NEWS (updated : June 30th, 2008)

Oscar De La Hoya would be interested in fighting Joachin Alcine.
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Manny Pacquiao def. David Diaz / TKO, Round 9.
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Mike Tyson has been quietly "training his ass off". Apparently he is not going to do boxing anymore, Iron Mike will try MMA.
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Lorenzo Fertitta has left the casino business to work full time with the UFC who's planning going international which includes plans for Brazil, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, China, South Korea, Japan, India and the Philippines.
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UFC 86 : The winner of the Ricardo Almeida / Patrick “The Predator” Côté Fight will have a title shot against Anderson Silva.
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Megadeth To Play Live During Affliction: Banned PPV.
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The Diacony / Dawson fight will be presented in Roumania in the next few months.
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After losing $30 milion, the IFL is struggling for it's survival.
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MMA to remain on the sidelines this year in New York.
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The "UFC 2009" video game is tentatively scheduled for release in spring 2009.
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-UFC-

Kendall Grove def. Evan Tanner by SD (30-26, 30-26, 28-29)
Amir Sadollah def. C.B. Dollaway by submission @ 3:02 RD1
Sadollah becomes the winner of the ultimate fighter 7
Diego Sanchez def. Luigi Fioravanti by TKO @ 4:07 RD3
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Mikkel Kessler regains his WBA belt after a win by KO in the 12th 
round against Dimitri Sartison
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Arthur Abraham TKO's Edison Miranda in the 4th round, time 1:13
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Results KOTC -Moment De Vérité-

Victor Valimaki def. Chester Post by submission RD1
Tim Hague def. Jeff Lundberg by tko RD1
Dana Dickerson def. Harry Prevost by tko RD1
Ali Monkdad def. Justin Primmer submission RD2
Christopher Hulme def. Carlos Masferrer submission RD1
Daryle Pinter def. James Sauders DQ RD2
Ainsley Robinson def. Mike Thibodeau by tko RD2
Chucky Mady def. Tim Chessell submission RD1
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UFC announces that Anderson Silva will face James Irvin
on july 19th
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UFC

Chuck Liddell to fight Rashad Evans @ ufc 88 in september
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UGC XX

MMA

Yves Jabouin def. Nayid Hezam by tko R2
Ali Nestor Charles def. Victor Daychief by tko R2

Boxing

Sébastien Hamel def. Stéphane Chartrand by UD
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Elite XC

K.J. Noons def. Yves Edwards by tko @ 48 sec R1
Nick Diaz def. Mushin Corbbrey by tko @ 3:59 R3
Murilo Rua def. Tony Bonello by tko @ 3:16 R1
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TKO 34
Steve Bossé def. Wes Sims
Thierry Quenneville def. Ben Greer
Stéphane Dubé def. Yannick Galipeau
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UFC - Thiago Alves def. Matt Hughes by tko @ 1:02 of rd2
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Kelly Pavlik beats Gary Lockett by TKO @ 1:40 R3

Juan Manuel Lopez is the new WBO super bantamweight champion after a 1st round destruction of Daniel Ponce De Leon. time  2:25 rd1
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Affliction officially announces its partnership with Donald J. Trump.
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NBC may show live Strikeforce Events in future .
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CBS drew an average of 4.85 million viewers for its inaugural MMA broadcast, EliteXC: Primetime.
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WEC 34 Salaries
Urijah Faber: $44,000
Jens Pulver: $33,000
Total fighters payroll for WEC34: $263,000
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Floyd Mayweather jr. says he is now retired from boxing.
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Hermann Ngoudjo def. Souleyman M'bay by UD
(117-111, 116-112, 115-113)

Sébastien Demers def. Sam hill by UD
(80-72, 80-71, 80-70)
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6,000 tickets have already been sold for the Ngoudjo-Mbaye Fight, scheduled for next friday. It will be available through Radio-Canada, ESPN2 and Eurosports.
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WEC 34

-Urijah Faber def. Jens Pulver by UD, faber retains his title.

