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MMATorch Briefing: Fedor wants to fight Lesnar, Filho out of WEC, Heavyweight rankings, Big announcement

Nov 19, 2008 - 12:25:00 AM

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In a statement issued today by his management company M-1, Fedor Emelianenko expressed interest in a superfight between himself and new UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar. Of course, this will only happen if the UFC is willing to co-promote with M-1 and Affliction Entertainment (which they aren't). To read the full statement and more, check out my write up on it here.

According to Dave Meltzer there are strong indications that Paulo Filho has been released following his very strange performance at WEC 36 after failing to make weight to defend his WEC Middleweight Title that night. More on Meltzer's story and my reaction can be found here.

Other stories of interest at MMATorch.com:

Williams' MMA News Blog: Updated Affliction: Day of Reckoning Card

Torch Rankings: The Top 10 Heavyweights as voted by the Torch Staff

UFC NEWS: Jon Fitch may return at UFC 94 (w/ Penick Analysis)

Williams' MMA News Blog: Couture: "I Think Fedor Would Probably Tear Brock Up at This Point" (VIDEO)

And on today's free Torch Audio Update, I talk about:

-Why Fedor is the #1 Heavyweight in the world.

-Paulo Filho and his WEC release.

-Jon Fitch's return to the Octagon in January.

(Click here to listen)

And, of course, the big announcement was made over the weekend; MMATorch is going mobile! With a brand new, high end user interface for WAP enabled mobile devices, i.e. BlackBerrys, iPhones, iPod touch, etc., MMATorch is now easier than ever to access on your mobile device. To find out more about the new mobile page, and to get your access to this newest version of the site now, check out our announcement page here.

Stay tuned to MMATorch.com as we bring you analysis on all of the news in MMA and keep you locked in with coverage of all the major MMA events. This week we're looking at the fallout from last weekend's major event, including Randy Couture's thoughts on Brock against Fedor. Also, our new Heavyweight Rankings are up, and our staff members are running down their picks all week. Agree? Disagree? Let us know your rankings at TorchRankings@gmail.com and we'll post our Torch Nation top 10's later in the month. Once again, you can find all of this and more at MMATorch.com!

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