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Impatient gamers take notice: The highly anticipated release of “UFC 2009 Undisputed” has been moved up several hours by more than 1,300 GameStop units across the U.S.

Available for both the Xbox360 and PlayStation 3, “UFC 2009 Undisputed” will go on sale at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, May 19, in the selected units.

A list of all participating outlets is listed on GameStop’s official website.

In addition to early access to “UFC 2009 Undisputed,” buyers who purchase the game through GameStop will have immediate access to Ryan Bader and Efrain Escudero as playable characters. Units purchased from other retailers will have to wait 90 days to access the two “TUF” winners as free downloadable content.

Headquartered in Dallas, GameStop operates nearly 6,000 units worldwide.

BestBuy.com is also offering an enticing special offer for “UFC 2009 Undisputed.” While the nation’s largest retailer of consumer electronics can not boast of exclusive content, Best Buy is offering a nice handful of extras to sweeten the deal.

Buyers who purchase the game through the website will receive a free UFC DVD, a $10 Best Buy gift card and a $10 certificate good toward the purchase of a future UFC pay-per-view event.

More than 80 fighters appear in the debut version of “UFC Undisputed,” which is part of a multi-year deal between the UFC and game developer THQ.

The first UFC-themed title since Global Star’s 2004 “UFC: Sudden Impact,” “UFC 2009 Undisputed” is the most realistic MMA video game ever developed, according to THQ.

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Saturday, April 18

UFC 97, Bell Centre, Montreal: Eliot Marshall def. Vinny Malgahaes, unanimous decision; T.J. Grant def. Ryo Chonan, split decision; Mark Bocek def. David Belkheiden, submission (rear naked choke), 4:57 R1; Ed Herman def. David Loiseau, unanimous decision; Nate Quarry def. Jason MacDonald, TKO, xxx R1; Denis Kang def. Xavier Foupa-Pokam, unanimous decision; Luiz Cane def. Steven Cantwell, unanimous decision; Cheick Kongo def. Antoni Hardonk, TKO, 2:29 R2; Krzystof Soszynski def. Brian Stann, submission (Kimura), 3:53 R1; Mauricio Rua def. Chuck Liddell, TKO, 4:38; Sam Stout def. Matt Wiman, unanimous decision; UFC middleweight championship: Anderson Silva def. Thales Leites, unanimous decision (Silva retains tite.

Saturday, April 11

Strikeforce, San Jose: Shingo Okhara def. Jeremy Tavares, KO, 0:04 R2; James Terry def. Zak Bucia, unanimous decision; Raul Castillo def. Brandon Micahels, submission (rear naked choke), 1:45 R1; Eric Lawson def. Waylon Kennell, TKO, 4:54 R1; Luke Rockhold def. Buck Meredith, submission (rear naked choke), 4:07 R1; Brett Rogers def. Ron Humphrey, TKO, 1:38 R2; Cristiane Santos def. Hitomi Akano, TKO, 0:35 R2; Scott Smith def. Benji Radach, KO, 3:24 R3; Gilbert Melendez def. Rodrigo Damm, KO, 2:02; Nick Diaz def. Frank Shamrock, TKO, 3:57 R2.

Sunday, April 5

WEC 40, Chicago: Rafael Dias def. Mike Budnik, unanimous decision; Akitoshi Tamura def. Manny Tapia, unanimous decision; Rani Yahya def. Eddie Wineland, submission (rear naked choke), 1:07 R1; Wagnney Fabiano def. Fredson Paixao, unanimous decision; Dominic Cruz def. Ivan Lopez, unanimous technical decision; Anthony Njokuani def. Bart Palaszewski, TKO, 0:27 R2; Raphael Assuncao def. Jameel Massouh, unanimous decision; Ben Henderson def. Shane Roller, TKO, 1:41 R1; WEC bantamweight title: Miguel Torres def. Takeya Mizugaki, unanimous decision (Torres retains title).

