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'FanHouse at UFC 106' Pre-Fight Video Special With Jon Fitch

Posted: Nov 21st 2009 12:22AM by Ariel Helwani (author feed)
Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive

LAS VEGAS -- On the latest edition of FanHouse at the Ultimate Fighting Championship, we were joined by UFC welterweight star Jon Fitch to preview Saturday night's UFC 106 card.

Can Tito Ortiz rebound from an 18-month layoff and extensive back surgery? What does Forrest Griffin need to do to get over his recent loss to Anderson Silva? And will a victory over Josh Koscheck propel Anthony Johnson into a top-level 170-pound fight? All those questions and more were answer. Enjoy the pre-fight video special below.

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UFC 106 Main Event Breakdown: Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin

Posted: Nov 20th 2009 10:15AM by Mike Chiappetta (author feed)
Filed under: UFC

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At first glance, the Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin UFC 106 main event seems simple enough to diagnose. It's Ortiz's wrestling against Griffin's active standup, right? It'll be a carbon copy of their UFC 59 matchup, right?

Maybe, but maybe not.

After all, who can really say with any certainty what Ortiz will look like in the octagon after nearly 18 months away from the sport, after surgery, rehab and a taxing training camp? Unless you had eyes in his Big Bear facility, there is really no way of knowing.

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Spike to Air Davis-Saunders, Rosholt-Grove UFC 106 Undercard Bouts

Posted: Nov 10th 2009 5:27PM by Mike Chiappetta (author feed)
Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive

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The UFC's cable broadcast home Spike will air two UFC 106 preliminary matchups prior to the pay-per-view portion of the card, a pair of sources confirmed to FanHouse on Tuesday.

The two bouts scheduled to air include the welterweight clash between Marcus Davis and Ben Saunders, as well as a middleweight tangle pitting Jake Rosholt against Kendall Grove.

An official announcement of the broadcast should come in the next day or two.

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UFC 106 Fight Card: Ortiz vs. Griffin, Koscheck vs. Johnson

Posted: Oct 29th 2009 1:44PM by Ray Hui (author feed)
Filed under: UFC

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UFC 106 will now be headlined by former light heavyweight champions Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin at the pay-per-view event on Nov. 21 emanating from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

To boost the card due to postponement of Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin until UFC 108 on Jan. 2, Josh Koscheck has been matched with Anthony Johnson in a co-headliner between top welterweights.

Below is the UFC 106 fight card.

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Brock Lesnar Out of UFC 106 Main Event

Posted: Oct 26th 2009 4:00PM by Ray Hui (author feed)
Filed under: UFC

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In a major blow to the Nov. 21 UFC 106 card in Vegas, the heavyweight championship bout between titleholder Brock Lesnar and challenger Shane Carwin has been scrapped.

Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Lesnar withdrew Monday from the main event due to an illness that has sidelined him from training for over three-and-a-half weeks.

"He said he's never been this sick in his life," UFC president Dana White told Yahoo! Sports. "He said it's been going on for a long time and he just hasn't been able to shake it."

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MMA Top 10 Light Heavyweights: Shogun Moves Up With a Loss

Posted: Oct 26th 2009 9:40AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: UFC, Light Heavyweights

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Lyoto Machida is still the light heavyweight champion of the UFC, but not many people agree with the three judges who allowed him to keep his belt after 25 minutes in the Octagon with Shogun Rua on Saturday night.

So does Machida keep his status as the top light heavyweight in MMA in my latest Top 10? He does, but Shogun also moves up in the rankings after a very close fight with the champ. The full rankings are below.

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Lyoto Machida-Shogun Rua Rematch Buys Time for UFC Light Heavyweights

Posted: Oct 25th 2009 10:56AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: UFC

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If the Lyoto Machida-Shogun Rua fight at UFC 104 had gone the way everyone expected -- Machida handily defeating Shogun to retain his title -- the UFC would have faced a quandary with its light heavyweight division. Machida would be perceived as so dominant that there wouldn't be any particularly interesting fights for him, and the stacked UFC light heavyweight division might have started to feel a little stale.

That's why Machida's controversial unanimous decision victory on Saturday night was a great thing for the UFC: It sets up a Rua-Machida rematch that will be a bigger fight than the first one, and it buys time for the UFC to re-establish some of its other light heavyweights as contenders to take on the Rua-Machida 2 winner.

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Shogun Rua Embraces Underdog Role In Chasing UFC Title Dreams

Posted: Oct 15th 2009 4:13PM by Mike Chiappetta (author feed)
Filed under: UFC

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It's been a long time since Mauricio "Shogun" Rua has walked into a fight as the underdog, with the odds stacked against him and the fans doubting his ability to win, but that's exactly what he'll face on Oct. 24 when he steps into the octagon at UFC 104 and stares across the cage at unbeaten champion Lyoto Machida.

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MMA Twitter Mailbag: UFC 106 or Strikeforce on CBS?

Posted: Oct 9th 2009 4:50PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: UFC, Strikeforce, K1, M-1 Global

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The last 24 hours have given us some big news on the two biggest MMA cards of the fall: The November 21 UFC 106 got better with Forrest Griffin stepping in for the injured Mark Coleman to face Tito Ortiz, while the November 7 Strikeforce/M-1 Global card got better with Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou facing Gegard Mousasi.

So which card is better: UFC 106: Lesnar vs. Carwin, or Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Rogers? I asked MMA fans on Twitter to weigh in, and a majority picked UFC. A selection of answers -- plus a bonus question about a fight card that I think might be more fun than either of them -- is below.

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Forrest Griffin Replaces Mark Coleman, Will Fight Tito Ortiz at UFC 106

Posted: Oct 8th 2009 11:28PM by Mike Chiappetta (author feed)
Filed under: UFC

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Forrest Griffin has stepped into the UFC 106 slot vacated by Mark Coleman due to injury, and will take on the returning Tito Ortiz, according to a report from Yahoo Sports, citing confirmation from UFC President Dana White.

The fight is a rematch of an April 2006 contest, which Ortiz (15-6) won in a tight split-decision.

Coleman was forced to withdraw from the bout just days ago, leaving the UFC scrambling for a replacement. Griffin (16-6), like Ortiz a former light-heavyweight champion, should be considered by most a worthy choice.

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