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WEC 36 Results
Date: 11/6/2008
Mike Brown def. Urijah Faber by TKO (Strikes) at 2:23, R1
Chael Sonnen def. Paulo Filho by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27), R3
Leonard Garcia def. Jens Pulver by TKO (Strikes) at 1:12, R1
Jake Rosholt def. Nissen Osterneck by TKO (Strikes) at 3:48, R2
Donald Cerrone def. Rob McCullough
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WEC 36 Awards Net Fighters $7500 Bonuses
Date: 11/6/2008
After World Extreme Cagefighting invaded Florida for the first time, the promotion handed down fight bonuses that have become common place for the best performances of the night.
Each fighter receiving a bonus award was given $7,500 on top of their regular fight purse. MMAWeekly.com confirmed the
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WEc 36 "Faber vs. Brown" A Success At The Gate
Date: 11/6/2008
It was a roller coaster ride of emotion at Wednesday night's WEC 36 in Hollywood, Fla., but when all was said and done, the numbers added up in the promotion's favor.
WEC 36 drew 5,227 fans accounting fo
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Hermes Franca Arrested For DUI Offense In Florida
Date: 11/6/2008
Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight competitor, Hermes Franca, was arrested last night by the Jupiter Police Department in Jupiter, Fla for a DUI offense as confirmed to MMAWeekly.com by members of the police force on Thursday morning.
Authorities could not release much more information th
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Garcia Ready To Fight Brown
Date: 11/6/2008
Garcia Ready To Fight Brown by Tom Hamlin
Leonard Garcia’s win against Jens Pulver at this Wednesday’s WEC 36 brought an end of sorts to a long period of struggling in his life. Seven months ago, the Lubbock, Texas native was looking at jail time as part of a federal drug trafficking indictment.
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New WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Thomas Brown To Be Sidelined 4-to-6 Weeks With Torn Rib Cartilage
Date: 11/6/2008
Viewers of last night’s WEC 36 telecast on VS. may have noticed that new WEC featherweight champion Mike Thomas Brown was in visible pain following his upset first round TKO over Urijah Faber at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla.
Due to the telecast running long, Brown’s condition wa
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Affliction And Golden Boy Poised To Go Head-To-Head On Jan. 24th
Date: 11/6/2008
Despite a partnership between Golden Boy Promotions and Affliction Entertainment that was heralded at one point by Affliction COO Michael Cohen as an event that would “change the world of mixed martial arts,” Oscar De La Hoya’s fight outfit could be poised to go head-to-head with Affliction’s second
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Faber’s WEC Title Loss Caps Unusual Night
Date: 11/6/2008
Urijah Faber and the World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight title were so synonymous that it was hard to imagine one without the other.
But imagination time ended Wednesday with the reality of a Mike Brown right hand that caught Faber wide open as he tried to throw an elbow.
This led to the
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Now A Non-Title Bout, Filho's Belt Still At Risk
Date: 11/4/2008
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – World Extreme Cagefighting middleweight champion and No. 2 ranked 185-pounder Paulo Filho on Tuesday missed weight at the WEC 36 weigh-ins. Not only did he miss weight, he was over by an astonishing seven pounds, weighing in at 192 pounds.
Filho will now go down as the final WEC
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Varner Expects To Either Fight Razor Or Cowboy In January
Date: 11/4/2008
It appears World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight champion, Jamie Varner, will return to action in January to face the winner of “Razor” Rob McCullough and Donald Cerrone as announced by the champ himself at a public Q&A session with fans at the WEC event in Florida on Tuesday.
Varner last fought
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Elliot Worsell, UFC - Wolfslair disciple Paul 'Tellys' Kelly was never going to back Dan Henderson to beat teammate Michael Bisping. That much is a given. However, it still comes as a surprise when you hear just how unwavering Kelly is in his belief that Bisping will dominate the former PRIDE champion at UFC 100.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - We all know the old adage about 'strength in numbers', but you have to think that the three young men who tried to mug 6 foot 4, 245 pound UFC heavyweight Antoni Hardonk in Los Angeles a week and a half ago were either very brave or very stupid - or both.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - You know you've made it when the stars of stage and screen begin showing up for your events. But unlike the celebrities in attendance at other sporting events, who are there simply to promote a new film, album, or product, or to be seen by photographers, the celebrity fans who show up to see the UFC are just that - fans. And they're as hardcore as it gets.
