Tito Ortiz soon Embarks on Third USO Tour
(mmajunkie.com)UFC veteran Tito Ortiz, who will soon serve as a coach and tape the 11th season of "The Ultimate Fighter," will first depart for his third USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour.
The popular fighter, who visited with more than 3,000 service members during two 2007 USO Tours with fellow UFC vet Justin McCully, will again sign autographs and participate in training exercises on his upcoming trip.
The Lightning Rod: Controversial UFC castoff Karo Parisyan explains recent troubles
(mmajunkie.com)Karo Parisyan got out of a cab at the Las Vegas airport, and his father's voice on the other end of his cell phone was finally too much to bear.
It hadn't been long since Parisyan told his manager to inform the UFC brass that he was pulling out of his scheduled UFC 106 bout with Dustin Hazelett last month. A series of suffocating personal issues, Parisyan said, led to the decision, the most difficult he said he has ever made.
He had hundreds of texts and phone messages pleading with him to answer the question: Why?
Fedor vs. Werdum Targeted For SF April Event On CBS
(mmaweekly.com)Although it's not a done deal yet, Strikeforce is reportedly working on making Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum for it's April event on CBS. SF's Scott Coker also says he plans to invite Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem to compete on the event and also hopes to make Gilbert Melendez vs. Shinya Aoki and Josh Thomson vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri in '10.
FORMER CHAMP MIKE BROWN RETURNS AT WEC 46
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World Extreme Cagefighting on Saturday night announced former featherweight champion Mike Brown (22-5) would make his return – just two months after losing the title to Jose Aldo – at the Arco Arena. He will face Anthony Morrison (10-7), who finished UFC veteran Alvin Robinson in little more than a minute at a recent Ring of Fire event in Denver.
Diaz vs. Zaromskis, Santos vs. Coenen title fights set for "Strikeforce: Miami"
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – A pair of title fights will headline "Strikeforce: Miami" next month when Nick Diaz (20-7 MMA, 2-0 SF) takes on DREAM welterweight champion Marius Zaromskis (13-3 MMA, 0-0 SF) for the first-ever Strikeforce welterweight title and Cris "Cyborg" Santos (8-1 MMA, 2-0 SF) puts her women's featherweight title on the line against Marloes Coenen (17-3 MMA, 1-0 SF).
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) was informed of both of the rumored matchups in the post-fight press conference for Saturday's "Strikeforce: Evolution" event.
WEC 45 bonuses (spoiler-ish)
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LAS VEGAS – Donald Cerrone, Ed Ratcliff, Scott Jorgensen, Takeya Mizugaki, Anthony Njokuani and Brad Pickett each earned fight-night bonuses for their performances at Saturday's "WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff" event.
UFC to Boston On August 28
(mmajunkie.com)Get ready, Boston-UFC's debut in the area is now set. Although it won't be officially announced until closer to the event date, Dana White tells The Boston Herald that UFC will make it's Boston debut on August 28 at TD Garden. White also says the event may feature many local fighters including Kenny Florian and Joe Lauzon among others, but Brock Lesnar main event rumors are premature.
Frank Shamrock: Jake Shields is a boring, leg-humping CBS ratings killer
(mmamania.com)"I don't like Jake. I've got nothing for him.... He'll never fight me. He'll never make that kind of money and get that kind of shot because I don't like him.... I don’t want to fight Jake Shields because he has no personality. He’s a boring fighter. And when he got on to CBS, and it was his chance to be a star, he leg humped [Jason "Mayhem" Miller] all night long and killed our ratings. That’s why I don’t want to fight Jake Shields."
Penn Talks About Blood Licking: I Gotta Stop Doing That
(fightersonlymagazine.co.uk)ollowing his five-round dismantling of Diego Sanchez at UFC 107, an emotional BJ Penn licked the blood off his gloves and pounded his chest in an animal-like frenzy.The UFC lightweight belt holder displayed similar post-fight behaviour against Joe Stevenson last year at UFC 80."(My boxing trainer) Jason Parillo said, 'Go out there. I want you to be the crazy blood licker. I want you to kill this guy,' "Penn explained in an interview with the Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
DIAZ VS. ZAROMSKIS
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Strikeforce: Miami now has a main event.
MMAWeekly.com has learned that Nick Diaz and Marius Zaromskis have verbally agreed to a welterweight battle in the Jan. 30 event’s top slot, set for the BankAtlantic Arena in Sunrise, Fla. The two will fight for the promotion’s vacant welterweight belt.
