After their initial meeting was infamously canceled last minute, lightweights Yves Edwards and Jeremy Stephens will give it another go at UFC on FOX 5. 
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Two fights have joined FX's super-sized preliminary-card broadcast for next week's UFC on FOX 5 event at Seattle's KeyArena. 
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Even if the Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre super fight never happens, it sure has given fans plenty to talk about. 
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Georgi Karakhanyan is in Las Vegas to defend his WSOF featherweight title against Rick Glenn Saturday night at WSOF 10, but at the moment, the Moscow-born fighter is focused on the Russia vs. South Korea World Cup game that he’s watching. There’s weight to cut but there’s also a game to win.
“I always follow the Russian team,” he says nervously as his squad goes through a tense moment in the game against South Korea.
“I want them to do good and they still might advance to the next round. But, I chose Germany and Argentina as favorites to win. Argentina hasn’t performed the way I thought but Germany is extremely strong, as has been Holland.”
Georgi’s interest in his national team and futbol overall, extends a bit further than even the average rabid soccer fan, though. Before he ever got into the fight game, Karakhanyan was a professional soccer player.
He aspired to greatness on the turf as a teenage player but circumstances outside of his control, as well as his own sense of right and wrong, served as roadblocks in the Russian’s brief professional soccer career. When Karakhanyan was seventeen, he played for a pro team in San Diego until the organization went out of business.
From there, Georgi made a team in Mexico but his elation at being picked up soon dissipated when they asked him to do some legally questionable things in order to play for them.
“I made the team but unfortunately, they wanted me to do some stuff I couldn’t do. They wanted me to sign under a different name than was on my passport,” he explains.
So, Georgi came back to the States, a bit disillusioned. His pro sports dreams seemed out of reach and all of the sudden he was just another teenager behind on his high school credits.
It was a lot for the immigrant to go through. Just seven years prior, he changed countries and hemispheres, moving from Moscow to Southern California. Then, his soccer dreams took him to yet another country and spit him back out before he could understand what was going on.
Georgi simply buckled down, got some construction gigs and threw himself into his work, to make ends meet. While working construction, Karakhanyan was introduced to the sport that he would eventually become a champion in.
“A friend of mine did Jiu Jitsu and told me I should try it,” he remembers.
“So, I did. I signed up for classes and then, six months later, without any stand-up training, they asked me if I wanted to take a fight because someone was out with an injury. I asked if it was an amateur fight or professional and they said it was a pro one. It was a King of the Cage event. Man, I fought but looked very sloppy (laughs). Just walking down to the cage I gassed out because I had so much adrenaline. I was lucky enough to win by guillotine, which was the only move I knew.”
Georgie liked the feeling of fighting MMA, so kept it up in between working twelve-hour shifts in construction. He says that he never considered a career in the sport as a possibility until his coaches told him ne needed to focus on it more.
“Yeah, I never thought of it but after my fifth fight, my coaches told me that I had potential and that I should focus on that. It sometimes got hard doing my shifts and then coming and training. They said I should commit to MMA and really give it a try, full-time,” he says.
The move paid off, as Karakhanyan’s record improved and he fought for bigger promotions. At present, the 145 pounder has not lost in over three years, culminating in a title win over Lance Palmer last December at WSOF 7.
Since winning the belt, Georgie’s life has changed a bit. He’s sponsored by Reebok and appears on national television.
The soccer player-turned fighter has already gone further than he ever thought possible but he insists that his mentality hasn’t changed. There’s too much left to accomplish to become complacent.
“My work ethic has probably changed in that now I train way harder,” he says.
I know all the guys I fight want to be where I’m at. I can’t train when I want to train, I can’t take off when my body is sore. It’s like you’re on top and all these hungry lions are trying to eat you and take your place. So, you’ve got to train hard. You’ve got to be on top of your game because when you stop training hard, that’s when they get you.”
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Testosterone Replacement Therapy is gone, and hopefully soon, so is Chael Sonnen.
On Saturday, Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting broke the news that the former UFC middleweight contender and current Fox Sports mixed martial arts analyst failed yet another random drug test issued to him by the Nevada Athletic Commission.
If you're counting at home, that's five banned substances that were found in his system between his first random test, on May 23, and the second, on June 5: Anastrozole, Clomiphene, EPO, hCG and HGH.
Sonnen went on Fox Sports 1 when news of the first positive test was announced and lied several times while discussing the test, most notably saying that Anastrozole and Clomiphene were only banned out of competition. That is demonstrably untrue, as found on the World Anti-Doping Agency's web site, where it notes that they are both banned in and out of competition. In other words, an athlete is not allowed to have either in their body 24/7/365.
