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Duke Roufus joined Cameron Gidari and Hector Castro on The Free Roll. There also was talk about the UFC 109 card.

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Rear Naked Choke Radio and the Ground and Pound show have learned than Aaron Simpson and Chris Leben are set for UFC 114 in Las Vegas in May.

The shows also reported today that John Gunderson is taking on Paul Taylor at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi in April.

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Name a fighter that has pulled off a twister submission in an MMA event.  Shayna Baszler has done it.   TWICE.

The Queen of Spades is back on Rear Naked Choke Radio with Examiner.com MMA writer Joe Rizzo and guest co-host Darren Goodall of Team Renzo Gracie to talk about her second twister, accomplished over the weekend at the FCF 135-pound tournament quarterfinals.  While most MMA fans had their eyes on S

Host Hector Castro and guest co-host Ryan Loco were joined on the Ground and Pound by UFC fighter Joey Beltran, trainer Keith Florian, and writers Cameron Gidari and Paul Delos Santos. They preview UFC 109, in which Beltran is fighting Rolles Gracie, and give their picks on the round table.

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RNC Radio was live from LA Boxing in Paramus N.J. as Examiner.com MMA writer Joe Rizzo and guest co-host Darren Goodall were joined by UFC fighter Evan Dunham. Top fighter Tara LaRosa handicapped the horde of MMA women’s action coming Saturday, including Cyborg versus Coenen, Helsel-Modafferi, and the FCF 135-pound tournament first round, featuring Shayna Baszler and Kaitlin Young. Joe and Darren previewed the rest of the Strikeforce Miami card.

It was vintage RNC Radio – you will learn something new and interesting about Evan Dunham.

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Our Joe Rizzo covered UFC Fight Night 20 in Fairfax, Va., for Examiner.com on Monday and gave a recap of what went down live from LA Boxing in Paramus, NJ.  Fighter Darren Goodall, who is a trainer at LA Boxing, sat in with Joe.

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Brad Blackburn and Jay Silva met up with Examiner.com MMA writer Joe Rizzo and Hector Castro of the Ground and Pound the night before their respective fights at UFC Fight Night 20 in Fairfax, Va.

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UFC 108 fight of the night winner Sam Stout and Bellator signee Georgi Karakhanyan joined Examiner.com MMA writer Joe Rizzo and guest co-host Hector Castro of MMA Madness on Rear Naked choke Radio from LA Boxing in Paramus, NJ.

Sam was back in Canada after his upset victory over Joe Lauzon in Las Vegas over the weekend.  The decisive unanimous decision earned Sam a $50,000 ($51,765 Canadian) bonus.  That should help pay for the beers he and his friends were headed out to drink after the show to celebrate.

Georgi signed earlier in the day with Bellator and will be fighting in their 145-pound tournament.  His first fight is scheduled for April 8.  Georgi used to be a professional soccer player and discussed the odd career transition to combat sports.

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