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SAITAMA, Japan – It can pay – literally and figuratively – to have the boss on your side.

Despite a loss to Chris Cariaso at Saturday’s UFC 144 event, Takeya Mizugaki has been awarded his win bonus for the performance.

UFC president Dana White, who felt Mizugaki won the fight, confirmed the additional payment at UFC 144′s post-event press conference.

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SAITAMA, Japan – Steve Cantwell’s fifth attempt at a second UFC victory ended like the previous four: in disappointment.

Japanese light heavyweight Riki Fukuda returned from a yearlong injury layoff and topped the former WEC champion via unanimous decision.

The preliminary-card bout was part of UFC 144 and aired on FX. It
preceded a pay-per-view main card at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama,
Japan.

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SAITAMA, Japan – Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage”
Jackson dreamed of a return to Japan, but the result ended up as more
of a nightmare in truth.

And following his decision loss to Ryan Bader at Sunday’s UFC 144 event
in Saitama, Japan, Jackson admitted he wasn’t terribly surprised at the
result.

“If I’m going to be critically honest, I’m not surprised that I lost the fight,” Jackson told MMAjunkie.com.

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At UFC 144, three judges decided unanimously that Benson Henderson defeated Frankie Edgar in the main event to become the new UFC lightweight champion.

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In fighting, you sweat the small stuff.

Sixty-four seconds into a fight with rival Alexis Villa, Joe Warren was knocked out with a left hook after extending a right cross – just a little late in guarding the counter. He had never been knocked out or choked out in practice.

“It was strange for me,” he told MMAjunkie.com. “I didn’t really remember anything until I got into the locker room.”

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TOKYO – There was something obviously different about Yushin Okami the moment he walked into Wednesday’s UFC 144 pre-event
press conference in Tokyo.

From the ever-present smile on his face to the boxing-heavy workout
session (complete with Anderson Silva-esque arm-hanging and slick
shoulder rolls), Okami was in a completely different zone.

And it’s not just for show, Okami said. Following his UFC 134 loss to
middleweight champ Silva, “Thunder” believes he’s a completely new man.

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If the docs say it’s OK, count on seeing UFC vet Aaron Simpson at welterweight.

After a loss to Ronny Markes on Wednesday at UFC on FUEL TV 1, Simpson said he’s tired of being undersized at middleweight.

“I’ve been thinking about it over the last year and a half,” the 37-year-old today told MMAjunkie.com. “Everybody I fight is cutting from 220 (pounds).”

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Quinton “Rampage” Jackson talks about losing to light heavyweight champ Jon Jones and his motivation for fighting Ryan Bader.

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Chad Mendes is a winner, and he’s not used to feeling like this.

He hadn’t lost at anything since Ohio State University’s J. Jaggers outwrestled him in the 141-pound NCAA championship match when he was a senior at Cal Poly.
That was 2008. The calendar says 2012.

It made his UFC 142 featherweight title loss to Jose Aldo sting that much more. But let’s not pretend the Team Alpha Male product should throw in the towel at the age of 26.

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As you might expect, Mike Pierce disagrees with the judges who awarded Josh Koscheck a split decision over him Saturday at UFC 143.

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