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March 14, 2009 Lashley ready to fight Shamrock in Japan: Former WWE pro wrestler Bobby Lashley is ready to fight UFC hall-of-famer Ken Shamrock in Japan. Shamrock has been handed a $2500 fine and a one-year suspension from the sport, by the California State Athletic Comission, for [+] March 14, 2009 Surviving as a New Promotion in the MMA World: What Not to Do: The sport of mixed martial arts is coming back to premium cable channel Showtime as well as CBS, and that is definitely a good thing.  What remains to be seen, however, is whether Strikeforce can stay on [+] March 13, 2009 Penn files complaint against St. Pierre: B.J. Penn has failed a formal complaint with the Nevada State Athletic Commision, claiming Georges St. Pierre used illegal means in their fight at UFC 94 in January. Penn wants St. Pierre’s victory in the fight to [+] March 13, 2009 DellaGrotte backs Egan for big future: MMA trainer Mark DellaGrotte believes 20-year-old fighter Tom Egan can become a ‘top-level 155-pounder’. DellaGrotta believes Egan, who he has taken under his wing, has what it takes to compete at the top level in the UFC. [+] March 12, 2009 TapouT release statement: The TapouT Family has released a statement regarding, co-founder Charles “Mask” Lewis, who died as a result of a car crash in Newport Beach, California, last night. Lewis founded TapouT along with Dan “Punkass” Caldwell in 1999, [+] March 12, 2009 Florian expects Hendo to beat Bisping: American lightweight Kenny Florian believes Dan Henderson will beat British star Michael Bisping. Bisping will face Henderson in the co-main event at UFC 100 in July and Florian believes Hendo will benefit from his extra experience. Florian [+] March 11, 2009 MMA Loses a Great Personality, Supporter in Charles “Mask” Lewis: At about 1:00am Wednesday morning, tragedy struck the mixed martial arts world as passionate MMA supporter and co-founder of Tapout, Charles “Mask” Lewis, died as a result of a car crash in Newport Beach, California. It [+] March 11, 2009 Evans ready to fight Machida: UFC light-heavyweight champion Rashad Evans is ready to defend his belt against Lyoto Machida at UFC 98. Machida has been given the opportunity to fight the champions, as Rampage Jackson is out with injuries. Jackson is expected [+] March 11, 2009 Rampage will not face Evans: Quinton Jackson will not fight light-heavyweight champion Rashad Evans at UFC 98, due to injuries. Jackson is struggling with a hand injury and jaw complaint and has been ruled out of the clash that was scheduled for [+] March 10, 2009 Who’s In, Who’s Left Out for Shot Against Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans?: The light heavyweight division, always the marquee weight class for the biggest show in the MMA world, the UFC, has a funky little triangle going on right now.  First, there was the lead-up to UFC 96, where [+]