Just in case you're down in Miami, check out Team Nogueira MMA. It's the gym that Big Nog, and Lil Nog (Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and little brother Antonio Roegrio Nogueira), along with Anderson Silva, set up.

Here's what they have to offer:

- 15,000 sq. ft. air conditioned facility - 3,000 plus sq. ft. of tatame mats - Separate rooms for private training

- Full Showers and Locker Rooms - For Men & Women - Designated weightlifting area

- Cardiovascular machines

- Multiple heavy bags, Muay Thai bags, speed & double end bags

- Plyometric training equipment - Octagon cage

- Pro Shop

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Daryn Jones, a comedian with Canada's MTV Live, decided he would make fun of Bas' self-defense videos, you know the ones where he goes "dangada-dangada-dang!" and "Don't -you-ever-do-that-again" as he slams some poor sap's head into a table.

Bas caught wind of it and put up a video response:

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from mmaweekly.com:
It has been nine months since K.J. Noons surprised many in the mixed martial arts world, winning the EliteXC 160-pound divisional title with a TKO stoppage of Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Nick Diaz following the first round of their championship bout.

Noons followed up his title-winning performance with an impressive first round TKO finish of another UFC veteran in Yves Edwards.

Over that same span, Diaz has strung together a three-fight victorious streak, stopping Katsuya Inoue, Muhsin Corbbrey, and Thomas Denny, all by TKO. Now his camp is clambering for a rematch.

"His win over Thomas Denny was a crucial test for him. He needed to prove he could make weight and pass California's stringent anti-marijuana drug policy. Diaz easily made weight and passed the drug test," said a recent post on GracieFighter.com, a site operated by Diaz' trainer Cesar Gracie. "His recent wins have convinced EliteXC that his next fight should be a rematch with K.J. Noons at the Oct. 4 CBS show. However, it is still unclear if K.J.'s camp will take the fight."

Apparently there isn't that much of a cloud over Noons' camp after all. According to EliteXC vice president Jared Shaw, the promotion has tried to make the fight happen and wants it to happen as part of the Oct. 4 event, but to no avail.

"Nick Diaz is the No. 1 contender. K.J. Noons should step up and be the champion that we think he is and take this fight. Nick Diaz will take this fight any place, anywhere," Shaw told MMAWeekly.com. "(Noons' management) won't even return our calls.

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from ufc.com:
New York , NY , August 18, 2008 - They come from all over the globe, spanning Brooklyn to Israel , including far-off locales such as Russia , Nova Scotia , England , and Hawaii . Their diverse backgrounds range from a former Division 1 college football player to a CIA recruiter and include the brother of "The Ultimate Fighter 2" winner.

For these 32 up-and-coming mixed martial arts fighters, there is one goal, to win a six-figure contract with the preeminent mixed martial arts organization in the world, The Ultimate Fighting Championship.®

Season eight of Spike TV's wildly successful original series, "The Ultimate Fighter," premieres Wednesday, September 17 at 10:00pm ET/PT, with 16 lightweights (155lbs) and 16 light heavyweights (205lbs) under the watchful eye of the coaches interim UFC heavyweight champion, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir.

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Diego Sanchez vs. Thiago Alves

Anderson Silva vs. Patrick Cote

Even though this event doesn't happen until October, the UFC held a press conference anyway. Good thing it - word is Alves is at 200 and needs to cut to 30. Sounds like fun to me.

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Showed up recently at a Tony Hawk benefit.

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Sherdog member "TanMan" started a thread on sherdog.com about MMA's current win streaks:

Fedor Emelianenko (WAMMA heavyweight champion)
26 Fight Win Streak

Paulo Filho (WEC middlewieght champion)
16 Fight Win Streak

Miguel Torres (WEC bantamweight champion)
15 Fight Win Streak

Lyoto Machida (top contender to UFC light heavyweight title)
13 Fight Win Streak

Thiago Silva (top contender to UFC light heavyweight title)
13 Fight Win Streak

Urijah Faber (WEC featherweight champion)
13 Fight Win Streak

Anderson Silva (UFC middleweight champion)
8 Fight Win Streak

TanMan writes: Anyways I have Thiago going down next. IMO Machida has better stand up, ground game, and game planning on his side. If Faber ever moves up I have him also

Ted's Take: TanMan forgot UFC light heavyweight Rashad Evans, who is fighting Chuck Liddell at UFC 88 - Breakthrough on Sept. 6. I say Rashad goes down first before anyone else on this list. I guess you could argue that Evans (11-0-1) does have a slight blemish on his record (a draw with Tito Ortiz), but he has yet to be defeated.

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