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UFC veteran and former WEC lightweight champion Hermes Franca is retiring from active competition after suffering a TKO loss to Eric Wisely on the Max Fights DM: “Ballroom Brawl IV” card in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, Jan. 8. according to MMAWeekly.com. The Brazilian at one time was one of the industry’s most feared lightweights. After [...] Never-say-die lightweight scrapper Clay Guida (25-10) appears to be pulling out all the stops for his recently announced fight against Kenny Florian from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee on December 12. “The Carpenter” will be joining the famed Greg Jackson camp, home to several MMA superstars including Georges St. Pierre, Nate Marquardt and Rashad Evans [...] The official weigh-in event for UFC 102: “Couture vs. Nogueira” is set to take place from the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Ore., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. It is currently scheduled to air LIVE on UFC.com, as well as on several other online destinations, via streaming video. The first fighter is expected to tip the [...] With today’s official addition of Marcus Aurelio to the night’s As MMAjunkie.com first reported last week, Aurelio returns to the UFC UFC 102, which takes [...] With lightweight Marcus Aurelio stepping up on short notice for a preliminary card slot at UFC 102, upstart Shine Fight Promotion was left with a hole for its Sept. 4 event “American Top Team vs. The World.” Shine Fight officials today informed MMAjunkie.com that UFC, PRIDE, Strikeforce and EliteXC veteran Yves Edwards (34-15-1) has agreed to [...] After rescheduling its second-ever event to accommodate a recently announced television contract, the upstart Shine Fights A pair of UFC veterans, Marcus Aurelio (18-7) and Gideon Ray (15-10-1), will now compete on the Sept. 4 event, which takes place at the James [...] UFC lightweights Hermes Franca (19-7) and Tyson Griffin (13-2) are in talks to compete in a 155-pound match up at UFC 103 in Dallas, Texas, on September 26, according toMMAWeekly. Franca has been on a roller coaster ride during the past 18 months. The former number one contender returned from a 12-month steroids suspension in 2008, [...] |
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