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20 January 2010, Sydney, Australia – The Ultimate Fighting Championship organisation’s first foray into Australia sold out within hours, but fans can still experience UFC 110 live and in-person at the Acer Arena, Sydney, on 21 February, at an exclusive theatre experience inside the arena’s Grand Ballroom. This exclusive event will be hosted by three international guest UFC fighters, who will take part in a special question and answer session before the action gets underway. Fans attending this unique viewing party will witness the entire 10-bout UFC 110 fight card on huge hi-definition screens. Also, ticket holders will receive a special commemorative laminate and official UFC 110 event program

“We are thrilled to be able to give our passionate Australian fans another chance to be able to experience this historic event in person,” said Marshall Zelaznik, UFC Managing Director of International Development. “Fans will get up close and personal with UFC fighters and then watch the entire fight card on big screens along with other UFC fans. There will be a great atmosphere and it will be the next best thing to being in the actual auditorium.” The Q & A begins at 10:45AM, with the first bout going live at 11:45AM. Tickets for the UFC 110 viewing party are priced at $50 and go on sale from http://www.ticketek.com.au a 9AM, AEDT, Friday, 22 January. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of UFC 110.

About UFC 110 The Ultimate Fighting Championship has already taken Australia by storm selling all 16,500 tickets to Sydney’s Acer Arena within hours of going on sale last month. The stacked supercard – which features 20 of the greatest mixed martial artists from around the world - contains explosive matchups featuring two early Fight-of-The-Year candidates. In the main event, a world heavyweight title shot is on the line when unbeaten young gun Cain Velasquez takes on former UFC and PRIDE champion Minotauro Nogueira. Plus, UK superstar Michael “The Count” Bisping hopes to spoil the middleweight debut of the legendary ‘Axe Murderer’, Wanderlei Silva. For more information on the Ultimate Fighting Championship or UFC 110 visit http://www.UFC.com.

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Australian fighter George Sotiropoulos who will be taking on Joe Stevenson at UFC 110 in Sydney, has written an diary for Yahoo 7, as he prepares for his bout on the main card. The diary can be available at Yahoo 7 (in the cricket section?).

In the article Sotiropoulos comments “He’s (Stevenson) a ‘name’ fighter and one of the guys in the upper echelons of the UFC’s lightweight division. He has lots of experience behind him and is recognised by all mixed martial arts fans. A win over Stevenson brings me closer to becoming the first Aussie to ever get a title shot in the UFC”.

It was Elvis Sinosic who had the honour of becoming not only the first Australian to win in the UFC but also the first fighter to get a title shot in the UFC, when he faced and lost to Tito Ortiz at UFC 32 in June 2001. For Sotiropoulos a win over Stevenson will definitely put him in the mix for a title shot, however the shot might be some distance away with numerous fighters lining up to take away the belt from current champion, BJ Penn. Can anyone actually take it from Penn is another question.

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Brace For War traveled up north to Townsville, where the promotion held a sold out show at the Jupiters Casino on Saturday night. In the main event, Luke Hume defeated Edwin Arana via a majority decision after three rounds of fighting in the featherweight division. The win was Hume’s second victory in just over a month.

The semi-main event featured welterweight fighter Ryan Yanz put on a dominating performance to defeat Ryan Byrne via a first round TKO, 52 seconds into the fight.

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Video produced by MMA documentarian Bobby Razek and entrepreneur Mark Ecko in the hope of getting the sport of MMA legalised in New York and Toronto. Hopefully Victorian officials also take note and realise what an uneducated decision it was to prohibit MMA to take place within a cage in the state of Victoria.

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UFC 110 participant Michael Bisping will be giving readers of The Daily Telegraph a weekly diary as he prepares for his bout against Wanderlei Silva in Sydney, February 21.

According to his first article, Bisping (who is engaged to an Aussie girl and whose kids have Australian passports) pleaded to UFC president Dana White about getting a fight in Australia. Bisping also speaks about his training and his opponent, Wanderlei ‘The Axe Murderer’ Silva who will come into the fight after a close decision lost to Rich Franklin at UFC 99 in Germany, June 2009.

