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LAS VEGAS – Renan Barao survived arguably the biggest test of his MMA career and scored a unanimous-decision victory over former WEC bantamweight title challenger Scott Jorgensen.

The impressive performance earned Barao his 28th straight win and solidified his status as one of the UFC’s top 135-pound contenders.

The main-card bout was part of UFC 143 and aired on pay-per-view from Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Events Center. Prelims aired on FX and streamed on Facebook.

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For the first time, UFC officials are offering a free version of its event-night program.

An e-version of this weekend’s UFC 143 program, which feature headliners and interim-title fighters Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit, is now available online.

Check it out at ufc.com/program.

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CHICAGO – Maybe there’s something to these Strikeforce heavyweights after all.

Less than one month after former Strikeforce champ Alistair Overeem
retired Brock Lesnar, UFC newcomer and former Strikeforce product Lavar
Johnson notched an impressive first-round finish of the durable Joey
Beltran.

The bout served as the evening’s first of six UFC on FOX 2 preliminary
card contests to air on FUEL TV and took place at Chicago’s United
Center.

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ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M. — Michelle Waterson waited approximately 21 months to make her return to the cage.

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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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RIO DE JANEIRO – So much for brilliance through osmosis.

Edinaldo Oliveira, the training partner of UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos, proved to be cannon fodder for Gabriel Gonzaga, who returned to the octagon after a 15-month absence and earned a first-round submission victory.

The preliminary-card bout was part of UFC 142 and aired on FX prior to the pay-per-view main card. It took place at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

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LAS VEGAS – No one wants to be a stepping stone, but veteran fighter Vladimir Matyushenko likely will be remembered as the the opponent who thrust Alexander Gustafsson into serious title consideration.

The fast-rising Swedish light heavyweight needed a little more than two minutes to scored a TKO victory over 41-year-old Matyushenko, a fighter 16 years his elder.

The fight was part of the pay-per-view main card of UFC 141 and followed
prelims on Facebook and Spike TV.

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LAS VEGAS – John Albert’s entrance music wrote a check that his fists quickly cashed.

After entering the cage to the 1960s country hit “Big Bad John,” Team Bisping bantamweight “Prince” Albert jumped into an immediate firefight with Team Miller’s Dustin Pague and ultimately forced a TKO stoppage in just 69 seconds.

The fight was part of the night’s preliminary card, which streamed live
on Facebook prior to the Spike TV-televised main card.

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LAS VEGAS – MMAjunkie.com was on scene and reporting live from today’s official fighter weigh-ins
for The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale, where main-event fighter Michael
Bisping both missed weight on his first attempt and left the stage with
choice words for the ceremony’s audience.

Ultimately, though, he hit the needed 186 pounds.

Bisping weighed 186.25 pounds on his first attempt even after stripping naked for the weigh-in.

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Swedish lightweight prospect Reza Madadi has signed with the UFC and is expected to debut with the promotion at UFC on FX 1.

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