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Posts Tagged ‘Session’

With this weekend’s historic “UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber II” event quickly
approaching, UFC officials are inviting fans to take part in fight-week
activities.

MMA fans in Sin Cityfans are invited to attend Wednesday’s open workout sessions.

The session – which features Dominick Cruz, Urijah Faber, Wanderlei
Silva, Chris Leben, Tito Ortiz, Ryan Bader, Carlos Condit, Dong Hyun
Kim, Melvin Guillard and Shane Roller – takes place at the MGM Grand
Hotel’s Studio Rooms A & B in Las Vegas and is free and open to the
public.



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The fight to get MMA legalized and sanctioned in the state of New York appears all but dead until at least 2012.
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Weigh-ins for next month’s “UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin” event take
place Friday, June 10, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada.

The same venue hosts the following night’s pay-per-view event, which
features a No. 1 contender bout between heavyweights Junior Dos Santos
and Shane Carwin.

Additionally, the always-entertaining finalist of “The Ultimate Fighter
1″ Stephan Bonnar hosts a special Q&A session for UFC Fight Club
members prior to the weigh-ins.



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Weigh-ins for next month’s The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale take place Friday, June 3, at Las Vegas’ Palms Casino and Resort.

The same property hosts the following night’s Spike TV-broadcast event,
which sees perennial contender Clay Guida take on the WEC’s final
lightweight champion, Anthony Pettis, as well as this season’s “TUF”
tournament finale.

Additionally, “The Ultimate Fighter 7″ winner Amir Sadollah hosts a
special open-to-the-public Q&A session prior to the weigh-ins.



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Weigh-ins for this month’s “UFC 130: Edgar vs. Maynard III” event take
place Friday, May 27, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The same venue hosts the following night’s pay-per-view event, which
features a lightweight title fight between current champion Frankie
Edgar and top contender Gray Maynard.

Additionally, fast-rising light heavyweight contender Phil Davis hosts a
special Q&A session for UFC Fight Club members prior to the
weigh-ins.



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For the first time ever, all seven UFC champions will take the stage simultaneously, and the organization is proving a live web stream of the Friday event.

The “Super 7″ presentation takes place at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto.

MMAjunkie.com will provide a live stream of the session and the following UFC 129 weigh-ins beginning at 3:15 p.m. ET (12:15 p.m. PT).



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UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is inviting
one lucky fan to train alongside him at Jackson-Winkeljohn Mixed
Martial Arts.

The Learning Links Foundation of Miami is now accepting online bids for a
VIP package that includes a two-day training session with “Bones,” as
well as lodging, airfare and ground transportation.

The bidding closes Saturday, April 16, at 12 p.m. ET, and the proceeds
benefit the Learning Links Foundation, a non-profit organization that
aims to help children with autism.



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Weigh-ins for this month’s “UFC Fight Night 24: Nogueira vs. Davis”
event take place Friday, March 25, at KeyArena in Seattle, Wash.

The same venue hosts the following night’s Spike TV-broadcast event,
which sees dangerous light-heavyweight veteran Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
take on fast-rising prospect Phil Davis in the evening’s main event.

Additionally, former WEC champion and current UFC welterweight contender
Carlos Condit hosts a special open-to-the-public Q&A session prior
to the weigh-ins.



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Weigh-ins for this month’s “UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones” event take place Friday, March 18, at AmeriHealth Pavilion at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

Prudential Center hosts the following night’s pay-per-view event, which features a light heavyweight title fight between current champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and fast-rising contender Jon Jones.

Additionally, UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell hosts a special Q&A session UFC Fight Club members prior to the weigh-ins.



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Weigh-ins for next month’s “UFC on Versus 3: Sanchez vs. Kampmann” event
take place Wednesday, March 2, at the Kentucky International Convention
Center in Louisville, Ky.

The nearby KFC Yum! Center hosts the following night’s Versus-broadcast
fight card, which features a headliner between perennial welterweight
contenders Martin Kampmann and Diego Sanchez.

