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25 Must-See UFC Fights Still to Come in 2011

There’s a lot of advantages to having 90% —at least— of mixed martial art’s top talent fighting in your promotion. Perhaps the most significant of which is that there are always a ton of interesting fights on the horizon.If you’re a fan of …

There’s a lot of advantages to having 90% —at least— of mixed martial art’s top talent fighting in your promotion. Perhaps the most significant of which is that there are always a ton of interesting fights on the horizon.

If you’re a fan of MMA, there are few things as exciting as taking a look at the UFC’s upcoming events and knowing that you have months upon months of awesome fights ahead.

So, for all you MMA enthusiasts out there, in order to bring some excitement into your day, let’s take a look at the 25 most interesting fights on the UFC’s horizon…

Fights on this list are in no particular order.

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MMA: Jon Jones vs. Rampage Jackson and the Top 10 Can’t Miss Fights in September

After August, when UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva retained his title, September continues the stretch of intriguing title fights with a bout between UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quint…

After August, when UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva retained his title, September continues the stretch of intriguing title fights with a bout between UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.

This will be one of many solid match-ups on the UFC 135 card, which goes down on pay per view near the end of the month.

Other events in September include the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinals (September 10), Ultimate Fight Night: Shields vs. Ellenberger (September 17), Dream.17 (September 24), and three Bellator events.

Fighters that will be seen in action this month include Jake Shields, Josh Barnett, Matt Hughes, Diego Sanchez, Travis Browne, and Antonio Silva.

These are the top 10 fights you don’t want to miss in September.

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Anderson Silva and 10 Fighters That Just Do Not Look Like MMA Fighters

High-level professional athletes are typically easy to spot, particularly within a macho sport like mixed martial arts. With muscles bulging from their shirts and an intimidating look on their faces, fighters just have that look. But then there are o…

High-level professional athletes are typically easy to spot, particularly within a macho sport like mixed martial arts. With muscles bulging from their shirts and an intimidating look on their faces, fighters just have that look.

But then there are others who leave new fans to ask that question we’ve all heard before.

“Wait, is he a fighter!?”

I’m not some amazing physical specimen myself, and it’s not that these guys (and gals) aren’t amazing athletes. Some of them are not only amazing, they are even in the category that many would call the best of all time.

They just don’t look like it. I mean no offense to anyone found in this article, but they have probably already all heard it before anyway.

There are 10 fighters who don’t look like fighters in this slideshow, but there are many others as well.

Sometimes the Bleacher Report readers even have better ones than us writers do. So please feel free to leave comments with other fighters who fit this description!

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UFC 134 Results: 5 Fighters Shogun Rua Should Take on Next

With UFC 134 in the books, we can add another win to the record of Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.Not only did he avenge another loss to one of only five people to defeat him (something he’s done two other times), but he showed that he is still able to knockout…

With UFC 134 in the books, we can add another win to the record of Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

Not only did he avenge another loss to one of only five people to defeat him (something he’s done two other times), but he showed that he is still able to knockout anyone, anytime, anywhere.

So let’s take a look at the five fighters who should be next on Shogun’s list of victims.

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MMA Dark Horse Title Contenders in Every Weight Class

We are all aware of the class hierarchy involved in the game of mixed martial arts. There are the best of the best, like Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Cain Velasquez and Jose Aldo, among other UFC champions. Next, you have the true title contender…

We are all aware of the class hierarchy involved in the game of mixed martial arts. There are the best of the best, like Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Cain Velasquez and Jose Aldo, among other UFC champions.

Next, you have the true title contenders that are also among the very elite fighters in the world, fighters like Junior Dos Santos, Mauricio Rua, Gray Maynard and Rashad Evans. These men are gamers who are expected to contend for the title or be in and near the top three in their respective weight classes.

After those two classes, you have an unbelievable number of fighters who want to be considered for the title, who have been or are working towards that next class. Experienced veterans hanging on by a thread and young up and coming lions ready to make that jump are all in this mix and jockeying for that chance to get to that next level.

Out of this class comes the dark horse for the title—the man who may not be a sure thing to get there but who gets there anyway through hard work, determination and timing.

Here are my top three dark horses for the title in each weight class of mixed martial arts.

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Ranking MMA’s Top 10 Light Heavyweights Outside of Zuffa Umbrella

We continue the series here with a look at the light heavyweights not currently employed by Zuffa.From Bellator competitors to international competitors, top-flight light heavyweights are being discovered from all corners of the globe.With a boom in ea…

We continue the series here with a look at the light heavyweights not currently employed by Zuffa.

From Bellator competitors to international competitors, top-flight light heavyweights are being discovered from all corners of the globe.

With a boom in eastern European talent, the division once thought of as one of the thinnest weight classes in the sport is quickly earning a reputation as one of the deepest talent pools in all of MMA.

Who are the best at 205 pounds outside of the Zuffa umbrella?

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