Sonnen did a lot of fast-talking and tried to gain sympathy by noting he took Anastrozole and Clomiphene to aid in fertility. While it doesn't change the fact that he took substances that are banned, he had at least some argument at that point because they're occasionally used to assist in fertility. He also said he was taking them as part of his post-cycle therapy to get off Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT), which was banned by the Nevada commission on Feb. 27.
News of that failed test broke on June 10, nearly three weeks after the May 23 test was ordered by Francisco Aguilar, chairman of the Nevada commission. What the media did not know at the time it reported on June 10 the results of Sonnen's May 23 test failure was that he had been tested again by Nevada on June 5.
The June 5 test showed the presence of EPO and HGH (Human Growth Hormone) in his system, which Sonnen said he is not going to dispute. Neither EPO nor HGH are used for fertility or in any way to cycle off TRT. EPO helps increase the body's production of red blood cells and aids in delivering more oxygen to the lungs and muscles. That helps increase endurance and aids in recovery after workouts.
HGH helps muscle growth and assists the body in losing fat and adding lean muscle.
Curiously, the same tests that are used to detect Clomiphene and Anastrozole are used to detect the presence of EPO and HGH. No EPO or HGH was discovered in Sonnen's body in the May 23 test, but their presence was found in his body following the June 5 test.
At the time Sonnen was tested on June 5, he was still an active fighter. He did not announce his retirement until June 11, the day after the news broke of his May 23 test failure.
Somehow then, the EPO and HGH got into his body after the May 23 test and before June 5 one, prior to his June 11 retirement announcement.
There are many galling aspects to Sonnen's case, including his comments on Fox Sports 1 excoriating Wanderlei Silva for refusing a May 23 test. Sonnen alleged that Silva, whom he was supposed to fight at UFC 175 on July 5, had been using performance-enhancing drugs in Japan.
Sonnen also said that disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, who admitted to taking EPO and HGH, gave himself cancer.
In an interview with Larry Pepe of Pro MMA Radio in 2010, shortly before his middleweight title fight in Oakland, Calif., against Anderson Silva at UFC 117, Sonnen said the following:
When you screw up, you have to own it. That stuff really gets under my skin. Take Lance Armstrong. Lance Armstrong did a number of things and he gave himself cancer. He cheated, he did drugs, and he gave himself cancer. Well, instead of saying, ‘Hey listen, I cheated and gave myself cancer, don't be like me.' He actually made himself the victim and then went out and profited something like $15 million dollars from this ‘Hey, poor me, let's find a cure for cancer' campaign instead of just coming clean and saying, ‘Look, here's what I did, I screwed myself up, and I hope people learn from my mistakes.' You just watch these guys and can't help but think, God, what a fraud.
The same, of course, could be said about Sonnen, who later in what he apparently thought was a joke denied making the comments about Armstrong.
As terrible as what Armstrong did was, winning multiple Tour de France titles while cheating regularly, he was riding a bike. He wasn't training to punch or kick someone.
Fighting is a very dangerous sport under the best of circumstances, but it can have potentially lethal consequences when one of the competitors is jacked on banned substances.
The UFC's stance has not been nearly strong enough against performance enhancing drugs and it's cast a stain over the entire sport.
Sonnen and Vitor Belfort have become the poster boys of the MMA cheaters, but it's hardly as if they're the only ones who have used PEDs.
Let's say that that was true -- Though the presence of EPO and HGH in his body suggest it hardly could have been -- and that Sonnen did take Anastrozole and Clomiphne in an attempt to cycle off TRT. Still, there should have been no defending him because both of those substances are banned at all times and it was Sonnen's responsibility not to have banned substances in his body.
White was way out of line in defending Sonnen on June 10. He should have kept quiet and allowed Sonnen to defend himself, and not put the weight of the UFC behind an obvious rules violation.
The UFC simply needs to do far more than it's doing to combat PED usage among its athletes.
A good first step would be for White and UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta to use their influence to have Fox Sports fire Sonnen from his role as an MMA analyst and co-host of UFC Tonight.
The UFC, and Fox Sports, would be a laughingstock if it allows a guy who had five banned substances in his body to go on the air and act as if nothing occurred.
In a statement to Helwani about his June 5 positive test, Sonnen said:
Yes, the Commission is aware of other prescribed medications I was taking and I will not challenge their allegations. I will cooperate with the Commission and look forward to having a dialogue about how fighters who transition off TRT can avoid violating any rules.
In that last sentence, he's again trying to play fast and loose with the truth and use his considerable verbal skills to minimize his failure. He can look forward to having a dialogue about how fighters transitioning off TRT can avoid violating rules all he wants, but the hard truth is that there is zero verifiable documented evidence that links EPO and HGH to transitioning off TRT. EPO and HGH are simply performance-enhancers.
