MMA FIGHTS

If the participants in the Sherdog.com MMA Pick’Em fantasy game are to be believed, then Rashad Evans will most definitely have his day against Jon Jones. A solid 76 percent of players have sided with Evans against Phil Davis in the UFC on Fox 2 main event on Saturday at the United Center in Chicago.

Evans beat Forrest Griffin for the light heavyweight championship in 2008 but lost the belt in his first defense to Lyoto Machida at UFC 98. Since then, “Suga” has picked up wins over Thiago Silva, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Tito Ortiz. Twice tabbed as the division’s No. 1 contender, injuries have halted the Imperial Athletics representative’s title hopes until now, as a victory over Davis would give Evans his long-awaited showdown with Jones, the current 205-pound king.

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Weigh-ins for next month’s highly anticipated “UFC 143: Condit vs. Diaz”
event take place Friday, Feb. 3, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in
Las Vegas.

The same venue hosts the following night’s pay-per-view event, which
features Carlos Condit and Nick Diaz squaring off with the UFC’s vacant interim welterweight title on
the line.

As with all UFC weigh-ins, the event is free to attend and open to the public.

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Sherdog.com Administrative Editor Jordan Breen will host his weekly pre-fight chat at 1 p.m. ET

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On the night of Jan. 14, it was nearly impossible to wipe the smile off Alex Davis’ face.

The veteran manager watched with joy as his clients each picked up wins at UFC 142.

For Edson Barboza, the night was exceedingly special, as the 26-year-old was
rewarded with two “Fight Night” honors and $130,000. Davis believes Barboza’s grounded
roots have him prepared to deal with the attention that will soon come,
but the veteran manager warns that not everyone is ready to handle what
comes after special moments in the octagon.

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The first confrontation between Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos was short lived, as an illegal blow by “Big Monster” to the groin of Prindle led to their Bellator Season 5 heavyweight tournament finale being declared a no contest.

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Bellator Fighting Championships’ sixth season is rapidly approaching,
and the company is starting to lay out some of the details.

Bellator officials today announced that the second event of the season,
Bellator 61, will take place on March 16 at the Horseshoe Riverdome in
Bossier City, La.

The event sees a rematch between season-five heavyweight tournament
finalists Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos, as well as the four opening-round contests in the promotion’s
season-six middleweight tournament.

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Sherdog.com Administrative Editor Jordan Breen will host his weekly pre-fight chat at 1 p.m. ET

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The second UFC show on prime-time network TV will determine not only blockbuster fights, but the overall health of the TV format.

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Sherdog.com reports from Rio de Janeiro with live results from the UFC on Fox 2 weigh-ins, which take place at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT.

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UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz is running out of interesting storylines.

Win the WEC title? Check. UFC belt? Check. Avenge your lone career loss? Check.

So with Cruz now preparing to face his nemesis, Urijah Faber, for the second time in just three fights, is “The Dominator”
struggling for motivation? Hardly. After all, who wouldn’t want to beat
up their annoying co-worker?

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Lyoto Machida has an opponent in mind for his return.

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With the spotlight being focused on Dana White and a co-headliner, a distracted “Sugar” Rashad Evans is playing second fiddle.

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MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show UFC on FUEL TV 1 headliner Jake Ellenberger and co-main-event fighter Dave Herman.

We also discuss Saturday’s UFC on FOX 2 event, and Tuff-N-Uff fighters Trace Gray and Kristy Lopez stop by the studio to discuss tonight’s event in Las Vegas.

MMAjunkie.com Radio airs from noon to 2 p.m. ET (9-11 a.m. PT) live from
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Listen to and
watch a video stream of the two-hour show at www.mmajunkie.com/radio.

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These days, fans can be satisfied with one title match in a UFC headliner. Two? That’s a big-time card.

With some 40 events expected for 2012, they’ll have to get used to a
whole lot more main events contested for no other glory than the
possibility of title contention – not the promise.

No gold is on the line Saturday at UFC on FOX 2, but the event features
two No. 1 contender bouts that promise to shape the immediate future of
the middleweight and light-heavyweight divisions.

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Even though his loss to Mark Bocek last month was his first in eight UFC bouts, Nik Lentz believes he could have been cut afterward.

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