After all the drama that went down last week on TNA Impact, what would the fallout be leading into the Destination X PPV?  Find out what went down last night on Spike TV: Backstage: Hulk Hogan, Abyss, Jeff Hardy & Rob Van Dam arrive at the Impact Zone in a Hummer. Ric Flair & AJ Styles come [...]

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It is officially official golf fans! The news we had all hoped that we would hear has came down, and that is that Tiger Woods will return to Augusta on April 8 to the play the Masters. While I am certainly ecstatic at this news, there can’t be a happier man on the planet right [...]

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Undefeated heavyweight Roger Gracie (2-0) will be making his Strikeforce debut on May 15 against mixed martial arts veteran Kevin “The Monster” Randleman (17-14). News of the bout was reported earlier today by GRACIEMAG.com.

“I should head to New York about three weeks before it, to do prep-work at Renzo’s academy,” said the Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt and current world absolute champion.

The May 15 Strikeforce event will take place in St. Louis, Missouri and will feature the return of heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem as he puts his title on the line against Brett Rogers in the main event.

Two more rumored matches for the fight card include a heavyweight scrap between UFC veteran Andrei Arlovski and American Top Team’s Antonio Silva as well as Lyle Beerbohm vs. Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro.

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This week on Ring of Honor on HDNet, the Television Title Tournament continues with two more first round match ups.  Who will advance and who will kiss their chances goodbye with a loss?  Find out right here, right now: Video Package: Last week, Jim Cornette announces a Triple Threat match for the ROH World Title at [...]

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President of the Cleveland Browns, Mike Holmgren, has been cleaning house since taking over the organization. Over the weekend, Holmgren and the Browns got rid of both quarterbacks — Brady Quinn (traded to Denver) and Derek Anderson — as well as trading outside linebacker Kamerion Wimbley. Cleveland then added quarterbacks Seneca Wallace and Jake Delhomme.

Three of the four first-round picks by former Browns general manager Phil Savage are no longer with the team.

At a press conference on Monday, Holmgren mentioned that he may not be done adding quarterbacks to the roster just yet. Cleveland holds the seventh-overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft.

There is also another possibility.

Mary Kay Cabot, beat writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, tweeted that Holmgren said he’ll consider drafting a quarterback in the seventh pick, or even possibly trading up. It also said that Holmgren likes former Oklahoma Sooner signal-caller Sam Bradford.

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These are Josh Sanchez’s prospect rankings for the 2010 NFL Draft. This is not a mock draft. It is a ranking of best players available. Be sure to check back in frequently as this list is constantly updated.

Rank	Player	Player’s Position	Player’s School
1.	Ndamukong Suh	Defensive Tackle	Nebraska
2.	Gerald McCoy	Defensive Tackle	Oklahoma
3.	Eric Berry	Safety	Tennessee
4.	Russell Okung	Offensive Tackle	Oklahoma State
5.	Dez Bryant	Wide Receiver	Oklahoma State
6.	Jason Pierre-Paul	Defensive End	South Florida
7.	Anthony Davis	Offensive Tackle	Rutgers
8.	Joe Haden	Cornerback	Florida
9.	Derrick Morgan	Defensive End	Georgia Tech
10.	C.J. Spiller	Running Back	Clemson
11.	Sergio Kindle	Outside Linebacker	Texas
12.	Trent Williams	Offensive Tackle	Oklahoma
13.	Earl Thomas	Safety	Texas
14.	Bryan Bulaga	Offensive Tackle	Iowa
15.	Sean Weatherspoon	Outside Linebacker	Missouri
16.	Rolando McClain	Inside Linebacker	Alabama
17.	Mike Iupati	Offensive Guard	Idaho
18.	Dan Williams	Defensive Tackle	Tennessee
19.	Golden Tate	Wide Receiver	Notre Dame
20.	Sam Bradford	Quarterback	Oklahoma
21.	Taylor Mays	Safety	Southern Cal
22.	Carlos Dunlap	Defensive End	Florida
23.	Ryan Mathews	Running Back	Fresno State
24.	Brian Price	Defensive Tackle	UCLA
25.	Jermaine Gresham	Tight End	Oklahoma
26.	Brandon Graham	Outside Linebacker	Michigan
27.	Everson Griffen	Defensive End	Southern Cal
28.	Jimmy Clausen	Quarterback	Notre Dame
29.	Vladimir Ducasse	Offensive Tackle	Massachusetts
30.	Kyle Wilson	Cornerback	Boise State
31.	Bruce Campbell	Offensive Tackle	Maryland
32.	Maurkice Pouncey	Center	Florida

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So there are some times where I’m at a loss for what to post, and there are some days when I just want to be a lazy SOB and don’t really want to hassle writing a full article for the site.  It’s tough when you’re the only guy posting, but this site is very much [...]

