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All four fighters who underwent testing for performance-enhancing drugs and recreational/drugs of abuse at UFC 107 passed their tests. Jeff Mullen, director of the Tennessee Athletic Commission, today confirmed the results with MMAjunkie.com. UFC 107 took place Dec. 12 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn., with a pay-per-view headliner between UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn and challenger [...] MEMPHIS, Tenn. – As Shane Carwin, Cain Velasquez and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira appeared to bypass the former champ, Frank Mir on Saturday caught back up with the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s pack of top heavyweight contenders. Fighting for the first time since a title loss to champ Brock Lesnar in July, Mir made quick work of Cheick [...] MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The enigmatic Diego Sanchez has inspired a legion of followers with his often-bizarre behavior and frequent “Yes!” chants. But at this point in his career, it’s going to take far more than positive thinking to defeat UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn. Penn dismantled Sanchez for five rounds and retained his belt with a MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Prior to his fight, hometown favorite Alan Belcher told anyone that would listen that he had been disrespected by being relegated to the preliminary card of Saturday’s “UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez” event. Once in the cage, Belcher let his hands argue for him. Belcher earned a first-round TKO over Brazilian slugger Wilson Gouveia [...] Las Vegas, NV (USA) – If an explosive lightweight title clash between champion BJ Penn and challenger Diego Sanchez, and a heavyweight tilt between former champ Frank Mir and devastating striker Cheick Kongo weren’t enough, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® is proud to confirm nine other phenomenal bouts for UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez, live from [...] The Ultimate Fighting Championship and Spike TV’s traditional pre-event preview show debuts next week for the upcoming “UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez” event. “Countdown to UFC 107″ airs Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 11 p.m. ET/PT with a replay on Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on MTV2. The show highlights the UFC’s final pay-per-view event of 2009, [...] A heavyweight matchup between recently defeated contenders Cheick Kongo (14-5-1 MMA, 7-3 UFC) and Frank Mir (12-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) is reportedly in the works for UFC 107. A report earlier this month from MMABay – a U.K.-based website with ties to Kongo’s training camp – linked the 34-year-old to the event, and a subsequent posting [...] Former champions and current light-heavyweight contenders Quinton Jackson and Rashad Evans, who serve as coaches on the upcoming 10th season of “The Ultimate Fighter,” will fight in December at a currently unannounced event in Jackson’s hometown of Memphis, Tenn. That’s according to a recent YouTube video interview with Jackson. UFC Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Marc Ratner [...] |
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