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Michael Bisping is fighting on UFC 110 in Sydney next weekend against Wanderlei Silva. Michael arrived in Australia last week and has been training at Penrith Elite in Sydney. His site http://www.bisping.tv has a video blog of his trip and which includes his fight preparations and some training as well as him travelling around Sydney seeing some of the sites. visit http://bisping.tv to view all his video blogs

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Hello Ladies and Gents, IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!!! Fighting Network RINGS Toowoomba Mixed Martial Arts Academy is pleased to inform and invite you all of the next EOTF Amateur MMA and Submission Wrestling Competition, to be held on Saturday and Sunday March 13 & 14, at the Toowoomba PCYC in James Street. Due to the fantastic response to our last event, it has been decided to hold the Sub Wrestling on Saturday and the MMA on Sunday. On both days, registration will be at 9.00am with the comps starting as close to 10.00am as possible. Nomination fee is still only $10 per division and $10 for team members and spectators. There will be no junior divisions this time, sorry. Please print out your entry forms and have them completed when you arrive at the door. This will save time and confusion.

Please make note; there are Flea Markets held every Sunday at the PCYC so there will be no parking in the normal facility. (If you are travelling) Give yourself enough time find parking close enough to the club. There is parking available in a large car park off Herries Street which backs onto the PCYC. Failing that, there is side street parking within the area or council car parks within one block walking distance. For those travelling and staying the night/s, accommodation can be made at the CITY MOTOR INN, 195a West Street – 07 4616 8400. This too is within walking distance of the PCYC and close to restaurants.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Thanks again to everyone for your continued support and I look forward to catching up with you all at the comp. Best regards, Peter Hickmott MMA & Kick Boxing Coach FIGHTING NETWORK RINGS TOOWOOMBA 5th Degree Black Belt Master Instructor & Examiner Australia Tae Kwon Do Academy Oh Do Kwan 0409 260 201 http://www.ringstoowoomba.com

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UFC is set to hit Sydney next week with UFC 110 being held at Acer Arena, the event sold out 16000 tickets in 1 day and will feature a number of Australian and New Zealand MMA Fighters. Yesterday infinitemma.com was informed that two Australian referee’s Steve Perceval and John Sharp would make there UFC refereeing debut.

Steve Perceval and John Sharp are both from MMA Officials Australia, they are both very experienced referee’s having been involved in a lot of the big events in Sydney and NSW including CFC, Xtreme MMA and other shows.

visit http://mmaofficialsaustralia.com to find out more information on Steve and John. Click full story below to see Steve Perceval’s comments on being selected to Referee on UFC 110

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Tony Bonello an Australian MMA fighter currently living in the States fought on KOTC Vengance yesterday in New Mexico. Tony fought Mike The Rhino Bourke from California, he won the fight easily in 54 seconds into the first round via triangle choke

This was the first King of The Cage Show to appear on HD Net and is now being directed by Mark Burnett who is responsible for Contender and other reality tv shows. The show was also commentated by Michael the Voice Shiavello who is contracted to HD Net.

The main event for KOTC Vengance was a bout between Travis Wuiff and Mike Kyle, the bout was won by Mike Kyle in the 2nd round via tko. for full results of the event click full story below

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Carlos Vieira is one of the best Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belts in Australia, he has trained and competed all over the world and decided to settle in Australia not long ago. Carlos is currently teaching in Melbourne and he took some time out to answer a few questions for http://www.infinitemma.com

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Las Vegas, NV (USA) – As if the battle of Hall of Famers at UFC 109, legalization of the sport in Wisconsin and the first-ever show in Australia at UFC 110 weren’t milestones enough for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, February also set records on Twitter. Dana White, UFC president, reached 1,000,000 followers on his Twitter account, @danawhite, on Tuesday, February 9th. Fewer than 250 of Twitter’s millions of users have broken the one-million mark. White’s inclusion in that elite list is testament to the meteoric rise of UFC. “I love Twitter because I get to talk directly to UFC fans,” said White. “Their support is awesome and has made the sport what it is today.”

Like many big-name celebrities and brands, White uses his Twitter account to break news and promote events. But White has pioneered innovative uses of Twitter that truly bridge the gap between social interaction and digital marketing. White made national news last year after a series of Tweets promising free tickets to fans drew large crowds in cities from New York to Los Angeles. Amy Martin, founder of Digital Royalty, a social media brand management company, credits White with taking unique advantage of the instant medium. “Through Twitter, Dana uniquely humanizes the UFC brand,” she said. “The genuine, two-way communication and interaction he has with his followers is rare among any brand.”

In addition to Dana’s million-strong following, the @UFC account is poised to break the 100,000 follower mark in February. A Portuguese account, @ufc_brasil was launched in late January, joining @ufchoy (Spanish) and @UFC_JP_Official (Japanese). Other accounts in the Zuffa family include @ufcfightclub, @WEConVersus, @ufcstore and @ufcgym, giving the brand a combined Twitter presence of over 1.3 million followers. UFC fighters and events routinely surface as top-ten trending topics on fight nights; UFC 100 was one of the top ten Sports topics on Twitter in 2009 — just below the NFL but above the world champion New York Yankees. For current UFC news, visit UFC.com or au.ufc.com.

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3 Australian fighters from Jabout Gym are set to co-headline the first ShootBoxing Japan event, for the year. The Aussies fighting on this card will be Greg Foley, Dean Xuereb & Christina Jurjevic. Foley is fighting the former Shootboxing champ Hiroki Shishido, Dean Xuereb is fighting rising Japanese prospect Takaaki Umenoa & 16yr old Christina Jurjevic is stepping up to fight Japanese Shootboxing champ, Rena. You can discuss the event and see the full fight card in the forum area, HERE

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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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