Saturday, April 4

DREAM 8, Nagoya, Japan: Hayato “Mach” Sakurai def. Shinya Aoki, KO 0:27, R1; Jason High def. Yuya Shirai, Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 0:59, R1; Marius Zaromskis def. Seichi Ikemoto, Unaimous Decision, R2; Andre Galvao def. John Alessio, Submission (Armbar) 7:34, R1; Daiki “DJ Taiki” Hata def. Hideo Tokoro, Unanimous Decision, R2; Jeff Monson def. Sergei Kharitonov, Submission (North-South Choke) 1:42, R1; Riki Fukuda def. Murilo “Ninja” Rua, Unanimous Decision, R2; Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro def. Katsuhiko Nagata, TKO (Doctor’s Stoppage) 7:58, R1; Andrews Nakahra def. Shungo Oyama, TKO 2:00, R1; Katsuyori Shibata def. Ikuhisa Minowa, Unanimous Decision, R2.

Friday, April 3

Bellator FC, Hollywood, Fla.: Eddie Alvarez def. Greg Loughran, submission (Guillotine Choke) 2:44, R1; Jorge Masvidal def Nick Agallar, TKO (Strikes) 1:19, R1; Yahir Reyes def. Nick Gonzalez, Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 2:11, R1; Estevan Payan def. Luis Palomino, split fecision 5:00, R3; Joe Soto def. Ben Greer,TKO (Strikes) 3:40, R1; Toby Imada def. Alonzo Martinez, Submission (Rear Naked Choke)3:26, R1; Jonathan Brookins def. Stephen Ledbetter, Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 3:32, R1; Lorenzo Borgomeo def. Daniel Morales, Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 3:46, R3; Moses Gabon def. Daniel Sarafien, Submission (Triangle Choke) 1:33, R1; James Brasco def. Kevin Abrante, Submission (Armbar) 2:14, R1; Gary Padilla def. Chris Decaro, TKO (Strikes) 3:04, R2.

Wednesday, April 1

Ultimate Fight Night 18, Nashville: Aaron Simpson def. Tim McKenzie, TKO, 1:40 R1; Rob Kimmons def. Joe Vedepo, technical submission (guillotine choke), 1:54 R1; Jorge Rivera def. Nissen Osterneck, unanimous decision; Tim Credeur def. Nick Catone, submission (guillotine choke), 3:45 R2; Brock Larson def. Jesse Sanders, submission (rear naked choke), 2:01 R1; Ricardo Almeida def. Matt Horwich, unanimous decision; Gleison Tibau def. Jeremy Stephens, unanimous decision; Cole Miller def. Junie Browning, submission (rear naked choke), 1:58 R2; Tyson Griffin def. Rafael Dos Anjos, unanimous decision; Ryan Bader def. Carmelo Marrero, unanimous decision; Martin Kampmann def. Carlos Condit, split decision.

Sunday, March 8

DREAM 7, Saitama, Japan: Bibiano Fernandes def. Takafumi Otsuka, unanimous decision; Joe Warren def. Chase Beebe, doctor stoppage, 10:00 R1; Abel Cullum def. Akiyo Nishiura, unanimous decision; Mitsuhiro Ishida def. Daisuke Nakamira, unanimous decision; Shinya Aoki def. David Gardner, submission (rear naked choke), 5:58 R1; Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Ross Ebanez, submission (rear naked choke), 4:03 R1; Yoshiro Maeda def. Micah Miller, unanimous decision; Hiroyuki Takaya def. Jong Won Kim, TKO, 0:40 R2; Masakazu Imanari def. Atsushi Yamamoto, split decision.

Saturday, March 7

UFC 96, Columbus, Ohio: Shane Nelson def. Aaron Riley, TKO, 0:44 R1; Brandon Vera def. Mike Patt, TKO, 1:27 R2; Jason Brilz def. Tim Boetsch, unanimous decision; Kendall Grove def. Jason Day, TKO, 1:32 R1; Tamdan McCrory def. Ryan Madigan, submission (punches), 3:35 R1; Gray Maynard def. Jim Miller, unanimous decision; Matt Hamill def. Mark Munoz, KO, 3:51 R1; Matt Brown def. Pete Sell, TKO, 1:32 R1; Shane Carwin def. Gabriel Gonzaga, TKO, 1:09 R1; Quinton Jackson def. Keith Jardine, unanimous decision.

