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Here comes the pain. In an episode of Monday Night Raw on April 2, in front of an amazing, enthusiastic crowd, Brock Lesnar made his return to the WWE. In the final segment on the show, John Cena came to the ring and started talking about how he lost at Wrestlemania but that he…

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Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields will return to 185 pounds in 2012, UFC officials confirmed on Tuesday night.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Buster Posey squatted behind home plate. He sprung to his feet trying to throw out a runner stealing second base. He dropped to his knees three times to block pitches in the dirt. He stood in the batter’s box against left-hander Aroldis Chapman throwing 99 mph. The usual.
He was playing baseball again. The San Francisco Giants had their franchise catcher back.
“I’ve been looking forward to playing for some time, so I was just happy to be out there,” Posey said Friday in his first action since May 25, when he broke his left leg in a gruesome crash at home plate with Florida’s Scott Cousins.
Posey played two innings on defense, and flied out on a slider in his only at-bat in San Francisco’s 6-3 victory against the Cincinnati Reds. Posey said the plan was to catch again Sunday, as long as his ankle felt OK.
“Every indication now is it’ll be good,” Posey said. “We’ve kind of stuck to the plan the whole way and … I’m trying to treat it like I’m preparing it for opening day.”
A full house in full throat at Scottsdale Stadium greeted Posey when he and pitcher Matt Cain took the field to warm up about 20 minutes before the first pitch. Dozens of “Posey 28 jerseys” dotted the grandstand among the “55 Lincecum” and “38 Wilson” shirts. But this was Posey’s day.
“I thought everyone really loved me,” Cain said about the uproar. “Then I looked behind me and saw Buster.
“That’s pretty cool, to have that kind of ovation just to go out to a bullpen. The fans are excited just to see him on the field.”
Posey said the experience made him nervous.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s recent trip to Australia was bittersweet for George Sotiropoulos.

After all, the native Australian always enjoys welcoming the sport’s
biggest promotion to his homeland, but he had hoped to do so after
celebrating a win at the previous wee’s UFC 144 event in Japan.

Injuries prevented that dream from becoming a reality, but Sotiropoulos
said he’s now feeling better than ever. And with a summer return date in
his sights, the submission specialist is ready to get back to work.

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Sean McCorkle talks a big game and often wages legendary trash-talking campaigns against his opponents.

But “Big Sexy,” who continues a post-UFC run on the prelims of Friday’s Bellator 60 event, said such bravado sometimes masks his own nerves and stress. For example, there was the time UFC president Dana White pulled him aside just before a massive UFC 124 co-main-event opportunity.

“You know, if you win this, it’ll change your life,’” White told him before an eventual TKO flop to Stefan Struve.

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Josh Thomson would understand if fans have forgotten about him.

After all, it’s been 15 months since he most recently fought on U.S. soil, and when he did, the crowd wasn’t altogether happy with the judges’ judgement.

Then add in the rest of the time he’s spent on the bench nursing this injury or that, and well, even he might have lost track if he were sitting in the stands.

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Michael Bisping believes he beat Chael Sonnen two rounds to one, but he’s not bent out of shape over losing a unanimous decision at UFC on FOX 2.

The way he sees it, he’ll get his title shot sooner or later. And in doing well against Sonnen, he’s already made a good argument for getting it sooner.

“I don’t think it was a step backward,” Bisping told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “If anything, I cemented myself as one of the top contenders in the division. I want to fight again soon. I’m aching to fight.”

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Josh Thomson is the last man to defeat Gilbert Melendez, but ever since he won a five-round decision from “El Nino” to become Strikeforce lightweight champion in 2008, the American Kickboxing Academy product’s mixed martial arts career has been plagued by injuries and extended layoffs.

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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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Two of Brazil’s fighting sons are set to compete on home soil for the first time next month.

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