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		<title>UFC 141 Pre-Fight Video Interview With Brock Lesnar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar returns to the cage for the first time in over 14 months this Friday night at UFC 141: &#8220;Lesnar vs Overeem&#8221; in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lesnar takes on former Strikeforce and DREAM titleholder Alistair Overeem in the night&#8217;s featured main event. Lesnar has been on the sidelines after a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UFC 141 Pre-Fight Video Interview With Alistair Overeem</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Strikeforce and DREAM Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem makes his long-awaited UFC debut Friday night at UFC 141: &#8220;Lesnar vs Overeem&#8221; in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Dutch striking sensation faces former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar in the main event on the card. Overeem&#8217;s road to the UFC hasn&#8217;t been an easy one and his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UFC 141 Pre-Fight Video Interview With Donald Cerrone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three-time WEC lightweight title challenger Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone fights for the fifth time this year when he steps into the cage on Friday night at UFC 141: &#8220;Lesnar vs Overeem&#8221; in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cerrone faces TUF 5 winner Nate Diaz in a bout that could propel one man into title contention. While Cerrone has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UFC 141 Pre-Fight Video Interview With Nate Diaz</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UFC lightweight contender Nate Diaz faces one of the toughest tests of his career this Friday night when he returns to action at UFC 141: &#8220;Lesnar vs Overeem&#8221; in Las Vegas, Nevada. Diaz battles former WEC title challenger Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone in a bout that will serve as the co-main event. Diaz is coming off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive Interview: Strikeforce Challenger Hiroko Yamanaka</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 17th, Japanese star Hiroko &#8220;Cat&#8217;s Eye&#8221; Yamanaka takes on the toughest test of her MMA career. The 5&#8217;11&#8243; Yamanaka faces champion Cristiane &#8220;Cyborg&#8221; Santos for the Strikeforce Women&#8217;s Featherweight Championship at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California. Yamanaka has tasted defeat only once; a loss that she avenged last year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive Interview With Brazilian Star Vanessa Porto</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 02:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As one of the top female mixed martial artists in Brazil, 135-pound standout Vanessa Porto is well-respected among the MMA community in her home country. The six-year veteran of the sport has battled the best in Brazil and is eager to make a name for herself once again in North America. While the future of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive Interview With Jewels Prospect Mizuki Inoue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Sargent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At age 16, Mizuki Inoue is one of the youngest female champions in mixed martial arts history. The teen prodigy, who has been a professional MMA fighter for just three months, became the 2010 Jewels 56kg Rough Stone Grand Prix Champion in December and is just getting started in her career. Inoue, who now competes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive Pre-Fight Jewels Interview: Saori Ishioka</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Sargent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four months ago, Saori &#8220;Shooting Star&#8221; Ishioka was defeated in the opening round of the Jewels Lightweight Queen Tournament and her career looked to hang in the balance. From thoughts of retirement to a new focus, Ishioka now finds herself in a tournament reserve bout at Jewels: &#8220;Eleventh Ring.&#8221; Ishioka took time off following her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive Pre-Fight Jewels Interview: Mika Nagano</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As one of the postergirls of the Jewels promotion, Mika &#8220;Future Princess&#8221; Nagano is known equally for her looks and for her in-ring skill. However, a loss earlier this year ignited a new passion for training that Nagano hopes will propel her to her first major MMA title at Jewels: &#8220;Eleventh Ring.&#8221; Now possessing a [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[At age five, Shizuka Sugiyama moved from her home in New York City to a new world in Japan. At 18, she earned a black belt in karate in just three months. Now 23, she is one of the best-known fighters in Jewels and faces Mongolia&#8217;s Esui in a featured bout at Jewels: &#8220;Eleventh Ring&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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