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Lucas Big Daddy Browne is one of the up and comers in the heavyweight division in Australia. He has an undefeated record in MMA with 5 fights and 5 wins all by TKO or KO including wins over Felesi Lenui, Jeff King and Willie Moon. Lucas trains out of Elite Fight Gym in Penrith with Tama and Jamie Tehuna and took some time out to answer a few questions for infinitemma.com

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FIVE-TIME UFC CHAMP TO HOST EXCLUSIVE UFC 110 VIEWING PARTY AT THE ACER ARENA, SYDNEY UFC 110 LIVE AT THE ACER ARENA, 21ST FEBRUARY, 2010 February 8, Sydney, Australia - UFC Hall of Famer Randy ‘The Natural’ Couture is heading to Sydney to host the exclusive UFC 110 viewing party at the Acer Arena, the Ultimate Fighting Championship organisation has announced. The five-time UFC champion – fresh off his stunning victory over Mark Coleman at the UFC 109 on 6th February – will also take part in an exclusive Q & A session with fans attending the viewing party on Sunday, 21st February. With all 16,500 tickets to the UFC’s inaugural Australian event selling out within hours, the exclusive viewing party in the ballroom at the Acer Arena is the best way to experience UFC 110 in person. Fans will witness the entire 10-bout fight card as it happens on huge screens

Tickets are priced at $50 and are available to buy now at http://premier.ticketek.com.au/. The admission price also includes an official UFC 110 programme and a special commemorative laminate exclusive to fans attending the viewing party. “I’m looking forward to going to Australia,” said Couture. “The fans there are very knowledgeable and passionate about the sport and it is going to be great talking with these guys. The card is stacked, with some very exciting fights and I am going to be a very interested observer.” The main event for UFC 110 sees Minotauro Nogueira and Cain Velasquez collide in a bout with significant implications for the heavyweight division. The co-main event of UFC 110 is the long-awaited middleweight showdown between legendary former world champion Wanderlei Silva and top contender Michael ‘The Count’ Bisping. Plus, former UFC Lightweight title challenger Joe ‘Daddy’ Stevenson takes on Australia’s very own George Sotiropoulos, light heavyweight Keith ‘The Dean of Mean’ Jardine fights rising star Ryan ‘Darth’ Bader, and teak-tough heavyweight ‘Big’ Ben Rothwell takes on another devastating striker in Croatian sensation Mirko CroCop.

Fans attending the viewing party will also get to watch exclusive live coverage of the un-televised preliminary bouts, topped by the first ever all-Aussie bout in UFC history. In one of the most heated grudge matches of the year, Sydney light heavyweight Elvis ‘The King of Rock’n’Rumble’ Sinosic will collide with long-time Brisbane rival Chris ‘The Hammer’ Haseman. Also appearing on the bumper undercard will be Stephan Bonnar, the self-styled ‘American Psycho’, and one of the original cast members of The Ultimate Fighter. The American fan-favourite looks to take out another leading light-heavyweight in ‘Polish Experiment’ Krzysztof Soszynski. Meanwhile, welterweight brawlers Chris Lytle and Brian Foster draw battles lines, TUF star CB Dollaway locks horns with the returning Goran Reljic, and Sydney-based light heavyweight Jamie Ta Huna makes his official UFC debut against Igor Pokrajac. UFC 110 will be screened in more than 130 countries and territories worldwide. For more information on the Ultimate Fighting Championship or UFC 110 visit http://www.UFC.com.

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Infinitemma.com is proud to release its January Australian and New Zealand MMA Fighter Rankings, The ranking will be released in the first week of every month and be decided by the staff of infinitemma.com. To start we will be doing the top 5 Australian MMA Fighters and the top 3 New Zealand MMA Fighters, but over time this will ideally expand to a top 10 in each country for each weight division

There was only 1 MMA show over January in Australasia which was Brace for War in Townsville, there were no ranked fighters on this show. With only 1 show in Australia there was very little movement in the rankings, however there were a number of local fighters competing overseas. Brad Morris is removed from the rankings due to inactivity. Must be added, not because of not trying as he has been looking for a fight in recent months. Fighters must have a fight in the previous 15 months to be listed in the rankings. Michael Van Der Vlist moves to number 5. Even though a LHW, last fight was at heavyweight where he defeated the number one ranked New Zealand fighter, Sam Brown.

To view the current infinitemma.com Australia and New Zealand MMA Fighter Rankings and see what has happened in the last month click full story below

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“It’s very important. Australia is a huge market for the UFC. In terms of the sport growing globally it’s a big step forward. The sport’s becoming a truly global sport, its going to have a big impact, the sport’s going to grow, martial arts are going to grow, and everyone’s going to benefit from it.”

