This Week in Combat Sports Sept. 8th, 2011:

Nick Diaz No-Shows UFC 137 Presser, GSP Now to Face Carlos Condit

Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem Set for Year-End UFC Show

Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos headlines UFC’s debut on FOX

Matt Hughes Accepts Fight With Replacement Josh Koscheck at UFC 135

Officials confirm fall fight for Fedor Emelianenko in native Russia

Jeff Monson Announces He Is Facing Fedor Emelianenko at M-1 Global Nov 12 in Russia

FTC Investigation of UFC Requested in Letter From Las Vegas Arm of Culinary Workers Union

Barnett vs Kharitonov

Silva vs Cormier

Souza vs Rockhold

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This Week in Combat Sports August 25th, 2011:

Forrest Griffin: Fighting not fun when you are not getting better

Josh Koscheck Returns at UFC 139 in San Jose, May Jump to Middleweight

Koscheck set to fight at middleweight, could get Herman

For Pat Curran, It’s Another Shot at Gold After Spectacular KO Over Marlon Sandro

Chael Sonnen Not Attending UFC 134, Lynch Mob Has to Wait

Gilbert Melendez vs. Jorge Masvidal targeted for December

HDNet to air “Strikeforce Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov” prelims and weigh-ins

UFC 134: Anderson Silva vs Yushin Okami

UFC 134: Shogun Rua vs Forrest Griffin

UFC 134: Brendan Schaub vs Rodrigo Nogueira

UFC 134: Ross Pearson vs Edson Barboza

UFC 134: Luiz Cane vs Stanislov Nedkov

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This Week in Combat Sports August 10th, 2011:

UFC 133: Rashad stops Tito

UFC 133: Belfort knocks out Akiyama

UFC 133: Ebersole survives early grappling and speedos to ground and pound Hallman

UFC 133: Phillipou edges out Rivera

UFC 133: MacDonald crushes Pyle

UFC’s Matt Hamill announces retirement

UFC’s Jorge Rivera decides against retirement

Fedor Emelianenko Not Retiring, Will Return in Fall Bout, Says M-1 Global

Ken Shamrock-James Toney Special Rules MMA Match Targeted for November, Possibly Out of Country

No UFC Fights Scheduled, Jon Fitch’s Return Path to the Octagon Unclear

GSP and Nick Diaz Likely on Tap for UFC Primetime, but Will Diaz Play the Game?

Chael Sonnen Goes Off on BlackHouse, Injured Fighters and Mirko Cro Cop

UFC on Versus 5: Dan Hardy vs Chris Lytle

UFC on Versus 5: Jim Miller vs Ben Henderson

UFC on Versus 5: Charles Oliveira vs Donald Cerrone

UFC on Versus 5: Amir Sadollah vs Duane Ludwig

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