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(ZUMPRESS.com)</p></div> <p>TORONTO — The dance begins with one fighter walking out onto the stage, stripping down to his skivvies and stepping onto the scale. When his weight is announced, he flexes for the crowd, then moves off to the side and dresses while his opponent walks out, strips, weighs in, flexes, dresses. The two meet at center stage, face to face, fists up, striking a combative pose for the cameras. And after a dozen shutter clicks they’re done, off to rehydrate. Next set of fighters, please?</p> <p>There may be no element of a mixed martial arts event more choreographed than the weigh-ins.</p> <p>So how did light heavyweight champion Jon Jones end up having an off-the-script moment Friday afternoon after stepping off the scale?</p> <p>It came about when Jones found himself staring into the eyes of not one but two people ready to go face to face with him. One was Vitor Belfort, who’ll be his opponent in the main event of UFC 152 on Saturday night at the Air Canada Centre (10 p.m. ET, PPV). The other was Dana White.</p> <p>The UFC president and his 205-pound megastar had been sparring verbally for weeks, ever since Jones, upon being notified nine days prior to UFC 151 that challenger Dan Henderson was injured, turned down replacement opponent Chael Sonnen. The UFC ended up cancelling the Sept. 1 event — a first in the 11 years White has been running the show — and a fired-up White went on the offensive, calling Jones “selfish and disgusting” and his trainer/adviser/guru, Greg Jackson, “a [expletive] sport killer.”</p> <p>As this weekend’s event neared, with Jones having been added to the top of the bill, he and White indicated that they would meet face to face here in Toronto to clear the air. The meeting was to take place just prior to the weigh-ins. So all eyes were on Jones as he stepped off the scale. Would he and White shake hands or even embrace, an indication that the cold war was over? Or would an icy chill pervade the stage set up atop a hockey rink at the old Maple Leaf Gardens, telling us that Dana might not have renewed his membership in the Jonny Bones Fan Club?</p> <p>What we saw instead from Jones was an uncharacteristic moment of uncertainty. This phenom fighter who never hesitates to attack inside the octagon seemed to waver when he spotted White. Then he smiled, White smiled, even Belfort smiled, and the choreography resumed.</p> <p>What did it all mean? It meant that Jones and White had not yet met. They apparently planned to do so a few minutes later. And say what? “None of your business,” White responded when asked that very question in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U4A4qKNG7o&feature=plcp">a <em>Fuel TV</em> interview</a> following the weigh-ins.</p> <p>We can at least surmise that the discussion explored areas of disagreement. A case in point: At a Thursday press conference, Jones spoke respectfully of the boss — “Dana White is awesome, man” — but steered clear of accepting responsibility for the UFC 151 fiasco. “I have actually zero power to cancel an event,” he said. “When I was actually talking to Dana and [UFC chairman/CEO] Lorenzo [Fertitta] about accepting the Chael Sonnen fight, they never told me if I didn’t accept the fight that they were going to cancel the event.”</p> <p>It would have been interesting to hear White respond to that, but he was absent from the press conference, laid up at his hotel with an episode of Ménière’s disease. But in the <em>Fuel TV</em> interview, Dana had his say. “I don’t think he would have said that if I was there,” said White. “So today we’re going to be face to face and we’ll see what he says and what he doesn’t say. The fact that he says that he didn’t know that the show would get cancelled is false. I did tell him that the show would be cancelled.”</p> <p>And with that, White headed off to a windowless room with his light heavyweight champ. And then? Nothing. Nada. Not a word. (OK, chief, you can deactivate the Cone of Silence now.) My colleague from Yahoo! Sports, Kevin Iole, texted White to ask about the meeting and got this terse text back: “It went well.” Other than that, White, who posts his thoughts on Twitter about as often as he takes a breath, has gone quiet. So has Jones, unless we can read something into his only post-meeting tweet, a quote attributed to Michael Jordan: “Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”</p> <p>So stay tuned. Like any long-running soap opera, there’s always another episode to come.</p> <p align="right"><em><strong>—Jeff Wagenheim</strong></em></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Sep 22, 2012</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/09/22/jones-white-spar-over-details-surrounding-ufc-event-cancellation/#comments" title="Comment on Jones, White spar over details surrounding UFC event cancellation"><span data-lf-article-id="3306" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 4 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-2827"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/07/07/dan-henderson-wants-to-teach-jon-jones-a-lesson-at-ufc-151/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Dan Henderson wants to teach Jon Jones a lesson at UFC 151">Dan Henderson wants to teach Jon Jones a lesson at UFC 151</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/07/07/dan-henderson-wants-to-teach-jon-jones-a-lesson-at-ufc-151/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2012/07/07/dan-henderson-wants-to-teach-jon-jones-a-lesson-at-ufc-151/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_2861" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/dan-henderson.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2861 " title="dan-henderson" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/dan-henderson.jpg?w=300&h=246" alt="" width="300" height="246"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dan Henderson (above) is embracing the underdog role ahead of his fight with light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. (Bryan Armen Graham/SI.com)</p></div> <p>LAS VEGAS — Dan Henderson thinks Jon Jones still has a lot to learn — and that he’s just the one to teach it to the youngest champion in UFC history when they meet in September.