WEC General Manager Reed Harris cleared thigs up on the UG about who the guy in the mask was last night at WEC 46.

“Guys-
He’s a soldier I met when we did the show in San Antonio at the Brooks Military Hospital.

He was burned in Iraq when an IED blew up his vehicle. I flew him out to Sac. as he was Ben Hendersons biggest fan. Trying to do something nice.

Thanks
Reed”

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Nothing would deter Manny Gamburyan.

The WEC featherweight told UFC/WEC matchmaker Joe Silva that WEC 48 opponent Mike Brown would have to put him asleep or break a limb to stop the fight. Short of that, there would be no letup, he said.

Gamburyan never came close to that type of danger and stopped Brown cold this past Saturday with a short, powerful right hand that likely set a featherweight title shot in motion.

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Mixed Martial Arts Cabaret
Music, poetry, comedy, visual art, open mic. Admission Information: Free; suggested donation.

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A previously reported 195-pound catchweight bout between former EliteXC middleweight champion Robbie Lawler and ex-Strikeforce light-heavyweight champ Renato “Babalu” Sobral has been tapped a main-event fight.

Strikeforce officials today confirmed the fight, which MMAjunkie.com reported on Thursday, headlines “Strikeforce: Los Angeles.”

The event takes place June 16 at the Nokia Theatre in California and coincides with the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), a popular trade show for the computer and video-game industries.

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For those of you that train MMA, I’d like to introduce EliteMMA.com. They’re a MMA equipment supplier which carries great fight gear brands including Fairtex, Throwdown, Sprawl, Top Contender and, Lucky.They list their inventory on-line so you know what’s in stock and orders before 3:00 ship the same day.

They’ve provided an exclusive coupon for 15% off their thai pads valid until Jan 24. The code is scrapthai15. They’ve got a pair of leather Top Conender thai pads for $59.99 before the coupon, which is pretty good. Check EliteMMA.com out and leave a comment about what you think.

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I am thinking about getting the $75 UFC membership for this fight if the tickets aren’t completely out of my budget. Does anyone know how much tickets for this fight will cost at the minimum and if the membership is worth it?

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Gray Maynard won a split decision over Nate Diaz last night at UFN 20 in a rather uneventful main event. In the video below via Sherdog Maynard talks about how his game plan went out the door when Diaz starting taunting him in the center of the octagon.

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Ailene Voisin: Mixed martial artist Urijah Faber not about to retire
Urijah Faber, of course, enjoys his celebrity as much as he loves his job. But even in his hometown, celebrity needs nurturing. Winning matters.

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In this week’s installment of HDNet Fights Video Vault, we take a look
at a March matchup between Californian submission ace Cole Escovedo and
Japanese scrapper Yoshiro Maeda.

The two bantamweights faced off at DREAM.13, which took place in
Yokohama, Japan, and aired on HDNet.

Would the “Apache Kid” continue his impressive return from a near-deadly
staph infection with another win, or would Maeda prove victorious in
his homeland?

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I wrote an article a few days back entitled 10 Things MMA Could Live Without in 2010 and one of my gripes was friends or teammates not fighting each other. Shizio Machida, Lyoto’s Father, did an interview with PVT Mag in which he agrees that Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida need to go at it at some point.

There is only one champion, so I believe this fight must happen. It’s a professional issue, and I believe they can fight. Deep down, everyone wants to know who is strongest. Friendship is friendship, but they’re not amateurs. The eventual winner isn’t my concern. What matters to me is how they win, and their strategy. This would be a mental battle…I really like Anderson. He didn’t train Karate, but knew it instinctively. Standing switches, stances, how to use his waist, moving with purpose as he advances and backs away, dancing without getting hit. The future of MMA isn’t who can take more punishment, but the one who leaves with a clean face. Many fights are pure slugfests, but people don’t see things ten years into the future.

I think Shizio sums it pretty well when he says its a professional issue and they’re not amateurs. Of course it’s ultimately not up to him, but the 2 fighters themselves and even if Shizio convinces Lyoto, Anderson still must agree. So it’s still far fetched in my opinion, but we can dream.
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