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March 18, 2009 Hathaway confident of success: English prospect John Hathaway is confident he will win the fight against fellow welterweight Rick Story at UFC 99. The 21-year-old, who has an impressive 10-0 mixed martial arts record, made his debut at UFC 93 in [+] March 17, 2009 Most Fighters Cant Afford to Make Drug-Related Mistakes: It’s hard not to feel at least some sympathy for a guy like Karo Parisyan.  Parisyan has shown heart and a tremendous will to win during his fights, and has always seemed like a nice enough guy [+] March 17, 2009 Kelly looking forward to fight at UFC 99: Paul Kelly is looking to fight at UFC 99 in Germany and the fighter from Liverpool, England, has confirmed that his next fight will be at lightweight. Kelly has an 8-1 record as a welterweight, since joining [+] March 17, 2009 Cote looking to fight Silva again: UFC middleweight contender Patrick Cote feels there is ‘unfinished business between him and Anderson Silva’ and would like a ‘big fight’ as soon as he returns from his knee injury. Cote is currently recovering from knee surgery, [+] March 16, 2009 How Far Can Kongo Go in a Heavyweight Division Full of Grapplers?: It has always been interesting that different weight classes in the UFC seem to have different personalities, as it were.  The welterweight ranks have usually been ruled by wrestlers, as the great Matt Hughes has now given [+] March 16, 2009 UFC announces first-ever UFC Fan Expo: The UFC have announced that they will hold its first-ever Fan exposition in conjunction with UFC 100 in July. The “UFC Fan Expo” will be held Friday and Saturday, July 11-12, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center [+] March 16, 2009 Maccarinelli could have joined UFC: Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli has admitted he would have joined the UFC if he had been offered a deal in the aftermath of his loss to David Haye. The Welshman has admitted his interest in [+] March 15, 2009 Shields happy to be back on Showtime: Jake Shields is looking forward to fighting Robbie Lawler at Strikeforce’s May show in Tacoma, Washington. The two will fight at a catchweight of 182 pounds and although he is changing weight classes, the former EliteXC fighter [+] March 15, 2009 Shamrock aims to punch Diaz to second row: Strikeforce is ready to show off their new talent, following the purchase of ProElite’s assets, at the April 11 event in San Jose, California. The fight between Frank Shamrock and Nick Diaz is one of several top [+] March 14, 2009 Grove ready to 'fight anybody': UFC middleweight contender Kendall Grove insists he is ready to ‘fight anybody’ after his win over Jason Day at UFC 96. Grove admits people believe a fight against Gouveia would be a good challenge for him. He [+]