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August 8, 2009 M-1 boss confident there is room for more than the UFC: M-1 Global vice president Jerry Millen is confident that there is room for more than ‘one big MMA company’. Strikeforce entered a partnership with M-1 Global earlier this week, following their signing of Russian MMA star Fedor [+] August 8, 2009 Strikeforce boss hits back at White’s claims: Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has hit back at comments made by UFC President Dana White. White claimed Strikeforce will be put out of business, following the signing of top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko, as ‘they have no money’. [+] August 8, 2009 Mir reckons commentator job has made him a better fighter: Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir believes his job as a commentator at WEC events has made him a better fighter. Mir will be working as the color commentator for the WEC 42 event on Sunday night. [+] August 7, 2009 UFC 101 Preview and Picks: Part 2: In Part 1 of my UFC 101 preview, we looked at the preliminary bouts on Saturday night’s card.  Now, in Part 2 we will take a look at the main card fights coming from Philadelphia, PA, with [+] August 7, 2009 UFC 101 Preview and Picks: Part 1: UFC 101 will feature not only a long-awaited title defense for BJ Penn against the ever-improving (and patient) Kenny Florian, but also Anderson Silva’s second trip to the UFC’s light heavyweight division, where he will take on [+] August 7, 2009 Fedor working on his English: M-1 Global vice-president Jerry Millen has revealed that Fedor Emelianenko is practicing his England for his US fans. But Millen insists Fedor does not need to speak English in order to become a great fighter in the [+] August 7, 2009 White hits out at “Strike-Farce”: UFC president Dana White has started his battle against Strikeforce, following his rivals signing of Fedor Emelianenko. White also branded Strikeforce as a ‘regional show’. “They have no money, no fighters. They’re a small-town show,” White told [+] August 7, 2009 Fedor feels sorry that Lesnar fight could not happen: Russian fighter Fedor Emelianenko has told MMA fans that he is ‘verry sorry’ that he will not be able to fight UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. Fedor and his management, M-1, failed to agree a deal with [+] August 6, 2009 Couture looking forward to Silva vs Griffin fight: MMA legend Randy Couture admits that he is looking forward to the fight between UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Forrest Griffin. The two will meet at UFC 101 and Couture reckons Griffin has a good [+] August 6, 2009 Anderson believes Cyborg will beat Gina: Brazilian fighter Anderson Silva believes Cris ‘Cyborg’ Santos will beat Gina Carano when the two meet next month. The two will meet in the first fight between two women that will headline an MMA event. “Cris has [+]