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Jorge Masvidal gets a shot at Gilbert Melendez’s lightweight title

As soon as I saw MMAFighting.com break the news that Gilbert Melendez would be defending his title against Jorge Masvidal, I texted Juan Carlos Faraldo, Masvidal’s strength and conditioning coach and Miami Hustle co star to express my excitement over this FOTY candidate. Naturally, Juan was excited. Very excited. Who wouldn’t be thrilled at this

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The Friday Morning MMA Link Party

Throw your hands in the air and be prepared to lower them whenever you garner a collection of strange looks from people. Your favorite day of the week has finally arrived and you can relax in knowing that the world will not come to an end this weekend. Don’t worry, I’ve already checked. We’re safe.

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Nick Diaz has vacated his Strikeforce title

Well it’s official, Nick Diaz is a full blown UFC fighter and has vacated his Strikeforce welterweight title to face GSP. Although it seems he can fight in Strikeforce if he wants, but why would he? The Strikeforce belt now resides either in the back of his beat up Honda, or at the bottom of

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The Friday Morning MMA Link Party

Bones Jones and the University of Arizona are on top of the world, therefore it’s hard to find room for improvement for this edition of the Friday Morning MMA Link Party. It’s our weekly feature that we share with a group of exclusive sites, and the party is invite-only. Consider this picture of a pair

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The Sunday Morning Rumor Mill

Hey, I’ve been out the entire week in the Yucatán mountains doing one of these Peyote spirit journeys. Now that I’m back from my celestial voyage, I’m happy I didn’t miss anything in the world of MMA. It was a relatively slow week — until the planet flipped over. Sengoku collapses, Japan essentially collapses, Strikeforce

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Pro Elite Inc. Interest May Have Forced UFC’s Hand

Apparently, UFC was not the only hunter circling the prey that was Strikeforce. ProElite Inc., the once-mighty fight-promotion company purchased for pennies on the dollar in February 2010 by Stratus Media Group Inc., had been in ongoing negotiations with Strikeforce and had met face to face with company CEO Scott Coker, sources close to the

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