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Fighters.com and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion “Dragon” Lyoto Machida (16-0) has announced he’s healthy and training for the anticipated rematch with third-ranked “Shogun” Mauricio Rua (18-4) at UFC 113 in Montreal May 8.

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UFC 113 in Montreal was shaping up to be a very big fight card on May 8 and it just got much bigger. The addition of “Minotoro” Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (17-3) versus Fighters.com fifth-ranked light heavyweight Forrest Griffin (17-6) has made this a must see card for fight fans.

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UFC light heavyweight “Minotoro” Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (17-3) has emerged from a two-year hiatus from the top ten rankings, during which much of the new MMA fandom knew him only as the brother of Fighters.com’s fourth-ranked heavyweight “Minotauro” Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1).

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In the words of UFC President Dana White, “Here we go again.”

Former UFC light heavyweight champion “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz (15-7-1) labeled his return to the Octagon another run at the title and warned the light heavyweight division to “watch out, Tito Ortiz is back.”

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Fighters.com’s fifth-ranked light heavyweight and former UFC champ Forrest Griffin (17-4) won a three-round split decision over “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz (15-7-1) by judges scores of 30-27 and 29-28 in favor of Griffin and 29-28 in favor of Ortiz at UFC 106 in Las Vegas Saturday.

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The remaining bouts for UFC 106 on November 21 in Las Vegas Nevada are now finalized, the UFC announced today.

Topping the bill is the return of former UFC light heavyweight champion “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz (15-6-1) as he is set to face former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin (16-4) in a rematch of the 2006 fight that was Griffin’s first loss in the UFC.

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The UFC officially confirmed the clash between Fighters.com seventh-ranked light heavyweight “Banha” Luis Arthur Cane (8-1) and fellow Brazilian ”Minotoro” Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (12-3) to fill out the UFC 106 card following the postponement of the former main event title fight between Fighters.com and UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar (2-1) and sixth-ranked heavyweight Shane Carwin (9-0).

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As controversial as the UFC 104 judges’ unanimous decision in favor of Fighters.com and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion “Dragon” Lyoto Machida (16-0) over seemingly obvious victor, now-third-ranked “Shogun” Mauricio Rua (18-4), was among North American MMA fans, nothing compares to the heat over the fight among Brazilian MMA fans.

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Fighters.com and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion “Dragon” Lyoto Machida (15-0) will defend his championships from sixth-ranked “Shogun” Mauricio Rua (18-3) at UFC 104 in Los Angeles October 24.

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UFC lightweight champ “Prodigy” B.J. Penn (14-5-1) tapped out longtime top contender “KenFlo” Kenny Florian (11-4) in rear naked choke in the fourth round at UFC 101 in Philadelphia Saturday.

Penn stunned Florian with a pair of uppercuts, then dumped “KenFlo” to his back in half mount. Penn slashed at Florian with his elbows and pummeled Florian’s head, opening a small gash in his jaw. Florian rolled and Penn briefly tooks his back, then transition to mount. Florian rolled to his stomach again, and Penn returned to his back, jabbing his heel into Florian’s abdominal. Florian reached to defend and Penn locked in the rear naked choke until Florian tapped out.

Until the last 90 seconds, Florian had worked a strategy to wear Penn down with wrestling. Penn had landed the more solid shots, but Florian was controlling the fight and seemed to be succeeding at wearing Penn out.