Bloody Elbow Radio, presented by Bad Boy, will be LIVE! at midnight ET/9 p.m. PT for another edition of the show. Join hosts Matt Bishop and "The DA" Neil Wagner as they review tonight's UFC 146, which is headlined by a UFC heavyweight championship bout between Junior dos Santos and Frank Mir and a heavyweight bout between Cain Velasquez and Antonio Silva.

We'll review all the bouts on the card while taking your calls, emails, tweets and comments.

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SBN coverage of UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir

Bloody Elbow Radio, presented by Bad Boy, will be LIVE! at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT for another edition of the show. Join hosts Matt Bishop and MMA Mania's Brian Hemminger as they preview Saturday's UFC 146, an all-heavyweight main card which is headlined by a UFC heavyweight championship bout between Junior dos Santos and Frank Mir and Cain Velasquez and Antonio Silva.

Also on the card, Stefan Struve battles Lavar Johnson, Roy Nelson meets Dave Herman and Shane Del Rosario makes his UFC debut against Stipe Miocic.

We'll preview all the fights while taking your calls, emails, tweets and comments.

We'll also preview Friday's Bellator 70, which has its own heavyweight action as Cole Konrad defends his Bellator heavyweight title against Eric Prindle.

We'll be joined by Titan FC president Joe Kelly to preview TItan Fighting 22, which is headlined by a bout between Anthony Johnson and Dave Branch. We'll chat with him about that card and much more.

Bloody Elbow Radio is sponsored by Bad Boy. Get your Alexander Gustafsson UFC on FUEL TV walk out T-shirt only from Bad Boy at BadBoy.com. Follow them on Twitter and Facebook and tell them Bloody Elbow sent you.

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SBN coverage of UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir

SBN coverage of Bellator 70

SBN coverage of Titan Fighting Championships 22

Bloody Elbow Radio, presented by Bad Boy, will be LIVE! at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT for another edition of the show. Join hosts Matt Bishop and MMA Mania's Brian Hemminger as they discuss all the latest news, including Nick Diaz and Chael Sonnen's appearances in front of the Nevada State Athletic Commission and how interesting of a situation that has become. We'll have full coverage of that hearing.

We'll also review Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier, which featured Daniel Cormier's win over Josh Barnett, and Bellator 69, which featured Maiquel Falcao beating Andreas Spang.

We'll also talk about what's next for Cormier and Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez, who beat Josh Thomson on the card.

Bloody Elbow Radio is sponsored by Bad Boy. Get your Alexander Gustafsson UFC on FUEL TV walk out T-shirt only from Bad Boy at BadBoy.com. Follow them on Twitter and Facebook and tell them Bloody Elbow sent you.

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SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier

SBN coverage of Bellator 69

**Due to illness, tonight's edition of Bloody Elbow Radio has been canceled. The show will return at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday.**

Bloody Elbow Radio, presented by Bad Boy, will be LIVE! at 12:30 a.m. ET/9:30 p.m. PT for another edition of the show. Join hosts Matt Bishop and "The DA" Neil Wagner as they review "Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier," which is live from HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., and is headlined by the Strikeforce World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament final between Josh Barnett and Daniel Cormier and a Strikeforce lightweight championship bout between Gilbert Melendez and Josh Thomson.

We'll review all the fights on the show while taking your calls, emails, tweets and comments.

Bloody Elbow Radio is sponsored by Bad Boy. Get your Alexander Gustafsson UFC on FUEL TV walk out T-shirt only from Bad Boy at BadBoy.com. Follow them on Twitter and Facebook and tell them Bloody Elbow sent you.

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SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier

About midway through the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix semi-final between Daniel Cormier and Antonio Silva, Silva attempted something perplexing when he attempted to shoot a straight double leg on Daniel Cormier. Cormier, like any freestyle wrestling world bronze medalist possesses excellent takedown defense, but Cormier's case is special and Silva's misguided take down attempt was particularly futile.

Daniel Cormier happens to be the king of the go-behind. He can proficiently shoot singles and doubles, but these are not the skills that brought him close to amateur wrestling's summit. Daniel may be the best ever at stuffing opponents down and spinning behind them, in fact. he became a world medalist and Olympian based mostly on this distinct ability. Though "going behind" may sound dismissively primitive and it certainly is not the foxiest ways to succeed at wrestling, its effectiveness is undeniable. In an MMA bout, Cormier's incredible go-behind skills pose a big problem for any opponent, particularly those who want to take him down. This could lead to big problems for Josh Barnett, his opponent in Saturday's Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Final this Saturday on Showtime.

SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier

Continue reading after the jump for a closer examination of Cormier's wrestling style and an argument as to why his brand of wrestling may be even better suited for mixed martial arts than Olympic competition.

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Later tonight, Bellator 69 will air on MTV2 and be streaming on Spike.com. We at Bloody Elbow will cover the event live - as well as The Ultimate Fighter - and we welcome you to the best place to hang out and talk MMA for the evening.

