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(The ‘Josh Kosh M’Gosh’: Taken from us too soon. Props: facebook.com/TrashTalkinKids) Due to his unauthorized depiction in the “Trash…

UFC 131 went through huge changes with Brock Lesnar having to drop out of the main event against Junior dos Santos, but the Stanley Cup crazy city of Vancouver was very excited for the event which saw Shane Carwin take Brock’s place. Fans around the world never thought the two knockout artists would take the fight to the full three rounds. Prior to fighting each other Junior has only been through two decision fights and Shane in his whole career has never seen the third round. The headlining bout had a lot

With NHL Stanley Cup fever in Vancouver, the city was in a festive mood in anticipation for the UFC 131 main event between Shane Carwin and Junior dos Santos. The winner of the bout would get a UFC Heavyweight title shot against the current champion Cain Velasquez. Originally JDS was supposed face Brock Lesnar the opposing coach from season 13 of The Ultimate Fighter, but due to Lesnar’s diagosis of diverticulitis he had to pull out of the fight. Junior before knowing Carwin would be his opponent was busy

Jon Olav Einemo, or simply JOE (props to Ryan Ventura for the nickname), will return to Mixed Martial Arts this weekend after almost a five-year lond absence, directly into the big stage against the 20-2 Dave Herman on the main card of UFC 131 in Vancouver. Holding a professional MMA record of 6-1 (5 Submissions and one TKO), thirty-five year old Jon Olav Einemo started his MMA career in the year 2000. Einemo is a decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt, and a 2003 Abu Dhabi Combat Club Champion with a

Former Interim Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin, who will meet Junior dos Santos in the headlining bout at UFC 131, discusses his opponent, as well as his title hopes. Carwin is confident that the Brazilian will not be able to match his wrestling skills and says that there’s no doubt in his mind that he will beat Dos Santos…

On July 8th, undefeated Guram Gugenishvili will make his United States debut, facing Pat Bennett in the co-main event of M-1 Challenge XXVI: Figueroa vs. Weichel, LIVE on Showtime. 
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Twenty-four year old Gugenishvili is currently 11-0 in his Mixed Martial Arts career, winning 10 of his fights via brutal submissions. In his last fight, Guram Gugenishvili faced the M-1 Eastern Europe Heavyweight Champion Maxim Grishin, in what was Georgian’s toughest test to date. Gugenishvili

Following this past Saturday’s UFC 130 in Las Vegas, Nevada, UFC President Dana White revealed during an interview with Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com that former division champ Lyoto Machida could be next in line to face Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones should “Rampage” Jackson be unable to compete. Machida is fresh off an impressive second-round knockout victory over Randy Couture at last month’s UFC 129. Prior to the win, the Brazilian had lost two-straight, first against Mauricio Rua…

UFC 130 may have had main event booking problems, but it didn’t stop the card from having non-stop action from bottom to top. Many fans were expecting to see Frankie Edgar defend his Lightweight strap against Gray Maynard, but instead we were treated to a headlining bout between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Matt “The Hammer” Hamill. Rampage looking to get back to the Light-Heavyweight title picture and Matt Hamill trying to boost in stock in a very stacked division. Our good friends at Compustrike kept