OK, so maybe UFC 143 didn’t knock your socks off. The extremely close contest between Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit left me wanting to see three more rounds. However, as always, there were fighters whose stars shined a little brighter.

No. 1 star — Stephen Thompson: It’s no surprise that the man nicknamed “Wonderboy” has a kick like a swinging baseball bat. Thompson started off UFC 143 with a stiffening knockout of Daniel Stittgen. He won a $65,000 Knockout of the Night bonus for the kick, which is a nice infusion of cash for a fighter making his UFC debut.

No. 2 star — Dustin Poirier: Why yes, that was a triangle armbar that Poirier pulled out to submit Max Holloway, and yes, he did win a $65,000 Submission of the Night bonus. Starting in the WEC, Poirier is on a five-fight win streak, which is even more impressive when you consider he is just 23.

No. 3 star — Renan Barao: Speaking of young fighters with impressive resumes, Barao picked apart Scott Jorgensen, a fighter with an impressive track record of his own. Barao has 27 straight wins, including five under the Zuffa banner.

Who were your three stars? Tell us in the comments or on Facebook.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/ufc-143-three-stars-thompson-poirier-barao-171449590.html

Mamed Khalidov Sergei Kharitonov Min Soo Kim Dong Hyun Kim Kevin Knabjian

It looks like Carlos Condit will indeed twiddle his thumbs for nine months while waiting for welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre to fully recover from knee surgery instead of taking to the Octagon again, risking the interim belt and title-shot he earned by beating Nick Diaz by way of a controversial decision this past weekend [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/02/07/carlos-condit-okay-with-fighting-nick-diaz-again%e2%80%a6just-not-until-2013

Yoshihiro Akiyama  Gilbert Aldana  José Aldo  John Alessio  Houston Alexander

With the addition of the welterweight brawl between Matt Brown and Stephen Thompson, the 12-bout lineup for “UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans” is now complete. Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia hosts the April 21st show.  After losing three straight fights, Brown has rebounded to win two of his last three contests inside the Octagon. The [...]

Source: http://www.5thRound.com/106097/ufc-145-jones-vs-evans-roster-finalized-12-fights-confirmed/

Marzagui Ayoub Paul McVeigh Frank Mir Daniel Moraes Scott Morris

Two of the top XFC’s middleweights are looking to steal the show in Knoxville, TN live on HDNet when Josh Samman takes on red hot Mikey Gomez in the co-main event of XFC 16 : High Stakes. Gomez is looking to extend his current win streak to four, while Samman is looking to jump to [...]

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Anderson Silva Antonio Silva Assuerio Silva Paulo Silva Jay Silva

Paual talks to Demian about his preparation for his upcoming fight versus Mark Munoz at UFC 131: Dos Santos vs Carwin. Watch the event Live on Pay-Per-View or www.UFC.tv this Sat Jun 11th at 6/9PM PT/ET

Source: http://mmalice.com/ufc-131/paula-sack-interviews-demian-maia-video_2ad01b3d5.html

Bernard Ackah  Terrance Aflague Yoshihiro Akiyama  Gilbert Aldana  José Aldo 

Junior dos Santos Looking to Exploit Shane Carwin’s Lack of Cardio at UFC 131 Video by UFC 131

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The rumors were true. Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit II isn’t going to happen because Nick Diaz has tested positive for marijuana at UFC 143. The NSAC’s Keith Kizer revealed the news today. “All results received thus far have been negative, except Mr. Diaz (who) tested positive for marijuana metabolites,” Kizer said in a statement. [...]

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Rashad Evans Lyoto Machida Mauricio Rua Dave Menne Murilo Bustamante

Two-time UFC veteran Chase Gormley has agreed to fill the final open slot on Friday’s XFC 16 event and now meets Brandon Sayles in a super heavyweight contest.

The two meet on the main card of the Xtreme Fighting Championships’ event.

Featuring a lightweight bout between former WEC champ Jamie Varner and UFC veteran Drew Fickett, “XFC 16: High Stakes,” takes place Feb. 10 at Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum in Tennessee. The main card airs live on HDNet.


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The Bellator Fighting Championships announced today that bantamweight champion Zach “Fun Size” Makovsky will put his title on the line against Eduardo Dantas at Bellator 65 in Atlantic City. According to Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney, “Zach and Eduardo are two of the greatest bantamweights in MMA today so this should be a really [...]

