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Nick Diaz, GSP and Tito Ortiz: MMA News & Notes

By Kevin Nelson

In this edition of MMA News and Notes, we discuss all the news related to Strikeforce, UFC , and Bellator. We also discuss other organizations such as shark fights, Tachi Palace fights, Dream and MFC.

Bellator

After Patricio Freire was injured and Ben Saunders scheduled to be on the Bellator 46 card but was pulled due to an injury; Bellator was forced to do something to salvage the card and their solution was signing Chris Horodecki, a Canadian lightweight, and former UFC fighter scheduled to make his debut on Bellator 46, their first foray in Canada. The featherweight semi finals take place as well at RAMA.

UFC

UFC 133 received a change in main events as Tito Ortiz is now set to face Rashad Evans in the main event. Also Matt Hamill will face Alex Gustaffson. UFC 134 takes place in Brazil with Forrest Griffin facing Shogun and Anderson Silva facing Yushin Okami and Brendan Schaub facing Antonio Minotauro Nogueira. UFC 135 is Rampage vs. Jon Jones in the main event. Also Nate Diaz faces Takanori Gomi and Mark Hunt facing Ben Rothwell. Other matchups announced this week include UFC 136 Edgar vs. Maynard 3 and Jose Aldo vs. Kenny Florian, Demian Maia vs. Jorge Santiago.UFC 137 IS Cheick Kongo vs. Matt Mitrione and Carlos Condit vs. Bj Penn and Roy Nelson vs. Mirko CroCop and of course not to mention GSP vs. Nick Diaz.

Strikeforce

The September 10th card promises to be a good one with Roger Gracie facing King Mo, Mike Kyle facing Gegard Mousasi and Ronald Jacare Souza facing Luke Rockhold. Also expected to be on the card is Jordan Mein who signed this week with Strikeforce.

Other MMA news

Last night Shark fights 17 main event Jake Rosholt defeated Matt Horwich by decision. Ricco Rodriguez submitted Doug Williams in the first round. Emmanuel Newton also won. July 29th titan fighting championship Bobby Lashley will face Eddie Sanchez. The Dream bantamweight tournament continues with Mazakazu Imanari facing Hideo Tokoro for the Dream bantamweight title. Other notable fights include Gegard Mousasi defending his dream light heavyweight title against Hiroshi Izumi and Drew Fickett facing Tatsuya Kawajiri and Marius Zaromskis facing Eiji Ishikawa. These are just some of the stories in what can be only described as a hectic week in the MMA world.

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