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The Ultimate Fighter Season 12 cast. (Photo courtesy of Zuffa, LLC.)

—PRELIMS—

Rich Attonito: 185lbs.
Dave Branch: 185lbs.

Fredson Paixao: 145lbs.
Pablo Garza: 146lbs.

Will Campuzano: 136lbs.
Nick Pace: 138lbs.*

Sako Chivitchian: 156lbs.
Kyle Watson: 156lbs.

Tyler Toner: 146lbs.
Ian Loveland: 145lbs.

Cody McKenzie: 154lbs.
Aaron Wilkinson: 155lbs.

—MAIN CARD—

Nam Phan: 146lbs.
Leonard Garcia: 145lbs.

Johny Hendricks: 171lbs.
Rick Story: 170lbs.

Kendall Grove: 186lbs.
Demian Maia: 186lbs.

Stephan Bonnar: 205lbs.
Igor Pokrajac: 205lbs.

Jonathan Brookins: 154lbs.
Michael Johnson: 156lbs.

*Nick Pace decided not to cut the additional 2lbs. and thus forfeits 20% of his fight purse.

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Dec 032010
 

(Photo courtesy of Zuffa, LLC.)

Saturday, December 4 marks the end of yet another season of the UFC’s flagship reality TV show The Ultimate Fighter. In this most recent season, the show’s twelfth, “Rush” Georges St. Pierre (20-2) and “Kos” Josh Koscheck (15-4) squared of as the coaches for the fourteen UFC hopefuls, but in the end, it will be two Team GSP fighters who face off for the prize. “The American Psycho” Stephan Bonnar (12-7) will co-headline the card against Team Cro Cop member Igor Pokrajac (15-6) with a supporting cast that includes middleweights Demian Maia (12-2) and “Da Spyder” Kendall Grove (12-7), and welterweights Johny Hendricks (9-0) and Rick Story (9-2). The card also holds the distinct honor of being the first UFC card ever to host fighters under the 155 lb. lightweight class as WEC featherweight slugger “Bad Boy” Leonard Garcia (14-6-1) faces the last man standing in the semi-finals from Team Koscheck, Nam Phan (16-7). The final two TUF cast members are GSP’s first and second picks Michael Johnson (12-6) and Jonathan Brookins (11-2), and they will fight for the UFC’s three-fight six figure contract and the title of “The Ultimate Fighter”. Continue reading »

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Dec 032010
 

Dan Henderson and "Babalu" Renato Sobral both made weight and are ready to face off tomorrow night. (Photo courtesy of Esther Lin and Strikeforce)

—UNDERCARD—

Josh Epps: 127.5lbs.
J.W. Wright: 130.5lbs.

Booker DeRousse:185lbs.
Coltin Cole: 185.5lbs.

Thomas Aaron: 155.5lbs.
Matt Ricehouse: 156lbs.

Lee Brousseau: 204lbs.
Mike Glenn: 207.25lbs.

Lucas Lopes: 185lbs.
Cortez Coleman: 184.75lbs.

Patrick Cummins: 205.5lbs.
Terrell Brown: 208.25lbs.*

Max Martyniouk: 154.5lbs.
Justin Lawrence: 155.5lbs.

Fernando Bettega: 170.25lbs.
Wayne Phillips: 171lbs.

—MAIN CARD—

Benji Radach: 205.5lbs.
Ovince St. Preux: 205.5lbs.

Paul Daley: 169.75lbs.
Scott Smith: 170lbs.

Antonio Silva: 263lbs.
Mike Kyle: 219lbs.

Robbie Lawler: 186lbs.
Matt Lindland: 185.5lbs.

Dan Henderson: 204.5lbs.
“Babalu” Renato Sobral: 202lbs.

* Brown has approximately two hours to drop 2.25 pounds.

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"Bigfoot" Antonio Silva plans to get back to his winning ways and get a step closer to title contention by defeating opponent Mike Kyle when the men face off tomorrow night. (Photo courtesy of Dave Mandel and Sherdog)

When Strikeforce arrives in St. Louis, Missouri tomorrow former Elite XC Heavyweight Champion ”Bigfoot” Antonio Silva (13-2) will look to start a new winning streak by coming out on top in his battle against late replacement “MAK” Mike Kyle (14-7), a well rounded and dangerous kickboxer. Kyle stepped in for the injured “The Python” Valentijn Overeem (26-21) on late notice last week and wants to show the world he belongs in the Strikeforce heavyweight title picture. Both men are strikers of titanic proportions with a knack for bringing the heat that will all but guarantee a fan friendly slugfest to appease casual and hardcore crowds alike. Continue reading »

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