The Daily Telegraph also announced that Bisping will be available for a live webchat when he arrived in Sydney. The diaries can be read every Tuesday.

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Australian MMA fighter and CFC champion Jamie TeHuna, has been officially announced as the final Australian on “UFC 110 Australia”. Jamie will be fighting Croatian fighter Igor Pokrajac in the event’s first undercard bout. Te Huna will be fighting easily the best LHW he has ever faced, Pokrajac’s only loss in the last nine fights coming in a tightly contested fight with former IFL champion and LHW UFC title contender, Vladimir Matyushenko. The announcement of this bout completes the event card now, barring any last minute injuries. Come join in on the official event discussion thread, in the forum HERE

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Ian Bone has a MMA Fight record of 7-3-0 with wins over some very tough Australian fighters including Jon leven, Scott Benson, Tony Ourico and most recently a win over Sam Fiamatai on Rize 3 in Brisbane. Ian is a tough fighter who can finish fights with strikes or submissions, 2009 was a busy year for Ian with a lot of fights and he took some time out from training to talk to us about it.

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Brian Ebersole was well known in the States where he fought some big name fighters, he came to Australia several years ago and since then has been training people and fighting on the Australian Scene. He has beaten some of the best in the country including Jon Valuri, Gordon Graf, Dylan Andrews and Ian Schaffa. His only losses in Australia came by Hector Lombard and Kyle Noke who are now both fighting professionally in the States. 2009 was an interesting year for Brian with quite a bit of controversy surrounding him, he agreed to tell his side of the story and hopefully clear up a few things for the people at infinitemma.com

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Tony Bonello looks to be making a return to MMA after an almost two year absence from the sport. Bonello will be fighting for the first title on offer, in King Of The Cage’s newly created Cruiserweight division (205lb’s-230lb’s). After making a quiet yet full return to the MMA scene late in 2008, following the EliteXC ownership disaster, the progressive King Of The Cage promotion have been making big promotional progress, with the company successfully expanding itself in to Canada and Japan, with plans of possibly expanding to Singapore next. Tony has yet to officially have his opponent named, but the title fight will take place on Febuary 12, 2010 King Of The Cage event, held at the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, New Mexico, USA.

A win for Bonello would see him become the third Australian to currently own an International MMA title belt, joining Bellator champ Hector Lombard and Shooto Champ, Xavier Lucas. For event updates and discussion on Bonello and his KOTC title bout, head in to the forum area HERE and feel free to discuss.

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The fight between Australian fighter Adrian Pang and Korea’s Nam Yui-Chul was declared a majority draw at the inaugural Legend Fighting Championships in Hong Kong. Pang was upbeat and had this to say after his performance “I thought the fight was good. He hit me in the eye early and after that it swelled, so it was harder for me to judge the distance. I was slower to get started. Nam is tough and very strong. It was a great experience to fight in Hong Kong”.

Dylan Andrews was also unable to get a decision, as his fight against Mongolian Dorjderem Munkhbayasgalan was declared a no-contest due to an intential foul by the Mongolian, the press release from Legend FC claimed. Matt Cain did what he had to do against Thai fighter Arthit Hanchana, as Cain took his opponent to the ground and forced the tap in round one. Michael Mortimer was not as lucky as young 18 year-old Korean Jo Nam Jin submitted the Australian fighter with a triangle choke in round one in the Bantamweight division. Kenny Yeung representing Hong Kong, but training out of the Team Nemesis gym in Melbourne, beat Khuukenkhuu Amartuvshin via TKO.

In the co-headline bout, Zhao Zilong of China triumphed over Vicente Pajaro from the Philippines via a first round TKO. In other results on the card All Japan Jiu Jitsu winner Takuma Wakabayashi beat former World Wushu Champion Yang Jianping of China. Korea’s Kwon A-Sol won a judges decision against Japan’s Masay Doi.

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