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Roy Nelson Announced As Fourth Gamestop Exclusive

The fourth and final Gamestop Exclusive Pre-Order character has been announced. The Ultimate Fighter 10 winner Roy Nelson will be the last exclusive for the 2010 entry in UFC: Undisputed Series from THQ.<br><Br> Nelson joins Brendan Schaub, Marcus Jones, and James MacSweeney as a set of characters that will be available to gamers that pre-order the game from <a href=http://www.gamestop.com>GameStop</a>.

Bellator Finalizes 155lb Tournament Roster w/ Pat Curran

CHICAGO, Ill. (March 17, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships put the final piece in place for its much-anticipated Season 2 lightweight tournament today with the signing of 9-3 up-and-comer Pat Curran.<br><br> The 22-year-old Curran is the cousin of UFC, WEC, Strikeforce and PRIDE veteran Jeff Curran but is quickly stepping out of his cousin’s shadow and carving his own path in the MMA world. <br><br> Pat Curran first gained widespread notoriety thanks to his appearance on Season 2 of the short-lived TapouT reality show, where he was given the nickname “Paddy Mike” by the show’s host, Mask. Most recently, in late February, Curran won a unanimous decision over Robbie Olivier, one of Britain’s top ranked fighters, at an event in Olivier’s home country.<br><br> “My cousin and I have the same last name and he helped pave the way for me, but that doesn’t help me once I’m in the cage—it’s all on me then,” Curran said. “Bellator is a huge step in my career and I’m excited for the chance to really prove myself and make a name for myself around the world.”<br><br> Curran grew up in South Florida where he was an All-State high school wrestler and moved to Illinois in 2007 to begin training at his cousin’s Curran Martial Arts Academy in the Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake.<br><br> He will make his Bellator debut at Bellator XIV on April 15th in front of a hometown crowd at the Chicago Theatre.<br><br> Curran is the final competitor to be added to Bellator’s eight-man Season 2 155 lbs. tournament along with former UFC superstar Roger Huerta, Season 1 runner-up Toby Imada, former Olympian Ferrid Kheder, undefeated Canadian phenom Mike Ricci, European stalwart Janne Tulirinta, the undefeated Chad Hinton and former All-American wrestler Carey Vanier.<br><br> Each tournament fight will be broadcast live in prime time on FOX Sports Net every Thursday night beginning April 8th and replayed in special highlight shows on NBC and Telemundo every Saturday night beginning April 10th.<br><br> First round matchups will be announced later this week.<br><br> “Pat is a very solid addition to our stacked 155 lbs. tournament,” said Bellator founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney. “Pat comes from MMA royalty and is ready to make his own impact on the sport. He was sought after very aggressively by several other major promotions, so I’m excited for him to be a part of our organization. It will be great to see him fight in front of his many hometown fans next month at the Chicago Theatre.”<br><br> For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at Facebook.com/Bellator. For tickets, go to Ticketmaster.com.

Lyoto Machida Camp Talks Rematch With Shogun At UFC 113

Chinzo Machida, brother and training partner of UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida talks to Tatame.com about his brothers training for his rematch with Shogun at UFC 113 in Montreal in May, as well as his thoughts and the Machida camp thoughts on the last fight:<br><br> What do you expect from this rematch?<br><br> We can’t predict the fight itself, but Lyoto is more prepared than the other time, more focused on the fight, stronger. We changed the concentration on training, we don’t let a lot of people around him in training anymore, thing that had no reason to happen. We separated his training, making him more focused.<br><br> How do you think it’s gonna be this fight?<br><br> I believe in a knockout by Lyoto, that’s why we’re looking at.<br><br> How is his training?<br><br> He’s training well, doing the karate, wrestling, jiu-jitsu, a little bit of everything, besides muay thai, physical preparation… We already started the training in January, his hand is 100% now.<br><br> What did you think about the first fight?<br><br> I thought Lyoto won it, looked for the fight all the time, besides his characteristic is to counter attack. Shogun didn’t expose himself, he’s kicking Lyoto, but with few moments of definition. This rematch can start the same way, but I’m sure it’ll go a different way. Lyoto wasn’t very satisfied with the critics and Shogun wasn’t happy with the result either. It can put both to define the fight, but we’ll only know it at the fight time. Nobody wants to let it go to decision again.

Severn, Gracie, Pulver To Be PS3 Exclusives In UFC Undisputed 2010

THQ has sent along news that for the Playstation 3 release of UFC Undisputed 2010, Legends Dan Severn, Royce Gracie, and Jens Pulver will all be exclusive characters. Sorry Xbox 360 fans but these characters will not be available when the game is released and there is no news if they will be available down the line.<br><br> But thats not all, there are also five events exclusive to the PS3:<br><br> Ultimate 2009 Category<br><br> UFN 18 – Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann<br><br> Ultimate Knockouts Category<br><br> UFC 102 – Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia<br><br> Ultimate Classics Category<br><br> UFC 60 – Matt Hughes vs. Royce Gracie<br><br> UFC 66 – Keith Jardine vs. Forrest Griffin<br><br> Ultimate Submissions Category<br><br> UFC 68 – Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFredries<br><br> The game releases on May 25th for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 console with a release for the PSP sometime in the future. UFC Undisputed 2010 is the followup to the first game in the series from 2009. The 2009 entry sold 3.5 million copies across the 360 and PS3 platforms.

James Irvin Talks About His Battles With Drug Addiction

James Irvin talks to TSN.ca about his battles with drug addiction and his return to the Octagon:<br><br> "The Anderson Silva fight, I have 25 stitches across my cheek from when he blasted me," the mixed martial arts fighter told The Canadian Press. "Every day when I look in the mirror, I have a clear reminder of what those drugs did to me and what lies ahead of me if I was ever to start using that garbage ever again."<br><br> "It wasn't until a time that I just stopped taking them that I realized I needed them just to keep on functioning," he said. "At that time I had become an addict and I was hooked on them.<br><br> "I needed to get caught," he said. "I needed to get in trouble for it and wake me up and get off of those things."<br><br> "I'm trying to get [reach out] to fighters, but it's kind of a taboo thing," said Irvin. "I don't think fighters want to talk about it. Fighters definitely don't want to admit that they have a problem with it when it's obvious they do because more and more fighters are getting caught with the stuff and getting caught with it in them."<br><br> Irvin returns to the UFC at UFC on Versus 1 against Alessio Sakara.