Jon Fitch Out of UFC 132 Rematch With BJ Penn

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Still 13 weeks out from his rematch with BJ Penn at UFC 132, Jon Fitch has pulled out of the fight due to a training injury.

Sources close to the UFC confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Wednesday. Word of Fitch's withdrawal from the bout was first reported by MMA Weekly.

There is no word yet on a possible replacement for Fitch. The fight was expected to determine the top contender for the UFC welterweight title currently held by Georges St-Pierre.

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Harley-Davidson Considering an Electric Model


Our favorite brand from Milwaukee continues to surprise us, as we’ve gotten confirmed reports that Harley-Davidson is considering an electric model to its line-up. Details are scarce on the project, but the company has made a poor secret out of its desire to return as an industry innovator (yes, there was in-fact a time when you could call a Harley-Davidson a trendsetter in the motorcycle industry…it just hasn’t been in this blogger’s lifetime). Likely eyeing ...

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Ricardo Almeida Retires From MMA Competition

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Ricardo Almeida has announced his retirement from MMA competition, citing the difficulties of finding a balance between his UFC career, his role as a father and his jiu-jitsu academy.

Almeida, who first retired in 2004, returned to active competition in 2008 after inking a six-fight deal with the UFC. Soon after the signing, Almeida's son was diagnosed with autism, one of the specific reasons why Almeida has struggled to devote a sufficient amount of time towards fighting.

"MMA is a great sport but also physically and mentally unforgiving. It is a dangerous task to step in the octagon, especially if your focus is not at 100 percent," Almeida said. "After much deliberation since my fight at UFC 128 I have decided to step away from the sport as a fighter."

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Wanderlei Silva Likes Knees on the Ground, Dana White Doesn't

by Michael David SmithOne of the longstanding goals of the UFC is to implement the unified rules of mixed martial arts, as sanctioned by the athletic commissions in North America, everywhere that MMA takes place. That's why the UFC uses the unified rules even in places where there is no sanctioning body, it's why the UFC imposed the unified rules on Strikeforce and it's why the UFC didn't adopt any of the old Pride rules when it purchased Pride.

Implementing one set of rules everywhere is a worthy goal and a positive step toward mainstream acceptance of MMA around the world. But while the UFC is set in its ways of using the unified rules, some folks in MMA think the unified rules should look a little more like the rules used in Pride.

That includes Wanderlei Silva, who fought most of his career using Pride or Brazilian vale tudo rules but has spent the last three years in the UFC. Michael Schiavello asks the "Axe Murderer" on the upcoming HDNet show The Voice vs. Wanderlei Silva which rules from Pride he'd like to see in the UFC, and Silva said he'd love to be able to use knees to the head on the ground inside the Octagon.

 

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Ricardo Almeida Retires From MMA Competition

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Ricardo Almeida has announced his retirement from MMA competition, citing the difficulties of finding a balance between his UFC career, his role as a father and his jiu-jitsu academy.

Almeida, who first retired in 2004, returned to active competition in 2008 after inking a six-fight deal with the UFC. Soon after the signing, Almeida's son was diagnosed with autism, one of the specific reasons why Almeida has struggled to devote a sufficient amount of time towards fighting.

"MMA is a great sport but also physically and mentally unforgiving. It is a dangerous task to step in the octagon, especially if your focus is not at 100 percent," Almeida said. "After much deliberation since my fight at UFC 128 I have decided to step away from the sport as a fighter."

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