My thought-
Nice match up by Strikeforce.Affliction also matched up great fights.I think this is the difference between the large American organizations and the rest.The big American organizations are more apt and try harder to give the fans the fights they want to see instead of pitting the big name guy against a scrubs.Let us hope that Strikeforce does not have the same fate as Affliction 
UFC Continues Campaign to Sanction MMA in Ontario
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Having succeeded in helping re-open Vancouver to mixed martial arts, the UFC continues the fight to get the sport sanctioned in Ontario.
That involves a two-pronged approach, with lobbyists working on both the Ontario and federal governments. Having expected sellouts shows in May in Montreal and June in Vancouver should help the UFC cause in Toronto, although privately the UFC acknowledges Ontario has proved to be more difficult than expected.
Canadian Horodecki Ready to make WEC Debut in Las Vegas
(tsn.ca)Some worry about ring rust as Chris (The Polish Hammer) Horodecki returns to action Saturday night in his World Extreme Cagefighting debut. The baby-faced 22-year-old from London, Ont., has fought just once since April 2008 after all.
But an excited Horodecki (13-1) sees it differently.
"This would be my fourth fight this year," he said. "If everything had went through the way it should have."
Of course it didn't.
Njokuani Impresses in WEC, Looks to Beat Horodecki
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From breakdancing to cage-fighting and Nigeria to the U.S., Anthony (The Assassin) Njokuani has come a long way.
The 29-year-old lightweight takes on Canadian Chris (The Polish Hammer) Horodecki in the co-main event of a World Extreme Cagefighting card Saturday night in Las Vegas. A win over the former IFL star and the hard-punching Njokuani moves nearer the front of the 155-pound contenders' in the WEC.
Marcus Davis signs four fight deal with the UFC
(cagepages.com) Marcus “The Irish Hand Grenade” Davis has signed a new four-fight deal with the UFC, according to a source in his camp.Davis, 36, made his UFC debut on the second season of “The Ultimate Fighter” in August 2005 and has made 12 Octagon appearances since emerging from the reality show, earning an 8-4 record.The source said Davis was targeting a spring return to action, though he has not been approached with a specific opponent or date.Davis is still healing from his last fight, a knockout loss to Ben Saunders at UFC 106, the first time he’d completely lost consciousness in 19 years of professional fighting. Prior to that, he lost a hotly contested decision to welterweight contender Dan Hardy at UFC 99.
Cung Le Ready For StrikeForce Return
(mmaweekly.com)Cung Le headlines this Saturday’s Strikeforce event in San Jose, Calif., against Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith. The bout is Le’s first following a 20-month hiatus from the sport, pursuing a career on the big screen that forced him to vacate his middleweight title.With another movie on the horizon, Le explained the timing was right to come back to combat sports.
Overeem Update: Dynamite Appearance, SF Update
(mmamania.com)More Alistair Overeem news, which means it's bizarre and going to bring out the haters. While his negotiations to face Kazuyuki Fujita at Fields Fynamite!! began a while back, apparently nobody told Andrei Arlovski, who according to his manager was offered the Overeem fight by DREAM. As for Strikeforce, you guessed it-pushed back yet again. One fight left on his K-1 deal, which appears likely for March or April. So if this holds true, don't plan on Fedor-Overeem in April.
Big John is back...but not as a ref!
(watchkalibrun.com)Dave Meltzer gets the news that the beloved referee Big John McCarthy will be working his first Zuffa event since The Ultimate Fighter 6 finale two years ago. However, McCarthy will be working as a judge instead of a referee at WEC 46 scheduled to take place on January 10th in Sacramento...
WEC 45: Courtney Buck Says Fight Could Cost Him His Job
(mmajunkie.com)Sometimes, determining a fighter's true motivation can prove a little difficult. But as WEC newcomer Courtney Buck preps for his WEC 45 preliminary card contest with undefeated featherweight Brandon Visher , the Minnesotan's driving force is quite clear. An auto-finance underwriter by trade, Buck didn't have much time to negotiate with his employer before accepting the Saturday night fight at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. When Tyler Toner was forced to withdraw from the bout on Tuesday, Buck was asked to fill in. He accepted...but it could cost him his day job.
Ten Best - The Losses of 2009
(ufc.com)There are no moral victories in the UFC: A loss means half the paycheck the winner gets, a step away from a title shot and a disheartening trip home.
But every now and then, a loss enhances a fighter’s reputation or showcases his skills in a way that makes people forget the overall outcome.
So we’re kicking off our unofficial year-end “Best Of” season with a list of the “best” losses of 2010 – ten performances worth saluting
Hendo-Shields For SF MW Title In April?
(411mania.com)It is being reported that that a Dan Henderson vs. Jake Shields Strikeforce Middleweight Title bout is in the works. Both men are reportedly in the end stages of the negotiations, and while bout agreements have not been signed, the proposed bout will likely take place in April on the next Strikeforce on CBS
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