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Although the upcoming UFC lightweight title match between Benson Henderson and TJ Grant was rumored for the main event of UFC on Fox Sports 1:Boston, Shogun…

With the unfortunate news that UFC interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao is officially injured and unable to defend his belt at UFC 161, the co-main…

Alex Caceras, better known as ‘Bruce Leeroy’ to most, was suspended by the UFC for testing positive for marijuana metabolites after his split decision…

Just as Pride veterans Wanderlei Silva and Mark Hunt made their mark upon the MMA world in a big way this weekend, it appears that two stars from that…

Vinny Magalhães was cut from the UFC in 2009 after back-to-back losses to Ryan Bader and Eliot Marshall. However, according to the Brazilian-based MMA site tatame.com, the former M1 Global Light Heavyweight Champion is expected to return to the UFC on September 1 at UFC 151 in Las Vegas, Nevada.The UFC confirmed this with the following post on Twitter:

Former “The Ultimate Fighter” contestant Vinny Magalhaes returning to UFC bit.ly/OPITbV
— UFCONFOX(@UFCONFOX) July 17, 2012

Magalhães

Two years ago, Anderson Silva defeated Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 in Oakland, California, and retained his Middleweight Title. When they fought, Sonnen dominated Silva for the first four rounds and most of the fifth. With less than two minutes remaining in that match at 3:10, Silva made “the greatest comeback in UFC history” by submitting Sonnen  via triangle armbar.
Silva was hit more times in that fight than in his entire career to that point. According to CompuStrike: in his first 11 UFC fights, Silva

The weigh-in results are official for tomorrow nights UFC on FX 4 card, and all but one fighter came in on-point. Gray Maynard will look to regain a high spot in the stacked Lightweight division against Clay Guida in the main event. Here are the full results:
Main Card (FX, 9:00 PM ET)-Gray Maynard (155.0) vs. Clay Guida (155.5)-Sam Stout (155.5) vs. Spencer Fisher (156.0)-Brian Ebersole (170.0) vs. T.J. Waldburger (170.5)-Ross Pearson (146.0) vs. Cub Swanson (145.5)
Preliminary Card (Fuel TV, 6:00 PM

This short video, below,  hearkens back to August 7, 2010 at UFC 117. Anderson Silva faced Chael Sonnen to defend the UFC Middleweight Title and the fans were treated to an all-out beat-down in the Octagon at the hands of Sonnen.
In round one, Sonnen took Silva down after blasting him and dominated him, completely in that round as well as the following three. In the fifth round, Sonnen caught Silva with a left hook and immediately established top position. At the three-minute mark,

(“I’m pissed. That son of a bitch sold me a six pack of that shit and said it…