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		<title>Watch Gilbert Melendez Discuss last nights win over Josh Thomson</title>
		<link>http://mmavalor.com/2012/05/20/watch-gilbert-melendez-discuss-last-nights-win-over-josh-thomson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 20:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night the trilogy between Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez and Josh Thomson came to an end with the champion retaining his belt by the narrowest of margins. Inside the cage directly after the fight, Melendez would say he had a hard time getting motivated for the fight and that he was in a no win situation against the former champion, Thomson.]]></description>
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		<title>Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finale Live Results</title>
		<link>http://mmavalor.com/2012/05/19/strikeforce-heavyweight-grand-prix-finale-live-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day has finally arrived. Tonight the Strikeforce heavyweight Grand Prix will come to an end and Daniel Cormier and Josh Barnett take to the cage in the finals. Not only that but the often talked about Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson III will conclude the trilogy while inhabiting the night's co-main event.]]></description>
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		<title>Two fighters advance and Faber gets an opponent in TUF Live Episode 11</title>
		<link>http://mmavalor.com/2012/05/19/two-fighters-advance-and-faber-gets-an-opponent-in-tuf-live-episode-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 09:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Iaquinta]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest episode of TUF Live served up the second half of the quarterfinal round, as well as announced the new opponent for Urijah Faber at UFC 148. Thus far one fighter from each team has advanced into the semifinals as James Vick (Team Cruz) and Michael Chiesa (Team Faber) now await the other two semifinalists.]]></description>
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		<title>Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finale Weigh-in results and Pictures</title>
		<link>http://mmavalor.com/2012/05/18/strikeforce-heavyweight-grand-prix-finale-weigh-in-results-and-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 06:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Quinn Mulhern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fighters competing on Saturdays Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix finale all step on the scales today from the concourse inside the HP Pavillion in San Jose, California. All but one fighter made weight and lightweight James Terry only missed weight by a quarter pound as the athletic commission attempted to figure out the scale.]]></description>
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		<title>Jessica Aguilar shocks the WMMA Rankings at Bellator 69</title>
		<link>http://mmavalor.com/2012/05/18/jessica-aguilar-shocks-the-wmma-rankings-at-bellator-69/</link>
		<comments>http://mmavalor.com/2012/05/18/jessica-aguilar-shocks-the-wmma-rankings-at-bellator-69/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 04:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Wheeler (Contributor)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight’s Bellator 69 fight card showcased two of the best female fighters in the world, and it was an incredibly fun and close fight for fans worldwide to enjoy. Aguilar improved her MMA record to 14-4 and win streak to five, with her last loss a heavily disputed decision loss for Zoila Grugel. Fuji on the other hand dropped her second close decision loss in 27 fights taking her off the kingpin status of the straw weight division.]]></description>
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		<title>UFC 146 Heavyweights One-sided in their Strikeforce Grand Prix Final Predictions</title>
		<link>http://mmavalor.com/2012/05/18/ufc-146-heavyweights-one-sided-in-their-strikeforce-grand-prix-final-predictions/</link>
		<comments>http://mmavalor.com/2012/05/18/ufc-146-heavyweights-one-sided-in-their-strikeforce-grand-prix-final-predictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 19:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Antonio Silva]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With just over a week before the heavyweight takeover the UFC 146 main card, the Strikeforce heavyweights take center stage on Saturday as Strikeforce finally complete their heavyweight grand prix. Josh Barnett and Daniel Cormier will square off in the night’s main event to crown a Strikeforce grand prix champion in what is likely the promotions the second to last heavyweight bout.]]></description>
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		<title>The Betting Corner: Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Final</title>
		<link>http://mmavalor.com/2012/05/17/the-betting-corner-strikeforce-heavyweight-grand-prix-final/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hammersmith (Staff Writer)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As this train wreck of a Heavyweight Grand Prix comes to a close, it really helps you appreciate that Bellator can put on so many snag-free tournaments. Through a slew of injuries, both real and painfully fake, and a great deal of completely random alternates, we arrive at Josh Barnett vs. Daniel Cormier, with the winner being locked in the forever stasis of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Division.]]></description>
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		<title>Jessica Aguilar and Megumi Fujii put WMMA Spotlight on Bellator</title>
		<link>http://mmavalor.com/2012/05/16/jessica-aguilar-and-megumi-fujii-put-wmma-spotlight-on-bellator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Rose (Lead Staff Writer)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we think of American Women’s Mixed Martial Arts, usually it’s because Strikeforce has a big clash set up.  Be it Carano/Cyborg or Rousey/Tate, Strikeforce has been the home of WMMA of late.  However, Bellator has a fight this Friday night that is very intriguing to the Women’s MMA scene.  Jessica Aguilar faces off with Japanese legend, Megumi Fujii. ]]></description>
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		<title>Bellator 69 Main Card Breakdown</title>
		<link>http://mmavalor.com/2012/05/16/bellator-69-main-card-breakdown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hammersmith (Staff Writer)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Bellator’s Season Six winding down, we find ourselves with tournament finals, semi-finals, and a slew of tournament eliminators at Fridays Bellator 69. In the Middleweight bracket was have our finalists, Maiquel Falcao and Andreas Spang, who will then go on to face Alexander Schlemenko for the Bellator Title. On the Welterweight end of things, we have the last semi-final between David Rickels and Karl Amoussou, whom will then face Bryan Baker for the tournament championship.]]></description>
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		<title>Everybody Loves A Zombie at UFC on FUEL TV 3</title>
		<link>http://mmavalor.com/2012/05/15/everybody-loves-a-zombie-at-ufc-on-fuel-tv-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 05:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan MacDonald (Staff Writer)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight the world witnessed one of the best fights of the year Dustin Poirier and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung went four round in the main event of the UFC on FUEL TV 3. The fight would end a very solid night of fights that started on Facebook with six preliminary bouts before fans moved to FUEL TV for six more fights on the main card.]]></description>
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