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UFC President Dana White, alongside director of Canadian operations Tom Wright, hosted a Press Conference today at the Flames Central in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to announce a series of upcoming events. Also present was native MMA stars Jason MacDonald, Nick Ring, and Mitch Clark, as well as Mark Hominick and Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre, who joined the proceedings via satellite.To get things underway, White took to the podium and announced that three UFC events are now scheduled to take place

Had an error not been made, the UFC would have been scheduling their first Flyweight title fight. Instead, they are in a spot where they are booking a rematch between Ian McCall and Demetrious Johnson.
McCall and Johnson will meet on June 8 on the UFC on FX 3 fight card. As of now the event does not have a location, that will be determined by the UFC’s “Hometown Throwdown” contest that is being run in conjunction with Harley Davidson.
McCall and Johnson met at the UFC on FX 2 card, where

As everyone is painfully aware, mixed martial arts remain illegal in New York State. Steven Crowder recently released a rather lengthy and in depth look at situation in New York and he boiled it down to the simple fact that the Culinary Union has the politicians on their side.
The arguments that MMA is pure brutality just don’t hold water, as Renzo Gracie points out, stating that he would be very worried if his son would tell him that he was going to become a boxer.
Crowder uses video of Ariel

UFC veteran Antoni Hardonk goes head to head with Canadian Pop superstar Justin Bieber at the LA Sands Boxing Club in Los Angeles, California. The Dutch striker last competed in mixed martial arts at UFC 104 and appears to have moved onto to bigger and Bieber – erm better things.

Top Heavyweight contender Josh Barnett, who meets Daniel Cormier in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Tournament final, discusses his opponent, as well as the TRT debate that has swept the MMA world as of late. Barnett also shares his thoughts on the upcoming UFC Heavyweight title clash between Junior dos Santos and Alistair Overeem.

Early in March, UFC President Dana White, speaking of Dan Henderson said, “He’ll fight whoever has that belt,” said White, musing on situation. “Dan doesn’t seem too picky, I think he would fight Chael Sonnen (if he won the belt from Silva).” – for more see MMAWeekly.
The comment may have come as a surprise to some as Henderson had seemed focus on fighting for the Light Heavyweight crown after defeating Maurcio Rua at UFC 139. However, Henderson had fought at

Documentary director Morgan Spurlock, best known for “Super Size Me” recently launched a project with Hulu. That project, entitled “A Day in the Life” follows one individual around for 24 hours. The debut episode featured Virgin founder Richard Branson. For his latest episode, he spent the day with UFC fighter Jason “Mayhem” Miller.
The short film is a look at what makes Miller tick.  While the film may come across as a bit dated as it was recorded as he prepared for his bout against Michael Bisping,

A Middleweight showdown between top contenders Michael Bisping and Tim Boetsch is reportedly in the works for UFC 148 in Las Vegas.ESPN.co.uk reports that verbal agreements are in place for the bout.Boetsch (15-4) made the move to 185-pounds after posting a 1-1 mark at Light Heavyweight. In the time since, he has racked up three consecutive victories, defeating Kendall Grove and Nick Ring via unanimous decision before staging a dramatic comeback against former division title challenger Yushin Okami in

Ok, I can’t possibly be the only one who is reminded of this classic Chappelle’s Show  ’Real World’ sketch whenever…

Antonio Silva wants to get off on the right foot with the UFC. Which is why, according to the former EliteXC Champion, he’ll approach Roy Nelson with the same determination that he had when he defeated Fedor Emelianenko.