Quote from Australian MMA fighter George Sotiropoulos, in an interesting interview with Fiveknuckles.com as he prepared for his UFC 110 bout against Joe Stevenson. In the interview he speaks about fighting in Australia, his upcoming opponent Joe Stevenson, his fight with Shinya Aoki and his time inside The Ultimate Fighter house.

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“As far as achievements go, I’ve got nothing but the greatest respect for Wanderlei. He’s a legend and has had a fantastic career. Despite all that, I’m looking to beat him convincingly on February 21st and add another loss on his career record.”

“All respect will go out the window when we stare across at each other in the Octagon. This is the kind of fight I want. When all is said and done and my career is over, I’ll be able to look back and say, ‘yeah, I fought the best in the world – I fought this legend, that legend, and so on’.”

Quote from Michael Bisping’s diary in The Daily Telegraph as he prepares for his UFC 110 bout in Sydney on February 21.

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After the success of the inaugural Brace For War show in Townsville last month in which tickets for the event sold out days before the show, promoter Kya Pate has decided to postpone an event in Brisbane to return to Townsville.

Pate was quoted in the Townsville Bulletin saying, “We can do shows in Brisbane whenever, we thought we might come back because there was a lot of response.” “We got a lot of phone calls after the event sold out from people wanting to come in.”

The next event is scheduled to occur at the Townsville Entertainment Centre, which is a bigger capacity than the previous venue. The event is scheduled for May 8.

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Lombard kept his winning streak alive, but not after a scare as his opponent Joey Gorczynski rocked Hector Lombard with a kick-right hook combo in the last round of their main-event bout at GForce promotions, “Bad Blood 3” event in Florida, USA.

According to a report at sherdog.com, Hector Lombard despite the scare in the third round, Lombard recovered to win a lackluster three round decision. The win was Lombard’s 12th win in a row since a draw with Australian Kyle Noke in July, 2007.

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This well established Amateur Shooto Series allows all novice and beginner MMA compediters the chance to compete under a safe rule set with shorter rounds, mandatory head protectors, shin pads, kneepads and the forbiddance of striking on the ground

New Venue……..The Arena Fremantle - 13-20 Sustainable Ave, Bibra Lake Date…….Sunday March 7th 2010 Weigh In’s 10am Fights Start 11am Spectators $15 (Door sales only) For more info please visit http://www.shooto.com.au/ for rules, regulations and application forms. or phone Mach1 9443 1227 or 0437777797

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Come and Wrestle a Shark this Saturday February 6th from 10am to 12pm at TP Gym! Paul Gallen, Albert Kelly, Nathan Gardner, Matthew Wright, Siosaia Vave and Taulima Tautai will be at the official Grappling headquarters located 4C/3 Captain Cooke drive Caringbah. The boys will be hanging out to see the fans come and visit one of their training facilities at TP Gym where they will work on skills (both on and off the field), which are an integral part of their game in defence and attack. As well, the boys are doing best to help bring positive awareness to Jiu Jitsu in the Shire.

The aim on the day is to show everyone How Jiu Jitsu can become an integral part to your life. Whether your six or 60, Jiu Jitsu can help you live a positive healthy, and fun life through a non-striking martial art. There will be 2 Demonstrations on the day (10am and 11am) with each focusing on specific Techniques – these demos will be headed up by two of the best BJJ Instructors in Australia Alex Prates and Bernardo Treko plus special Guests. There will plenty more to see on the day as well as free prizes for the kids, give away’s, a sausage sizzle and loads of fun. So don’t miss out on plenty of prizes, give away’s, Sausage sizzle and loads of fun at the TP Gym with the Cronulla Sharks!

This story was taken from http://www.sharks.com.au visit the website for more information on the Cronulla Sharks

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Bellator Fighting Championships Middleweight Champion, Hector Lombard will fight Joey Gorczynski in the main event of Bad Blood 3 which will be promoted by GForce Promotions. The event will be held at American Airline Arena in Miami, Florida this Thursday, 4 February and will also feature Jorge Masvidal taking on Luis Palomino in the semi-main event.

Lombard (22-1, 1 draw) will be returning to action following a dominant performance over former UFC fighter Kalib Starnes at CFC 11 in Sydney in November which was the Cuban fighters 11th win on the trot. His opponent Joey Gorczynski (16-7), will come into the fight on a three fight win streak with his last win being over Chad Leondhardt two weeks ago in Oklahoma, USA. Lombard who normally competes at under 84kgs in the middleweight division, will move up in weight and contest this fight at under 93kgs, as a light-heavyweight according to the GForce Promotions official site.

Greg Savage from Sherdog.com also caught with Hector Lombard in a video interview at the American Top Team headquarters.

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