FEDOR ON XMRADIO

HENDO EDGES ACE, RUA LOOKS TERRIBLE

Dan Henderson earned himself a spot on the The Ultimate Fighter 9 as the coach of the American team. Hopefully he also earned a rematch down the road aganst Rich Franklin It was a tight fight that should’ve been waged over five rounds instead of three.

The bigger loser on the night was one of the winners. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua struggled to put away a totally exhausted Mark Coleman. Rua will match up next against Chuck Liddell at UFC 97.

MMA ROUNDUP

UFC 96 and 97 main events are set

Snoozefest gets Fight of the Night bonus

The betting favorites dominate at UFC 93

Henderson and Franklin left with unfinished business

Rua looks terrible against 44-year-old Coleman

Palhares schools Horn with his grappling work

Belcher has the talent to submit Kang

Davis outsmarts Lytle

UNLV NEEDS WINK AT TCU

Big game today for the Rebels. Here’s hoping that the week off has allowed UNLV”s leading score time to mend that ab strain. It’s the first Mountain West road game for the Rebels against a much improved Horned Frog team led by former Kent coach Jim Christian.  

MMA ROUNDUP

Franklin doesn’t want to lay in his own sh*t

UFC ruffians like their tunes

Bonnar can’t get sex as a child or an adult

If Yvel gets dirty, Barnett will go medieval on his ass

Naked guy looking for pickup MMA fight

Affliction’s Michael Cohen needs a muzzle

Here are some of the breakout MMA stars for 2009

Sherdog’s Loretta Hunt knows her boxing

PETA UP IN ARMS AFTER NINE-YEAR OLD ATTACKS A PIT BULL

Michael Vick’s got nothing on a Bakersfield kid. News 29 reports that a nine-year old saved a young girl from a pit bull attack by using the skills he learned in a jiu-jitsu class.  The kid slapped on a rear-naked choke and subdued the pup until authorities arrived. Word is that PETA will be throwing paint on the child and protesting in front of his house later this week.

KID SECURES WIN OVER PIT BULL

WWE WRESTLER IS LOOKING TO MOVE QUICKLY IN WORLD OF MMA

CORNERMAN KICKS THE SH*T OUT OF HIS OWN FIGHTER

SENGOKU 7 RESULTS

That’s two major Japanese fighting events over the last five days. For quality, Sengoku actually outpaced the circus that was K-1 Dynamite! Below are some of the headlines:

Gomi suffers embarrassing loss

Silva ignores U.S. steroid suspension

Pee Wee has a lousy adventure

Ishii further cements the UFC rumors

Former US Olympic hopeful now 3-0 in MMA