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In an interview from FuelTV.com, Tom Lawlor explains his happiness at his impressive 50 second knockout of Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald, saying that he he had never seen MacDonald knocked out cleanly, and age may be getting to him. Still, he was very professional in wishing MacDonald a chance to go out on a high note in his hometown of Calgary later this summer. Always the showman, Lawlor described his attempts to confuse and entertain the fans. He also was very thankful for his Knockout of the Night

In this short video courtesy of FuelTV.com, Ariel Helwani details a conversation he had with UFC President Dana White to clarify the top of the Featerweight division. With Jose Aldo set to face Erik Koch at UFC 149 in Canada, White had ranked Hatsu Hioki as the second-best Featherweight in the world. However, Hioki took a fight on June 22nd, and White has stated that the vastly impressive submission victory of The Korean Zombie last night showed him enough to grant Sung Jung the title shot. If it

UFC on Fuel TV 3 brought an incredibly action-packed card to the table. A total of 4,592 fans attended the event live from the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va.,The gate totaled $343,175. While it did posses the lowest attendance of the 3 UFC on FuelTV broadcasts, it presented a main event that is an early candidate for Fight of the Year in Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier.
Much has been made of the perceived poor ratings for last week’s UFC on Fox event. Falling on Cinco de Mayo, both Lorenzo Fertitta and

Tonight UFC on Fuel TV 3 delivered a great night of fights for the fans from Fairfax, Virginia. The main card brought some unbelievable action to the table with six battles.
In the main event Featherweights Chan Sung Jung and Dustin Poirier put on quite the show. They went back-and-forth with takedowns and displays of grappling, with “The Korean Zombie” opening a cut on Poirier’s forehead early on. Poirier was in the guard in the

Chan Sung Jung aka “The Korean Zombie” defeated Dustin Poirier in the Main Event of UFC on Fuel TV 3  in Virginia by D’Arce choke in the fourth round. This was a thrilling fight which did not disappoint anyone. Jung’s grappling was much more impressive than it had been in the past and his transitions were simply flawless.Poirier was highly favored going into this match as his performance in the Octagon showed as he listened to his corner and outmaneuvered his opponent on numerous occassions with a

Whenever two fighters face each other after a loss, the consolation is that one is going home with a win. That man tonight was Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone who won by Unanimous Decision (30-27) against Jeremy “lil heathen” Stephens on the main card of UFC on Fuel TV 3 in Fairfax, Virginia.
The first round was a slow starter with both fighters exchanging a few low kicks at each other with Cerrone keeping Stephens on the outside. It came alive in the final minutes with Cerrone throwing a total of 18 kicks at his

UFC welterweight and “The Ultimate Fighter 9” alumni, James Wilks, has officially announced his retirement as an MMA fighter.
Wilks made this announcement on his Twitter feed:

A few of you have been asking when my next fight is. Unfortunately, I have had to retire due to injury. Now coaching @lightningmma
— James Wilks UFC (@lightningwilks) May 13, 2012
The British fighter began his pro-career in 2003 after he moved from England to the U.S. At that time, he was suffering from a neck injury caused

Today Nick Diaz and his camp’s request for an injunction in his ongoing legal battle stemming from a failed drug test at UFC 141 was turned down in district court. The judge started off by saying that the set of circumstances surrounding this case are odd.However, Diaz will indeed have to appear before the NSAC and find out what his true punishment is before the judge can intervene directly. This will take place next Monday, May 21st.: Nevada state Judge Bare stated the following, revealed via MMA Fight

Last week we saw a rare calm interview with Chael P. Sonnen. This week he is back to his fight-promoting ways. In this video excerpt from TSN’s “Off the Record,” Sonnen explains his personal trainer from his last 3 fights, former WWE champion “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. Apparently Sonnen asked Austin for advice when he was heded down to Brazil as public enemy number one, somthing that has since been changed with his bout versus Anderson Silva now in Las Vegas, NV. Of course Sonnen adds his own theatrics to