Yoshihiro Akiyama Bringing ?Sexyama? Back (Photo)

Justin Timberlake may have brought “SexyBack” in 2006 with his hit pop song, but Yoshihiro Akiyama (Pictured) is bringing “Sexyama” back after adding several rips to his chiseled frame. After losing three consecutive Octagon scraps, UFC president Dana White stated the middleweight would not be released if he lost 15 pounds and moved to the [...]

Source: http://www.5thRound.com/94850/yoshihiro-akiyama-bringing-sexyama-back-photo/

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Nick Diaz tops list UFC 137 paydays

Love him or hate him, it can rarely be said Nick Diaz doesn?t entertain the fans in some way with overall style and colorful antics. Those qualities were both put on display last Saturday night in the main event at UFC 137 and, perhaps rightfully so, it turns out Stockton?s favorite son earned the event?s [...]

Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/10/31/nick-diaz-tops-list-ufc-137-paydays/

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Smashing pumpkins: Show us your MMA carved pumpkins

Artist Ray Villafane created a pumpkin that reminds me of MMA's best punch-faces.

Smashing pumpkins: Show us your MMA carved pumpkins

That is an impressive work of art, particularly the flying pumpkin teeth. Could you do any better?

Here's the challenge. Create an MMA-inspired pumpkin and post it on the Cagewriter Facebook page. It can be a fighter, a fight, a logo, whatever. It just needs to be obviously related to mixed martial arts and made from a pumpkin, and not obscene, vulgar or otherwise inappropriate. We will award the best ones DVDs, fight programs and whatever else we can pull from the Cagewriter prize closet.

Read on to see some inspiration from recent fights via photographer Tracy Lee, or look through a collection of Cagewriter's exclusive pictures.

Smashing pumpkins: Show us your MMA carved pumpkins

Nam Phan and Leonard Garcia at UFC 136

Smashing pumpkins: Show us your MMA carved pumpkins

Gray Maynard and Frankie Edgar at UFC 136

Smashing pumpkins: Show us your MMA carved pumpkins

Chris Lytle and Dan Hardy at UFC on Versus 5.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Smashing-pumpkins-Show-us-your-MMA-carved-pumpk?urn=mma-wp8429

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UFC on FOX 1 Primetime made available for viewing

Though the buzz this past weekend may have surrounded UFC 137 and the epic encounter between Nick Diaz and BJ Penn, another highly-anticipated duo hit the airwaves in the form of heavyweight headliners Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos whose UFC Primetime was shown Sunday on FOX in the midst of NFL action. Highlighting their [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/11/01/ufc-on-fox-1-primetime-made-available-for-viewing

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Donald Cerrone interested in future fight at featherweight with Jose Aldo

Donald Cerrone is on a roll. In fact you could argue that he’s been on a roll since the beginning of his career. Since his nineteen-fight professional MMA career started he’s only lost to two people – Ben Henderson and Jamie Varner. The “Cowboy” is set to face the spinning back kick specialist Dennis Siver [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/10/27/donald-cerrone-interested-in-future-fight-at-featherweight-with-jose-aldo

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?UFC 138: Leben vs. Munoz? Betting Odds

After witnessing Cheick Kong and Nick Diaz serve up upset specials last Saturday, gamblers have been itching for their next shot at receiving some long shot lovin’. Thankfully, “UFC 138: Leben vs. Munoz” is just around the corner. Mark Munoz is a significant -260 odds-on favorite to beat Chris Leben in the card’s featured contest. [...]

Source: http://www.5thRound.com/94736/ufc-138-leben-vs-munoz-betting-odds/

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Pick a Card: UFC 137 (MAIN CARD)

Welcome back fight fans. Yesterday, we looked at the preliminary card for UFC 137 where I predicted wins for (amongst others) newcomer Dustin Jacoby and Donald Cerrone. Speaking of “Cowboy” Cerrone, don’t forget to enter yourself in our first giveaway done completely over Twitter. Anytime leading up to the start of the main event, Tweet [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/10/29/pick-a-card-ufc-137-main-card

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Cerrone moves into title picture by smashing Siver at UFC 137

Cerrone moves into title picture by smashing Siver at UFC 137

LAS VEGAS - The new Donald Cerrone is one scary individual.

The former WEC star continued his assault on the UFC lightweight division by destroying a previously hot Denis Siver in less than three minutes.

Cerrone (17-3, 4-0 UFC) rocked Siver on the feet several times before finishing him with a rear-naked at the 2:25 mark of the first round in the second fight on the UFC 137 Spike broadcast.

[Related: UFC 137: Penn, 'Cro Cop' set to retire after losses]

Cerrone's now won six straight fights and last two have come via brutal knockout. The list of title contenders is long at 155 pounds, but Cerrone has certainly earned himself a shot at one of the guys in the top six.

Both fighters came out throwing, but it was Cerrone who was able to deal with getting hit. He fired back hard shots and when he landed a huge left kick to the head, it was the beginning of the end for the Russian fighting out of Germany. Siver's legs were lost. He wobbled for several seconds before grabbing a Cerrone leg and slowing the down the fight along the cage.

Cerrone moves into title picture by smashing Siver at UFC 137

The fighters separated and Cerrone landed another right straight down the pipe. Siver went down to his knees where Cerrone jumped on his back and quickly got his hooks in. Seconds later, he slapped on the rear-naked choke and Siver tapped almost immediately.

"Donald hits very hard. Both shots got me pretty wobbled and I was unable to collect myself after the second one. That made it very easy for him to sink in the submission and there was nothing I could do."

Cerrone loves to fight so he may not wait until one of the big boys is free to fight. He said before and after the fight, he'd like another bout before the end of 2011. He's 4-0 this year.

"There were a couple of things I should have done differently, but I'll work on it," said the extremely self-critical Cerrone. "I want to fight one more time this year - bring it on. I don't want to wait."

Siver (19-8, 8-5 UFC) had won four straight coming in.

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Cerrone-moves-into-title-picture-by-smashing-Siv?urn=mma-wp8718

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