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April 27, 2009 Franklin miss fighting in the US: UFC light heavyweight contender Rich Franklin (11-3 UFC) is looking forward to his fight with Wanderlei Silva (2-4 UFC) at UFC 99 in Cologne, Germany. But the 34-year-old fighter admits he is looking forward to be fighting [+] April 26, 2009 Kyle Maynard Deserved Better, But Things Could Have Been Much Worse: For those who didn’t know, congenital amputee Kyle Maynard, who wrestled and played football despite having arms and legs that only reach to about elbow/knee length, made his MMA debut Saturday night.  He ended up fighting fellow [+] April 26, 2009 Escudero looking to prove himself at UFC 103: Undefeated UFC lightweighter Efrain Escudero is looking to bounce back from his recent injury problem at UFC 103. Escudero was forced out of his UFC Fight Night 18 bout with Jeremy Stephens due to a rib injury. [+] April 26, 2009 Carwin never saw himself fight in the UFC: Shane Carwin has admitted that he never saw himself compete in the UFC, but instead had dreams of playing in the Nationl Football League. Carwin is a top contender for the heavyweight title in the Ultimate Fighting [+] April 25, 2009 Weekly MMA News Review- 4/25/09: The week after a UFC event is always a big news week, and this past week was no exception to that.  However, a lot of the most compelling MMA news items came from outside the UFC.  Here’s [+] April 25, 2009 Leites deserves to be criticized: Brazilian fighter Thales Leites admits he deserves to be criticized by UFC president Dana White for his poor performance in the fight against Anderson Silva at UFC 97 last weekend. White criticized both fighters after what some [+] April 25, 2009 UFC set for Manchester or Liverpool: The UFC’s next event in the UK will take place in Manchester or Liverpool, according to Fighters Only Magazine. It is rumored that the event could take place on September 26th. “I am looking at venue agreements [+] April 24, 2009 Lashley to fight for MFC: Former WWE wrestler Bobby Lashley will fight for Canadian fight show Maximum Fighting Championships in May. Lashley has won both of his bouts thus far and will at the MFC 21 event face Mike Cook (7-3). “Bobby [+] April 24, 2009 Anderson drove White “crazy”: UFC president Dana White says middleweight champion Anderson Silva is ‘driving him crazy’ and the Brazilian could become a one-dimensional fighter. Silva’s manager Ed Soares has blamed the Brazilian’s last two opponents for the poor fights recently. [+] April 23, 2009 Are "In Your Face" Promoters Like Dana White Good for MMA?: Are “In Your Face” Promoters Good for MMA? While much of the controversy has died down, there was a lot of debate about what role Dana White should have with the UFC after some of his comments [+]