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Sound familiar? Ed Soares, manager and translator for UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, is once again playing matchmaker, this time on the heels of a supposed 185-pound number one contender bout between Chael Sonnen and Nate Marquardt at UFC 109: “Relentless” this past Saturday night (Feb. 6).UFC President Dana White promised the winner of Sonnen vs. Marquardt the first crack at the division title after “The Spider” defends it at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi. Now Soares is tampering with the formula –much like he did after Dan Henderson decapitated Michael Bisping at UFC 100 to earn his rematch (and we all know how that ended up). Does Soares have a legitimate gripe? Or should he zip his lip leave the matchmaking to Joe Silva?
Chuck Liddell responds to Tito Ortiz’s latest accusations of Chuck being an alcoholic. Tito has “lit a fire” under Liddell who now “wants to go out there and hurt him”. Chuck and Tito are coaches for the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter 11 which will debut on March 31.
Now that Matt Serrais back on the winning track, he’s ready to take some time off. When asked about who and when he wanted to fight next, Serra was non-committal on the topic saying whenever Joe Silva calls. If it fits in his schedule, he’ll be ready to go. His first order of business is to take in the Matt Hughes-Renzo Gracie at UFC 112 in early April. Serra said he’d love for the UFC to bring him over to Abu Dhabi in a promotional role so he could see the fight in person. Hughes has a rivalry with Serra from their appearances on Season 4 and 6 of “The Ultimate Fighter.” Along with MMA trainer Marc Laimon, Hughes poked fun at Gracie jiu-jitsu. Hughes beat Royce at UFC 63 and Serra at UFC 98. Serra is a Gracie disciple. Cagewriter asked Hughes atStrikeforce: Miamiabout why he took the Gracie fight. He joked, “’cause he’s older than I am to be honest.” Serra was surprised by that answer. “Maybe he’s joking around that guy. He’s doing that thinking Renzo’s an easy fight. He’s in for a rude awakening.” When asked about a rematch down the road, Serra said he doubts it’ll happen and that Hughes wouldn’t want it. If Hughes gets by the 42-year-old Gracie, let’s hope there’s a push for Hughes-Serra II.
A middleweight bout between Ryan Jensen (14-6) and Jesse Forbes (11-4) has been signed for UFC 114, which is scheduled to go down at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 29, according to MMAFighting.com. Both fighters are coming off losses, meaning that this could very well end up being a good ‘ole loser leaves town match. Jensen was last seen in action earlier this year at UFC 108 where he was defeated by Mark Munoz in the first round. Coming into that contest, Jensen had only won three of his previous seven fights and has only tasted victory once in five tries under the UFC banner. Jesse “Kid Hercules” Forbes, a member of the third season ofThe Ultimate Fighter, has had a bit of a better run lately than his counterpart at UFC 114. Despite dropping his last contest at UFC Fight Night 20 against Nick Catone, Forbes has only lost twice in his last nine fights. After getting cut from the UFC following his defeat at the hands of Matt Hamill at the TUF 3 Finale,Forbes enjoyed great success in smaller regional shows, but just hasn’t been able to put it all together on the sport’s biggest stage. He’ll look for his first win in the UFC come Memorial Day weekend. UFC 114 is expected to be headlined byTUF 10coaches and now mortal enemies “Suga” Rashad Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. The card is also expected to feature an interesting battle between Forrest Griffin and Antonio Rogerio Noguiera. It’s all set to go down on May 29 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more news on UFC 114 as it becomes available.
His legs were sluggish, his feet like concrete blocks. Punches were hitting him, and he soon became oddly aware of his own breathing. None of it made any sense to the first-rime UFC fighter. As the refreshingly honest heavyweight today told MMAjunkie.com Radio, Beltran initially was fighting nerves more so than opponent Rolles Gracie. But he soon got just the confident boost he needed to know victory was within his grasp.
… and git with da “Flo.”
