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RUMOR: Shane Carwin vs Cain Velasquez UFC 104 in LA

Thanks to Shane Carwin's Twitter, we know he's interested in facing Cain Velasquez October 24th in Los Angeles.  It looks like the bout is not signed sealed and delivered just yet but close.

The Heavyweight division is just so exciting and a match up between these two undefeated fighters would be fantastic.

Shane is coming off an impressive win against Gabriel Gonzaga where he won by Knock-Out 1:09 minutes into the first round.

There's been some buzz about Shane fighting the winner between Randy Couture and Antonio Nogueira.

StrikeForce and Rockstar Energy Drink Present "Carano vs Cyborg"

In what's being said to be THE biggest female MMA fight ever, Gina "Conviction" Carano (7-0) will face Cris "Cyborg" Santos (7-1) August 15th at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. The Co-Main Event will be the Lightweight Title Unification between Gilbert Melendez (15-2) and Josh Thomson (16-2). For those ladies that may not recall, Gilbert was the title holder but lost it to Josh last June. They were set to have a rematch in April but it was canceled because Josh broke his ankle while training. And interim title was created and Gilbert won the title in a fight against Rodrigo Damm April 11 2009. So this match up between Gilbert and Josh is huge in my opinion. I mean I'm thrilled to see Gina and Cyborg finally go at it but this match up between Gilbert and Josh is pretty long over due.

Also rumored to be on the card is Joe Riggs (31-11-1) and Nick Diaz (20-7-1). These two met in February 2006 while they were under contract with the UFC, in what has been deemed as being one of the craziest post-fight fights that took place at the hospital. Now that they're with Strikeforce these two very well could possibly face each other again. Joe has been calling out Jake Shields in hopes of fighting him but Jake has made it very clear he has no interest in fight Joe and is looking for "big names".

While Strikeforce has a fairly small talent pool, they've been producing some very decent cards as of late.

Hope to see you all August 15th in San Jose.

UFC 100 WeighIns July 10th At Mandalay Bay

Fighters are set to weighin for UFC 100 Friday, July 10th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. The weighins are free and open to the general public. If you haven't been to weighins before it's a great way to see the hype as the fighters strip down to their skivvies and face off.

I'm planning to meet a few fellow Tweeps (Twitter Peeps) so if you're planning to attend the weighins, send me a message through Twitter... twitter.com/mmahotstuff

See you there!

And for those of you that can't make the event, I'll do my best to blog about it live.

MIR'S ADVICE TO LESNAR - COME AFTER ME

Las Vegas, NV (USA) -- Following a grueling workout at Striking Unlimited last week Friday, UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir sat down with the sports media in Las Vegas to talk UFC 100.

 Mir gave advice to UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar, stating the strategy he used against him the first time around might just work the second.  

 "If Brock really comes out and tries to abandon the running at me, heads over heels and just trying to knock, bull rush me over, I honestly think that's his best approach," said Mir, with a black shine circling his eye. "I would just come after me - take a chance, 'cause to sit there and play the cat and mouse game with me, and jab and slip and move around, I think that's a slow death for him that he can't possibly win."

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Even though UFC 100 is sold out, you can have the best seat in the house by watching it on PPV. Here's a list of bars/restaurants showing the PPV event!

UFC And NMTV Enter Deal To Bring UFC To China TV

UFC^® ENTERS THE HOME OF MARTIAL ARTS WITH NMTV DEAL THAT BRINGS THE WARRIORS OF THE OCTAGON^™ TO CHINA

 

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – As one of the birthplaces of martial arts, China is rightfully considered to be hallowed ground for the warriors of the Ultimate Fighting Championship^®. Today, UFC^® is pleased to announce a television deal with Inner Mongolia Television that will mark the first time in history UFC will be seen on TV in China, continuing the global expansion of the premier brand in mixed martial arts.

 “Obviously China is a huge market and the Chinese understand the martial arts probably better than anyone else in the world.  It’s a no brainer that UFC programming will be appreciated in China, and will become a big hit for the NMTV network,” said Dana White, UFC President.

 Inner Mongolia Television, known as NMTV, is a network broadcast station available in 80 million households, with the potential to reach 240 million viewers throughout all the provinces of China. Starting this month, NMTV will air up to 16 hours of UFC programming per month, including the trademark shows The Ultimate Fighter®, UFC® Unleashed™ and UFC® All Access™, with an option to air recent UFC pay-per-view event telecasts.

 With this deal, NMTV will air between one to four hours of UFC programming each week on Saturday and Sundays between 1:30 – 5:30pm local time, broadcast in languages specific to each province.

 UFC television programming can be seen in over 100 countries and territories worldwide in 17 different languages. UFC is the largest pay-per-view content provider in the world and is the fastest growing sports organization in history.

 For more information, or current UFC fight news, visit UFC.com, UK.UFC.com, GERMANY.UFC.com or UFCEspanol.com. All bouts live and subject to change.

