UFC 146: Dos Santos Vs. Mir Weigh-In Results

The all-heavyweight card for UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir is now official, as the weigh-ins took place earlier Friday. The card goes down Saturday night from Las Vegas on Facebook, FX and pay-per-view. In the main event, Junior dos Santos will defend his UFC heavyweight title against Frank Mir. The co-main event boasts Cain [...]

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Junior dos Santos: ?I want to knock him out and I will give my best to knock him out.?

UFC heavyweight Frank Mir has made his gameplan clear when it comes to his crack at divisional champion Junior dos Santos in a little over a week – set up a takedown with some strikes, drag action to the mat, and score a submission win. Interestingly enough, Dos Santos has also decided to remove any [...]

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WWE Smackdown Preview 5.18.12: Randy Orton and Sheamus to Make Angry Faces at Each Other

A bunch of potentially great matches on deck for Smackdown tonight. Here’s your unspoilered preview: There’s a big main event of World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus vs. Randy Orton, a couple days before the two of them are involved in a Fatal (but not really) Four Way Match also featuring Chris Jericho and that guy who comes out with Ricardo Rodriguez. [...]

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Mark Hunt injured, so Lavar Johnson jumps at chance to fight Stefan Struve at UFC 146

After earning a $65,000 bonus for Knockout of the Night on May 5 after stopping Pat Barry in the first round at UFC on Fox 3 in East Rutherford, N.J., you couldn't blame Lavar Johnson had he chosen to go on vacation. It was his second KO win in the UFC in four months and both times, the knockout came on national television.

He chose to take only a few days off, however, before returning to the gym on Monday. It paid off for him big-time on Thursday when he was offered, and quickly accepted, a contract to fight Stefan Struve on May 26 on the main card of UFC 146 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.

Mark Hunt injured a knee in training and had to withdraw from the fight with Struve on the all-heavyweight card next week. The UFC offered the bout to Johnson, who came out of his first-round win over Barry unscathed.

He said he never hesitated in accepting the offer.

"This is what we do and it's my job to fight," Johnson told Cagewriter. "They called me up and I'm still in good shape. A fight is a fight, no matter who it is, or what. My job is to take the fight. I jumped right on it."

Johnson said he weighs 250, so he won't even have to worry about cutting weight to make the 265-pound limit for his fight against Struve.

At 6-11, Struve will have a seven-inch height advantage over the 6-4 Johnson, but Johnson insisted it won't matter.

"His reach is 83 and mine is 81 or 82," Johnson said. "I'm faster and I hit harder. I'm aggressive and I'll be right there in his face."

He was aggressive against both Barry and Joey Beltran, whom he knocked out on Jan. 28 at UFC on Fox 2. He took a few hellacious leg kicks from Barry in the early moments of the May 5 fight, but said he didn't feel them.

When friends brought it up to them, he acted surprised, saying he checked the kicks. But when he looked at the film, he realized he was hit full bore by Barry, one of the hardest kickers in the sport. But Johnson had prepared for Barry by training with kick boxer Carter Williams, himself a great kicker.

"That's what happens when you train with Carter," Johnson said, chuckling. "Eventually, you don't feel a thing."

He was a virtual unknown to UFC fans as 2012 began, known primarily as the fighter who was shot in the abdomen during a Fourth of July family reunion a few years ago. But if he beats Struve, he'll be 3-for-3 in 2012 with seven months still to go.

He hasn't heard much from UFC president Dana White, but said it didn't matter.

"My bonus check said enough for me," he said.

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?MMA Uncensored Live? To Feature Daniel Cormier, BJ Penn Tonight

“MMA Uncensored Live” on Spike TV will bring in recently-crowned Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix champion Daniel Cormier and former UFC champion BJ Penn tonight. The show begins at 11 p.m. ET/PT. Cormier defeated Josh Barnett over the weekend to secure the grand prix title. He is scheduled to fight once more in Strikeforce before likely [...]

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Anderson Silva duels with sensei Steven Seagal over a beer (VIDEO)

The UFC middleweight champ, a referee, a cage announcer, and an actor/sensei/officer of the law/shooting glasses wear/leather coat aficionado walk into a bar:

Unfortunately, we don't get to see the end of their scintillating duel over mediocre beer. Does Silva rise up against the man who taught him the kick that knocked out Vitor Belfort? Do they agree the beer is mediocre, forget their feud and start singing with Bruce Buffer at the old timey piano? Does Dan Miragliotta find a hidden beer that he shares along with the secret to his always-glowing tan? There are so many ways this could end. Tell us how you would solve this cliffhanger in the comments, on Facebook or on Twitter.

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WWE Over The Limit Preview: Bryan and Punk in the Main Event? Yes! Yes! Yes!

WWE goes Over The Limit tonight. I’ll just get right into the matches since I can’t come up with any intro lines that aren’t distasteful jokes about UFC champion Jon Jones‘s DUI. Zack Ryder vs. Kane (YouTube Pre-Show): Ryder has repeatedly proven he is fairly useless against Kane. I’m more excited about Ryder potentially matching [...]

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Ultimate Fighter 15 Finale taking shape with four new fights

With less than two weeks remaining before the UFC crowns a new Ultimate Fighter champion the organization has decided to officially announce four match-ups for the June 1 finale featuring contestants from the current season. The actual individuals competing for the TUF 15 title will be determined this Friday night in a pair of live [...]

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