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Tyson is a 2009 documentary film about the life of former undisputed heavy weight champion of the world boxer Mike Tyson.

It was directed by American filmmaker James Toback and produced by Nicholas Jarecki, Bob Yari, and Carmelo Anthony.

It was publicly screened for the first time at the 2008 Cannes film festival, where it received a 10-minute standing ovation.

Tyson was released on April 24, 2009, distributed by Sony Classics.

The movie won the Regard Knockout Award at the Cannes film festival.

The documentary begins with clips of the then 20-year-old Tyson's convincing World Boxing Council Heavyweight Championship win over Trevor Berbick, then begins to explore the fighter's upbringing and motivation. It is revealed that he had a fractured family life and difficult childhood in Brownsville, Brooklyn. He had to battle with fear in order to fight for his respect, and is shocked by the outcome: adoration and friendship.

Dan Hardy works in a day with Men's Fitness leading up to his bout in UFC 105.

The following is an excerpt from an interview with Shane Carwin from FightLine.com:

Raj Giri: You've caught some flack from the internet community for your comments directed to Fedor Emelianenko, saying that he has been fed opponents. Do you feel that's why he didn't sign with the UFC? What are your overall thoughts on Fedor?

Shane Carwin: I didn't say that Fedor was fed opponents. What I said was his handlers are putting him in risky situations. You would be hard pressed to find any MMA fighter that would not have Fedor as their number 1 or 2 best fighters EVER in MMA. When you put the best fighter in the world on shows that draw a lot less then the UFC, you risk the legacy that Fedor has built if and when he loses. We are all beatable and sometimes you can have clearly won and still lost on the judges scorecard. It's not too different then putting Hagler in with Sugar Ray, it wasn't like Sugar Ray could have finished Hagler and the risk was the guy with all the hype could dazzle the crowd and get the win. I am not disrespecting Fedor, I am just saying the elite heavyweights are in the UFC.

My comments were in response to Strikeforce's comments that the UFC does not have any good heavyweights. Guys like Brock, Nog, Couture, Mir, Dos Santos and Kongo says they are incorrect in those statements.

Raj Giri: While we're talking about Fedor, one fight that Dana White was trying to make was Fedor vs. Lesnar, before Fedor ended up signing with Strikeforce. How do you think a fight between the two would have went?

Shane Carwin: I think that Fedor would beat Brock.

Manager to Lyoto Machida, Anderson Silva, and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Ed Soares, talks to Yahoo Sports about his three kings:

“We don’t have a tremendous amount of guys in comparison to some who are out there. I’ve seen some management companies with 60, 70 guys that they’re representing. I kind of look at it as a car dealership. When you look at the car dealership, well, thank God there are Toyota dealers. There’s nothing wrong with Toyotas. They’re great cars, reliable cars, but there are 3,000 of them on the lot. Walk into a Bentley dealership, though, and there are only 12, 15 cars in the place. There are two things about that: The guy’s walking in to buy the car, and you know they’re not going to be negotiating price when they’re buying a Bentley. And that’s how I feel about our fighters. You want one of our fighters, you’re going to get a high-performance fighter. I like to keep it that way…. We have what I consider our ‘Three Kings.’ Anderson Silva is the pound-for-pound king. Lyoto is the king of karate, and we have Nogueira, who is the king of heart because he has so much heart. Those are our three big cards. In a card game, if I were playing poker and I had three kings, I’d think I had a pretty good hand.”

The injury bug continues to bite.

UFC lightweight Kurt Pellegrino (14-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) is the latest victim, and an injured knee has forced "Batman" out of his scheduled contest with Frankie Edgar (10-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale.

Edgar today posted the change on his official Twitter account, and AOL FanHouse has since learned herniated discs have forced Pellegrino out of action for approximately three weeks.

Edgar and Pellegrino were slotted for the co-main event of The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale on Dec. 5 at The Pearl at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Edgar hinted on his Twitter account that a replacement opponent would be named shortly.

Edgar seeks to return to the cage for the first time since his upset win over former UFC champ Sean Sherk in May. Aside from a decision loss to Gray Maynard in April 2008, Edgar is undefeated in his four-year pro career, which has included victories over notables such as Jim Miller, Tyson Griffin, Spencer Fisher and Hermes Franca.

Meanwhile, Pellegrino had hoped to sustain the momentum of his current three-fight win streak. Pellegrino largely flew under the radar after going 3-3 in his six UFC fights but has since posted decision wins over Thiago Tavares and Josh Neer and a submission win over Rob Emerson.

MAIN CARD

* Matt Hamill vs. Jon Jones
* Frankie Edgar vs. TBA*
* Finalist No. 1 vs. Finalist No. 2
* Houston Alexander vs. Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson*

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Dennis Hallman vs. John Howard
* Brian Stann vs. Rodney Wallace
* Mark Bocek vs. Matt Veach

* - Not officially announced

UFC welterweight Anthony Johnson will get a chance to make up some of the $60,000 he lost in Los Angeles, as the UFC officially announced today that "Rumble" will meet Josh Koscheck in the co-feature of "UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II."

With the shuffling necessary after the rescheduling of a Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin heavyweight title fight, the UFC has also promoted the welterweight contest of Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah to the evening's main card.

