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We all know that looks matter, which is why the WWE long ago replaced the Fabulous Moolah with pole dancers. If female combat is going to ever make it big, it will need competitors who look like strippers and fight like bouncers. mma.fanhouse.com


While his re-licensure in California remains a work in progress, Nick Diaz is in talks to fight for Dream in October. Sherdog.com

“He does need (marijuana),” said Gracie. “He has ADHD and he’s had a prescription for Ritalin since he was a kid. He doesn’t want to take that. That’s worse than pot.” Sherdog.com


"In Strikeforce, we're committed to putting on the best fights that we can," Coker said. "They have a lot of great fighters in DREAM, and we'll be able to test the best fighters in Strikeforce against the best fighters in DREAM. Hopefully we'll be in Japan doing a co-promotion in relatively short time." mmajunkie.com


"I was in the sport and training before I ever met Randy," Couture said. "That really had nothing to do with it. If anything, Gina was my motivation, getting me in there and realizing that they could use more girls in the division. With the name and the gym, if I could help out and help grow the division, help find more girls and represent them and inspire more people to get in there and get with it, then that was my goal. mmajunkie.com



"The thing about 'Mayhem,' he's fighting in Japan and his contract allows him to fight in Japan with DREAM, but he also has a contract with Strikeforce," Coker said. "You will see him in Strikeforce, and whether he's fighting for DREAM or for us, 'Mayhem' Miller vs. Jake Shields, we're trying to put that fight together." mmajunkie.com


A day after her win, in an interview with GRACIEMAG.com, the Brazilian, despite her respect for Carano, didn’t withhold her opinion. “I expected a tougher fight. I was actually ready for five rounds.” But it didn’t come to that. And with the same sincerity she stated that she doesn’t see there being any opponent for her for the time being. graciemag.com


Representatives for Mitsuhiro Ishida have accused Gilbert Melendez of "greasing" at Cyborg vs. Carano last Saturday. mmaweekly.com


"Donald Cerrone is a classless hillbilly and will never own this [WEC lightweight title]. I think Benson Henderson's style counteracts the cowboy's style. Cerrone's got good kickboxing and decent jui-jitsu but Henderson's just a stronger wrestler and grappler. I think Henderson will be able to take him down and just hold him down. I don't know what he is trying to do or if he's trying to build up a fight, but he has to quit worrying about me and start worrying about Ben Henderson. All this talk just shows how scared he is and I don't need to talk, I already beat him up once. It will be easy to do it again." fiveknuckles.com



"We were scrambling looking for a fighter, quite a few guys stepped up to the plate who were wanting the fight. Guys were doing it for a reasonable amount of money, too, which was cool, but just after talking to Showtime, after talking to everybody involved, it just, we couldn't have done it," Atencio commented. "It was a bummer, probably one of the worst things that's ever happened to me." mmaweekly.com


After recently withdrawing from a main event bout with Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal at "M-1 Breakthrough" on Aug. 28, MMA legend Don Frye (20-7-1) will instead face heavyweight prospect Dave "Pee Wee" Herman (14-1) on Sept. 12 for the Texas-based Shark Fight promotion. mmajunkie.com


Despite dropping a match to Team Benelux at the 30-fight "super-taping" this past weekend in Amsterdam, Team USA East advanced to the semifinals of this season's M-1 Challenge. mmajunkie.com


“He told me that he didn't take any supplements leading up to the fight. After weigh-ins, one of his training partners/friends had an over-the-counter supplement called ‘Double Dragon’ and he and Cole decided that it would help him retain water if he took it,” said Province’s manager, Leister Bowling, in a statement sent to MMAWeekly.com via e-mail. mmaweekly.com

“Looking back, obviously it wasn't a wise decision to take a supplement with the ingredients unknown and not first being approved by the commission and the WEC. Cole is having a really hard time being told that he tested positive for ‘steroids’ because the only thing he has taken was an over-the-counter supplement that he thought would help him retain water after dehydrating himself to make weight.” mmaweekly.com


Mohammed “King Mo” Lawal, and Mike Whitehead are serviceable options for the champ, but Mousasi’s readiness after Sokoudjou will play a big role in the timetable of his first defense. mmaweekly.com


Jake O’Brien has been let go by the UFC with a career record of 11-3, and an Octagon record of 4-3. fiveouncesofpain.com


With the loss of an Alex Karalexis vs. Anthony Pettis bout due to injury, a featherweight fight between Rafael Assuncao (13-1 MMA, 1-0 WEC) and Yves Jabouin (14-4 MMA, 0-0 WEC) has been promoted to the Versus-televised main card of WEC 43. mmajunkie.com