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Fedor to UFC

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:24:24 PST

A story posted today( http://www.sbnation.com/2010/3/1/1331361/fedor-emelianenko-hold) states that Fedor Emelianenko's management company M-1 global is having problems with Strikeforce. The story states that M-1 and Strikeforce are unable to agree on co-promotion terms and states that M-1 will not allow Fedor to fight for Strikeforce again without a new contract. Now I'm sure this will work itself out and Fedor will fight Fabricio Werdum in May as planed, but lets just take a walk down fantasy land for a moment and discuss the possible outcomes and what it could mean for us MMA fans.

First, it could mean nothing but Fedor going back to Japan and fighting cans to pad his record and retire in obscurity. I really hope this doesnt happen, but unfortunately with Fedor's travels after Pride it is a very real possiblity.

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locals on the undercard good or bad

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:06:18 PST

Tomorrow marks the UFC's first trip to Australia. When looking at the card from the top it is one of the best of the year. Nogueira vs Velasquez has the makings to be one of the greatest heavyweight fights of the last few months. Wanderlei making a return against of the great heels of the time in Michael Bisping. Sotiropoulos vs Stevenson is a solid test for both fighters and should show a lot about where both fighters are currently in the lightweight division. However, if you look at the undercard you will notice that there are a fight that is of a curious nature. First you have Elvis "the king of rock and rumble" Sinosic. He is a fighter that is 1-5 in the UFC and 8-11 overall. The sole reason that he is on this card is due to his Australian roots. Now, if this were a local promo

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UFC 110 Nogueira vs Velasquez Predictions

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:13:00 PST

MAIN CARD
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez - Nogueira via submission round 3
Michael Bisping vs. Wanderlei Silva - Silva via vicious ko round 2
George Sotiropoulos vs. Joe Stevenson - stevenson via slightly boring decision
Ryan Bader vs. Keith Jardine - Bader by GnP round 3
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Ben Rothwell - Cro Cop via UD
PRELIMINARY CARD
Chris Haseman vs. Elvis Sinosic - sinosic via UD due to more activity lately
Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski - Soszynski via ko of Bonnars corpse
Brian Foster vs. Chris Lytle - Foster via ko round 3 in surprise of night
C.B. Dollaway vs. Goran Reljic - Reljic via sub round 1
Igor Pokrajac vs. James Te Huna - Te Huna UD

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Whats next for King Mo Lawal

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:05:33 PST

Last year when "King Mo" burst onto the MMA scene, with a stunning first round knock out of Travis Wiuff in Sengoku, everyone in the know in the MMA community took notice of the brash, athletic, flamboyant wrestler with the quick and powerful hands. Now, 16 months and 6 fights later, on the cusp of a light-heavyweight title tilt with Champion Gegard Mousasi, he appears to be facing the toughest fight of his career. However, if you look close enough at Gegard's resume he has had trouble fighting from the bottom. He was getting pounded on by Denis Kang before Kang had one of his famous slip-ups. He was controlled and submited by Akihiro Gono in Pride. He was getting beat on in my opinion by Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou before he had a beautiful sweep and followed up with a TKO. Do you see

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