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Some selected highlights from our friends around the MMA blogosphere. E-mail [email protected] for details on how your site can join the MMA Link Club…
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Some selected highlights from our friends around the MMA blogosphere. E-mail [email protected] for details on how your site can join the MMA Link Club…

– As of Today, Fedor Emelianenko Is a Russian Politician and He Plans to Enforce the People’s Rights (MiddleEasy)

– Cain Velasquez Gets Mobbed by Fans Who Are Not Impressed with Brock Lesnar (MMA Scraps)

– Jake Shields: If Kampmann Doesn’t Tap, I’ll Snap His Arm In Half (MMA Convert)

– Matt Hamill: Friendship Out the Door vs. Tito Ortiz at UFC 121 (MMA Fighting)

– Gabriel Gonzaga Discusses His UFC 121 Opponent and the Current Depth in the Heavyweight Division (LowKick)

– Sam Stout Ready To Welcome Paul Taylor To The Lightweight Division (Heavy.com/MMA)

– The Eight-Point Stance: UFC 120 (Five Ounces of Pain)

– Exclusive: Mike Pyle – ‘I Just Absolutely Handled The Kid’ (SBNation.com/MMA)

– Frank Shamrock is On A Mission to Legalize MMA in New York (FightMagazine)

– Arianny Celeste Promotes Playboy Appearance on TMZ (Versus MMA Beat)

The MMA Hour With Frank Shamrock in Studio, Brendan Schaub, Bjorn Rebney

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, Bellator, News, VideosOn Monday’s live edition of The MMA Hour, we will be joined in studio by MMA legend and Strikeforce commentator Frank Shamrock. Shamrock will discuss the new EA Sports…

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On Monday’s live edition of The MMA Hour, we will be joined in studio by MMA legend and Strikeforce commentator Frank Shamrock. Shamrock will discuss the new EA Sports MMA video game, the state of Strikeforce and how retirement life is treating him.

We will also be joined by heavyweight prospect Brendan Schaub, who faces Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 121 on Saturday night, as well as Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney. Rebney will discuss the biggest fight in the organization’s history between Roger Huerta and Eddie Alvarez and other Bellator-related news.

We’ll also be giving one lucky caller a free box of 2010 Topps UFC trading cards (MSRP $70), which features two autographs and two memorabilia cards per box. The contest is open to legal residents, who are 18 years of age and over, of the United States (including the District of Columbia). Click here for official rules.

For a chance to win, you just have to give us a shout during the show and the best call will be awarded the 2010 Topps UFC box.

Give us a call at at 212-254-0193 or 212-254-0237.

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GOOD4U Drinks Banned by UFC

Filed under: UFC, WEC, NewsOne of the brands that won’t be found on Zuffa’s list of approved sponsors is the GOOD4U sports drink.

According to the beverage, it was informed Tuesday morning by Lorenzo Fertitta and the UFC that the brand will no longer …

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One of the brands that won’t be found on Zuffa’s list of approved sponsors is the GOOD4U sports drink.

According to the beverage, it was informed Tuesday morning by Lorenzo Fertitta and the UFC that the brand will no longer be welcome in the UFC and WEC, beginning with this Saturday’s UFC 121 in Anaheim.

What-Took-You-So-Long Alert: Lesnar Finally Gets Culturally Insensitive on Velasquez

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At long last, here is the Brock Lesnar we all know and love/loathe. After weeks of playing it almost unimaginably cool about the fact he’s about to defend his UFC heavyweight title against a 2…

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At long last, here is the Brock Lesnar we all know and love/loathe. After weeks of playing it almost unimaginably cool about the fact he’s about to defend his UFC heavyweight title against a 240-pound Mexican(-American), Lesnar finally let the thin veil of cultural sensitivity fall away during last night’s “UFC Countdown” show. It takes approximately one minute, 13 seconds into the above vid for Lesnar to publicly debut the semi-racist jokes about Cain Velasquez that he’s no doubt been trying out for weeks behind closed doors at the DeathClutch Gym. The results are actually kind of comforting. At least now we have confirmation that this dude with the beard really is Brock Lesnar, and not just some politically correct imposter.

"Listen,” quips Lesnar here. “When I get done whooping your ass, I’m gonna go drink a Corona and eat a burrito just for your Hispanic heritage. How about that?"

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Brock Lesnar: Cain Velasquez Not the Guy to Take Title Away From Me

Filed under: UFC, NewsWhen Brock Lesnar steps into the cage on Saturday night for his UFC 121 title defense against Cain Velasquez, he has the chance to do something historic.

The UFC heavyweight championship is the belt with the longest lineage, fir…

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When Brock Lesnar steps into the cage on Saturday night for his UFC 121 title defense against Cain Velasquez, he has the chance to do something historic.

The UFC heavyweight championship is the belt with the longest lineage, first awarded in February 1997. But since then, no one has managed to defend it successfully more than twice. If Lesnar beats Velasquez, he would become the first to defend the crown three times.

According to Lesnar, bank on it.

Martin Kampmann Thinks Jake Shields Is a Boring Fighter

(Martin Kampmann: Even when he grooms his eyebrows it’s intense.)
In the lead up to Saturday’s UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velsasquez show in Anaheim, a major talking point has been Jake Shields’s highly anticipated UFC debut. Lost in all the hype and Jake-c…

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(Martin Kampmann: Even when he grooms his eyebrows it’s intense.)

In the lead up to Saturday’s UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velsasquez show in Anaheim, a major talking point has been Jake Shields‘s highly anticipated UFC debut. Lost in all the hype and Jake-centric media coverage is Shields’s opponent Martin Kampmann, who has taken out names like Paulo Thiago, Carlos Condit, and Thales Leites during his 10-fight run in the Octagon.

Martin was a guest on the latest episode of The Bum Rush Radio Show, where he discussed being underestimated by fans, and agreed with the widespread opinion that Jake Shields is boring a fighter. For the benefit of you lazy bastards who haven’t subscribed to our show yet, we’ve reprinted an excerpt below…

CAGEPOTATO.COM: It seems like all the media attention in this fight is on your opponent. You have Dana White saying Jake Shields will likely get a title shot if he beats you…do you feel overlooked or disrespected in any way by how this fight is being promoted, or presented in the media?
MARTIN KAMPMANN: He’s getting a lot of hype, and I feel sometimes people underestimate me. People underestimated me for my last fight too, they were counting me out then as well, but I proved everybody wrong, and I plan to prove everybody wrong in this fight as well…I’m in the UFC to achieve my goals, and Jake’s just another guy in the way.

If Jake Shields is being offered a title shot if he beats you, do you think the same offer should extend to you? If you beat Shields, are you worthy of the next shot?
Yeah, I definitely think so. If he can earn a title shot coming in from Strikeforce with his first fight in the UFC…this is my 11th fight in the UFC, so I think I’ve paid my dues. Of course it’s up to the UFC who gets the title shot, but I definitely think that it’ll put me up in #1 contender status with a win.

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