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Las Vegas, NV - Rumina Sato. Fredson Paixao. Joe Stevenson. Vinicius Magalhaes. Jeff Glover. Ulysses Gomez. Bill Cooper. To those in the grappling world, the names represent the best of the best. To have them in the same hall together at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center is electrifying enough. To see them competing against each other in four Superfights that cap off the largest Submission Grappling tournament in history is something that could only be held at the UFC® Fan Expo™ on Friday, July 10th and Saturday, July 11th, just hours before the lights go down for the biggest event in mixed martial arts history, UFC 100.
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Michael DiSanto, UFC - 17 months after Brock Lesnar squared off against Frank Mir, the two are set to tango one more time at UFC 100, in what many are predicting to be most successful pay-per-view event in the promotion's nearly 16-year history.
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Chuck Mindenhall, UFC - Jon Fitch has seen a lot in his seven years of professional fighting. He saw stars when he got knocked out by Wilson Gouveia in 2002. He saw opportunity when he caught Thiago Alves with an upkick. He's seen his arm raised against Diego Sanchez, a doppelgänger in Chris Wilson and a welterweight title shot against Georges St-Pierre. But up until UFC 94, he had never seen grown men in sequins before a fight.
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Chuck Mindenhall, UFC - "Guys like Stephan Bonnar, the kinds who can stand up and fight me as well as submit me on the ground," says Jon "Bones" Jones, "well, that's probably the worst matchup for me." I mean, if that's the worst matchup, you'd hate to see a great matchup for the upstate New York native. Gosh.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) - As one of the birthplaces of martial arts, China is rightfully considered to be hallowed ground for the warriors of the Ultimate Fighting Championship®. Today, UFC® is pleased to announce a television deal with Inner Mongolia Television that will mark the first time in history UFC will be seen on TV in China, continuing the global expansion of the premier brand in mixed martial arts.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - A 'no frills' fighter in the best sense of the term, Dan Henderson has long been one of mixed martial arts' best, pound for pound. On July 11th, 'Hendo' competes in perhaps the most high-profile fight of his nearly ten year pro career when he takes on Michael Bisping in a featured bout on the UFC 100 card at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Will a win over 'The Count' earn a place on the list of Henderson's seven defining moments?
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UFC announced today that the Limp Bizkit concert event planned for Friday, July 10 at the Mandalay Bay Beach has been cancelled. Tickets will be refunded at place of purchase.
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Las Vegas, NV - The history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® is filled with stories of legendary fights and athletes who built a sport behind skill, heart, and determination. On July 10th and 11th, just before the lights go down and the first bell rings for July 11th's historic UFC 100 event, fans will have the opportunity to meet and greet the fighters who made mixed martial arts what it is today, as well as the ones carrying the flag for the next generation, all under one roof at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center during the UFC® Fan Expo™.
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NEW YORK, NY, June 23, 2009 - This past Saturday, June 20, the UFC was once again the undisputed champion in sports on television among young men. The live finale of the ninth season of "The Ultimate Fighter," airing Saturday June 20 (9:00pm-12:00am), drew more men in the advertiser-coveted demographic of Men 18-34 (663,000) than MLB baseball on FOX (184,000) and coverage of U.S. Open golf on NBC (384,000) which ran earlier that day.
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Las Vegas NV (USA) -- A dislocated shoulder, suffered in training, has forced welterweight standout Jonathan Goulet to withdraw from his bout against Dong Hyun Kim on the preliminary card of UFC® 100 on July 11th. But Canada will still be represented in the bout, as Nova Scotia's TJ Grant will step in to face Kim at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) - Title contenders, a former UFC® champion and a handful of rising stars - and that's just on the undercard. With the undisputed heavyweight title on the line, one of the UFC's greatest welterweights ever facing his greatest challenge ever and a mixed martial arts legend facing the United Kingdom's biggest star, the UFC has already secured three main-event-caliber matches for UFC 100. The fight card has the exciting names - now it's time to watch the exciting fights.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) and SMJ Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) -- In a move to bring the UFC® experience one step closer for mixed martial arts fans in Japan, The Ultimate Fighting Championship® officially launched the first Japanese-language UFC web and mobile sites. Japanese fight fans can now access UFC via the new and only UFC branded Japanese PC and mobile sites across all three major carriers' 3G networks in Japan.
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