UFC 71 Weigh in results

Sorry for the delay, technical issues.

Preliminary Bouts:

1. Light Heavyweight Bout: Wilson Gouveia (204) Vs. Carmelo Marrero (205)
   
2. Lightweight Bout: Jeremy Stevens (156) Vs. Din Thomas (155)
   
3. Light Heavyweight Bout: Alan Belcher (205) Vs. Sean Salmon (205)
   
4. Light Heavyweight Bout: Thiago Silva (202) Vs. James Irvin (204)

Televised Bouts:

1. Middleweight Bout: Kalib Starnes (186) Vs. Chris Leben (185)
   
2. Light Heavyweight Bout: Houston Alexander (202) Vs. Keith Jardine (205)
   
3. Welterweight Bout: Josh Burkman (171) Vs. Karo Parisyan (170)
   
4. Middleweight Bout: Terry Martin (186) Vs. Ivan Salaverry (184)
   
5. Light Heavyweight Title Bout: Quinton Jackson (205) Vs. Chuck Liddell (205)

Word to the wise, if you've got a choice, never watch these on ESPNews. They didn't show weigh-ins for 5 of the bouts including the 4 preliminaries and Salaverry-Martin. The commercial break sucked as well.

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Karo Parisyan interview

NBC Sports interviews welterweight contender Karo "The Heat" Parisyan. It is a good interview and he is one of my favorites.

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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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