UFC Fight Night 25 Prelims to Stream on Facebook on Saturday
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Generally, anything I find on Etsy that is MMA-related is either tacky or snarky. Sometimes it's both. I was surprised to find this depiction of the Octagon that fits neither description.

It's an abstract depiction of the UFC's Octagon, and if you look closely, you can see a fighter at the center of the cage. It is original art, so it doesn't come cheap. You can buy it here for $249.
Would you hang MMA-inspired art in your home? Tell us in the comments or on Facebook.
Thiago Alves Andre Amade Dean Amasinger Jimmy Ambriz Matt AndersenÂ
CINCINNATI -- Pat Healy came from behind for a submission win over Maximo Blanco at Strikeforce on Saturday night.
Blanco quickly sent Healy to the canvas with a takedown. Healy was able to get back to his feet, but Blanco took over from there, knocking Healy around until with knees and punches until Healy was forced to shoot in for a takedown. It didn't work, as Blanco took top position. Healy grabbed Blanco's leg, which forced an odd position where he put his hands on the ground, and kicked back at Healy's head. Since Healy was a downed opponent, the move was illegal. A point was deducted, and Healy was given time to recover.
When the fight restarted, Blanco started with a quick flurry before Healy took over with a takedown and short strikes.
In the second, Blanco's striking was worlds ahead of a much slower Healy's. He landed several strikes unanswered, but Healy was able to control the bout at times with wrestling. At one point, he was close to choking Blanco out, until he was able to maneuver out. Late in the round, Healy rolled into the same rear naked choke. This time, he held on for long enough for Blanco to tap at 4:24 in the second round.
This is Healy's third win in a row. His last two were decision wins, so this sort of come from behind victory was a nice change of pace. After a long career with Sengoku, this was Blanco's Strikeforce debut. His record falls to 8-3-1, while Healy's moves to 26-16.
Andre Amade Dean Amasinger Jimmy Ambriz Matt Andersen Alex AndradeÂ
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If the thousands of screaming Brazilian fans at HSBC Arena didn't convince you of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira's popularity in Brazil, this backstage video of Nogueira's friends and teammates celebrating after his win will.
Filmed by Gesias "J.Z." Cavalcante, it shows the room erupt at Nogueira's win, and the several men grow emotional as the noise dies down. Anderson Silva, who was less than an hour from his own big win, grew emotional from seeing his friend win.
This video reminds us that all the talk that fighters give to the team in MMA is not lip-service. Nogueira's win didn't just belong to him, but to everyone who helped him -- or he helped -- along the way.
John Alessio Houston Alexander Ricardo Almeida Eddie Alvarez Thiago AlvesÂ
CINCINNATI -- Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante took out Olympic wrestler Yoel Romero with a deluge of impressive striking at Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov on Saturday night.
A very tentative beginning was broken up in the first round by a leaping kick from Romero. It didn't do much, but it was pretty. Cavalcante made the first contact, landing a whipping leg kick. Romero continued to move around, leaping out of the way for most strikes. Referee Dan Miragliotta finally stopped the bout to warn Romero that if he didn't engage, a point would be deducted.
In the second round, Romero threw a kick that landed in Cavalcante's crotch. After a break Romero unloaded, hitting Romero with several unanswered punches. Cavalcante tried to answer back with kicks, but Romero deftly moved out of the way from them. He pinned Cavalcante against the fence. After Cavalcante took Romero down, the Cuban pushed him off, then quickly returned to his feet.
Cavalcante threw a kick that missed but then he spun around with a backfist that knocked Romero to the ground. Feijao followed him there with ground and pound. Romero somehow got back to his feet, but Feijao didn't let up. He threw knees and punches until Romero fell to the ground. He then landed one last to knock Romero out at 4:51 in the second round.
For Feijao, this was his first fight back since losing the Strikeforce light heavyweight belt to Dan Henderson. Though his first round was slow, he showed a great chin in surviving Romero's onslaught, and then having the striking skill to end the fight.
This was just Romero's fifth fight. Though his credentials are top-notch, he still clearly has much to learn about striking.
