With this Twitter message from UFC president Dana White to his 1.6 million followers, the main event at UFC 137 has now become BJ Penn vs. Nick Diaz.
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October 20, 2011
Immediately after hearing Nick Diaz’s bout against BJ Penn (Pictured) would become the featured attraction at UFC 137, Diaz’s longtime manger, Cesar Gracie, decided to up the stakes by challenging Penn to a five round affair.
Although the Hawaiian has been preparing to fight a maximum of 15 minutes against Gracie’s star pupil, Penn claims he would have no qualms with going...
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October 20, 2011
When UFC president Dana White reported welterweight king Georges St-Pierre (Pictured) would be forced out of his UFC 137 bout against Carlos Condit, there were conflicting reports regarding when GSP actually suffered his injury. Just hours before White made Tuesday’s announcement, a picture of St-Pierre practicing his kicks was posted on his Twitter account stating, &ldquo...
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October 20, 2011
GSP sits down with Showdown Joe to talk what caused him to withdraw from UFC 137. Also, Georges picks BJ Penn to win his bout with Nick Diaz at UFC 137.
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October 19, 2011
Remember when Brittney Palmer (the WEC ring girl who was brought into the UFC fold along with all the other WECers) was seemingly fired by Dana White, then not fired, then left the UFC? She’s mostly pursuing her art career right now, and recently sort of returned to the ring girl shtick with this video for Gamma Labs:
Gotta say it’s a lot better than Chuck Liddell hocking...
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October 18, 2011
Now Completely Focused, B.J. Penn Doing All The Little Things Right
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October 19, 2011
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October 18, 2011
Ex-aerobics instructor and bald Vince McMahon Dana White has been on a subtle mission to ruin Strikeforce since the UFC announced that it was purchasing the U.S. fight promotion earlier this year. While the UFC is indeed the top dog in the U.S., with apologies to Bellator, Strikeforce still represented an alternative to see fights [...]
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October 19, 2011
As we learned following yesterday’s announcement from Dana White, UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St Pierre (22-2) has been forced to pull out of his UFC 137 title defense against the number one contender, Carlos Condit (27-5) due to a knee injury sustained in training.
GSP’s injury throws up interesting repercussions not only for Condit, but for the UFC itself.
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October 19, 2011
GSP is out of the UFC 137 main event with a knee injury. Link. With the B.J. Penn vs. Nick Diaz elevated to the main event (a 3 rounder by the way) shouldn’t it be time for a lowered PPV price?
Best fight on the card IMHO? Donald Cerrone (16-3) against Dennis Siver (19-7)
Dana White was voted To AskMen's Top 49 Most Influential Men In 2011. He was number 38. Sorry...
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