Pat Curran vs. Daniel Weichel, Julia Budd vs. Talita Nogueira slated for Bellator 133

Former Bellator featherweight champion Pat Curran is slated to return to action on Feb. 27, 2015 against Daniel Weichel in the co-main event of Bellator 133, promotional officials announced Monday.

A two-time Bellator champion, Curran (20-6) forfeited his belt for a second time this past Sept. when he dropped a unanimous decision to Patricio Freire in a rematch of the pair’s 2013 meeting. He’ll now look to get back on track against Weichel (34-8), a longtime veteran who captured season 10’s featherweight tournament title with consecutive wins over Scott Cleve, Matt Bessette, and Desmond Green.

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Pat Curran vs. Daniel Weichel, Julia Budd vs. Talita Nogueira slated for Bellator 133

Angela Magana on newfound Twitter infamy: "I am really only being myself"

Angela Magana was known mainly for being a longtime women’s MMA combatant and competition in The Ultimate Fighter 20. Until about monthly past. That is when the seven-year veteran kind of found Twitter, in her very own manner.

“I was never huge supporter of the latest social networking,” Magana told MMA Fighting. “I was too busy living life to share my entire life. Who gives a f—?”

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Angela Magana on newfound Twitter infamy: "I am really only being myself"

Anthony Pettis on harm layoff: "I definitely got annoyed with lots of lovers"

Anthony Pettis sat on a bed around this time a year ago and let his mind wander.

After knee operation, the UFC lightweight winner was looking to discover what he was doing wrong, why he kept getting injured. Perhaps it was something occurring in training, Pettis thought. Perhaps he should leave his longtime residence of Roufusport and find a fitness center elsewhere.

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Anthony Pettis on harm layoff: "I definitely got annoyed with lots of lovers"

Comic Russell Peters weighs in on MMA"s hottest issues

Russell Peters understands his combat sports. He was an amateur fighter for nine years, is a longtime supporter of the UFC as well as a detailed buddy of many combatants, like Cung Le.

So the well known comic comes with an educated view regarding the state of MMA. And his take is not overly favorable. In a interview with Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, Peters took the UFC to job for oversaturation, being a monopoly and underpaying combatants.

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Comic Russell Peters weighs in on MMA"s hottest issues

Dan Henderson to fight Gegard Mousasi in co-main at UFC on FOX 14 in Sweden

It didn’t take long for the UFC’s return to Sweden to get some fire power.

On Wednesday UFC president Dana White announced that light heavyweight contenders Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony Johnson would fight on Jan. 24, 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden, for UFC on FOX 14. Now the UFC has added a co-main event clash between longtime veterans Dan Henderson and Gegard Mousasi.

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Dan Henderson to fight Gegard Mousasi in co-main at UFC on FOX 14 in Sweden

Wanderlei Silva removed from Bellator 131 appearance due to contractual obligations with the UFC

Bellator announced on Monday that longtime MMA legend Wanderlei Silva would join several UFC veterans in their pre-Bellator 131 programming in San Diego. It turns out he won’t after all.

Bellator announced on Tuesday that Silva will not be able to participate in Friday’s event in Dave & Busters “due to prior contractual obligations.”

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Wanderlei Silva removed from Bellator 131 appearance due to contractual obligations with the UFC

XFC interested in doing Wanderlei Silva vs. Chael Sonnen in Brazil; Silva takes fight

Recall when Wanderlei Silva said he would not fight again? He might alter his strategies for just one fight specifically.

The former PRIDE middleweight champ was a guest color commentator at Saturday night’s XFC International 7 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and said in a interview to RedeTV, TV channel that aired the occasion reside in Brazil, he would return to confront his longtime opponent Chael Sonnen.

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XFC interested in doing Wanderlei Silva vs. Chael Sonnen in Brazil; Silva takes fight

Georges St-Pierre"s guidance to present headliners: "You should find out your career as a company"

Few elite mixed martial artists have managed to parlay their brand as successfully as former longtime UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre.

The Montreal native evolved to the sport’s biggest draw and brought mainstream sponsorships from top mainstream sports-related products like Gatorade and Under Armour along the way.

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Georges St-Pierre"s guidance to present headliners: "You should find out your career as a company"

Georges St-Pierre"s guidance to present headliners: "You should find out your career as a company"

Few elite mixed martial artists have managed to parlay their brand as successfully as former longtime UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre.

The Montreal native evolved to the sport’s biggest draw and brought mainstream sponsorships from top mainstream sports-related products like Gatorade and Under Armour along the way.

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Georges St-Pierre"s guidance to present headliners: "You should find out your career as a company"

Yoshiyuki Yoshida pulls away from title fight with Mike Ricci, later released by Titan FC

Not only is the empty Titan FC lightweight title no longer up for grabs on Friday night, but now certainly one of its participants is no longer using the promotion.

As was reported by Front Row Brian via his Twitter web feed, longtime expert Yoshiyuki Yoshida pulled away from his primary event title fight with Mike Ricci after some conditions.