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Denis Stojnic Curtis Stout Sam Stout Georges St Pierre Masanori Suda

Often when talking with fighters, whether it be before or after a fight, they are usually brief with their words and do not stray from the topic at hand. That is not the case with Diego Sanchez.

Sanchez recently spoke with MMAFrenzy.com about everything he has fought through, both in and out of the Octagon, just days before facing Jake Ellenberger in the main event of UFC on Fuel TV 1.

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/27552/diego-sanchezs-life-has-gone-from-a-nightmare-to-a-dream/

Jason Lambert Jose Landi Jons Icho Larenas Bobby Lashley Joe Lauzon

GSP: Cageside at UFC® 143

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Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc/99814-gsp-cageside-ufc-143-a.html

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief


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Nick Diaz’s future in the UFC was briefly put into question on Thursday with the news that he had failed his pre-fight drug test for last weekend’s UFC 143 event.

Diaz tested positive for marijuana metabolites, and is on a temporary suspension until a preliminary hearing at the NSAC’s April meeting. At that hearing, Diaz can address the positive drug test and attempt to get a reduction in his suspension and/or eventual fine.

With recent precedent, it’s likely that Diaz will receive a suspension of at least a year for being a second time offender (he tested positive in Nevada in 2007), as well as a significant fine. However, this situation will not cost him his spot in the UFC should he decide not to simply retire.

UFC owner and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta addressed Diaz’s situation on Twitter early this morning while answering questions to fans during an insomnia-induced run on the social networking site.

“He will be back,” Fertitta wrote. “[I] really like the kid [he] just needs to get it together. I’m a sap for real fighters.”

Penick’s Analysis: I’m not surprised that they’d keep him on the roster, and if he decides not to retire he’ll get a fight in 2013. The difference for his situation right now is the fact that he lost the fight against Condit. Had he won, and gotten the fight with Georges St-Pierre set up, this could have been an even bigger deal to the UFC as they’d have had to strip him of the title and he’d have taken out a potential challenger to the belt. As it stands, he only cost them a rematch with Condit which, while it would have been interesting, wouldn’t have been nearly as lucrative. He also didn’t get stopped from going through with Saturday’s fight, so he didn’t cost them money immediately in the same sense that Nate Marquardt did last summer. Still, even if he returns, it may be hard for the UFC to put him into a really high profile fight if he doesn’t learn from this second positive test in Nevada.

[Nick Diaz art by Grant Gould (c) MMATorch.com]

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_12465.shtml

David Baron  Phil Baroni Don Barr Pat Barry  Vitor Belfort 

UFC officials announced today that featherweights “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung and Dustin Poirier will headline their third event on FUEL TV. UFC on FUEL TV 3 takes place on May 15th and is expected be held at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA. Both fighters are veterans from the WEC who appear to [...]

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Antonio Silva Assuerio Silva Paulo Silva Jay Silva Jean Silva

On Tuesday night, the UFC announced on Fuel TV that fights will return to Atlantic City for an FX show on June 22 and to Fox on Aug. 4 in Los Angeles. The date of the Fox show will pit the UFC directly against the Summer Olympics.

The UFC hasn’t shied away from the Olympics in the past. UFC 110, which featured Cain Velasquez taking out Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in the first round, aired against the 2010 Winter Olympics. Georges St. Pierre defended his belt against Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on the second night of the 2008 Summer Games.

[Related: Jon Fitch vs. Josh Koscheck fight could happen]

But there are two big differences here. First of all, this is network television vs. network television. The previous UFC events that took on the Olympics were pay-per-views, which generally attract a more hard-core fan base. With network television, the UFC is seeking casual fans. During the Olympics, casual sports fans tune into the Games.

Secondly, the UFC’s other Olympic-conflicted events fell on nights with with light schedules at the Games. Aug. 4 will be jam-packed with sports popular in the U.S. Swimming will award medals in four races. Basketball and beach volleyball will play early-round games. In track and field, the men’s long jump and women’s heptathlon and 100-meter events will conclude. The gold- and bronze-medal tennis matches will take place at Wimbledon.

Who will win the ratings battle? Tell us in the comments or on Facebook.

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/ufc-olympics-august-141129148.html

Roman Zentsov Zhang Chuanlong Zhang Tiequan Igor Zinoviev Mark Coleman

After completing the cards for Bellator 60 through Bellator 63 in March, Bellator has booked welterweight champion Ben Askren to defend his title against season five tournament winner Douglas Lima in the main event of Bellator 64 on April 6 at Caesars, Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/27553/bellator-champ-ben-askren-faces-douglas-lima-at-bellator-64-on-april-6/

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Anderson Silva Dancing To Some James Brown.