Ricardo Almeida Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves Andre Amade Dean AmasingerÂ
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Nick Diaz says he didn't know there was a press conference to promote his fight with Georges St. Pierre last week. Apparently nobody bothered to tell him, which seems weird to me. Seems like someone at the UFC might have mentioned it. And yet, he says, they didn't. How about that? According to his interview with MMA Junkie, apparently the UFC just asked him to come to Las Vegas without fully explaining why, and Diaz, who naturally assumed that whatever his new employer wanted from him couldn't have been that important, didn't show up and didn't bother to tell anyone. Completely reasonable, right? Only if you're Nick Diaz, who has proven time and time again that he is firmly committed to learning absolutely nothing from his many costly mistakes, yet remains convinced that whatever goes wrong is probably someone else's fault. This time, it's the UFC's fault. And sure, it's also GSP's. To hear Diaz tell it, the champ should have adamantly demanded that Diaz not be pulled from their title bout at UFC 137 even after he skipped two (2!) press conferences in one week, both of which St. Pierre took time out of his training schedule to attend. The fact that St. Pierre didn't do this, that he sat there at the press conference alone, looking absolutely stunned that someone could be this inconsiderate and short-sighted, proves that he is, in Diaz's words, "a little b--ch" who doesn't actually want this fight. Did you get that? The guy who showed up to perform his pre-fight media responsibilities, the one who did what the UFC asked him to do in order to make the fight happen, is the one who doesn't want to fight. It takes some serious psychological gymnastics to arrive at such a conclusion, but that's Diaz for you. He's been doing it for years, so why should he stop now? Here's what Diaz told John Morgan about the infamous no-show that cost him a title shot and, by all indications, a ton of money: "I didn't even know there was a press conference. I thought it was some PR thing. People were trying to tell me, 'You're going to do this skit' and that I was going to be a part of some PR skit where I had this part where I was walking through a hall, kind of like that scene Jake Shields did. I was like, 'What the [expletive]? Are you kidding?' So I'm thinking, 'Somebody better come over here and tell me what I'm doing and get me ready to go do it so I don't look like an [expletive].' That's how I feel when you're coming to get me ready for something I'm not ready for." So Diaz did what anybody would do when they feel like they need more information about one of the responsibilities pertaining to their job: he turned his phone off. He didn't answer calls, didn't ask for help, refused even to speak with his own manager, Cesar Gracie, who then slid Diaz right under the bus by relating the embarrassing details of it all to the UFC and the media. For Gracie, it was a curious time to get fed up with the exact same antics he has enabled for years. In the past, when Diaz no-showed interviews and conference calls and drug tests and photo shoots -- all of which he has done repeatedly, resulting in incalculable financial losses over the course of his career -- it was always Gracie who made excuses for him. Nick's too busy. Nick doesn't do stuff like this. Nick doesn't have time. And so, as he lost out on one career opportunity after another, Diaz was never forced to confront what role his own behavior was playing in causing the very problems he complained about. It's sad, really, and more than a little troubling. Is it any wonder that now, as a 28-year-old professional fighter who just threw away the biggest, most lucrative fight of his life due to his own inability to do something as simple as get on a plane, he can't accept responsibility for his own mistakes? Diaz blames the UFC for not adequately communicating to him the importance of the press conference (or even that there was one). As if, when your employer buys you a plane ticket, they must also sit you down and carefully explain that they would like you to board that plane at the appointed time. Diaz blames GSP for letting the UFC replace him with Carlos Condit. As if it's the champion's responsibility to make sure the challenger is allowed to blow off media events without suffering any consequences. Amazingly, Diaz even blames the UFC for offering him a consolation fight on the same card with B.J. Penn, who he says he "was previously friends with," complaining that the UFC is "trying to make these fights out of people that aren't even trying to fight." As if the UFC should not only not punish him for wasting all that time and money, but should also work around his personal feelings about potential opponents when re-booking him at the last minute. This is the thinking of a man who blames everyone else for his problems. This is a selfish view, a childish view. This is probably also the view of a man who needs help that he isn't getting, either because he can't bring himself to ask for it or because the people who might be in a position to ask for him are only concerned with getting him to the next fight and the next paycheck. It's a view that profits a man only the temporary comfort that comes with shifting the blame, all while costing him greatly in terms of money, career opportunities, and the respect of his peers. If the people who are supposed to care about Diaz don't do something to confront these problems and help him deal with them, that's a cost he may end up paying for the rest of his life.
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Dana White's Twitter confirmed a fight that MMA fans have clamored for. Strikeforce heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem, who reportedly signed a UFC contract Tuesday, will take on former UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar on Dec. 30.

This announcement puts many rumors to bed. First, Lesnar's battles with diverticulitis are not as dire as rumored if he can agree to a fight in December. It also confirms that Overeem, who was cut from Strikeforce because he refused a Strikeforce fight set for this weekend, is headed for the UFC. There was also rumors that the UFC would put together an event in Dubai for New Year's Eve, but a Vegas event the day before puts that into doubt.
Overeem talked about the fight to the Los Angeles Times:
"Brock is a big name, a dangerous guy, and this is a dream matchup," Overeem told The Times on Tuesday, just after signing a standard UFC fight contract in the office of Chairman Lorenzo Fertitta. "Brock's a big guy, an exciting wrestler with his takedowns.
"I want to see this fight myself. Overall, I'm a different fighter. A striker, athletic, big. These are going to be two big trucks going at it on a collision course."
He articulated the exact reasons why MMA fans should be excited for this fight. Both fighters are enormous and muscle-bound, but they don't have the same strengths. Lesnar is a better wrestler, while Overeem can hit like a freight train. (I assume, having never been hit by Overeem or a freight train.)
[Related: Overeem excited about big matchup with Lesnar]
Lesnar lost his belt to Cain Velasquez, a smaller, faster fighter who could defend Lesnar's takedowns. He hasn't fought since that bout, which took place last October, and had surgery shortly afterward due to a flareup of diverticulitis. Overeem's last fight was a bizarre decision win over Fabricio Werdum in June.
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