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Shortly after Fighters.com reported the reports of a verbally agreed to matchup between “Iceman” Chuck Liddell (21-7) and “Ace” Rich Franklin (26-5) at UFC 115 in Vancouver June 12, UFC President Dana White denied the reports.

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“It’s the 17th and it’s full steam ahead,” said Strikefore CEO Scott Coker in an MMA Junkie interview Friday. “The 17th was always a good day when we chose it. We still feel the same way, and so does CBS.”

Rumors had surfaced that the date of the second Strikeforce event to air live on CBS could be moved depending on the UFC’s decision to air counter programming coinciding with the Strikeforce broadcast.

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UFC President Dana White has been criticized for the promotion’s all-bases-covered, iron-clad contracts that prevent UFC fighters from fighting in any other promotion.  But, White has an advantage over promotions that don’t follow suit.  When White wants a fight, he gets the fight if the fighters he wants matched up are under contract.

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It was announced that heavyweight boxing champion “Lights Out” James Toney (0-0) has signed a five-fight deal with the UFC. The latest is that the contract is the first ever non-exclusive contract that the UFC has done. The signing of Toney can be looked at as a freak show, a shot to beat Strikeforce to the punch or a vehicle to prove that MMA is greater than boxing but no matter how you view it the important question is what will this do for the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA).

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After UFC 110 in Sydney Saturday night, UFC President Dana White told the post-event press conference, “In my opinion, [Fighters.com's fourth-ranked heavyweight “Minotauro” Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-6-1)] is probably the best heavyweight of all time, and [Cain Velasquez (9-0)] absolutely demolished him tonight. He’s for real and he’s in the line right now.”

Read More About Cain Velasquez’s KO of Minotauro Vaults Him Into UFC Title Contention, Removes Impediment to Junior dos Santos’s Rise…

Saturday the UFC will debut in Sydney, Australia with UFC 110 featuring Fighters.com’s fourth-ranked heavyweight “Minotauro” Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1) versus Cain Velasquez (7-0) for a shot at UFC champion Brock Lesnar (4-1). And, UFC President Dana White expects to return to Australia.

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Contrary to popular belief, the story of modern mixed martial arts doesn’t begin with UFC 1 in Denver in 1993 or with the Gracie family of Brazil. Though of course the Gracies deserve a prominent place in the history of MMA, their intention was never for fighters to begin training across styles.  Quite the opposite!  Their intention was to prove that Gracie Jiu-Jitsu was the most dominant style of martial arts, a traditional and now seemingly archaic notion about dominance of a single fighting art.  Sport MMA is an unintentional by-product of their goal.

No, UFC 1 created the most prominent forum ever for martial arts styles to mix, but the philosophical underpinnings of MMA began in the San Francisco Bay area in 1965 by an ingenious martial arts pioneer: Bruce Lee, known in his native China as Jun Fan.

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UFC Hall of Famer “The Hammer” Mark Coleman (16-10) and former UFC welterweight champion “Twinkle Toes” Frank Trigg (19-8) have been cut by the UFC following losses at UFC 109 in Las Vegas last Saturday.

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“I think tonight was probably [“The Hammer” Mark Coleman's (16-10)] last fight in the UFC,” UFC President Dana White confided to the post-UFC 109 press conference in Las Vegas Saturday.

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It was announced today that Bellator just inked 6-foot, 3-inch “The Beast” Bryan Baker (11-1) for the season two middleweight tournament. The constant announcements of signed fighters for the up-coming season means we will see plenty of exciting fights. Bellator is doing exactly what they need to in order to build the organization but will the fans show their support and buy tickets?

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