MMA news: mai 2014

I just watched this replay, and I gotta say that was easily the best commentary team that the UFC has ever put together. You could tell they were both educated in the sport and not just people who went to broadcast school and got a job with the UFC, and they didn't overdo it like Joe Rogan sometimes does.

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UFC coming to Foxwoods Casino in September!

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The UFC will make its long-awaited return to Connecticut in September – and it will wind up being a head-to-head interstate battle with Bellator MMA.

On the same Sept. 5 night that Bellator 123 is scheduled for Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., UFC Fight Night 50 will take place at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard. It will be a rare Friday night show for the UFC. The promotion announced the news Saturday during the pre-fight show for the TUF Brazil 3 Finale on FOX Sporst 1.

No headliner was announced for the card, but the main event is expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

The UFC has been to Connecticut four times in the past, all at Mohegan Sun Arena. UFC 35 and UFC 39 took place there in 2002, while UFC 45 and UFC 55 were there in 2003 and 2005, respectively. But it will have been nearly nine years since the UFC visited the state by the time the event goes off.

UFC Fight Night 50 and Bellator 123, that promotion’s Season 11 opener, will take place about 10 miles away from each other.

It will be part of a typically busy stretch for the UFC. UFC Fight Night 47 takes place in Maine on Aug. 16, then two events take place the same day on Aug. 23 in Macau and Tulsa. On Aug. 30, UFC 177 takes place in Las Vegas, and six days later, UFC Fight Night 50 heads to Connecticut. After that, the UFC has five events over four weeks – with another double taking place in Stockholm and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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UFC sent Berlins canvas to Brazil!

Fans tuning into today's UFC Fight Night Berlin in Germany noticed a small peculiarity when the fights began, the Octagon canvas was nearly blank except a UFC logo in the middle. The Octagon canvas is usually cleanly covered in company logos who have paid good money to sponsor the event.

Dana White explained the mishap on Twitter when asked by a fan:

@danawhite: @erikmagraken Germany's canvas got sent to Brazil. #someonefuckedupBIG

A picture of the mostly blank canvas can be seen below, taking from a screen shot of today's live event:

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4 Performance of the night bounses UFC41

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Today at the post-fight press conference for UFC Fight Night 41, the UFC announced the winners of the 'of the night' performance bonuses.

Performance of the Night: Gegard Mousasi

Performance of the Night: Niklas Backstrom

Performance of the Night: CB Dollaway

Performance of the Night: Magnus Cedenblad

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Maximo Blanco vs. Andy Ogle

Maximo Blanco vs. Andy Ogle fight video

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Pawel Pawlak vs. Peter Sobotta

Pawel Pawlak vs. Peter Sobotta fight video

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Drew Dober vs Nick Hein

Drew Dober vs. Nick Hein fight video

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Magnus Cedenblad vs. Krzysztof Jotko

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Iuri Alcantara vs. Vaughan Lee

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Ruslan Magomedov vs Viktor Pesta

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mark hunt vs nelson in japan?

seems in dana white's twitter:

Main event for UFC Japan is Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson on Sept 21!!!

11:40 PM - 30 May 2014

I cant wait

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SPOILER SICK soccer kick KO OneFC GIF SPOILER

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gotta love the pride style rules

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Velasquez - Jones has a lot of work to do at 205

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While fans have long speculated about a potential superfight between UFC champions Cain Velasquez and Jon Jones, the reigning heavyweight titleholder doesn’t see the bout happening anytime soon.

This past November, 205-pound champ Jones (20-1 MMA, 14-1 MMA) told MMAjunkie he was targeting a future showdown with heavyweight titleholder Velasquez (13-1 MMA, 11-1 UFC) within the next two years. However, just this past month, Jones changed his tune and said he was no longer interested in the matchup.

Velasquez remains optimistic the fight could still occur, but he understands Jones’ statement – mainly because he feels “Bones” has a series of difficult challenges ahead of him in his own weight class, including a fight with American Kickboxing Academy teammate Daniel Cormier.

“He has a lot of work to do in his division right now,” Velasquez told MMAjunkie. “He had Glover (Teixeira), and now he has ‘DC’ and then he has (Alexander) Gustafsson also. I just think that’s in the present moment right now because he has a lot of opponents coming up.”

A Velasquez-Jones bout is arguably the biggest matchup the UFC could make between two active fighters, but it would only make sense if both champs continue their winning ways.

