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Fedor Emelianenko lost his thirst straight fight on Saturday night. The former king of PRIDE is only 34, but his career is at a crossroads. Or is it over? Yahoo! Sports' lead MMA writer Kevin Iole checked in to talk about Fedor's future.
Emelianenko is even big news to casual sports fans. KSNV, the NBC television affiliate in Las Vegas, gave Cagewriter some TV time to preview UFC 133 and speak about the fall of "The Last Emporer."
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Fallen just updated their Road Less Traveled blog with more photos and videos from Turkey.
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Brian Ebersole left Indiana back in 2007 and moved to Australia to work on his game. Tonight he returned to fight in the U.S. for the first time since a bout in Los Angeles and blew away a fellow veteran Dennis Hallman in Philadelphia. Ebersole survived an early submission scare to crush Hallman on the ground and gain the victory at 4:28 of the first round at the Wells Fargo Center.
Ebersole's story is crazy. He fought 61 times before getting his shot in the UFC. He debuted by schooling Chris Lytle, a guy who rarely gets crushed. The victory over Hallman, a veteran of 59 fights, was even more impressive.
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Ebersole (48-14-1, 2-0 UFC) extricated himself from rear-naked and guillotine choke attempts by Hallman to gain top control. Once on top, he was like a boxer his knees. He mixed his shots beautifully between hammerfists to the body and head, and vicious elbows with both arms. With a minute left in the round, a right hammerfist rang Hallman's bell, and then two brutal elbows forced the stoppage. The first big right elbow made Hallman's head fall and eyes roll back.
"I came out in a bit of a daze and got taken down, but I've been there before with black belts in my training camp," Ebersole said. "Once I got on top, I'm the wrestler."
Ebersole has a quirky personality and should sell well on future cards. He once again sported the hairrow, an arrow cut into his chest hair that pointed to his head. Following the fight, Ebersole asked UFC analyst Joe Rogan, if he could appear on the new "Fear Factor." Rogan has been the host of the show since 2001.
"The feeling is bittersweet. The fight didn't start the way I wanted it to start. I thought I would have had to wear him down much more but luckily for me he had an open guard which let me get in there. I'm ecstatic about my two straight victories. I want to fight the veterans now, the ones that I came up watching," said Ebersole.

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Belfort showed off the punching power that he became known for early in his MMA career, knocking out Yoshihiro Akiyama in just 1:52 in the co-main event at UFC 133.
Belfort knocked him to the ground with a right, then followed up with a flurry of body and face punches until Akiyama fell to the ground. Belfort then finished with two more strikes until Akiyama went limp and the bout was stopped.
This was Belfort's first fight since losing in a title bout to Anderson Silva at UFC 126. In that bout, Belfort was knocked out with a front kick, but he didn't show any signs of wear tonight.
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"I feel great. I feel like if he hadn't landed that kick, that's what would have happened to him," Belfort said of Silva in the cage after the fight.
He started with the UFC back in 1997, and was nicknamed the Phenom because of how he blew through so many top fighters. After a stint in PRIDE and other promotions, he returned to the UFC to knock out Rich Franklin, but then hit some injuries. After the loss to Silva, fight fans were left to wonder if he could return to his original form.
With this win, he leaves little doubt that he can, as he looked like the man who would blow through opponents like Wanderlei Silva and Randy Couture.
As for Akiyama, this is his third loss in a row in the UFC. His one win was a close split decision over Alan Belcher at UFC 100. After a fantastic career with K-1, he never quite reached his potential in the Octagon.
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Tim Kennedy was open for the upset, but Robbie Lawler never put things together during any of the three rounds. Lawler, a good striker with one-punch knockout power, simply relied too much on throwing single shots and allowed Kennedy to dictate the pace. That won with the judges as Kennedy got a unanimous decision victory, 30-27 on all cards.
Kennedy (14-3) pushed forward the entire fight and took some abuse for doing so. A Lawler uppercut in the second opened a nasty gash.
"He bloodied me up for [charging forward], I'm glad the judges see that this is just blood. I get cut all the time so get over it. It just happens. I'm gonna fight until the end of the fight," Kennedy, an Army Ranger who served multiple tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Robbie Lawler is an amazing athlete and I was humbled to be in the cage with him. The guy hits pretty hard."
Lawler (18-8, 1 NC) does hit like a truck, but attempting 39 strikes in 15 minutes just wasn't going to cut it. Kennedy sealed the win by landing 4-of-12 takedowns. He jumped out to 2-0 lead in the fight by maintaining top control for much of the second round. In all, he landed 40-of-68 shots on the ground.
Kennedy provided a nice moment for war hero Mike Schlitz. The 14-year Army veteran had all of his limbs blown off in combat. Schlitz watched the fight cage side and came into the cage following the fight where he got a standing ovation.
Schlitz helped establish a "GallentFew." It's "a nationwide mentor network that helps our veterans transition from military service to successful civilian careers, assisting veterans with professional, social, emotional and physical needs."
Kennedy's won 6-of-7 fights. The only loss during that run was a title fight against Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza.
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