UFC 106 is scheduled for Nov. 21 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The main card airs live on pay per view.

Johnson seeks to redeem himself after registering 176 pounds for his UFC 104 contest with Yoshiyuki Yoshida less than one week ago. Johnson earned a knockout win in devastating fashion over Yoshida, but UFC president Dana White ruled Johnson ineligible for the evening's $60,000 "Knockout of the Night" bonus because he had come in overweight.

Meanwhile, Koscheck looks to build on the success of a September win over Frank Trigg at UFC 103. Koscheck, who also knocked out Yoshida in December 2008, is 2-2 in his past four trip to the cage.

With the newly crafted main card, which still has one official slot remaining, UFC 106 now includes:

MAIN CARD

* Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
* Anthony Johnson vs. Josh Koscheck
* Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira*
* Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah
* Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan

PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)

* Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders
* Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt
* Brian Foster vs. Brock Larson*
* Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann*
* Fabricio Camoes vs. Caol Uno*
* Jason Dent vs. George Sotiropoulos

* - Not officially announced

After UFC welterweight Jon Fitch's original opponent, Ricardo Almeida, was forced to withdraw from a UFC 106 contest due to injury, the American Kickboxing Academy product agreed to instead meet Thiago Alves at UFC 107.

But Fitch again finds himself without an opponent, as AOL FanHouse is reporting that Alves has now been forced to withdraw as well.

Alves had been scheduled to face Paulo Thiago on the "UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez" card but was pulled from that bout in favor of the highly anticipated rematch with Fitch. Sources close to the fighter indicate that Alves reluctantly agreed to withdraw from the bout and is expected to return in early 2010.

It's currently unknown who, if anyone, the UFC will look to match Fitch up with now. Thiago is also currently awaiting a new opponent. While a simple solution would be to pair the two welterweights together, Fitch defeated Thiago soundly in July, making a rematch this soon seem highly unlikely.

Featuring a lightweight title fight between current champion B.J. Penn and challenger Diego Sanchez, UFC 107 is slated for Dec. 12 in Memphis, Tenn.

With the apparent loss to the card, UFC 107 now includes:

MAIN CARD

* Champ B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez (for lightweight title)
* Cheick Kongo vs. Frank Mir
* Jon Fitch vs. TBA*
* Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida
* Paul Buentello vs. Todd Duffee

PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)

* Alan Belcher vs. Wilson Gouveia
* Shane Nelson vs. Matt Wiman
* Ricardo Funch vs. Johny Hendricks
* Lucio Linhares vs. Rousimar Palhares
* Edgar Garcia vs. DaMarques Johnson
* Kevin Burns vs. T.J. Grant

* - Not officially announced

Documentary following John Wayne Parr, Masato and Buakaw in their preparations leading to the 2005 K-1 MAX FINAL

Shane Carwin makes a blog post on his website, ShaneCarwin.com, detailing his thoughts on Brock Lesnar pulling out of their UFC 106 Heavyweight Championship fight:

“Last week was the first week that I actually started feeling better from a strain of the swine flu. I had lost over 15 pounds (something I could not afford to loose) and had just pulled some muscles in my leg during training. As 104 approached my manager said, ‘we should be thankful we are not fighting, from your re-broken nose to the leg, this wasn’t our time’. As I prepared to go to 104, I began slowly realizing what was ahead of me; I needed to be home training and rehabbing, not traveling and missing days of necessary time with my Team. I was due to be fighting for the UFC Heavyweight title. I called Jason back and said you are right, but I can’t go to LA I need to train. I was reminded about my commitments to the fans at Kmart and the Q&A, and I knew I had to go. In LA I was reminded exactly why we do this sport. Fans were all over the place and every interaction was a positive one. While at Kmart I meet a young man who competes in the Special Olympics and he said he looked up to us fighters. I was so taken back by the fact that he put us fighters on a pedestal. Here was this young man who defied incredible odds in life to reach the Olympics and he pushes himself every day to do things you and I take for granted. I was bitching about a flu, my leg (that would heal), and taking time away from training and this young man looks up to me? He gave me his Octagon necklace and I do not think he realized what an impact he made on me. I knew right then that I was going to suck it up and drive on. Edward and the rest of Team Carwin would be the fuel to carry me through the rough times and make sure that come fight night I will be the champion … Fighting for the UFC belt is my path and honestly Brock coming down with his illness only gives me more time to be in that much better shape. It is a blessing if you want to know the truth. I would have never pulled out of the fight. I would wheel myself to the cage if it was my choice. I know this is my destiny and I don’t need everything to be perfect I just need my opportunity to show the world what I can do and who I am.”

Tatame.com speaks with Vitor Belfort who doesn't seem interested in a fight with Anderson Silva:

Anderson hurt the elbow and he must fight only next year. Do you wanna do one more fight or wait for his recover?

This thing of fighting Anderson is something that I’ve never looked for. I care about him a lot, but started that thing of Dana White talks... I don’t care about fighting for the title, I want to do some more fights. I don’t have this ambition of fighting him (Anderson) now, I didn’t get in UFC looking for it, to take his belt… I never had that thing, I just want to do my work.

Is there anyone else that you’d like to fight and deserve the title shot?

