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UFC 156 Parting Shots: At UFC 156, we got the first of many promised superfights between champions (or former champions, in Frankie Edgar’s case) in separate divisions. Edgar, of course, was not able to pry the UFC Featherweight Championship from Jose [+] MMA Roundup: TUF 16, White vs. Jackson, Bellator Contracts: The UFC is really doing the hard sell with The Ultimate Fighter 16 after the last season of the U.S.-based show failed to meet lofty expectations with a live time slot on a new network. As such, [+] Fightmania April Rankings: April saw big bouts in multiple MMA promotions, with the UFC’s light heavyweight title bout between Jon Jones and Rashad Evans being the highest profile of them all. Not far behind was a Bellator battle between top [+] UFC 145 Parting Shots: The UFC stopped a long PPV-less drought with a satisfying event last Saturday as UFC 145 packed a lot of quality violence into a few hours. While the light heavyweight title showdown between champion Jon Jones and [+] Jon Jones Amazes, Disappoints at UFC 145: At a certain point, an athlete reaches a level where the most revealing compliments are not the standard praise that is heaped on him or her on purpose, but instead the other reactions that many people may [+] 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 [+]