New match added to UFC 74

According to UFCJunkie.com you can add David Heath Vs Renato Sobral to the show.

This is the projected card thus far...

1. Heavyweight Championship Bout: Randy Couture Vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
   
2. Welterweight Bout: Georges St. Pierre Vs. Josh Koscheck
   
3. Lightweight Bout: Joe Stevenson Vs. Kurt Pellegrino
   
4. Welterweight Bout: Hayato Sakurai Vs. Diego Sanchez
   
5. Middleweight Bout: Kendall Grove Vs. Patrick Cote
   
6. Middleweight Bout: Travis Lutter Vs. Ryan Jenson
   
7. Heavyweight Bout: Tim Sylvia Vs. TBA
   
8. Light Heavyweight Bout: Renato "Babalu" Sobral Vs. David Heath

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UFC News and Notes

David Heath has apologized for his boring fight at UFC 70.

The UFC announces Josh Burkman Vs. Karo Parisyan for UFC 71. I thank them for this because it isn't as though you could've clicked on the UFC 71 card and seen this listed already for well over a week...wait!

Tito Ortiz uses a now familiar term to describe Rashad Evans.

Upsets par for the coarse in UFC from the L.A. Times, registration may be required.

However, I simply must point something out:

MMA has always been more unpredictable than boxing, because more skills are needed and fighters learn to exploit the weakest facet of their opponent's game.

"You can't [book fights] like you do in boxing. You can't build a guy up to 39-0 with 39 knockouts. Anything can happen," White said.

However, the sport became more unpredictable in the last year as the stakes became greater. Fighting used to be a side activity for most fighters, with
only the top-of-the-line guys being able to train full time. That gave those fighters an advantage against up-and-coming fighters who needed to train on
the side while working full-time jobs.

In the last year, UFC's popularity exploded and fighters started being able to make much more money. With larger contracts, more fighters can devote themselves
full time to the sport. They can bring in better training partners and develop more carefully considered game plans.

That sounds familiar

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MMA News and Notes for Tuesday

Lets take a look around the MMA Universe.

Today's Question of the Day on the Messageboard looks at all of the drug test failures in MMA. You can read and respond here

All the rest of the good stuff requires you to click continue reading....



If you like MMA but are sick of the UFC machine, perhaps you would be interested in this doubleheader of events to be streamed on ProElite.com this weekend?

MMAWeekly.com has a new column titled Spotlight on Canada

This Interview with Enoch Wilson makes me want to see his next fight. Just read it, and you'll understand.

UFC.com looks at David "Please don't call me Gangrel, that's a different guy" Heath

The Telegraph out of the UK looks at native son Michael Bisping

While UFC.com looks at his tomato can...er...opponent Elvis Sinosic

NBC Sports takes a look at Andrei Arlovsky as he prepares for UFC 70.

Steve Bunce of the Sunday Herald Explains MMA to the stupid

Remember Eddie Sanchez, Mirko Cro Cop's first UFC victim? Well, he'll be fighting at UFC 72 'Victory' against Colin "Big C" Robinson who will probably be very popular in his home country.

Tickets for the event go on sale tomorrow

You can also watch UFC 72'Victory' on SpikeTV. Don't believe me? see for yourself

UFC 70 'Nations Collide's Weigh-ins are open to the public I can confirm I will not be there.

An Olympic Legend Takes on MMA and if you think its Kurt Angle, just punch yourself right in the balls or if you're female, the face for thinking such foolishness. This will save time on me having to track all of you down to do it myself.

This IFL Column contains the kind of stuff I want to see on Battleground, especially the bit about Renzo Gracie's strategy.

Speaking of Battleground, as you may have noticed I didn't recap it for the second week in a row. Last week it was because our Podcast ran long. This week, I was listening to the Atlanta Braves God bless Game Day Audio! and thus did not feel like it. I promise to be back next week, unless I'm not. Actually, since I just found out I can watch a replay on Saturday I guarantee a recap next week. None this saturday as I'll be watching UFC 70 but either monday or Saturday of next week.

Another IFL IFL Column, was probably mor relevant before yesterday but then again, I'm not sure I want the advice of anyone connected with the IFL when it comes to money matters.

Sherdog.com writes about Frenchman Jess "The Joker" Liaudin who No Joke, is ready for Germany's Dennis Siver this Saturday.

Gracie Fighting Championship's May 19 card is complete and it includes names fimiliar to UFC fans such as: Jeff Monson, Wess Sims and Brandon Lee Hinkle.

The next series of Bodog Fight (which I still can't watch) is Costa Rica Combat alliteration is cool. Hey, I just noticed I can apparently watch this online. Alrighty then.

Well, I've hit the bottom of the barrel when it comes to news for today so far.

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MMA News and Notes

Lets hop around the MMA World to see what's happening.

There are a lot of rumors going around regarding Pride and its future and a sale. You can read one of those rumors by Clicking Here
Let me stress that as of now, these are all just rumors. I linked to that so you had an idea of the kinds of things being talked about. I would not call anything definite, as we've been hearing about the sale of Pride for nearly as long as I've had this blog if not longer. So, I'll take a wait and see approach on this one.

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First, as proof that not everything should be photographed, we have These Forrest Griffin pics

Sherdog reports that Liddell-Jackson II is set for 5/26 or for those if you in the know, UFC 71.

Jardine fights way in to title picture
Houston Chronicle

David Heath, who replaced Forrest Griffin in the UFC 70 bout against Lyoto Machida was originally going to face Keith Jardine according to a UFCJunkie.com story.

MMAWeekly.com says that K-1 Hero's American debut taking shape

UFC and FightDVD partner for SENI combat show
MMA Weekly

Valimaki-Sakara, Congo-Silva confirmed for UFC 70.

4 months later, Sherk still hasn't let UFC title sink in

Florian's Success Ultimate Surprise
The surprise is that he still has that horrid nickname.

NBC Sports April brings 4 must-see bouts

I think that will do it for now. A reminder, I'll have an IFL Battleground report up some time tonight, and hopefully, it will be better than last weeks.

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