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Former UFC middleweight title challenger, Thales Leites (14-3), has found a new home with the Maximum Fighting Championship in Canada. MFC promoter Mark Pavelich made the announcement on Tuesday during a radio spot on TapouT Radio and The Scores' Hardcore Sports Radio, saying that they had reached an agreement for the Brazilian to debut at the organizations MFC 23 event on Dec. 4. "He lost a split decision that many people thought he won, and the UFC cut him. I think he's mad now," ... Read More

UFC president Dana White in Part 1 of 2 of FOX Fight Game with Mike Straka, discussing TUF 10, Kimbo vs Roy Nelson and Anderson Silva's next opponent Read More

Officials with the Japanese-based DREAM organization announced on Tuesday that the DREAM.12 event will take place in a white six-sided cage and will use three-five minute rounds instead of the promotion's traditional two-round format (with a ten-minute opening round). DREAM.12 takes place Oct. 25 at Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan. The event airs in North America on HDNet. DREAM event producer Keiichi Sasahara said the cage would only be used once a year for a special DREAM event. He sited the reason ... Read More

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It was announced by Sherdog.com on Tuesday that Japanese-Korean middleweight, Yoshihiro Akiyama "Sexyama" (13-1-0(2)) would travel to California and spend a month training at the Xtreme Couture gym. He'd be working with Shawn Tompkins to "refine his striking" for his next bout. Tompkins said he first worked with the 2006 K-1 Hero’s tournament champion behind the scenes at UFC 97 last April in Montreal. Tompkins said he did not know who or when the former world-class judoka would be fighting in his ... Read More

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Recently crowned Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi (26-2-1) posted an update on his status on the M-1 Global website. In the blog he talks about training, Strikeforce, the UFC, M-1 Global, and the Nov. 7 main event between Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers. Mousasi announces his participation in the Chicago event but doesn't know who he'll be facing yet. Here are a few of the highlights from his blog: Read More

Antônio Rogério “Minotouro” Nogueira (17-3) is ready to make his UFC debut against fellow Brazilian Luiz Cane on Nov. 21 at UFC 106 in Las Vegas. Rogério talked with TATAME.com about signing with the UFC, his upcoming fight with Cane, and his brother's fight against Randy Couture. TATAME: How did the UFC call you? What did you think about fighting Banha? Rogério: We were trying to do something with UFC for a long time, it’s definitely a great event, and after the agreement they chose ... Read More