What he's doing with that statement is talking fast and trying to obscure the fact that he can not answer why he had EPO and HGH in his system. Thus, he tries to make it look as if he's going to volunteer to help.
Sonnen failed a drug test given by the California State Athletic Commission following his 2010 loss in Oakland to Silva, when his testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio was 16.9:1, or more than four times the allowable limit of 4:1 in California. The average male's ratio is 1:1, so Sonnen's T/E ratio was 17 times higher than average.
He was taking TRT because he suffers from hypogonadism and his body doesn't produce enough testosterone.
Don Catlin of antidopingresearch.org thoroughly discredited MMA fighters who got Therapeutic Use Exemptions for TRT because they have hypogonadism during a June 13 appearance on "Inside MMA" on AXS TV.
During an interview with show hosts Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten, Catlin said athletes who say they are hypogonad "are fibbing." Here is a brief exchange on the topic between Catlin and Rice:
Catlin: I know this field. I've been doing it for 25, 30 years. And I know that all the men who come in and say they have hypogonadism are fibbing.
Rice: It doesn't exist?
Catlin: No, and that's why for the Olympics, we say, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah. Say whatever you want. You still can't take it.'
The incidence of hypogonadism in males with no history of previous steroid usage between the ages of 18 and 40, roughly the age range of MMA fighters, is less than one percent. But when a person takes anabolic steroids, the body surpresses natural production of testosterone.
It was thus almost malpractice to give TUEs to fighters for TRT, because even if it were true that these fighters were suffering from hypogonadism, the likely reason was because of prior steroid use.
It's long past time to get rid of Sonnen, who has repeatedly been able to fast-talk his way out of trouble over the last four years.
But once again, the burden shifts to the UFC. Whatever efforts the company has made to combat PED usage among its fighters aren't nearly enough. It needs to do far, far more to prevent a tragedy. If it doesn't take action to rid its sport of PED abusers, you can be sure that eventually, a juiced up fighter will cause serious injury, or worse, to an opponent.
And that's a lot worse than an MMA analyst lying about the facts on national television.
With the main event of UFC 176 being Jose Aldo Vs. Chad Mendes off, the UFC could not find a replacement to headline the night of fights and had to cancel the event all together. Promotion officials announced the news Tuesday night at UFC.com. The event was set for Aug. 2 at Staples Center and […]
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Here is the first promo released for UFC Fight Night 52: Roy “Big Country” Nelson has 13 knockouts, 5 submissions and two wins by decision. He has been knocked out once in his MMA career. He made his UFC debut through the Ultimate Fighter and in his first fight in the promotion he knocked out […]
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Two of the original Ultimate Fighter season 1 cast members, Stephan Bonnar and Forrest Griffin, were recently inducted into the UFC's Hall of Fame. The promotion has typically used their Fourth of July weekend show as an opportunity to make new inductions.
And, while UFC president Dana White has been tight-lipped about whether or not more inductions are to follow on the weekend of July 5th's UFC 175, he did recently list a bunch of fighters who he believes should be in the Hall of Fame. Sixteen fighters, to be specific.
In a report by Damon Martin, White is quoted as saying that the entire 16-man cast of TUF 1 should be inducted into the UFC's Hall of Fame because of the show's imact on the sport of MMA. Each and every fighter on that show, including Bonnar and Griffin, and the other two finalists, Diego Sanchez and Kenny Florian, played an important role in the explosive growth of MMA and the UFC, according to White.
"I think that's a must. I think that entire season should be inducted. Without a doubt that group of people are all game changers," he said.
"The whole cast should be [in the hall of fame]. Even the Canadian Jason Thacker. Without the group of people that we had and the way the synergy worked and the way things went down, that season really launched everything."
Would you be excited to see guys like Chris Leben, Nate Quarry and Josh Koscheck inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame? Let us know in the comments section.
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Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz and now Bellator fighter, Tito Ortiz appeared on Submission Radio to talk about his Infamous Exhibition fight with Dana White, what really would’ve happened: Tito Ortiz is coming off a win over Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko in May. Ortiz has 8 knockouts, 5 submissions and 5 decision […]
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Resurrection Fighting Alliance puts its featherweight title up for grabs when it returns this week. 
More than two years after dropping his UFC debut, things haven't exactly gone David Mitchell's way. 
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Because of a torn ACL injury, number one UFC bantamweight contender Cat Zingano has not fought for nearly a year and a half. The fighter got one step closer to fighting this past weekend in Las Vegas at the UFC's Fan Expo, however, when she competed in submission grappling and won.
