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May 21, 2009 WEC veteran Bedard retires: WEC veteran Jeff Bedard has announced his retirement, despite recently winning his 13th fight. The 39-year-old managed a second-round submission win over Jason Georgianna at Saturday’s ‘The Fight party: Revenge’. “I’m done,” Bedard told MMAjunkie.com. “I’ve had [+] May 21, 2009 Wallhead worried after knockout: Jimmy Wallhead has revealed that he was worried for a few minutes after his first round knockout of Brazilian Fabio Toldo at Ultimate Force on Saturday night. Wallhead started slow in the fight but says a punch [+] May 20, 2009 The Ultimate Fighter: USA vs. UK Episode 8 Recap: Last week, the traditional coaches’ challenge took place, with Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson taking part in a tennis match that didn’t exactly make Roger Federer break into a cold sweat.  Also, Pierce couldn’t stop kicking with [+] May 20, 2009 B.J. Penn will not fight in Las Vegas again: UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn insists he never wants to fight in Las Vegas again. Penn is still angry that the Nevada State Athletic Commission did not take action against Georges St Pierre after UFC 94, for [+] May 20, 2009 Calls for MMA ban in Germany: German newspaper Bild reported on Monday that the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship event in Germany has “sparked outrage.” Bild ran a story with the headline, “Calls to ban the ‘insanity’ of brutal cage fighting in Germany”, on [+] May 19, 2009 Evans reckons Machida is better than Rampage: Rashad Evans believes Lyoto Machida is a better fighter than Rampage, but is confident ahead of their fight at UFC 98. Evans claims Machida has weaknesses that he will show the world during their fight. “It doesn’t [+] May 19, 2009 Filipovic sets his sights on Lesnar: Croatian star Mirko Filipovic is ready to challenge heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, following a 21-month absence from the UFC. Filipovic will make his return against British fighter Mustapha Al-Turk at UFC 99 in Germany in June. Cro [+] May 18, 2009 Sherk wants to fight Penn: Former champions Sean Sherk is set to fight Frankie Edgar at UFC 98 “Evans vs Machida” this Saturday. But the 35-year-old has admitted he is keen on a new fight against B.J. Penn, following his loss a [+] May 18, 2009 Soszynski ready for UFC 98: Krzysztof Soszynski insists he is ready to return to the Octagon to fight Andre Gusmao at UFC 98 on May 23. Usually MMA fighters takes a break for several months before their next fights, but Soszynski insists [+] May 17, 2009 Weekly MMA News Report- 5/17/09: We officially have less than a week before UFC 98 and the highly-anticipated Light Heavyweight Championship fight between the undefeated champion, Rashad Evans, and the undefeated challenger, Lyoto Machida.  The week of a big UFC event is [+]