-Miguel Torres def. Yoshiro Maeda by TKO @ 5:00 R3 (injury),
 Torres retains his title.
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Xtreme Couture opens new training facility in Toronto, Canada.
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The Philippine Postal Service is issuing a special series of stamps honoring Filipino ring legend Manny Pacquiao.
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Tito Ortiz Confirms He Will Not Be Back In The UFC
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American Fight League signs top female fighter, Tara Larosa
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WWE's Bobby Lashley signs with American Fight League
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Montiel KOs Maldonado
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Sébastien Demers will face Sam Hill on june 6 in Montreal, Stade Uniprix.
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8,033 in attendance at the Prudential Center in New Jersey, CBS and EliteXC debuted the first-ever mixed martial arts event to be telecast live in prime time on broadcast television
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Results EliteXC primetime

Joey Vilasenor  def. Phil Baroni by TKO @ 1:11 R1
Gina Carano def. Kaitlin Young by TKO @ 3:00 R2
Robbie Lawler vs Scott Smith NC (Lawler catches Smith With an accidental finger to the eye, the doctor judges that Smith is not capable to continue.) @ 3:26 R3
Kevin ''Kimbo Slice'' Fergeson def James Thompson by KO @ 38 sec R3

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Results UFC 84

B.j. Penn def. Sean Sherk by tko 5:00 R3
Wanderlei Silva def. Keith Jardine by KO 0:36 R1
Goran Reljic def. Wilson Gouveia by tko 3:15 R1
Lyoto Machida def. Tito Ortiz by u.d. (3x 30-27)
Thiago Silva def. Antonio Mendes by tko 2:24 R1
Rousimar Palhares def. Ivan Salaverry by sub.
(armbar) 2:36 R1
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou def. Kazuhiro Nakamura by tko 5:00 R1
Rich Clementi def. Terry Etim by u.d. (3x29-28)
Yoshiyuki Yoshida def. Jon Koppenhaver by sub
(Anaconda choke) 0:56 R1
Dong-Hyun Kim def. Jason Tan by tko 0:25 R3
Shane Carwin def. Christian Wellisch by tko 0:44 R1

After his fight B.J. Penn says he would like to fight Georges St-Pierre
@ 170 lbs
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Ricky Hatton defeats Juan Lazcano by unanimous decision, Hatton retains his IBO title.

Paulie Maliggnagi defeats Lovemore N'dou by split decision, Maliggnagi retains his IBF title.
Maliggnagi claims to have broken his right hand in round 6.
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Heath Herring will face Brock Lesnar at UFC 87 in Minnieapolis, Minn.
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IBF super middleweight champ Lucian Bute has signed with his previous promoter Interbox.
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Georges St-Pierre will face Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on august 9th, in Minnieapolis.
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Jean Pascal will not be able to be part of the Uniprix event on june 6th, due to an injury. Sébastien Demers will replace him. His oponent is still annonced.
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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Frank Mirr will be the coaches on the next season of the ultimate fighter.
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Cro Cop to face Jerome LeBanner at DREAM.4 (in Japan)
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Mixed martial arts clothing company Affliction. Will host an MMA event in Anaheim, Calif., on july 19th. Wich will be headlined by Fedor Emelianenko versus Tim Sylvia. Also on the card : Matt Lindland, Fabio Negao, Josh Barnett, Pedro Rizzo, Ben Rothwell and more. It will be aired live on pay-per-view in North America.
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Jonathan Goulet will not compete at UFC 85 in London due to health concerns.
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According to many web sites, Georges St-Pierre and movie star Mandy Moore would be in love.
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Ruslan Chagaev will finaly face Nikolay Valuev on july 5th.
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EliteXC poster girl Gina Carano will be profiled on ESPN's newsmagazine show "E:60" next Tuesday, May 13 at 7pm ET.
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UFC wants to compete with EliteXC's debut on CBS on may 31. Spike TV will present back to back : « Ultimate Knockouts 4 » at 20 :00 ET/PT, then a one-hour documentary on the life of Chuck Liddell called "Ultimate Iceman: Chuck Liddell" at 21 :00 ET/PT then a special called "Liddell vs. Silva: UFC Unleashed," which features the UFC 79 from last December.
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The IFL will switch from a four-sided ring to a six-sided ring dubbed, starting on August 15 event.
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UFC video game scheduled for Spring 2009.
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Dan Henderson To Attend MMA Expo In Toronto
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Chris Leben will not be able to face Michael Bisping on june 7th at UFC 85. Leben is incarcerated for probation violations.
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Zab Judah-vs-Shane Mosley canceled- Zab Judah has suffered an arm injury wich will unable him to fight.
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Sports Illustrated Launches MMA Section on si.com
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Roger ''El Matador'' Huerta should join team Jackson in preparation for a bout against fellow UFC lightweight Kenny ''KenFlo'' Florian in August.
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Oscar De La Hoya def. Steve Forbes by U.D. in front of 27,000 spectators
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Antonin Décarie def. Brian Camechis and becomes the NABO champion
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Upcoming fights:
 