Sunday, March 1

WEC 39, Corpus Christi, Texas: Mike Pierce def. Justin Haskins, KO, 3:39 R3; John Franchi def. Michael Budnik, split decision; Alex Karalexis def. Greg McIntyre, KO, 4:19 R1; Kenji Osawa def. Rafael Rubello, split decision; Johny Hendricks def. Alex Serdyukov, unanimous decision; Demacio Page def. Marcos Galvao, 0:18, KO R1; Danny Castillo def. Phil Cardella, split decision; Rob McCullough def. Marcus Hicks, majority decision; Jose Aldo def. Chris Mickle, TKO, 1:39 R1; Ricardo Lamas def. Bart Palaszewski, unanimous decision; WEC featherweight title: Mike Brown def. Leonard Garcia, submission (arm triangle), 1:57 R1 (Brown retains title).

Saturday, February 21

UFC 95, London: Paul Kelly def. Troy Mandaliz, unanimous decision; Mike Ciesnolevicz def. Neil Grove, submission (heel hook), 1:03 R1; Evan Dunham def. Per Eklund, TKO, 2:13 R1; Junior dos Santos def. Stefan Struve, TKO, 0:54 R 1; Terry Etim def. Brian Cobb, TKO, 0:10 R2; Paulo Thiago def. Josh Koscheck, KO, 3:29 R1; Demian Maia def. Chael Sonnen, submission (triangle choke), 2:37 R1; Nate Marquardt def. Wilson Gouveia, TKO, 3:10 R2; Dan Hardy def. Rory Markahm, KO. 1:09 R1; Diego Sanchez def. Joe Stevenson, unanimous decision.

Saturday, February 7

Ultimate Fight Night 17, Tampa: Matt Riddle def. Steve Bruno, unanimous decision; Nick Catone def. Derek Downey, submission (keylock), 1:15 R2; Gleison Tibau def. Rich Clementi, submission (guillotine choke), 4:35 R1; Matt Veach def. Matt Grice, TKO, 4:34 R1; Dan Miller def. Jake Rosholt, submission, 1:03 R1; Kurt Pellgrino def. Rob Emerson, submission (rear naked choke), 3:14 R2; Anthony Johnson def. Luigi Fioravanti, TKO, 4:39 R1; Josh Neer def. Mac Danzig, submission (triangle choke), 3:36 R2; Cain Velsaquez def. Denis Stojnic, TKO, 2:34 R2; Joe Lauzon def. Jeremy Stephens, submission (armbar), 4:43 R2.

Saturday, January 31

UFC 94, Las Vegas: Dan Cramer def. Matt Arroyo, unanimous decision; Jake O’Brien def. Christian Wellisch, split decision; John Howard def. Chris Wilson, split decision; Thiago Tavares def. Manny Gamburyan, unanimous decision; Jon Fitch def. Akihoro Gono, unanimous decision; Clay Guida def. Nate Diaz, split decision; Karo Parisyan def. Dong Hyun Kim, split decision; Jon Jones def. Stephan Bonnar, unanimous decision; Lyoto Machida def. Thiago Silva, TKO, 4:59 R1; UFC welterweight title: Georges St. Pierre def. B.J. Penn, doctor stoppage, 5:00 R4 (St. Pierre retains title).

Sunday, January 25

WEC 38, San Diego: Charlie Valencia def. Seth Dikun, unanimous decision; Jesse Lennox def. Blas Avena, KO, 0:41 R2; Scott Jorgensen def. Frank Gomez, submission (guillotine choke), 1:09 R1; Dominic Cruz def. Ian McCall, unanimous decision; Edgar Garcia def. Hiromitsu Miura, TKO, 1:18 R1; Ben Henderson def. Anthony Njokuani, submission (guillotine choke), 0:42 R2; Jose Aldo def. Rolando Perez, TKO, 4:15 R1; Danillo Villefort def. Mike Campbell, TKO, 3:53 R1; Urijah Faber def. Jens Pulver (guillotine choke), 1:45 R1; WEC lightweight title: Jamie Varner def. Donald Cerrone, technical split decision (Varner retains title).

