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Bellator’s sixth season has been pushed back a week, and the March 9 event in Hammond, Ind., will serve as the season-opening Bellator 60 show.

MMAjunkie.com today confirmed the plans with event sources.

Tickets for the show, which features featherweight champ Joe Warren vs. Pat Curran and the opening round of an eight-man featherweight tournament, go on sale today at 11 a.m. ET.

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Lightweights Jim Miller and Melvin Guillard were part of a small group with extended periods of
success this past year and under consideration for a title shot. But
there was logjam at the top of the division that kept them from rising.

Now, that logjam is cleared. Frankie Edgar defended his belt at UFC 136.
Unfortunately, both Miller and Guillard failed to clear a final hurdle
that likely would have put them in contention.

But could the winner of a Friday night headliner between the
almost-contenders produce the next challenger to the lightweight belt?

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Kenny Florian, who’s competed in four different weight classes during a successful seven-year UFC run, is reportedly considering retirement.

A back injury may cut short the 35-year-old’s fighting career.

Florian told the “Boston Herald” a lumbar herniated disc in his lower back hasn’t improved since November, when he suffered the injury while lifting weights.

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UFC featherweight and lightweight title challenger Kenny Florian is contemplating retirement, according to a report Friday in the Boston Herald.

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All 21 fighters who underwent drug testing at this past month’s UFC 141 event tested clean for performance-enhancing drugs and recreational/drugs of abuse.

Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer today e-mailed the drug-testing results to MMAjunkie.com.

UFC 141 took place Dec. 30 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas with an Alistair Overeem vs. Brock Lesnar pay-per-view headliner.

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LAS VEGAS – There are those who insist Dana White has it in for Jon Fitch, and those who think that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Fitch, after all, is one of the most polarizing fighters in the
welterweight division – despite being one of the most successful.

But if Fitch beats Johny Hendricks at UFC 141, the UFC president said the onetime title challenger
is closer than you might think to his ultimate goal of getting another
shot at current champ Georges St-Pierre.

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Jorge Masvidal entered his recent Strikeforce title fight with an injured right hand, and he quickly made it worse in the first round of an eventual five-round decision defeat to champ Gilbert Melendez.

But Masvidal said he never considered pulling out of the fight, especially given its stakes.

Still, despite the injury, Masvidal wants to take nothing away from the champ, and he hopes he soon gets another shot at a fighter he considers one of the world’s best.

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It’s been almost three full years of writing a weekly Fight Path column for MMAjunkie.com, and the more stories we do, the more we hear about.

It’s a testament to the sport that so many are interested in giving it a try. It speaks even more to the talent it draws that so many interesting stories populate its gyms and arenas.

We featured plenty of characters in the Fight Path series in 2011, and here’s a look at some of the highlights.

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Onetime UFC heavyweight title contender Gabriel Gonzaga has signed a new, four-fight deal with the Las Vegas-based promotion and will return to the Octagon at UFC 142, according to a statement released by the fighter’s team on Friday.

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All UFC on Fox 1 drug screens came back clean, Sherdog.com confirmed with the California State Athletic Commission on Thursday.

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