"McLovin" Dustin Hazelett (15-4) is a fast rising star in the UFC and will be facing KO artist "Semtex" Paul Daley (19-9-2) at UFC 108 tonight. Dustin has made a name for himself by getting awarded three "Submission of the Night" honors coming by way of amazing set ups. Dustin joined myself and Gary Friedman live on MMA Gospel Radio to discuss this fight, his future in the sport and much more. MMA Gospel Radio (MGR): We are excited to have you on the show. You are on of the biggest up and coming fighters right now. Everyone is talking about Dustin Hazelett. You earned your black belt under Jorge Gurgel, you have three submission of the night honors. People see you as a jiu jitsu guy. Tell me about your stand up game because I know you have been working on it. ...

Former UFC middleweight title challenger Thales Leites (14-3) and welterweight “Barn Cat” Tamdan McCrory (11-3) will remain in the UFC, UFC President Dana White told Yahoo!Sports Thursday. "They won’t be cut," White said. After split decision losses at UFC 101, both fighters were informed their respective stints in the Octagon had ended. ...

Former UFC middleweight title challenger Thales Leites (14-3) and welterweight “Barn Cat” Tamdan McCrory (11-3) have been released by the UFC after split decision losses at UFC 101 in Philadelphia Saturday, according to multiple sources. “Legionarius” Alessio Sakara (14-7), who should've amounted to busy work for the Brazilian, upset Leites in a three-round split decision, rendering him with consecutive disappointing losses. Leites paired with UFC middleweight champion "Spider" Anderson Silva (25-4) at UFC 97 in Montréal 18 April to engage in the most disappointing Octagon main event of the year. Leites refused to engage MMA's most feared striker and several times fell to his back inviting the champion into his guard, which Silva refused. ...

The undercard of UFC 101 in Philadelphia Saturday saw two split decision upsets, one in the middleweight division and one at 170.

"Legionarius" Alessio Sakara (14 -7) upset recent UFC middleweight title challenger Thales Leites (14-3) in a three-round split decision, rendering Leites with consecutive disappointing losses.

And, "Doomsday" John Howard (12-3) won a three-round split decision over "Barn Cat" Tamdan McCrory (11-3), Howard's second SD in the Octagon with no losses.
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Fighters.com will post real-time results after each UFC 101 Declaration fight Saturday night. Post your predictions here before the fights. Logon often tonight and chat about the fights immediately after they end. The fight card from Philadelphia includes: "Prodigy" B.J. Penn (13-5-1) v "KenFlo" Kenny Florian (11-3) for the UFC lightweight strap Fighters.com's third-ranked light heavyweight Forrest Griffin (16-5) v UFC middleweight champ "“Spider” Anderson Silva (24-4) in 205-pound matchup ...

Team Gurgel's hirsute welterweight "McLovin'" Dustin Hazelett (13-4) tapped "Barn Cat" Tamden McCrory (10-2) at 3:59 of round one at UFC 91 in Las Vegas Saturday night. "It was an armbar from the omoplata," described Hazelett after the fight.  The fight-ending technique began as an omoplata, but Hazelett straightened out, then twisted McCrory's arm over even further when McCrory refused to tap. "I hated that it had to be him," lamented Hazelett.  "I want him to be successful too, coming from a similar background." ...

TUF 7 winner Amir Sadollah (1-0) has been forced off the UFC 91 card due to a leg infection, the UFC announced Tuesday. Sadollah was scheduled to face UFC newcomer Nick Catone (6-0) Saturday in Las Vegas. The UFC was unable to secure a replacement, so the middleweight match has been cancelled.  Instead, the welterweight match-up between “McLovin” Dustin Hazelett (12-4) and “Barn Cat” Tamdan McCrory (10-1) has been bumped up to the main card on pay-per-view. Hazelett submitted “People’s Warrior” Josh Burkman via armbar in round two at the TUF 7 finale in June. McCrory won a unanimous decision over Luke Cummo (6-6) at UFC 87 in August. ...

The UFC has officially confirmed a welterweight bout between “McLovin” Dustin Hazelett (11-4) and “Barn Cat” Tamdan McCrory (9-1) and a lightweight bout between “Kid” Alvin Robinson (9-3) and Mark Bocek (5-2) on the UFC 91 card, 15 November in Las Vegas. Hazelett, a member of Team Jorge Gurgel, submitted Josh Burkman (18-7) via second-round armbar in June. McCrory won a unanimous decision over Luke Cummo (6-6) in August. Robinson’s last fight was a loss to Nathan Diaz (10-2) via third-round triangle choke in January.  He reportedly took time off this year to deal with injuries. Bocek, of Toronto, was submitted by Mac Danzig (18-5-1) in April via third-round rear naked choke. ...

Fighters.com's Welterweight Champion "Rush" Georges St. Pierre (17-2) defended his title in a five-round unanimous decision over top contender Jon Fitch (17-3) Saturday night in Minneapolis by scores of 50-44 twice and 50-43. The win facilitates an apparent New Year's Eve champion-versus-champion rematch between St. Pierre and Fighters.com's Lightweight Champion B.J. Penn (13-4-1), who was invited into the Octagon after the main event to challenge St. Pierre, saying, "I want to put this fight together." St. Pierre accepted Penn's challenge, proclaiming, "I'm a proud champion." In the co-main event, Brock Lesnar (2-1) dominated a three-round unanimous decision over Fighters.com's eighth-ranked heavyweight “Texas Crazy Horse” Heath Herring (28-14) by scores of 30-26 three times. "I fell off the horse," Lesnar told the 15,082 spectator hometown crowd referring to his Octagon debut loss to former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir (11-3), "but, tonight I got on that stallion and rode it out of town, baby! Wooo!" Fighters.com's seventh-ranked lightweight "KenFlo" Kenny Florian (10-3) won a blow-out unanimous decision over "El Matador" Roger Huerta (20-2-1) by 30-27 on all three judges' score cards in a UFC top contender bout. ...