Saturday, January 24

Affliction, Anaheim, Calif.: Brett Cooper def. Patrick Speight, KO, 4:10 R2; Albert Rios def. Antonio Duarte, unanimous decision; L.C. Davis def. Bao Quach, unanimous decision; Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Vladimir Matyushenko, TKO, 4:26 R2; Dan Lauzon def. Bobby Green, submission (rear naked choke), 4:55 R1; Paul Buentello def. Kiril Sidellnikov, TKO, 4:18 R3; Renato Sobral def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, submission (anaconda choke), 2:36 R2; Josh Barnett def. Gilbert Yvel, submission (strikes) 3:05 R3; WAMMA heavyweight title: Fedor Emelianenko def. Andrei Arlovski, KO, 3:14 R1. (Emelianenko retains title)

Saturday, January 17

UFC 93, Dublin, Ireland: Dennis Siver def. Nate Mohr, TKO, 3:27 R3; Tomasz Drwal def. Ivan Serati, TKO, 2:02 R1; Eric Schafer def. Antonio Mendies, TKO, 3:35 R1; Martin Kampmann def. Alexandre Barros, TKO, 3:07 R2; John Hathaway def. Tom Egan, TKO, 4:36 R1; Marcus Davis def. Chris Lytle, split decision; Alan Belcher def. Denis Kang, submission (guillotine choke), 4:36 R2; Rousimar Palhares def. Jeremy Horn, unanimous decision; Mauricio Rua def. Mark Coleman, TKO, 4:36 R3; Dan Henderson def. Rich Franklin, split decision.

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Don’t make fun of Bobby Lashley and his pro wrestling background. The former WWE star said he was incensed by the fact that his opponent Mike Cook came to the cage in a lucha libre mask a la Nacho Libre.

Lashley is generally a polite, sportsman but he refused to touch gloves with Cook. He charged Cook in the opening seconds and missed with a huge right. Cook made the mistake of dropping his head. Lashley, a big MMA heavyweight at 6-foot-3, 249 pounds, grabbed onto Cook’s head with his left arm. From there, he used his bulk to lean on Cook and it took just a few seconds for Cook to wilt under Lashley’s weight. Lashley flattened out Cook (7-4) and re-positioned his right arm to cinch on a choke. Cook’s legs could be seen quivering and referee John McCarthy had to step in to stop the fight (video). All that in just 24 seconds during Maximum Fighting Championship 21 at the River Cree Resort and Casino just outside Edmonton, Alberta

“I’m here for business,” said Lashley (3-0). “I’m here and everyone wants to and tries to make fun of the wrestling thing. I’m real. If they want to play around, I’ll knock them out or choke them out. And that’s what I did. I choked him out and made him pay. Now he can go put the mask back on and have fun with himself.”

Lashley, making the conversion from the fake stuff with Vince McMahon, started training mixed martial arts last year. He won his first fight in 41 seconds when Joshua Franklin couldn’t continue after a Lashley elbow busted him open. His last time out in March, Lashley won a decision against veteran Jason Guida.

Lashley needed to get through this fight unscathed because he has a stiff test against freakazoid Bob Sapp (pictured below on the right) right around the corner. Sapp, a former NFL player, NCAA All-American at Washington and a huge crossover star in Japan, is 6-4, 345. He doesn’t have much stamina but he is dangerous for about 4-5 minutes. Sapp (10-3-1) and Lashley will meet on June 27 in Biloxi, Miss.

Lashley is finished with the WWE but is still dabbling with pro wrestling with TNA. Former WWE champ Brock Lesnar also made a quick transition to MMA. After just three fights, he won the UFC’s heavyweight title by downing all-time great Randy Couture. He defends his strap at UFC 100 in July against Frank Mir.

Here is the video of the fight.

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The California State Athletic Commission has suspended UFC hall-of-famer and MMA trailblazer Ken Shamrock one year and fined him $2,500 after the 45-year-old failed a drug test due to numerous anabolic agents.In an email sent to MMAjunkie.com, CSAC Assistant Executive Officer Bill Douglas stated that Shamrock tested positive for 19-Norandrosterone, 19-Noretiocholanolone and Stanozolol following a Feb. 13 Wargods event.Shamrock had been slated to fight Bobby Lashley later this month at a “March Badness” hybrid MMA/boxing event.Shamrock’s bout with Lashley was recently promoted to the MMA portion’s main event following the cancellation of a scheduled Seth Petruzelli vs. Doug Marshall fight. The event, promoted by the event’s boxing headliner Roy Jones Jr. and his Square Ring Promotions company, takes place at the Pensacola Civic Center in Florida on March 21 and airs on pay per view.