Watch Cat (in red) catch a flying arm bar submission in just seconds. Hopefully her ability to compete in submission grappling means that Zingano isn't far from fighting again.
In her last bout, Zingano stopped Miesha Tate and earned a title shot and Ultimate Fighter coaching gig but had to give up both when she tore her knee up. Who would you like to see Cat fight in her UFC return?
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Former UFC champion BJ Penn looked like a shell of his old self Sunday night, falling via third round TKO to Frankie Edgar at The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale. The stoppage loss was the first for Penn since Georges St-Pierre forced his corner to throw in the towel in 2009. Prior to that, the only […]
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According to a UFC Tonight report, former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz is looking to make his Octagon return in September, but could possibly be ready for a fight as early as August 30 at UFC 177. The report's source was Cruz' coach Eric del Fierro, who said that the team is eyeing a fight with highly-ranked Takeya Mizugaki, who has won five straight bouts.
Cruz has not fought since October of 2011, when he successfully defended his belt over Demetrious Johnson. Cruz tore an ACL twice and underwent multiple surgeries to repair his knee.
Cruz was set to face Renan Barao in a unification bout at UFC 169 when he tore his quadriceps and pulled out a month before the fight was scheduled. Now, the unlucky Cruz hopes to get back into action by the fall, though it won't be an immediate title shot.
However, Mizugaki himself recently underwent a major surgery, where doctors detached an ear of his in order to clean out an infection in his ear canal. The Japanese fighter is reported to be looking at a late September return, at the earliest.
Who would you like to see Cruz face when he comes back? Let us know in the comments section.
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Dana White never has been one to mince words. 
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Chris Weidman, Lyoto Machida, Ronda Rousey, Alexis Davis and all the rest of UFC 175 fighters weighed in Friday in Las Vegas in advance of tonight's pay per view event. Check out the full weigh-in broadcast below to see all the stare-downs and interviews!
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Strikeforce took a gamble by loaning out Jordan Mein, one of its top welterweight prospects, for Friday's Score Fighting Series 7 headliner. 
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When a staph infection recently caused an ensuing skin infection for Jake Rosenbaum, it wasn't hard to spot. 
Welcome to FightLine’s live coverage of UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida. Tonight’s card comes to us live from Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Fights air on UFC Fight Pass, FOX Sports 1 and pay-per-view. Now, on to the action! Remember to keep hitting refresh for the latest results. PRELIMINARY CARD Action begins at […]
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The UFC have announced that a strawweight fight between Joanna Jedrzejczyk (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Juliana Carneiro Lima (6-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has been added to UFC on FOX 12. The event goes down on July 26 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The main card will air on FOX right after […]
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The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) voted unanimously at a meeting Tuesday to temporarily suspend retired former three-time UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen for a failed surprise drug test in May. Sonnen was set to face Wanderlei Silva July 5 in Las Vegas when the NSAC decided to surprise both he and Silva with tests.
Silva refused testing and Sonnen failed his, testing positive for banned anti-estrogenic drugs Anastrozole and Clomiphene. Sonnen and his doctors claim that he has hypogonadism, and is unable to naturally produce enough testosterone to remain healthy, without treatments and drugs, like Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT).
Sonnen was suspended by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) in 2010 after failing a post-fight drug test after his first fight against Anderson Silva. Sonnen then had his sentence reduced by evidently lying to the commission during his hearing about being given tacit approval by state regulators to use TRT. Sonnen was later suspended again by the CSAC on suspicion of perjury.
Sonnen was later granted a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) to undergo TRT by the NSAC. Recently, however, TUEs for TRT were effectively stopped altogether in MMA and fighters like Sonnen were left to find other options to replace TRT.
Sonnen chose to substitute the banned anti-estrogenic drugs Anastrozole and Clomiphene for the now-banned TRT. Sonnen has said that he thought the drugs would be out of his system by the time he was tested but his timing was off and he failed the late May drug test.
Sonnen was then removed from the UFC 175 card altogether (the UFC had hoped to have him face Vitor Belfort). Sonnen then retired from MMA, saying that he needed the banned but certainly not illegal treatments he was undergoing to ensure his health and his reproductive abilities. The retired fighter is reportedly expected to make his case at a full NSAC hearing later this year at a still unscheduled NSAC meeting.
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Dana White never has been one to mince words.
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UFC fighter Dan Miller has been quiet since an early 2013 loss to Jordan Mein. That, though, doesn’t mean he is done competing. Miller, the brother of lightweight contender Jim Miller, is targeting a return later this year to the Octagon, according to his manager. “Dan’s back to training,” said Mike Constantino, in a recent […]
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