I know I deserve, that’s not the problem, neither the discussion, I just like to make some fights. The belt’s moment is gonna come, there are people that want to talk that I don’t deserve, but I don’t believe that. Anderson is not a guy that I want to fight, I support him a lot, we already trained together, I like him a lot. It’s not a thing that I want to... If the belt were on Nate Marquardt’s hands, if I could choose, I wouldn’t fight with Anderson because I care about him.

Fiveknuckles.com has the following from an exclusive interview with Pat Barry:

FiveKnuckles.com: You were very emotional in your post-fight interview. Can you expand on that a little bit?

Pat Barry: Hey man, I showed up to this fight broke. When we got to Los Angeles on Tuesday, I had ZERO dollars to my LIFE. I'm not even joking around. I had nothing sitting in the bank, nothing under the mattress at home, not even a piggy bank; nothing at all. Two days before we got to LA, I was literally eating white rice and ketchup. I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want anybody to worry or figure I was taking this fight for the money because I really wanted to fight. Financially I had nothing. I had no choice but to win.

FiveKnuckles.com: Looks like dinner's on you tonight.

Pat Barry: (laughs) You know it. Ain't that the truth?

FiveKnuckles.com: Besides the financial factor, was there anything else that served as motivation?

Pat Barry: Everything that goes into getting ready for a fight is an emotional process. All the bumps and bruises that I got during training; being away from home. The fact that I was fighting such a high-caliber guy in only my third UFC fight after coming off a loss knowing that the risk of being cut from the UFC was there. Also, the fact that I fought a guy who I've trained with before under Ernesto Hoost. Ernesto never thought I was good enough. He never thought that I was going to be anything or be good enough so the fact that I was able to beat a guy that is still active with him meant everything. That was the greatest fight of my life so far; this fight meant everything to me. It was the validation that I always wanted for the five years of being with Ernesto.

FiveKnuckles.com: Well, your happiness (and agility) showed in your back flip. Impressive.

Pat Barry: Hell yeah man (laughs). I heard a lot of people talking about that one. They obviously didn't know a water buffalo can fly. I'm a straight up ninja; I've been saying it from day one. I've got a lot more of that coming (laughing). I was supposed to do that after the Dan Evensen fight, but I got caught up in the moment. I almost forgot to do it again.

The Las Vegas Sun talked to Chris Tuchscherer about his training partner and UFC Heavyweight Champ Brock Lesnar about his decision to remove himself from his first title defense against Shane Carwin at UFC 106:

“He actually practiced (Sunday) and thought he might be feeling alright. He said, ‘Wow, I think I’m doing OK today.’ (Monday) he got here and it was the same old stuff �" fatiguing right away, not being all there. After practice we were all sitting around, we were actually going to come back later at night to work out again, and he basically told us, ‘Hey guys, I’m going to pull out of this thing. There’s a lot of cases of (swine flu) around here. I don’t want to say it’s that for sure, but it wouldn’t surprise me. He was very excited for this fight. He was always in good spirits. I could tell he was kind of let down today and he told us he felt really bad.”

Josh Koscheck and Anthony Johnson have verbally agreed to fight each other at UFC 106 on Nov. 21 in Las Vegas.

Koscheck announced Tuesday on his Twitter account that he would be fighting Nov. 21 in Las Vegas in a co-main event fight.

“I got some big fight news for me,” he wrote. “I am fighting nov 21 in Vegas. Co main event!!! Haha it's on baby!!!!”

Following Brock Lesnar’s withdrawal from his title defense against Shane Carwin, the scheduled UFC 106 co-main event, Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin, became the main event. Reports surfaced later that the UFC was looking to bolster the card with a new co-main, and that now appears to be the case with Koscheck-Johnson.

Koscheck stopped Frank Trigg at UFC 103 in September to rebound from an upset loss to Paulo Thiago in February. Sherdog.com’s No. 5-ranked welterweight, he has 11 UFC wins and four losses. Johnson, 8-2, has won three straight in the Octagon. Most recently he stopped Yoshiyuki Yoshida on Oct. 24.

A heavyweight MMA contest between former top UFC heavyweight contender Jeff Monson and MMA ironman Travis Fulton, as well as a boxing matchup pitting hip-hip icon DMX and actor Eric Martinez, headline an upcoming hybrid MMA/boxing event.

The two bouts are part of Thunder Promotions' "Alabama Pride" event.

The show takes place Dec. 12 at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex in Alabama.

"(The) 'Snowman' and 'Ironman' fight card was chosen by popular demand, and having DMX duel Eric Martinez for our co-main event, well this is the ingredients that will produce an incredible night here in Birmingham," stated Thunder Promotions CEO Rod Riccardi. "We have a host of surprise guest who will be stopping through so it’s going to be a night to remember."

Although he's competed with organizations such as the UFC and PRIDE, Monson (31-9) also mixes in a number of main-event fights on smaller cards. Aside from DREAM, Monson's seven-fight win streak he posted earlier this year came mostly in regional promotions where he was the top draw. Most recently, though, he suffered a unanimous decision loss to Pedro Rizzo at Bitetti Combat 4 in Brazil.

Fulton (226-39-7), meanwhile, has competed in organizations ranging from the tiny (whose results have rarely been recorded by the major databases) to renowned, such as the UFC. Since April 2005, he's 29-3 and is carrying a current five-fight win streak.

