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October 22, 2009 WEC 44 fight card complete: WEC officials announced on Wednesday the complete fight card for next month’s WEC 44 event. A fight between WEC newcomer Karen Darabedyan and Rob McCullough was the latest addition to the card. “WEC continually delivers some of [+] October 22, 2009 Couture compares Vera to Liddell: UFC veteran Randy Couture says Brandon Vera reminds him of Chuck Liddell, his last light heavyweight opponent. Couture is set to fight Brandon Vera in a light heavyweight bout at UFC 105. “He’s what I would call [+] October 21, 2009 Things Change Quickly in MMA: The sport of mixed martial arts has been moving at a blazing pace. Remember the days when the UFC champions were Sean Sherk, Matt Hughes, Rich Franklin, Chuck Liddell, and Tim Sylvia? That was only a [+] October 21, 2009 Mousasi would not like to fight Henderson: Gegard Mousasi has talked about the prospect of UFC star Dan Henderson joining him at Strikeforce. Mousasi says it would be an interesting move, but admits he would prefer not to fight him. “I think if he [+] October 21, 2009 Curran to fight on Strikeforce: Fedor-Rogers: Former WEC contender Jeff Curran has signed a deal with Strikeforce to fight on the undercard of the Fedor vs. Rogers event on November 7th. Curran left the WEC after four consecutive losses in a 20-month period. [+] October 21, 2009 White insists talks with Henderson are “done”: UFC president Dana White claims negotiations with Dan Henderson over a new deal are “done”;. White says they could not reach a new deal with Henderson as he is asking for an ‘obscene’ amount of money. “You [+] October 20, 2009 Hendo still hoping to agree UFC deal: American MMA star Dan Henderson admits he is still hoping to agree a new deal with the UFC. Henderson is a free agent and has been linked with a move to rival MMA organization Strikeforce. Speaking to [+] October 20, 2009 Australian light-heavyweigth joins UFC: Australian light-heavyweight James Te Huna has signed a multi-fight deal with the UFC, according to Fighters Only Magazine. Te Huna (11-4) is well known on the Australian MMA scene and won against Anthony Perosh in his last outing. PRIDE FC veteran Mark Hunt is a training partner of Te Huna. The UFC are set to hold their first show in Australia at Sydney’s Arco Arena in February. [+] October 20, 2009 Couture not thinking about retiring: MMA legend Randy Couture insists he has not thought about retiring from mixed martial arts. Couture has recently signed a new six-fight contract with the UFC and the veteran believes he could even fight on beyond that [+] October 19, 2009 How Should Submissions Be Scored in Mixed Martial Arts?: As I touched upon in my column last week about the lack of 10-10 rounds in MMA, there is a huge problem in mixed martial arts regarding how submission attempts should be scored.  While it’s clear [+]