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Nate “The Great” Marquadt holds an impressive record of 29-9 and is currently ranked in the top five in the middleweight division, however, Marquadt lost the number one contender fight to Sonnen at UFC 109 and then when he got the opportunity to rebound from that loss by fighting Bisping at UFC 114, he had to turn that fight down.
Former EliteXC lightweight champ has been talking about Gilbert Melendez vs Shinya Aoki and how he wants a shot at the winner of the unification match set to take place at Strikeforce ‘Nashville’ on April 17th.
Fan made trailer of the highly anticipated grudge match between Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans. This fight takes place in June at UFC 114, and it could possible be a number one contender fight. Both Rashad and Rampage hate eachother and this hatred started before they were on TUF 10 as coaches. This is sure to be a slug fest as both fighters want nothing more than to knock the other out.
Georges St. Pierre is set to defend his Welterweight title on march 27, at UFC 111. In order to prepare for this fight, GSP asked the Strikeforce Light heavyweight champion, Gegard Mousasi, to help him train for the dangerous striker Dan Hardy. GSP had this to say about his experience training with Mousasi:
“He’s amazing, he’s a great fighter, he’s an even greater human being than a fighter,” said St-Pierre. “He’s a great guy. We plan to train together.”
While, Gegard Mousasi is set to face King Mo at
Former WWE star Bobby Lashley will fight on April 17th on the Strikeforce ‘Nashville’ card. Lashley is fresh off a TKO victory over Wes Sims in January.
Rich “The Ace” Franklin holds an impressive record of 26-5 record and is a former UFC middleweight champion. Franklin has beaten some of the best in the world including: Wanderlei Silva, Matt Hamill, Ken Shamrock and Evan Tanner. Currently, Franklin has lost two of his last three fights, with his latest loss coming in the form of a KO by the hands of Vitor Belfort. Franklin still believes that he has what it takes to make another run for the title but feels he has only two or three years left in mixed
Now just a year ago the Middleweight division seem to get at its peak with former PRIDE champion Dan Henderson that seem ready to take the spider out after his KO of the year against Bisping , and Former pancrase champion Nate Marquartd also making his way to the title to rematch Anderson Silva , and the return of the phenom Vitor Belfort
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Junior Dos Santos is set to fight Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC Live: Vera vs Jones on March 21. Dos Santos’s record stands 10-1, with all ten wins coming via stoppage. Currently he is undefeated in the UFC and will try to go 5-0 against Gonzaga. When asked what he thought about his past opponent he had this to say:
“When Werdum stated that he’d fight me and Brock Lesnar in same night, he was underestimating me. He didn’t greet me when we were in same hotel and when I tried to shake his hand at weigh-ins he
