Dan Henderson On Potential Fedor Fight; Lawal-Gracie, Feijao-OSP, Cyborg-Saffiedine Likely For July

Dan Henderson chats about the Zuffa-Strikeforce buyout and a likely fight against Fedor Emelianenko in July. Latest word is weight shouldn’t be an issue. M-1 offered a catchweight, but Hendo is glad to take it at heavyweight. Still no official word yet, but it looks like it’s going to happen unless some unforeseen issue arises [...]

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Brendan Schaub wants Big Nog in Brazil or UFC 130's Mir-Nelson winner in his next bout

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

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With his knockout win over Mirko Cro Cop at UFC 128 last month, former NFL-player Brendan Schaub picked up his fourth straight win in the UFC and moved his career record to 8-1. Of his eight wins, he's stopped seven by knockout or TKO, and he's now looking for another step up in the division.

Schaub believes he's now firmly established himself as a top ten heavyweight, and in an interview with MMAWeekly.com he listed a few names for who he'd like to face next.

"There's a lot of interesting matches," he said. "You look at the Frank Mir-Roy [Nelson fight], the winner of that could potentially be an opponent. Big Nog in Brazil. There?s a ton of them out there, so we?ll see what Joe Silva comes up with... I just want to fight the biggest names out there."

The possibility of a fight against Nogueira is one that is especially exciting to Schaub, and a chance to have that fight in front of a raucous pro-Nogueira crowd in Brazil is something he'd be willing to take.

"That would be intense,? Schaub said about that fight. "When that was brought up or mentioned to me a lot of my teammates and coaches were like 'man, I don't know if I'd do that, just to go out to Brazil and fight Nog in his hometown, I think it's a huge risk,' but I'll be that guy if they want me to be that guy."

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Penick's Analysis: Schaub's fight with Cro Cop wasn't his most impressive performance, but that's because Cro Cop, despite being on the downside of his career, can still stifle fighters and make for a difficult opponent to put down. But Schaub got the job done, and he'd be as good an opponent as any for Big Nog in Brazil. I'd love to see that fight come to fruition, and if Nogueira can make his return to action by the end of August that would be a great fight. But if that can't happen, then a shot at Mir or a chance for a rematch with Nelson would both be excellent fights as well.

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Cody McKenzie vs. Bart Palaszewski set for UFC 130 in May

The Ultimate Fighting Championship announced today a lightweight clash between Cody McKenzie and Bart Palaszewski has been added to UFC 130. McKenzie (12-1) is a veteran of Season 12 of The Ultimate Fighter. He began his mixed martial arts career with eleven straight wins featured featured a nine bout streak in which he won using [...]

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Ex-champ "King Mo" Lawal surrounded by top trainers ahead of next Strikeforce bout

Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal is still on hold for his next booking. But in the meantime, he's working with as many good trainers as he can find.

The former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion recently boxed with respected super middleweight Allen Green, and he worked in Las Vegas with Floyd Mayweather Sr., the father and ex-trainer of boxing champ Floyd Mayweather.

The wrestling standout event went to Holland and kickboxed with K-1 level strikers.


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Ultimate Fighter's Ramsey Nijem Reflects on Selection to Team Dos Santos

by Michael David SmithRamsey Nijem is a contestant on this season of the Ultimate Fighter.When Ramsey Nijem showed up to take his place as one of the cast members on Season 13 of The Ultimate Fighter, he was battling a case of bronchitis. So when the 14 fighters on the show were asked to work out for coaches Brock Lesnar and Junior dos Santos, Nijem was operating at less than 100 percent.

So when dos Santos made Nijem the fourth choice on his seven-man team, Nijem breathed a sigh of relief -- at least he wasn't picked last.

In an interview with MMAFighting.com, Nijem discussed his thoughts on getting chosen to Team Dos Santos, what it was like hearing a speech from UFC President Dana White on the first day of taping, and what he thought about the first fight of Season 13, between Shamar Bailey and Nordin Asrih.

Nijem also talked a bit about his background and his recent work as a sparring partner for Jake Shields. The full interview is below.

 

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HDNet Fights Video Vault: Ryo Chonan vs. Taisuke Okuno at "Sengoku: Soul of Fight"

Ryo Chonan almost didn't fight at "Sengoku: Soul of Fight," World Victory Road's year-end super event.

Chonan initially was slated to fight Dan Hornbuckle, who was forced off the card with an illness. Then came replacement Taisuke Okuno, who missed weight and was issued two red cards, which forced him to surrender 20 percent of his purse.

In this week's HDNet Fights Video Vault installment, we get a quick resolution to the eventual fight.


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