The night's co-headliner features two competitors better known for entertainment careers than sporting endeavors. DMX (Earl Simmons), who hit his peak in the 1990s, and has sold more 30 million albums. He'll make his boxing debut against Martinez, the CEO of Powermoves Entertainment and an aspiring actor who's had had some small parts in a handful of movies.

Like DMX, Martinez has never fought professionally.

Tickets for the event are now on sale at www.ticketmaster.com.

While it seems that most of the MMA community is still busy debating the results of this past Saturday's UFC 104 main-event contest between UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida and top contender Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, UFC president Dana White has made it clear he's already moving on to the scheduling of a rematch.

And immediately after the fight, both Machida and Rua were already preparing themselves for a second meeting as well.

"We're always learning, and I've already been corrected by my father and by (training partner) Anderson (Silva), and they told me some of the things I was doing wrong," says Machida through his manager, Ed Soares. "It's a new experience, and I'll just take this and apply it to my next fight."

While the experience of winning isn't new for the undefeated Machida, losing even a round was. And while Machida officially lost the first two rounds of his eight-fight UFC career en route to the unanimous-decision win, most MMA observers felt he should have lost the fight, too.

Machida was unapologetic about being awarded the controversial win.

"There's three judges, and all three judges had a unanimous decision that I won the fight," Machida said. "I wasn't the one that called the fight, the judges were."

Rua, speaking through his manager Eduardo Alonso, felt he had done enough to earn the 205-pound title.

"Lyoto is a very tough fighter, and we have been watching him and paying attention to his fights – studying his fights – for five months," Rua said. "My team and I have watched a lot of his tapes, and we came to a conclusion and agreed on the strategy that we thought would work.

"I think I was able to implement the strategy well, and I'm very happy with my performance, but I'm very disheartened with the results."

Rua said he felt more and more comfortable as time wore on in the bout, and both he and his corner felt he had won over the judges.

"My corner was telling me that I was doing good and winning the rounds, so that got me more motivated, more comfortable and relaxed in there," Rua said. "In my point of view, I thought I won the last three rounds of the fight. That's my opinion."

Rua felt so comfortable with the performance, he plans on approaching a rematch in a similar fashion.

"I think everybody thinks that I won the fight, so I would use the same strategy and hopefully get the win," Rua said.

Meanwhile Machida said he was upset that he disappointed his fans and plans on taking a different approach when the two meet again.

"It's not always that you can please everybody," Machida said. "The only that I can promise is that my next fight I'm going to put on a much better performance and hopefully make everybody happy.

"I'm going to go back home and watch the fight. When we fight again I'll have a different strategy and a different plan."

White has yet to announce when Machida vs. Rua II will take place, but the UFC exec made it perfectly clear it's a fight he believes needs to happen right away.

"I'm ready to make the rematch as fast as we can, and I actually think that the second fight will be the fight that we expect to see."

UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on November 14, 2009 in Manchester, England at the Manchester Evening News Arena.[1] This event has been confirmed to air on Spike.

Takanori Gomi (五味隆典, Gomi Takanori? is a Japanese mixed martial artist. Gomi is a former Shooto Welterweight Champion and was the final holder of the lightweight title from defunct promotion Pride Fighting Championship. He is also a four-time All Japan Combat Wrestling champion. Characterized by his ambidexterity in striking, Gomi was for a long time, before his loss to Sergey Golyaev, considered to be among the best lightweight fighters in the world.

UFC legend Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell squares off against Brazilian superstar Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in what promises to be one of the most explosive bouts of 2009.

The co-main event featured a light-heavyweight rematch between Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, the PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix winner, and the PRIDE 2000 Open Weight Grand Prix winner, UFC Hall of Famer, and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Mark "The Hammer" Coleman

On June 1, 2009, Electronic Arts, announced that an all-new fighting title is in development under the EA Sports brand. EA Sports MMA will be available in 2010 on the Xbox 360 and the PS3. EA Sports President Peter Moore is quoted in press releases as saying "Fans have been begging EA Sports to get into the cage, and EA Sports MMA will put them in control of the sport’s unique combat experience while finally, in an immersive interactive experience, capturing the raw intensity that has made mixed martial arts one of the fastest growing sports in the world. We’re ready for the fight."

While UFC president Dana White proudly declared that none of this past Saturday's "UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun" contestants were forced to visit the hospital following the event, that doesn't mean everyone came out 100 percent healthy.

UFC 104's "Knockout of the Night" and "Fight of the Night" winner Patrick Barry was suspended by the California State Athletic Commission for up to 180 days unless cleared by a physician for a possible fracture of his left wrist.

Barry's opponent, Antoni Hardonk, was also suspended for 45 days – including 30 days with no contact – based on the result of the contest.

Main-event winner Lyoto Machida – who earned a unanimous-decision win over Mauricio "Shogun" Rua – was suspended for 60 days, including 60 days without contact, for a left upper-lip laceration.

Adding fuel to the "Rua won" fire, "Shogun" was not issued any suspension.

Heavyweight Ben Rothwell received a pair of suspensions following his loss to Cain Velasquez. Rothwell received a 45-day suspension (30 days no contact) for suffering a TKO loss, as well as a 60-day suspension (60 days no contact) for a right-eye laceration.

