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Strikeforce heavyweight Daniel Cormier leads the guest list on Tuesday’s edition of MMAWeekly Radio along with John Cholish, Igor Gracie and coach Andre Benkei. Read More >>

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As Junior dos Santos preps for his showdown with Shane Carwin in the UFC 131 headliner on Saturday at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, questions persist regarding his unproven ground game.

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Everyone expects Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller to have fun and make Michael Bisping nuts during the 14th season of the ‘Ultimate Fighter’, but how will he be as a coach?  Read More >>

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Michael Bisping and Jason Miller will serve as coaches for the upcoming 14th season of Spike TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter.”

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All this waiting has gotten to Gray Maynard. Somewhere along the line, his quest to become lightweight champion has become very personal.

“This is one that he’s worked so many years for, and somebody’s dangling it in front of him, and every time he gets close, they just keep pulling it away,” Maynard’s boxing coach, Gil Martinez, told MMAjunkie.com Radio.

Martinez discusses the injuries that scrapped Edgar vs. Maynard III, why Maynard would have fought through his ailments anyway, and why a fight with Anthony Pettis ultimately didn’t make sense for the fighter.

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MMAWeekly Radio Weekend Edition returns with Greg Jackson, one of the hottest coaches in the sport, plus UFC fighters Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson and Cheick Kongo. Read More >>

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UFC heavyweight Antoni Hardonk has retired from active competition, the promotion announced Friday. Hardonk, 35, has reportedly stepped away from the sport in order to focus on teaching at his Dynamix gym in California.

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There are few people who’ve witnessed the evolution of Georges St-Pierre’s ground game as John Danaher has.

The Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt has watched the UFC welterweight champion go from “shockingly naive” some 10 years ago to a fighter who could hang with the world’s most respected submission artists.

Most MMA observers believe that the opponent in St-Pierre’s sixth title defense, Jake Shields, has but one way to win the fight: on the ground. But Danaher says GSP has faced better grapplers.

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Despite the growing popularity of mixed martial arts, the community
consisting of the sport’s top-level athletes remains a relatively small
group.

It’s a lesson “The Ultimate Fighter 12″ semifinalist Kyle Watson learned quickly when his bosses offered him a UFC 129
matchup with undefeated Canadian prospect John Makdessi.

Watson sparred with Makdessi at Montreal’s Tri-Star Gym during “The
Bull’s” pre-UFC days, but he admits he didn’t scrutinize the striker as a
potential future foe. Adding to the challenge? Makdessi’s teammate,
Georges St-Pierre, was Watson’s coach during his “TUF” run.

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Talk about Chael Sonnen coaching TUF or fighting Michael Bisping is all premature, because the Oregon native is first focused on making things right with the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Read More >>

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