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UFC cage announcer Bruce Buffer and octagon girl Arianny Celeste made
guest appearances on Tuesday’s edition of “Tosh.0″ on Comedy Central.

They were part of an MMA segment on the web-oriented comedy show.

Check out the full segment, which features the rematch between a male and female grappler.

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Mike Chiesa anticipated what was coming when he picked up the phone.

“I was in the middle of training in my morning session, actually, and someone came and grabbed me and was like, ‘Put your mic on and call your mom,’” Chiesa told MMAjunkie.com and USA TODAY. “I was like, ‘Oh, [expletive].’ I already knew.”

Chiesa had just fought his way into the final 16 fighters in this season’s edition of “The Ultimate Fighter: Live,” and now faced a moral dilemma.

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The Bracket Big Board takes into consideration past returns, current performance and expected future gains in determining who should be included among the field of 68 (31 automatic and 37 at-large bids). Essentially, the Bracket Big Board is a cheat sheet designed for amateur bracketologists if they were filling out a Tourney Pick ‘Em ’12 entry today ( SIGN UP NOW! ). The Triple-B, the second-most accurate bracket predictor among macro-sites over the past four years, is updated every Monday until the dance card is unveiled March 11.

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K.J. Noons was predictable in his earlier MMA career, and the footage shows it.

“You look at my fights, you can pretty much tell which shots to look out for,” he told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “It’s pretty one-dimensional.”

But if fans expect the same thing when he fights Josh Thomson at “Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey,” they’re in for a shock.

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Lapses in judgment never play well in the Octagon. Ask Thiago Alves.

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TOKYO – Veteran lightweight Joe Lauzon is seeking
the just the second three-fight win streak of his octagon career, and
he’s hoping to do it in “Fight of the Year” fashion.

But as he winds down the preparation for his UFC 144 bout with Anthony
Pettis, Lauzon has much more on his mind.

Quite simply, Lauzon is hoping to parlay a win into a shot at the 155-pound title.

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Growing up in Utah, Court McGee’s biggest dream was to be a Division I All-American on the wrestling mats.

Instead, life took a different turn.

McGee’s journey into and out of drug addiction is well known by this point, but his path to success in MMA isn’t as much. It was a years-long grind of small competitions to get to the big one.

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Six years ago, Luke Harris traveled to Brazil for an international judo
tournament. He had participated in the sport since he was 8 years old,
and it had been his passion, although he had started paying more
attention to mixed martial arts.

Before he left, Harris tried to augment his judo by dabbling in
Brazilian jiu-jitsu, specifically training in the areas where judo was
weak.

Harris was instantly hooked, and an MMA career came shortly after. Now, as the founder of Hayabusa Fightwear, he’s balancing two roles in the sport.

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LAS VEGAS – With four-straight wins in the UFC’s featherweight division,
Dustin Poirier is quickly moving up the short list
of potential challengers to 145-pound champion Jose Aldo.

But after notching his fifth-straight win under the Zuffa banner at this
past weekend’s UFC 143 event, Poirier expressed a patient resolve.

Improving and maturing is his top priority for now – not a quick shot at the belt.

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The Federal Trade Commission has ended a long-running investigation into Zuffa’s business practices.

“Upon further review of this matter, it now appears that no further action is warranted by the commission at this time,” stated a letter published by FTC secretary Donald S. Clark. “Accordingly, the investigation has been closed.”

Zuffa chief counsel Lawrence Epstein declined to comment on the ruling when contacted today by MMAjunkie.com.

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