In a Wednesday interview with TAGG Radio, MMAjunkie.com’s official radio partner, Shamrock complained about the difficulty of putting on weight.“I’m shooting for 225 (pounds),” Shamrock said in reference to the March 21 event. “Right now I’m 220, 221 (pounds). It’s hard as heck to put on weight when you’re training. You’re doing two-a-days. You’re throwing 500 punches a day. You’re doing 30 or 35 minutes of continuous grappling with fresh guys.“To put on weight in that kind of an atmosphere is harder than hell, and that’s kind of what I’m doing right now, just shoving food in me every two hours and getting the right supplements and the right diet. It’s a tough thing to do.”

When Shane Carwin was 10-0 with 10 first-round stoppages, it was easy to dismiss his record as having been built up against tomato cans.

But now that he’s 11-0 with 11 first-round stoppages, the most recent of which being the knockout of Gabriel Gonzaga on Saturday night at UFC 96, it’s impossible to ignore just how impressive a fighter Carwin is. So for the first time, Carwin has made my list of the Top 10 heavyweights in MMA.

The full Top 10, revised to reflect the results of UFC 96, is below.

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Frank Mir
3. Andrei Arlovski
4. Josh Barnett
5. Brock Lesnar
6. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
7. Randy Couture
8. Shane Carwin
9. Alistair Overeem
10. Cheick Kongo

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During the UFC 96 telecast, Frank Mir announced that his heavyweight championship unification bout with Brock Lesnar at UFC 98 would be postponed.

Mir suffered a right knee injury during training and had arthroscopic surgery this past week.

Although no specific date has been announced for the rescheduled bout, Mir did say that he’d be ready to go for a July 11 fight. We’re guessing that UFC president Dana White will find the next UFC card without a main event yet to get this fight going. Perhaps UFC 100?

Replacing Mir-Lesnar as the UFC 98 main event: Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. “Sugar” Rashad Evans for the light heavyweight championship. That will be a great night in Las Vegas during Memorial Day weekend. (Also on the UFC 98 card is Matt Serra vs. Matt Hughes, finally.)

Yes, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Keith Jardine beat each other up for a full 15 minutes. No doubt they’ll feel each punch and kick in the morning, so we feel slightly guilty saying the fight wasn’t all that exciting.

But it wasn’t.

Sure, Rampage dropped Jardine once in the second round and again at the end of the third. Rampage controlled the fight the entire way. But, it still didn’t put too many people on the edge of their seats.

Not when compared to the post-fight verbal jousting between Rampage and light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans.

The two exchanged “I’m gonna kick your —” and “Let’s go!” and more trash talk in the ring after Jackson won the unanimous decision over Jardine. Rampage ended it when he grabbed the microphone from Joe Rogan and yelled, “There’s gonna be some more black-on-black crime” then slammed the mic to the ground.

Classic Rampage. Hilarious stuff.

The two will headline UFC 98 in Las Vegas on May 23 after Frank Mir pulled out of his fight with Brock Lesnar because of a knee injury.

Evans is undefeated at 18-0. Rampage is a former light heavyweight champion who appears to be back on top of his game after that loss to Forrest Griffin. This one could get nasty come May.

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UFC 96 Coverage

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Quinton “Rampage” Jackson knocked Keith Jardine down with a big right hand in the waning seconds of the third and final round to clinch a unanimous decision in the main event of Saturday night’s UFC 96 at Nationwide Arena.

The victory earned him a title match against light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans. But after the card, there appeared to be questions about whether Jackson, a former champion, will get the next title match.

About 15 minutes after the match was over, Jackson was told the match, which he was expecting would take place July 11, was being moved to May 23 because the UFC had decided to flip-flop the light heavyweight title matches and a heavyweight title match between injured Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar, originally scheduled for the later date.

“Damn,” Jackson said. “I’ll do anything for [UFC president] Dana [White]. I had plans to go on a vacation and find an Asian girl and fly first class, stay in a hut and tell her how I was going to win the light heavyweight title. Now it looks like I have to get my ass back to England to train in two weeks.”

In reality, Jackson is going to have to assess his condition and then decide whether or not he’s going to take the fight, a decision that he and White indicated he would probably make toward the end of this week. It would be his third fight in five months. If not, undefeated Lyoto Machida, who has already accepted the fight, will face Evans on May 23.

Jackson didn’t act enthusiastic about the timing, and said he’d have to speak to his management about the switch in dates. He said it was most likely he would take the fight.

