UFC 129: Nate Diaz Will Stay at Welterweight to Face Rory MacDonald

The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black belt under Cesar Gracie, Nate Diaz will be back in action at UFC 129 on April 30th in Toronto, against Canadian Rory MacDonald. The Season five winner of “The Ulitimate Fighter” where he fought as a lightweight, Diaz will make his third official appearance at welterweight.

Diaz (13-6) moved up in weight after losing three of his last four at lightweight, he was 6-3 overall in the 155 division. Since moving up he has fought three times (one at catchweight), winning his first two bouts against Rory Markham and Marcus Davis. In his last bout he faced the Korean born fighter Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 125, where he was out muscled and lost a unanimous decision.

MacDonald (10-1) is coming off a disappointing ending in his fight with Carlos Condit at UFC 115, where he was controlling the fight until Condit stopped him (Via TKO) with just seconds left in the fight. Macdonald also used to fight at lightweight before making the jump to welterweight and is the former KOTC Canadian and World lightweight champion.

The bout was originally reported by MMAFighting.com and later confirmed by MMAWeekly.com

UFC 129 will be headlined by another welterweight bout between the UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre (21-2) taking on Jake Shields (26-4-1)

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Strikeforce Challengers 13 Main Card Results

The first Strikeforce card of the year is in the books and it had a little bit of everything on the televised portion of the card. Headlined by a welterweight showdown between the undefeated Tyron Woodley and Tarec Saffiedine, it was the female fight that stole the show.

Amanda Nunes needed only 14 seconds to finish off Julia Budd and send a statement to women’s middleweight champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos. With little fighters waiting to step in with Santos, Nunes just might be the one for the job.

Here is the results for the main card:

Tyron Woodley vs. Tarec Saffiedine – Tyron Woodley by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Daniel Cormier vs. Devin Cole – Daniel Cormier by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Ovince St. Preux vs. Ron Humphrey – Ovince St. Preux by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Amanda Nunes vs. Julia Budd – Amanda Nunes by 1st round TKO 14

Rhadi Ferguson vs. John Richard – Rhadi Ferguson by 2nd round Submission (Knee Bar)

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UFC 129: Ben Henderson to Face Mark Bocek in UFC Debut

After losing his WEC lightweight title by unanimous decision over Anthony Pettis, Ben Henderson (12-2) will likely begin his journey back to the top on April 30th. With verbal agreements in place, the bout is set to take place at UFC 129 in Toronto against the Canadian Mark Bocek (9-3).

Bocek is coming off an impressive first round submission over BJJ specialist Dustin Hazelett at UFC 124. Following the victory Bocek called out rising star George Sotiropoulos in his post fight interview with Joe Rogan. Ultimately Bocek didn’t get his wish but did get a former title holder and arguably a bigger name in Henderson.

Henderson gets a tough draw in his first UFC bout, but coming off loser the belt what a better way to get you back into the hunt. Before his lose at WEC 53, Henderson was undefeated in the WEC at 5-0 having beaten such names as Jamie Varner, Shane Roller and Donald Cerrone.

UFC 129 is scheduled to be headlined by a welterweight title match between the beloved Canadian Georges St. Pierre and Jake Shields. Also on the card is a Light heavyweight fight between Lyoto Machida and MMA Legend Randy Couture. The UFC will be making its debut in Toronto, having held previous events in Canada in Montreal and Vancouver.

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