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'Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg' Open Thread, Discussion, Results

Nick Diaz will meet Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos for the Strikeforce welterweight title in the main event of "Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg." Photo by Esther Lin/Strikeforce

Join all your favorite MMA For Real community members and staffers starting at 10 p.m. ET/PT for our open thread for tonight's "Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg" which is headlined by a Strikeforce welterweight championship fight between Nick Diaz and Evangelista Santos and a middleweight championship bout between Ronaldo Souza and Robbie Lawler.

The show, which will emanate from HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., will air live on Showtime (tape delayed on the West Coast).

Welterweight Championship: Nick Diaz d. Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos (Submission/Armbar) R2 4:50 *Retains Welterweight Championship*
Middleweight Championship: Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza d. Robbie Lawler (Submission/Rear-Naked Choke) R3 2:00 *Retains Middleweight Championship*
Herschel Walker d. Scott Carson (TKO/Punches) R1 3:13
Roger Gracie d. Trevor Prangley (Submission/Rear-Naked Choke) R1 4:19

SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg

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'UFC Fight Night 23: Fight for the Troops 2' Open Thread, Discussion

Matt Mitrione and Tim Hague will meet in the co-main event of tonight's UFC Fight for the Troops 2 from Fort Hood, Texas. Photo via MMAJunkie.com

Join all your favorite MMAForReal.com community members and staffers starting at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT for our open thread for tonight's UFC Fight for the Troops 2, which is headlined by a lightweight contest between Evan Dunham and Melvin Guillard and a heavyweight bout between Matt Mitrione and Tim Hague.

Also on the card, a pivotal featherweight clash between Mark Hominick and George Roop.

The show, which emanates from Fort Hood, Texas, begins with "UFC Prelims Live" at Facebook.com/UFC at 7 p.m. ET and continues with the main card on Spike TV starting at 9 p.m. ET.

Main Card (9 p.m. ET/Spike TV):
Evan Dunham vs. Melvin Guillard
Matt Mitrione vs. Tim Hague
Mark Hominick vs. George Roop
Pat Barry vs. Joey Beltran
Cole Miller vs. Matt Wiman

UFC Prelims Live (7 p.m. ET/Facebook.com/UFC):
Cody McKenzie vs. Yves Edwards
DaMarques Johnson vs. Mike Guymon
Mike Brown vs. Rani Yahya
Waylon Lowe vs. Willamy Freire

Preliminary Bouts:
Charlie Brenneman vs. Amilcar Alves
Will Campuzano vs. Chris Cariaso

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'Strikeforce Challengers 13' Open Thread, Discussion, Results

Tyron Woodley and Tarec Saffiedine will meet in the main event of "Strikeforce Challengers 13" tonight in Nashville. Photo by Esther Lin/Strikeforce

Join all your favorite MMA For Real community members and staffers starting at 11 p.m. ET for our open thread for tonight's "Strikeforce Challengers 13" which is headlined by a welterweight contest between Tyron Woodley and Tarec Saffiedine, a light-heavyweight clash between Ovince St. Preux and Ron Humphrey and a heavyweight bout between Daniel Cormier and Devin Cole.

The show, which emanates from Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., airs at 11 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime.

Tyron Woodley d. Tarec Saffiedine (Decision/Unanimous)
Ovince St. Preux d. Ron Humphrey (Decision/Unanimous)
Daniel Cormier d. Devin Cole (Decision/Unanimous)
Amanda Nunes d. Julia Budd (KO/Punches) R1 0:14
Rhadi Ferguson d. John Richard (Submission/Kneebar) R2 2:00

SBN coverage of Strikeforce Challengers 13

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UFC 125 Open Thread, Discussion

Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard will meet for the UFC lightweight championship in the main event of UFC 125 on Saturday. Photo by Scott Petersen/MMAWeekly.com

Join all your favorite MMA For Real community members and staffers beginning at 8:55 p.m. ET for our open thread for tonight's "UFC 125: Resolution" which is headlined by a UFC lightweight championship bout between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard and a middleweight bout between Chris Leben and Brian Stann.

The show, which emanates from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, begins at 8:55 p.m. ET with "UFC Prelims Live" on ION Television and continues at 10 p.m. with the pay-per-view broadcast.