“Rampage” (30-7) won the unanimous decision over Jardine (14-6-1), Evans’ best friend and training partner in Albuquerque, N.M., with scores of 29-28, 29-28, 30-27. Jardine’s unorthodox style seemed to confuse Jackson in the first round, which was close. Jardine won on two of the three judges cards because he landed more often even though Jackson scored with harder punches.
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Jackson noted that when he got into the cage with Jardine, early in the first round, he felt overtrained.

“I peaked too soon,” he said. “I was knocking people out a few weeks ago.”

Jackson won the second round, scoring an early knockdown, although Jardine rallied late in the round, which ended with fans giving the fighters a standing ovation. The third round was close, but Jardine was slightly in the lead until Jackson staggered him with a flurry of punches with about 40 seconds left. Jackson decked Jardine with seconds left with an overhand right and left hook combination, which clinched the fight.

“One of the judges told me I had the fight won until the last 10 seconds,” said a frustrated Jardine, who owns victories over former UFC light heavyweight champs Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin.

Jackson said his original game plan was to rush Jardine but felt flat when he got into the cage.

“It was me,” he said, when asked if Jardine’s awkward style caused him to change strategy. “I probably psyched myself out.”

“I knew it was close,” Jardine said. “I don’t play the points game. I was trying to finish it at the end.”

“I wasn’t hurt,” he said, noting he felt he executed his game plan during the fight. “The punch was just hard enough to put me down.”

After Jackson was announced as the winner, Evans came into the ring and the two had a face-off which brought the near-sellout crowd of 17,033 fans to a frenzy, with Jackson vowing to knock Evans out. At the time, Jackson was still under the impression the fight would be held in July.

The switch in dates was arranged Saturday. White said he got the word about Mir’s knee injury on Friday afternoon from reporters Kevin Iole and Neil Davidson. At the time, he didn’t believe the story, because he hadn’t yet heard anything.

Mir, who was in Columbus for the Arnold Schwarzenegger Fitness Expo this weekend, had arthroscopic surgery earlier in the week to clean up bone chips behind the kneecap.

“He could have done the fight but he would have only had three weeks to train for it,” White said. “The doctors said that he couldn’t be sure to go all out on the knee until that time.”

The company’s two options if they were to postpone Lesnar vs. Mir were to move either Evans’ fight or welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre’s title defense against Thiago Alves up two months.

St. Pierre, who fought Jan. 31 and beat lightweight champ B.J. Penn, was back in camp within a few weeks to get teammate Nate Marquardt ready for his Feb. 21 fight in London, where he beat Wilson Gouveia. St. Pierre said he needed some down time after training.

White said that he went right from the press conference, where he was told about the injury, to a TV satellite series of interviews, while at the same time trying to get in touch with Mir’s people. Evans was with him at the time and when he found out Mir was injured, White broached moving the fight up to Evans, who was agreeable.

The July 11 UFC 100 may, economy willing, be the biggest pay-per-view event in company history with Lesnar vs. Mir for the heavyweight title, St. Pierre vs. Alves for the welterweight title and a match of “Ultimate Fighter” Season 9 coaches Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson as the three main events.

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With two different instances of questionable refereeing at UFC 96, UFC president Dana White was disgusted with the officiating. At the post-fight press conference, he said that he felt bad for Aaron Riley, the fighter who lost to Shane Nelson after referee Rick Fike stopped the fight when Nelson merely knocked Riley down.”You feel bad for these guys who have trained, and traveled, and then it ends like that,” White said.

White was just as upset about the slow ending to the Matt Brown TKO over Pete Sell. Brown dominated Sell, knocking him down early, and dominating him for the rest of the fight. More than once, Brown looked at referee Yves Levigne, as if to ask, “What more do I need to do?” White said that he hurt his arm from banging it on the Octagon and yelling to stop the fight.

The quick stoppage early from Fike may have played a part in Levigne’s slow stoppage later on. White said that he wants to see referees take control of the fight, and be stronger in their decisions. They should not let the crowd affect their ideas. He also intimated that we would see more bad reffing during the upcoming season of the Ultimate Fighter.

Though White called the reffing and judging one of the hardest things in the sport right now, he didn’t think all was bleak. He believes that there are some good referees. Normally, he’d include Levigne in that group, as well as Herb Dean and Mario Yamasaki.

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