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In advance of his fight with Bart Palaszewski at UFC 137, Tyson Griffin is drumming up support for a local charity.

The UFC featherweight is conducting a raffle to benefit Boys Town of
Nevada, an organization dedicated that cares for troubled youth and
families.

One lucky winner will get two tickets to the pay-per-view event, which
takes place Oct. 29 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, as well as two
tickets to Griffin’s afterparty.

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Medical suspensions were issued to 16 fighters from this past weekend’s UFC 134 event, and four fighters…

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The lack of a commission in Brazil doesn’t stop the UFC from following the same rules when they oversee and event, and thus they have handed down medical suspensions from the card last weekend. Read More >>

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Medical suspensions were issued to 16 fighters from this past weekend’s UFC 134 event, and four fighters – including Forrest Griffin, Stanislav Nedkov, Raphael Assuncao and Ian Loveland – could be out up to six months.

UFC 134 took place Aug. 27 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena.

Zuffa LLC, the UFC’s parent company, oversaw the suspensions and regulatory processes due to the lack of an official sanctioning body in Brazil.

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RIO DE JANEIRO – Following Forrest Griffin’s devastating loss to fellow former champ Mauricio…

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RIO DE JANEIRO – The UFC’s return to Brazil ended in a grand celebration for the greatest…

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MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show UFC 137 fighter Tyson Griffin, who helps us recap this weekend’s UFC 134 event.

We also catch up with ESPN’s Jon Anik, who appears in the new “Warrior” film.

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Forrest Griffin makes no excuses for his loss to Maurcio ‘Shogun’ Rua at UFC 134, but with a child on the way at home, Dana White says he was a warrior for even being there.  Read More >>

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RIO DE JANEIRO – Following Forrest Griffin’s devastating loss to fellow
former champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at Saturday night’s UFC 134 event, it
was fairly evident that words were not going to console him.

So UFC president Dana White did the next best thing: He gave him a ride home.

Griffin who just moments before the evening’s
post-event press conference received a surprise announcement that his
wife was ready to give birth to their daughter some nine days early,
didn’t make excuses for his performance. But White said he understood completely and wanted to get him back to Las Vegas ASAP.

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Mauricio “Shogun” Rua knocked out Forrest Griffin in the co-main event at UFC Rio on Saturday night. Rua finished his opponent in the first round of the affair, earning the win at 1:53 of the opening frame. Read More >>

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