To quote DJ Lance Rock of Yo Gabba Gabba!: "Hello, friends!"� Since Maggie Hendricks is off to the faraway kingdom of Canada for a blogger conference, I will be manning the wheel at CAGEWRITER today.� And what a day it shall be!� An installment of the UFC on FX is tonight, as is the opening round of Bellator's latest heavyweight tournament, plus there are weigh-ins for the all-female show Invicta FC (which will be broadcast for free on the Internet tomorrow night).� That's a lot of MMA right there.� So much so, in fact, that I'm going to give you a news roundup chock full of relevant tidbits ? you know, as like hors d'oeuvre or an appetizer or something ? to get you ready for tonight's selection of entrees.
- Longtime UFC fighter Dennis Hallman was supposed to fight Thiago Tavares in a lightweight bout scheduled for the Fuel TV-portion of tonight's UFC, but the fatty from Olympia, WA, failed to make weight.� The good news is both fighters were paid their "show" and "win" money; the bad news is that Hallman claimed personal problems at home led to this unfortunate turn of events, and he got the axe.� Oh well.� The dude's fought in the Octagon nine times in a career that began in 1996.� I'd say he's accomplished a lot and gone as far as he's going to go, fighting-wise.� Let him eat those cheeseburgers with impunity.
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- Everyone else on the UFC on FX: "Browne vs. Bigfoot" card made weight.� Here's video.� Everyone made weight for Bellator tonight, too.
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- MMAFighting scribe and ace basketball player Mike Chiappetta wrote this excellent piece on the likelihood of former lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez leaving Bellator.� How likely is it?� Remember in The Matrix when Agent Smith had Neo in a headlock on the subway tracks, and as the two stared into the lights of an approaching train, Agent Smith said, "Do you hear that, Mr. Anderson?� That is the sound of inevitability." ? remember that?� Well, think of the Octagon as the train.
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- Urijah Faber would be down to fight Michael Bisping.� In other news, did you know that the topic "Cannabis in California" has its own Wikipedia page?� Man, that's crazy.� Wikipedia will riff about anything.
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- Seminal TUF runner-up Stephan Bonnar says "all the stars are aligning and I could shock the world" in regards to his upcoming bout against UFC superstar Anderson Silva at UFC 153 next weekend.� Hey, this Wiki page on the "Crack Epidemic" is fascinating.� Crack kills, folks.� Crack kills.
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- Want someone to root for at tomorrow night's Invicta FC?� Root for the veteran Tara LaRosa.
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That's all for now.� In case y'all forgot, this is me on Twitter and this is my blog.
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