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Showdown Joe with Sportsnet Canada is reporting Canadian TJ Grant will take on American Kevin Burns at UFC 107 in Memphis. Grant is coming off a one sided loss to Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 100 while Burns is coming off back to back losses. A head kick knock out to Anthony Johnson at UFN 8 and a decision loss to Chris Lytle at UFN 9. Both Grant and Burns had impressive UFC debuts with wins over Ryo Chonan and Roan Carneiro respectively.

I have noticed a trend in MMA training lately. Crossfit has become hot in MMA and you may think that it’s a great choice…but you would be wrong. It has all the elements of a proper MMA workout- endurance training, explosive training, and cardiovascular training. There is even a workout titled Fight Gone Bad. So what’s the problem? Read More

Although ticket sales for UFC 102 in Portland were less than expected, the UFC delivered with a great card Saturday night at the Rose Garden. We saw two legends go at it, the middleweight division become even less clear and the fastest fight in UFC history.

1. Couture and Nogueira can still throw down.

Randy Couture entered the cage Saturday night at 46 years of age. Nogueira came in with over 30 fights to his name and over 10 years of face smashing. Read More

BJ Penn has officially agreed to face Diego Sanchez at UFC 105 November 14, 2009 in Manchester England. These reports come directly from Dave Meltzer from Yahoo Sports and The Wrestling Observer.

Penn will look to win two in a row after a win at UFC 101 over Kenny Florian.

Sanchez is 2-0 as a lightweight with wins over Joe Stevenson and Clay Guida.

Meltzer also reports that this will be on Spike TV and Not PPV.

This fight will compete directly with Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto which airs live on PPV that night. Time will tell if this strategy will reduce the number of PPV buys for Pacman’s fight since it will be at night on Paid TV and the UFC free during the day.

MMATraining.com can confirm with sources close to the fight that injured Kyle Bradley will be replaced by TUF alumni Phillipe Nover at Ultimate Fight Night September 16th in Oklahoma City to face Canadian (and friend of the site) Sam Stout. Stout was originally scheduled to face Kyle Bradley but he withdrew earlier this week with an injury.

Stout is coming off a win at UFC 97 over Matt Wiman while Nover is coming off a lose at UFC 98 vs. Kyle Bradley.

Anderson Silva can move inside the cage and outside. Check out his Michael Jackson impression during one of his walk ins with Pride. I believe this was against Carlos Newtown. Can anyone confirm?

We have all done it.

We have all chased after something we are passionate about even if there are countless examples of why it will fail.     We put on our happy ears and only hear the good news, the reasons why it will lead to fame and fortune and start investing.

Then it fails miserably and we think – why didn’t anyone tell me this was dumb?   Read More

Gegard Mousasi isn’t a secret anymore. Last night at Strikeforce he pounded out Babalu Sobral on his way to a first round knock out win. One of the best middleweights in the world, Mousasi has now found a home at 205 lbs and should be ranked within their top 10 by Monday. Below Mousasi’s knock out of Babalu from last night, and after the jump a good Mousasi highlight video along with one of the worst songs ever.

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Two years ago, MMA enthusiasts excitedly predicted a women’s MMA fight between Gina Carano and Chris Cyborg would be the biggest match in women’s fighting history and would be a defining moment in MMA history. While I agree this will be the biggest fight to date for female MMA, the significance of Saturday nights main event looks to have lost all it’s momentum. Outside of the hardcore MMA fan, does anyone know this is happening this Saturday? What about the growing and very important population of female MMA fans? Are they aware this fight is this Saturday? Other than fans who visit the forums and message boards no one is talking about this. Absolutely no one. Not sure what Strikeforce should do, but I know they aren’t doing it.

For a fight that was supposed to be a turning point in Mixed Martial Arts history, it certainly isn’t being promoted as such and at will likely go down as a failure. Here is a promo video for the event after the jump, which I found buried deep on Youtube. Read More