Matchmaker, matchmaker: The latest bouts for Ryan Bader, Lyoto Machida, Jake Shields and more

Check out the latest crop of bouts from the UFC yentes.

– Ryan Bader will fight former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida at UFC on Fox 4 in August in Los Angeles. Bader has wins over Quinton Jackson and Jason Brilz in his last two bouts. This will be Machida’s first bout since losing a title fight to Jon Jones at UFC 140 in December.

– After once holding the Strikeforce middleweight belt, Jake Shields will move back up to his old weight. He will be welcomed back to the division by Ed Herman at UFC 150 in August in Denver.

– After each earning fight night bonuses at UFC 145, heavyweights Travis Browne and Ben Rothwell will face off at UFC on Fox 4 in August. Browne is undefeated in 13 bouts, while Rothwell just took out Brendan Schaub with a knockout in 1:10.

– At UFC 149 in Calgary, Thiago Silva and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will match up. Silva’s last bout was a loss to Alexander Gustafsson at UFC on Fuel 2, while Rua’s last bout was his Fight of the Year loss to Dan Henderson.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/matchmaker-matchmaker-latest-bouts-ryan-bader-lyoto-machida-122355096.html

Volk Han Joachim Hansen Antoni Hardonk Dan Hardy Lee Hasdell

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Ask the Fight Doc: Why do you think UFC’s Pat Barry should take a year off?

by Dr. Johnny Benjamin on May 09, 2012 at 10:00 am ET
Image: http://mmajunkie.com/dyn/images/executives/dr-johnny-benjamin-3.jpg As doctors learn more and more about the devastating effects of brain…

Source: http://ninjashoes.net/forum/showthread.php?78443-Ask-the-Fight-Doc-Why-do-you-think-UFC-s-Pat-Barry-should-take-a-year-off&goto=newpost

Gilbert Aldana  José Aldo  John Alessio  Houston Alexander Ricardo Almeida 

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UFC 148: Rio Press Conference Highlights

Source: http://mmasportsreport.com/1362/ufc-148-rio-press-conference-highlights

David Bielkheden Michael Bisping  Dan Bobish Vagam Bodjukyan Kotetsu Boku 

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TUF: Andy Ogle vs Al Iaquinta

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Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/ultimate-fighter-tv/102049-tuf-andy-ogle-vs-al-iaquinta.html

Roan Jucao Carneiro Shane The Engineer Carwin  Jason Hollywood Chambers Ryo Piranha Chonan  Dan The Sandman Christison 

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Vinny Magalhaes Claims Chael Sonnen Could Submit Anderson Silva

Vinny Magalhaes is helping train Chael Sonnen for his upcoming fight against Anderson Silva at UFC 148.

Source: http://www.mmatko.com/vinny-magalhaes-claims-chael-sonnen-could-submit-anderson-silva/

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TUF: Chris Saunders vs Vinc Pichel

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Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/ultimate-fighter-tv/102048-tuf-chris-saunders-vs-vinc-pichel.html

Viacheslav Datsik Marcus Davis  Tony DeSouza  Edwin Dewees  Nick Diaz 

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Renan Barao Open to Interim Title Bout but Focused on Ivan Menjivar

When Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight kingpin Dominick Cruz went down with a torn knee ligament, attention immediately turned to opponent Urijah Faber and who he could face in an interim title bout at UFC 148 on July 7 in Las Vegas.

Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Renan-Barao-Open-to-Interim-Title-Bout-but-Focused-on-Ivan-Menjivar-42703

Alberto Crane Marcio Pe de Pano Cruz Luke Cummo  Jeff Big Frog Curran Dai Shuanghai 

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Ever the showman, ‘Filthy’ Tom Lawlor is keeping his next ring entrance a secret ()

Entertainment always comes first for Tom Lawlor.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/mma/SIG=13o1d9vaa/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/mma–ever-the-showman-filthy-tom-lawlor-is-keeping-his-next-ring-entrance-a-secret.html

Efrain Escudero Rashad Evans Urijah Faber Wagnney Fabiano Kevin Kimbo Slice Ferguson

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UFC on FUEL TV 3 ratings: 173,000 viewers. Will fox drop the UFC if this continues?

With the fox cards performing relatively poorly, what is the threat of fox pulling out?

what are the safe guards against this happening?

and how…

Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc/102029-ufc-fuel-tv-3-ratings-173-000-viewers-will-fox-drop-ufc-if-continues.html

Per Eklund Jason Ellis Aleksander Emelianenko Fedor Emelianenko Yasubey Enomoto

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Inside the Life of Jens Pulver

From about a year ago. But its cool to see who Jens Pulver really is.

Source: http://ninjashoes.net/forum/showthread.php?78467-Inside-the-Life-of-Jens-Pulver&goto=newpost

Logan The Pink Pounder Clark  Steve The Snake Claveau  Rich No Love Clementi  Mark The Hammer Coleman Wes Soldier Combs 

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