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Brock Lesnar on Jimmy Fallon, March 28th… Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will appear on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight, Monday, March 28, to discuss his career and his stint as a coach on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter, which premieres Wednesday. “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” airs on NBC at 12:35 am ET/PT.

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Chael Sonnen’s MMA comeback will have to wait a little while longer. Sonnen’s sentencing hearing stemming from a federal money laundering guilty plea has been postponed, a U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesperson confirmed to MMA Fighting. The hearing, originally scheduled for Monday, has been pushed to April 8 at 11:30 am Pacific time. The spokesperson, public information officer Gerri Badden, offered no specific reason for the change, saying sentencing delays were “quite common.” Sonnen’s UFC contract is still frozen, and president Dana White has said he will wait until Sonnen is through with court proceedings to determine any next step in [...]

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Reality television was fun while it lasted for Alex Caceres (4-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), better known as “Bruce Leroy.” Now, it’s time for the real show to begin. His first official UFC fight is slated for Saturday against Mackens Semerzier (5-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC). The featherweights meet on the preliminary card of UFC Fight Night 24 at Seattle’ KeyArena in a bout that streams live on Facebook. UFC Fight Night 24-s main card airs on Spike TV (10 p.m. ET/PT) and is headlined by a light-heavyweight matchup between Phil Davis and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. While Caceres did defeat Paul Barrow [...]

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SEATTLE – Chan Sung Jung stole the show again. Light heavyweight Phil Davis garnered most of the prefight headlines, as a large contingent of fans anointed him as the only serious challenger to new UFC champion Jon Jones. And while Davis came up with a unanimous decision victory over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira on Saturday in the main event of Ultimate Fight Night 24 before a sellout crowd of 14,212, it was once again Jung, better known as “The Korean Zombie,” who left everyone amazed. Nearly a year after he engaged in one of the great fights in recent vintage, Jung [...]

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In a battle of youth and athleticism against experience and technique, the youngster Phil Davis defeated the legendary Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 24. But it wasn’t easy. Although Davis came into the fight as a heavy favorite and had been proclaimed by some as the man who would some day beat UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, Nogueira made life difficult for Davis in the early going, and the fight turned into a 15-minute, back-and-forth battle that was closer than the judges’ scorecards — all of which gave Davis the fight 30-27 — would suggest. [...]

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Dan HardyIn 1994, “The West Memphis 3″ were a group of teenagers in Arkansas who dyed their hair, wore black clothing, listened to heavy metal and read Stephen King novels. And after a shocking murder of some children, the teens were convicted despite a seeming lack of evidence. The story has rallied support from celebs raging from Eddie Vedder to Johnny Depp. Now the UK’s premier UFC Welterweight has recently been holding benefit events – including his UFN 24 afterparty – to raise money in support of Free the West Memphis 3. Takanori GomiThe former PRIDE Lightweight Champion and one [...]

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SEATTLE With four-straight split decisions on his record, UFC featherweight contender Leonard Garcia (15-6-1 MMA, 2-3 UFC) knows all about controversial results. His wild, brawling style has helped him steal a round or two along the way, and MMA fans and pundits have often criticized “Bad Boy” for a handful of perceived gift victories. As he enters Saturday’s Spike TV-broadcast UFC Fight Night 24 bout with Chan Sung Jung (10-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) a rematch of 2010-s World MMA Awards Fight of the Year Garcia knows all about the criticism. He just has yet for someone to say it to [...]

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Former UFC interim heavyweight champ Shane Carwin (12-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) meets promotional newcomer and grappling specialist Jon Olav Einemo (6-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at UFC 131. UFC president Dana White today confirmed the booking during an online chat with “The Seattle Times.” UFC 131 is expected to take place June 11 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Brock Lesnar vs. Junior Dos Santos headlines the night’s pay-per-view broadcast. Carwin vs. Einemo is expected to be part of the PPV broadcast. As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) previously reported, Carwin was expected to fight the winner of Jon Madsen and Mike [...]

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