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Evaluating MMA Promoters and Agents: The mixed martial arts fan has exactly one interest in terms of following the sport itself: to see good fights.  Sure, there may be peripheral stuff as well, but everything that enters the mind of your average [+] WEC 47 Parting Shots: If you missed WEC 47, you missed a huge event with a couple of surprising results (including a title change), some great finishes and quite possibly the last fight of Jens Pulver’s career.  Without further ado, let’s [+] MMA Roundup- Arlovski, Fedor, Couture: Before the weekend is officially over, the weekly MMA Roundup will run down the latest MMA news from the past week, along with my own personal and completely biased commentary on all the week’s major events.  This [+] WEC 47 Preview and Picks: In just a few hours, World Extreme Cagefighting will host its 47th event, with bantamweight champion Brian Bowles defending his strap against Dominick Cruz. Also, Miguel Torres, who lost his title to Bowles last year, will [+] Toney Signs With the UFC, But Why?: The obviously mutual interest between former multiple-division boxing champion James Toney and the UFC has always been puzzling to me.  This is especially true when thinking about why Dana White would even entertain such an idea as [+] Keep Talking, Fighters: One of the really unfortunate aspects of Frank Mir’s comments about his supposed desire to kill Brock Lesnar in the cage is that there seems to be a feeling among many that fighters should keep their mouths [+] How MMA Can Better Utilize Aging Fighters: Out of Ken Shamrock’s last five UFC performances (his only such appearances after 1996), four were losses.  Three of those came to Tito Ortiz, and another to Rich Franklin, who was just about to win the UFC [+] MMA Roundup- Rampage, Carwin, Tim Sylvia: This week’s MMA Roundup features former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champions, as well as a man who hopes to win one of those titles this summer.  In addition, the injury bug bites an upcoming UFC event [+] Worth Watching: Strikeforce Challengers: If it can be safely said that awareness of Strikeforce’s regular offerings is but a portion of those of the UFC, then the Strikeforce “Challengers” series probably just has a fraction of that portion itself.  Without big [+] What’s Left for Cro Cop, Nog and Silva?: In my UFC 110 Parting Shots column, I mentioned that there was a lot to say about the futures of three former Pride Fighting Championships superstars, all of whom now face difficult roads back to glory: Mirko [+]