After a four-fight skid that had him thinking about retirement, Dan Hardy's evolution is continuing in the midst of a two-fight resurgence. 
UFC President Dana White was clearly unhappy with the way the co-headliner played out at UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar, and he made a rather cryptic statement about former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans shortly after the event. Evans lost an uneventful bout with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, and, at the post-fight press conference, White said…
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Vitor Belfort and Michael Bisping stared off at the end of a press conference in Sao Paolo on Thursday. A simple staredown happens all the time in the UFC, but this one nearly came to blows.
I've never understood this kind of grandstanding. They will have their chance to put their hands on each other in two short days, as the main event of UFC of FX 7. For Bisping, it's a chance to get a step closer to the UFC middleweight title shot that has long eluded him. Why not wait and use all that aggression in the cage?
Of the fracas, Bisping responded with, "HE STARTED IT."
He touched my face so I pushed it away and he put it back a little aggressively, then he started shouting,... who's the hooligan now eh? Lol
? michael (@bisping) January 17, 2013
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Some bantamweight action has been thrown in the mix for UFC on Fuel TV 9, which takes place at the�Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, as Brad Pickett and Mike Easton battle to work their way back into contention. Pickett (22-7) is coming off of a UFC 155 loss to former champion Eddie Wineland. Prior [...]
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Montini Catholic's wrestling team will face the Oak Park River Forest Huskies, and Guida will be matside to coach. He wrestled in high school and was part of a junior college national championship team at Harper College in suburban Chicago.
"I got a big wrestling meet tonight with the team I help coach, Montini Catholic at Oak Park-River Forest. We're no. 1, going for our sixth-straight state title. I believe they're no. 1 ranked in 3A, no. 2 in the state. Two top-10 teams in the nation."
Guida's longtime wrestling coach, Izzy Martinez, coaches at Montini, and he's brought fighters like Guida in to help his team. Guida's fight taking place in his hometown of Chicago days after Montini's biggest dual meet is lucky scheduling because it allows Guida to be at the meet. Working with the high school wrestlers gives Guida inspiration.
"It's a huge part of my training. These kids motivate me," Guida said during open workouts.
Guida says this fight is a new start for him. He was criticized by UFC president Dana White and fans for the loss to Gray Maynard for a safe fight strategy. Guida says that fight is behind him.
"You're going to see a more energetic, revamped Clay Guida. Educated fight fans see the strides I have made. I believe I'm one of the most improved lightweights, and soon to be featherweights, in the UFC. You see my striking. I outstruck Gray, I outgrappled Gray. I beat him everywhere except on the judges' scorecards. I'm beyond that now. It was a learning experience, and Hatsu Hioki is going to pay for it."
But before he gets in the cage with Hioki, it's the Montini Broncos' turn to perform, and Guida will be there coaching them on.
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The UFC has revealed that Thiago Tavares tested positive for the anabolic steroid drostanolone and has been suspended for nine months. The positive test adds further insult to injury after Tavares was crushed by Khabib Nurmagomedov. Drostanolone is used in body building to assist in keeping up lean muscle during weight cutting. The positive drug [...]
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UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones comes from a family of elite athletes. His older brother Arthur is a defensive end for the Baltimore Ravens, and his younger brother Chandler is a defensive end for the New England Patriots. Normally, that doesn't cause many dilemmas within the family. The Patriots and Ravens are in different divisions in the AFC and don't always play each other during the season.
On Sunday, things are different. The two will play each other for a spot in the Super Bowl. Jon, the middle child, is really stuck in the middle here. So who is he cheering for?
Sorry, Chandler. But really, the Jones family can't lose. A trip to New Orleans for the Super Bowl to support either Chandler or Arthur is in the offing, and in April, a trip to Newark to see Jon fight Chael Sonnen.
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Duluth, GA - The vacant Bellator middleweight title was handed out tonight in Duluth, Georgia. Russian export Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko delivered a strong performance on a fittingly stormy night in the Peach State, securing the middleweight crown with a TKO victory over Maiquel Falcao. The Russian fighter was at his best tonight against the former [...]
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MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
? Champ Jose Aldo (145) vs. Frankie Edgar (144)
? Rashad Evans (206) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (206)
? Alistair Overeem (264) vs. Antonio Silva (262)
? Jon Fitch (171) vs. Demian Maia (170)
? Joseph Benavidez (126) vs. Ian McCall (125)
PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 8 p.m. ET)
? Evan Dunham (155) vs. Gleison Tibau (155)
? Jay Hieron (168) vs. Tyron Woodley (170)
? Bobby Green (155) vs. Jacob Volkmann (156)
? Yves Edwards (155) vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg (156)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 7 p.m. ET)
? Chico Camus (134) vs. Dustin Kimura (139.5)
? Edwin Figueroa (137.5) vs. Francisco Rivera (137)
A UFC spokesperson said Kimura will not weigh in again. He will be fined 20 percent of his purse. Figueroa weighed in again and was 136. Rivera still has time to make weight.
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Sore hands and feet are Jesse Ronson's only career roadblocks at this moment. 
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Dana White's latest video blog shows that while he may be the president of a multimillion dollar business, he's also still an 11-year-old kid who can't help himself from pranking UFC chairman Lorenzo Fertitta. White fills the pockets of Fertitta's suit coat with grapes and cheese, and hopes Fertitta will explode. Watch to see if he does.
Other things to watch out for from behind the scenes at UFC 155:
-- Junior dos Santos staring in the mirror and psyching himself up for his bout with Cain Velasquez.
