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MMA News in Brief – Thursday, March 10 - Bellator Lightweight Champion, Cavalcante confident, Dan Henderson, Heath Herring Wants MMA Return, Matt Serra, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Jon Jones, Nate Marquardt, Sporthallen Zuid, Strikeforce, UFC, UFC 128 Betting lines, UFC president Dana White, Veteran Jon Olaf Einemo, WWE superstar David Batista

 

 

• UFC 128 Betting lines have opened for March 19th’s UFC 128 and what may come as a surprise to some is the opening line for the main event that sees challenger Jon Jones as a -210 favorite over Champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua who opened at +165.

 

• Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion Dan Henderson - has admitted that he would be interested in a fight with Russian MMA superstar Fedor Emelianenko. Henderson has recently been linked with a fight with Fedor, but the light-heavyweight champion admits a fight with the winner of Gegard Mousasi and Mike Kyle is more likely. - “Obviously, he’s still one of the top guys out there in the world, and it would be a huge challenge,” Henderson told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “It would interest me to go up.” Henderson managed to win the light-heavyweight title last weekend when he demolished Rafael Cavalcante. - “It’s got to be right up there at the top,” Henderson said of his title win. “The most recent, which always feels the best to you. But it had a lot of added pleasure, I should say, knowing that I’m 40 and can still compete at the top level. That definitely means a lot.”

 

• Cavalcante confident he will come back stronger: Former light-heavyweight champion Rafael Cavalcante is confident that he will come back stronger from his loss to Dan Henderson. Cavalcante lost his light-heavyweight title to Henderson in Strikeforce’s Saturday night event at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

 

• Norwegian heavyweight and PRIDE FC veteran Jon Olaf Einemo has joined the UFC, according to Fighters Only Magazine. Netherlands based Golden Glory team, who manage Einemo, has confirmed that their fighter has signed with the UFC. Einemo holds a 7-1 MMA record and his only defeat came against Fabricio Werdum at PRIDE 31. - “John Olaf Einemo also signed this week with the UFC. After a long battle with health the Scandinavian Viking is back and ready to make up for lost time. Look out UFC, you’ve just been put on notice,” a line from the Golden Glory press release reads.

 

• The co-main event of Sunday’s It’s Showtime: Sporthallen Zuid Amsterdam event.

 

 

• Matt Serra hasn’t competed since his September loss to Chris Lytle at UFC 119, and chances are he won’t be returning to action in the immediate future. Serra’s long-time coach, Ray Longo, said on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour, that with Serra’s wife expecting the couple’s second child in April and a lingering hand injury still bothering the former UFC welterweight champion, the 36-year-old Serra will most probably remain on the sidelines for a good portion of 2011.

 

• Heath Herring Wants MMA Return - Away from MMA competition for nearly three years, UFC heavyweight Heath Herring says he definitely wants to return to the cage — but only under the right circumstances. “It would have to make sense not only business-wise, but financially as well and I just don’t know if that’s in the cards at this moment,” Herring told Ariel Helwani Monday on MMAFighting.com’s The MMA Hour. On the show, Herring said he has not been training MMA full-time and would need to devote the majority of his time towards training if he wants to be fight in today’s competitive landscape.

 

• Nate Marquardt will look to get back on the winning side of things and impressing the UFC brass when he takes on Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 128 - Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on March 19. In response to Dana White’s criticism Marquardt said “I don’t really pay attention to that kind of stuff (Dana White calling me “a choker”). It’s just not true of me. You have to deal with that talk crap all the time and just basically brush it off. I gotta stick to what I gotta do.”

 

• Former WWE superstar David Batista could make his mixed martial arts debut this year, but it is not expected to take place in the US. MMAWeekly.com reports that Batista could make his MMA debut for the British based BAMMA promotion in May. Several promotions have been trying to sign Batista, but reports claim BAMMA could win the race for his signature, ahead of their upcoming card at the Wembley Arena. Batista is keen to make his MMA debut ahead of September, when he is set to start shooting an undisclosed film project, according to MMAWeekly.com.

 

• Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez will defend his title against Season 2 tournament Champion Jeff Curran at Bellator 39 on April 2nd and for the Alvarez, who holds a spot in the lightweight rankings, fighting a challenger like the un-ranked Curran makes for an worrisome training camp: “My anxiety increases because I can’t have a guy that is not well known take my name, take my spot”.

 

 

• UFC president Dana White believes Michael Bisping’s illegal knee on Jorge Rivera at UFC 127 was intentional. White insists Bisping is in trouble following his antics after his fight with Rivera at UFC 127. “Michael Bisping is in trouble right now. Bisping is a guy who I’ve liked and had a good relationship with since TUF but I’m very disappointed with the way he conducted himself during that fight. I feel the knee was intentional, he saw him in that position, looked at him and threw the knee,” he said. “Obviously I don’t like what he did after the fight either. Mike and I still need to talk and then I’ll figure out what’s next for Michael Bisping.”