That’s a double-edged sword for Velasquez. While Jones would be a lucrative opponent, both financially and in terms of notoriety, Velasquez hopes Cormier will bring an end to the champ’s historic title reign.

“He’s ready for this,” Velasquez said of Cormier. “It’s his time. Jon Jones has that long reach, which is going to make things difficult. He throws those kicks and a lot of punches. His elbows are tough as well, but I think Cormier just has what it takes to win.”

Velasquez has proved willing to take on all-comers in his nearly eight-year career, and well before a fight with Jones ever becomes a reality, he must get past his next task, which comes in the form of No. 1 heavyweight contender Fabricio Werdum.

Werdum is scheduled to challenge for Velasquez’s title this November at UFC 180 in Mexico City. Before then, though, the two future opponents coach against each other on “The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America,” which is currently filming in Las Vegas.

Even though the show’s production is still in the early stages, the 31-year-old Velasquez is enjoying the experience and has high hopes for his team of Mexican fighters who are looking to break through and into the UFC.

“It’s been good,” Velasquez said. “We’ve got a great group of guys and a good team going. Everyone has a great attitude, which I guess makes my job a lot easier that the guys are willing to put the work in and just to learn.”

While Velasquez is excited to coach the show and fight in the UFC’s long-awaited Mexico debut, questions remain about the condition of his surgically repaired shoulder. It’s kept him out of action since his victory over Junior Dos Santos at UFC 166 this past October.

Velasquez insists his recovery is on track for the targeted fight date. And admittedly, he’s pleased about his current coaching obligations on “TUF” because he can ease back into training in a less-stressful environment.

“I get to come back slowly as far as training and getting back in shape,” Velasquez said. “I have (head coach) Javier Mendez here look after me training. I feel good. I don’t want to push it too hard right now but slowly get back in it. I can do everything with the left hand again, which feels good. The thing is just getting back in shape right now.”

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Munoz on MW division and 2 UFC cards in 1 day

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By the time Mark Munoz steps in the cage, seven months will have passed since that forgettable encounter with Lyoto Machida in Manchester. In that time, the middleweight landscape has changed fairly drastically. Machida decisioned Gegard Mousasi and, by virtue of the ongoing, unresolved Vitor Belfort mystery circus, slid into a title shot with Chris Weidman (who defended his title against Anderson Silva at UFC 168).

Now Munoz and Mousasi -- Machida’s recent casualties -- are scheduled to meet in Berlin at UFC Fight Night 41. And when they do, it’ll mark a historic day for Zuffa and its merry band of frequent fliers. That’s because May 31 will be the day of the UFC’s first global doubleheader, an experimentation that is being presented as something like "the new norm."

So what’s it like to headline a card to kickoff a marathon of Fight Pass exclusive fights?

"Kind of weird," says Munoz, who will headline the German port before throwing it over to The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale in Sao Paulo. "It was weird when I heard there was another card, because Chael [Sonnen] was training at [Reign with me] and he was the main event of that card. Then Wanderlei [Silva] got hurt when they fought at the Ultimate Fighter house, but yeah, I found it kind of weird.

"I was like wow, that’s crazy, you’re fighting the same day as I am? But that just proves what they UFC is. They’re just marching along and doing their job. For them to have two shows on one day, that just proves what they can do as a company."

The Brazil card was originally going to host the grudge match between Sonnen-Silva, but then became Junior dos Santos against Stipe Miocic when it was learned Silva wouldn’t be ready in time. This past week, Dos Santos hurt his hand and had to pull out of the fight. He has been replaced with Fabio Maldonado, who just defeated Gian Villante in late March.

In any case, Munoz and Mousasi will be vying to stay relevant in the wide-open 185-pound class while on the European continent. Though he’s lost two of three fights, a win against Mousasi would get the 37-year old Munoz a step closer to the rematch with Weidman that he has been coveting since losing a title eliminator back in July 2012.

With Machida-Munoz, it was a short notice battle of one-time training partners (and Munoz didn’t fare well). With Mousasi-Machida, it was a highly technical game of chess (Machida was the more unsolvable enigma). But in a round robin situation, the old cliché comes back into effect. Styles make fights.

And Munoz’s Donkey Kong will make for an interesting problem for Mousasi’s use of range and space.

"Gegard Mousasi is a very good striker," Munoz says. "His boxing is great, he’s got great kicks -- I mean, he was in K-1, so the guy is unbelievable when it comes to his striking. His jiu-jitsu is really good as well. He can recover his guard, he can scramble, he’s really good when it comes to jiu-jitsu."

