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Five UFC 94 Fighters Issued Medical Suspensions, Twelve Drug Tested
Feb 2, 2009 - 10:44 pm ET | 17 Comments
Five UFC 94 Fighters Issued Medical Suspensions, Twelve Drug Tested

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has issued medical suspensions to five UFC 94 participants, including BJ Penn, for various injuries suffered in their bouts Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The medical suspensions were:

BJ Penn (defeated by Georges St-Pierre via fourth-round TKO) suspended until March 18th with no contact until March 3rd [...]

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UFC 94 Results: St-Pierre Dominates Penn, Machida Stops Silva
Feb 1, 2009 - 1:52 am ET | 80 Comments
UFC 94 Results: St-Pierre Dominates Penn, Machida Stops Silva

On a card dominated by uneventful decisions, UFC 94’s top two bouts delivered as Georges St-Pierre dominated BJ Penn on the ground en route to a fourth-round TKO victory while top light heavyweight contender Lyoto Machida used his awkward style to remain undefeated by scoring a first-round knockout of the previously unbeaten Thiago Silva.
A sell [...]

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UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2 Weigh-In Results
Jan 30, 2009 - 6:55 pm ET | 24 Comments
UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2 Weigh-In Results

Georges St-Pierre, BJ Penn, and 18 other fighters successfully weighed in this evening in Las Vegas to make their UFC 94 matchups official.
St-Pierre (170) and Penn (168) clash for the UFC welterweight title in the main event of UFC 94, which also boasts Lyoto Machida (206) vs. Thiago Silva (206), Karo Parisyan (170) vs. Dong [...]

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Additional Bouts Announced For UFC 93 and UFC 94
Dec 2, 2008 - 7:22 am ET | 34 Comments
Additional Bouts Announced For UFC 93 and UFC 94

The UFC today announced additional bouts for UFC 93 on January 17th in Dublin, Ireland and UFC 94 on January 31st in Las Vegas.
Announced for the UFC 93 main card, which is headlined by Dan Henderson vs. Rich Franklin and Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, were Alan Belcher vs. Denis Kang, Marcus Davis vs. [...]

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UFC Officially Announces UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2
Nov 13, 2008 - 4:30 pm ET | 72 Comments

The UFC has officially announced UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2, which features the highly anticipated rematch between welterweight title-holder Georges St-Pierre and lightweight champion BJ Penn.
In their first meeting in early-2006 St-Pierre topped Penn via split decision to become the top contender in the 170-pound division, and ultimately captured the title, while Penn dropped [...]

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Thiago Silva vs. Lyoto Machida Rescheduled For UFC 93
Sep 27, 2008 - 5:24 pm ET | 64 Comments

Thiago Silva and Lyoto Machida (13-0), who were originally scheduled to meet at UFC 89 in October, will instead fight at UFC 93 on January 31st in Las Vegas.

Silva was forced to withdraw from the October matchup earlier this month after suffering a back injury while training for the fight. After a search for a new opponent turned up empty Machida was removed from the card and the pair will now clash at UFC 93 in a marquee heavyweight bout.

UFC 93 will be headlined by UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre against UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn.

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Machida Off UFC 89 Card, Likely To Return in December or January
Sep 13, 2008 - 3:00 pm ET | 59 Comments

UFC light heavyweight contender Lyoto Machida has been removed from the promotion’s October 18th UFC 89 card after Machida’s original opponent, Thiago Silva, withdrew from the matchup due to a back injury and the UFC was unable to secure another opponent for the bout.
Ed Soares, Machida’s manager, has informed MMA Junkie that Machida is likely [...]

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Injured Thiago Silva Withdraws From UFC 89 Matchup Against Lyoto Machida
Sep 5, 2008 - 6:00 pm ET | 58 Comments

Thiago Silva (13-0) has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled light heavyweight bout against Lyoto Machida (13-0) at UFC 89 after suffering a back injury while training for the fight.
Sherdog on Friday confirmed the injury with an American Top Team representative.
He is expected to be ready to return to the octagon in December.
Silva has [...]

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Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva at UFC 89
Jul 17, 2008 - 9:00 am ET | 53 Comments

The UFC has announced that undefeated light heavyweight contenders Lyoto Machida and Thiago Silva will clash at UFC 89 “Bisping vs. Leben” on October 19th in Birmingham, England with a 205-pound title shot likely on the line. The event is expected to air on Spike TV.
Machida (13-0) has won all five of his bouts inside [...]

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Quick Hits: Machida To Fight In October, Cage Rage Fighters Make Weight, Silva-Okami Confirmed, and More
Jul 12, 2008 - 10:00 am ET | 28 Comments

Lyoto Machida’s manager, Ed Soares, announced during a recent appearance on TAGG Radio that the light heavyweight contender will next fight in October against an opponent to-be-announced. During the appearance Soares also confirmed that Anderson Silva will indeed take on Yushin Okami next following his July 19th light heavyweight bout against James Irvin.
All of the [...]

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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Machida?
Jun 30, 2008 - 5:00 pm ET | 89 Comments

Not that I blame him, but 205 pound contender Forrest Griffin can now be added to the list of fighters who would prefer to steer clear of the “elusive” style of one Lyoto Machida:
“The winner of Saturday night’s clash is likely to face Brazilian hotshot Lyoto Machida next. And Griffin is wary of the [...]

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Roundup: EliteXC Finds Opponent For Silva, Taylor-Dollaway Rumored for UFC Fight Night 14, and More
Jun 27, 2008 - 2:00 pm ET | 33 Comments

Infamous Ultimate Fighter 7 outcast Jesse Taylor is rumored to return to the UFC at UFC Fight Night 14, against fellow TUF cast member CB Dolloway.
Brandon Vera, who will meet Reese Andy at UFN 14, confirmed that he did in fact turn down a fight with Lyoto Machida, but was open to fighting Dan [...]

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“The Ultimate Fighter 8″ Assistant Coaches Revealed
Jun 10, 2008 - 1:00 pm ET | 36 Comments

The names of several of the assistant coaches for the “Ultimate Fighter 8″ were recently revealed by Tatame.com.
Among coach Frank MIr’s assistants are jiu jitsu champion Robert Drysdale, who won the famed open weight Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling World Championship in 2007, and conditioning coach Rafael Alejarra, who has recently served as Wanderlei Silva’s conditioning [...]

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UFC 84 Fighters Test Clean
Jun 2, 2008 - 3:52 pm ET | 3 Comments

All fifteen fighters tested by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for steroids, performance enhancing drugs, and drugs of abuse have tested clean. MMAFrenzy.com confirmed the negative test results with NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer this afternoon.
UFC 84 “Ill Will” took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 24th.
Tested by [...]

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Fifteen UFC 84 Fighters Drug Tested
May 27, 2008 - 3:12 pm ET | 7 Comments

MMAFrenzy.com (www.mmafrenzy.com) has confirmed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission that sixteen UFC 84 fighters were tested for performance enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse.
The 11-bout pay-per-event took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 24th.
The tested fighters were BJ Penn, Sean Sherk, Keith Jardine, Wanderlei Silva, Tito Ortiz, [...]

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