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While he may have fought just once under the UFC banner thus far, Cung Le scored himself two quarterly Twitter bonuses and a cool
$10,000.

Le was awarded $5,000 awards in the “most followers” and “biggest
percentage growth in followers” categories during the company’s
most-recent quarterly contest.

UFC officials today announced the bonuses.

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The dance card for Strikeforce “Tate vs. Rousey” is now set, as promotion officials Friday announced the nine-fight bill.

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The lineup, including the preliminary and main cards, is set for next month’s “Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey” event.

The show takes place March 3 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

The main card, including a title fight between female bantamweight champion Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey, airs on Showtime. Prelims air on Showtime Extreme.

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The fight card for Strikeforce’s March 3 event in Ohio continues to
fill, and a pair of middleweight contests were today added to the schedule.

MMAjunkie.com confirmed with sources close to the
event that Derek Brunson faces former Strikeforce champ Ronaldo ‘Jacare’
Souza, and Lumumba Sayers meets Scott Smith.

“Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey” takes place at Nationwide Arena
in Columbus, Ohio, and coincides with the annual Arnold Sports
Festival. The main card airs on Showtime, and prelims air on Showtime
Extreme.

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CHICAGO – Welcome to the big show, Lavar Johnson.

Johnson, the first Strikeforce heavyweight to compete in the UFC following the recent Showtime-Strikeforce television deal, managed to accomplish something no other UFC fighter had ever done to Joey Beltran: stop him with strikes.

The fight took place on the FUEL TV-televised preliminary card of Saturday’s UFC on FOX 2 event, which took place at Chicago’s United Center.

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Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champ Miesha Tate readily admits she
doesn’t think Ronda Rousey is deserving of a shot at her belt.

That said, she also realizes Rousey does possess legitimate grappling
skills that must be addressed in their March 3 headlining contest.

But Tate also believes her own skillset is being greatly underestimated
by many MMA fans and pundits, not to mention Rousey. And while
“Takedown” earned her fighting nickname due to her wrestling pedigree,
she thinks “Rowdy” best be ready to throw hands.

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A lightweight bout between Conor Heun and Ryan Couture has been added to March’s “Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey” event.

MMAjunkie.com today confirmed the bout with event sources.

“Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey” takes place March 3 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Columbus, and coincides with the annual Arnold Sports Festival.

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As with with past WEC and Strikeforce events, official fighter weigh-ins for March’s “Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey” event will coincide with the Arnold Sports Festival in Ohio.

The weigh-ins take place March 2 at Hall C in the Greater Columbus Convention Center beginning at 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT).

The following day’s Showtime- and Showtime Extreme-televised event takes place at nearby Nationwide Arena.

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Former Strikeforce light heavyweight titleholder Gegard Mousasi and UFC veteran Mike Kyle are set to square off as part of Strikeforce’s March 3 event in Columbus, Ohio.

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A light-heavyweight bout between Mike Kyle and
Gegard Mousasi will be part of March’s
“Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey” event.

Kyle today tweeted news of the bout, which will be part of the Ohio card.

Soon after, MMAjunkie.com confirmed the booking with a source close to the event. Although it
hasn’t been decided if the fight will be for Strikeforce’s vacant
light-heavyweight title, it will co-headline the show.

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