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Nick Diaz is done, apparently.

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After four consecutive wins in the octagon, UFC lightweight Nik Lentz has hit the skids.

But he also believes he’s turned a corner in delivering the kind of performances fans want to see, and despite dropping back-to-back fights, he’ll live to fight another day in the UFC.

“(UFC matchmaker) Joe Silva said I wouldn’t get cut,” he today told MMAjunkie.com following a weekend loss to Evan Dunham at UFC on FOX 2.

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CHICAGO – Admittedly, moral victories still bloody suck.

But for UFC on FOX 2 co-headliner Michael Bisping, who suffered a close unanimous-decision loss to No. 1 contender Chael Sonnen on Saturday at Chicago’s United Center, the Brit sees the silver lining.

Despite the defeat, Bisping has plenty of reasons to be pleased with his performance.

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George Roop calls it like he sees it, and when people say he shouldn’t ever go to the judges, he disagrees.

“I don’t think that’s fair, man,” he told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “That’s what judges are there for. Especially
at this level in the UFC, it’s tough to finish guys.

“You’re fighting the most elite guys in the world, and I really feel
that you should be able to leave it in the judges’ hands sometimes.”

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Erick Silva’s controversial disqualification loss to fellow Brazilian welterweight Carlo Prater at UFC 142 won’t be overturned.

UFC Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs Marc Ratner today issued a statement regarding the fight.

In it, he stated the referee’s verbal warning and his determination that the blows were intentional leave him unable to overturn the decision.

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Erick Silva’s disqualification loss to Carlo Prater at UFC 142 will not be overturned, UFC vice president regulatory affairs Marc Ratner said in a release on Thursday.

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Jim Miller kept secret the fact that he was suffering from mono and had developed a kidney infection cutting weight to fight Ben Henderson five months ago.

Still, he blames himself for not fighting better.

“I’ve never felt like that and hope to never feel like that again, inside or outside the octagon,” Miller told MMAjunkie.com Radio.

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RIO DE JANEIRO – Anthony Johnson’s third weighcutting mistake will be his last in the UFC, at least for now.

Following Saturday night’s UFC 142 event at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, UFC president Dana White terminated Johnson’s contract.

“This is his third time,” White said of Johnson’s failure to make weight
for the third time in his octagon career. “Three strikes and you’re gone.”

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Strikeforce light heavyweight Trevor Smith likes to dive for leg locks when he’s in trouble on the feet, and he said he told referee Kim Winslow as much prior to a weekend bout.

“I said if I get hit, I like to dive for legs and go under, so just make sure you don’t stop the fight unless I’m out cold and taking a number of blows,” Smith today told MMAjunkie.com.

“She made some kind of comment like, ‘I’ve been doing this for a while – I know how to stop fights.’”

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George Roop lost a split decision to Hatsu Hioki at UFC 137, but he believes he won the fight.

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