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Reduced Suspension Speeds Baroni’s Return To Octagon
By Loretta Hunt

UFC middleweight brawler Phil Baroni has gotten a reprieve of sorts, following the yearlong administrative suspension that was imposed on him after his performance at November 21st‘s UFC 45. In a tense bout with Team Quest’s Evan Tanner, an enraged Baroni grabbed and swung two times at referee Larry Landless following a questionable stoppage late in round one after Tanner had fully mounted his opponent on the ground.

UFC 45: Phil Baroni (right) vs. Evan Tanner
UFC 45: Baroni vs. Tanner


Mohegan Tribe representatives, who had been ringside to observe the infraction, conferred backstage in the moments following the attack of the official and handed down the penalty shortly after without a formal hearing. As is often standard with rulings of this kind, the Mohegan Tribe’s decision to suspend Baroni was reciprocated by various sports athletic commissions and regulatory bodies, including the influential Nevada State Athletic Commission, which oversees at least three UFC events a year.

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UFC 46: Supernatural – packed ’em in at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. We take you there for live coverage of the action — including the fights that you didn’t see if you were watching from home.

Belfort: "Couture was the Lucky One" – Newly crowned UFC Light-Heavyweight Champ Vitor Belfort discusses the quick fight, the controversial ending, Tito, Wanderlei and more!

Bellissimo Verissimo! – Renato "Charuto" Verissimo wowed the fans with his total domination of Carlos Newton at UFC 46, get to know a bit about the transplanted Brazilian as we speak to him from his "new" home in Hawaii.

Old Faces in New Places – Free Agency seems to be all the rage in Brazil these days as fighters go from team to team. We go over the latest fighter affiliations and de-affiliations in the birthplace of Vale-Tudo.

Pride 27: Inferno featured, among other things, the MMA return of Mark Kerr. An inauspicious return to say the least. We bring you to Osaka, Japan for all of the action.

WEC 9 heated up the cold California winter night with non-stop action at The Palace in Lemoore.

MMA Meets MTV – How an aspiring fighter’s "True Life" made it to the small screen.

Coverage of Deep 13th Impact live from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

SuperBrawl 33 returned to Blaisdell Arena with an action-packed card.

Campos Submission Wrestling 3 saw another series of incredible performances for the seemingly unstoppable Marcelo Garcia.

UFCF Night of Champions came back to Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, Washington for another night of kickboxing and pankration matches.

Ian "The Machine" Freeman takes on a new role — fight promoter. Ian talks about his latest venture, as his feelings on a rematch with Frank Mir and much more

MMA as LifeRich Clementi‘s successful existence in Mixed Martial Arts. The talented fighter/coach/promoter talks about his life in MMA.

King Of The Cage premieres in Florida.

Jadyson Costa – They call him the "Little Axe Murdered" for good reason. Get to know the new Chute Boxe sensation.

In this month’s Shooto Report, virtual unknown Hiroyuki Takaya takes #2 ranked Lightweight Joao Roque to a draw at the January 24th show at Korakuen Hall.

Former AMC Pankration strength & conditioning coach Mark Ginther continues his article on Non-Linear Periodization for MMA with Weeks 6-9.

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