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A long-rumored UFC event in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo is a reality.

UFC president Dana White told MMAjunkie.com on Friday the promotion is currently searching for venues to host the event, which is targeted for an as-yet-undetermined date in June.

“It looks like it’s probably going to be a stadium show,” he said.

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LAS VEGAS – December has been a roller-coaster ride for former WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres.

Released from the UFC after making an ill-advised comment on Twitter,
Torres has gone into hiding while fans rallied behind him and expressed
their desire to see him return to the octagon.

Following Wednesday’s pre-UFC 141 press conference in Las Vegas, White
surprised everyone by announcing Torres’ return to the octagon. Check
out the embedded video to hear White and Torres discuss what made this
reconciliation possible.

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TORONTO – It’s unfortunate when otherwise intelligent people say really stupid things. But to get out the pitchfork and punish, that’s another matter.

So said UFC president Dana White today when asked by MMAjunkie.com for a reaction on the comments made by former light-heavyweight champ Rashad Evans, who’s off-color comments on the recent Penn State scandal ended a pre-event press conference promoting UFC on FOX 2 on a bad note.

“It’s not like I’m dealing with stupid people here,” White said.

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BIRMINGHAM, England – A little more than a week ago at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, the…

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BIRMINGHAM, England – A little more than a week ago at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, the venue was nearly empty for UFC 137′s first preliminary-card fight.

A week later, a raucous crowd filled LG Arena in Birmingham, England, and gave every UFC 138 bout a main-event feel.

So why is the UFC much more likely to visit Sin City than other European locales?

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You’ve gotta love the Internet. Reports released on the eve of the announcement of the UFC on FOX main event…

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U.K. fans won’t be left out on UFC’s network debut on FOX, Dana White said today.

Despite the fact that the promotion’s British TV partner, ESPN UK, is
under a different corporate roof than that of FOX’s U.K. counterpart,
Sky, the event won’t go dark, the UFC president promised today during an
announcement of the Nov. 12 card’s main event.

“We’ll make this fight available,” White said. “We’ll figure this thing out.”

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You’ve gotta love the Internet.

Reports released on the eve of the announcement of the UFC on FOX main
event painted a picture of an ailing Brock Lesnar
calling it quits on a career in MMA.

Those pictures couldn’t be any more wrong, according to UFC president
Dana White, who said the rumor was “ridiculous” today during the
announcement.

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For more than a decade, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has kept Brazil at a distance, plunging its promotional efforts into the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Australia. On Saturday, when UFC 134 “Silva vs. Okami” touches down at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, its focus finally shifts back to the home of some of its most accomplished superstars

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Fans are not likely to see Rich Franklin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira rebooked for a later date.

Franklin, a former middleweight champ, is being eyed for a different light-heavyweight fight, according to UFC president Dana White.

“We do like the idea of Tito (Ortiz) vs. Rich Franklin,” he said today during an official UFC video chat hosted by Ustream.

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