Arthur Abraham will make his North American debut in june. He will be fighting Edison Miranda.
 
Steve Bossé will fight Wes Sims at TKO 34
Patrick Côté will fight Ricardo Almeira at UFC 86
 
Joe Calzaghe def. Bernard Hopkins / Split Decision
Adrian Diaconu wins by U.D. his last fight
Joe Calzaghe wants to fight Roy Jones Jr. Before his retirement.
Chuck Liddell has to withdraw from his UFC 85 main event bout due to an injury.
EliteXC re-signed Kimbo Slice
Jonathan Goulet vs Kuniyoshi Hironaka was declare fight of the night at UFC 83.
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Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson will meet James Thompson in the main event of the very first EliteXC event on CBS, May 31.
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Randy Couture's wife, Kim Couture wins in MMA debut.
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Fox Sports Net will telecast its new mixed martial arts television series, “GI vs. Pro.”. Nine MMA events will air at midnight on FSN, beginning July 19, 2008
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Every fighters of the last Stikeforce and EliteXC event came back clean after a drug test
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"T.O.P. Army Fighter" program debuts April 14, on the Military Channel at 22:00
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A crowd of 16,326 generated over $1.1 million of live gate revenue for the “Shamrock vs. Cung Le” last March 29th. Cung Le got a paycheck of $200,000 and Frank Shamrock $300,000.
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There's a possibility to see a rematch between Floyd Mayweather and Ricky Hatton next year in London.
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ProElite, Inc. has offered Fedor Emelianenko a four-fight contract that could put the famed Russian on the first two EliteXC-CBS shows.
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Representatives of UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and boxing great Roy Jones Jr. are actively engaging in talks that would pit the two in a boxing match.
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HDNet will broadcast a Randy Couture vs Kurt Angle submission grappling match if the bout comes to fruition.
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Another major TV network seem to be interested in MMA. NBC and Stikeforce are very close to an agreement.
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Chuck Liddell will be at the NAMMAE MMA Trade Show wich will be held from July 10 – 13th in Anaheim, CA.
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David Loiseau will face Terry Martin on the first ever U.K. event of Combat Fighting Championships who's scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 17 at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England.
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Lucian Bute next opponent will be Librado Andrade.
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Oscar De La Hoya with his Golden Boy Promotions will branch out and promote mixed martial arts events later this year along with apparel company Affliction.
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Discussion are open between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson for a rematch.
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Mark Coleman has been inducted into the UFC Hall of fame and plans to fight Brock Lesnar on august 9th in Minneapolis for UFC 87.
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Yahoo! Sports will be the promotion’s new distributor for the UFC online pay-per-view events.