Lightweight Spencer Fisher received similar orders after his loss to Joe Stevenson. Fisher received a 45-day suspension (30 days no contact) for a "hard bout," as well as a 60-day suspension (60 days no contact) for a right-eye laceration.

Yoshiyuki Yoshida, who was knocked out in brutal fashion in just 41 seconds by Anthony Johnson, was suspended for 45 days (30 days no contact) based on the results of his contest.

Rob Kimmons, who found himself on the wrong end of a one-sided TKO result with Jorge Rivera, was issued a 45-day suspension (30 days no contact) for suffering the loss, as well as a 60-day suspension (60 days no contact) for a laceration on the left side of the forehead.

Finally, Eric Schafer was suspended for 60 days (60 days no contact) for a laceration on the right side of his nose suffered in a decision loss to Ryan Bader. Schafer can be cleared early by a physician.

If you missed the fight between Japanese Kazushi Sakuraba and Zelg Galesic at DREAM.12’s “Cage of the Rising Sun” event on Sunday, you are in luck because we have the video for you right here.

Although a relatively short fight, it was the most exciting fight of the night.

Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem (30-11)versus former PRIDE heavyweight bruiser James Thompson (14-10)

UFC welterweight Anthony Johnson should have left Los Angeles $60,000 richer.

After earning a devastating 43-second TKO win over Yoshiyuki Yoshida on the main card of this past Saturday's UFC 104 event in Los Angeles, Johnson appeared to be a lock for the evening's "Knockout of the Night" award and a $60,000 bonus.

But Johnson missed weight the day before, and UFC president Dana White declared "Rumble" ineligible for the award. Johnson said the penalty was a life-changing moment.

"It sucked, but in a way it didn't suck because I deserved to be punished for not making weight."

Johnson's trip from 225 pounds down to 176 – five pounds over the allowed limit for his bout – has been well-documented. Johnson contended all along he was unconcerned about the weight loss, but the final cut proved to be a little bit too much.

"I was pretty confident I was going to make the weight because when I was in the sauna, I was sitting in there and within an hour I lost three or four pounds right off the bat," Johnson said. "I didn't have any concerns until it was getting closer and closer to 3 o'clock."

Johnson ceased to sweat while he was at 176 pounds, and the remaining weight proved impossible to cut. A dehydrated Johnson, physically and emotionally drained, appeared weak as he hit the scales on Friday, but "Rumble" said he never considered withdrawing from the bout.

"I wanted to fight no matter what," Johnson said. " After putting my body through that and losing so much weight, you think I'm going to say, 'No, I don't want to fight'? I don't care. I wanted to fight no matter what."

Johnson made quick work of Yoshida on fight night, but despite the impressive performance the Staples Center crowd offered him a fairly lukewarm response. A past crowd-favorite, Johnson said by the incident has helped him realized his true fans.

"That's life," Johnson said. "People are going to turn on you, and [others] are going to support you no matter what. You'll know who your real friends are and who your real fans are when they stick by you through thick and thin like this.

"You make a mistake, people aren't supposed to turn their back on you, but they will. That lets you know who's in your corner and who's really supporting you and everything else. Some people are just nutriders. They just want to be on the bandwagon just because you're good."

In addition to losing the "Knockout of the Night" award, Johnson was also fined 20 percent of his purse. It was a stiff financial penalty, and Johnson said he refuses to find himself there again.

"I'm changing up everything," Johnson said. "I'm having a meeting with my whole camp next week, and we're going to get everything rolling.

"I'm still dieting right now. That's how serious I am about all this. I'm changing up everything – my training, my dieting. My whole life is changing right now. As soon as I didn't make weight, my life changed."

Marius Žaromskis is a Lithuanian professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. After fighting the majority of his career for British promotion Cage Rage he signed with Dream in 2009. While there, Žaromskis won Dream's 2009 Welterweight Grand Prix and became their inaugural Dream Welterweight Champion by defeating Seichi Ikemoto at Dream.8, and then both Hayato Sakurai and Jason High at Dream.10. Nick names: Raging Demon, The Whitemare

Brandon Vera and his Muay Thai coach Billy Schiebe talk about Brandon's upcoming fight against Randy Couture, at his Jaco autograph signing at Fight Gear Outlet

It's been a crazy day for Shane Carwin. This morning, he learned that the man he will be facing at UFC 106 for the UFC heavyweight championship, Brock Lesnar, would have to withdraw from the bout due to illness. Carwin spoke with Raj Giri of FightLine.com late last week, and followed up with us today on Lesnar's departure. In part one of the interview below, Carwin talks about his feelings about the fight being postponed, how he got his start, Lesnar's comments about his collegiate career and more.

Raj Giri: It's been a crazy day for you with Brock Lesnar having to withdraw from UFC 106. What were your thoughts when you heard that your bout with him was going to be postponed?

Shane Carwin: I was pretty disappointed. We have a lot of work put into this fight and it is a huge let down.

Raj Giri: The UFC noted that Lesnar had not been able to train for over a month due to his illness. Had you heard anything about that?

Shane Carwin: Nope, this was news to me. I have been dealing with the flu, a bad leg and started my camp with a broken nose. I hope he heals up and we can give the fans the fight they want to see.

