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"I am going to fight before 2010. There's no doubt about it," he told MMAWeekly.com. "I have to get a fight in. I think it will happen and hopefully against someone tough." "I have to stay more active," said Florian. "I can't be taking almost nine months off between fights and then try to fight somebody like B.J. Penn. I have to be more active than that. "I always come back stronger after a loss, and I believe it will be the same this time around. I want to get back there." Kenny Florian tells MMA Weekly that he plans on fighting again before the end of the year. He doesn't mention anyone specific, but Guida, Edgar, or Uno might be interesting options.

UFC 101 Buyrate Likely to Exceed 1 Million Last week’s early estimates of UFC 101 have been confirmed. We’ve had three different systems of six we’ve gotten reports on real numbers that reported the second best numbers, behind only UFC 100. The others did right at or just below other the big three of late (Couture vs. Lesnar, Griffin vs. Evans and Penn vs. St. Pierre). One national cable estimate was at this stage between 800,000 and 900,000 buys. Trending patterns indicate numbers higher than that, and if it was the same as the big three before UFC 100, or better, as indicated by the few direct numbers we have, it could top 1 million since UFC 92 hit that figure and 91 and 94 were just below. HT: f4wonline.com (via mmapayout)

Tamdan "Barn Cat" McCrory Released by the UFC "After a disappointing loss at UFC 101, Tamdan McCrory was released today by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). McCrory, was 3-3 in the UFC, with an overall record of 11-3." "Leading up to his most recent fight, McCrory had expressed concerns over continuing to cut to 170 lbs. Visibily drained at the UFC 101 weigh-in, the effects of the weight cut seemed to carry into the fight as the performance was lacking for the usually exciting McCrory." "With his layoff from the UFC, McCrory will look to gain experience and build size to perhaps fill his 6’4" frame into the middleweight division. At only 22 years of age, an eventual return to the UFC is more than likely." HT: the UG

Roy Jones Jr. Will be Attending UFC 101 to Scout Anderson Silva Eight-time world boxing champion Roy Jones, Jr. is taking a well-earned day off from his intense training for his fight next Saturday, August 15th, against Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy... Jones will be attending tomorrow night's UFC show in Philadelphia to scout Anderson Silva in order to check out his skills in person. HT: boxing scene

Pennsylania Commission's Greg Sirb warns fighters about being boring in Philly "I want to tell the fighters, this ain't Las Vegas or New Jersey, this is Philly. You can have great fights in Las Vegas, no disrespect, and great fights in New Jersey, no disrespect. This is Philly. It's a little different. People are going to expect it. You bring your A-game, they'll bring their A-game. You bring your B-game, and they'll bring their B-game. The B-game is you know what. They'll boo you no matter what here if you bring your B-game. To the fighters, especially you main event guys, you're in Philly. Remember where you are." HT: mma fanhouse

UFC 101 confirmed for Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. -UFC.com. UFC 101: August 8th. Rumored Card: •Champ B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian (for UFC lightweight title) •Champ Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin (non-title fight) •Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellgrino* •Rousimar Palhares vs. Alessio Sakara* •Johny Hendricks vs. Amir Sadollah* •John Howard vs. Tamdan McCrory* •Dan Cramer vs. Matthew Riddle* •Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley* •Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort* * - Not officially announced