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Posts Tagged ‘Debut’

It appears the UFC’s famed gladiator is no more.

The UFC will debut a new 60-second opening for its pay-per-view events at this weekend’s “UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit” show in Las Vegas. It’ll replace the one that’s been in use for nearly a decade.

The segment, which was produced by the digital-production company Digital Domain (and sister company Mothership), features highlights from 18 of the UFC’s most iconic fights.



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CHICAGO – Maybe there’s something to these Strikeforce heavyweights after all.

Less than one month after former Strikeforce champ Alistair Overeem
retired Brock Lesnar, UFC newcomer and former Strikeforce product Lavar
Johnson notched an impressive first-round finish of the durable Joey
Beltran.

The bout served as the evening’s first of six UFC on FOX 2 preliminary
card contests to air on FUEL TV and took place at Chicago’s United
Center.



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The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first outing on Fox-owned cable channel FX drew an average of 1.3 million viewers, an industry source Monday informed Sherdog.com.

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RIO DE JANEIRO – With 10 years worth of MMA experience under his belt,
it would be understandable if Brazilian welterweight Carlo Prater was a
little bitter it took him 40 fights make it to the UFC.

Perhaps surprisingly, he’s not.

“I think this is the right time,” Prater told MMAjunkie.com. “I’m not going to lie. I’ve said before that I
should have been in there, but I don’t think so now that I’m more
level-headed.”



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The 11-bout lineup for the UFC’s debut on FX is now official.

The participants in this month’s “UFC on FX 1: Guillard vs. Miller” event have been set for a few weeks, but the official bout order for the evening was recently revealed by the promotion.

UFC on FX 1 takes place Jan. 20 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The night’s main event features Melvin Guillard against Jim Miller in a key lightweight contest.



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The future of the Strikeforce 145-pound women’s division changed drastically this past week with news that champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos had tested positive for a steroid metabolite.

The Brazilian knockout artist is expected to be stripped of her Strikeforce title, and her division may be phased out of the promotion entirely.

In the latest Women’s MMA Report, MMAjunkie.com’s Robert Sargent discusses the failed test, Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii’s successful DREAM debut, two big Strikeforce bookings, and a busy Jan. 21 night for women’s MMA.



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The UFC’s new weekly show “UFC Tonight” debuts tonight on FUEL TV at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT).

The weekly half-hour show then airs each Tuesday in the same timeslot.

In a preview of tonight’s debut episode, UFC middleweight contender
Chael Sonnen debuts “Chael’s Corner” – while also suggesting Jon Jones
or Georges St-Pierre could be future opponents.



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The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s rumored trip to Sweden in 2012 will become reality on April 14, UFC President Dana White told Swedish media outlet Aftonbladet on Friday.

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This past week’s “Countdown to UFC 141″ debut on FUEL TV scored just 15,000 viewers and a 0.03 household rating rating among men 18-49 and a 0.0 among men 18-34.

MMAjunkie.com today confirmed the Dec. 21 ratings with an industry source.

The show, which previews Friday’s UFC 141 event and the headlining
heavyweight eliminator of Alistair Overeem vs. Brock Lesnar, scored just
1,000 viewers for 1 a.m. ET/PT replay that followed the 10 p.m. ET/PT
debut.



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The announced fight card for UFC on Fuel 1 continues to grow, as promotion officials recently announced a pair of new contests for the Feb. 15 event.

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