Raj Giri: It's rumored that your bout with Lesnar has been moved to UFC 108 on January 2, 2010. Can you confirm that?

Shane Carwin: I have not heard anything official yet, and until we get a new bout agreement, I just do not have any idea as to what is next. I'm going to help my team get ready for their fights and see what happens.

Raj Giri: I never thought I'd be interviewing a fellow Colorado School of Mines alum who is getting ready to challenge for the UFC heavyweight championship. Are you still working as an engineer? And if so, will that change if you defeat Lesnar?

Shane Carwin: Right now I have no plans to quit my job. I will need to adjust some things due to the media demands of being a champion, that just seems like it is a million years away. I am really just focusing on my training, staying mentally and physically ready for this fight.

Raj Giri: You made your pro debut when you were 30. What made you, as a full-time engineer, decide to try MMA? And if you could go back, would you do anything different?

Shane Carwin: I have always been a competitor and one of the hardest things to do is to be an inactive competitor. I was helping Ron Waterman prepare for fights, so I was in shape and learning MMA, but it was a support role and not a competitor role. I was offered an opportunity to compete at the WEC (before Zuffa owned them), and I guess the rest is history.

http://www.fightline.com/news/mma/2009/1026/455843/shane-carwin/index.shtml

UFC Heavyweight number one contender Shane Carwin who just today found out that his crack at the champ Brock Lesnar at UFC 106 had been postponed just updated his twitter account and it looks like the big men will be meeting at UFC 108 on January 2nd and Carwin also suggests that Lesnar is suffering from H1N1 (Swine Flu)




"I just heard from Jason. Looks like it is posponed till Jan 2. I had h1ni myself and I understand how devastaing it can be."

“Every time you go in there, you always want to try and make the fans happy, and it’s a little depressing when they don’t cheer for you, when they boo you. I didn’t really feel too much on the rib cage, but the legs, I started to feel it on the inside of one of my legs, and it was bothering me. I was a hundred percent, but sometimes when you get in there, you’re strategy doesn’t always work exactly like you planned it to. I would have liked to perform better, but it happens sometimes. I was looking to finish the fight whenever I could, but it showed that Shogun came very well prepared for this fight. I was constantly trying to find openings to finish the fight, but unfortunately, I didn’t get that. It’s just going to motivate me to train harder and I can guarantee you I’m going to put a better performance next time.”

“Honestly, I though (the UFC) forced him to take the fight. Stylistically, I was like ‘Really? Dude, are you serious? Alright, happy birthday!’ I executed a lot of things right, but I felt like I couldn’t get the takedown and I was making excuses, ‘Man he feels slippery, he feels oiled up’ and I felt like he was. But why even say anything like that, that’s my fault for even taking it there. Yeah, he definitely put some lotion on this morning or last night took a bath. Something was different about him, maybe he had a lot of garlic though, that can make you slippery as well. Or it could just be in my head, that’s why I [just] need to improve myself.”

“It was a complete, utter defeat. Reflecting on the fight, I have thoughts like, ‘I should have done this, I should have done that,’ but they are indications that my ability as a fighter proved insufficient. Sonnen was tough. When I stuffed the first takedown, I found myself in the clinch position which is normally my domain; however, I was surprised to be scooped up from underneath and thrown on the mat when I tried to fire off a knee from the position. He was more powerful than I imagined, and left me confounded as to what I should do next, and he kept up with his offense. I have never experienced anything like this before. For this fight, I had the best training possible, so I am disappointed about this loss. At the same time, I think I saw the limitation of the environment in which I find myself in (in terms of training). In Japan, I inevitably face a shortage of training partners and I often find myself on the offensive during training. Though I try to improve and diversify my training routine, I probably hit the ceiling at some point. I have the option of uprooting myself and training overseas… if I continue to train in Japan, I feel that I will end up becoming complacent, so I want to go back to square one and challenge myself. I feel that there is a need for me to train with training partners who are bigger than me. In order to win in UFC, I have trained to not be taken down and end up on the bottom on the ground; I thought I had the right approach, but I had not thought about what I would do if I did end up in a disadvantageous position. I was lax in my approach. Losing my passport (NOTE: He lost his passport right before he flew out of Japan and arrived in LA a day later than was originally scheduled to) ? It had no bearing on the fight. With all that said, I am very glad that I got to fight a tough fighter like Chael Sonnen. I am disappointed because I have never experienced a loss like this �" it is up to me use this as a learning experience, so I would like to carefully ruminate how I can improve and implement (what I learned) in my fights.”

With this afternoon's shocking news that illness had forced UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar out of his UFC 106 headlining contest with top contender Shane Carwin, the UFC was announced that a rematch between light heavyweights Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz will now take top billing at the event.

The promotion also announced it "hopes to re-schedule the (Lesnar vs. Carwin) bout for early 2010."

"UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II" takes place Nov. 21 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Ortiz had been expected to face Mark Coleman at the event, but "The Hammer" was forced to withdraw from the event due to an injury suffered in training.

Griffin and Ortiz fought previously at UFC 59 in April 2006. Ortiz earned a razor-thin split-decision win that night in the "Huntington Beach Bad Boy's" most recent meaningful win in the organization.

