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<title><![CDATA[Power Rankings: Lightweight]]></title>
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These are the lightweight power rankings.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 30, 2013 07:34:47 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UFC 159 Analysis]]></title>
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UFC 159 Analysis]]></description>
<pubDate>April 23, 2013 09:51:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Power Rankings: Pound-for-pound]]></title>
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These are the P4P power rankings.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 22, 2013 23:18:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Top fighter at 155 still too close to call]]></title>
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For what it's worth, my personal scorecard now has Benson Henderson 1-3 in UFC title fights.   And what it's worth, of course, is a hill of beans. I...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 22, 2013 09:15:13 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Exclusive: Benson Henderson on proposal]]></title>
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Talk about nerve-racking for Benson Henderson.  Not defending your UFC lightweight championship title against Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox 7 in Sa...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 22, 2013 08:00:58 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UFC on Fox 7 Report Card]]></title>
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Josh Gross rates the performances of UFC on Fox 7 fighters.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 16, 2013 09:32:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gray Maynard-T.J. Grant winner at UFC 160 will be No. 1 contender]]></title>
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The winner of a lightweight fight between Gray Maynard and T.J. Grant at UFC 160 in Las Vegas will produce the division's next No. 1 contender.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 20, 2013 18:16:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Could weight issues lead Bendo to GSP?]]></title>
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UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson and challenger Gilbert Melendez both made weight Friday for their title showdown in San Jose, Calif.  With...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 19, 2013 20:14:30 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UFC on FOX 7]]></title>
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Benson Henderson versus Gilbert Melendez]]></description>
<pubDate>April 19, 2013 19:44:25 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gilbert Melendez to make UFC debut against defending champion Ben Henderson]]></title>
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A longtime lightweight title holder in Strikeforce, Gilbert Melendez will make his UFC debut against defending champion Ben Henderson at this weekend's UFC on Fox event at the HP Pavilion.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 19, 2013 14:26:44 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Melendez: 'This is my coming-out party']]></title>
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Gilbert Melendez's long, winding ride to the UFC concludes Saturday, not so far from where it began.  The 31-year-old Californian, ...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 19, 2013 11:17:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Candido: Betting UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez]]></title>
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John Candido of FightMetric breaks down the bouts of UFC on Fox 7, indicating where the value picks lie, including the feature fight of Benson Henderson versus Gilbert Melendez as well as Daniel Cormier versus Frank Mir.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 18, 2013 03:58:21 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NorCal continues takeover as MMA hotbed]]></title>
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California has long been inundated with mixed martial arts gyms, which isn't the sort of thing that just happens.  The Gracie family settled near Lo...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 17, 2013 07:55:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UFC on Fox 7 by the numbers]]></title>
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UFC on Fox 7 will air on free network television from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., Saturday night. In the main event, UFC Lightweight Champion...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 16, 2013 12:17:06 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UFC on FOX 7 recap: Benson Henderson edges Gilbert Melendez, defends 155-pound title]]></title>
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Benson Henderson earned a rugged, split decision over Gilbert Melendez -- then proposed to his girlfriend -- in the UFC on Fox 7 main event Saturday.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 16, 2013 09:19:54 PDT</pubDate>
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