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UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber

  • A dazed Wanderlei Silva looks up at the monitors after being knocked out by Chris Leben 27 seconds into the first round during UFC 132 Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

    Chris Leben may have ended Wanderlei Silva’s career at UFC 132

    July 3, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    Well, they came out swinging at each other as advertised — for all of 27 seconds. The UFC 132 co-main event between middleweights Wanderlei Silva (33-11-1 MMA, 3-6 UFC) and Chris Leben (26-7 MMA, 12-6 UFC) played out in wild fashion at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday night. Leben threw three consecutive uppercuts, the last of which floored Silva and sent him away with a devastating knockout loss in the first round.

  • Tito Ortiz celebrates after beating Ryan Bader in a main card bout at UFC 132 Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Ortiz snapped a near five-year winless streak with the win.

    Submission victory helps revive Tito Ortiz’s career

    July 3, 2011

    By Ray Brewer

    UFC veteran Tito Ortiz wasn’t supposed to be answering this question. Ryan Bader was. But there sat Ortiz talking to the media Saturday at the MGM Grand following his first-round submission victory against Bader.

  • Tito Ortiz celebrates after beating Ryan Bader in a main card bout at UFC 132 Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Ortiz snapped a near five-year winless streak with the win.

    UFC 132 live blog: Dominick Cruz keeps belt; Tito Ortiz scores upset

    July 2, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    Two of the three featured bouts at UFC 132 Saturday night lasted less than 2:30 combined. The main event went on for more than 10 times longer than that. After Tito Ortiz submitted Ryan Bader to save his career at 1:56 of the first round and Chris Leben knocked out Wanderlei Silva 27 seconds into their fight, the bantamweight championship bout went the distance in one of the most competitive fights of the year. Dominick Cruz exited the octagon with his belt still around his waist, as he beat Urijah Faber via unanimous decision (50-45, 49-46, 48-47).

  • Urijah Faber flexes after making weight during the weigh in for UFC 132 Friday, July 1, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

    UFC 132 weigh-in: Urijah Faber and Wanderlei Silva are fan favorites

    July 1, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    UFC 132 boasts one of the toughest main events, a bantamweight title fight between Urijah Faber and Dominick Cruz, to pick in recent memory. The fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for Friday’s weigh-in appeared to have made their choice.

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    UFC 132 Weigh In

  • Tito Ortiz (left) faces off with Ryan Bader during the weigh in for UFC 132 Friday, July 1, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

    Ryan Bader ‘re-evaluated everything’ before UFC 132

    July 1, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    The third featured bout on the main card of Saturday’s UFC 132 is billed as the possible last stand of future Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz. Ryan Bader has a different theme for the matchup.

  • Dominick Cruz speaks to the media during the press conference Thursday, June 30, 2011 at MGM Grand in preparation for UFC 132 Saturday night.

    UFC 132 victory could take Dominick Cruz’s career to the next level

    June 30, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    Let’s say the UFC decided to hold an autograph session for UFC 132 main event competitors Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber together at the same time. Imagine that in this make-believe scenario, fans arrive and are told they could choose only one of the two fighters to meet. Out of the two resulting lines, there’s little doubt the one on Faber’s side would stretch significantly longer.

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    Dana White Fireside Chat UFC 132

    Dana White Fireside Chat UFC 132

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    UFC President Dana White holds his usual discssion with the media following the UFC 132 pre-fight press conference at MGM Grand Garden Arena. White addresses Nate Marquardt's firing, Saturday's fight card, ongoing television negations and more in this card's edition of his fireside chat.

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    UFC 132 Press Conference

  • Wanderlei Silva works out for the media in preparation for UFC 132 at MGM Grand Wednesday, June 29, 2011.

    Wanderlei Silva and Chris Leben have opposite outlooks on fighting

    June 29, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    Out of the 10 fighters who took part in the UFC 132 open workouts at the MGM Grand Wednesday afternoon, only one gave an impassioned speech to the assembled fans thanking them for their support. It was unsurprisingly Las Vegas-based Wanderlei Silva, who would say the only thing he loves more than the fans who made him famous during his days in PRIDE is putting on a fighting spectacle for them in the cage.

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    UFC 132 Workouts

  • Dominick Cruz (right) looks to kick Joseph Benavidez during their bantamweight fight at WEC 42 at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel on August 9, 2009. Cruz won the fight by unanimous decision.

    Dominck Cruz and Urijah Faber return animosity to the octagon at UFC 132

    June 28, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    If the UFC has missed anything in recent events, it’s bitterness between its headlining fighters. Out of 11 cards so far this year, only one main event — a UFC 126 middleweight title bout between Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort — has pitted two fighters against each other who undeniably didn’t get along.

