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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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Josh Koscheck was a wrestler to root for when Mike Pierce started watching the first season of “The Ultimate Fighter.”

But Pierce also couldn’t ignore the fact that Koscheck acted like a jerk and a bully on the show.

Now, Pierce is the latest welterweight to take it upon himself to teach the bully a lesson when he fights the onetime welterweight challenger on Saturday at UFC 143.

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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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A little more than a week out from his scheduled co-main event bout with Mark Munoz, Chael Sonnen was thrown a curveball when Michael Bisping stepped in to replace the injured “Filipino Wrecking Machine.”

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Rashad Evans and Chael Sonnen earned championship matches with wins in their UFC on Fox 2 co-feature bouts.

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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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Lyoto Machida has an opponent in mind for his return.

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CHICAGO – Give Chael Sonnen a mic – as reporters recently did at UFC on FOX 2 open workouts – and you get a dizzying and boastful monologue from one of MMA’s biggest talkers.

There are outrageous claims, numerous insults and excessive self-congratulatory proclamations.

Listen long enough, though, and you get some honest and sincere thoughts – though even they sometimes are accompanied by shtick.

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