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Tyson Griffin’s Featherweight debut against Manny Gamburyan will take place June 26th at UFC on Versus 4.
UFC on Versus 4 tickets on sale April 23rd.
Gina Carano begins training with Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn for Strikeforce fight in June.
UFC renews partnership with Bud Light and plan September 17th even in New Orleans.
M-1 Global Light Heavyweight […]

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Tyson Griffin’s Featherweight debut against Manny Gamburyan will take place June 26th at UFC on Versus 4.

UFC on Versus 4 tickets on sale April 23rd.

Gina Carano begins training with Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn for Strikeforce fight in June.

UFC renews partnership with Bud Light and plan September 17th even in New Orleans.

M-1 Global Light Heavyweight belt up for grabs for Vinny Magalhaes vs. Viktor Nemkov on April 28th.

Eric Koch vs. Cub Swanson rescheduled for UFC 132.

UFC 131: Lesnar vs. dos Santos officially set for June 11th in Vancouver.

M-1 and Showtime Reach Broadcast Deal, First Event Airs on March 25

Filed under: FanHouse Exclusive, M-1 Global, NewsInternational fight promotion M-1 Global and premium U.S. cable channel Showtime have reached a deal to televise four U.S. events in 2011, MMA Fighting has learned.

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International fight promotion M-1 Global and premium U.S. cable channel Showtime have reached a deal to televise four U.S. events in 2011, MMA Fighting has learned.

The first event will take place on March 25 at the Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Va. and air at 11 p.m. ET. It will be the first of four M-1 U.S. Challenge shows to appear on the network this year, sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed.

The deal is expected to be officially announced on Friday morning.

Weekend Results: Severn, Escudero, Magalhaes Earn Victories

On a weekend where former NFL star Herschel Walker made news for picking up his second MMA victory at the age of 48, MMA’s own elder statesman Dan Severn won his 97th fight on an Elite-1 MMA event in New Brunswick, Canada.

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On a weekend where former NFL star Herschel Walker made news for picking up his second MMA victory at the age of 48, MMA’s own elder statesman Dan Severn won his 97th fight on an Elite-1 MMA event in New Brunswick, Canada.

The 52-year-old Severn put Scott Fraser (3-2) away with an arm-triangle submission to take the promotion’s heavyweight title, extending his win streak to eight and improving his record to 97-16-7.

Severn was just one of the many notables stepping in the cage this past weekend. Check out the weekend results below.

Wednesday Morning MMA Link Club

(Video courtesy YouTube/TheNewYorkBadAss)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…
– If Stann can’t get Wand, he’ll settle f…


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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…

– If Stann can’t get Wand, he’ll settle for Bisping or Belfort  (LowKick)

– Five lessons we learned for UFC Fight for the Troops II (Versus MMA Beat)

Herschel Walker: ‘This is not a gimmick for me. This is life.’  (FiveOuncesofPain)

– Ricco Rodriguez to begin his road back to the UFC against James McSweeney at BAMMA 5 (MiddleEasy)

– A tribute to Chuck Liddell (WMMMALC newcomers ProFighting-Fans)

– Watch Hatsu Hioki choke Mark Hominick unconscious (MMAScraps)

– Tito Ortiz prepared to resume career outside UFC when if he loses to Lil’ Nog’ (5thRound)

– Both UFC and Strikeforce planning 2011 events in Japan (MMAConvert)

– In poll of favorite sports, MMA is overlooked (MMAFighting)

– M-1 Global signs UFC vet Vinny Magalhaes (FightMagazine)

– Elimination round for TUF 13 nixed by UFC and Spike (SBNation/MMA)


The MMA Hour With Leben, McCorkle, Rebney, Magalhaes and Gutierrez

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, Bellator, VideosHere’s who we have lined up for Monday’s two-hour live edition of The MMA Hour:

* UFC middleweight Chris Leben will stop by to preview his UFC 125 fight against Brian Stann.

* Heavywei…

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Here’s who we have lined up for Monday’s two-hour live edition of The MMA Hour:

* UFC middleweight Chris Leben will stop by to preview his UFC 125 fight against Brian Stann.

* Heavyweight Sean McCorkle will discuss what went wrong in his fight against Stefan Struve at UFC 124.

* Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney will explain the organization’s new TV deal with MTV2.

* Matt Mitrione will grace us with his presence for another installment of “The Mitrione Minute.”

* Former TUF finalist Vinny Magalhaes will talk about his recent win at M-1 Challenge 22.

* Women’s MMA fighter Michelle Gutierrez will talk about her career and upcoming fight in January.

* And MMA Fighting’s Ben Fowlkes will stop by to look back at WEC 53 and talk other MMA news.

And of course, we’ll be taking your calls. Give us a shout at: 212-254-0193 or 212-254-0237.

Watch the show live below beginning at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT. Download previous episodes of The MMA Hour on iTunes here.