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After a few bites from the injury bugs, the roster for “UFC 130: Edgar vs. Maynard III” been finalized. Here is the confirmed card as of today. Preliminary Bouts Chris Cariaso vs. Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto Bart Palaszewski vs. Cody McKenzie Kendall Grove vs Tim Boetsch Renan Barao vs. Cole Escovedo Spike TV 8PM ET/5PM PT Miguel Torres vs. Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” ...

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Georges St-Pierre wasn’t the only successful champion to hang on to his title at UFC 129. Jose Aldo would also prove to be better in last night’s bout with Mark Hominick. He would also go on to in by unanimous decision after judges rated the bout  (50-43, 48-46, 49-46) at the end.

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Well the hype is over and all that remains is who won and who lost at last night’s exciting UFC extravaganza. At UFC 129 we would go on to Georges St-Pierre pick up the win against Jake Shields by unanimous decision and hang on to his UFC Welterweight Title. Here is how the judges rated the ...

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Tune in later tonight to ring-rap.com for live coverage of UFC 129!

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The UFC announced the debut of UFC Central, a news and analysis show that will air just in time for this Saturday's UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields. Available live and exclusively on UFC.TV, the show will be hosted by Todd Harris, along with fight analysts Stephen Bonnar and Kenny Florian. Molly Qerim will join the show ...

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UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones has suffered torn a ligament in his right hand and will be forced to withdraw from his fight with Rashad Evans. The world’s premier MMA promotion waits for no man, as Phil Davis has agreed to play substitute and fight “Suga” at UFC 133 on Aug. 6. Evans was slated to ...

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UFC announced on Friday that Rich Franklin will take on Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFC 133. The August 6th show foes down in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but a venue not been selected yet. Nogueira has a respectable 19-5 professional record, and is coming off back-to-back losses for the first time in his fighting career. Franklin has ...

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PW Torch reported on Wednesday that Spike TV has created a new executive position to oversee the development of programs classified as "non-scripted series". This addition is seen as part of a potential re-branding effort that could have an effect on TNA and possibly UFC programming in the long-term. Former Discovery Channel Vice President of Production ...

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UFC president Dana White announced on Thursday that former middleweight top contender Vitor Belfort will face Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 133 on August 6th. “Verbal agreements are in for a battle between two of the most exciting fighters in the middleweight division,” White told ESPN. “Coming off three straight Fight of the Night performances, Yoshihiro Akiyama ...

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The hype around UFC 129 has been insane to say the least. But the media train isn’t slowing down anytime soon for the big event. It was recently announced that UFC will airing five of the preliminary fights free on Facebook. The Facebook stream starts at 6PM ET/3PM PT, and “UFC 129 Prelims” airs on Spike ...

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