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Massachusetts has become the 42nd state in the country to bring regulated mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions, including Ultimate Fighting® Championship® (UFC®) events, to thousands of Bay State fans. The Massachusetts Legislature recently passed a bill that would allow the Department of Public Safety to oversee regulation of the popular sport in the state.

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Massachusetts has become the 42nd state in the country to bring regulated mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions, including Ultimate Fighting® Championship® (UFC®) events, to thousands of Bay State fans. The Massachusetts Legislature recently passed a bill that would allow the Department of Public Safety to oversee regulation of the popular sport in the state.

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Dan Hardy gets the next shot at Georges St-Pierre’s UFC welterweight belt, but should Josh Koscheck get it instead?

That’s the question we posed in our latest MMAjunkie.com poll when we asked readers to select which of the two fighters is most deserving of the title shot.

Tens of thousands of votes were cast in the weekly poll, and one title hopeful narrowly edged the other.

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Mixed martial arts regulation is finally coming to Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick today signed into law a bill, versions
of which were previously approved by the House and Senate, that calls
for the Massachusetts State Boxing Commission to become the
Massachusetts State Athletic Commission and oversee MMA events.

The move opens the door for the UFC to host a long-anticipated event in Boston.

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Jake Rosholt will have to fight his way back to the UFC.

The middleweight fighter today confirmed the Ultimate Fighting Championship has dropped him from its roster of middleweight competitors.

The termination comes a week after Rosholt (6-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC), a three-time NCAA Division I national wrestling champion and four-time All-American, suffered a first-round submission loss to Kendall Grove at UFC 106.

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A long-rumored bout between King of the Cage world and Canadian 155-pound champion Rory MacDonald (9-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and 170-pound KOTC title-holder Mike “Joker” Guymon (11-2-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is now official for UFC Fight Night 20.

The welterweight bout is slated for the night’s un-aired preliminary card.

UFC Fight Night 20 takes place Jan. 11 at the Patriot Center on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
The main card airs on Spike TV.

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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – For better or worse, what people see of you on reality television is usually what they’ll base their opinions on. In some cases, that’s enough, because what comes through on the TV screen is pretty accurate. In the case of Shane Nelson though, what people saw on the eighth season of The Ultimate Fighter didn’t tell the whole story.

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It appears that the middleweight title bout between champion Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort will be pushed back a little  bit longer. The Brazilian bash was rumored to go down at UFC 108 on January 2nd, however was subsequently pushed back to UFC 109 due to complications with Silva’s recent elbow surgery. Now it looks like “The Spider” won’t be able to make that date either.

Silva had bone chips removed from his right elbow in October, however it hasn’t responded to the rehabilitation process as they expected. Word on the street is that Team Anderson has their sights set on an April return, but that would obviously depend on how the rest of his rehab goes.

“The Spider” is currently riding an 11-fight winning streak and was last seen slapping Forrest Griffin upside his melon at UFC 101. Before Belfort’s arrival, Silva has had a tough time finding 185-pound competition that would keep him motivated and hungry.

Speaking of motivated, Belfort, a former UFC light heavyweight champ himself, must have had a shot of adrenaline injected into his system after he was informed by UFC president Dana White that he had earned himself a shot at Silva’s strap following his impressive 1stRound knockout of Rich Franklin at UFC 102.

UFC 109 is slated to take place inside the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here are the fighters rumored to be participating on the card:

Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg
Rolles Gracie vs. Mostapha Al Turk
Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres
Renzo Gracie vs. Matt Hughes
Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller

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In our newest installment of HDNet Fights Video Vault, we take a look
at a recent welterweight bout between UFC veteran Pete Spratt and
fast-rising Nathan Gunn.

The undercard bout took place in early October and pitted the veteran
Spratt (19-13 at the time) against Gunn (7-0), the undefeated prospect
who hoped to claim the first signature victory of his young career.

Each week HDNet and MMAjunkie.com release a new and exclusive fight
from the ever-growing HDNet Fights video library. Stunning knockouts,
slick submissions, shocking finishes and legendary brawls are the norm
for this weekly feature. And Spratt vs. Gunn is no exception.

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Former UFC fighter and popular veteran Rich Clementi picked up a much-needed win over the weekend.

At Sunday’s Cage Wars event in Belfast, Northern Ireland, “The Ultimate Fighter 4″ cast member stopped Chris Stringer (5-10-1) via second-round submission with a triangle choke.

Clementi (34-15-1) had suffered three losses in four bouts prior to the win, which came at the 3:11 mark of the round.

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