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Junior Dos Santos said it’s the only way fans could get to know the real him.

UFC president Dana White believes it’s one of the main reasons Dos Santos has become a truly marketable heavyweight contender.

Soon after a No. 1 contender’s victory over Shane Carwin in the headliner of Saturday’s UFC 131 event in Vancouver, the fighter and fight exec discussed the importance of Dos Santos’ speedy learning of the English language.

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LAS VEGAS – Ultimate Fighting Championship recently announced it had joined forces with the Boot Campaign to help raise funds that will help benefit the Lone Survivor Foundation.

Retired Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell founded the nonprofit, which assists in making the lives of wounded American soldiers easier once they return home from proudly serving their countries.

Helping to strengthen the partnership is UFC 130 fighter Brian Stann, who told MMAjunkie.com why his friend Luttrell is the perfect leader for the venture.

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Jose Aldo was as surprised as anyone to hear of Monday’s Internet reports that he had suffered an injury in training.

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Jamie Varner lost his belt, he lost subsequent fights, and he ultimately lost his job with the WEC and UFC.

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Jamie Varner lost his belt, he lost subsequent fights, and he ultimately lost his job with the WEC and UFC.

Then he lost his teammates, his trainers, his camp and – for a time – any desire to compete in mixed martial arts.

“At first, I was going to retire,” he recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “The first three or four months after my last (WEC) fight in December, I wanted nothing to do with the sport. I wouldn’t watch it on TV. I didn’t want to hear about it. When I got cut from Zuffa, I felt like my girlfriend left me.”

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The UFC’s quest to install judges’ monitors at future events soon will be discussed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

UFC officials recently earned approval to provide the monitors at UFC 131 in Vancouver, and the California State Athletic Commission has used them for the UFC’s past three shows in the state.

The item now is on the agenda of Friday’s NSAC hearing in Las Vegas, MMAjunkie.com has confirmed.

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After posting three consecutive UFC victories as part of an overall 10-fight win streak, middleweight Gerald Harris got promoted to a pay-per-view main card and met highly touted promotional newcomer Maiquel Falcao at this past weekend’s UFC 123 event.

The fight, though, has been mired in controversy.

And though most of the criticism has centered on what appeared to be an early stop to a pivotal first round, an equally controversial choke also has been put under the microscope.

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Heading into the cage in Montreal last Saturday night, Jonathan Goulet knew that the fight in front of him could be his last. He really didn’t think it would be — in fact, he deeply wished it wouldn’t — but in the end, it was.

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Hardly a day goes by that UFC president Dana White isn’t asked about his
promotion’s progress on helping the sport of mixed martial arts gain
regulation in the state of New York.

One of the few remaining North American outposts that doesn’t regulate
MMA, New York has appeared close on several occasions to reversing its
position on the sport, but ultimately, the legislature has yet to act.

Much of the opposition has been led by New York Assemblyman Bob Reilly, and he doesn’t appear to be softening his stance.

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