Source: http://www.mmatko.com/anderson-silva-dancing-to-some-james-brown/

Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves  Andre Amade  Dean Amasinger  Jimmy Ambriz

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According to UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta, former UFC heavyweight champions Frank Mir (16-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) and Cain Velasquez…

Source: http://ninjashoes.net/forum/showthread.php?77885-UFC-boss-says-Mir-vs-Velasquez-Griffin-vs-Ortiz-III-in-the-works&goto=newpost

Stephan Bonnar Lorenzo Borgomeo  Kyle Bradley  Jai Bradney  Ebenezer Fontes Braga

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief


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The UFC is headed to Atlanta this April with a major UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between Jon Jones and Rashad Evans. Tickets for the event go on sale to the general public next Friday, February 17, and to kick off the ticket sale the organization will make their presence felt on Thursday, February 16, with a pre-event press conference for the fight.

Free and open to the public, the press conference will take place at 1 p.m. ET in the Luckie Marietta District of downtown Atlanta at Ventanas – located at 275 Baker Street, Atlanta, Ga. In attendance at the press conference will be UFC President Dana White, along with both Jones and Evans in what promises to be an interesting kick off to the hype of this fight.

Tickets for the event will range from $50-$400, and UFC Fight Club members will, as always, get their first crack at tickets on Wednesday, February 15. UFC newsletter subscribers then get an internet presale on Thursday, with the general on-sale date coming Friday.

[Rashad Evans art by Grant Gould (c) MMATorch.com]

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_12467.shtml

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You can watch UFC 143 right here on Yahoo! Sports

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/ufc-143-video-scott-jorgensen-teaching-next-generation-081038174.html

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Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum Preview Video by Strikeforce

Source: http://mmalice.com/strikeforce/strikeforce-overeem-vs-werdum-preview-video_68946046e.html

Ricardo Almeida  Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves  Andre Amade  Dean Amasinger 

When Rashad Evans outpointed Phil Davis at UFC on FOX 2 and exited the match-up in relatively good health the mystery surrounding who light heavyweight Jon Jones would defend his title against next was solved. However, the question about equally deserving contender Dan Henderson?s future remained unanswered. Henderson, who solidified his standing as a top [...]

Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2012/02/10/dan-henderson-not-waiting-for-winner-of-bout-between-rashad-evans-jon-jones/

Sean O Haire Yushin Okami Bobby Ologun Andy Ologun Alan Omer

LAS VEGAS — There aren’t too many karate practitioners succeeding at the highest level of mixed martial arts. Meet Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. He might change that.

A kickboxer with over 50 fights, Thompson made his UFC debut a spectacular one at UFC 143. Thompson sized up Dan Stittgen for a few minutes and when his opponent relaxed a bit, Wonderboy landed a nasty roundhouse kick on Stittgen’s chin. He was out cold in a split second at the 4:13 mark of the first round.

That’s a helluva bar Thompson just set for Knockout of the Night. The UFC awards KO of the Night, Submission of the Night and Fight of the Night bonuses usually good for $65,000. Thompson looks like a shoo-in right now.

UPDATE: Thomson got the award and the $65,000.

It certainly wasn’t the fight of the night. Stittgen, also making his promotional debut, never looked comfortable in the Octagon. His strength is supposedly jiu-jitsu, but he never got close enough to Thompson to even attempt a takedown.

“No words can describe how I feel right now. I’m beyond happy to have this win.  It’s my first win in the UFC and I can’t wait to get back out there and do it again.  I took my time and felt him out,” said Thompson.

Thompson’s kickboxing pedigree is impressive. He reeled off 57 straight victories before moving over to MMA in 2009, where he’s now 6-0.

Natal’s takedowns too much for striker Kuiper

Rafael Natal isn’t pretty, but his grinding style was effective tonight against young Michael Kuiper.

Natal scored multiple takedowns in each of the first two rounds and worked top control. That was enough to get a unanimous decision, 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28, in fight No. 2 of the night.

It wasn’t easy for Natal, who got blasted and rocked by a Kuiper uppercut just a few seconds into the third round. Kuiper, 22, jumped on top, but Natal (14-3-1, 3-1-1 UFC) used his grappling skills to minimize damage. Kuiper got off some effective body shots, but nothing huge to Natal’s head.