Plus, who can forget what he did against Ronaldo Souza at Dream 6?

"Yeah, he’s got those good upkicks," Munoz says. "When he’s on the ground he kicks with his feet and scrambles back up where he wants to keep it. So, he’s a very, very good opponent. I’ve been following him in the UFC. With Ilir Latifi, he just picked him apart. With Lyoto, it’s hard to fight Lyoto man. He’s just a different guy."

In his time away, Munoz has been busy with Samaritan work, doing seminars at his gym and launching his anti-bullying campaign. He’s also helping bring relief to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, a category five super typhoon that ripped through the Philippines in November, killing over 6,000 people and leaving 2,000 unaccounted for. To date, Munoz -- who goes by the nickname "The Filipino Wrecking Machine" -- has raised $8,000 in funds.

Dealing in the heaviness of that project has helped lessen the impact of his loss to Machida, which happened just two weeks before the storm. In fact, he says he can draw parallels.

"With the Philippines, they’re close to my heart," he says. "I just want to help out the Philippines. And it’s kind of like my career. Although there may be storms that hit, the Filipinos, they’re a resilient people. And though there are losses that I have, I’m resilient, too. I come back. It’s metaphorically like my career, actually."

The good news is that Munoz, who is currently sitting at No. 7 in the media-driven UFC’s middleweight rankings, is still within orbit of Weidman. In today’s UFC, where dual cards are possible on the same day and fighter availability is (just about) as important as the established pecking order, crazy things happen.

"I think the division’s shaken up quite a bit, with Lyoto being there, and who knows if Vitor’s going to come back, and Weidman being hurt," he says. "There are a lot of different avenues to be able to get a title shot. Especially, look at T.J. Dillashaw getting a title shot. After one guy gets hurt, T.J. Dillashaw comes in there [to face Renan Barao]. Anything can happen man, you’ve just got to stay ready and stay in shape and be ready to rock."

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Chael vs Vitor is at 185, Wand not Released by UFC

If Chael Sonnen fights Vitor Belfort on July 5, it will be a middleweight fight after all.

UFC president Dana White confirmed to MMAFighting.com on Friday that the proposed fight would be contested at 185 pounds, not 205, which is what Sonnen originally stated on Wednesday's episode of "UFC Tonight." Sonnen also said that a win over Belfort would make him the No. 1 contender in the middleweight division, however, when White was asked whether that title was on the line for both men, White wrote back via test message, "for Vitor it is."

Of course, for the fight to happen Belfort must first get licensed by the Nevada Athletic Commission at a hearing scheduled for June 17 in Las Vegas. NAC chairman Francisco Aguilar told MMAFighting.com on Wednesday that Belfort applied for a license last week, but since his case is considered "comprehensive" because he is over 35 years old (he's 37), he must first speak to the commission before he's granted a license to fight in the state. Belfort's February drug test in Nevada, whose results have never been made public because Belfort had yet to apply for a license in Nevada, will no doubt be discussed at the hearing next month.

The 37-year-old Sonnen was granted his fight license earlier this month.

"I don't fight at middleweight and I don't fight at light heavyweight," Sonnen told MMAFighting.com when asked about the switch, "I fight at gangster weight."

Belfort would be replacing Wanderlei Silva, who was originally scheduled to fight Sonnen at UFC 175. Silva was pulled from the fight earlier this week after he refused to take a random drug test administered by the NAC last Saturday. Reports stated that the UFC has since decided to release Silva, however, White clarified his stance to MMAFighting.com saying, "I said he was done for (the) July 5th (card) and NSAC would decide his fate."

Belfort was scheduled to fight Chris Weidman for the UFC middleweight title on May 24, but he withdrew from the fight after the NAC banned testosterone replacement therapy and was replaced by Lyoto Machida. Once the Weidman-Machida tilt was moved to July 5, Belfort wasn't considered again, but he may end up fighting on the same night as the middleweight champion after all.

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Jérôme Le Banner Vs Lucian Danilencu 05/30/2014

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Danny "Last Call" Castillo Highlights

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Made by SMS Productions

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vendredi 30 mai 2014

UFC Fight Night Berlin prefight scrum Dana White

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what should happen to Wanderlei - POLL

I am interested what people think should happen here

I am asking in the interest of fairness, not what we would WANT to see, as we all would like to have seen the fight with Chael happen after all the hype and build up...

