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Bellator Fighting Championship’s latest event, Bellator 27 is already underway at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Tex. with the a couple of preliminary bouts.

The live Fox Sports Net broadcast will begin at 8 PM EST (5 PM PST) and will be shown on other FSN regional sports network affiliates. With the kickoff of the football season fans may have a hard time finding a broadcast.

The event is highlighted by a featherweight championship match between champ Joe Soto and season two featherweight tournament winner Joe Warren.

Here are the full Bellator 27 live ‘Quick Results’:

Superfight Bellator Featherweight Championship Bout: Joe Soto vs. Joe Warren

Bellator Season 3 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinals Travis Reddinger vs. Ulysses Gomez Zach Makovsky vs. Nick Mamalis Bryan Goldsby vs. Ed West

Non-Tournament bouts Middleweight bout: Andrew Craig vs. Rodrigo Pinheiro Lightweight bout: Aaron Barringer vs. Gilbert Jimenez Heavyweight bout: Dale Mitchell vs. Richard Odoms Welterweight bout: Joe Christopher vs. Andrew Chappelle Light-heavyweight bout: Jon Kirk def. Shane Faulkner via TKO – R3 @ 2:19 Featherweight bout: Steven Peterson def. Ernest de la Cruz via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

UFC 118: “Edgar vs. Penn 2,” which took place on Saturday, Aug. 28 from Boston has come and gone and now the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission has weighed in and issued their medical suspensions. Keep in mind that many of these suspensions can be ended sooner with doctor approval. Here’s the list:

Nick Osipczak: Suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact for precautionary reasons.

Greg Soto: Suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact for precautionary reasons.

Amilcar Alves: Suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact for precautionary reasons.

John Salter: Suspended 180 days due to a possible left hand fracture pending physician X-Rays. Minimum suspension would be 30 days with 21 days no contact.

Gabe Ruediger: Suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact for precautionary reasons.

Nate Diaz: Suspended 180 days due to a possible nasal fracture pending physician X-Rays. Minimum suspension would be 60 days with 60 days no contact.

Marcus Davis: Suspended indefinitely due to possible head trauma pending physician CT Scan. Minimum suspension would be 60 days with 30 days no contact.

Kenny Florian: Suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact for precautionary reasons.

Gray Maynard: Suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact for precautionary reasons.

Dan Miller: Suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact for precautionary reasons.

If you thought you’d never see the day again when Karo Parisyan rag dolls some dude to the Octagon floor, prepare to be jaw droppingly surprised. According to an initial report from MMA Fighting this afternoon, which has been subsequently confirmed by several other outlets, Parisyan will make his Octagon return on November 20^th, versus Dennis Hallman. Holy sh-t right?

Why? What’s the big deal MMA, but-not-hardcore, fans may be asking? Well after Parisyan withdrew last minute from his scheduled  UFC 106 bout with Dustin Hazelett, Dana White promptly announced that the judo stud “will not be fighting Saturday or ever again in the UFC.” It was the last straw in a series of events for the troubled fighter, which included testing positive for painkillers, getting subsequently fined and suspended (and another last minute fight withdrawal). Things weren’t looking so good in the fighting career of Parisyan, who at one point before having serious setbacks due to injuries, sat near the top of the welterweight division.

Anyways, after earning a win ‘down under’ in Australia recently and consistently stating his desire publicly to return to the UFC, it looks like Parisyan has gotten his wish. If you still haven’t seen his Fight Night 6 bout with Diego Sanchez, you should feel huge amounts of instantaneous shame, and then go find footage. Anyone asked Paul Daley yet what he makes of all this?

Former WEC light heavyweight champion Doug "Rhino" Marshall returns to the venue that gave birth to his MMA career to take on "The Ultimate Fighter 11" cast member Kyacey Uscola under the Tachi Palace Fights banner. Marshall and Uscola meet in the main event of "Tachi Palace Fights 6: High Stakes" on Sept. 9 at The Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, Calif. The card also features a co-main event between former WEC lightweight champ "Razor" Rob McCullough and "The Ultimate Fighter 5" cast member Corey Hill, as well as a middleweight title fight between current champion Anthony Ruiz and challenger Leopoldo Serao.

