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Wolfslair lightweight Aaron 'The Daywalker' Wilkinson says he has had the best training camp ever ahead of his domestic clash with unbeaten Luke Smith at Cage Gladiators this Saturday.The Liverpool gym is currently preparing Michael Bisping, Paul Kelly and Cheick Kongo for UFC fights. It has been all hands on deck for the last few weeks and as one of the gyms...

Wanderlei Silva has called on his legions of fans worldwide to give him "the strength he needs" to overcome Rich Franklin at UFC 99.And in a stark warning for the former middleweight champion, Silva has promised "a bloody fight... this is not going to be a moderate fight"."This fight of mine, there are only two alternatives - I KO him or he...

Wanderlei Silva promises "a war with blood" when he meets Rich Franklin at UFC 99 in Germany next Saturday, June 13th."Either he goes down or I go down or its war," he told Dana White in the latest edition of the UFC president's video blog hyping WEC 41. "My style is I hit the guy, he hits me. Its action!""Either he is knocked out,...

Affliction has confirmed the card for its third mixed martial arts event, which will take place on Saturday August 1st at the Honda Center, Anaheim.The event - named 'Trilogy' - will be headlined by Russian heavyweight Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (30-1-0) defending his WAMMA heavyweight title against Josh “The Babyfaced Assassin”...

The UFC may return to the UK near the end of 2009 with two shows in close proximity, it has been reported.A Manchester show in November is "almost a certainty in November" according to Yahoo! Sports, which notes that  "the arena is open on November 14 and 21"."Liverpool and Newcastle are under consideration for an October event. The...

The WEC will be returning to Las Vegas in August with a bantamweight title fight between Miguel Torres and challenger Brian Bowles.And the organisation today confirmed a second bantamweight match for the WEC 42 card in the shape of Jeff Curran vs. Takeya Mizugaki.A Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, Torres (37-1) won the bantamweight belt in February 2008, defeating...

WEC fighter Will Ribeiro (9-2) is battling depression as medical bills mount up in the wake of a December motorcycle accident.“I never imagined seeing him so. I feel very sad to seeing his dream being interrupted tragically. I know what he feels. Being a fighter always was his dream since the childhood,” his sister Natalia says.Ribeiro was a passenger on...

Michael Bisping is not certain to get a title shot should he get past Dan Henderson at UFC 100, contrary to numerous reports circulated yesterday.Several UK newspapers reported on Tuesday that Bisping was "guaranteed" a middleweight title shot on a British UFC show late 2007, should he beat Henderson.But a source close to Bisping tells Fighters Only that...

Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson is struggling to rein in his dislike for Rashad Evans just two days into their time as opposing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter 10.Yesterday he wrote on his Twitter account that the first day's filming was done and he "like everybody but one", a reference to Evans.Today's Twitter entry reads: "Day 2 of my new job, it's gonna...

Phil Baroni has cut down to 182lbs to face Joe Riggs at this weekend's Strikeforce event and says he has never felt better in his life.“It’s been real comfortable. Losing 16 pounds of muscle helped a lot. I feel great. I feel like I’m 19 years old again. I have tons of energy. I feel like I should be on a box of Wheaties and doing cereal...