</p> <p>“He’s still young and unorthodox, that’s his biggest asset, [but] he’s young and sloppy a little bit,” Henderson said Saturday afternoon in the media center at the MGM Grand, just hours before tonight’s Anderson Silva-Chael Sonnen title fight. “He’s done well with his style but I feel like he’s never fought anybody like me.”</p> <p>Henderson sat at the long end of the dais, circled by a gaggle of media eager to discuss his forthcoming challenge for Jones’ UFC light heavyweight title. The fight, initially confirmed following Jones’ defense against Rashad Evans back in April, was officially announced Saturday for September 1 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.</p> <p>The 41-year-old Henderson is a 4-to-1 underdog against Jones, who is coming off his third defense of the UFC light heavyweight title since becoming the youngest beltholder in the organization’s history in March 2011. The Rochester, N.Y., native has now beaten four current or former world champions in a row since a third-round TKO of Mauricio Rua to capture the UFC’s 205-pound strap.</p> <p>“For me it’s about beating the top guys out there, and everybody thinks he’s unbeatable,” Henderson said. “I love having the odds not in my favor.”</p> <p>Henderson said the sinewy Jones, who is 10-1 since joining the UFC (16-1 overall), poses some unique physical challenges — a 13-and-a-half reach advantage, for starters — yet nothing he won’t be prepared for.</p> <p>“I guess the difference is he’s got arms twice as long as everybody else I’ve fought,” Henderson said. “But it’s not rocket science. I’ve been doing it a while. There’s certain things I need to be careful for that he does well. I’ve just got to be aware of that, and implement what I want to do with him.”</p> <p>When asked about the 17-year age difference between the two, Henderson quipped, “I guess I’ll have to show him what he can look forward to.”</p> <p>The next time the UFC holds a card as big as tonight’s Silva-Sonnen headliner, it will be Henderson in the spotlight. For tonight he’s content to watch from the wings, where, appropriately, he expects another underdog to rise to the moment.</p> <p>“Chael,” he said matter-of-factly when asked for his prediction. “It seems like his head’s where it needs to be at.”</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><strong><em>– Bryan Armen Graham</em></strong></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Jul 07, 2012</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/07/07/dan-henderson-wants-to-teach-jon-jones-a-lesson-at-ufc-151/#comments" title="Comment on Dan Henderson wants to teach Jon Jones a lesson at UFC 151"><span data-lf-article-id="2827" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 2 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-1936"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/04/09/csac-passes-amendment-that-would-allow-exemptions-for-testosterone/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to CSAC passes amendment that would allow exemptions for TRT, marijuana">CSAC passes amendment that would allow exemptions for TRT, marijuana</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/04/09/csac-passes-amendment-that-would-allow-exemptions-for-testosterone/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2012/04/09/csac-passes-amendment-that-would-allow-exemptions-for-testosterone/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_1937" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 308px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/henderson.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1937 " title="henderson" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/henderson.jpg?w=298&h=250" alt="Dan Henderson" width="298" height="250"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dan Henderson was granted a medical exemption for testosterone when he fought 'Shogun' Rua at UFC 139. (Josh Hedges/Forza/Getty Images)</p></div> <p>The California State Athletic Commission voted on Monday to approve an amendment that allows therapeutic use exemptions (TUE) for combat sports’ athletes who use drugs currently banned by the state agency for medical purposes, including testosterone and marijuana.</p> <p>To be adopted into state law, the amendment’s verbiage must now be reviewed and approved by the Department of Consumer Affairs and then the state’s Office of Administrative Law, a process that could take months or even years, if it passes at all.</p> <p>A DCA representative was present at the Monday hearing to read a letter from its director, stating the agency’s concern that the proposed exemption process wasn’t specific enough and undermined the CSAC’s purpose to ensure fighter safety.</p> <p>Loosely modeled after the exemption process the World Anti-Doping Agency uses for Olympians, Monday’s CSAC-approved amendment states that the exemption will only apply to “medication needed to maintain health and not obtain an unfair advantage over an opponent during a match.”</p> <p>Prior to Monday’s vote, the CSAC inserted additional verbiage clarifying that the TUE applicant would be responsible for all costs related to tests and medical evaluations that might be requested for an approval.</p> <p>The amendment’s origin dates back to late 2010, after UFC middleweight Chael Sonnen tested positive for elevated testosterone levels, then maintained at his suspension appeals hearing that he’d gotten an exemption under the previous commission’s staff for the medical condition hypogonadism. Entering CSAC executive Officer George Dodd was unable to find any documentation to support Sonnen’s claim, and the fighter’s one-year suspension was reduced (only to be reinstated later).</p> <p>In response, the CSAC began to draft a formal TUE process for future applicants.