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Here's a message from Chad Dubin of LionHeart Management, about top prospect Paul Bradley, who at one time trained in State College:
We had a fight scheduled for Paul Bradley on December 18th that was cancelled so we are trying to find another fight in December or January for Paul.

Here are Paul's quick facts:
· Currently fighting at 170 or 185
· Pro record is 12-1
· TUF Season 7 Veteran
· NCAA Collegiate All American

You can also visit www.lionheartfighters.com for more info.

If there is any interest please contact me:

Chad Dubin

chad@lionheartfighters.com
(814) 280-1982

Osipczak, left, and Riddle.

Here's some of the discussion about the fight on facebook:

Blaze Hart: I excited for this fight, but it will obviously be on the prelims, Nick is 4-0 and Riddle is 3-0 in the UFC. I think this should go on the TUF 10 finale, get tv time. or the next fight night. Either way, who takes it? I pick Riddle.

Frank Danko: There is no way he is going to get on the PPV cards right away.
He needs another 3 fights!

Thanks to bloodyelbow.com for posting this.

After he beat Kimbo Slice on The Ultimate Fighter 10, the portly-and-proud-of-it Nelson said something about how he was going to get some fast food. So I found this gif on sherdog, which provides evidence that Nelson actually thought greasy sustenence would help him win against Arlovski.

This one ranks up there with the KJ Noons "he put his mug on me" gif. The b-g is that Noons and Nick Diaz saw each other outside a hotel and Diaz said later that Noons "Put his mug on me."

By Brian Knapp, sherdog.com:
Former International Fight League heavyweight champion Roy Nelson "called his shot" when he ousted Internet street-fighting legend Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson on the latest episode of "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 10. Consider it his ode to the Sultan of Swat.

"I called it the night before," Nelson said during a Thursday teleconference. "I just wanted to point out to the guys that this was how I was going to win. And guess what? That's how I won. I did a Babe Ruth. I hit my home run."

Pegged as the Season 10 favorite by many pundits, Nelson strapped Slice in a crucifix and finished him with strikes on the ground in the second round of their heavyweight scrap, which aired to record ratings on Spike TV. According to preliminary figures, the episode drew 5.3 million viewers and peaked with 6.1 million during the actual fight.

Topics covered include the Kimbo vs. Nelson fight on TUF, and other UFC and Strikeforce news

Sneak Peek: Kimbo Fights
I like how they leave us with Kimbo landing a haymaker on Nelson. The onlky question is: does Nelson's chin take it? We'll see.

Ted: I'll cut to the chase on this story. Here's what Kimbo said about his fight with Roy Nelson on this weeks' TUF 10 episode: "I was impressed with my performance," Ferguson said. "I'm not crying about anything." Well, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say he lost, but probably by unanimous decision. I'm just going on the implication behind what he said. I could be totally wrong, and even if he did lose, we'll definitely see him on an upcoming PPV - he's just too much of a cash cow for the UFC not to sign.

by Dann Stupp, mmajunkie.com
For anyone expecting an explosive and over-the-top Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson on today's media call to promote this week's new episode of "The Ultimate Fighter 10," the fighter and cast member likely disappointed.

Ferguson, whose fight with Roy Nelson highlights episode three of "TUF 10" on Wednesday night (10 p.m. ET/PT, Spike TV), expertly handled the swarm of questions and came across quite pleasant, if not charming, during the one-hour media session.

His tone changed, though, once he was asked about Seth Petruzelli's recent comments that Ferguson turned down multiple opportunities for the fighters to rematch.

As has been well-documented, Ferguson suffered a loss to late replacement Petruzelli at "EliteXC: Heat" in October 2008. Petruzelli jumped up a weight class and took the fight on just a few hours' notice when Ferguson's original opponent, Ken Shamrock, suffered a facial cut and wasn't cleared to compete. Petruzelli posted a 14-second TKO victory, delivered Ferguson his first career loss, and threw the last bit of proverbial dirt on the grave of EliteXC, which folded a few weeks later.