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Roger “El Matador” Huerta (20-3-1, 1 NC) was released by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The lightweight fighter was not a free agent for long, as MMA Junkie is reporting that Huerta has signed with the Bellator Fighting Championships. He will be part of the eight-man lightweight tournament.

Per the report:

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight Roger Huerta is set to test his mettle in Bellator Fighting Championships’ season two eight-man lightweight tournament.

Sources close to the situation confirmed to MMAjunkie.com that the popular lightweight received his formal release from the UFC this week, which opened the door to finalize a deal with the upstart promotion.

Bellator has called a video press conference for Monday at 3 p.m. ET that will stream live at Bellator.com.

Huerta is coming off of back to back losses to top UFC lightweights Kenny Florian and Gray Maynard. Prior to those two losses, you had to go back to 2004 for Huerta’s last loss. After the loss, Huerta rattled off five straight victories before receiving a no contest against Melvin Guillard. Following the Guillard loss, Huerta then put together an eleven fight win streak.

“El Matador” become a very popular fighter during his time in the UFC. He was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated along with Leonard Garcia in what was a “Fight of the Year” candidate in 2007.

Huerta’s signing brings some more name recognition to Bellator, whose tournaments will be nationally broadcast of Fox Sports. The winner of the lightweight tournament is expected to receive a title shot against current champion Eddie Alvarez at the end of season two.

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Reports circulated earlier today that Rich “Ace” Franklin would be headlining UFC 115 in Montreal against Chuck Liddell. MMAjunkie.com had reported that Tito Ortiz, who was set to face Liddell after season 11 of The Ultimate Fighter, was forced to leave taping of the show before it ended. As a result, Franklin stepped in to finish coaching and that is where the Liddell-Franklin talks started.

The rumored Liddell vs. Franklin match is false.

Dana White took to his Twitter account to make sure fans new the true story.

“Not true,” said White. “We are doing Couture vs. Franklin, not Chuckl.” White also added that “nothing happened to Tito” and that he and Tito are “cool.”

Couture is coming off of back to back wins against Brandon Vera and UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman. Franklin is looking to get back to his winning ways as he has gone 1-2 in his last three fights. Franklin has been tested harder than any other fighter in the UFC over that stretch facing off against legends Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva, and Vitor Belfort.

UFC 115 is scheduled to take place on June 12th at the GM Place in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Couture vs. Franklin will be the headliner while other notable fighters like Mirko Cro Cop, Wanderlei Silva, and Gilbert Yvel will grace the card.

Here is the current card for UFC 115 in Vancouver:

MAIN CARD

* Randy Couture vs. Rich Franklin*
* Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Wanderlei Silva
* Patrick Barry vs. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic
* Ben Rothwell vs. Gilbert Yvel
* Evan Dunham vs. Tyson Griffin

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Martin Kampmann vs. Paulo Thiago
* Mac Danzig vs. Matt Wiman
* Carlos Condit vs. Rory MacDonald
* Jesse Lennox vs. Mike Pyle
* Peter Sobotta vs. James Wilks
* Claude Patrick vs. TBA

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According to a report from MMA Madness, three prominent fighters from Arizona Combat Sports have left the team.

Undefeated middleweight Aaron Simpson (7-0), The Ultimate Fighter season 7 alum C.B. Dollaway (10-2), and TUF 8 winner Ryan Bader (11-0) have all left the gym.

The report says:

Based on information received from sources close to the situation, Ryan Bader, CB Dolloway and Aaron Simpson have left Arizona Combat Sports. Simpson responded via text, stating, “It’s all up in the air right now. I can’t say exactly, but I’m hoping to have news in a couple of weeks.”

The move by the three UFC competitors and Arizona State alums comes at a curious time as all are coming off the biggest wins of their careers. Bader defeated Keith Jardine via third round TKO at UFC 110, Dolloway took home a unanimous decision that same night against Goran Reljic and Simpson defeated Tom Lawlor at UFC Fight Night 20 in January.

The reason for the trios departure is currently unknown, but former WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner responded to the news on the popular mixed martial arts forum, The Underground.

“I’ve been at AZ combat for 6 years now this gym builds fighters from the ground up,” stated Varner. “None of those guys would be where they are with out there training partners and the Lallys! Some douche bags like to talk [expletive], but our gym is battle tested and proven! When riggs left he started losing and got cut from the UFC. When Fickett got kicked out, he started losing and got kicked out of the UFC!”

Varner added, “I’m very interested to see what happens with those guys I wish them nothing but the best in there careers, but they made a HUGE mistake!”

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