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Breaking News: Alistair Overeem Is Out, Frank Mir Is In For UFC Heavyweight Title Fight With Junior Dos Santos At UFC 146
So long Alistair Overeem. UFC president Dana White sent out a Tweet late Friday night confirming that it will be Frank Mir facing Junior dos Santos for the UFC heavyweight title on May 26 at UFC 146. “Taking off to Atlanta!!!! May 26th is now Mir vs. JDS for the HW title in Las Vegas [...]
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Junior Dos Santos Near 100%
UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos is still recovering, but is reportedly close to 100% healthy.
Here is what he had to say recently:
“I’m feeling great about my knee already. I think another 10 days I’ll be 100-percent.
“I’m training boxing, I’m lifting weights, but I can’t train jiu-jitsu yet. But I think another 10 days and I’ll be training normally again.”
Dos Santos hopes to return sometime this spring/summer, when he’ll meet kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter, Alistair Overeem. Dos Santos captured the HW title by demolishing Cain Velasquez, while Overeem earned a shot when he destroyed former champion Brock Lesnar.
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Interview with Alistair Overeem on Defeating Brock Lesnar at UFC 141 + Facing JDS for the HW Title
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Lashley to Challenge Schoonover for HW Title at Shark Fights 21
Former pro-wrestling superstar Bobby Lashley will return to mixed martial arts action on Nov. 11, when the hulking wrestler will challenge Darrill Schoonover for the Shark Fights heavyweight title at Shark Fights 21.
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UFC on Fox 1: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos Shaping Up
The dream has come true for UFC fans and the owners of the company - the UFC will air on network TV for the first time on November 12th. Dana White decided to go all out for the one-hour special that will air on Fox and only put one guaranteed fight on the card, and what a fight it it. UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez will defend his title against number one contender Junior dos Santos. The other major interesting bout is the probable number one contenders lightweight matchup between former WEC champion Ben Henderson and Clay Guida.
The rest of the card, which so far consists of four fights all at lightweight or below, will air in some other form that hasn't been decided on by the organization as of yet. Here is the card as it stands right now.
Nov 12th, live on Fox from Anaheim, CA:
Main Card:
Cain Velasquez (9-0) vs. Junior dos Santos (13-1) [HW Title]
Preliminary Card:
Ben Henderson (14-2) vs. Clay Guida (29-11)
Pablo Garza (11-1) vs. Dustin Poirier (10-1)
Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto (18-4, 1 NC) vs. Darren Uyenoyama (6-3)
Ricardo Lamas (10-2) vs. Cub Swanson (15-4)
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