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The card for UFC 112 has been bit by the injury bug this week. It was announced by the UFC that Fighters.com eighth-ranked “The Phenom” Vitor Belfort ( 18-8) had to pull out of his title fight with UFC middleweight champion “Spider” Anderson Silva (25-4)in Abu Dhabi.

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UFC 109 took place last night and was an event I did a few articles on here. I wanted to take the time to eat some crow and give my thoughts on the event.
First let me start by saying I was 100% wrong about Chael Sonnen (24-20-1). He dominated Fighters.com fourth-ranked “Great” Nate Marquardt (29-9-2). This is the first time we saw Nate unable to do anything for 14 minutes. He looked a bit lost off his back and other than two guillotine attempts he had nothing to offer in the way of submission offense. Congratulations to Chael for proving me wrong.

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I thought I would sit down and make my picks for UFC 109 today. We usually make picks on MMA Gospel Radio and we made a few with The Fight Pastor however I have had more time to think and these are my official picks, enjoy.

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The winner of the co-main event fight that pits “Great” Nate Marquardt (29-8-2) against Chael Sonnen (23-20-1) at UFC 109 will get a title shot according to UFC President Dana White. While I believe Nate deserves a shot at the title I shiver at the thought of Sonnen getting a title shot.

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“I think [Vitor Belfort] is a great fighter,” Fighters.com’s fourth-ranked middleweight “Great” Nate Marquardt (29-8-2) told MMA Weekly Radio recently.  “I don’t necessarily agree with him getting a shot or whatever, just because he really hasn’t fought at 85,” he added.

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Strikeforce middleweight “Jacare” Ronaldo Souza (9-2) climbed a rung to to number eight in December with a first-round submission of “The Law” Matt Lindland (21-7) at Evolution in San Jose December 19.

Read More About Souza, Shields, & Henderson Make a Trio for Strikeforce – Fighters.com’s December Middleweight Rankings…

Fighters.com’s second-ranked middleweight Jake Shields (23-4-1) cemented his status as top contender to Fighters.com and UFC Middleweight Champion “Spider” Anderson Silva’s (25-4) titles and picked up the Strikeforce strap himself in a five-round unanimous decision over former top ten and nails-tough “Mayhem” Jason Miller (22-7) at Strikeforce in Chicago November 7.

Read More About Fighters.com’s November Middleweight Rankings – Is Jake Shields the Antidote to Anderson Silva’s Dominance?…

Fighters.com and UFC Middleweight Champion “Spider” Anderson Silva (25-4) will defend his titles from unranked “Phenom” Vitor Belfort (18-8) at UFC 108 in Las Vegas January 2.

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American middleweight “Great” Nate Marquardt (28-8-2) countered a Demian Maia (10-0) high kick with a straight right leaving the Brazilian Maia knocked out in 21 seconds at UFC 102 in Portland Saturday night.

“He telegraphed his kicks pretty far out there. I could see them comin’,” Marquardt explained after the fight. “I can’t plan on knockin’ someone out like that. I got to be happy with that win.”

Marquardt theorized the BJJ wiz, Maia, was trying to sucker him into the ground game.

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“Hollywood” Dan Henderson (25-7) will get the next crack at UFC middleweight champion “Spyder” Anderson Silva (24-4) at 185-pounds, UFC President Dana White announced Friday afternoon.

“Dan Henderson is definitely next in line to fight for Anderson Silva’s title,” said White.

Silva has a 205-pound appointment with former UFC light heavyweight champ Forrest Griffin (16-5) at UFC 101 in Philadelphia 8 August. White indicated the 185-pound title fighter versus Hendo’ will take place “as soon as possible…depending on how banged up he gets.”

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