Natal admitted to UFC analyst Joe Rogan that “everything went black” for a second after Kuiper landed the big right.

With 2:40 left in the fight, Natal got to his feet. Seconds later, he scored a big slam takedown of Kuiper. Down big in the round, Natal grabbed back control by working side control to a mount where he eventually slapped on a head and arm choke. Kuiper was caught in the submission hold for 40 seconds, but never tapped.

This was the first loss for the 22-year-old Dutchman. Kuiper (11-1, 0-1 UFC) did get the nod in the final round from Patricia Morse-Jarman.

Riddle notches win over gritty Martinez

Henry Martinez has some stones, but it just wasn’t enough to get him the win tonight on short notice. Matt Riddle eked out a split decision over the Jackson’s MMA fighter, 29-28, 28-29 and 29-28.

This fight was a war, but it’s nice to be back on the winning end again. Henry hit hard and his hands were quick. I was impressed by him and that’s why I picked it up in the second and third rounds,” said Riddle.

The 5-foot-6 Martinez, who’s really a lightweight, put the pressure on for the first few minutes. His big hooks threw Riddle off his game.  The second round was dead even with Martinez landing early in the round. The end of the round had the crowd roaring as the fighters teed off on each other.

Riddle finally got the fight where he wanted when he landed a third-round takedown. That’s his comfort zone. Riddle briefly threatened by taking Martinez’s back. Martinez avoided any serious trouble and got back to his feet before Riddle landed another takedown. This was Riddle’s best moment of the fight. Trapped along the cage, Martinez ate some big shots.

“I had fun out there. It was a great fight and Matt is a tough guy. Even if you go in with the best plan in the world and study your opponent, they can change it up on you. We pushed each other hard but had a great time,” said Martinez

You can watch UFC 143 right here on Yahoo! Sports


Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/ufc-143-openers-thompson-posts-could-ko-night-002012350.html

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ONE FC 2 Weigh-In Results

One FC 2 – Battle of Heroes takes place February 11, 2012 at the Kelapa Gading Sports Mall, Jakarta, Indonesia. The prelim fights will stream live on Facebook at around 7am EST USA.

Main Card [Online PPV]
Felipe Enomoto (155.21) vs. Ole Laursen (155.76)
Bae Young [...]

Source: http://www.mmatko.com/one-fc-2-weigh-in-results/

Nathan Jones  Kevin Jordan Jeff Joslin Scott Junk  Martin Kampmann

In the past UFC President Dana White had expressed his desire to see the UFC make an appearance in Hawaii with former champion (and popular islander) B.J. Penn taking a headlining spot on the card. However, even despite Penn?s continued retirement, it appears White is still planning on taking his fight promotion to Hawaii in [...]

Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2012/02/08/ufc-looking-to-land-in-aloha-state-later-this-year/

Yushin Okami Bobby Ologun Andy Ologun Alan Omer Michihiro Omigawa

UFC officials announced today that featherweights “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung and Dustin Poirier will headline their third event on FUEL TV. UFC on FUEL TV 3 takes place on May 15th and is expected be held at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA. Both fighters are veterans from the WEC who appear to [...]

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Roman Zentsov Zhang Chuanlong Zhang Tiequan Igor Zinoviev Mark Coleman

Carlos Condit defeated Nick Diaz to become the interim welterweight champion on February 4th at UFC 143. The bout sparked a whirlwind of debate between MMA fans, many of whom were calling for an immediate rematch. After initially being against the rematch Condit appeared to accept the fight as indicated in a tweet by UFC [...]

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Renato Verissimo Marcus Vinicios Falaniko Vitale Igor Vovchanchyn Anthony Walsh

Dana White hasn?t ever been known by the public as have much hair. However, it turns out that could be for the best, as the UFC President would have likely pulled it all out over the past few days based on the whirlwind of controversy surrounding a potential rematch between welterweights Nick Diaz and Carlos [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/02/09/nick-diaz-popped-again-for-smoking-pot

Yoji Anjo  Ao Hailin  Shinya Aoki  Andrei Arlovski  Ricardo Arona 

Chuck Liddell Talks New Baby And Says He Can Unhook Any Bra.

