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Arianny Celeste arrested on domestic violence charge
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Arianny Celeste, the longest-tenured and most popular of the UFC octagon girls, was arrested early Saturday morning in Las Vegas on a domestic violence charge.
The arrest came hours before the start of UFC 146, the promotion's pay-per-view card featuring an all-heavyweight lineup. Celeste, who has modeled for Maxim, FHM, Playboy and other outlets, appeared at the event at the MGM Grand Garden...
Roy Nelson is correct about Brock Lesnar
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In regards to Brock Lesnar perhaps being inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame one day, Randy Couture said this on "UFC Tonight" on Fuel TV on Tuesday: “I think he definitely should be. He made a huge impact in the sport and we saw that on all the pay per view fights.”
On Thursday, toward the end of an 12-minute interview Roy Nelson said this to MMA Fighting: "If Brock belongs...
UFC 146 video roundup, part 2
Round 2 of the UFC 146 video roundup delivers with Stefan Struve, Lavar Johnson, Roy Nelson, Cain Velasquez, Antonio Silva, Stipe Miocic, Dave Herman and Shane Del Rosario.
Watch the four clips below in the Related section....
UFC 146 video roundup, part 1
Part 1 of the UFC 146 video roundup concentrates on the main event between heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos and challenger Frank Mir.
Below are four videos in the "Related" section. Watch and enjoy....
UFC 146's revolving door still heavy
Here's a look at what this Saturday's UFC 146 main card was originally constructed as back in March: Junior Dos Santos vs. Alistair Overem Cain Velasquez vs. Frank Mir Roy Nelson vs. Antonio Silva Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Shane Del Rosario Stefan Struve vs. Mark Hunt
Now, three days shy of fight night, we've got a slightly different lineup. And by slightly different, we mean quite radically different....
TUF Talk 11: Al Iaquinta on quarters and semis
Week 11 of "TUF Talk," our exclusive video series with Wantagh's Al Iaquinta, explains his emotions after beating teammate Andy Ogle in the "TUF Live" quarterfinals last Friday.
It also gives you a little more info on how Iaquinta is preparing for this Friday's semifinal bout against Vinc Pichel at 10 p.m. on FX.
Watch the video embedded above (and don't worry about...
Poll results: Anderson Silva still No. 1
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Here are the results from our latest Fightin' Words reader poll. As usual, this note: These results are about as scientific as that sock you lost the other day. Who is the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA right now?
35% - Anderson Silva
29% - Jon Jones
19% - Georges St-Pierre
10% - Jose Aldo
7% - Someone else
Silva's next bout is against Chael Sonnen...
Watch the UFC 146 video preview
An all-heavyweight pay-per-view card such as UFC 146 requires a heavy use of bandwidth to upload a video that is 9 minutes, 30 seconds long.
Lucky for you we already did that and you can just watch it here as Joe Rogan sets up the main and co-main events:
- Heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos vs. challenger Frank Mir
- Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva...
Anderson Silva + Steven Seagal + commercial = fun
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I don't always watch beer commercials, but when I do, I prefer Anderson Silva dressed in the Uma Thurman outfit and wig from "Kill Bill."
I also prefer to have Steven Seagal, Bruce Buffer and referee Dan Miragliotta to appear in the same commercial.
Enjoy the show, folks. It's somewhat amusing.
Mobile app users can watch the ad here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hUDUU2GD6I....
Nick Diaz, Chael Sonnen and the Nevada Commission
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The Nevada State Athletic Commission had quite the news day on this particular Monday.
First, they approved Chael Sonnen's request for a therapeutic-use exemption (TUE) for testosterone, thereby allowing for the UFC 148 main event against champion Anderson Silva to happen.
After Sonnen's first shot at Silva in August 2010, he tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone, was suspended,...
