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MMAjunkie.com Radio: UFC 111 headliner Dan Hardy, UFC on Versus 1's Paul BuentelloMMAjunkie.com Radio today returns to its normal timeslot and welcomes to the show Dan Hardy, who headlines the March 27 UFC 111 event against UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.Also joining the show is heavyweight Paul Buentello, who meets Cheick Kongo in a March 31 televised main-card bout at UFC on Versus 1.MMAjunkie.com Radio begins at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) live from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino's Race & Sports Book. Listen toand watch a video stream of thetwo-hour show at ...
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WEC 47 ratings dip to 373,000 viewers, second-smallest audience in two yearsThis past weekend's WEC 47 event on Versus scored a 0.46 household rating and 373,000 viewers, MMAjunkie.com today confirmed.The ratings were down sharply - 42 percent in all - compared to World Extreme Cagefighting's prior show, WEC 46 (640,000 viewers), which took place in January and benefited from proven draw Urijah Faber and a main-event title-unification bout between Benson Henderson and Jamie Varner.WEC 45, which took place this past December, drew 330,000 viewers.
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Listen to MMAjunkie.com's Dann Stupp on WatchKalibRun.com's Cage CastMMAjunkie.com editor-in-chief Dann Stupp recently joined WatchKalibRun.com's Cage Cast podcast, and the episode is now available for download.Stupp joins WKR editor and Cage Cast host Zak Woods to discuss this past weekend's WEC 47 event, why the Arnold Sports Festival provides such a great sports partnership, and what's in store for Zuffa LLC and Ohio.Todownload and subscribe to the podcast, and to check out one of the Web's top MMA blogs, go to www.watchkalibrun.com.
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HDNet Fights Video Vault: Alistair Overeem vs. Kazuyuki Fujita at Dynamite!! 2009After two-and-a-half years of waiting, Strikeforce heavyweight championAlistair Overeem finally makes his return to U.S. soil. AsMMAjunkie.com recently reported, the champ is likely to meet BrettRogers at a May 15 event in St. Louis.Since winning his belt with a submission victory over Paul Buentello,Overeem extended his win streak to six and then took on PRIDE veteranKazuyuki Fujita at the co-promoted DREAM/World Victory Road "Dynamite!!2009" event on Dec. 31.In this week's installment of ...
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"The Ultimate Fighter 12" open tryouts held April 1 for lightweights, light heavyweightsAlthough "The Ultimate Fighter 11" doesn't debut for another three weeks, producers are already on the hunt for cast members for the upcoming 12th season.Spike TV officials today announced they'll host an open tryout on April 1 for lightweight (155-pound) and light-heavyweight (205-pound) fighters.The tryouts are being held in conjunction with UFC Fight Night 21 and take place at the Omni Charlotte Hotel's grand ballroom in Charlotte, N.C.
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Stephan Bonnar loses UFC 110 appeal, welcomes rematch with Krzysztof SoszynskiStephan Bonnar has lost an appeal to change the result of his UFC 110 loss to Krzystztof Soszynski.The Combat Sports Authority of New South Wales ruled this past Tuesdaythat the official result ruling the fight a TKO win in favor ofSoszynski stands."A review was held ... and the Combat Sports Authority of NSW did notseek to interfere with the referee's decision," wrote Craig Waller,Executive Director of the Combat Sports Authority of New South Wales,in an email sent to MMAjunkie.com late ...
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"UFC Primetime" returns to Spike TV tonight, UFC 111's St-Pierre and Hardy featuredIn anticipation of their UFC 111 main-event fight, UFC welterweightchampion Georges St-Pierre and challenger Dan Hardy will be featured in"UFC Primetime," a three-part special that airs on Spike TV.The first episode debuts on Spike TV tonight at 10 p.m. ET/PT, whileparts two and three will air in the same timeslot on March 17 and March24, respectively.UFC 111 takes place March 27 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., and airs on pay-per-view.
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UFC 112 co-headliner Frankie Edgar hosts UFC Fight Club Q&A at UFC on Versus 1UFC lightweight title contender Frankie Edgar will take the stage priorto the March 20 weigh-in for "UFC on Versus 1: Vera vs. Jones" at1STBANK Center.Edgar will be the UFC's guest at the UFC on Versus 1 Fight Club Q&Asession, a fan-driven interview opportunity that accompanies every UFCevent.Check-in for the Q&A, which is only open to UFC Fight Club members,begins at 1:30 p.m. MT local time (3:30 p.m. ET), and the session withEdgar runs from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. MT local time.
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Stephan Bonnar loses appeal, looks forward to rematch with Krzysztof SoszynskiStephan Bonnar has lost an appeal to change the result of his UFC 110 loss to Krzystztof Soszynski.The Combat Sports Authority of New South Wales ruled this past Tuesdaythat the official result ruling the fight a TKO win in favor ofSoszynski stands."A review was held ... and the Combat Sports Authority of NSW did notseek to interfere with the referee's decision," wrote Craig Waller,Executive Director of the Combat Sports Authority of New South Wales,in an email sent to MMAjunkie.com late ...
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Santiago outlasts Khalidov to retaintitle at Sengoku Raiden Championships 12Sengoku middleweight champion Jorge Santiago admitted that he underestimated Polish powerhouse Mamed Khalidov in the pair's first meeting, a non-title fight in November 2009.Khalidov stunned Santiago that night with a first round TKO win.Santiago made sure lighting didn't strike twice when the pair met inthe main event of World Victory Road's Sengoku Raiden Championships 12event on Sunday in Tokyo, Japan.
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