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WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson has been moved from its September 2nd date and has been tentatively rescheduled for October 10th.The September event would have been the organisation’s debut in Ohio but it is expected that the show will be moved to a different location.Apparently the decision was prompted by an undisclosed injury to Ben Henderson, who’s...

UFC 155lb boss BJ Penn has spoken about preparing for a lightweight title defence against Diego Sanchez in November.“Looks like we’re fighting Diego Sanchez next, some time in November,” he confirmed to Hawaiian station KGMB 9.“We are probably going to the same thing [as for Florian],” he said. “We’re going to go up to...

Once considered the best light-heavyweight fighter on the planet, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua is currently in Curitiba, Brazil preparing for his upcoming fight against Lyoto Machida in October for the UFC light-heavyweight title.But back in the PRIDE FC days he was once going to be Chute Boxe’s entry in the Open Weight Grand Prix, before the team...

Anderson Silva recently stated that Wanderlei Silva would beat Vitor Belfort if they had a rematch. Some people thought that was an attempt to ’make up’ with Wanderlei after a much-publicised war of words, but the middleweight champion has refuted this.“That was a sincere opinion about the Wanderlei vs Belfort match and not an attempted making up...

Michael Bisping (18-2) has dropped strong hints that he is indeed facing Canadian middleweight Denis Kang at UFC 105 later this year."I may possibly be fighting Denis Kang at UFC 105," Bisping, who is currently holidaying in Thailand, wrote on his personal website Bisping.tv. The fight is not signed and no official word has been given by the UFC, but...

Is legendary coach and MMA pioneer Pat Miletich on his way back to Ultimate Fighting Championship? With the addition of his name to the fighter database on UFC.com this weekend ,it is being suggested that he could be.Miletech’s name was added to the middleweight roster over the weekend, sparking speculation that the 41-year old will be returning to the...

Prior to their bout at UFC 102 this weekend, Demian Maia and Nate Marquardt are engaged in a battle of a slightly different sort.  Maia and Marquardt are riding high in nominations for the 2009 World MMA Awards and could be claiming trophies at the Awards ceremony to be held December 30 at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.Demian...

Reports that the UFC is looking at doing up to five shows in the UK next year are true, says UFC UK president Marshall Zelaznik.In 2009 there were only two British shows (UFC 95 and the forthcoming UFC 105) but that was by accident not design, he explained to Fighters Only yesterday.“We didn’t deliberately cut back our UK schedule in 2009, it just worked...

Paul Taylor (10-4-1) is not fighting Phil Baroni at UFC 105 and will in fact probably not be fighting at the event at all, Fighters Only can reveal.A spokesman for the British welterweight says that Taylor was never offered Baroni and is unlikely to be matched for the show.“Its an interesting fight but he hasn’t been approached about it. This is literally...

A source close to Diego Sanchez has confirmed to Fighters Only that he has been offered a fight with BJ Penn at UFC 105.“The fight has been put on the table,” the source said last night. “But nothing has been signed and nothing is confirmed at this stage.”Sanchez is the top contender in the lightweight division following Kenny Florian’s...