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UFC on Fox 2 Parting Shots: As I suspected beforehand, the second UFC on Fox card wasn’t exactly chock-full of barn-burners. Well, on the main card, anyway. While the prelims brought some excitement and some memorable moments, the main card was more notable [+] UFC on Fox 2 Preview: The second UFC show to air on Fox feels more like the first, as the inaugural appearance only featured a one-minute scrap between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos. This event, while featuring just three live fights [+] UFC Discipline Will Never Be Consistent: The UFC’s dismissal of Miguel Torres over an ill-advised joke was a lot of things, one of which is a reminder that the UFC’s disciplinary actions continue to be inconsistent, unpredictable and downright puzzling. The fact that [+] The List: Top Ten TUF Coach Fights: So, we are now through with the fourteenth season of The Ultimate Fighter, and that got me thinking: we all know some obvious choices for the best TUF finalist bouts (say it with me: “Griffin vs. Bonnar”), [+] MMA Roundup: Dream New Year’s Card, Leben Suspended: There’s been a deluge of MMA news over the past few days, and as a pleasant surprise, much of it has to do with the actual sport itself and not so much the other crap. Dream’s New [+] UFC 133 Parting Shots: The magic may have run out for Tito Ortiz, but Rashad Evans, Vitor Belfort, Rory MacDonald and others were definitely working the mojo last Saturday night at UFC 133. Vicious finishes were the norm rather than [+] UFC 133 Preview: Tito Ortiz is rushing back to the cage tonight hoping that his good fortune is still intact as he takes on Rashad Evans in the UFC 133 main event in a rematch of a fight from 2007. [+] MMA Roundup: Phil Davis Injured, Machida, BJ Penn: In the sport of mixed martial arts, injuries are like hemorrhoids, being that they are a pain in the ass to all of us who follow the fight game. That’s really where the similarities end, so [+] MMA Roundup: Jon Jones injured, Frank Mir, Marquardt: Injuries are an unfortunate part of a sport like MMA, where the training can often be just as dangerous (if not more so) than the actual fights. In the latest high-profile injury, Jon Jones had a [+] MMA Roundup: Jones-Evans, Nick Diaz boxing, UFC Rio: Three types of people must love MMA trash talking above all others: promoters, MMA website owners and writers. The promoters sell tons of tickets for supposed grudge matches, MMA forums overflow with visitors and well…let’s just [+]