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April 17, 2009 UFC 97 Preview Pt. 1: The Prelims: While there has been a lot of discussion regarding the main events for UFC 97, some may have missed out on the high level of quality that will be found on the preliminary bouts this Saturday night.  [+] April 17, 2009 UFC coming to France: Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White confirmed on Thursday that France will soon host one of their events. An official ban on MMA was lifted in France in 2008 and the country is the home of fighters [+] April 17, 2009 Liddell looking to silence critics: Chuck Liddell insists he will silence his critics by beating Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua at UFC 97. The two light-heavyweight stars will fight in the co-main event in Montreal on Saturday night. Liddell will be desperate for [+] April 16, 2009 The Ultimate Fighter: USA vs. UK Episode 3 Recap: We’re on our third episode, and we still have four fighters vying to get into the house, due to herpes and weight-cutting issues.  The last episode ended with the unveiling of one of the alternates, who is [+] April 16, 2009 Coleman could train with Wanderlei: Mark Coleman has received an offer to train with Wanderlei Silva at the Wand Training Center in Las Vegas ahead of his UFC 100 clash with Stephan Bonnar. Coleman revealed he had offers to train with Frank [+] April 16, 2009 Bisping backs Liddell to bounce back at UFC 97: Michael Bisping believes Chuck Liddell will bounce back at UFC 97, following a knock-out loss to Rashad Evans in his last night. Bisping believes The Iceman still has a chance of getting back with a win over [+] April 15, 2009 Griffin wants Sanchez fight: Tyson Griffin has admitted he is ready to fight former welterweight Diego Sanchez, assuming that he beats Clay Guida at the TUF 9 finale. “I would like to fight Diego Sanchez assuming that he beats Clay Guida. [+] April 15, 2009 Lauzon expected to be out till 2010: UFC lightweight Joe ‘J-Lau’ is expected to be out of action till 2010 after having surgery to his right knee last month. Lauzon had to repair the ACL and meniscus in his knee and will now have [+] April 14, 2009 What Can We Expect in the Future from Strikeforce?: While we don’t yet know how many viewers caught Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz” card on Showtime, the feedback has been mostly positive from those that did.  Even if the show didn’t exactly rearrange any weight class [+] April 14, 2009 Thales Leites ready to fight Anderson Silva: Thales Leites insists he is ready to fight fellow Brazilian fighter Anderson Silva on Saturday night at UFC 97. Leites is feeling confident and prepared, he told Fanhouse.com in an e-mail interview today. He told [+]