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Yoshiyuki Yoshida pulls away from title fight with Mike Ricci, later released by Titan FC

Bibiano Fernandes vs. Dae Hwan Kim, Brandon Vera vs. Igor Subora declared for One FC 23

One FC 23 will feature the return of bantamweight champ Bibiano Fernandes, as well as the introduction of longtime UFC expert Brandon Vera.

One FC officials declared on Friday that Fernandes will set his 135-pound title in the line in the key occasion of One FC’s return to Manila on Dec. 5 against undefeated Korean. Dae Hwan Kim.

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Bibiano Fernandes vs. Dae Hwan Kim, Brandon Vera vs. Igor Subora declared for One FC 23

GSP: Nick Diaz "made a blunder" by accepting Anderson Silva fight at 185 pounds

Georges St-Pierre is as qualified as anyone to remark about the highly anticipated UFC 183 primary event between returning former longtime middleweight winner Anderson Silva and his fellow returnee, former Strikeforce welterweight winner Nick Diaz.

St-Pierre was Silva’s modern-day for a long time atop the sport’s pound-for-pound surveys, and he fought Diaz, getting the better of him via selection at UFC 158.

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GSP: Nick Diaz "made a blunder" by accepting Anderson Silva fight at 185 pounds

Anderson Silva, "Shogun" Rua place to trainer "The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4"

Two of the greatest names in the history of Brazilian MMA will function as opposing trainers on this nation’s following version of The Ultimate Fighter.

UFC.com’s Brazilian website reported on Wednesday that longtime middleweight winner Anderson Silva and former UFC light heavyweight champion and PRIDE Grand Prix winner Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will serve as trainers to the fourth TUF: Brazil season, which airs in the Globo network.

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Anderson Silva, "Shogun" Rua place to trainer "The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4"

Wallid Ismail: "Jose Aldo saved Brazilian MMA"

Jose Aldo successfully defended his UFC featherweight title on Saturday night, and his triumph over Chad Mendes was tremendous for his nation.

Wallid Ismail, former MMA fighter and longtime MMA advocate as the president of Jungle Fight, told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour a loss in the primary event of UFC 179 would happen to be horrible for the future of the sport in Brazil.

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Wallid Ismail: "Jose Aldo saved Brazilian MMA"

Rousimar Palhares vs. Jon Fitch WSOF title fight to be held Dec. 13 in Las Vegas

The Rousimar Palhares vs. Jon Fitch fight has a date and residence.

Palhares’ WSOF welterweight title defense from the longtime UFC competition was formerly declared as the headliner for World Series of Fighting 16.

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Rousimar Palhares vs. Jon Fitch WSOF title fight to be held Dec. 13 in Las Vegas

Mike Goldberg apologizes for social media outburst after NFL on FOX debut

Longtime UFC play-by-play man Mike Goldberg apologized on Tuesday for his Twitter outburst this past weekend.

Goldberg worked the booth for a game between the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings on FOX this past Sunday — the first of two NFL games he was slated to work — and received criticism for his performance via the social media platform of Twitter. Goldberg shot back at his detractors on Sunday afterwards, calling one critic a “douche” and telling another, “dude f— you.”

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Mike Goldberg apologizes for social media outburst after NFL on FOX debut

Fightweets: Will Nick Diaz"s arrests change his fight with Anderson Silva?

Bellator veered into rasslin’ territory and aired a farce of a skit involving a masked guy. The UFC welcomed Thiago Silva back to the fold. Joe Rogan bashed a hornet’s nest, then attempted to attribute the stick. Oh, and then news surfaced that Nick Diaz was detained for an alleged DUI, and an array of further infractions in its immediate wake, followed by the disclosure this was not his first such violation. Consider that with the terrible news coming forth from the NFL this week, and it is enough to make even the most serious contact sports enthusiast need to shut off their computer for awhile and get a hike.

But we move forward, MMA supporters. There was even some non-odious news this week, in the introduction of TUF 20 to tips a longtime winner might be pondering his return. So let us get right into another version of Fightweets handle the great, the poor, and also the awful.

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Fightweets: Will Nick Diaz"s arrests change his fight with Anderson Silva?

Dana White says title shot likely for Georges St-Pierre if he returns

If Georges St-Pierre decides to stop his sabbatical and go back to the Octagon, a title shot is likely waiting for him.

With rumblings that the former longtime welterweight champ could return next year beginning to assemble, the issue of who he had fight in his return bout is the natural next question.

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Dana White says title shot likely for Georges St-Pierre if he returns

Dana White on Joe Rogan"s contentious remarks: Jon Jones "is really popular"

Like many, UFC president Dana White challenged the words of Joe Rogan, the organization ‘s longtime color commentator, when Rogan wondered whether racism is a portion of the rationale UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones is not more popular than he’s.

But White’s questions pertained to Jones’ degree of popularity, not the issues of racial reasons. White told UFC.com on Thursday that he believes the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter is plenty popular.

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Dana White on Joe Rogan"s contentious remarks: Jon Jones "is really popular"