Buakaw Por. Pramuk, Kazunori Yokota and Others Added to Soul of Fight

Filed under: Sengoku, News, JapanSengoku Raiden Championship promoter World Victory Road announced six fights on Thursday for its end of year “Soul Of Fight” event to be held at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on December 30th.

Recently crowned Shoot B…

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Sengoku Raiden Championship promoter World Victory Road announced six fights on Thursday for its end of year “Soul Of Fight” event to be held at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on December 30th.

Recently crowned Shoot Boxing S-Cup Champion and two time K-1 World MAX Champion Buakaw Por. Pramuk will take on 2010 K-1 MAX Japan tournament finalist Hiroki Nakajima in a kickboxing bout while Grabaka’s Kazunori Yokota will try to claim revenge for former team mate Akihiro Gono when he faces Team Asashoryu’s Jadamba Narantungalag under MMA rules.

Also announced were kickboxing bouts, muay thai bouts and “jacket” matches (which are likely to be essentially combat sambo bouts) featuring the likes of Flyweight King Of Pancrase Kiyotaka Shimizu, WBC Muay Thai Bantamweight Champion Arashi Fujiwara and New Japan Kickboxing Flyweight Champion Mutsuki Ebata.