MMA News and Notes

Phil Baroni has been arrested in Miami.

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Former Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes talks about last Saturday's UFC 69 event focusing on the 2 Welterweight bouts.

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The Fight Network has some news and notes from around the MMA World including the next fight for Spencer Fisher, Jeff Joslyn and a move to the WEC for Mark Hominic to challenge Urijah Faber for the Featherweight title.

The NSAC handed down Suspensions to Joe Pearson, Kit Cope and Nick Diaz the commission also ruled the Diaz fight with Takanori Gomi a no contest.

MMAWeekly.com looks at the prospects of Julie Kedzie at Saturday's Bodog Fight Pay Per View.

UFC.com has the latest column from Michael Bisping.

Chuck Liddell is featured in Sports Illustrated.

Another article on Liddell from HofMag.com can be found here

UFC 70 undercard fighter Paul 'please don't call me Euan, it offends me and is not funny' Taylor Profiled~!

Joe Fernandez of Newsday has a look at UFC 69 chiefly Matt Sera's stunning upset.

UFCJunkie.com has a look at the Medical Suspensions coming out of Fight Night 9.

For those of you interested, check out the MMAWeekly.com rankings in the 5 major weight classes.

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The latest to fail a drug test is...

Nick Diaz he tested positive for Marijuana. I don't know what kind of suspension he's going to get from the NSAC.

In related news, Iron Sheik is trying to get Nick Diaz' phone number.

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Ticket Sales up, Gate receits down for Pride 33 'The Second Coming'

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Short form, they sold 255 more tickets than they did for the debut in October, but took in about 23,000 less at the gate.

This show ranks 9th out of the top 10 gates for MMA in Nevada just ahead of the Pride debut show. UFC holds the top 8 slots with UFC 66 - Liddell, Ortiz II being #1 with $5.4 million at the gate.

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The Nevada State Athletic Commission hands down some rulings

*Kevin Randleman was suspended for one year and fined $5,000 for a fraudulent drug test
*Thiago Alves was suspended for eight months and fined $5,500 for failing a drug test for a diuretic in his last UFC fight
*The Gilbert Yvel vs. Sergey Kharitonov proposed match by Pride was nixed as Yvel was denied a license for a 2004 incident where he punched and kicked a
referee after a match
*Kit Cope (Gina Carano's boyfriend) and Joe Pearson were both temporarily suspended for failing drug tests after the WEC show

Credit: Wrestling Observer.com

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