  • Tito Ortiz poses on the set of "The Ultimate Fighter" season 11.

    UFC 132’s Tito Ortiz isn’t ready to call it quits

    June 27, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    Three light heavyweight fighters stood above the rest in terms of star power when the UFC rocketed into popularity nearly a decade ago — Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz. In the last six months, both Liddell and Couture have retired. Liddell announced his plans to step away before UFC 125, while Couture made a UFC 129 bout against Lyoto Machida his final fight. “Is it time for me?” Ortiz wondered out loud last month while in Las Vegas. “I don’t know. I guess time will tell. I’m a lot younger than both of them, but I’ve been doing it as long as Couture and a lot longer than Liddell. I’ve had no serious injuries and I want to fight. I want to win. I want to compete.”

  • Chris Leben salutes after submitting Yoshiro Akiyama in their middleweight bout Saturday at UFC 116. Fighting on short notice only two weeks after his last fight, Leben submitted Akiyama in the third round.

    Long-awaited bout between Leben and Silva must live up to potential at UFC 132

    June 21, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    If Wanderlei Silva and Chris Leben toss punches with as little caution as they have spit words to hype their meeting, then the UFC 132 crowd at Mandalay Bay in two weeks is in for a thrill. Silva (33-10-1 MMA, 3-5 UFC) and Leben (25-7 MMA, 11-6 UFC) requested a fight and called each other out for nearly a year before UFC brass scheduled the bout for the co-main event of the July 2 card. With the fight nearing, the two fan favorite middleweights aren't tempering expectations.

  • Urijah Faber flexes on the scale during the weigh in for WEC 52 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at the Palms.

    Urijah Faber preparing for summer of opportunities with UFC

    May 12, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    Urijah Faber considers himself a man of his word. If anyone can attest to that, it’s probably teammate Chad Mendes. Faber, the top contender for the UFC bantamweight belt, recently recalled a conversation he had with Mendes, the No. 1 contender for the UFC featherweight crown, in 2008. Faber made Mendes a promise while trying to convince him to join his training squad, Team Alpha Male, in Sacramento, Calif.

  • Dominick Cruz celebrates after beating Joseph Benavidez by split decision at WEC 50 inside The Pearl at The Palms Wednesday, August 18, 2010.

    Lineup for UFC 132 in Las Vegas takes shape

    March 26, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    Two fierce enemies are set to renew their rivalry in the main event of UFC 132 on July 2 in Las Vegas. Urijah Faber (25-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will challenge Dominick Cruz (17-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) for the bantamweight championship in Las Vegas’ annual Fourth of July weekend card, UFC announced via its twitter and official web site Saturday evening. The event is expected to take place at Mandalay Bay Events Center.

UFC 158
Nick Diaz fails to back up years worth of talk

UFC 158 A welterweight title fight that felt incredibly different wound up remarkably the same. Georges St. Pierre manhandled nemesis Nick Diaz with his wrestling. St. Pierre won every round on every judges' scorecard in Montreal for his sixth straight unanimous-decision victory. Diaz had preached his superiority over St. Pierre for years, but when he finally got his chance, he looked as helpless as all the other challengers to the 170-pound division's throne in the last six years. St. Pierre's consistency continued to amaze. Now it's on to Johny Hendricks, who defeated Carlos Condit in the evening's co-main event. Could he be the one to finally threaten St. Pierre?

Main Card Results
WinnerLoserMethod
Georges St. PierreNick DiazUnanimous Decision
Johny HendricksCarlos ConditUnanimous Decision
Jake EllenbergerNate MarquardtKnockout
Chris CamozziNick RingSplit Decision
Mike RicciColin FletcherUnanimous Decision

Fight Schedule
DateEventHeadlining MatchLocation
May 3 NABF Super Featherweight Title Francisco Vargas vs. Jose Aguiniga Las Vegas: The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan
May 4 WBC Welterweight Title Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero Las Vegas: MGM Grand Garden Arena
May 18 UFC on FX 8 Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold Jaragua, Brazil
May 25 UFC 160 Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva Las Vegas: MGM Grand Garden Arena
June 8 UFC on FUEL TV 10 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Fabricio Werdum Fortaleza, Brazil
June 15 UFC 161 Renan Barao vs. Eddie Wineland Winnipeg, Manitoba
June 22 WBA Welterweight Title Paulie Malignaggi vs. Adrien Broner Brooklyn, N.Y.

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