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[zitro_joe]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

GSP To try for Canadian Olympic Team

Georges St. Pierre said he's going to try to wrestle for Canada in 2012. Competing for your country in the Olympics is an amazing feat, and a worthy goal for a competitor like St. Pierre. There is one problem, though. Canada is already pretty well stocked with wrestlers at 74 kg (163 lbs.), the weight GSP would likely compete at.

That is interesting, he was a vocal separatist a few years back

[ActionAndy]

There's a WEC event on tonight, looks like the main event could be pretty decent.

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by ActionAndy

There's a WEC event on tonight, looks like the main event could be pretty decent.

Yep, not bad at all.




Mike Brown Vs. Jose Aldo
Manny Gamburyan Vs. Leonard Garcia
Rob McCullough Vs. Karen Darabedyan
Danny Castillo Vs. Shane Roller

May not be broadcast:
Kamal Shalorus Vs. Will Kerr
Diego Nunes Vs. LC Davis
Cub Swanson Vs. John Franchi
Antonio Banuelos Vs. Kenji Osawa
Ricardo Lamas Vs. James Krause
Seth Dikun Vs. Frank Gomez

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Mike Whitehead vs. 'King Mo' Lawal possible for Strikeforce: 'Evolution' on Dec. 19

Undefeated Sengoku star Muhammed Lawal (5-0) is in talks to make his Strikeforce debut in the heavyweight division opposite Mike Whitehead (24-6) at "Evolution" from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 19.

While both fighters have verbally agreed to the contest, bout agreements have not yet been signed.

Prior to his 25-second demolition of MMA legend Mark Kerr at M-1 "Breakthrough" back on Aug. 28, "King Mo" had competed exclusively under the World Victory Road banner in Japan since his professional mixed martial arts debut just last year.

The decorated collegiate wrestling champion and Division I All-American from Oklahoma State University has shown tremendous promise, defeating several veterans of the sport and stopping most of them. He instantly made a name for himself in his debut against Travis Wiuff at Sengoku: "Fifth Battle" — Lawal needed little more than two minutes to score a convincing technical knockout win via strikes.

It may not be that easy against "Iron" Mike. In 30 professional bouts, only Tim Sylvia and Brandon Vera were able to finish the former Ultimate Fighter (TUF) contestant.

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Lyoto Machida to rematch Shogun Rua in Montreal on May 1, 2009

According to Dan Wetzel, UFC president Dana White has told him that current light heavyweight champ Lyoto “Dragon” Machida will rematch his last opponent, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. The two men fought at UFC 104 in Los Angeles last month but the bout ended in controversy as the champ retained his title after being on the defense much of the five rounds/25 minutes. Soon afterward, White told the media Machida and Rua would likely rematch as soon as possible.

The promotion is now making good on that with the venue being Montreal and the date being May 1st. January 2010 was thrown around as potential, prospective date by fans and insiders alike but Machida required surgery on his injured soon after defeating Rua. Thus, the date being pushed further back.