Main Card (10 p.m. ET/Pay-Per-View):
Lightweight Championship: Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard
Chris Leben vs. Brian Stann
Brandon Vera vs. Thiago Silva
Nate Diaz vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Clay Guida vs. Takanori Gomi

UFC Prelims Live (8:55 p.m. ET, ION Television):
Marcus Davis vs. Jeremy Stephens
Josh Grispi vs. Dustin Poirier
Phil Baroni vs. Brad Tavares

Preliminary Bouts:
Mike Brown vs. Diego Nunes
Daniel Roberts vs. Greg Soto
Jacob Volkmann vs. Antonio McKee

SBN coverage of UFC 125: Resolution

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Reminder: Dynamite!! 2010 Goes Down Tonight in Japan, Live on HDNet

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It's bound to be entertaining, so if you're up in the wee hours of the morning (starting at 4 a.m. ET) and have HDNet you should tune in for every combat sports fan's guilty pleasure, K-1 Dynamite!! 2010. Here's how the card looks:

DREAM Welterweight Championship: Marius Zaromskis vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
DREAM Featherweight Championship: Bibiano Fernandes vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
DREAM Interim Heavyweight Championship: Alistair Overeem vs. Todd Duffee
Heavyweight bout: Satoshi Ishii vs. Jerome Le Banner
Lightweight bout: Josh Thomson vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Heavyweight bout: Sergei Kharitonov vs. Tatsuya Mizuno
Featherweight bout: Caol Uno vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
Featherweight bout: Hideo Tokoro vs. Kazuhisa Watanabe
Welterweight bout: Hayato Sakurai vs. Jason High
Open-weight bout: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Hiroshi Izumi
K-1 Heavyweight rules match: Kyotaro vs. Gegard Mousasi
DREAM/K-1 Mixed rules fight: Shinya Aoki vs. Yuichiro Nagashima
K-1 MAX Rules Lightweight fight: Akiyo Nishiura vs. Tetsuya Yamato
IGF rules (pro-wrestling) match: Bob Sapp vs. Wakakirin
Celebrity fight: Katsuaki Furuki vs. Andy Ologun

If you're awake and need a place to comment on how awesome Minowman is, let this function as your open thread.

As a reminder, the HDNet broadcast will be airing on a small tape delay. Therefore, we ask for NO SPOILERS in this thread as a courtesy to those watching that broadcast.

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WEC 53 Open Thread, Discussion

Dominick Cruz and Scott Jorgensen will meet to crown the first-ever UFC bantamweight champion in the co-main event of "WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis." Photo by Ryan Malone/SB Nation Arizona

Join all your favorite MMA For Real community members and staffers starting at 9 p.m. ET for our open thread for tonight's final World Extreme Cagefighting show, "WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis" which is headlined by a lightweight championship bout between Ben Henderson and Anthony Pettis, a UFC bantamweight championship fight between Dominick Cruz and Scott Jorgensen and a lightweight showdown between Donald Cerrone and Chris Horodecki.

The show, which emanates from Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz., airs live on Versus.

Main Card:
WEC Lightweight Championship: Ben Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis
UFC Bantamweight Championship: Dominick Cruz vs. Scott Jorgensen
Donald Cerrone vs. Chris Horodecki
Kamal Shalorus vs. Bart Palaszewski

SBN coverage of WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis

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UFC 124 Open Thread, Discussion

Photo by Ken Pishna/MMAWeekly.com

Join all your favorite MMAForReal.com community members and staffers starting at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT for our open thread for tonight's "UFC 124: St. Pierre vs. Koscheck," which is headlined by a UFC welterweight championship bout between Georges St. Pierre and Josh Koscheck. Also on the show, heavyweights collide when Stefan Struve meets Sean McCorkle.

The show begins at 9 p.m. ET with UFC Prelims Live on UFC.com and continues at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view.

Main Card:
Welterweight Championship: Georges St. Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck
Stefan Struve vs. Sean McCorkle
Jim Miller vs. Charles Oliveira
Joe Stevenson vs. Mac Danzig
Thiago Alves vs. John Howard

UFC.com Prelims:
Mark Bocek vs. Dustin Hazelett
Joe Doerksen vs. Dan Miller

Preliminary Bouts:
Jesse Bongfeldt vs. Rafael Natal
Matthew Riddle vs. Sean Pierson
T.J. Grant vs. Ricardo Almeida
Pat Audinwood vs. John Makdessi

SBN coverage of UFC 124: St. Pierre vs. Koscheck

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'The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale' Open Thread, Discussion

Jonathan Brookins and Michael Johnson will meet in the main event of "The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale" to determine the show's lightweight tournament winner. Photo via MMAJunkie.com

Join all your favorite MMAForReal.com community members and staffers beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT for our open thread for tonight's "The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale," which is headlined by "The Ultimate Fighter 12" lightweight tournament final for the six-figure UFC contract between Jonathan Brookins and Michael Johnson. Also on the card, "The Ultimate Fighter 1" light-heavyweight runner-up Stephan Bonnar will battle Igor Pokrajac and "The Ultimate Fighter 3" middleweight winner Kendall Grove will meet Demian Maia.

Tonight's show emanates from The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas and will air live on Spike TV.

Main Card:
Jonathan Brookins vs. Michael Johnson
Stephan Bonnar vs. Igor Pokrajac
Kendall Grove vs. Demian Maia
Rick Story vs. Johny Hendricks
Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan

SBN coverage of The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale

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