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Trainer Greg Jackson discussed Carlos Condit’s victory and Henry Martinez’s defeat at UFC 143 “Diaz vs. Condit” with TJ De Santis.

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MMAjunkie.com Radio goes “Primetime” tonight with Ed Herman, who joins us in studio to discuss his bout at Saturday’s UFC 143 event.

Kings MMA trainer Rafael Cordeiro also stops by the studio to discuss his fighters, including UFC 143 co-headliner Fabricio Werdum.

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Just as Jon Jones was caught up in the moment following his submission win over Lyoto Machida, so too was trainer Greg Jackson when he told his fighter to “go check on Lyoto – get some fans.”

“I shouldn’t have spoken in that way, but that wasn’t my intention,” Jackson today told MMAjunkie.com. “It sounded bad, but moronic [expletive] comes out of my mouth sometimes.”

The intention, he said, wasn’t to be political but to remind Jones to conduct himself honorably inside the cage.

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Just as Jon Jones was caught up in the moment following his submission win over Lyoto Machida, so too was trainer Greg Jackson when he told his fighter to “go check on Lyoto – get some fans.”

“I shouldn’t have spoken in that way, but that wasn’t my intention,” Jackson today told MMAjunkie.com. “It sounded bad, but moronic [expletive] comes out of my mouth sometimes.”

The intention, he said, wasn’t to be political but to remind Jones to conduct himself honorably inside the cage.

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Richard Perez, boxing trainer of Nick Diaz, discussed the welterweight’s performance against B.J. Penn at UFC 137.

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It would be a dream matchup for UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre to move up to middleweight and challenge titleholder Anderson Silva.

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Carlos Condit was disappointed last week when Georges St. Pierre had to pull out of their UFC 137 welterweight title fight due to a knee injury, but the bout’s postponement could benefit him, according to trainer Mike Winkeljohn.

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When Clifford Starks steps into the cage opposite fellow UFC newcomer
Dustin Jacoby at UFC 137, it will have been two weeks since his most
recent fight.

That’s a span normally seen on the local circuit, where fighters often
bounce from promotion to promotion in search of a paycheck.

“I believe Cliff’s ready,” Starks’ trainer, Trevor Lally, today told
MMAjunkie.com. “Would we like a little more time to
prepare for a UFC fight? Yeah. (But) these guys bang it out every day
like they’re going to have a UFC fight next week.”

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A sparring accident earlier today in Montreal is responsible for a knee injury to UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre that has scratched next week’s intended UFC 137 event.

St-Pierre sprawled on a sparring partner’s takedown attempt, trainer Firas Zahabi today told MMAjunkie.com. When the champ circled away, the injury became apparent.

“After he cooled down, I knew he couldn’t fight anymore,” Zahabi said.

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As MMA continues its evolution, much of the sport’s talent has been condensed into a handful of major camps.

But is bigger always better, and what affect does the consolidation of top-level fighters have both on the athletes and their trainers?

In the latest installment of our monthly “MMA is My Business” series, Duke Roufus – the head of the 2011 World MMA Award-nominated Roufusport gym – discusses the concept of “super camps” and the benefits and drawbacks he sees in them.

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