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Jake Shields vs. Drew Fickett EliteXC Title Bout Cancelled
Mar 25, 2008 - 2:03 pm ET | 3 Comments

From ProElite.com:
ProElite.com has learned that the EliteXC Welterweight Championship bout between Jake Shields and Drew Fickett has been canceled. The bout was cancelled due to an undisclosed injury sustained by Jake Shields. The bout was scheduled to take place on the EliteXC/Strikeforce event airing on Showtime this Saturday March 29th. No word on whether there [...]

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Roundup: More Ultimate Fighter 7 Cast Members, Upcoming Fights For Top Fighters, and More
Jan 28, 2008 - 1:04 pm ET | 20 Comments

Tito Ortiz recently confirmed that he has accepted a May 24th bout against Lyoto Machida. He has also indicated that the fight will likely be his last with the UFC.
Keith Jardine, who posted an upset of Chuck Liddell in September, is also likely to return at the May 24th event in Las Vegas. His opponent [...]

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UFC Vet Fickett Added to HDNet Fights Lineup
Sep 27, 2007 - 4:12 pm ET | 6 Comments

UFC veteran Drew Fickett has been added to HDNet Fights’ October 13th event in Dallas. He will face Anthony Lapsley in a co-main event.
Fickett will enter the fight as the most experienced fighter on the entire card, compiling a 29-5 MMA record since turning pro in 1999. In his time with the UFC Fickett scored [...]

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Fickett Out of UFC 73 Bout; Replacement Not Yet Announced
Jun 28, 2007 - 9:57 am ET | 1 Comment

Late last night news broke that Drew Fickett is injured and will be unable to compete next weekend at UFC 73 against Chris Lytle. Fickett was called in to replace Jeff Joslin over a month ago but an undisclosed but recurring injury has now knocked Fickett off the “Stacked” card.
No replacement has been announced.
Lytle is [...]

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UFC Chatter: Fickett is a “Scary Drunk”
May 18, 2007 - 11:00 am ET | No Comments

“Chief among those killing brain cells was mixed martial arts fighter Drew Fickett, who’d been keeping a steady pace since the night before. Shaking hands and buying drinks, he stumbled from table to table like the orangutan from the classic Clint Eastwood movie “Every Which Way But Loose”. Bottle after bottle, his mustache was never [...]

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UFC 73: Jeff Joslin Out, Drew Fickett In
May 18, 2007 - 7:00 am ET | 3 Comments

Jeff Joslin (0-1 UFC) has been injured and forced to withdraw from his UFC 73 bout against Chris Lytle (2-6 UFC). No injury has been confirmed although with the event not occurring until July 7th it is presumed to be fairly serious. This is the second time Joslin has had to pull out of a [...]

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UFC Fight Night 9 Medical Suspensions
Apr 11, 2007 - 3:16 pm ET | No Comments

The medical suspensions from UFC Fight Night 9 on April 5th have been released by the Nevada State Athletic Comission with 5 fighters receiving medical suspensions. Here’s who will be out of action:

Justin McCully (left elbow)
Doctor clearance or no contest until October 3rd, 2007
Minimum suspension: May 6th, 2007
Antoni Hardonk (no specified injury)
No contest until May [...]

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UFC Fight Night 9 Fighter Salaries
Apr 6, 2007 - 9:42 pm ET | No Comments

Here are the fighter salaries from UFC Fight Night 9 last night from MMAWeekly.com:
Main Event Fighters
-Joe Stevenson: $32,000 (5th fight in UFC; defeated Melvin Guillard)
-Melvin Guillard: $7,000 (5th fight in UFC; lost to Joe Stevenson)
Main Card Fighters
-Kenny Florian: $16,000 (6th fight in UFC; defeated Dokonjonosuke Mishima)
-Dokonjonosuke Mishima: $8,000 (2nd fight in UFC; lost to [...]

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UFC Fight Night 9: Forrest Petz Rounds Out Fight Card
Mar 15, 2007 - 10:00 am ET | No Comments

Forrest Petz (12-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will be replacing Jeff Joslin on the April 5th UFC Fight Night 9 card. Joslin was forced to withdraw due to injury. Petz will face Kuniyoshi Hironaka (10-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) according to Sherdog.com.
Petz began his MMA career in January 2002 and made his UFC debut at Fight Night [...]

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UFC Fight Night 9: Carneiro to Face Rich Clementi
Mar 13, 2007 - 8:26 pm ET | No Comments

Roan Carneiro (10-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will make his UFC debut against Rich Clementi (24-11-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC) according to GracieMag.com. Carneiro was scheduled to face Anthony Torres.
The substitution pits Carneiro against a more experiened opponent but one that would likely give Carneiro a tougher fight and more exposure. Carneiro talked about the exposure in [...]

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UFC Fight Night 9: Mir, Joslin Updates
Mar 11, 2007 - 11:05 am ET | No Comments

Frank Mir (9-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC), the former UFC Heavyweight Champion was scratched earlier this week due to a then undisclosed injury. MMAWeekly.com is reporting that Mir was forced to withdraw due to a shoulder injury. From the article:
Mir evidently suffered the shoulder injury in training and it wasn’t healing properly for him to be [...]

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UFC Fight Night 9: Mir, Joslin, Torres Out
Mar 8, 2007 - 10:10 am ET | 1 Comment

Update: Mir suffered a shoulder injury according to numerous reports. Read more on the injury here.
Frank Mir (9-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC), the former UFC Heavyweight Champion, has been scratched from the UFC Fight Night 9 card where he was to face Antoni Hardonk (5-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC). Mir has an undisclosed injury and was [...]

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Hector Ramirez Scratched From UFC Fight Night 9
Mar 5, 2007 - 8:26 pm ET | No Comments

UFCJunkie.com has broken the news that Hector Ramirez (6-2-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has been scratched from UFC Fight Night 9 and has been replaced by Seth Petruzelli (6-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC). Petruzelli will be taking on Wilson Gouveia (7-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC). They report the scratch was due to an undisclosed injury.
Petruzelli competed on the [...]

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