The main event fighters, Maiquel Falcao and Andreas Spang, are competing in the Bellator Middleweight tournament semi-finals. Karl Amoussou and David Rickels, the fight just prior, is the other semi-final.

We last saw Falcao in action at Bellator 66, where he took two rounds and a unanimous decision from Vyacheslav Vasilevsky. The bout was fitful in its pace and yielded in most memories to the amazing comeback of Andreas Spang over Brian "The Predator" Rogers in the very next fight.

Spang was in a back and forth first round with Rogers, but lost the round on most unofficial cards. In the second round, Rogers started lighting Spang up with huge punches and backed an obviously hurt Spang against the cage. Spang took the opportunity to launch a Hail Mary left hook and it connected - knocking Rogers down and opening him up for the finish.

After the fight, Falcao and Spang got into a shoving match, which saw Spang fined and warned by the athletic commission for instigating it. Tonight's bout should have an air of emotional intensity - although not nearly as much as the famous Falcao/Leandro Gordo match from Amazon Combat (ask in comments for the full story to that insanity).

Amoussou took out Chris Lozano at Bellator 63 in the first round with rear naked choke obtained after a very nice sweep to top position that made for a nice Judo Chop. Lozano was perhaps stunned by a head kick Amoussou landed just before the fight went to the ground, but "Psycho" Amoussou looked very impressive. His opponent, David "The Caveman" Rickels, made it to the semi-finals by punching out Jordan Smith in 22 seconds. Smith has had a tough time keeping opponents away from his tender chin in the past, but the demolition Rickels put on him was impressive. Amoussou should enjoy a considerable size advantage, but Rickels has powerful punches and could surprise Psycho at an inopportune moment.

Tonight, we also get to see Jessica Aguilar battle Megumi Fujii. Aguilar (13-4) last fought for this promotion at Bellator 58 in November of 2011, but picked up a win against Patricia Vidonic at Fight Time 8 in February of 2012. She is perhaps most notable for being the first victim of the Zoila Gurgel (nee Frausto) judging streak at Bellator 31. Her opponent, Fujii (25-1), is perhaps the single most complete mixed martial artist in the women's game. Her sole loss was to Zoila in October of 2010, a horrendously judged match, and since then, Fujii has won three fights with ease. This fight is being billed as the world's #1 strawweight versus the world's #2 strawweight - and it is exactly that.

If the world was a more just place, Fujii would be undefeated and Aguilar would have already battled her at Bellator 34. This is the bout that should have been and will feature some of the best talent in the world in that division. Fujii is known for her considerable grappling prowess, but has taken to striking for extended periods of time with her opponents. Aguilar will have her work cut out for her in fending off the punches and takedowns enough to implement her own offense.

Related Stories:

Bellator's Jessica Aguilar Comes Out As Bi-Sexual | Mini-Chop: Megumi Fujii's Japanese Mount Armbar | Megumi Fujii Goes 22-0, Best MMA Record Ever? | Judo Chop: Karl Amoussou and the Pendulum/Scissors Sweep | Andrey Koreshkov ranked as #1 Welterweight Prospect in 2012 Scouting Report

The rest of the card is after the jump and a note on a very promising prospect fighting tonight.

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Bloody Elbow Radio, presented by Bad Boy, will be LIVE! at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT for another edition of the show. Join hosts Matt Bishop and MMA Mania's Brian Hemminger as they discuss all the latest news in MMA, including all the fallout from UFC on FUEL TV 3 and more.

We'll preview this weekend's MMA cards, including Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament Final, which features, as it states, the final of the company's heavyweight tournament between Josh Barnett and Daniel Cormier, plus a Strikeforce lightweight championship fight between Gilbert Melendez and Josh Thomson. The card also features a critical light-heavyweight bout between Mike Kyle and Rafael Cavalcante.

We'll also preview Friday's Bellator 69 card, which features the middleweight tournament final between Maiquel Falcao and Andreas Spang and a welterweight tournament semifinal between Karl Amoussou and David Rickels.

We'll break down all the fights on those cards while taking your calls, emails, tweets and more.

We'll also welcome Bellator heavyweight champion Cole Konrad to the show to preview his title fight with Eric Prindle next week at Bellator 70. We'll chat with him about the fight, the hoops they jumped through to get to this point and much more.

Bloody Elbow Radio is sponsored by Bad Boy. Get your Alexander Gustafsson UFC on FUEL TV walk out T-shirt only from Bad Boy at BadBoy.com. Follow them on Twitter and Facebook and tell them Bloody Elbow sent you.

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SBN coverage of Bellator 69

SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier

Bloody Elbow Radio, presented by Bad Boy, will be LIVE! at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT for another edition of the show. Join hosts Matt Bishop and MMA Mania's Brian Hemminger as they review tonight's UFC on FUEL TV 3, which is headlined by a featherweight bout between Dustin Poirier and Chan Sung Jung and a lightweight bout between Donald Cerrone and Jeremy Stephens.

We'll review all the results on the show while taking your calls, emails, tweets and comments.

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SBN coverage of UFC on FUEL TV 3