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UFC 131 Fight Card: Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin

After a slow couple of weeks, the UFC's summer schedule, which kicked off yesterday with UFC 130, is packed with no fewer than eight events (in addition to four Strikeforce events) between now and the end of August. The next pay-per-view event takes place in two weeks from Vancouver, with a...

UFC 131 Fight Card: Brock Lesnar vs. Junior dos Santos Is Official

According to UFC Ultimate Insider Episode 28 at UFC.com: (TUF 13) The long running competition reality series features heavyweight contenders Brock Lesnar and Junior dos Santos as coaches. Lesnar and dos Santos will meet in the Octagon at UFC 131 on June 11th from the Rogers Arena in Vancouver,...

Michihiro Omigawa vs. Darren Elkins Planned for UFC 131 in Vancouver

MMA Junkie with the report: Darren Elkins (12-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) is dropping a weight class and is expected to make his featherweight debut against Michihiro Omigawa (12-9-1 MMA, 0-3 UFC) at UFC 131. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the planned bout with sources close to the...

Lift the Ban Watch Do-Over: Vancouver Really May Be One UFC and Done With MMA

I botched it pretty bad with my earlier post about Vancouver -- but thanks to feedback from readers much more informed than I (thanks Emma May and who me), I've now read two Vancouver Sun stories from earlier this month that make me even less confident that the UFC or any regulated MMA will ever...

UPDATE: NORTH Vancouver Is Done With MMA

From BCLocalNews.com: City of North Vancouver councillors put the kibosh on hosting professional boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) fights in the city, after voting to disband the North Vancouver Athletic Commission Monday night. "I've watched enough of it (Ultimate Fighting Championship) channel...

One and done: North Vancouver bids MMA sanctioning 'adieu'

Well, it was fun while it lasted.Councillors in the city of North Vancouver voted to disband the North Vancouver Athletic Commission on Monday after former chairman Mirko Mladenovic was impeached and replaced by city bureaucrat Dave Rudberg. That, coupled with the high insurance costs and general...