Thiago Alves will look to get back into the welterweight title hunt when he’s expected to return to action against John Howard at “UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2” on December 11 in Montreal, Canada, according to MMAjunkie.

Alves (17-7) won seven-straight before coming up short against champ Georges St-Pierre last July, then was sidelined for more than a year before dropping a rematch to fellow contender Jon Fitch in August.

Alves failed to make weight for UFC 117 and Dana White wanted Alves to move up to middleweight, but the UFC President offered him one last chance at 170-pounds.

Howard (14-5) began his UFC career with four-straight wins over the likes of Dennis Hallman and Daniel Roberts, but was battered en route to a third-round doctor’s stoppage at the hands of Jake Ellenberger last month.

The UFC 124 fight card is headlined by welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre vs. opposing TUF 12 coach Josh Koscheck.

For the latest UFC 124 news and UFC 124 rumors stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.

BTT head coach Murilo Bustamante helps Rousimar Toquinho in his preparations for Nate Marquardt, to take place at the September 15 UFN 22 show.

At forty three years of age, and still in activity, Bustamante is in shape, training hard with the young men on his team just setting out to blaze their trails in MMA.

The Carlson Gracie disciple’s techniques, too, are up to date, as GRACIEMAG.com readers can tell from the position Bustamante teaches exclusively: an omoplata variation for the armbar.

Check it out and learn:

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At UFC 118, which took place last Saturday in Boston, the main event was between Frank Edgar and BJ Penn, in a lightweight title dispute. Nevertheless, the biggest payout didn’t go to the participants in that bout.

Nor did the heftiest paycheck go to Randy Couture, a hall-of-famer and one of the biggest idol of the sport in the USA. The fattest check was James Toney’s, the boxing champion who made his first appearance in MMA. Just three minutes and nineteen seconds in the octagon, during which time the fighter succumbed to a snug arm-triangle choke by Couture – read, not much work –, was enough for the pugilist to pocket five hundred thousand dollars.

Check out the payouts for the last UFC event:

Frankie Edgar: US$96,000 B.J. Penn: US$150,000

Randy Couture: US$250,000 def. James Toney: US$500,000

Demian Maia: US$68,000 Mario Miranda: US$8,000

Gray Maynard: US$46,000 Kenny Florian: US$65,000

Nate Diaz: US$60,000 + US$60, 00 (best fight) Marcus Davis: US$31,000 + US$60, 00 (best fight)

Joe Lauzon: US$24,000 + US$60, 00 (best submission) Gabe Ruediger: US$8,000

Nik Lentz: US$22,000 Andre Winner: US $10,000

Dan Miller: US$30,000 John Salter: US $8,000

Greg Soto: US$12,000 Nick Osipczak: US$10,000

Mike Pierce: US$24,000 Amilcar Alves: US$6,000

There was no best knockout prize, as there were no knockouts at the event.

Rodrigo Minotauro carries on strong in his recovery from two surgical procedures he recently underwent that kept him out of his fight with Frank Mir, at UFC 119. The fighter is already taking his first steps without the aid of a crutch and even took the time to watch The Expendables, the movie in which he had a role playing alongside Sylvester Stallone and a number of other fighters, like Randy Couture.

“According to Stallone, fighters have mean faces and would be perfect as red berets! I just watched it; it’s great,” he said over twitter, breaking his down the experience as an actor.

“My brother and I were in three scenes in the movie. I call the general at the start, speaking in perfect Spanish! Hehehe! The red berets were all fighters,” recounted the fighter, then heaping praise on Randy Couture.

“Couture performed really well in the film. He has charisma and a future as an actor. Good world, Captain America!”

Watch, in the video below, Minotauro getting back to his roots. In a Jiu-Jitsu training session with Eduardo Telles, Minotauro trains and comments on the importance of the gi in MMA.

“The gi is the foundation for everything. Your game gets tighter, whether in defense or attack,” he professes.

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Well, you can't always get what you want. One day after Thiago Alves welcomed a fight with Mike Pierce, who on Tuesday called him out on MMAjunkie.com Radio, the former contender is now expected to meet John Howard at UFC 124. Sources close to the event today told MMAjunkie.com that verbal agreements are in place and contracts will be sent out shortly.

