Fighters to keep an eye on in 2013: Jacare Souza (Middleweight)

Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu wiz that transitioned into MMA.  He recently beat Ed Herman and will soon be fighting in the UFC.  UFC has not announced who he will be fighting next, but I am excited to see how he does.  His striking has improved greatly since joining Team Nogueira and training with the likes of Anderson Silva, Junior Dos Santos, Lil Nog etc..  He showed by knocking out Derek Brunson that he is not a one dimensional fighter anymore. 

Jones vs Belfort

I am glad UFC 151 got canceled.  This card actually looks good after the Jones vs Belfort got added to it.  Can't wait for Belfort to try his luck with getting the light heavy weight belt from Jon Jones.  The things he has going for him are his experience, heavy hands speed and the inside information from Rashad Evans from training with the Blackzilians team.  Michael Bisping and Brian Stann fight also probably will be exciting considering Bisping is a good kickboxer and Stann has some serious knockout power if he can land.  

One FC 5: Pride of a Nation and Edgar vs Aldo

Don't miss One FC 5 tonight featuring Arlovski vs Sylvia and Jens Pulver vs Eric Kelly, also Bibiano Fernandes vs Gustavo Galciroli and finally Edward Folayang vs Felipe Enomoto!

In other news, out of nowhere, Erik Koch got injured, so instead we will get Frankie Edgar to fight Jose Aldo instead!  I don't think anyone will be complaining about this switch.  UFC 153 in Brazil is looking really good.  There will be Story vs Maia, Davis vs Prado, Silva vs Fitch, Rampage vs Glover Teixeira and of course the main event Edgar vs Aldo!  The Brazilian crowd gets a real treat!

Machida and Shogun turn down Jones, Vitor Belfort to fight Jon Jones

Last few days have been crazy in terms of who is supposed to fight Jon Jones.  First Jones turned down Chael Sonnen and UFC reported Machida was fighting Jones on September 22.  I even saw the new poster for the event.  I woke up this morning and saw the online MMA community talking about Jones fighting Belfort.  Apparently Shogun and Machida refused to fight the champion on a short notice, so they asked old school Belfort, who immediately agreed.  I like this match up even though it might be a tough uphill battle for Belfort.  With amazing talent in his hands and newly acquired Karate style, Belfort might actually pull an upset.  Jones will probaby be favored to win, but better to see a new face try their luck against Jones.

Below is MMA Digest on the news:

Almost Breaking News: Is Dan Henderson Injured?

A little over week before a very anticipated fight between legend killer Dan Henderson and Jon Jones, it appears that Henderson might be injured.  MMA writer Jeremy Botter and UFC fighter turned fight analyst, Kenny Florian tweeted:

Jeremy Botter@jeremybotter

If what I'm hearing is correct, UFC 151 may be in desperate need of a main event. And that sucks.

Kenny Florian

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@kennyflorian

Hearing that we may have some disappointed @ufc fans soon due to some unfortunate circumstances for an upcoming card

Dangerous Dan tweeted back, but let's see what the UFC announces anytime soon.

Dan Henderson

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@danhendo

Just got done with a great training session with the boys.@CyrilleDiabate @tarecfighter @heathlsims @RFBJJ@rockholdMMA

SFL Challengers Episode 2 and 3

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SFL Challengers Episode One

 Dear fight fans:

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