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Free to fight again, Nate Marquardt thanks supporters, challenges those who piled onWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:21PMAfter what Nate Marquardt admits has been the most difficult period of his 12-year pro fighting career, "The Great" can't wait to get back inside the cage. And while UFC president Dana White has said Marquardt's days in the octagon are over, the onetime UFC middleweight title challenger remains hopeful he'll someday return to the promotion. In the meantime, Marquardt wants potential future ...

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Roy Nelson targeted for UFC 137Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 4:36PMIt could be a "loser leaves town" match. On the heels of multiple setbacks, heavyweights Roy Nelson and Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic are expected to fight at UFC 137, which takes place Oct. 29 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Filipovic today broke the news in an interview with Croatian sports show "Gol," and sources close to the event today confirmed the matchup with MMAjunkie.com.

Chris Horodecki vs. Chris Saunders added to Bellator 47 main cardWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:06PMBellator Fighting Championships is heading to Canada, and "The Polish Hammer" meets "The So-Cal Kid." MMAjunkie.com has confirmed that WEC and IFL veteran Chris Horodecki has signed on with Bellator Fighting Championships and will meet Chris Saunders at Bellator 47. Featuring the semifinals of Bellator's "Summer Series" featherweight tournament, Bellator 47 takes place July 23 at Casino Rama in ...

Danillo Villefort meets Nate James at Strikeforce Challengers 18Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:21PMOne month after being forced out of a planned Strikeforce Challengers 16, middleweight Danillo Villefort will return in the 18th edition of the prospects-based series. Villefort's camp today announced he will be taking on Nate James at Strikeforce Challengers 18. "I'm excited to get back in the cage, my whole team is behind me, and I am 100 percent ready to go," Villefort stated in an official ...

Border Wars 1 Travis Briere Interview: The Evolution of the Unified MMA ChampTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:07PMBorder Wars: Round 1 presented by Pro Fighting Championships will be held Saturday, July 16th in Windsor at the WFCU Arena. This will be the second event of the year held in Windsor, following the Maximum Fighting Championships in April. Border Wars will be Pro Fighting Championships' first run at an  MMA show and the card will headline Unified welterweight champion and Alberta's own Travis ...

52 Things I Love About MMA: Wanderlei Silva's Bare Knuckle BrillianceFriday, July 8, 2011 @ 10:42AMWanderlei Silva is one of the most brutal fighters in MMA history. The MMA Encyclopedia author Jonathan Snowden takes a look at one of his early bouts, a fight that showed just what the "Axe Murderer" was capable of. He hadn't quite mastered his quiver-inducing stare yet, the look he would give an opponent that would make religious men pray and everyone else have to fight hard to hold back an ...

M-1 Challenge 26's Kenny Garner: "I'm going to beat his brains out"Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 9:21AMIt's been about 10 months since they first squared off, and heavyweight Kenny Garner sees the same result in his second bout with Pat Bennett at an M-1 Global event bearing their names. In the this case, the result is a jaw-rattling knockout in his favor. "I'm going to beat his brains out," Garner told MMAjunkie.com Radio. "It ain't nothing personal. This is a professional sport, so I've got to ...

Tito Ortiz: Would It Be Wise for the Former UFC Champion to Retire Immediately?Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 12:41PMTito Ortiz entered the octagon on Saturday, July 2, with a record of 0-4-1 in his five previous fights. The former UFC light heavyweight champion also had the sword of UFC president Dana White hanging over his head, as White had said a loss at UFC 132 would mean the end of Ortiz's UFC career. When the cage locked behind Ortiz and his opponent, Ryan Bader, "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" made ...

Bellator Signs Brazilian Lightweight Prospect Thiago MichelTuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 12:01PMIt is currently unknown when the 27-year-old Silva, known simply as Thiago Michel on the Brazilian circuit, will see his first action inside the Bellator’s rounded cage.