Hmm, looks like Hunt is taking his fight in the UFC seriously as he looks quite a bit fitter than usual. While not official Hunt is expected to take on Sean McCorkle at UFC 119 on September 25. (Source)

Props: Strikeforce

Quoteworthy:

"I'm super excited about the opportunity, and I think it's a great thing for me. To be in the Strikeforce main event on Showtime, to be in line to be a two-time, two-division world champion, and getting to beat Nick again in the process... I couldn't ask for a better fight. I already got one up on Nick. I beat the crap out of the guy. He's had a good run, and there's a lot of build-up for this rematch. We've both improved, this is a different weight class now, he's gotten better, I've gotten better, it's a different situation. But at the end of the day, I'm a true mixed martial artist, I have respect for the sport, and I am a good role model... Nick's good for entertainment, but I come from a family of fighters. I started early, and I have respect for martial arts. It teaches you discipline, how to become a good person, and I feel that I am. On October 9, I'm fighting a guy that, if I had a kid, I wouldn't want him looking up to. He's a trash-talking, pot-smoking chump. It's motivation for sure [to be fighting near Diaz's hometown]. I love being the underdog. Even when I'm not, I still try to picture myself as the underdog so I train harder and push myself. Nick says he's bringing his guys, but so am I. They're going to need to beef up security. This is beyond a grudge match. I'm going to light him up like a Christmas tree. He's going to have to kill me to [to beat me]. It's very personal."

With the grudge match three years in the making between K.J. Noons and Nick Diaz set for October 9 in San Jose, California, it leaves us just over a month to enjoy the pre-fight verbal assaults that are sure to be fired between the two combatants. First shot comes courtesy of Mr. Noons, who holds nothing back calling Diaz a "pot-smoking chump" who is gonna "get lit up like a Christmas tree." K.J also asserts that Nick will have to kill him to defeat him. I'm sure Diaz would have no problem obliging him there. Thoughts on the match up? Does Noons make it 2-0 against the current Strikeforce welterweight champ? Or, will Diaz get the revenge he so desperately craves?

If an early childhood choice had gone another direction, Germaine De Randamie might've become a danger. Instead, she turned to something no less focused on movement but a touch more violent. "When I was 8, my mother said I could choose between dancing and kickboxing," De Randamie told MMAjunkie.com. "I went to the first kickboxing class, and I never even made it to dancing. I told her I had found what I wanted to do."

Former featherweight champ Urijah Faber will make his anticipated bantamweight debut against Takeya Mizugaki in the main event of WEC 52.

The WEC 52 fight card takes place on Nov. 11 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas and also features the return of former bantamweight champ Brian Bowles against Wagnney Fabiano, according to Sportsnet.

For the latest WEC 52 news and WEC 52 rumors stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.

Pictured: Urijah Faber

Props: Bellator

Quoteworthy:

"I think I'm a lot better rounded that he is. This isn't a wrestling, this is MMA. We don't know whose wrestling is going to be better until we get in there. I'm more well rounded - I'm going to kick his ass. It's going to take a different opponent for me to lose this belt - not Joe Warren. I've grown a lot in this sport, but I feel like I haven't gotten the opportunity to use all of my tools. Maybe Joe Warren will push me to use all of those tools. It would suck to lose to him; I never want to lose to a dirt bag like that."

With Bellator 27 set to take place tonight from the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas, the promotion recently distributed a few quality quotes from their current featherweight champion Joe Soto. And by quality I mean unfiltered thoughts designed to get a rise out of challenger Joe Warren. Soto will put his title and undefeated record up against Warren who burst onto the MMA scene with his upset of "Kid" Yamamoto at DREAM.9 last year. Let's get some predictions on this intriguing battle of wrestlers.

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Let's try this again.

After Urijah Faber was forced to pull out of his bantamweight debut against Takeya Mizugaki at WEC 50 last month because of a knee injury, the promotion has rescheduled the bout for WEC 52, which is set to go down on November 11 from The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.

MMA Weekly confirmed the news earlier today.

Faber was recently pushed out of the 145-pound weight class by reigning division champion Jose Aldo. Aside from a Jens Pulver submission win, "The California Kid" dropped consecutive fights to his temporary successor Mike Brown, first at WEC 36 and then again at WEC 41.

