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LOLOriginally Posted by Rhyis.
Also, FUCKING FINALLY!
UFC 138’s Leben vs. Munoz headliner will be UFC’s first five-round non-title fight
A UFC 138 headliner between middleweights Chris Leben (26-7 MMA, 12-6 UFC) and Mark Munoz (11-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC), which UFC officials today announced, is scheduled for 25 minutes rather than the usual 15.
Back in June, UFC president Dana White said that all future UFC non-title headliners – whether on pay-per-view or cable TV – would be scheduled as five-round fights rather than the typical three.
However, due to previously signed contracts and a variety of fight-card changes, no such bouts have materialized. But White today confirmed via Twitter that the Nov. 5 Munoz vs. Leben fight, which airs on Spike TV (same-day delay) from LG Arena in Birmingham, England, will be the organization's first.
The fight, of course, could have title complications. While a UFC 136 bout between Chael Sonnen and Brian Stann is likely to earn the winner a shot at middleweight champion Anderson Silva (or Yushin Okami, who challenges the champ at UFC 134), Munoz and Leben can't be far behind. Both contenders are 4-1 over their past five fights and have posted high-profile wins (over Demian Maia and Wanderlei Silva, respectively) in recent bouts.
White believes the extra two rounds could make for more compelling matchups if a championship belt isn't up for grabs.
In a recent MMAjunkie.com poll, 75 percent of voters believe White made the right move with the change. However, in an "Ask the Fight Doc" column, MMAjunkie.com medical columnist Dr. Johnny Benjamin cautioned about some of the potential pitfalls of the extended fights.
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2011-07-22 12:35 #7481Brown Recluse
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2011-07-22 17:29 #7482The Anti Miz
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WISH IT WAS A BETTER / SOONER FIGHT. also fuck yea @ getting a title fight when the UFC comes to DC on oct 1, even though its the worst title and the worst champ.
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2011-07-28 19:55 #7483
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Just met Cain Velasquez at home depot today, he was signing autographs and taking pictures for some sponsor of his. Really nice guy in person, not as big as I thought he would be.
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2011-07-28 20:08 #74842600klub
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How much was he charging for septic?
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2011-07-28 22:24 #7485
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Laughed way too hard at this lmao. Originally Posted by AidenCarby
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2011-07-29 07:19 #7486the elephant whisperer
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God damn...if I were mexican there is no way I'd do a fucking signing at Home Depot...wtf. lol
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2011-07-29 21:29 #7487
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2011-07-30 00:30 #7488
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Not like it matters at this point. AO is basically a paper champ in MMA, shit just seems like a gimmick to get him into the UFC sooner. SF is damn near destined to either fold and/or turned into some kind of AAA league for UFC come Feb 2012.
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2011-07-30 01:47 #7489I'm almost as bad as Mazmaz
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Business as usual.
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2011-07-30 13:25 #7490Sea Torques
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Zuffa bought Strikeforce out. He was therefore released by the former. So he won't be fighting anytime soon in the UFC. Originally Posted by Hirokei Kiaza
Upsets me because now he'll just dominate a bunch more cans and still never taken seriously.
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2011-07-30 14:04 #7491Users Awaiting Email Confirmation
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The strikeforce HW tournament started with so much promise too and now nothing has worked out for them
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2011-07-30 21:11 #7492Hydra
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mma-tv is down, anyone got links for fedor/hendo card tonight?
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2011-07-30 21:13 #7493I'm almost as bad as Mazmaz
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2011-07-30 21:18 #7494New Spam Forum
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http://mmamayhem.com/page.php?31 this stream is working atm. Originally Posted by Arauge
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2011-07-30 21:27 #7495I'm almost as bad as Mazmaz
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Scott Smith needs to give up on MMA. This shit is embarrassing.
As I write this, he'll probably randomly KO Tarec.
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2011-07-30 21:31 #7496New Spam Forum
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He's stiff as hell but the last minute of the 3rd round, he started pushing forward and you actually saw fear in Tarec's styles. He should have pushed forward like that from the beginning.
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2011-07-30 22:00 #7497I'm almost as bad as Mazmaz
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Dude, if Daley actually got that omoplata I would have shit a brick.
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2011-07-30 22:02 #7498New Spam Forum
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lmao. My eyes openned up when I saw that attempt. It probably would have made my night.
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2011-07-30 22:03 #7499
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Daley with TDD!? Wut? lol
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2011-07-30 22:04 #7500
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Well, Daley is officially irrelevant. Not like I thought he was before.