The full card for UFC 106 now includes:

MAIN CARD

* Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
* Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira*
* Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan

PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)

* Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah
* Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders
* Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt
* Brian Foster vs. Brock Larson*
* Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann*
* Fabricio Camoes vs. Caol Uno*
* Jason Dent vs. George Sotiropoulos

* - Not officially announced

An illness has forced UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar (4-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) out of the UFC 106 main event and a planned title fight with Shane Carwin (11-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC).

ccording to the report, which stated Lesnar has been sick and unable to train for nearly a month, the UFC has not determined a replacement fight to headline the show, which takes place Nov. 21 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

UFC 106 is one of the deeper cards of the year with former UFC light heavyweight champions Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin slotted in the night's co-main event. The bout could take the top spot if a suitable replacement fight can't be booked.

The scrapped main event was supposed to serve as Lesnar's first title defense since unifying the UFC's heavyweight belts with a UFC 100 win over then-interim champ Frank Mir. Lesnar won the title with a November 2008 victory over then-champ Randy Couture.

Carwin, meanwhile, looked to claim his 12th straight win at UFC 106. The 34-year-old has yet to fight longer than two minutes and 11 seconds in any bout. He had posted swift UFC victories over Christian Wellisch, Neil Wain and Gabriel Gonzaga to earn the title shot.

While his resume surely warrants title consideration, Carwin helped his case in landing the title shot by publicly criticizing Lesnar's controversial post-fight comments following UFC 100. Following a rant in which Lesnar scoffed at fans and UFC sponsors alike, Carwin hit social networking sites and conducted many interviews in which he condemned the actions of the former WWE superstar.

Soon after news of the cancellation came out, Carwin posted a simple message on his Twitter account: "Very disappointing."

And though his camp is aware of the change, Carwin hinted in a later posting that he heard the same way most fans did.

"It's [disappointing] hearing about your career and life through the media," he wrote. "Nothing from the [bosses] yet."

The latest UFC 106 card now includes:

MAIN CARD

* Shane Carwin vs. TBA
* Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
* Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira*
* Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan

PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)

* Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah
* Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders
* Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt
* Brian Foster vs. Brock Larson*
* Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann*
* Fabricio Camoes vs. Caol Uno*
* Jason Dent vs. George Sotiropoulos

* - Not officially announced

Video of the UFC 104 post-fight press conference can be seen on UFC.com. Here’s a rundown of news and notes from the conference (paraphrased, not quotes).

OFFICIAL RESULTS

* Lyoto Machida def. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
* Cain Velasquez def. Ben Rothwell via TKO (punches) - Round 2, 0:58
* Gleison Tibau def. Josh Neer via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
* Joe Stevenson def. Spencer Fisher via TKO (elbows) - Round 1, 4:03
* Anthony Johnson def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida via kncokout (punch) - Round 1, 0:41

PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS

* Ryan Bader defeats Eric Schafer by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-26, 30-27)
* Pat Barry def. Antoni Hardonk by TKO (punches) - Round 2, 2:30
* Chael Sonnen def. Yushin Okami via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
* Jorge Rivera def. Rob Kimmons via TKO (punches) - Round 3, 1:53
* Kyle Kingsbury def. Razak Al-Hassan via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
* Stefan Struve def. Chase Gormley via submission (triangle choke) - Round 1, 4:04

LOS ANGELES – As the old saying goes in mixed martial arts, nobody stays unbeaten forever.

For UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC), that saying just doesn't yet apply.

Machida went 25 minutes with former PRIDE superstar Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (18-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) in the main event of Saturday's "UFC 104: Machida vs. Rua" event at Staples Center in Los Angeles, and while the crowd in attendance felt the resurgent challenger had patiently outstruck his way to the belt, the three cageside judges felt differently.

For his part, Rua did exactly what most said he needed to do.

Despite a history of hyper-aggressive attacks, Rua remained patient in did not rush into the traps Machida routinely sets. Instead, "Shogun" picks his spots wisely, throwing his hands sparingly and instead utilizing devastating kicks to the midsection that marked Machida's ribs from the opening frame.

Machida returned the blows when applicable, and by the second round, both fighters were sporting quickly reddening welts on the midsection and upper leg.

As the bout wore on, Rua seemed to be the more comfortable fighter in the cage. "Shogun" began to open up his arsenal a bit more, rushing forward in spots, though he quickly returned to his base strategy when Machida flashed the elusiveness that has become his hallmark.

Machida slowed in the final frames, but his striking proved ample when needed. The strategic pace from both fighters earned a few boos from a contact-thirsty crowd, but the chess match playing out in the cage was hardly worthy of the ire.

After 25 minutes of action it seemed that Shogun had won fight, everyone in his camp patted each other while in Machida camp all looked very disappointed. Instead, all three judges delivered the same score, 48-47, and Machida walked away with his belt firmly around his waist.

Judge Nelson Hamilton awarded Machida rounds two, three and four, while judges Cecil Peoples and Marcos Rosales gave the champ the opening three frames.

The Staples Center crowd felt differently and openly cheered the vanquished challenger. The bout will undoubtedly be debated hotly by observers on both sides of the fence, and a future rematch seems unavoidable.

The win was Machida's eighth-straight in the UFC, earning the undefeated fighter a tie with Jon Fitch and the legendary Royce Gracie for second-most in the history if the promotion. Rua's performance, while dropping him to 2-2 in the UFC, will undoubtedly silence many of the critics who doubted his viability as a contender.