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UFC 175: Wanderlei's Side of the Story

Strange situation. Just bizarre. What do you think?

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Marcus Brimage is back baby

Russell Doane signed to fight Brimage at ufc 175 july 5th

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He going down in weight too. Oh yeah get ready for the Bama Beast

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Rakhim Chakhkiev vs Santander Silgado - WBC Sivler Cruisereweight Title

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Alexander Povetkin vs Manuel Charr- WBC International Heavyweight Title

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UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs Khabilov CHAT, picks,poll

UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs Khabilov

Saturday 06/07/2014 at 10:00 PM ET

U.S. Broadcast: Fox Sports 1 | Undercard: UFC Fight Pass

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Number of Bouts: 11

FOX Sports 1 Main Card

10PM/7PM ETPT

#1 LW Benson Henderson vs Rustam Khabilov #11 LW

Main Event | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70.3 kg)

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Submission 4th

Diego Sanchez vs Ross Pearson

Co-Main Event | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70.3 kg)

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Submission 2nd

#1 FW John Dodson vs John Moraga #5 FW

Main Card | Flyweight | 125 lbs (56.7 kg)

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TKO/KO 2nd

#6 LW Rafael dos Anjos vs Jason High

Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70.3 kg)

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Decision

Yves Edwards vs Piotr Hallmann

Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70.3 kg)

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Submission 2nd

#11 BW Erik Perez vs Bryan Caraway #14 BW

Main Card | Bantamweight | 135 lbs (61.2 kg)

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Decision

FOX Sports 1 Prelims

8PM/5PM ETPT

Sergio Pettis vs Yaotzin Meza

Preliminary Card | Bantamweight | 135 lbs (61.2 kg)

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Decision

Bobby Voelker vs Lance Benoist

Preliminary Card | Welterweight | 170 lbs (77.1 kg)

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Decision

#15 FW Scott Jorgensen vs Danny Martinez

Preliminary Card | Flyweight | 125 lbs (56.7 kg)

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Decision

Jon Tuck vs Jake Lindsey

Preliminary Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70.3 kg)

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TKO/KO 2nd

Early Prelims

7:30PM/4:30PM ETPT

Patrick Cummins vs Roger Narvaez

Preliminary Card | Light Heavyweight | 205 lbs (93.0 kg)

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Decision

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Duane Ludwig Stays With T.A.M. To Train Mendes For Aldo Bout

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Duane “Bang” Ludwig, the mastermind behind Team Alpha Male’s success, may be leaving the famous team to go open his own gym in Colorado, but that doesn’t mean he won’t train Chad Mendes for his title bout with Jose Aldo at UFC 176 on August 2nd.

“Bang” spoke with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour recently to discuss the deal struck between himself and Mendes leading up to his rematch with Aldo.

“Chad Mendes and I talked a little bit, so I am going to figure something out with him to see what we’re going to do. I’m not going to say that he needs me, but his chances of winning the title are better with me, than without me. I know that, he knows that and we all know that. So, I’m going to try and figure something out. There was a meeting conducted without me about a month ago or so, and Chad was given the option to have me corner him or not and said he didn’t mind either way. So now he realizes that his chances are better with me. So he reached out and I’m always going to be there for my guys. I’m going to try to make something work to help him train for this camp.”

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Fight Night Sao Paulo: Official Weigh-In

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Wanderlei explains his situation

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Wanderlei is FIRED from UFC

Just read that

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Most common finish

Has anyone seen any statistics as to what the most common finish in mma is?

KO - If so, is it overhand rights, front kicks, heel hooks, crosses, uppercuts or ??

Sumission - If so, is it RNCs, arm bars, anacondas or ??

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Tightest RNC in mma

I was wondering how fighters never seem to get seriously injured from a RNC. Having a trained fighter arm apply full pressure to your neck and throat seems like very risky business (never trained BJJ).

Are there any common injuries coming from RNCs?

What are some of the tightest RNCs seen in mma history?

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Fight Night Berlin Official Weigh-In Live

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UFC youtube live streams might be restricted up to few countries.

So for those who cant watch this video in their country, And before you post coments about that.

I would recommend you either to use a youtube proxy, or wait till a free video comes up.

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How Stipe Miocic's only career loss made him a better fighter

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The idea that a fighter can fall for his own press clippings and learn some hard lessons is as old as the fight game itself.

