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Now that's a night! Bryan Baker continued to climb up the middleweight ladder by destroying veteran Joe Riggs at Bellator 43 in Newkirk, Ok. The 25-year-old followed that up by winning Megan Vargas' hand in marriage.

"My heart is just doing back-flips right now," Baker told Sherdog. "I can't express how much this girl cares for me and how much I love her. I want to give world to her. That cage is hers as much as it is mine. We're going to conquer it together. There are a lot of good things in store for us."

Baker (15-2) drilled Riggs (34-13) with left hook at 3:53 of the second round to gain his way into Bellator's Season 5 middleweight tournament set to begin in the fall.

The last year has been a rollercoaster ride for Baker, who's battling chronic myelogenous leukemia.

"It's taken me into areas I could have never imagined," Baker told MMADieHards.  "From all different angles, whether it be telephone or emails or Facebook.  My doctor was talking with this patient who had testicular cancer and he heard my story, and he's a fighter as well.  We connected with him and it's been crazy how much of an inspiration shined through.  I want to continue that.  It's a blessing that I have the responsibility to show people that no matter what your body may endure or trials you go through in life, you're able to correct it to the fullest.  Its crazy that I can affect people in so many different ways"

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It looks like Dan Cormier will have a chance to shine on June 18 after all when Strikeforce stops in the Lone Star State. Originally booked to face fellow undefeated heavyweight prospect Shane Del Rosario in Dallas at ?Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum?, the former Olympic wrestler was recently left without an opponent when Del Rosario [...]

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In the biggest fight of his mixed martial arts career, Michael Chandler stepped up with the best performance of his career, defeating Patricky "Pitbull" Freire by unanimous decision in the final of Bellator's lightweight tournament at Bellator 44 on Saturday.

The victory earns Chandler a shot at Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez, who stepped into the cage immediately after the fight to congratulate Chandler.

"I'm looking forward to it," Alvarez said. "I can't wait."

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by Michael David SmithManny Pacquiao showed once again why he's the biggest attraction in boxing, dominating Shane Mosley on Saturday night to win a one-sided unanimous decision in the biggest fight of the year.

Although Mosley came out fighting hard with a good first round, it was all Pacquiao from there on. Pacquiao knocked Mosley down in the third and dominated the fight throughout. Technically Mosley knocked Pacquiao down in the 10th round, but in reality Pacquiao fell when Mosley tripped him, and the referee made a mistake in calling it a knockdown. In reality, Mosley never had Pacquiao in any trouble, at any point in the fight.

All three judges awarded it to Pacquiao by lopsided scores: 119-108, 120-108 and 120-107. According to the pay-per-view broadcast, Pacquiao landed exactly 100 more punches than Mosley did (182 to 82) and threw more than twice as many punches (552 to 260).

 

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Check out pictures from Tracy Lee from UFC 129 -- everything but the title fights. With so many fights, we had to break it up into two. See Randy Couture's final fight, the massive cut on Mark Bocek's head, Rory MacDonald's suplex and much more.

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*** Watch Complete 1/2hr HD Episodes on http://www.MMAheat.com ***MMA H.E.A.T.'s Karyn Bryant spends a few minutes with Jake Shields at Xtreme Couture in Toronto, and gets his thoughts on the upcoming title fight against Welterweight Champ Georges St. Pierre. Jake talks about his preparation and training regimen, why he's wanted to fight Georges for so long, and he let's us know his reaction to Georges' statement that he is the toughest challenger the champ has ever faced. Jake also discusses the "Skrap Pack," his team that includes Strikeforce champs Gilbert Melendez and Nick Diaz, as well as UFC fighters Nate Diaz and Daniel Roberts. And he also let's us know how he feels about the media attention he's been receiving in the days leading up to the fight.Be sure to visit http://www.MMAheat.com for more interviews and archived episodes of our 1/2 hour TV show. Nós falamos Português! * We're on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MMAheat * Follow MMAheat on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MMAheat * Follow Karyn on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/KarynBryant

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The UFC and its roster of fighters are finishing up huge summit in Las Vegas. The promotion brings 300 athletes to town to discuss marketing, nutrition and various subjects they deal with on a daily basis.

UFC welterweight Charlie Brenneman posted a video report of the goings on at Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa in Las Vegas.

Make sure you check out Pat Barry talking about the new insurance plan UFC is offering all of its fighter for injuries suffered inside and out of the Octagon (4:10 mark).

Not everyone is patting the UFC on the back for it's revolutionary offering of insurance to combat athletes. Longtime MMA opponent, Bob Reilly, a New York Assemblyman rained on the parade:

"What immediately came to my mind was, What's the need for insurance? Because advocates for MMA have been touting how safe this sport is and that no one is ever injured, and in fact, the testimony here is that the worst that ever happened was a broken arm," Reilly told MMAFighting. But I don't think that insurance is going to do anything for the very prevalent brain damage that fighters will suffer.  I think what MMA should be doing is, instead of providing insurance for injuries, is to do away with injuries."

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It's wildcard fight night this week on "The Ultimate Fighter," as well as the coaches' challenge. Who will win the last spot on the quarterfinals? Which coach will prevail? And why are the Octagon Girls wearing cheerleading uniforms? Read on for spoilers and a fight recap.

As was announced in last week's episode, Chuck O'Neil will fight Javier Torres in the wildcard bout that will decide the last quarterfinalist. Len Bentley, who felt like he was screwed in his bout, is not happy and goes after Dana White to ask for a spot in the finale. You can imagine how that goes over. The fighters had a spot to speak up last week with Dana and the other coaches, and Bentley was nowhere near s enthusiastic in during that talk as he was when he grabbed Dana.

