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Recently Strikeforce World Heavyweight Grand Prix winner Daniel Cormier has found himself in the news a lot due to his November 3rd fight rapidly approaching, with no opponent named. After Frank Mir endured a knee injury that forced him to withdraw, it was reported last weekend that Matt Mitrione as offered the bout with Cormier but turned down the UFC’s offer to go to Strikeforce. Cormier, however, had his own opponent in mind, and took to Twitter to call for this fight:

.@danawhite offer the fight to

Heading into his bout against Christian Morecraft on January 20, Pat Barry had put together a UFC record of 3-4, never putting together two wins in a row. Barry never failed to deliver an exciting fight, even when he lost two in a row to Cheick Kongo and Stefan Struve.
The fight against Morecraft looked like it would end with a third straight loss when Barry was caught in an armbar, but he slipped free, showing some solid submission defense and when the fight went back to standing he caught Morecraft with

UFC.com announced today an interesting heavyweight bout that has been added to UFC on Versus 6. The 6’11, 255lbs Dutchman Stefan Struve will be taking on 5’11, 243lbs Pat Barry.
“Verbal agreements are in for a titanic battle between Stefan ‘Skyscraper’ Struve and Pat ‘HD’ Barry October 1st on UFC Live On Versus,” said UFC president Dana White. Struve is the tallest fighter among UFC heavyweights, while Barry, a full foot shorter, clocks in as the division’s

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If you’re counting, exactly two of the 10 fights on Friday night’s fight card from Nashville went to decision. As many expected, the main event between Melvin Guillard and Jim Miller was not one of those two fights.
Before the fight both Guillard and Miller said that they would look to capitalize on the first mistake of their opponent. That first mistake came from Guillard, as he attempted to throw one to many flying knees and found himself deposited on his back via a Jim Miller takedown. From

Almost three weeks ago, Lavar Johnson (17-5 MMA, 2-0 UFC) knocked out Pat Barry at UFC on Fox 3, and won “Knockout of the Night”. He did the same to Joey Beltran at Fox’s second UFC event back in January. Could his third UFC fight at UFC 146 earn him another “Knockout of the Night”?If all goes according to Johnson’s plan, he will: “I like to win by knocking people out, I’m going to go in there and put on a good show.”At the Open Workouts for UFC 146 Johnson said: “I’m still in shape from the last fight,

Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry:
This fight was originally supposed to be the co-main event of the evening but was promoted to the main event. Many fans were expecting a K-1 kickboxing match but with MMA gloves and that was exactly what happened. There were moments when you thought the fight was going to end and Pat Barry would have his hand raised in victory, but it turned into one of the greatest comebacks in MMA history. When Cheick Kongo seemed to be down and out after being rocked by Barry, he comes back