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May 31, 2009 Don’t Sign Up for Those Karate Classes Just Yet: Lyoto Machida has taken every chance that he’s gotten to attribute his success to his karate background.  While all of us who have watched his performances are in awe of what he’s been able to do, some [+] May 31, 2009 Like MMA Fighters Themselves, “The Ultimate Fighter” Needs to Adapt: In a sport that requires adaptation and flexibility from its fighters as a prerequisite for success, mixed martial arts offers a special kind of challenge for all athletes.  At the same time, many things within the sport [+] May 31, 2009 Affliction will not stop promoting MMA shows: Affliction COO Michael D. Cohen insists they will not stop promoting more MMA shows after the’Triloyg’ show on August 1. Reports have claimed this could be the organization’s last show, but Cohen has revealed they could have [+] May 31, 2009 Sylvia could be done with MMA: Former heavyweigth champion Tim Sylvia has admitted he could be done with mixed martial arts. Sylvia, who will make his professional boxing debut against Ray Mercer next month, insists he does not want to leave the sport. [+] May 30, 2009 Fightmania Mailbag: Cro Cop, UFC 98, Dream 9: With all that has happened in the last couple of weeks in MMA, another Fightmania mailbag seems like a good idea.  Here are a few of the recent e-mails that I’ve received on a variety of topics.  [+] May 30, 2009 Kongo eyeing UFC heavyweight title: Cheick Kongo is confident he will beat Cain Velasquez at UFC 98 and has set his sights on the UFC heavyweight title. The 34-year-old is keen on a fight for the title against the winner of the [+] May 30, 2009 Bisping reckons he will knock Henderson out: British MMA superstar Michael Bisping is confident he will knock Dan Henderson out when the pair faces each other at UFC 100. Bisping led a UK team against Henderson’s American team in season nine of The Ultimate [+] May 29, 2009 Weekly MMA News Report- 5/29/09: The last seven days have been a very busy period in mixed martial arts, with all kinds of news and rumors accompanying events from the UFC and Japan’s Dream promotion.  With UFC 98 and Dream 9 in [+] May 29, 2009 Fedor ready to fight Barnett: Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko has agreed to fight Josh Barnett at Affliction 3. Reports suggest the fight will be taking place this August. Emelianenko confirmed in an interview with M-1Global.com that he has agreed to fight Barnett, [+] May 29, 2009 UFC confirms Rashad and Rampage as coaches for TUF 10: UFC President Dana White has confirmed that former UFC light heavyweight champions Rashad Evans and Quinton ”Rampage” Jackson will be coaches for Season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter. The season will involve 16 heavyweights for the first [+]