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/04/09/csac-passes-amendment-that-would-allow-exemptions-for-testosterone/#more-1936" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Apr 09, 2012</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/04/09/csac-passes-amendment-that-would-allow-exemptions-for-testosterone/#comments" title="Comment on CSAC passes amendment that would allow exemptions for TRT, marijuana"><span data-lf-article-id="1936" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 20 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-1271"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/29/did-judges-score-henderson-rua-right/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Did judges score Henderson-Rua right?">Did judges score Henderson-Rua right?</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/29/did-judges-score-henderson-rua-right/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2011/11/29/did-judges-score-henderson-rua-right/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/ufc139.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1272 aligncenter" title="ufc139" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/ufc139.jpg?w=614&h=458" alt="" width="614" height="458"/></a>There’s no argument that light heavyweight veterans Dan Henderson and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua put on one of the best fights of 2011 at UFC 139 two weeks ago in San Jose, Calif. The debate lied in how the judges scored the bout, particularly in the fifth and final round.</p> <p>The California State Athletic Commission provided SI.com with the bout’s official scorecard, and some might be surprised to learn that there wasn’t a single 10-8 round awarded to either fighter. In fact, all three judges tallied the fight identically, giving Henderson the 48-47 unanimous decision.</p> <p>As he always does after events, CSAC Executive Officer George Dodd held a brief meeting for all the officials who worked at UFC 139 that night. The Henderson-Rua scoring was discussed.</p> <p>When it came to the fifth round, Dodd said that all three judges felt that “Shogun did win the round but did not do enough damage to score a 10-8 round,” he wrote via email. “He was in a dominating position but did not cause a lot of damage.”</p> <p>How did the judges come to the 10-9 determination for Rua and not the 10-8 score some thought he deserved?</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/29/did-judges-score-henderson-rua-right/#more-1271" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Nov 29, 2011</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/29/did-judges-score-henderson-rua-right/#comments" title="Comment on Did judges score Henderson-Rua right?"><span data-lf-article-id="1271" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 1 Comment</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-1155"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/18/experts-predictions-for-ufc-139/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Experts’ predictions for UFC 139">Experts’ predictions for UFC 139</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/18/experts-predictions-for-ufc-139/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2011/11/18/experts-predictions-for-ufc-139/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_1158" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/dan-henderson.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1158" title="dan-henderson" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/dan-henderson.jpg?w=300&h=342" alt="" width="300" height="342"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dan Henderson (above), 41, is a consensus pick Saturday against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in the main event of UFC 139 in San Jose, Calif. (AP)</p></div> <p><em>SI.com analysts Ben Fowlkes, Jeff Wagenheim and Jon Wertheim provide their predictions for UFC 139 on Saturday in San Jose.</em></p> <h4>Mauricio Rua vs. Dan Henderson</h4> <p><strong>FOWLKES:</strong> Hendo hits hard and can wrestle a little bit when things aren’t going his way on the feet. Rua is a wild card who’s sometimes brilliant, and sometimes mediocre. I’ll side with dependability here. <strong>Henderson by TKO.</strong></p> <p><strong>WAGENHEIM:</strong> Shogun’s game is the KO, as 17 of his 20 wins, and all of his last five, have come via him turning out the lights on someone. But Henderson’s chin has no “off” switch — he’s never been knocked out. <strong>Henderson by KO.</strong></p> <p><strong>WERTHEIM:</strong> Henderson may be north of 40, but he’s looked remarkably spry and youthful in his last three Strikeforce fights including, of course, the summer smackdown of Fedor. Rua is a full decade younger but there’s a lot mileage on the odometer. Forget the odds. <strong>Henderson by TKO.</strong></p> <h4>Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le</h4> <p><strong>FOWLKES:</strong> Silva still hits hard enough to have a decent chance in the first three minutes. After that, his prospects are dim and only getting dimmer. <strong>Le by TKO.</strong></p> <p><strong>WAGENHEIM:</strong> Is that a typo in the UFC press release where it says Silva is 35? You sure he’s not 53? Le, a young 39, in an early night. <strong>Le by KO.</strong></p> <p><strong>WERTHEIM:</strong> Fedor notwithstanding, is Le the best fighter never to have competed in the UFC? At age 39, the talented fighter (and sometimes actor) makes his UFC debut in his adopted hometown of San Jose. Says here Le’s kicks will open up the axe murderer. <strong>Le by TKO.</strong></p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/18/experts-predictions-for-ufc-139/#more-1155" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Nov 18, 2011</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134124/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/18/experts-predictions-for-ufc-139/#respond" title="Comment on Experts’ predictions for UFC 139"><span data-lf-article-id="1155" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Add A Comment</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar test"> <div id="ad300x250" class="rightbox"> <script language="JavaScript"> 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