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WEC 47: “Bowles vs. Cruz” from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, has come to a close. And once again a WEC champion has fallen as Brian Bowles was unable to answer the bell for the third round during his first-ever title defense in tonight’s main event against Dominick Cruz. Bowles suffered a broken hand early in [...] After repairing his reputation, Gilbert Melendez is on a mission. KJ Noons (7-2) is the latest free agent to be added to the quickly expanding Strikeforce roster, according to Sherdog.com. The former Elite XC lightweight champion agreed to a multi-fight deal earlier today and could make his debut as early as Dec. 19 on the televised “Evolution” event on Showtime. Noons has been out of mixed [...] Props :LA Times Quoteworthy: “CBS would be out of their mind to put that rinky-dink [Strikeforce] . . . on the air again … and without that backing, [promoters] won’t have the money to pay [Emelianenko]. The guy just got his face smashed in by Brett Rogers. Do you know what Brock or [UFC heavyweights] Frank Mir [...] Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Mike Swick was thisclose. Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Lyoto Machida is human. He also remains the UFC light heavyweight champion after a grueling five round unanimous decision win over Mauricio Rua Saturday night at STAPLES Center in a bout that may have shown more about the challenger than the champion, as ‘Shogun’ finally showed UFC fans the form that [...] “My nickname gives something away a bit. Obviously, ‘Semtex’ is explosive. I let my fists fly with bad intentions and I’m no fun for my opponents. I’m a fighter’s fighter and I just love to fight. I love getting in there and knocking people out. My style was something that just came naturally to me [...] Reed Harris, WEC – The long-awaited WEC bantamweight title bout between Miguel Torres and Brian Bowles is finally here. I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am for this weekend. We have a stacked card, headlined by a fight featuring the two best 135-pounders on the planet on Aug. 9 from Hard Rock [...] Props:Yahoo Sports Quoteworthy: “I didn’t have any respect for Randy [Couture], I didn’t have any respect for Heath [Herring], I don’t have any respect for Frank. There’s going to be a winner, there’s going to be a loser. As soon as you step in and have any respect for your opponent, I think you become the loser [...] Former UFC light heavyweight champion and 11-fight Octagon veteran, Vitor Belfort, is currently under consideration to make another return to the promotion and challenge middleweight champion Anderson Silva for his 185-pound strap. Company president Dana White tonight made the surprise announcement during “Inside the Octagon” while The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 9 Finale was on commercial break. It’s [...] |
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