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Fighting out of former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin's old gym, The Hardcore Gym in Athens, Georgia, Brian Bowles recently had his eight-fight undefeated streak snapped and his WEC Bantamweight Title taken by current champion Dominick Cruz. Cruz defeated Bowles via TKO (doctor stoppage) in the second round when it was determined that Bowles could no longer continue to fight due to a broken hand. Prior to that engagement, Bowles was 8-0 as a professional fighter and holds notable wins over Marcos Galvao, Damacio Page, and former WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres.

Brazilian grappling specialist Wagnney Fabiano dropped from featherweight to bantamweight in 2010 after suffering an incredible first round submission loss to newcomer Mackens Semerzier in a featherweight bout. Fabiano debuted at bantamweight against Clint Godfrey at the first of this year at WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson where he took home a unanimous decision win. He would follow that up with another unanimous decision victory over Frank Gomez, his most recent performance (which went down at WEC 49: Varner vs. Shalorus this past June).

WEC 52 will likely take place this November 11th at The Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada and is expected to feature the rescheduled matchup between former WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber and Takeya Mizugaki in addition to the Bowles-Fabiano match up.

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"This is alans wife @Ashleebelcher Yesterday his vision was blurry again today heading into another surgery on same eye please keep praying," Mrs. Belcher posted.

Belcher's wife indicated that the successfulness of the second surgery will become evident over the next month, and that "The Talent" is in for some serious discomfort in the meantime.

"We are home He is in a lot of pain though Next few weeks are really important He has to lay face down :( thanks for prayers, @Ashleebelcher."

Belcher is currently 16-6 as a professional fighter and has gone 4-1 in his last five fights with his only loss being a razor-thin split decision defeat to Yoshihiro Akiyama. Belcher holds notable wins over Wilson Gouveia, Denis Kang, Ed Herman, Jorge Santiago and, most recently, Patrick Cote.

If you care to send Belcher "Get Well" wishes, his wife has posted the address to "The Talent's" Mississippi gym.

"Several people have sent me @'s asking where they can send Alan a get well soon card to.gym address is 10322 gorenflo rd diberville ms 39340."

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Alves, a product of the Florida-stationed American Top Team gym, recently drew the ire of UFC President Dana White by failing to make weight in his number one contender's bout with Jon Fitch which took place earlier this August at UFC 117. Alves has a history of weight issues and missing the mark against Fitch was the last straw for White, who vowed to make Alves compete at middleweight from now on. Alves pleaded his case, hired a nutritionist specializing in healthy weight control and earned at least one more shot in the UFC's 170lb division. Alves is 17-7 as a professional and is currently 0-2 in his last two outings, losing to UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre and, most recently, to Fitch.

Fighting out of Boston, Massachusetts, John "Doomsday" Howard holds a professional mixed martial arts record of 14-5 and is currently 4-1 in the UFC. His four Octagon victories have come against Chris Wilson (split decision), Tamdan McCrory (split decision), Dennis Hallman (KO) and Daniel Roberts (KO). His most recent outing resulted in his first UFC loss; Howard was deemed unfit to continue on in his UFC Live 2 - Jones vs. Matyushenko bout against Jake Ellenberger due to extreme swelling on his left eye.

UFC 124 is expected to go down this December 11th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and will likely feature a welterweight title fight between UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre and number one contender Josh Koscheck in addition to the Alves-Howard match up.

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"Of course it did," Maia said when asked if Silva cornering Miranda motivated him to perform well. "I was glad when I knew he'd be on his corner because I knew it'd motivate me even more. With all due respect to Mário, but I was glad when I heard that Anderson would be on his corner because I knew I'd motivate me even more."

Maia is certainly a top-tier middleweight fighter but is under no illusions that he is close to getting another crack at the title, citing UFC President Dana White's post-fight comments and the current line of middleweight contenders as reasons for his belief.

"Man, on the press conference what Dana said, when he was asked about what he thinks [would] be the next step for me, that he still doesn't know because the division is too busy," said Maia. "There's Anderson's fight with Chael (Sonnen), there's Vitor (Belfort) who should get a title fight, there're lots of athletes that are on the front line, so it's one of the busiest divisions now."

Maia is currently 2-2 in his last four fights, staggering losses to Nate Marquardt and Silva with victories over Dan Miller and Mario Miranda. His overall record as a professional mixed martial artist is 13-2.

UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn II went down on August 28th at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.