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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="340" caption="Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images "][/caption] Oct. 24, 2009 marked a day of controversy in the world of mixed martial arts and The Ultimate Fighting Championship. Light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida came into Staples Center in Los Angeles on an impressive streak that included not having lost a round since making his UFC debut in 2007. That streak swiftly came to an end when he met ...

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="340" caption="Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images"][/caption] Randy Couture is a man that can be listed among the best fighters that the UFC has ever had the pleasure of having under contract. His credentials include, but are not limited to: being a three-time UFC Heavyweight Champion, being a two time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion (totaling 5 Championships, which is a UFC record), participating in the most UFC championship fights, being the first ...

    That depends on your priorities. Lying to the press is never a good idea. In the information age, falsehoods can come back to haunt you and severely undermine your credibility. Tell a lie before all of the facts are out and an enterprising reporter can make you pay. But that's actually not what happened with the UFC and the main event for UFC 115. The UFC was much more brazen. Rather than lie and work to cover up details they didn't want disseminated, the UFC deliberately went on the record in interviews in print, radio and online saying words and spreading messages they knew to be false. That means they actually incorporated the unwitting press into their ...

Taking heat from fans for not exactly telling the truth, TUF 11 coaches Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell have taken to Twitter to explain themselves for falsely pushing the idea that they will fight each other at UFC 115. Both fighters' defense for bending the truth were the requirement to sign non-disclosure agreements. "I haven't lied to anyone," Ortiz wrote. "I was told not to say "Anything"! Having a chance to be sued for $5 million was not a chance I wanted to take. So watch TUF 11 and see what happens. I was just doing what I was told, for once. Sorry!" Although he claims to have ...