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March 27, 2009 Florian confirms Penn fight: Kenny Florian has confirmed, in a newsletter sent to members of his official site, that he will be fighting BJ Penn this summer. Florian has been chasing a shot at the lightweight title fight for some time [+] March 27, 2009 Torres believes Mir will submit Lesnar again: WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres is looking forward to the rematch between UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and interim heavyweight champions Frank Mir. The highly-anticipated fight will take place at UFC 100 in Las Vegas on July [+] March 26, 2009 Lashley in talks with UFC: Former WWE superstar Booby Lashley has confirmed that he has held talks with the UFC ‘over the past few days’. Lashley, who defeated Jason Guida at the March Badness MMA & Boxing Pay-Per-View, admits his goal is [+] March 26, 2009 Bout added to UFC 98: The UFC have confirmed that Josh Koscheck will fight Chris Wilson on May 23 at UFC 98 in Las Vegas. Koscheck managed a 3-1 from his four fights in 2008 and lost to Thiago on February 21, [+] March 25, 2009 Does Gina Carano Have What It Takes to Ignite Women’s MMA?: One of the definite bright spots of Elite XC’s brief-but-memorable existence was women’s mixed martial artist, Gina Carano.  Carano charmed and impressed casual and hardcore fight fans alike with her considerable skills and (let’s face it) attractive [+] March 25, 2009 Bader feels at the bottom of the totem pole: Ryan Bader feels he is ‘at the bottom of the totem pole’ in the UFC Light Heavyweight division at the moment. Bader, who knocked out Vinny Magalhaes to win the last season of “The Ultimate Fighter”, will [+] March 25, 2009 Anderson Silva confirms boxing match with Jones: Brazilian fighter Anderson Silva has revealed to Graciemag that his dream of a bout with boxer Roy Jones will happen. Silva told Graciemag: “After my contract with the UFC ends and end my career in MMA, I [+] March 24, 2009 MMA Fighters Want to Box, MMA Fans Sigh: Boxing has been in the mixed martial arts news a lot recently, what with Roy Jones, Jr. combining the two would-be rival combat sports for one event.  Of course, news regarding Andrei Arlovski’s anticipated (?) boxing debut [+] March 24, 2009 Browning is a big step up for Miller: Junie Browning believes he is ‘a big step up’ for Cole Miller, who he faces in his next fight at UFC Fight Night 18 in April. Browning reckons he is a lot better than anybody Miller has [+] March 24, 2009 BJ Penn is taking his training seriously: UFC lightweight champions BJ Penn insists he is taking his training seriously, following comments made by UFC president Dana White prior to St Pierre vs. Penn. White suggested that Penn was not taking his training seriously and [+]