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September 17, 2009 Franklin planning to watch Mayweather v Marquez fight: Rich Franklin feels it is unfortunate that his fight against Vitor Belfort will be at the same time as the boxing fight between Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez. Franklin admits he will be watching the fight [+] September 17, 2009 UFC Fight Night results: Nate Diaz managed to beat Melvin Guillard in the main event of Fight Night  last night in Oklahoma City. The fight between Phillipe Nover and Sam Stout was canceled after Nover suffered a seizure just hours before [+] September 16, 2009 Kampmann Looking A For Title Shot: The UFC Countdown for 103 highlighted upcoming fights between Rich Franklin and Vitor Belfort, Mirko Cro Cop and Junior Dos Santos, and Josh Koscheck and Frank Trigg. There hasn’t been a lot talk concerning the contest [+] September 16, 2009 White hits out at Rampage Jackson: UFC President Dana White has hit out at Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson for postponing a fight with Rashad Evans. Rampage postponed the fight with Evans in order to feature in the role as B.A. Baracus in the upcoming [+] September 16, 2009 White expects US network TV deal within a year: The Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White insists he expects a US network TV deal within a year. White wants to use the network deal to ‘pay back the fans’. “I guarantee you by September 15th of [+] September 16, 2009 UFC Fight Night 19 Weigh-In results: UFC Fight Night 19 headliner Nate Diaz was the only fighter to miss the mark on his first weigh-in attempt. But Diaz managed to cut the weight and is set to fight Melvin Guillard at UFC Fight [+] September 15, 2009 UFC confirm UFC 106 fights: The UFC have confirmed that Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will defend his belt against Shane Carwin at UFC 106. Light-heavyweight fighter Mark Coleman will also meet Tito Ortiz at the November 21st event. The fight deals have been signed by all four fighters. Lesnar’s fight with Carwin will be the main event of the event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. [+] September 15, 2009 Franklin admits fight with Belfort will be tough: UFC light heavyweight fighter Rich Franklin admits his fight against Vitor Belfort at UFC 103 will be tough. Franklin claims people in the US does not ‘realize how tough Belfort is’. He told MMA FanHouse: “He’s tough. [+] September 15, 2009 WEC signs deal with Setanta: World Extreme Cagefighting and Setanta Sports announced on Tuesday a television agreement. From October 10th all WEC events will be broadcasted live on Setanta Sports in Australia. “We are pleased to announce this partnership with Setanta Sports [+] September 14, 2009 Silva on why he did get into MMA: UFC newcomer Jay Silva has commented on why he did get into mixed martial arts. Silva was just a nightclub bouncer two years ago, but moved to California to begin his MMA career. He told MMA FanHouse: [+]