All 18 competitors scheduled to compete at Sunday's DREAM.12 event hit the scales today in anticipation of the debut of "The White Cage."

All but one competitor, Won Sik Park, made weight without issue. Park hit the mark shortly after, and his bout with Kuniyoshi Hironaka will go on as scheduled.

DREAM.12 takes place at Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan, and airs live on HDNet in North America on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 2 a.m. ET (11 p.m. PT).

The main event of the contest sees Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem face British slugger James Thompson, while Bellator lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez faces Katsunori Kikuno in the night's co-feature.

The full weigh-in results included:

* Alistair Overeem (115.0 kg/253.0 lbs.) vs. James Thompson (126.0 kg/277.2 lbs.)
* Eddie Alvarez (69.8 kg/153.6 lbs.) vs. Katsunori Kikuno (70.0 kg/154.0 lbs.)
* Champ Marius Zaromskis (76.0 kg/ 167.2 lbs.) vs. Myeon Ho Bae (welterweight non-title fight) (75.8 kg/166.8 lbs.)
* Zelg Galesic (85.0 kg/ 187 lbs.) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (84.0 kg/184.8 lbs.)
* Tokimitsu Ishizawa (83.3 kg/183.3 lbs.) vs. Katsuyori Shibata (83.3 kg/183.3 lbs.)
* Tarec Saffiedine (83.0 kg/ 182.6 lbs.) vs. Dong Sik Yoon (84.0 kg/184.8 lbs.)
* Chase Beebe (63.0 kg/138.6 lbs.) vs. Yoshiro Maeda (62.8 kg/138.2 lbs.)
* Kuniyoshi Hironaka (70.0 kg/154.0 lbs.) vs. Won Sik Park (70.0 kg/154.0 lbs.)*
* Keisuke Fujiwara (62.8 kg/138.2 lbs.) vs. Tomoya Miyashita (63.0 kg/138.6 lbs.)

* - Park missed the contracted weight by 1.0 kg/2.2 lbs. on his first attempt, but hit the mark on his second trip to the scale.

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LOS ANGELES – A trio of recently departed MMA superstars may not actually be any closer to returning to the promotion, but UFC president Dana White refused to rule out a return trip to the octagon by Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson or Chuck Liddell.

Filipovic, Jackson and Liddell have all recently been considered defunct parts of the organization for a variety of reasons.

White addressed all three fighters' status following Thursday's UFC 104 pre-event press conference.

"I haven't talked to Mirko since he left the last fight," White said. "He's one of those guys, when he starts thinking about what he wants to do, he'll call me."

Filipovic was rumored to have been considering retirement after suffering a loss – his third defeat in four UFC fights – to Junior dos Santos at September's UFC 103.

"You get to a certain age where you remember what you used to be able to do, and you can see all the openings," White said. "You just can't pull the trigger. I think that's where [Filipovic] is at."

On Thursday, White said he remained open to the Croatian striker's return.

"I like Mirko, and I've got a lot of respect for him, especially the way he handled that whole situation when we were leaving Germany," White said. "Remember when the Japanese tried to pull some [expletive] on me again, and he fixed it? I respected him before that, and I respect him for that."

Jackson is an entirely different situation.

After bailing on his duties as a coach of "The Ultimate Fighter," Jackson elected to take a role as B.A. Baracus in "The A-Team" rather than fight at UFC 107. The promotion brought the Dec. 12 even to "Rampage's" hometown of Memphis, Tenn., as a favor to the former light heavyweight champion. The ensuing publicly waged tussle between Jackson and White led the fighter to declare he was retired.

White said he's unsure exactly what's next for Jackson but refused to say he was done.

"We've got so many problems right now with the 'Rampage' thing," White said. "We've got to let this (Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua) fight happen first, see how it pans out, because there's more stuff going down with me and 'Rampage.' We've got to figure this thing out, then we'll go from there."

Rumors have circulated that a meeting between White and Jackson is pending, though the UFC exec seemed a bit less certain.

"If [Jackson] wants to meet, he can come down here and meet me," White said. "I'm not going to chase him."

Lastly, and perhaps more certainly, White said he and former light heavyweight champ Liddell were planning to meet to determine the "Iceman's" next move.

"I was out with [Liddell Wednesday] night, and I need to keep him busy so he doesn't start hanging out a bunch again," White said. "I'm going to figure it out.

"Me and Chuck are going to figure out what he's going to do. I set up a meeting to meet with him in the next few weeks. We'll figure it all out."

White was then asked by the media if he would ever consider following in Liddell's, ahem, footsteps as a contestant on "Dancing with the Stars."

"You will never, ever see me on 'Dancing with the Stars,'" White said. "If you even see me dancing, I'm way too drunk. Put me in a cab and send me home."

“Honestly, I’ll stand with him until he hits me and then I will stand with him some more and then he’s going to be like, ‘What’s happening?’ And then I’m going to take him down. Then I will keep putting him on the ground and he’s going to try to get up and then I’m going to take him back down and I’m going to hit him. He’s not going to know where I’m coming from and he’s not going to know what happened. And then he’s going to know the fights over. I [know what] I really want to do in my heart, that I’m going to do and I can’t say it, but it’s going to be bad.”