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Six years ago, avid rock-climber and ultra-successful businessman Ruy
Drever hadn’t so much as set foot inside an MMA gym, much less
considered training in one.

Now, as the CEO and founder of Pretorian Hard Sports, the wildly
successful Brazilian MMA equipment brand, Drever’s professional life is
consumed by the sport.

However, it’s not all that matters to the Uruguayan-born,
Oxford-educated executive. A longtime Brazilian resident, Drever and his
company are also at the leading edge of positive social change in the
spiritual birthplace of mixed martial arts.

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CHICAGO – UFC president Dana White is proud of the Zuffa’s recently implemented policy that requires all new signees to pass a drug test, and he thinks it’ll help their health in the long run.

Today, though, he said expansion of the program to test already-contracted UFC and Strikeforce fighters, as well as to perform year-round and random testing, is unlikely.

“That’s the commission’s (responsibility),” White told MMAjunkie.com. “We’re the most regulated sport on Earth. We’re the last guys on Earth who should be getting [expletive] steroid questions.”

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RIO DE JANEIRO – In the 13 weeks between Saturday and April 14, the UFC will leave North America for events in Brazil, Japan, Australia and Sweden.

Throw in March’s UFC 145 in Montreal, and you have a staggering five international shows in just three months.

The international schedule will slow later this year, UFC executive Marshall Zelaznik today told MMAjunkie.com, but it won’t stop.

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BIRMINGHAM, England – A little more than a week ago at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, the…

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BIRMINGHAM, England – A little more than a week ago at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, the venue was nearly empty for UFC 137′s first preliminary-card fight.

A week later, a raucous crowd filled LG Arena in Birmingham, England, and gave every UFC 138 bout a main-event feel.

So why is the UFC much more likely to visit Sin City than other European locales?

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For more than a decade, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has kept Brazil at a distance, plunging its promotional efforts into the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Australia. On Saturday, when UFC 134 “Silva vs. Okami” touches down at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, its focus finally shifts back to the home of some of its most accomplished superstars

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The UFC’s return to Brazil on Aug. 27 is expected to be a big event. Fans in and around Rio de Janeiro are anticipated to flock to the HSBC Arena for the event headlined by Brazilian Anderson Silva. Read More >>

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Las Vegas’ “Tuff-N-Uff: The Future Stars of Mixed Martial Arts” amateur
MMA promotion, a longtime sponsor of MMAjunkie.com Radio, is seeking to
take its game to the next level.

To do so, Tuff-N-Uff has partnered with Justice Entertainment Group, a
full-service entertainment, sports and event company that specializes in
producing and promoting entertainment and sporting events in arenas,
stadiums, theaters and nightclubs around the globe.

MMAjunkie.com lead staff reporter John Morgan and “MMA: 30″ hose Dave
Farra will remain together as Tuff-N-Uff’s lead broadcast team.

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Unless the 22-year-old experiences another growth spurt, the skyscraper
known as Stefan Struve is unlikely to add any new floors.

But that’s not to say the 6-foot-11 Dutch fighter, who co-headlines
tonight’s UFC 124 event against fellow heavyweight Sean McCorkle, isn’t
solidifying his foundation.

Struve, who weighed 240 pounds for his 2009 promotional debut and 253 at
Friday’s UFC 124 weigh-ins, has 290 pounds in sight for future fights.

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LONDON Aside from a last-minute save by main-event winner Michael Bisping, Saturday’s UFC 120 card in…

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