News for July 20th, 2010:

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Rich Attonito vs Rafael Natal added to UFC Fight Night 22 Prelims

Evan Dunham vs Sean Sherk official for UFC 119

Mario Miranda ready to watch Chael Sonnen pay at UFC 117

Dustin Hazelett to enter cage at UFC 117 against doctor’s advice

The Science of Hand Protection

Mitrione-Beltran and Doerksen-Dolloway to air live on Spike TV

Bisping-Akiyama and Hardy-Condit Official for UFC 120

Shields says it was always going to be the UFC

Varner vs Cerrone signed for WEC 51

Mike Pyle steps up to face Hathaway at UFC 120

GSP vs Koscheck set for December 11th

Semmy Schelt hasn’t ruled out return to the UFC

Overeem wants Werdum next

Randy Couture brings strategy to EA MMA

185-pound boxing champ Danny Green wants to fight Brock Lesner

Cyborg as Billie Jean King in MMA’s Battle of the Sexes

Golden Boy suspension lifted

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News for July 13th, 2010:

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Lesner-Velasquez, Taylor-Stour set for UFC 121 in L.A.

Mark Hunt sees UFC as last chance

Varner-Cerrone 2 set for WEC 51

Trevor Prangley vs Keith Jardine set for Shark Fights on Sept. 11th

Jose Aldo vs Manny Gamburyan agreed to for WEC 51

James Toney wants Brock Lesner after Randy Couture

Varner wants Henderson, denies bout with Cerrone offered

2009 NCAA Champ Mark Ellis heading to AKA

Want Cardio: Find a Hill

WEC Flyweight division work in progress

Hector Lombard to face NFL vet “Whisper” Goodman at Bellator 24 in non-title bout

No UFC Prelims on Spike TV for UFC 119. Prelims for UFC 121 possible

Brendon Schaub: I’s going to be a problem for anyone out there

Who needs heavier weight classes? Not Japan

Boxing trainer Freddie Roach says working with GSP was an honor

Moosin to return in October. Kimbo Slice vs Pudzianowski possible main event

Head Kick Legend’s July Rankings: Kickboxing Heavyweights

Boxing: TIMOTHY BRADLEY: “BE AFRAID…THE DESERT STORM’S COMING AT YOU”

JAMES TONEY: “DANA WHITE DOING ALL OF THAT TALKIN…HE CAN GET IN THE CAGE”

Boxing: STATEMENT FROM GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS CONCERNING NYSAC SUSPENSION

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News for July 1st, 2010:

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UFC 116 Pre-Fight: Dana White Clears the air

Paul Heyman talks with Ariel Helwani at UFC 116 Pre-Fight Presser

UFC 116 Pre-Fight: Lesner and Carwin jockey for #1

UFC 116 Pre-Fight: Yoshihiro Akiyama explains why he was reluctant to face Leben

Kennedy vs Souza, Noons vs Gurgel in works for Strikeforce: Houston

Dana White says that he will release Chuck Liddel if Liddel wants to fight again

Shogun out until March of 2011

Sherdog.com UFC 116 Main Card Preview

Sotiropoulos aims for fight of the night against Pellegrino

Strikeforce releases Jake Shields

Aldo vs Gamburyan likely headliner for WEC 51

Cain Velasquez gets winner of Lesner and Carwin

UFC done with trying to sign Fedor

UFC expects quick deal with Jake Shields

K-1 Max 2010 Grand Prix limps into action

Johnson-Jefferies Centennial 2010

Rod Salka remains unbeaten

Golden Boy Promotions promises new direction for boxing

WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez ready to defend title

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News for June 24th, 2010:

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Sherdog.com’s Fedor vs Werdum Preview

Spike TV to air Lauzon vs Etim and Rivera vs Sakara

‘Pitbull’-Warren, Shlemenko-Baker Official for Bellator

TWICBS: Strikeforce Media Day with Cris Cyborg, Josh Thomson, Cung Le and Fedor Emelianenko

Jardine and Loiseau cut by UFC

UFC 115 Salaries

Akiyama not happy with Leben stepping in

Due to Fertitta’s Casino history, don’t expect a UFC fighter union anytime soon

UFC 115 Medical Suspensions

GSP and Frankie Edgar nominated for ESPY Awards

Fabricio Werdum confident that Saturday June 26th will be the happiest day of his life

5 Ounces of Pain Fedor vs Werdum Preview

Golden Boy Promotions returns to Mexico City

WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov to face undefeated Vyacheslav Uzelkov

David Tua glad to be back in the USA

Insider Notebook: Mosley vs Mora; Marquez-Diaz; Chavez

California USA Wrestling donates $20,000 to aid in recovering UC Davis program

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News for June 21st, 2010:

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Fedor Emelianenko’s management say retirement talk is overblown

Strikeforce says no deal done with former WWE Star Batista

Jake Shields believes his demands to Strikeforce are fair…Strikeforce reportedly leaning toward Middleweight Tourney

Randy Couture says Brock Lesner is a better fighter than last year.

UFC 116 Fight Card Finalized

Marlon Sandro captures Featherweight belt at SRC 13

Shane Carwin makes a funny at himself over his interview at TUF 11 Finale

Anderson Silva trains with Steven Seagal….No, Really!

Dana White says that he is going to have to make the GSP vs Anderson Silva fight happen

At 41, Antonio Tarver moving up to Heavyweight

Andre Ward first to secure Super 6 Semi-Final spot.

Golden Boy nixes Gary Shaw’s Jr. Welterweight Tourney on HBO

New Faces in Boxing: Nicholas Walters

Jose Luis Castillo victorious in return.

More K-1 Max fights announced for July 5th event.

Jerome Le Banner to fight for Muay Thai title on July 16th.

Six Flags hosts MMA Mayhem event for police charity

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(UPDATE #3)
But wait…there’s more…Manny Pacquiao has filed a defamation suit against Mayweather and his camp for comments made about Pacquiao using performance-enhancing-drugs. This is getting a bit out of hand. I wish these 2 camps would be quiet, train and then let all their anger out in the ring. Just sign the fight and do the testing that Nevada State Athletic Commission asks for and let the chips fall wherever. Just freakin’ fight.

(UPDATE #2)
The Mayweather camp has backed off is demand for the USADA to do the pre and post fight testing. It was believed that the fight was all but called off because of the dispute of drug testing. Expect more craziness before this fight is finally signed. And let’s hope it is finally signed.

(UPDATE) The bout between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather looks to be off due to a dispute over fighter testing.  Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum is claiming that Mayweather didn’t want the fight anyway.  This is a big mistake on both sides of the negotiating table.  Find a way to make this fight

The long awaited and the fight that the world wants to see, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Manny Pacquiao, seems to be in peril of not happening according to Golden Boy Promotions. The reason behind the possibility of the fight not happening, is that Pacquiao is refusing to do the Olympic style drug testing that the Mayweather camp is demanding for the fight to take place.

Pacquiao’s promoters, Top Rank, contacted Golden Boy Promotions about the issue. The issue is that Pacquiao claims that he has problems taking blood and doesn’t want to have a needle poked into his arm so close to the fight. Pacquiao is willing to have blood drawn at the kick-off press conference and after the fight.

Olympic style drug testing involves random sampling of the athlete’s blood and urine prior to and after the fight. The USADA procedure includes both blood and urine sampling so that all banned substances, some of which do not show up in urine alone, are tested for thoroughly.

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