"If you had grabbed me like this two hours ago, we wouldn't be having this discussion," White said.

Whiner of the week: Bentley goes on and on and on about how he's the best fighter. And on. And on. Everyone gets annoyed with this, and Ryan McGillivray uses the opportunity to stir the spot. He tells Bentley that Junior dos Santos told him (do you feel like you're in seventh grade?) that Brock said that Bentley's knee wasn't ready.

Bad idea jeans of the week: Bentley decides he will stand up to Brock, calling him selfish and rude. Good plan.

When he does, Lesnar said that it was because of the knee, and that both Brock and Dana wanted healthy fighters. He also said that Dana really liked how Chuck and Javier fought.

Len goes back to his workout. Way to tell him, Len!

On the other side of the coin, Lesnar doubts that O'Neil really wants to fight. Oh, jeez.

"I Feel Pretty" of the Week: O'Neil decides that it's time to ditch the dirty neckbeard look.

He gets rid of his neckbeard, cleans up the hairstyle, and admits that the cameras may have gotten to him.

The makeover worked, as O'Neil is back to impressing his coaches. Marty Morgan says, "He said I'm no longer good time Chuck. I'm back to being Cold Steel."

Roommate issues of the week: It's that time of the season when the fighters get tired of living with each other. This time, the issue is Chris Cope's loudness, and how Shamar Bailey wants to fight him just to shut him up. Ahh, togetherness.

COACHES CHALLENGE! It's my favorite part of the series. (Besides, y'know, good fights.) The challenge is football, and they're playing at Fertitta Field at Bishop Gorman High School, where Dana and the Fertittas went to high school. Considering Lesnar tried out for the Vikings and grew up in the football-crazed U.S., he has an edge over dos Santos, who said, "I never played this!"

They have to run through a series of football drills, include ropes, a slalom, hitting a tackling sled, throwing a pass and kicking a football. The first one done gets $10,000, while his team gets $1,500.

Brock gets down in a three-point stance to start, and they're even until Junior kicks a field goal more quickly than Brock. He also is able to throw a pass with more success than Brock, so he wins the challenge and gets $10K.

"I think we both sucked. He just got luckier than I did," Lesnar said.

Dos Santos decided to give some cash to the fighters and coaches on the other team. Everyone except Brock.

Quote of the week: "Team dos Santos has four wins, and we have three. This would tie us up, and it's good to win. It's better to win than to lose." -- Brock Lesnar

Fight of the week: Javier Torres (Team dos Santos) vs. Chuck O'Neil (Team Lesnar)

Round one: O'Neil starts with a kick to the head and a takedown attempt. He can't get the takedown, and the fighters take the bout to the fence. Torres and O'Neil exchange knees until O'Neil breaks away and throws a punch. However, they end up right back at the fence. O'Neil is unsuccessful in a trip attempt, and they go back to kneeing each other in the body. Referee Herb Dean breaks them apart after Torres lands an inadvertent knee to O'Neil's groin. When they restart, they continue clinching.

Round two: Torres finally gets his takedown in the first minute of the round. O'Neil cage walks up to his feet then takes Torres down. At this point, the fight slows down. O'Neil tries for a kimura that he doesn't have, while Torres has no idea how to get out from underneath O'Neil. Finally, O'Neil can get movement, and sinks in a D'Arce choke. Torres taps, and O'Neil moves on.

Each team has four fighters in the quarters. The match-ups are:

Clay Harvison vs. Ramsey Nijem

Chris Cope vs. Shamar Bailey

Chuck O'Neil vs. Zach Davis

Tony Ferguson vs. Ryan McGillivray

The first two quarterfinals will air next week.

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Shane Carwin was just as surprised as everyone this afternoon to find out that Brock Lesnar was being forced out of the UFC 131 main event with Junior Dos Santos and that he was being tapped as the replacement. In fact, to read his take on it, it seems his management stepped up to take the fight for him without even talking to him first, but he was fine with that.

Here's what Carwin had to say on his official site:

"I was training and my phone was blowing up so I looked over and saw some missed calls from Dana and Joe Silva. I reached out to my manager to see what was going on and he informed me that we are taking Lesnar's spot for 131.

Junior is a serious fight and not the type of fight that you would normally take on a 30 day notice but I have a dream to chase and I do not have a lot of time to chase it. This is an opportunity to put myself in contention for the title. I know my Coaches will have me ready so I have everything to gain.

My manager said 'This is where you belong' and I am going to make sure I do everything I can to prove him right.

Please help make UFC 131 one of the biggest cards in the year.

I hope Brock is able to recover. I look forward to facing him again one day."

Carwin was already scheduled to compete on the card in a bout with Jon Olav Einemo, so he's already in the midst of his training camp for this event. Now, he'll have a chance to earn another shot at the UFC Heavyweight Championship with a win over Dos Santos on June 11 in Vancouver.

Penick's Analysis: They lucked out in having Carwin ready to go on this event already, as he's the next best fight for this spot after Lesnar. This is still one hell of a heavyweight fight, even though it's not nearly as big as the fight between Lesnar and Dos Santos would have been. Still, after being out nearly a full year himself, Carwin finds himself in a very opportunistic spot, and this fight with Dos Santos is a huge opportunity for him to get back to a shot at the title once again.

[Shane Carwin art by Cory Gould (c) MMATorch.com]

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