But owning up to it when it happens? Now that's something different.

Cleveland-area heavyweight Stipe Miocic took a 9-0 record with seven knockouts into his first UFC main event on Sept. 29, 2012, when he met Stefan Struve in London.

"I fell for my own hype," the 31-year-old from the Cleveland area told Yahoo Sports. "I had too many people saying I couldn't be beat, and I actually fell for it."

The results that night at the O2 Arena reflect Miocic's statement. Before the second round was out, Miocic found himself dazed on the mat, staring up at the arena lights, and wondering what hit him. A Fight of the Night bonus was only a small consolation for a major tail-kicking.

"It sucked," said Miocic (11-1), who meets Fabio Maldonado (21-6) in Brazil on Saturday. "I make no excuses. Stefan Struve was the man that night. He earned his win fair and square."

Fighters live the cliche, "It's not how often you get knocked down, it's how often you get back up," more literally than most of us will ever know. The road to combat sports fame and glory is littered with previously undefeated knockout artists whose careers nosedived the first time they felt the sting of a devastating strike.

But that's not Miocic's story. A firefighter by trade, Miocic took a matter-of-fact approach to his first career loss. Miocic got rid of the hangers-on who were filling his head with flattery and got back to basics.

The renewed focus has paid off: 20 months and two victories later, Miocic finds himself once again in the headliner's position, as he meets Maldonado in the main event of a UFC Fight Night card in Sao Paolo. It's the final bout of the UFC's first-ever doubleheader day, which kicks off with a card in Germany headlined by Gegard Mousasi vs. Mark Munoz.

"I needed to man up," said Miocic. "When something like that happens, you can dwell on it or you can face it and learn from it and became a better fighter and a better person. I have good people in my inner circle, I huddled up with my team and we went back to the drawing board."

What emerged from those battle plans was a pair of solid victories over tough veterans in Roy Nelson and Gabriel Gonzaga. While both fights went the distance, Miocic, who is both a former collegiate wrestler and a Golden Gloves amateur boxing champ, displayed a more mature and well-rounded game. Gone was the headhunting style of old.

"I mean, you can look at it and say I'm doing this better or that better, but the bottom line is, I just learned to be mentally tougher," Miocic said.

If that's the case, it's definitely a good thing for Miocic, because the MMA gods recently threw the heavyweight contender another curveball.

Saturday night was supposed to be Miocic's big proving-ground fight. He was slated to meet former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos. A victory would have placed Miocic square on the short list of contender's for Cain Velasquez's heavyweight title.

But dos Santos had to pull out of the bout less than a month out because of a broken hand.

"That's just the way things go in the fight business, you know?" Miocic said. "If you don't learn to deal with these things, you're not going to make it. I'd still love to fight Junior some time, but right now my focus is all on Saturday night."

Oddly, Miocic has gone from the fighter who could make a name for himself in the bout to the guy someone else could use as a steppingstone. Maldonado, a 34-year-old Brazilian, has been a journeyman light heavyweight in the UFC, a solid name on Brazilian cards who is willing to take two good shots in order to land one and as such has won and lost his share of fights.

By taking the bout with Miocic and stepping up to heavyweight, all of a sudden, Maldonado has placed Miocic into dos Santos' position as the guy with little to gain and much to lose.

Further upping the ante, Maldonado, clearly relishing his underdog role, is vowing to either pull off the upset or go out on his shield trying.

"I will try my best [for the knockout]," Maldanado recently told MMAFighting.com. "The only thing I promise the fans is that it's going to be a bloody, violent fight. I can't promise the win because anything can happen, but I will do my best."

For his part, Miocic is doing his best to handle his situation with a professional attitude.

"I can't pretend like this fight is going to push me way up in the standings," Miocic said. "And I can't make any promises that I'm going to knock him out or which way the fight is going to go. All you can do is the same as any other fight, whoever they put in front of you, you go in there and try to get the W."

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Three Years Ago, Chael Sonnen Predicted This Would Happen

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Holy crap, that’s eerie. CHAEL, WHAT AM I THINKING RIGHT NOW??

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Fight Night Sao Paulo: Warlley Alves Pre-Fight Interview

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UFC correspondent Paula Sack connects with 23-year-old Brazilian Warlley Alves before his TUF Brazil 3 finale bout at Fight Night Sao Paulo. Warlley reflects on his training camp while his training partner, Jacare Souza, provides insight on his opponent.

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