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UFC: 5 Prospects Dana White Must Sign for the Future Flyweight Division

With the success of the addition of both featherweight and bantamweight divisions, the UFC has acted quickly to capitalize on this sensation with a new weight class: flyweight. This will see 125-pounders pitting their skills against one another.This ex…

With the success of the addition of both featherweight and bantamweight divisions, the UFC has acted quickly to capitalize on this sensation with a new weight class: flyweight. This will see 125-pounders pitting their skills against one another.

This expansion throws up many interesting dynamics. What fighters do the UFC import, and which fighters will move down from bantamweight. Many believe that the UFC’s smaller fighters at bantamweight, such as Joseph Benavidez, Scott Jorgenson and Demetrious Johnson, will flourish in this new weight division.

Here, I will introduce some of the world’s greatest fighters at 125lbs, who Dana White should look to sign.

Honorable mentions that didn’t make the grade include Yuki Shojo, Ulysses Gomez, John Dodson and former Olympic bronze-medallist wrestler Alexis Vila.

 

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UFC 132 Results: 5 Opponents We Want to See Carlos Condit Fight Next

Carlos Condit impressed MMA fans with his finishing ability once again when he put away top Korean prospect Dong Hyun Kim in the very first round at UFC 132.All it took was a flying knee and some follow up punches to put the standout Judoka down a…

Carlos Condit impressed MMA fans with his finishing ability once again when he put away top Korean prospect Dong Hyun Kim in the very first round at UFC 132.

All it took was a flying knee and some follow up punches to put the standout Judoka down and out, giving him the first loss of his entire career. Before the fight, Kim had gone 5-0-1 in the UFC.

Now, fans are viewing Condit as the next title challenger for the winner of Georges St. Pierre vs. Nick Diaz.

Whatever the result of that fight is, it will make for a good fight. If he wants to fight again, these are other opponents he could possibly take on.

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UFC 132 Results: Memorable Moments from the Cruz vs. Faber Fight Card

UFC 132 is in the books and here are the results:Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber: 50-45, 49-46, 48-47 for CruzWanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben: KO win at :29 for LebenTito Ortiz vs. Ryan Bader: submission win for Ortiz at 1:56 of Round 1Carlos Condit vs….

UFC 132 is in the books and here are the results:

Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber: 50-45, 49-46, 48-47 for Cruz

Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben: KO win at :29 for Leben

Tito Ortiz vs. Ryan Bader: submission win for Ortiz at 1:56 of Round 1

Carlos Condit vs. Dong Hyun Kim: TKO win at 2:58 of Round 1 for Condit

Dennis Siver vs. Matt Wiman: 29-28 on all three cards for Siver

Melvin Guillard vs. Shane Roller: KO win at 2:12 of Round 1 for Guillard

George Sotiropoulos vs.Rafael dos Anjos: KO win at :59 of Round 1 for Dos Anjos

Brian Bowles vs. Takeya Mizugaki: 29-28, 30-27, 30-27 for Bowles

Brad Tavares vs. Aaron Simpson: 30-27 on all three cards for Simpson

 Anthony Njokuani vs. Andre Winner: 30-27, 30-26, 30-26 to Njokuani

Jeff Hougland vs. Donny Walker: 29-28, 29-28, 30-27 to Hougland

What follows are memorable moments from UFC 132.

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UFC 132 Results: 4 Fights Melvin Guillard Could Take Next

At UFC 132, Melvin Guillard handled another opponent with ease when he knocked out Shane Roller. Guillard has now won his fifth straight fight, and is hoping to face better competition. At last night’s post-fight press conference, Guillard c…

At UFC 132, Melvin Guillard handled another opponent with ease when he knocked out Shane Roller.

Guillard has now won his fifth straight fight, and is hoping to face better competition.

At last night’s post-fight press conference, Guillard called out Jim Miller.

Is Guillard ready for a step up in competition? Here are four fights that could test him.

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UFC 132: Dominick Druz and the 10 Most Difficult UFC Fighters To Prepare for

Dominick Cruz was successful in defending his bantamweight for the third consecutive time at UFC 132, defeating Urijah Faber by unanimous decision.Throughout the fight, Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan talked about how hard it is to train for Dominick Cruz …

Dominick Cruz was successful in defending his bantamweight for the third consecutive time at UFC 132, defeating Urijah Faber by unanimous decision.

Throughout the fight, Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan talked about how hard it is to train for Dominick Cruz because of his unusual striking.

Their assessment proved to be true, as Urijah looked relatively lost striking with Dominick and was outclassed for much of the fight.

This gives Dominick a huge advantage over the rest of his weight class because he can bring in people to mimic his opponents styles, but his opponents can’t because no one fights quite like he does.

Let’s take a look at Dominick and some other UFC fighters who are very difficult to train for…

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UFC 132 Results: Report Cards for All the Main Card Fighters

Another week, another UFC event in the history books.UFC 132 ends a run in which we saw five UFC events, and a Strikeforce event, in a six-week span. Now, we all have to wait until August, when we will see three UFC events in four weeks.Saturday night …

Another week, another UFC event in the history books.

UFC 132 ends a run in which we saw five UFC events, and a Strikeforce event, in a six-week span. Now, we all have to wait until August, when we will see three UFC events in four weeks.

Saturday night at the MGM Grand, we saw a legend fall, the emergence of who could be the biggest threat to Georges St-Pierre’s title and a champion avenge his lone career loss.

Now, it is once again time to take a look at the bodies of work put on display and dish out some grades to the main card fighters.

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