His frame may be better served at 135-pounds, but don't expect any liberties from Mizugaki.

The rugged Japanese brawler made a name for himself in his promotion debut, giving then-champion Miguel Torres all he could handle for five rounds in the main event of WEC 40 back in April 2009.

Since that loss, Mizugaki has gone 2-1 for the promotion, defeating Jeff Curran (WEC 42) and Rani Yahya (WEC 48) but losing on points to Scott Jorgensen at WEC 45. A convincing win over a "name" like Faber could possibly get him right back into contention.

Keep it locked to MMAmania.com for more news on WEC 52 as it breaks.

As it turns out, UFC president Dana White believes in second, or maybe third, chances. Nine months after White gave Karo Parisyan his walking papers, the welterweight veteran is octagon bound once again for a meeting with Dennis Hallman at UFC 123. Although not officially announced by the promotion, UFC 123 is expected to take place Nov. 20 at Palace of Auburn Hills in suburban Michigan.

Half-a-million dollars may sound like small potatoes to fans accustomed with the enormous payouts main event boxers often receive but in the case of Mixed Martial Arts it stands out as being one of the top per-fight salaries in the sport’s history. Those worlds collided earlier today when it was announced iconic boxer James Toney received an event-high $500,000 for his lackluster loss to former UFC double-divisional champ Randy Couture this past weekend at UFC 118 in Boston. Toney’s salary netted him more than $153,000 per minute spent in the Octagon and accounted for more than a third of the fully disclosed payroll.

Couture, by comparison, earned $250,000 for the first-round pummeling without any reported “win bonus” involved.

Their salaries were released earlier today along with the remainder of the card by the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission and reported by MMAWeekly.

The full list of salary results can be found below:

Mike Pierce – $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Amilcar Alves – $6,000 Greg Soto – $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Nick Osipczak – $10,000 Dan Miller – $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. John Salter – $8,000 Nik Lentz – $22,000 (includes $11,000 win bonus) def. Andre Winner - $10,000 Joe Lauzon – $84,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus, $60,000 “Submission of the Night” bonus) def. Gabe Ruediger – $8,000 Nate Diaz – $120,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus, $60,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus) def. Marcus Davis – $91,000 (includes $60,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus) Gray Maynard – $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus) def. Kenny Florian – $65,000 Demian Maia – $68,000 (includes $34,000 win bonus) def. Mario Miranda – $8,000 Randy Couture – $250,000 def. James Toney – $500,000 Frankie Edgar – $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus) def. B.J. Penn – $150,000

A bantamweight contest between former champion Brian Bowles and Nova Uniao submission ace Wagnney Fabiano has been targeted for WEC 52. MMAjunkie.com has confirmed with sources close to the event that verbal agreements are in place for the contest and bout agreements are expected to be finalized shortly. News of the matchup was first reported by SportsNet.ca. While the event has yet to be officially announced, MMAjunkie.com has learned that WEC 52 is expected to take place Nov. 11 at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Season Two tournament winner Ben Askren will fight current Bellator 170-pound champion Lyman Good on at Bellator 33 on October 21st in Philadelphia according to a post on the former Olympian’s Twitter account.

In addition to confirming the fight, he also sent a clear message to Good, saying, “Kansas city, Philly, or your back yard, it does not matter to me where we fight I am still taking your belt.”

Askren earned his crack at Good’s title after beating Dan Hornbuckle this past June at Bellator 22 and walking away the promotion’s second welterweight tournament champ (Good being the first). The 26-year old is 6-0 in his career and will face a fellow undefeated fighter in the form of his opposition this October.

Bellator 33 will mark Good’s return to the ring after nearly a year-long layoff from action. The 10-0 New Yorker has not fought since winning the Bellator welterweight strap by defeating Omar de la Cruz via TKO a little over ninety seconds into their bout at Bellator 11 in June 2009.

In addition to Good’s title defense against Askren, Bellator 33 will also feature the much-anticipated clash between top lightweights Roger Huerta and Eddie Alvarez, a slew of talented local fighters, and a few yet-to-be-named main card match-ups.