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Swedish resident Papy Abedi will fight in front of a friendly audience this April.

MMAjunkie.com has confirmed with sources close to
the fight that Abedi and former middleweight James Head have agreed to meet in a welterweight contest at UFC on FX 2.

Both fighters seek their first octagon win in a bout first reported by MMAFighting.com.



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A shift back to the second tier MMA scene isn’t always a bad thing.

Not if you’re on a roller coaster of wins and losses and feel you’re not
implementing what you’ve trained into your performances on a consistent
basis. Time spent away from the UFC has been kind so far to Britain’s
Andre Winner, but nobody yet knows how this story will play
out.

His next test will come in the form of Diego Gonzalez on the
HDNet-televised main card of BAMMA 8. The event takes places Dec. 10 at
Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England.



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Showtime Networks, Inc. has a new man in charge of its sports programming, but how long the channel’s schedule will continue to include mixed martial arts remains unclear.

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Perhaps the third time will be the charm for an injury-plagued booking.

As MMAjunkie.com first reported this past week, promotional newcomer John Maguire recently replaced
injured Mark Scanlon in a UFC 138 booking with welterweight James Head.

Now, Head, too, is injured, and in his place steps Justin Edwards, officials today announced.



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As expected, promotional newcomer John Maguire has replaced injured Mark Scanlon and now meets fellow welterweight James Head at UFC 138.

MMAjunkie.com first reported the bout this past week, and UFC executives since have made it official.

UFC 138 takes place Nov. 5 at LG Arena in Birmingham, England.



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Along with an impressive wrestling resume, Joe Warren has brought a mouth to his MMA fights.

That’s infuriated Alexis Villa, who on Saturday meets Warren in the opening round of Bellator’s season-five bantamweight tournament.

Villa is on the warpath one day after Warren came on MMAjunkie.com Radio and called him a “juiced-up Cuban.”



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Mark Scanlon has been forced to withdraw from UFC 138 for undisclosed reasons.

Scanlon had been set to face James Head on the event’s preliminary card, but fellow U.K. welterweight John Maguire now gets that opportunity, a source close to the event today told MMAjunkie.com.

UFC 138 takes place Nov. 5 at LG Arena in Birmingham, England.



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With a dramatic highlight-reel knockout of Marlon Sandro, Pat Curran has become the first Bellator fighter to…

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With a dramatic highlight-reel knockout of Marlon Sandro, Pat Curran has become the first Bellator fighter to win tournaments in two weight classes.

In the finale of the organization’s featherweight “Summer Series” tournament, Curran – a season-two lightweight-tourney champion – blasted Sandro with a second-round KO via head kick.

The bout headlined Saturday’s Bellator 48 event.



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It appears the official announcement about UFC fighters sharing space with American Idol, Family Guy and Sons of Anarchy may be less than 24 hours away. Read More >>

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