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Although doctors denied his request, Mark Munoz wanted to carry around the bone fragments removed from his elbow like chips in a casino. There were 24 in all.

That’s where MMAjunkie.com Radio found him and got an update on his return following an injury and subsequent surgery that scratched him from the recent UFC on FOX 2 card.

Munoz’s doctor says he’ll be able to return to the cage in late June or July, but he’s planning on coming back before that.

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LAS VEGAS – The rematch is happening.

At Saturday night’s UFC 143 post-fight press conference, UFC president
Dana White confirmed that both UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva and his nemesis Chael Sonnen
have verbally agreed to meet in Brazil on an as-yet-undetermined date
in June.

Silva was in Las Vegas for Saturday’s fight card, and White said an agreement was reached during the event.

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LAS VEGAS – The rematch is happening.

At Saturday night’s UFC 143 post-fight press conference, UFC president
Dana White confirmed that both UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva and his nemesis Chael Sonnen
have verbally agreed to meet in Brazil on an as-yet-undetermined date
in June.

Silva was in Las Vegas for Saturday’s fight card, and White said an agreement was reached during the event.

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A scheduled rematch between Thiago Silva and Brandon Vera will have to wait.

UFC officials today announced that Vera has suffered an undisclosed injury, and a replacement is being sought for his light-heavyweight bout with Silva at May’s UFC on FX 3 event.

The show is scheduled for May 15 at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va. The night’s main card airs on FX.

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Brandon Vera has suffered an injury and will be unable to compete against Thiago Silva as originally expected at UFC on FX 3.

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Don’t think for a moment this one won’t be personal.

Thiago Silva and Brandon Vera,
who first met in a UFC 125 bout that was eventually ruled a “no
contest,” will fight again on May 15 in Fairfax, Va.

As MMAjunkie.com first reported, the UFC is expected to hold an event at
this city’s Patriot Center, though UFC executives have yet to reveal
the venue for the card or where the action will be broadcast.

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UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva took part in a belt-promotion ceremony at Team Nogueira in Rio de Janiero

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CHICAGO – For a man who’s famously (or perhaps, infamously) walked the walk after talking the talk, Chael Sonnen nearly was tripped up by Michael Bisping.

In the co-headliner of Saturday’s UFC on FOX 2 event, Sonnen edged the fellow middleweight contender to secure an April title fight and rematch with elusive foe Anderson Silva.

After the fight, Sonnen was all compliments when it came to Bisping. Silva, on the other hand, didn’t get off so easy.

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CHICAGO – With a rematch with UFC middleweight Anderson Silva hanging in the balance, Chael Sonnen did what he had to do.

And not much more.

Michael Bisping put in a valiant effort in the pair’s UFC on FOX 2
co-main event, flashing improved wrestling defense and gritty clinchwork
in the 15-minute affair, but Sonnen ultimately took over in crunch time
and walked away with the unanimous-decision win at Chicago’s United Center.

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CHICAGO – Regardless of what Chael Sonnen says, should he defeat Michael Bisping at Saturday’s UFC on FOX 2 event, Anderson Silva is next.

UFC president Dana White clarified the organization’s plans at today’s UFC on FOX 2 pre-event presser in Chicago.

“Chael is nuts,” White told MMAjunkie.com. “He says
all kinds of crazy things. … He will fight Anderson Silva if he wins.”

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