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The lineup for Saturday’s “DREAM.17: World Bantamweight GP” event has been finalized with 11 bouts.

In addition to the opening round of the world bantamweight grand prix, DREAM.17 features a non-title lightweight headliner between DREAM champion Shinya Aoki and former WEC titleholder Rob McCullough.

DREAM.17 takes place at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. HDNet airs the event live in the U.S. early Saturday morning at 3 a.m. ET (midnight PT).

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Tito Ortiz is the last of UFC’s original big four stars still active, and he feels a survivor’s pride and pain.

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UFC Undisputed 3 is coming for Xbox and Playstation 3 in January 2012 and it’s going to be like a soccer kick to the face. Read More >>

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UFC officials have announced a star-studded four-man field for a UFC Fan Expo Toronto grappling tournament.

The tournament takes place April 29-30 in conjunction with UFC 130 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Competitors include UFC lightweight Diego Sanchez, Canadian grappler Andrew McInnes, American jiu-jitsu champion Ryan Hall, and MMA veteran/Toronto BJJ head instructor Jorge Britto.

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Bellator 38 hosted the opening round of the Season 4 Light Heavyweight Tournament, which featured a stunning submission that you can watch here. Read More >>

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Two preliminary-card fights from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 24 event will stream for free on Facebook,…

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Two preliminary-card fights from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 24 event will stream for free on Facebook, officials today announced.

UFC Fight Night 24 takes place at Seattle’s KeyArena, and the night’s main card airs on Spike TV (10 p.m. ET/PT).

Slated for the night’s free Facebook stream are featherweights Alex “Bruce Leroy” Caceres vs. Mackens Semerzier and heavyweights Jon Madsen vs. Mike Russow.

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Versus again will offer pre- and post-event shows in conjunction with Thursday’s WEC 53 event.

The event, which is the finale one in history, takes place at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Az.

WEC 53′s one-hour pre-show begins at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT), and the post-show begins immediately after the event’s conclusion.

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While this week’s “WEC 51: Aldo vs. Gamburyan” event features one of the
most star-studded lineups in the promotion’s nine-year history, the
company brass isn’t relying on the in-cage action as the night’s only
attraction.

WEC officials recently announced a star-studded pre-fight meet-and-greet
for WEC 51 ticket holders.

It includes Chuck
Liddell, Urijah Faber, Shane Carwin,
Punkass and Skyscrape from the TapouT crew, and Chris “Birdman”
Anderson from the NBA’s Denver Nuggets.

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Spike TV officials have dubbed next month “Brocktober” and have crammed a variety of Brock Lesnar-related programming into a four-week span.

The lineup includes a new three-part “UFC Primetime: Lesnar vs. Velasquez” pre-UFC 121 special that debuts Oct. 6.

Additionally, Spike TV airs a replay of July’s UFC 116 pay-per-view
event, a blockbuster show that was headlined by champ Lesnar and
interim title-holder Shane Carwin, on Oct. 20.

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