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The MMA Hour With Fitch, Phan, Barry, Sadollah and Palaszewski

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, WEC, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosAnother Monday, another live two-hour edition of The MMA Hour for you viewing pleasure. Here’s who will be stopping by this week.

* UFC welterweight star Jon Fitch will preview …

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Another Monday, another live two-hour edition of The MMA Hour for you viewing pleasure. Here’s who will be stopping by this week.

* UFC welterweight star Jon Fitch will preview Saturday’s title fight between Josh Koscheck and Georges St-Pierre, as well as his upcoming fight against BJ Penn at UFC 127.

* Nam Phan will talk about his controversial decision loss to Leonard Garcia on Saturday night.

* Heavyweight Pat Barry will discuss his upcoming fight against Joey Beltran on Jan. 22.

* Amir Sadollah will look back on his win at UFC 122 and discuss what’s next.

* Lightweight Bart Palaszewski will talk about his fight on the final card in WEC history against Kamal Shalorus at WEC 53.

Plus, we’ll look back on this weekend’s Strikeforce and UFC cards and ahead to UFC 124 in Montreal.

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.

MMA Booking Alert: Pat Barry, Miguel Torres, Ken Shamrock + More

(Damn, Anthony, if you can’t get psyched around this crowd, we don’t know what to tell you.)
One day, mankind will realize that fighting is a counter-productive act, leading to only misery and division. Until then…
— Returning from his painf…

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(Damn, Anthony, if you can’t get psyched around this crowd, we don’t know what to tell you.)

One day, mankind will realize that fighting is a counter-productive act, leading to only misery and division. Until then…

— Returning from his painful loss to Mirko Cro Cop in June, UFC heavyweight Pat Barry will step back into the Octagon against Joey "The Mexicutioner" Beltran at UFC Fight for the Troops 2. Beltran is also looking to get back to the W column, having dropped a decision to Matt Mitrione at UFC 119.

— Former WEC bantamweight champ Miguel Torres continues his path back to contendership against Antonio Banuelos at UFC 126 in February. Torres recently snapped a two-fight losing skid by choking at Charlie Valencia at WEC 51. Banuelos outpointed Chad George at the same event, and has won four of his last five.

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Wednesday Morning Link Club: The Dark Passenger

(Bryan Caraway and Miesha Tate as Dexter and some chick who’s about to get murdered. For more MMA fighter Halloween costume photos, hit up FiveOuncesofPain.)
– The Korean Zombie Vows Never To Fight ‘Zombie Style’ Again (MMA Convert)
– Mu…

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(Bryan Caraway and Miesha Tate as Dexter and some chick who’s about to get murdered. For more MMA fighter Halloween costume photos, hit up FiveOuncesofPain.)

– The Korean Zombie Vows Never To Fight ‘Zombie Style’ Again (MMA Convert)

– Must-See: Front Kick to the Chin Knockout (MMA Scraps)

– Faber The Key To Bantamweight Success In The UFC (Heavy.com/MMA)

– Manny Gamburyan: ‘WEC Fighters Deserve To Be In The UFC’ (SBNation.com/MMA)

– Scott Coker: Melendez vs. Aoki 2 in Works for New Years Eve in Japan (LowKick)

– The Top Ten Audience Reactions in MMA, Vol. 2 (MiddleEasy)

– Mike Brown Campaigning for WEC 53 Fight (Versus MMA Beat)

– The Method to Our Madness: FIGHT! Rankings Explained (FightMagazine)

– Keith Jardine’s Next Fight Postponed by Tropical Storm Tomas (MMA Fighting)

Mike Brown Surprised With Merger Reveal, to Possibly Fight at WEC 53

Filed under: UFC, WECDespite being one of the more recognizable names attached to the WEC brand, former featherweight champ Mike Brown learned of the recent UFC-WEC merger the same way most people did: via the Internet.

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Despite being one of the more recognizable names attached to the WEC brand, former featherweight champ Mike Brown learned of the recent UFC-WEC merger the same way most people did: via the Internet.

“[The WEC] kept it hidden very well,” Brown said Monday on MMAFighting.com’s The MMA Hour. “Usually you hear the rumors and stuff starts to pop up, but I didn’t hear anything until — Boom! It was all over the Internet and my friends were calling me and telling me.”

According to the 35-year-old American Top Teamer, nobody in the organization told him before the news broke and it wasn’t until the following day when he touched on the subject with a company representative through matchmaker Sean Shelby.

For Anthony Pettis, UFC Title Implication Adds ‘Fuel to Fire’

Filed under: UFC, WECThe always self-motivated Anthony Pettis required no extra incentive to perform well in his upcoming WEC lightweight title challenge against Ben Henderson at WEC 53. So when the stakes of the fight was raised last Friday — the win…

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The always self-motivated Anthony Pettis required no extra incentive to perform well in his upcoming WEC lightweight title challenge against Ben Henderson at WEC 53. So when the stakes of the fight was raised last Friday — the winner would receive a UFC title shot — Pettis’ new concern was the potential problem of too much motivation.

“I have a problem with overtraining,” Pettis said Monday on The MMA Hour. “I’m the first guy in the gym and the last guy to leave, so [coach] Duke [Roufus] really monitors how much I train and makes sure I’m not overtraining.”

In just a little over three years into his professional MMA career, Pettis has an opportunity to meet the winner of the Jan. 1 UFC title fight between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard at a later date.

“This adds more fuel to the fire,” Pettis added. “I just have to make sure how much I pay attention to this, I don’t want to overtrain.”

Henderson-Pettis Winner to Become UFC Lightweight No. 1 Contender

Filed under: UFC, NewsBen Henderson and Anthony Pettis will have the honor of shutting off the lights behind them when they face off in the last match in WEC history later this year.

But their WEC 53 main event matchup will be more than just an answer…

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Ben Henderson and Anthony Pettis will have the honor of shutting off the lights behind them when they face off in the last match in WEC history later this year.

But their WEC 53 main event matchup will be more than just an answer to a trivia question; it will also determine the No. 1 contender to the UFC lightweight championship.

That’s the word according to UFC president Dana White, who told reporters of the plan during a conference call to formally announce the UFC-WEC merger.