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UFC 109 takes place February 6 in Las Vegas and is headlined by two legends in the sport on mixed martial arts (MMA). Fighters.com tenth-ranked heavyweight “The Natural” Randy Couture (17-10) faces off against “The Hammer” Mark Coleman (16-9) in the light heavyweight division. There are a couple of fights on this card that I find very intriguing and are likely to not find their way onto the pay per view.

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Light heavyweights “All American” Brian Stann (7-2) and “Sho Nuff The Master” Rodney Wallace (9-0) will matchup at SpikeTV’s The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale in Las Vegas December 5, the UFC confirmed Tuesday.

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Light heavyweight “Sho Nuff The Master” Rodney Wallace (9-0) will make his UFC debut versus “All American” Brian Stann (7-2) at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale in Las Vegas December 5, according to a Five Ounces of Pain report.

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Former WEC light heavyweight champs “Robot” Steve Cantwell (7-2) and “All American” Brian Stann (6-2) will make it a trilogy at UFC Fight Night 19.

The holdovers from the WEC’s downsizing split a pair in Zuffa’s little show, Stann TKOing Cantwell at WEC 26 in Alabama in March 2007 and most recently Cantwell equaling the result at WEC 35 in Las Vegas in August 2008.

Cantwell is 1-1 in the Octagon, most recently dropping a UD to “Banha” Luiz Arthur Cane (8-1) at UFC 97 in Montreal 18 April.

Stann is 0-1 in the Octagon, suffering a consecutive TKO to “The Experiment” Krzystof Soszynski (19-8-1) at the same event.

The rest of the UFC Fight for the Troops fight card, happening 10 December in Fayetteville, NC, has been revealed by USA Today.  The event will be headlined by Fighters.com’s fourth- and ninth-ranked welterweights Josh Koscheck (11-2) and Yoshiyuki Yoshida (10-2).

The remaining bouts are:

Luigi Fioravanti (13-4) v Brodie Farber (13-4)
Dale Hartt (5-1) v Corey Hill (2-1)
“Berserk” Ben Saunders (6-0-2) v Brandon Wolff (7-2)
Timothy Credeur (10-2) v Nate Loughran (9-0)
“Hater Hurter” Johnny Rees (10-1) v Steve Bruno (11-4)
Justin McCully (8-4-2) v Eddie Sanchez (8-2)

Five fighters on the card have served in the military.  Fioravanti was a Marine, Hartt, Credeur, and Bruno served in the Navy, and Wolff was a Navy SEAL.

Missing from the card is a previously announced match between former WEC Light Heavyweight Champion “All American” Brian Stann (6-1) and current champ Steve Cantwell (6-1).  Stann, a former Marine, has reportedly sustained a foot injury in training and was forced to withdraw from the event.

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Former WEC Light Heavyweight Champion “All American” Brian Stann (6-1) will face current champ Steve Cantwell (6-1) for the third time at Fight Night 16: UFC Fights for the Troops 10 December at Fort Bragg, south of Raleigh, MMA Weekly reported Friday.

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“Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit (23-4) can take his WEC welterweight title defense over Hiromitsu Miura (9-5) in Las Vegas Sunday night one of two ways.

At 4:43 of round four, Condit touched – and, maybe that’s all too literal of a description – Miura with a knee to the noggin.

Miura’s body and heart gave in to a brutal back-and-forth battle.  He dove for Condit’s ankle, and that was it.  He had nothing left.

Several times, Condit could’ve similarly surrendered on the receiving end of clean punches from the one-time middleweight, but didn’t.

That’s why Condit is a champion and Miura isn’t, both tonight and in general.

However, before the fight Condit made clear that he didn’t feel like Miura should be on the other side of the cage from him.

Isn’t that always the preface to a brutal back-and-forth battle?

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Fighters.com was at Body English inside the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas Saturday for the WEC weigh-ins.

Everyone made weight, except for WEC lightweight title challenger “Wrecking Ball” Marcus Hicks (8-0), who needed an hour to drop one pound before stepping into the cage across from Champ “Worm” Jamie Varner (14-2).

Curiously, WEC Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Stann (6-0) weighed 201 1/2 pounds, causing “Version 2.5″ Rory Singer (11-8) to shout from the crowd, “201!  What!?”

Stann’s opponent, Steve Cantwell (5-1), weighed-in at the 205-pound limit.

Refresh Fighters.com tonight for live coverage from The Joint in Las Vegas.

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World Extreme Cagefighting announced Wednesday that welterweight champion Carlos Condit (22-4) will defend 3 August versus Japan’s Hiromitsu Miura (9-4).

Condit has obliterated the 170-pound field since joining the WEC from Pancrase, winning four-straight, all by stoppage, three of the four in the first round.

In February, it took Condit just 3:48 to vanquish Brazilian Carlo Prater (22-6-1) in a guillotine choke before Condit’s hometown crowd in Albuquerque.

Miura has won two straight since losing his WEC debut by UD to Fighters.com’s ninth-ranked middleweight “Mayhem” Jason Miller (21-5).

In March, Miura knocked out Blas Avena (2-2) at 2:35 of round one.

The WEC also officially announced light heavyweight champion “All American” Brian Stann (6-0) will defend his title from Steve Cantwell (5-1) and lightweight champion “Worm” Jamie Varner (14-2) will be challenged by “Wrecking Ball” Marcus Hicks (8-0); but, Fighters.com readers already knew that…

“Wrecking Ball” Marcus Hicks (8-0) confirmed to Fighters.com Wednesday that he’ll challenge WEC Lightweight Champion “Worm” Jamie Varner (14-2) at WEC 35 in Las Vegas 3 August.

“Jus’ gonna play my game,” Hicks said about his strategy to take Varner’s title.

Varner TKO’d “Razor” Rob McCullough (15-4) in February to claim the gold.  Hicks will be his first defense.

“Wrecking “Ball” has been just that since joining the WEC in April 2007, submitting all three of his opponents by guillotine choke, most recently dealing “9mm” Ed Ratcliff (6-1) his first loss.

The card will be headlined by “All American” Brian Stann’s (6-0) first defense of his light heavyweight title in a rematch versus Steve Cantwell (5-1).

Stann TKO’d Cantwell in March 2007.