Boston bruiser and perennial lightweight contender Kenny Florian (via The Boston Herald) dismisses Takanori’s prediction of a first round knockout when “The Fireball Kid” makes his UFC debut opposite “KenFlo” at UFC Fight Night 21 from the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday, March 31. The MMA community is already abuzz about the prospect of a rematch between Gomi and current division kingpin BJ Penn, but he won’t get there without toppling the constantly improving Florian — whose only losses in his past 12 fights have been at the hands of Sean Sherk and “The Prodigy.” Fireball? Or fizzle out? Your prediction on Gomi’s debut is …
Randy Couture is now 2-0 in his latest return to the light heavyweight division. After wins over Brandon Vera at UFC 105 and Mark Coleman at UFC 109, he appears to be in line for a potential title shot. The 46-year-old Couture just finished his third fight in less than five and half months. He may want a break but he joked that if UFC president Dana White called him to fight next week he may take it. “The training camps have been good. We shortened the camps because of the quicker turnarounds,” Couture said during the UFC 109 postfight press conference. “Which I now see as a real positive. I like the shorter camps.” Couture said he likes being so active. This is the first time he’s fought this often since 2003. He’s also been wise with his conditioning between fights hovering around 217 pounds. But after staying so busy recently, Couture may be in store for a long break. He’s stuck in 205-pound limbo while the other top fighters return from injury and making movies. Couture said he wasn’t very interested in going back up to heavyweight because the size and skill of the top fighters has improved so much. But White indicated later that he wasn’t ruling out Couture back at heavyweight (video below 0:20 mark). White scoffed at the notion that Couture may not return until August but that looks like the most realistic timeline unless he’s a fill-in for an injured fighter. At 205, the title is up for grabs between Mauricio Rua and Lyoto Machida on May 8 and Rashad Evans meets Quinton Jackson on May 29. Is there another 205er worth pitting against Couture? And more importantly, one that he’d be interested in fighting? One possible scenario is an injury to Forrest Griffin before his May 8 fight, where Couture could fill in against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. At heavyweight, the top four guys behind Brock Lesnar are fighting on Feb. 21 and Mar. 27. Even if one of the fighters got injured, there wouldn’t be enough time for Couture to get ready for the fight unless Frank Mir or Shane Carwin were dropped from UFC 111 in the next week or so. White said repeatedly before and after the fight that he thinks Couture
Chael Sonnen was on fire this week. First and foremost with his dominant win over top five middleweight Nate Marquardt. He also sizzled in front of microphones and cameras. As if the bevy of fighters he tore apart wasn’t enough he even shredded Showtime on Saturday night. “At the end of the day, if you want to get to the top of the card in the UFC, you gotta fight tough guys,” Sonnen said during the UFC 109 postfight press conference (2:01 mark). “If you want to be a fighter and get in the cage and be a big deal at your local strip club, go to Showtime. If you want to fight real guys this is the place to be.” Sonnen was referencing Strikeforce, where its top middleweights include Dan Henderson, Jake Shields, Robbie Lawler, Nick Diaz, Tim Kennedy, Frank Shamrock, Scott Smith, “Jacare” Souza and his own teammate Matt Lindland. Sonnen is now in line for a shot at the UFC middleweight title. Anderson Silva defends his belt on Apr. 10 against Vitor Belfort. Sonnen said he hopes Silva wins so he avoids the tougher fighter.
Back in November White said the UFC hopes to use “TUF,” which first launched on Spike TV in 2005, as a way to enter and educate new regions of the world. But with the organization’s UFC 112 show in Adu Dhabi now a reality with an April 12 event date, more MMA could be coming to the area via the reality series.
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Embattled former Ultimate Fighter 2 contestant and latest addition to the storied Greg Jackson family, Melvin Guillard, reflects on the changes both in his training and in his personal life that helped propel him to a unanimous decision win over Ronnys Torres at UFC 109: “Relentless” from the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Feb. 6. “The Young Assassin” has always held a tremendous amount of potential but never managed to correct the mistakes that led to repeated submission losses to fighters like Joe Stevenson and Nate Diaz. Now with the head training guru taking him in and showing him the light, should we expect to include Guillard’s name in the list of 155-pound title contenders in 2011?
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After recently confirming the possibility of the first-ever international edition of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s reality series “The Ultimate Fighter,” 
