I wanted to give a quick reminder that the WEC has a big card tomorrow on VERSUS at 4 p.m. (tape delay) here in Hawaii. WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown (22-4), one of the most exciting fighters in the sport, defends his title against Jose Aldo (15-1) in the main event.
Also, local promotion X-1 will [...]

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UFC 105 will air on a tape delay tonight on SpikeTV beginning at 6 p.m. Hawaii time. Randy Couture fights Brandon Vera at light heavyweight in the main event that takes place in Manchester, England.
And that’s not even remotely close to being the biggest fight of the day.
That honor belongs to Manny Pacquiao and Miguel [...]

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It’s very interesting to listen to the wavering opinions of Fedor Emelianenko following his second-round TKO victory over Brett Rogers on Saturday night.
Seems to be split between people that were not impressed with his performance and felt he should have run through Rogers like he was a tomato can, and those that thought him knocking [...]

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StrikeForce makes its debut on CBS tonight with a stacked card featuring the world’s No. 1 fighter, Fedor Emelianenko, against undefeated Brett Rogers. Other televised fights include Jason “Mayhem” Miller against Jake Shields, Antonio Silva versus Fabricio Werdum and Gegard Mousasi against Sokoudjou.
At today’s weigh-ins, StrikeForce announced its newest signee, DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki, [...]

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First off, bad news about Brock Lesnar pulling out of his Nov. 21 heavyweight title fight against Shane Carwin because of an illness. That happens to be the only Saturday between November 7 and December 5 that the UH football team doesn’t play a home game, so I was pumped to get to see the [...]

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I’m at Aloha Stadium, but was able to watch the Machida/Shogun fight from the press box. All I can say is, highway robbery 101. All three judges had Machida ahead 48-47. I had Shogun winning 49-46.
I’ll update more later.

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A quick look at UFC 104, live on pay-per-view tomorrow night beginning at 4 p.m. Hawaii time.
MAIN EVENT
UFC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Lyoto Machida (15-0) vs. Mauricio Rua (18-3)
Machida finally reached championship status with a brutal KO of Rashad Evans. His first title defense comes against a man that I thought was the best 205-pound fighter in the [...]

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The UFC has officially announced the BJ Penn/Diego Sanchez main event for UFC 107 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn., on Saturday night, Dec. 12.
“In this sport it sometimes takes years for fighters to find the weight class where they’re at their best,” UFC President Dana White said in the press release. “I don’t [...]

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StrikeForce finally annouced all the fights that will be televised live on CBS November 7 as the organization presents its debut show on network television. They are:
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers
Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Jake Shields
Gegard Mousasi vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Fabricio Werdum vs. Antonio Silva
Four pretty good fights with at least two (Silva/Werdum and Miller/Shields) [...]

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Sounds like IBF light flyweight champion Brian Viloria will complete a trilogy with nemesis Omar Nino Romero.
Although manager Gary Gittelsohn said yesterday that a deal has not been finalized, all signs point toward Viloria facing Romero Dec. 5 in the Philippines.
Romero’s name should ring a bell with Viloria fans. “Nino” (28-3-1, 11 KOs) handed Viloria [...]

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