Source: http://www.mmatko.com/chuck-liddell-talks-new-baby-and-says-he-can-unhook-any-bra/

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Rumours have been rampant for the past 24 hours about why the reported Nick Diaz versus Carlos Condit rematch was off the table. The Nevada State Athletic Commission and Keith Kizer today confirmed that Nick Diaz tested positive for marijuana metabolic…

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Ricardo Almeida  Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves  Andre Amade  Dean Amasinger 

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Ebenezer Fontes Braga Chris Brennan Marcelo Brito  Rob Broughton  Mike Brown 

A lightweight battle between Donald Cerrone and Yves Edwards has been added to UFC on Fuel  3 according to a report during this week’s episode of UFC Tonight. Both men are known for their well-rounded styles and willingness to strike meaning fans should definitely be in for a treat when the two cross paths in [...]

Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2012/02/08/donald-cerrone-will-attempt-to-lasso-yves-edwards-at-ufc-on-fuel-3/

Chuck The Iceman Liddell Shad Lierley  Jushin Thunder Liger Zach Light Scott Lighty

Dana White hasn?t ever been known by the public as have much hair. However, it turns out that could be for the best, as the UFC President would have likely pulled it all out over the past few days based on the whirlwind of controversy surrounding a potential rematch between welterweights Nick Diaz and Carlos [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/02/09/nick-diaz-popped-again-for-smoking-pot

Amar Suloev Mike Swick Takashi Sugiura Jung Chan Sung Minoru Suzuki

At the Strikeforce Heavyweight GP in Dallas, TC Inside MMA correspondent Ron Kruck caught up with Alistair Overeem and Antonio Silva. The Reem spoke about his victory over Fabricio Werdum and the challange that lies ahead in Silva. Bigfoot spoke about how to do the impossible and beat Overeem

Source: http://mmalice.com/strikeforce/alistair-overeem-and-antonio-silva-breakdown-their-upcoming-fight-video_54151b1ca.html

Aleksander Emelianenko Fedor Emelianenko Yasubey Enomoto Mark Epstein Tom Big Cat Erickson

The UFC?s Dana White issued a statement after it was discovered by the Nevada State Athletic Commission that Nick Diaz tested positive for marijuana. Diaz was the only drug test of the fighters that competed at UFC 143 that was positive for an illegal substance. The brief press release sent out by the UFC quoted [...]

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José Aldo  John Alessio  Houston Alexander Ricardo Almeida  Eddie Alvarez

A welterweight bout between John Hathaway and unbeaten Pascal Krauss is the latest addition to the UFC on FOX 3 card.

UFC officials today announced the fight.

UFC on FOX 3 takes place May 5 at IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J. The main card, including a Jim Miller vs. Nate Diaz headliner, airs on FOX, and prelims are expected to air on FUEL TV.


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Din Thomas Gleison Tibau Anthony Torres Miguel Torres Roberto Traven

Two title changes took place Sunday night at No Surrender as Winter regained the Women’s Knockout Championship from Mickie James while Austin Aries beat Brian Kendrick to capture the X Division Championship.
The title changes were forewarned prior to the event as a match line-up for the Sept. 23 TNA live event in Springfield, Illinois listed Aries as the X Division Champion and Winter as the Women’s Knockouts Champion. We reported both these title changes in our **SPOILER** report on Sunday afternoon.
Robert Roode defeated Bully Ray via pinfall to win the …

Source: http://www.ifight365.com/2011/09/2-title-changes-at-tnas-no-surrender-ppv/

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Stephan Bonnar Lorenzo Borgomeo  Kyle Bradley  Jai Bradney  Ebenezer Fontes Braga

Fight Day Live is back today for another star-studded show from UFC 143 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Hosts Dave Farra and Megan Olivi will prepare you for all the fighting action and the expert panel of Matt Brown, John Morgan and Larry Pepe will break down the pay-per-view card and give their opinion on who’ll take home the victory between Carlos Condit and Nick Diaz.

Also slated for Fight Day Live are two interviews. The first is with “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey, the number one contender for women’s 135-pound belt. Rousey is a human soundbite, so you won’t want to miss that one. Also on set is crowd favorite Clay “The Carpenter” Guida.

Main event fighter Carlos Condit will also be featured during an exclusive one-on-one interview. Be sure and tune into Fight Day Live at 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. PT.

You can watch UFC 143 right here on Yahoo! Sports

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/heavy-ufc-143-fight-day-starts-6-p-173659753.html

Roberto Traven Frank Trigg Mostapha Al Turk Ryuki Ueyama Caol Uno

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