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Fedor Emelianenko TKOs Brett Rogers in second round: Russian fighter successful in Strikeforce debut on network television broadcast; Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009; Fedor Emelianenko delivered the result many were expecting in his nationally televised debut with the Strikeforce organization. The difficulties he faced in reaching that result was what may have surprised some.
Zab Judah returns to ring Friday after nearly a year off: Joel Casamayor moves up to super lightweight in co-feature; Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009; Former welterweight world champion Zab Judah (37-6, 25 KO) will return to the ring for the first time in nearly a year Saturday when he faces Ubaldo Hernandez (22-19-2, 10 KO) at The Pearl at The Palms.
Chad Dawson looks forward to rematch with Glen Johnson, so he says: Undefeated light heavyweight still searching for marquee matchup; Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009; For the fourth time in the last 19 months, 27-year-old Chad Dawson will face an opponent this weekend that is at least 13 years his elder. Unfortunately for the undefeated fighter, rematches with over-the-hill opponents are the best he can hope for at this point.
Brett Rogers says he's ready to shock Fedor Emelianenko: Focused Rogers spent three months preparing for Nov. 7; Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009; The last time Brett Rogers fought, he finished off former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski by TKO in just 22 seconds. He's hoping to do something similar to Fedor Emelianenko Saturday.
Q&A with UFC light heavyweight Brandon Vera: Vera answers questions regarding career and facing Randy Couture; Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009; Brandon Vera wasn't high on the idea of fighting with virtually no break after UFC 101. But he says he couldn't pass up an opportunity to fight Randy Couture. While in Los Angeles for UFC 104, Vera took the time to answer questions about Couture and his career.
WEC announces Varner vs. Henderson for Jan. 10: Urijah Faber vs. Raphael Assuncao will co-main Sacramento event; Monday, Nov. 2, 2009; The WEC announced via its twitter today that the lightweight title fight between Jamie Varner and Ben Henderson has been scheduled for Jan. 10 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif.
Yonnhy Perez claims IBF bantamweight title by unanimous decision: Don King receives sellout crowd for first Las Vegas card in four years; Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009; Joseph Agbeko spent all last week predicting a knockout win for himself over Yonnhy Perez in their IBF bantamweight championship fight Saturday night at Treasure Island. When it came time to make good on his promise however, the task proved to be much more difficult than the champion had expected.
Cerrone vs. Ratcliff announced for Dec. 19 in Las Vegas: WEC announces lightweight matchup; Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009; The WEC officially announced today its main event matchup between lightweights Donald Cerrone and Ed Ratcliff at The Palms on Dec. 19. The organization was already scheduled to make a Las Vegas appearance before the new year with a Nov. 18 featherweight title fight between Mike Brown and Jose Aldo at The Palms.
Manny Pacquiao happy with Philippines camp, now in U.S. training: Promoter Bob Arum quiet on potential meeting with Floyd Mayweather Jr.; Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009; Manny Pacquiao arrived in Los Angeles last weekend to begin final preparations for his Nov. 14 welterweight bout with Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Brock Lesnar's training partner talks about decision to pull out: Chris Tuchscherer says Lesnar waited to make decision as long as he could; Monday, Oct. 26, 2009; Monday’s news of Brock Lesnar’s decision to pull out of his UFC heavyweight title defense against Shane Carwin on Nov. 21 seemed to have shocked everyone. Including the champion’s own training camp.

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Episode 8: The last soldier: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009; It's Rampage's last chance to win a fight against Team Rashad, but he may have saved the best for last. Marcus Jones has looked the part this entire series, now we get to see if he's truly for real.
Episode 7: When will the rat snap: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009; Rashad announces the next fight will be Matt Mitrione vs. Scott Junk. Wes Sims plays ninja and Rampage and Rashad go at it again.
Gray Maynard to face Nate Diaz in January: Friday, Oct. 23, 2009; http://mmajunkie.com/news/16554/nate-diaz-vs-gray-maynard-set-for-ufc-fight-night-20-main-event.mma
Episode 6: 'Team Cocky': Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009; In the sixth episode of The Ultimate Fighter, Rampage gets on the nerves of one of Team Rashad's fighters by continually picking on him. The two even come close to blows when the fighter gets in Rampage's face about the constant name calling.
Episode 5: Rampage: Am I cursed?: Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009; Team Rampage feels it can rebound from a horrible 0-4 start when its most experienced fighter, Wes Sims, is selected by Rashad to fight.
Silva says he hasn't comitted to Belfort fight: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009; http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AveM7tQX7iPHpfJpnwcqVSA9Eo14?slug=ys-mmaweekas101309&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Episode 4: Road to victory: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009; Team Rashad sits down to map out their goal of a perfect 8-0 record against Team Rampage.
Rashad Evans will face Thiago Silva in January: Friday, Oct. 2, 2009; http://mmajunkie.com/news/16371/rashad-evans-vs-thiago-silva-set-for-ufc-108-co-main-event-in-january.mma
Episode 3: Kimbo Slice finally enters the Octagon: Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009; It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for, and it’s going down in just the third episode of the season. Follow Kimbo Slice's first fight in the Octagon with the Las Vegas Sun.
Episode 1: Picking Sides/Enter Kimbo Slice: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009