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September 1st, 2010 | 
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UFC Gray Maynard jokes that he doesn’t even know his professional fighting record; maybe, he says, he should write it in the “Notes” application of his iPhone.
The lightweight contender used to keep score of such things. As a wrestler, he put a heap of pressure on himself to take home a new accolade in every season.
But as an MMA title shot with champ Frankie Edgar looms, Maynard has taken a much more relaxed approach to the fight game.
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October’s Bellator 33 fight card has another big addition.
A week after the organization announced a headlining non-title fight between lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez and Roger Huerta, a five-round title fight has been added to the mix.
Welterweight champ and season-one tourney winner Lyman Good meets former NCAA Division I national wrestling champ and season-two tourney winner Ben Askren.
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While a victory at this weekend’s UFC 118 event would mean a long-awaited shot
at the lightweight title would be next for Gray Maynard, the Xtreme Couture product isn’t focused on his chance at the
belt.
Instead, Maynard says he’s only thinking about opponent Kenny Florian.
And while the mild-mannered wrestling ace admits his “one fight at a
time” approach to his career may be one reason Frankie Edgar leapfrogged
him for a shot at the belt, Maynard says he’s not changing.
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Prior to his fight at this past weekend’s “Strikeforce: Houston” event -
just a week prior, in fact – Daniel Cormier also competed in a King of
the Cage title fight.
It was part of an impressive stretch in which the heavyweight prospect fought three times in a 21-day span.
In our latest installment HDNet Fights Video Vault, we watch that fight
as Cormier takes on fellow undefeated fighter and KOTC heavyweight
champion Tony Johnson.
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HOUSTON – MMAjunkie.com was on scene and reporting live from today’s “Strikeforce: Houston” official fighter weigh-ins.
Today’s festivities, which were free and open to the public, took place
at the Toyota Center in Houston, the same venue that hosts Saturday’s
Showtime-televised event.
The night’s four main-card contests were all made official, even though one competitor came in slightly overweight.
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With five straight wins in the WEC, lightweight champion Ben Henderson has proved he belongs firmly atop the
promotion’s 155-pound division.
But with a pair of high-profile bouts featuring four top contenders on
the horizon, what does WEC matchmaker Sean Shelby have planned for
Henderson next?
In our latest MMAjunkie.com/”Inside MMA” poll, we asked our readers to
put on their matchmaking hat and decide who should get the next shot at
“Smooth’s” title.
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Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante has long stood in the shadows of his famous teammates, but he’s about to step into the spotlight.
The 30-year-old light heavyweight feels it’s all of his life experiences
which have led him to the biggest opportunity of his career and not
just his six years in the fight game.
When he meets Strikeforce champion Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal in the main event of the Aug. 21 “Strikeforce: Houston” event, he says
he’ll be well-prepared to show how far he’s come.
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Bobby Lashley always has been in a hurry to get to the top of the heavyweight division, and he’s getting less and less shy about asking for what he wants – namely, the Strikeforce title.
First, he has to get through Chad Griggs at “Strikeforce: Houston” on Aug. 21. On paper, Griggs is his toughest test yet. But if he earns a win, Lashley wants a shot at the belt in early 2011.
“I’m staying ready,” Lashley today said. “I’ve been training really hard, and I’m going to continue to train after this fight.”
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OAKLAND, Calif. – Although Saturday’s UFC 117 event was supposed to determine two No. 1 contenders, welterweight winner Jon Fitch is now on standby without a firm commitment.
Heavyweight Junior Dos Santos, on the other hand, appears he’ll get his promised title shot.
After Dos Santos did everything short of finishing a resilient Roy Nelson, UFC president Dana White said the performance was good enough to earn the Brazilian big man a shot at the belt.
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OAKLAND, Calif. – Prior to Saturday’s show, UFC president Dana White hosted a pre-UFC 117 press conference and confirmed that the winner of a co-main-event fight between welterweight contenders Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves would get a title shot.
Fitch dominated Alves and posted his 22nd win in 23 fights, but he now appears no closer to that title fight.
“I don’t know,” White told MMAjunkie.com when asked if Fitch gets the winner of December’s UFC 124 title fight between champ Georges St-Pierre and Josh Koscheck.
