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Former UFC champion Frank Shamrock is being denied a place in the UFC Hall of Fame despite of past accomplishments in the organisation and carrying the struggling organisation during what is referred to as the dark ages. This all stems from a personal feud between Shamrock and the president of the UFC  Dana White who took over the organisation  back in 2001 when Zuffa bought the company.

Undoubtedly This affects the legitimacy of the Hall of Fame, Shamrock being backed by a legion of fans created  a petition protesting that this stance is unacceptable claiming fighters like Frank Shamrock should be honoured for their contribution towards the sport. Although Shamrock himself wasn’t too bothered about the situation;

“I think its great that people are supporting me but truth be told I don’t care if I’m inducted or not.  I know what I have accomplished in the sport and so do all of the fans.”

“That’s what Dana’s like, he’s like a kid who takes his ball home when things don’t go his way. He [Dana] gets  a lot of credit for building up the sport but all he did really was just water it down from being a legit sport”

Michael ‘The Count’ Bisping is feeling very confident going into his fight against former PRIDE champion Dan Henderson scheduled for the historic UFC 100 card on July 11th. Bisping insists that his training for the bout has been going well and that Henderson poses little threat to him “Besides his wrestling I don’t see him causing me much problems, if he manages to get me down I will get straight back up to my feet and continue to out strike him.

UFC 100 is predicted to generate the highest PPV buys in UFC history – many of which Bisping says he will account for “No disrespect to anyone else on the card but everyone will be tuning in on July 11th to watch me beat the shit out of Dan Henderson. I have a worldwide fan base that’s still growing where as [ Dan] is only known in the States” Bisping was also irked about Henderson’s recent comments regarding Bisping receiving ‘gift’ decisions in his past fights “I’ve only went to a split decision twice in my career so for him to say that I get gift decisions is laughable really, only thing missing in his last fight when he beat Rich [Franklin] was a bow tie” there’s a reason he’s known as ‘Decision Dan’.

Bisping then went onto express interest in returning to the UFC’s Light heavy weight divison and challenging Lyoto Machida who currently holds the belt “You know I’m in the sport for challenges and in my mind Machida is the best pound for pound fighter in the UFC, it used to be Anderson but his last two performances were shameful to say the least”

With just little over a week left until TUF finalist Stephan Bonnar and Mark ‘The Hammer’ Coleman are set to clash on the under card of UFC 100 on July 11th, In a rare display of honestly Bonnar admits that he is a little nervous going into the bout “From what some of  [the] guys at  the gym [Xtreme Couture] tell me – Coleman is a freak now when it comes to cardio.” said Bonnar “I’ve been told he has completely changed his game up,  so I’m expexcting the best version of Mark Coleman we’ve seen yet to enter the Octagon on July 11th.”

Win or lose Bonnar says this time he will leave everything he has to offer in the cage “I still feel that I have a punchers chance though but I would be lying if I said I am as confident as when I first signed for this fight.  After watching him train everyday I know this isn’t the same guy I signed up to fight a few months ago.

Bonnar also is irked and feels that Coleman is overlooking him for  shot at the title “I heard what he has been saying in interviews – about him feeling he’s ready for a title shot and that I’m just a stepping stone.  That shows me that his confidence is at an all time high, and a confident Mark Coleman is everyone’s worst nightmare – so I will have to bring my ‘A’ game if I have any hope to win”