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Can we fight fans now be done with Fighters.com’s tenth-ranked lightweight “Nightmare” Diego Sanchez (19-3-0)?  Not as a fighter, of course, but as an elite mixed martial artist.

He’s not.  He never has been.

Fighters.com and UFC Lightweight Champion “Prodigy” BJ Penn (13-4-1) kicked a third eye in Sanchez’s forehead in the form of a three-inch slit above Sanchez’s left eye in the fifth round at UFC 107 in Memphis Saturday night, prompting referee Herb Dean to call for the doctor, who stopped the fight at 2:37 of the final round.

Read More About UFC 107 Results: Champ BJ Penn Stops Diego Sanchez…Literally?…

Fighters.com’s Editor-In-Chief Chad Edward wrote Saturday’s Honolulu Advertiser feature on UFC 107’s main event title fight in Memphis between Fighters.com and UFC Lightweight Champion “Prodigy” BJ Penn (12-4-1) and tenth-ranked “Nightmare” Diego Sanchez (19-2-0).

Read Edward’s preview of tonight’s fight in Penn’s home state newspaper:

Sanchez to test Penn’s ‘gas tank’

UFC heavyweight “SkySkraper” Stefan Struve (22-3) joined Reverend Turk Vangel and Gary Friedman of MMA Gospel Radio last Wednesday to talk about his fight versus “Head Hunter” Paul Buentello (25-10) at UFC 107 in Memphis tonight.

Gospel Radio: How is your training going?

Stefan Struve : Training went good. I heard I was fighting Paul after my last fight and started training a week after that fight once I got home.  So, I feel even better for this fight than for my last one.

Read More About UFC 107’s Stefan Struve: If Paul Buentello Wants to Jab, He’s Going to Lose…

With UFC 107 just days away, MMA Gospel welcomes 6’11”, 21 year old “Skyscraper” Stefan Struve (22-3) to the show to talk about his upcoming battle with UFC veteran “The Head Hunter” Paul Buentello (25-10). Struve, on a two fight winning streak, welcomes Buentello back to the Octagon after an almost three-year hiatus.

Read More About Tonight on MMA Gospel Radio: Stefan Struve, Demico Rogers and Tap That MMA…

UFC 107 takes place in Memphis Saturday headlined by Fighters.com and UFC Lightweight Champion “Prodigy” BJ Penn (12-4-1) versus tenth-ranked “Nightmare” Diego Sanchez (19-2-0).  A fight we are not scheduled to see is undefeated Johny Hendricks (6-0) versus UFC newcomer Ricardo Funch (7-0) as it is slated for the prelims. This is robbery at it’s finest.

Read More About Johny Hendricks Robbed On UFC 107 Undercard…

Fighters.com’s sixth-ranked light heavyweight “Rampage” Quinton Jackson (28-7) has ended his retirement and vows to return to the UFC “to shut Rashad’s mouth up & shut Dana’s mouth up.”

Read More About “Rampage” Quinton Jackson Announces Return to UFC to Shutup Rashad Evans and Dana White…

Both Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (31-1) and ninth-ranked “Vai Cavalo” Fabricio Werdum (12-4-1) won at M-1 Global/Strikeforce in Chicago November 7 and now the top ten heavyweights seem on a collision course for a matchup versus each other.  But will it be for the Strikeforce title or not?

Read More About Fighters.com November Heavyweight Rankings – M-1 Global/Strikeforce Surge Ahead as UFC Heavyweights Wither…

A rematch between Fighters.com’s second-ranked welterweight “Pitbull” Thiago Alves (16-4) and third-ranked Jon Fitch (19-3) at UFC 107 at the FedExForum in Memphis December 12 is off due to an Alves injury, according to a Five Ounces of Pain report.

Read More About UFC 107 Report: Thiago Alves Withdraws From Rematch Versus Jon Fitch…

Fighters.com and UFC Lightweight Champion “Prodigy” BJ Penn (14-5-1) will defend his titles from unranked, but popular The Ultimate Fighter 1 champion “Nightmare” Diego Sanchez (21-2) at UFC 107 at the FedExForum in Memphis December 12, the UFC officially announced Tuesday.

Read More About Fighters.com’s October Lightweight Rankings…

UFC welterweights Johny Hendricks (6-0) and “Golden Boy” Ricardo Funch (7-0) will fight at UFC 107 in Memphis December 12 according to a report at MMA Junkie.

Read More About Report: Johny Hendricks Versus Ricardo Funch at UFC 107…