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Five-time UFC veteran Jorge Santiago meets Nova Uniao product
Leonardo Pecanha in the main event of next month’s Titan Fighting
Championship 21 event.

The event marks Santiago’s first action since his October release from the UFC.

“I train with the best coaches and some
of the best fighters in the world,” Santiago
stated in an official release. “I’ve never felt better or more ready,
and at Titan Fighting 21, I’m going to make a fight nobody will forget -
especially Leonardo Pecanha.”

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As expected, Jon Jones will next defend his UFC light heavyweight title against former teammate Rashad Evans.

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WEC veteran Casey Olson will return to the cage after nearly two years on the shelf, dropping to bantamweight to take on Cody Gibson in the main event of Tachi Palace Fights 12.

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Tachi Palace Fights 12′s main event will feature a pair of Californians,
as Fresno’s Casey Olson faces Visalia’s Cody Gibson.

MMAjunkie.com today confirmed the matchup with Tachi Palace Fights officials.

“TPF 12: Second Coming” takes place March 9 at Tachi Palace Hotel and
Casino in Lemoore, Calif. The card is expected to stream online.

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Gerald Harris has a new opponent for his upcoming main event on HDNet.

Rather than Artenas Young, the former UFC and DREAM fighter now meets Bellator vet D.J. Linderman at Legacy Fighting Championships 10.

Legacy officials confirmed the changed with MMAjunkie.com, though a reason for the change wasn’t disclosed.

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This past weekend’s UFC on FOX 2 event scored its biggest ratings during the night’s main event of Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis, which averaged 6.1 million viewers.

FOX officials today provided additional ratings information.

As MMAjunkie.com reported earlier today, the Jan. 28 two-hour broadcast scored an overall 2.6 household rating and averaged 4.7 million viewers.

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It’s official: UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will fight in Hotlanta.

UFC officials announced on Saturday night that a previously rumored April 21
event in Atlanta’s Philips Arena will serve as UFC 145, and Jones will
fight a yet-to-be-named opponent in the evening’s main event.

“Fans in Atlanta have been tweeting me and telling me over and over
again to bring the UFC back to their city,” UFC president Dana White
stated. “Well, guess what Atlanta? The UFC is coming back to Atlanta
with the sport’s fastest-rising star, Jon Jones, defending his light
heavyweight title.”

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A series of devastating kicks to the lower lead leg of Dwayne Lewis carried American Top Team’s Wilson Gouveia to an impressive second-round technical knockout in the Maximum Fighting Championship 32 “Bitter Rivals” headliner on Friday at the Mayfield Inn Trade and Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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This weekend’s UFC on FOX 2 event could set up a title fight at April’s UFC 145 event in Atlanta.

Top contenders Phil Davis and Rashad Evans headline Saturday’s FOX-televised event, and a shot at UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones is on the line (for Evans, anyway).

And according to Jones, he could be ready to go for the newly announced UFC 145 event.

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The careers of two high-caliber lightweights will intersect in the Music City.

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