-- A beat-up Joe Lauzon watching replays of his fight.
-- Seeing emotions pour out of Velasquez after he won the UFC heavyweight championship bout again.
-- As dos Santos' swollen face is worked on, fans begin to chant his name. Despite being in obvious pain, he takes the ice off of his face to wave to his fans.
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But as for fighters she finds exciting? Don't put welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre on her list. Rousey called him boring last year, and confirmed what she said.
"I respect Georges St. Pierre as a businessman and an athlete," Rousey said to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "I don't have anything against him personally. But he's not the kind of fighter I like watching."
"He fights to win matches. He doesn't fight to defeat his opponents. I lost a lot of judo matches because of points fighters. It was extremely frustrating for me. And when I see that same style being played out in a different sport, it brings out the same reaction in me."
The last time GSP didn't have a fight go to the judges was when he won by TKO over B.J. Penn in 2009. Rousey is hardly the first person to criticized GSP's strategic style, but this is from a fellow champion who has the standing to say what she likes. It gives the criticism even more weight.
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The UFC has released a video preview for the promotion’s historic UFC 157. The card will be headlined by UFC women?s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey as she takes on Liz Carmouche. The bout will serve as the first UFC women?s fight in the promotion’s history. The bout will be co-headlined by a light heavyweight scrap [...]
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MMAjunkie.com returns from vacation with UFC on FOX 5 main-card fighter Matt Brown (in studio) and his opponent, Mike Swick, who both join today's show. 
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LAS VEGAS - The debut season of 'The Ultimate Fighter' has long been recognized as the starting point of MMA's current popularity boom and was responsible for launching the careers of stars such as Stephan Bonnar, Kenny Florian, Forrest Griffin, Josh Koscheck, Chris Leben, Diego Sanchez and Mike Swick. 
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UFC bantamweight champion Jose Aldo sees his next title-defense as the biggest fight of his career, and he is training as such. Former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar is dropping down a weight class to challenge Aldo for his title at UFC 156, and, according to Aldo?s head trainer Andre Pederneiras, he has hit the gym…
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Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold today told MMAjunkie.com that he never signed a bout agreement to fight Lorenz Larkin and never intended to fight at the promotion's final event. 
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The UFC’s heavyweight division was thrown into disarray this past weekend with Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva defeating the presumed number one contender. Heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez dropped by the UFC Tonight studios to discuss potential�match ups�in the division including the possibility of facing his training partner and coach, Daniel Cormier.
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UFC featherweight Ricardo Lamas has been on fire at 145 pounds for awhile, picking up a quartet of consecutive wins including success against top contenders Cub Swanson, Hatsu Hioki, and most recently Erik Koch. However, while Lamas was busy punching opponents in hopes of earning a title-shot, Anthony Pettis was busy hitting buttons on his [...]
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The UFC has revealed that Thiago Tavares tested positive for the anabolic steroid drostanolone and has been suspended for nine months. The positive test adds it further insult to injury after Tavares was crushed by Khabib Nurmagomedov. Drostanolone is used in body building to assist in keeping up lean muscle during weight cutting. The positive [...]
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Ronda Rousey has finally met her match. Rousey, who has won every one of her fights with an armbar in the first round. And yet, when she meets up with an adorable four-year-old, what does Rousey do? She submits to an armbar!
Rousey's actual next opponent is Liz Carmouche at UFC 157. Will we see another armbar from the UFC bantamweight women's champ? Speak up in the comments, on Facebook or Twitter.
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Check out Dana White's video blog, and ponder that he had to turn all of his waterfalls on so the pipes at his house wouldn't burst. Don't they insulate pipes in Las Vegas? Also, notice which fighter he doesn't say hello to before the UFC on Fox 6 press conference.
Enjoy, and don't forget to follow Cagewriter on Twitter for the latest from UFC on Fox 6. Today, it's Jon Jones' fan Q and A, and the weigh-ins.
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The Best: The undercard on FX. One of the main reasons behind airing the preliminary bouts for free on FX is to lure viewers into ordering their pay?per-views. Therefore, the UFC has concocted a unique formula to persuade viewers into ordering them. This weekend was an outstanding example of this strategically thought-out formula, for even…
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http://fightnetwork.com/ - Fight Network's John Ramdeen interviews 8-time kickboxing world champion John Wayne Parr who is coming out of retirement on April 19, 2013 to rematch Fadi Merza. Parr discusses training, retirement, competitive desire and more. For additional coverage of MMA, boxing and pro-wrestling check out http://fightnetwork.com/ or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/fightnet or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FightNetworkSource: http://mmalice.com/videos/john-wayne-parr-interview-talks-fadi-merza-rematch-video_9savqgnc.html
http://mmaweekly.com brings you Tyron Woodley after defeating Jay Heiron at UFC 156. UFC 156 took place on February 2nd 2013 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV.Source: http://mmalice.com/videos/tyron-woodley-ufc-156-post-fight-press-conference-video_vmak5kdq.html
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Barao coach Pederneiras would prefer title shot, but doesn't want fighter to wait 
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The UFC has released the bonuses for the UFC 156 fight card. UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, Frankie Edgar, Antonio ?Bigfoot? Silva, and Bobby Green all left $50K richer due to their efforts in the cage tonight. The UFC announced the news at the UFC 156 post-fight press conference.
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The UFC has released a solid video series following featherweight champion Jose Aldo ahead of his title-defense against former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar. �UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar�goes down tonight, but you can get an inside look at the training camp leading up to the fight that Aldo considers to be the biggest fight of…
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