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UFC welterweight Matt Serra hosts Fight Club Q&A at UFC 111 in New Jersey

MMAUFCNEWS — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:20:00 +0000

Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra has been tapped for duty at this month's UFC 111 - sort of.

Serra has been confirmed as the UFC's guest at the UFC 111 Fight Club Q&A session, a fan-driven interview opportunity that accompanies every UFC event.

Serra will take the stage prior to the weigh-ins on Friday, March 26 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

UFC 114’s Aaron Simpson takes time out for Arizona food drive

MMAUFCNEWS — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:50:00 +0000

UFC middleweight contender Aaron Simpson has slugger Chris Leben on his plate at UFC 114 in May, but for now, "A-Train" will be focused on a few plates in Arizona: namely, those with nothing on them.

Simpson will be available for pictures and autographs for fans willing to donate items to the United Food Bank's Gustavo Dantas Jiu-Jitsu Food Drive.

Simpson will be available on Saturday, March 13, from 10 a.m. to noon MT local time at Westwood High School in Mesa, Ariz., as part of the two-day Fifth Annual Arizona International Open of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Coker “honored” by Walker’s fight, plans meeting to discuss second Strikeforce scrap

MMAUFCNEWS — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:15:00 +0000

The opinions on 47-year-old former pro footballer Herschel Walker's recent MMA debut range from "amazing" to "disgraceful."

Count Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker among those who believe the Heisman Trophy winner was a good thing for the California-based promotion - even if he was admittedly unsure at first.

"I think the networks, at first, were apprehensive about Herschel, and so was I, honestly," Coker recently told MMAjunkie.com. "I was very apprehensive, but getting to know Herschel, and seeing his commitment to training at AKA and just who he is as a person and a martial artist, it was an honor to have him come fight for us."

UFC 111’s Dan Hardy says “visual stimulus” to blame for poster’s tattoo removal

MMAUFCNEWS — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:00 +0000

Take a look at a recent UFC 111 event poster. See anything missing?

Dan Hardy, one half of the pay-per-view event's main draw, is missing the tattoos sprawled across his stomach. His trademark red Mohawk is gone. By contrast, his opponent, welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, retains a lone Chinese character tattoo on his chest.

Did "The Outlaw" get censored?

Soszynski unsurprised at UFC 110 appeal result, confident rematch would go in his favor

MMAUFCNEWS — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:40:00 +0000

As far as wins go, Krzysztof Soszynski's UFC 110 victory over Stephan Bonnar certainly won't go down as one of "The Polish Experiment's" most memorable.

A third-round clash of heads that went unseen by the match referee left Soszynski a TKO winner, and an appeal to the overseeing commission by Bonnar went unheeded.

Today, Soszynski told MMAjunkie.com that the unfortunate finish shouldn't take away from the performance he turned in that February night in Australia, and he doesn't expect a rematch would go any differently should the two tangle again.

Soszynski unsurprised at appeal result, confident rematch would go in his favor

MMAUFCNEWS — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:40:00 +0000

As far as wins go, Krzysztof Soszynski's UFC 110 victory over Stephan Bonnar certainly won't go down as one of "The Polish Experiment's" most memorable.

A third-round clash of heads that went unseen by the match referee left Soszynski a TKO winner, and an appeal to the overseeing commission by Bonnar went unheeded.

Today, Soszynski told MMAjunkie.com that the unfortunate finish shouldn't take away from the performance he turned in that February night in Australia, and he wouldn't expect a rematch to go any differently should the two tangle again.

Dana White: UFC 111 in New Jersey a sellout

MMAUFCNEWS — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:15:00 +0000

This month's UFC 111 event in Newark, N.J., is already a sellout.

That's the word from UFC president Dana White, who posted the news on his Twitter account this afternoon.

UFC 111 takes place March 27 at the Prudential Center with two two pay-per-view title fights: UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre vs. top contender Dan Hardy and Shane Carwin vs. Frank Mir for an interim heavyweight title.

Newark’s Prudential Center hosts UFC 111 weigh-ins on March 26

MMAUFCNEWS — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:35:43 +0000

The Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., plays host to the official UFC 111 fighter weigh-ins on Friday, March 26.

The weigh-ins take place on the eve of UFC 111, which is also hosted by the Prudential Center.

Doors to the weigh-ins, which feature UFC UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and top contender Dan Hardy, open to the public at 3 p.m. ET (noon ET PT), and the first fighter hits the scale at 4 p.m. ET.

WEC 47 ratings dip to 373,000 viewers, second-smallest audience in two years

MMAUFCNEWS — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000

This past weekend's WEC 47 event on Versus scored a 0.46 household rating and 373,000 viewers, MMAjunkie.com today confirmed.

The ratings were down sharply - 42 percent in all - compared to World Extreme Cagefighting's prior show, WEC 46 (640,000 viewers), which took place in January and benefited from proven draw Urijah Faber and a main-event title-unification bout between Benson Henderson and Jamie Varner.

WEC 45, which took place this past December, drew 330,000 viewers.

MMAjunkie.com Radio: UFC 111 headliner Dan Hardy, UFC on Versus 1’s Paul Buentello

MMAUFCNEWS — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:45:00 +0000

MMAjunkie.com Radio today returns to its normal timeslot and welcomes to the show Dan Hardy, who headlines the March 27 UFC 111 event against UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.

Also joining the show is heavyweight Paul Buentello, who meets Cheick Kongo in a March 31 televised main-card bout at UFC on Versus 1.

MMAjunkie.com Radio begins at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) live from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino's Race & Sports Book. Listen to and watch a video stream of the two-hour show at www.mmajunkie.com/radio.