I haven't always been a fan of Wes Sims - something about him stomping Frank Mir a few years ago - anyway, I'm willing to let that go, now that he's spent time away from the UFC and he's on TUF 10. Watch this video - he is one funny dude. It'll be interesting to see what antics he's up to in the TUF house - he seems like he'll be the one pulling pranks and crap like that. One of the funniest parts is when he talks about Roy Nelson uprooting a shrub and eating it.

Jon Anik & co. talk about Rampage leaving the UFC, Cro Cop's retirement, Strikeforce signing Herschel Walker and Vitor Belfort's win over Rich Franklin.

The Ultimate Fighter 10's most well-known fighter, Kimbo Slice, takes on the house's most experienced and successful fighter, Roy Nelson. We'll see what happens. Thanks to bloodyelbow for the pic.

DW saying Rampage caused "collateral damage."

By Gavin Vincent of fiveknuckles:
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's decision to sign a movie contract to play B.A. Baracus in the upcoming "A-Team" movie has left UFC officials, fans and experts with a sour taste in their mouth. Even Rampage's personal website is flooded with negative comments and accusations of him dodging what will be two consecutive fights.

Jackson was rumored to face Lyoto Machida for the light-heavyweight title but chose instead on to sign on as a TUF 10 coach to fight nemesis, Rashad Evans. As with all previous Ultimate Fighter seasons, the coaches generally square off against one another but his decision to do a movie instead has forced UFC President, Dana White, to play musical chairs with the main event for TUF 10 finale on Dec. 12.

Last week, White announced that a lightweight title fight between B.J. Penn and Diego Sanchez will replace the Jackson-Evans bout. White also announced Jackson's decision will have "collateral damage" but has not confirmed what those ramifications will be.

Jackson can't even escape criticism on his personal website as his homepage and "blog posts" section are flooded with negative comments and inappropriate posts.

Thanks to mmasportsreport.com:
The UFC 103 press conference was held today in Dallas, preceding this weekend's event headlined by Rich Franklin and Vitor Belfort. The conference was brief with Franklin, Belfort, and Junior Dos Santos saying a couple things about their fight.

Santos' opponent, Mirko Cro Cop, was not present though which President Dana White touched on.

"Cro cop holds the second-best record for wins in pride, and he also holds the best record for most press conferences missed," White said.

He also discussed boxing going head to head with UFC 103, and in an uncharacteristically relaxed demeanor said,

"I don't think us going against boxing is a good thing [for the fans]..." but regardless of the outcome this week on who sells more pay-per-views White said (speaking about the bad economy), "boxing is in trouble. The show we just did in Oklahoma had 75,000 people on a Wednesday night, and people came early at 3 p.m... You can combine WWE and boxing this year, and we beat them both."

Someone in the media asked him what he thought about Quentin Jackson doing the A-team movie and if the fight with Rashad would still take place at a later date.

"When the movie star's done doing his movie we'll find out when that fights happening... " he said criticizing Jackson. "He [Rich Franklin] did a movie when he wasn't fighting, like Randy Couture did."

"The crazy thing about Rampage is he's giving away a lot of money to do the A-Team. You can't fix stupid."

Speaking about Franklin fighting Belfort and how they both seem to be stuck in between fighting at middleweight and light heavyweight, White was asked on his thought about adding a weight class (possibly 195 pounds). He said he was not at all interested and did not want to make the same mistake as boxing did by having too many classes.

Belfort spoke about his fight and said that he likes Franklin and the fight "is going to be a classic"

If you couldn't tell already, I'm psyched for this season of The Ultimate Fighter, probably like no other, because we get to see all heavyweights, we get to see Rampage and Rashad yap back and forth at each other (see DW's quote above), see how the NFL players do, and then, see how long (or how short) Kimbo's stint on the show will be. It all starts tomorrow night (Wednesday) with Ultimate Fight Night at 8 p.m., and the first episode of The Ultimate Fighter at 10 p.m.