 

• The UFC announced today the final card for the promotions return to the state of New Jersey on Saturday March 19th. The twelve bout card will take place from the Prudential Center in Newark and air live on Pay-Per-View.The top of the card features a UFC Light Heavyweight Title defense as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua defends his title against Jon “Bones” Jones. Complete card is as follows:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

* Champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Jon Jones (for light-heavyweight title)

* Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland

* Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus

* Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Nate Marquardt

* Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Brendan Schaub

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

* Luiz Cane vs. Eliot Marshall

* Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

* Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle

* Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland

* Raphael Assuncao vs. Erik Koch

* Nick Catone vs. Dan Miller

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UFC 127 results for all of the Feb. 26 - UFC 127 fights

Pay-Per-View Bouts
B.J. Penn vs. Jon Fitch ruled a majority draw
Michael Bisping def. Jorge Rivera via second-round TKO
Dennis Siver def. George Sotiropoulos via unanimous decision
Brian Ebersole def. Chris Lytle via unanimous decision
Kyle Noke def. Chris Camozzi via submission (rear-naked choke)

Preliminary Bouts
Ross Pearson def. Spencer Fisher via unanimous decision
Alexander Gustafsson def. James Te Huna via submission (rear-naked choke)
Nick Ring def. Riki Fukuda via unanimous decision
Anthony Perosh def. Tom Blackledge via submission (rear-naked choke)
Tiequan Zhang def. Jason Reinhardt via submission (guillotine)
Mark Hunt def. Chris Tuchscherer via knockout — second round, 1:41
Hunt picked Tuchscherer apart on the ground in the first and knocked him down once. He knocked Tuchscherer out with a right uppercut and just walked away. He didn’t even wait for the ref to stop the fight. The “Super Samoan” knew it was “Good night, Irene.”
Curt Warburton def. Maciej Jewtuszko via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Warburton controlled the fight on the feet and on the ground.

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Up-to-date MMA fight schedule for upcoming mixed martial arts fights taking place at various venues and locations.

Fight schedule includes UFC, ultimate fighting, cage fighting and other full contact MMA fights.

Fight	Location	Date
MMA Rhode Rage	Twin River, Lincoln, RI	February 25, 2024 Friday
UFC 127	Acer Arena, Sydney, New South Wales	February 27, 2024 Sunday
UFC Live	KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY	March 3, 2024 Thursday
Amateur MMA Festival	Lifestyles Communities Pavilion, Columbus, OH	March 4, 2024 Friday
Ultimate Combat Experience	Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, NV	March 4, 2024 Friday
Muay Thai Fights	Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ	March 5, 2024 Saturday
Rumble On The Ridge	Snoqualmie Casino, Snoqualmie, WA	March 5, 2024 Saturday
Strikeforce	Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH	March 5, 2024 Saturday
MMA-Mixed Martial Arts	Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, AB	March 11, 2024 Friday
Wild Bill’s Fight Night	Wild Bill’s, Duluth, GA	March 11, 2024 Friday
UCF Cage Combat	Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI	March 19, 2024 Saturday
UFC 128	Prudential Center, Newark, NJ	March 19, 2024 Saturday
Asylum Fight League	Trump Marina, Atlantic City, NJ	March 26, 2024 Saturday
The Beatdown VII: Army vs Marines	Grizzly Rose, Denver, CO	March 26, 2024 Saturday
UFC Fight Night 24	Key Arena, Seattle, WA	March 26, 2024 Saturday
Fight Time 4	War Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, FL	April 1, 2024 Friday
Victory Fighting Championships 34	Mid America Center, Council Bluffs, IA	April 1, 2024 Friday
MMA: The Reckoning	Casino Rama Entertainment Center, Rama, Canada	April 2, 2024 Saturday
MMA: Ringside 10	Centre Bell, Montreal, Canada	April 9, 2024 Saturday
Cagesport MMA XIV	Emerald Queen, Tacoma, WA	April 23, 2024 Saturday
Shogun Fights	1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore, MD	April 30, 2024 Saturday
UFC 129	Rogers Centre, Toronto, Canada	April 30, 2024 Saturday
Mixed Martial Arts	John Labatt Centre, London, Canada	May 19, 2024 Thursday
UFC 130	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV	May 28, 2024 Saturday
Cagesport MMA XV	Emerald Queen, Tacoma, WA	July 16, 2024 Saturday
Cagesport MMA XVI	Emerald Queen, Tacoma, WA	October 1, 2024 Saturday
Cagesport MMA XVII	Emerald Queen, Tacoma, WA	December 3, 2023 Saturday

Note: Upcoming fights listed on the 2011 fight schedule include tentatively scheduled fights so schedule is subject to change.

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