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A battle of the Thiago’s is on the cards for UFC 107 later this year, according to a rumour that emerged today.Brazilian police officer Paulo Thiago has been matched with American Top Team standout Thiago Alves, according to MMA Junkie.Paulo is 11-1 in his professional career while Alves is 16-5. However, despite Paulo making a huge splas with his KO win over...

WEC lightweight contender Ben “Smooth” Henderson has admitted to having surgery to correct his extreme short-sightedness, something he has carried his whole career. His condition was so bad that at one point, he managed to miss an opponent that was standing right in front of him.“I have recently had surgery to correct my vision so I have been...

Wolfslair lightweight Paul Kelly is to be matched with German lightweight Dennis Siver at UFC 105, Fighters Only has been told.A German source informed us on Thursday morning that the two have verbally agreed to the fight although bout agreements are yet to be completed.Kelly is 9-1 in his professional MMA career and is 3-1 in the UFC. He is currently riding a...

Brazilian Top Team middleweight Rousimar Palhares is to face Alessio Sakara at the season finale of The Ultimate Fighter 10, it has been reported.The two were supposed to meet at UFC 101 but the bout was scrapped when Palhares sufferd a leg injury that required hospital treatment.Now the fight has been rearranged for the TUF 10 finale in December, according to...

Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley is preparing for his UFC debut by heading to Liverpool this week for a few days training alongside UFC lightweight Terry Etim.Etim trains and fights out of the Kaobon gym in central Liverpool and Daley will be spending three days there for sparring and drilling with the team.“I like to travel around with training, see if people...

Nevada State Athletic Commission executive Keith Kizer has spoken exclusively to Fighters Only about new MMA rules brought in at an NSAC meeting today.The commission agreed to adopt an instant replay rule that was tabled, allowing the referee to view a replay of controversial fight endings. It has also formalised what has become known as ‘the BJ Penn...

Former PRIDE lightweight champion Takanori Gomi has stated on his personal blog that he will not fight this year since his new child is coming.“These days have been happy for me. I’m going to get married and it makes new sense in my life. The days in Koganezaki (resort) and its beautiful beaches made me think a lot. After all, a new member of the family...

Brandon Vera has not given up his dream of holding the UFC heavyweight title belt - only now he wants to hold both that strap and the light-heavyweight one too.“I’ll hold both belts – light heavyweight and heavyweight – and then I’ll call it a day. I’ll tell everybody “I told you so,” and I’ll just walk out and...

Top British welterweight Dan ‘The Outlaw’ Hardy has been promoted to purple belt by Eddie Bravo, the jiu jitsu instructor renowned for his ‘Rubber Guard’ technique.He received the grading earlier this week at the temporary headquarters of 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu in Burbank, California (the gym’s previous Legends Gym home is being...

Kenny Florian’s brother Keith has accused UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn of dirty tricks during his recent title defence.Penn submitted Kenny Florian in the fourth round of the UFC 101 fight but Keith says his brother was eye-poked at one point."There are a lot of things that happened during the fight that you may or you may not have seen. Kenny got...