Rampage Jackson Tries Out For Marvel Character Luke Cage Movie Role

UFC light heavyweight reveals that he had a meeting with Marvel, and that he would love to play Luke Cage. Rampage on Down the Road Show. The talk about Luke Cage starts at 21:30. This text will be replaced var so = new SWFObject('http://www.mmatko.com/player.swf','mpl','495','360','9'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); so.addParam('wmode','opaque'); so.addVariable('file','http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTW9rJ5nLH4&t=21m39s'); so.write('mediaspace');

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Dana White: Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz Headlines UFC 133 in Philly

The event poster for UFC 133 depicted above is now officially worthless. UFC president Dana White has just announced Tito Ortiz will serve as a last-minute substitute and headline the August 6th pay-per-view broadcast opposite Rashad Evans. “Get ready philly for Rashad Evans vs Tito Ortiz!!! Aug 6th LIVE on PPV at the Wells Fargo [...]

Source: http://www.5thRound.com/81609/dana-white-rashad-evans-vs-tito-ortiz-headlines-ufc-133/

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Tito Ortiz accepts main event match-up with Rashad Evans at UFC 133

After almost a full day of speculation since it was reported that Phil Davis was out of the UFC 133 main event against Rashad Evans with an injury, UFC finally found a replacement in the form of Tito Ortiz, fresh off his UFC 132 victory just 11 days ago. Evans and Ortiz previously met at [...]

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MMAjunkie.com Radio (7-9 p.m. ET): Siyar Bahadurzada (in studio), Jake Shields

MMAjunkie.com Radio goes "Primetime" tonight with in-studio guest and top  prospect Siyar Bahadurzada, who recently won the star-studded Ultimate Glory welterweight tournament.

We also catch up with UFC Fight Night 25 headliner and former Strikeforce champ Jake Shields.

MMAjunkie.com Radio airs at a special time of 7-9 p.m. ET (4-6 p.m. PT) live from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino's Race & Sports Book. Listen to and watch a video stream of the two-hour show at www.mmajunkie.com/radio, or watch it live on select television markets as part of Fight Now TV.


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Cro Cop: Last Fight With UFC Will Be Against Roy Nelson at UFC 137

Nate Marquardt Cleared by Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission

Nate Marquardt's suspension has been lifted by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission after meeting the medical requirements he failed to meet prior to "UFC on Versus 4." Marquardt was subsequently released by the UFC for failing his prefight medical exam due to elevated levels of testosterone. Marquardt is now a free agent and has apparently entertained several offers according to his management. Both Bellator and DREAM have reportedly shown interest in the former UFC fighter.

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/19107/nate-marquardt-cleared-by-pennsylvania-state-athletic-commission/

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Correction - Dana White confirms Lyoto Machida not in against Rashad Evans at UFC 133, Machida not likely to take the fight

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

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Reports last night that Lyoto Machida was stepping in against Rashad Evans for the injured Phil Davis at UFC 133 were premature, as Machida had not yet agreed to take the fight, and now it's appearing he won't be accepting it at all.

Yahoo! Sports writer Kevin Iole tweeted this morning that Dana White had texted him saying Machida was in for Davis against Evans, but he has since corrected that tweet saying that Machida was, in fact, not yet in for the bout. That mistaken tweet led to the initial reports of confirmation on the fight.

Tito Ortiz had been offered the bout, but also turned it down. He explained his reasoning on Twitter, stating, "I have a life and things to take care of. The fight game is about making the right choices of my career. If you knew what I have been going through you all would understand. Peaking for a fight is what makes a fighter unstoppable! Timing is everything in life. This is a rebuild year for me not do or die. The time will come again!"

Machida has been the UFC's top choice, but hasn't immediately accepted the fight, and according to multiple other reports, he's not likely now to take the fight.

UK based Fighter's Only spoke with Machida's wife/manager Fabyola, who said it was too short of notice for the fight.

"The fight is close and for the sake of professionalism we can not accept it," she said. "We always do our best, but there is only a few weeks [until the fight] and it wouldn't be fair on the fans to put in a bad performance."

Evans has won two fights since losing his title to Machida at UFC 98. He defeated Thiago Silva and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson by decision in 2010. However, he held out for a title fight with "Shogun," but then suffered an injury six weeks before the fight and was forced out. Now he remains without an opponent, and no official word has come down from the UFC as of yet.

UFC 133 takes place on August 6 from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Penn. It marks the UFC's first return to Philadelphia since UFC 101 in 2009.

Penick's Analysis: Iole's initial tweet was taken at face value because he's very plugged in with the UFC and with Dana White, so forgetting the "not in" part of the equation when making that post didn't help things. Now we still don't know what is going to happen for the UFC 133 main event, but as our own Rich Hansen and Matt Pelkey touched on in last night's MMATorch livecast at BlogTalkRadio.com/MMATorch, another option would be to pull Rich Franklin out of his fight with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and put him in against Rashad, and to find a new opponent for Nogueira. But at this point we know nothing more than we did last night, with Machida now no longer expected to be the replacement.

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Post and analysis updated to reflect Kevin Iole's corrected tweet and new information on Machida not taking the fight.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_9889.shtml

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