Additionally, potent striker and fan-favorite heavyweight Pat Barry
hosts a special open-to-the-public Q&A session prior to the
weigh-ins.



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  • Strikeforce Heavyweight GP FInal Press Conference Quotes
    SAN JOSE, Calif. (May 17, 2012) -- The main players took the stage Thursday in the final press conference before Saturday's STRIKEFORCE: World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament Final when Josh Barnett faces Daniel Cormier, live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from the HP Pavilion. The powerful Barnett (31-5), of Fullerton, Calif. […]
  • Complete Bellator 69 Weigh In Results
    Lake Charles, La. – The Bellator 69 weigh-ins have been completed from Lake Charles, Louisiana in preparation for Bellator’s Friday night event at L’Auberge Casino Resort, which features the Bellator Season 6 Middleweight Tournament Finals between Maiquel Falcao and Andreas Spang. Also, Megumi Fujii will square off against Jessica Aguilar in a women’s featur […]
  • UFC Featherweight Division: Murky Waters
    By MATT MOLGAARD MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer On Tuesday night Chan Sung Jung a.k.a. the Korean Zombie turned an emerging title contender into a nearly helpless victim. Dustin Poirier entered the headlining bout of UFC on Fuel TV 3 as a generally perceived favorite, riding a four fight promotional win streak, having stomped two highly touted prospects in the pro […]
  • Josh Koscheck Accepts Fight Against BJ Penn, Waiting For Answer
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer There have been rumblings over the last couple of months that former UFC Lightweight and Welterweight Champion BJ Penn has the itch to climb back into the cage after just announcing his retirement in October at UFC 137. The rumblings have apparently turned to contract talks as Josh Koscheck dropped news via Twitter tod […]
  • Junior Dos Santos Looking For War Against Frank Mir At UFC 146
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos will look to continue his dominance in the UFC's heavyweight division when he faces Frank Mir in a few shorts weeks at UFC 146 and talked to MMAFighting.com this week about what he expects from his challenger when they step inside the cage: "He likes to talk a lot, a […]
  • UFC To Announce Urijah Faber's New Opponent On TUF Friday
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer Fans curious as to who Urijah Faber will be facing at UFC 148 can tune into The Ultimate Fighter: Live this Friday to find out as the UFC will make the announcement during this week's broadcast. Faber was to face Dominick Cruz for the UFC Bantamweight title but a torn ACL forced Cruz out of the fight. The two are […]
  • TUF: Brazil Debuts On FUEL TV June 10th At 7pm
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer The Ultimate Fighter Brazil airs each Sunday in Brazil on Globo TV and is available to U.S viewers via the internet but that will change in June as FUEL TV has announced it will begin airing the season June 10th. The announcement came this past Tuesday during UFC on FUEL TV 3. The show will air at 10pm ET (7pm PT) and […]
  • Renzo Gracie Blames Himself For Nick Diaz No Show
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer This past weekend, Nick Diaz no-showed at BJJ match at the World BJJ Expo in Long Beach, CA. against Braulio Estima. Fingers were pointed, blame was placed and each side tried to walk away looking like the good guy but one side of the story no one has heard yet was that of the event coordinator, Renzo Gracie. Gracie sp […]
  • Fedor Emelianenko Plans To Retire Soon
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer Fedor Emelianenko has a fight coming up June 21st in St. Petersburg, Russia but it could be one of the last time's he climbs into the ring or cage. A press conference was held this week to announce the bout which will be against Pedro Rizzo at the Ice Palace and when asked about his future and his thoughts on the […]
  • UFC On FUEL TV 3: "Korean Zombie vs. Poirier" Results
    By MATT BOONE MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer The following are quick-match results from the UFC On FUEL TV 3: “Korean Zombie vs. Poirier” event, which emanated from the Patriot Center on Tuesday, May 15, 2012: Preliminary Card Bouts: -Francisco Rivera def. Alex Soto via Unanimous Decision after 3 Rounds. -Johnny Eduardo def. Jeff Curran via Unanimous Decision afte […]
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