 About The Ultimate Fighting Championship^®The Ultimate Fighting Championship^® is the world’s leading professional mixed martial arts organization and offers the premier series of MMA sports events. Owned and operated by Zuffa^™, LLC, and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., UFC^® produces over twelve live pay-per-view events annually that are distributed residentially through North American cable and satellite providers including iNDEMAND Networks, DIRECTV, DISH Network, TVN Entertainment, BellTV, SaskTel Max^™, Shaw Pay-Per-View, Viewers Choice, and WOWOW in Japan, and Premiere Combate and SporTV in Brazil, and via the Internet worldwide on Yahoo! Sports, and commercially through Joe Hand Promotions in the U.S. and Canadastar in Canada.  In addition to its North American distribution, UFC programming is distributed in over 100 countries and territories throughout the world.

Tito Ortiz Close To Deal with Strikeforce

Guest editor: Salvatore DeRosalia

Tito Ortiz announces pending 4 fight deal with StrikeForce.

When I was at the Frank Shamrock vs. Nick Diaz fight in San Jose in April of this year none other then Tito Ortiz was there making an appearance. Today my suspicions have been given new life as Tito Ortiz announced on his Facebook page today, “I am extremely close to signing a four-fight deal with Strikeforce. Babalu, you have my title...”

StikeForce is only getting stronger folks. If they can get this deal done in time I would look to see Tito possibly fight on the August 15th card where Gina “Conviction” Carano (7-0) will take on Cris “Cyborg” (7-1) in the 145LB Female Championship match. If not that card you will see him fight shortly there after. The StrikeForce roster keeps improving and with it, their position in the MMA game. Exciting stuff…

UFC Fight Night TUF Finale Drug Tests

Keith Kizer has confirmed, the following fighters were tested fight night: Sanchez, Guida, Johnson, Wilks, Pearson, Winner, Lytle, Stevenson, Blackburn, Osipczak, Guillard and Drwal.

All tests came back negative.

UFC 100 Pay Per View Locations

UFC 100 sold out before it even technically went on sale to the general public! But fear not, as usual you can watch the exciting fights from the best seats in the house - Pay Per View. I'll be supplying a list of bars/restaurants that will be showing the historic event.

It's the biggest event in mixed martial arts history, and for UFC 100, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is bringing out the big guns. Two championships will be on the line when UFC heavyweight title holder Brock Lesnar defends his crown against rival Frank Mir in their long-awaited grudge match, and UFC welterweight champion Georges "Rush" St-Pierre puts his belt up for grabs against Brazilian knockout artist Thiago "Pitbull" Alves. Also, The Ultimate Fighter coaches collide as Dan Henderson takes on Michael "The Count" Bisping in a pivotal middleweight showdown.

If you're in New York Matt "The Hammer" Hamill and Frankie Edgar will be hosting the UFC 100 Viewing Party at Radio City Music Hall. Tickets for the UFC® 100 Viewing Party at Radio City Music Hall  are on sale now and will be priced at $25 through July 3 (July 4 through the event they will be priced at $30). Tickets can be purchased at the Radio City Music Hall Box Office, Madison Square Garden Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, or online at www.radiocity.com.

Hey fellow San Francisco fans! Looking for a place to watch UFC 100 that also serves the best martinis in town?  The Dirty Martini has three 9-foot projection screens and 2 plasma tv's!  There will be a $10.00 cover charge if you buy your ticket in advance or $15.00 at the door for this event! Tickets will be available on line starting Monday (7/6/09) www.dirtymartinisf.com

 

See below for a complete list of bars/restaurants showing the PPV.

UFC 100 FanExpo - Who will be there?

Today the UFC® confirmed the fighters that will be attending the first ever UFC^® Fan Expo™. The two day expo will be held at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas July 10th and 11th. The fighters that will be at the expo for meet and greets will be UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida, UFC Hall of Famers Royce Gracie and Randy “The Natural” Couture,  and former world champions Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell, “Suga” Rashad Evans, Forrest Griffin, and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. UFC contenders Kenny Florian, Steve Cantwell, Shane Carwin, Marcus “The Irish Hand Grenade” Davis, Tyson Griffin, Clay Guida, Dustin Hazelett, Keith “The Dean of Mean” Jardine, Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann, Josh Koscheck, Joe Lauzon, Junie Browning, Nate Marquardt, Gray Maynard, Karo Parisyan, Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez, Sean Sherk and Mike Swick will also be meeting fans, along with The Ultimate Fighter winners Nate Diaz and Efrain Escudero.

 Fans of the PRIDE Fighting Championships will have the chance to re-live the excitement of Japan’s classic organization as well, with MMA icons Renzo Gracie and Gary Goodridge being joined by “The Texas Crazy Horse”, Heath Herring, and Brazilian superstars Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

And if that’s not enough MMA star power, the premier fighters of the WEC will be on hand to sign autographs, with current champions Miguel Torres, Mike Brown, and Jamie Varner sharing the convention center floor with Urijah Faber, Jens Pulver, Brian Bowles, Joseph Benavidez, Donald Cerrone, Leonard Garcia, Ben Henderson, and Alex Karalexis.

For a list of bars/restaurants showing the historic UFC 100 Pay Per View event - check out this link.

UFC 100 Videos

Here's a group of UFC 100 videos worth watching if you haven't already done so.

Dana White talks about Dan "Hendo" Henderson



UFC 100 - Thiago Alves - Number One Contender For The Title World UFC Welterweight


Dana White talks about GSP



Dana White gives an analysis on Frank Mir