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Regardless of the result, the sport of women's MMA will be fine. If Cyborg wins she'll be a star, and Gina will surely fight her way back to an even bigger rematch. If Gina wins, it's on to the next contender while Cyborg builds herself back up for a rematch. The fact that this fight would be so big was not inevitable, nobody in the U.S. really knew Cyborg before she killed Shayna Baszler. All it took was a dominant performance with Gina at ringside to get fans salivating for a big fight. There will be other girls. bloodyelbow.com


“Little curve ball thrown my way, but nothing I can’t handle and nothing I’m not looking forward to,” stated Melendez while speaking with MMAWeekly Radio recently. mmaweekly.com

“I think it’s a great replacement and I’m looking forward to a five-round battle with that guy. He’s very tough and I think honestly this is my chance to get some sort of revenge to start my comeback on revenge.” mmaweekly.com



Danillo Villefort has responded to rumours that he was dropped by the Ultimate Fighting Championship after losing at UFC 101. Fighters Only

"Me? Fired? I was fired only if the UFC didn't tell me!" he wrote in a text message last night after being contacted by Fighters Only about the rumour. Fighters Only


It appears that StrikeForce and Showtime were not aware that Nick Diaz had signed a Boxing deal to fight for Don Chargin productions and the Cesar Gracie trained fighter will not fight in the sport until 2010. urdirt.com



Lytle underwent surgery near his home in Indianapolis. Doctors replaced his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and repaired his medial meniscus, his agent, Ken Pavia of MMAAgents.com, today confirmed via text message. mmajunkie.com

The fighter, who turns 35 next week, is expected to be out of action for approximately six months. mmajunkie.com


It now appears as though the recent report from Kevin Iole over at Yahoo! Sports about Tamdan McCrory and Thales Leites being back in the UFC was nothing but hot air. fiveouncesofpain.com


The organization, however, eventually dissolved its higher weight classes to focus on lighter weights including the featherweight and bantamweight divisions which the UFC doesn't currently employ. That may change however according to White who says that talks of a merger are on the docket. fiveknuckles.com