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Team Alpha Male fighters Chad Mendes and Joe Benavidez clown around with Stefan Struve. This fanshot was promoted to the front page by Tim Burke

Urijah Faber talks to Luke Thomas about preparing Chad Mendes for Jose Aldo at UFC 142. He also explains why a 'boring' and 'annoying' Dominick Cruz won't lift the lighter weight classes as a champion. Hear it/read it at MMA Nation.

Anthony Johnson preparing for his 185lb fight against Vitor Belfort @ UFC 142. Credit to the UG for this pic.

Submission ace, Javier "Showtime" Vazquez, tells MMA Weekly that touted prospect, Chad Mendes, won't be able to blanket him this Thursday at WEC 52: "There’s no pressure (on me), I’m not the ‘unbeatable prospect’," said Vazquez. "All the pressure is on Chad Mendes, not on me. I’m going to go out there and do my thing; he’s the one who’s supposed to be the next big thing." "My last two fights I worked with Erik Paulson and tried to improve my stand-up, trying to get a different look at the game, and improve my overall skills, but this fight I went back to my wrestling and submission game. I couldn’t have had a better camp to figure out how to beat a wrestler." "This entire camp I’ve worked with Antonio McKee, and nobody can do a better job of slowing a fight down and controlling from the top like Antonio does," he stated. (Chad) is not going to bring anything different or better than what Antonio brought. Antonio was having a real hard time holding me down, so I don’t think (Chad) will be able to do it, to be honest." "The more he tries the hold me down, the more he’ll get beat up; and the more he tries to scramble, the more likely he’s going to get caught." WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki coverage Photo: ESPN