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Archive for January, 2010

Today, the California State Athletic Commission released the medical suspensions for Sunday’s WEC 46 card from the Arco Arena in Sacramento….

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- WEC 46 MEDICAL SUSPENSIONS

Former All-American wrestler, Aaron Simpson, and “Ultimate Fighter” winner, Amir Sadollah, both picked up wins as the early fights on Monday night’s edition of UFC Fight Night…

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- SIMPSON & SADOLLAH WIN EARLY FIGHTS IN VIRGINIA

Following a first round that saw him scramble to stay alive, Evan Dunham turned the tables on former “Ultimate Fighter” winner, Efrain Escudero, locking up an armbar submission in the third round…

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- EVAN DUNHAM INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD, SUBMITS ESCUDERO

It wasn’t pretty, but it was effective. Gray Maynard may have earned a shot at the UFC lightweight title on Monday night as he picked up a split decision win over Nate Diaz in what basically turned into a sloppy boxing match between the two fighters….

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- MAYNARD BULLIES PAST DIAZ FOR THE WIN

The Ultimate Fighting Championship handed out $30,000 bonus check for UFC Fight Night 20 in their first Monday night event in Fairfax, Va to Gerald Harris, Evan Dunham, Aaron Simpson and Tom Lawlor.

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- $30,000 BONUS CHECKS FOR UFC FIGHT NIGHT 20

Flash Entertainment, a leading live events company based in the United Arab Emirates, has acquired a ten percent stake in Zuffa, LLC, d/b/a Ultimate Fighting Championship…

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- UFC SELLS MINORITY STAKE TO ABU DHABI COMPANY

Efrain Escudero suffered his first loss, to Evan Dunham via armbar at UFC Fight Night 20 in Fairfax, Va., on Monday night, but did not suffer any broken bones in the submission loss…

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- ESCUDERO’S ARM NOT BROKEN IN LOSS TO DUNHAM

American Top Team standout Ben Saunders returns to action to face Top 10 competitor Martin Kampmann in a main card bout on March 27 at UFC 111 in Neward, N.J. …

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- BEN SAUNDERS VS. MARTIN KAMPMANN AT UFC 111

Emotions always run high in any big fight, but maybe never more so than when competing for a championship. That was definitely the case after Ben Henderson defeated Jamie Varner for the WEC lightweight title…

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- HENDERSON HOLDS NO ILL WILL FOR VARNER’S COMMENTS

Following his UFC Fight Night 20 loss to Gray Maynard, Nate Diaz is considering making the move up in weight class to the welterweight division.

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- NATE DIAZ CONSIDERING GOING TO WELTERWEIGHT