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You look at Dememtrious Johnson and you see a guy who you can't believe is a fighter. At 5ft 3in and maybe weighs in at 140 pounds after he rehydrates his body for his fight, the man people call Mighty Mouse relishes in the role of the underdog. Johnson (9-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) faces Dominick Cruz (18-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) for the UFC Bantamweight title this Saturday night at the UFC Live on Versus 6 card in Washington DC. A lot people were shocked that Johnson got the title opportunity. People thought he even he lost his fight against Miguel Torres at UFC 130 which Johnson won by a close decision. Johnson won the fight and if people want to complain about it that's fine with him.

UFC Hall of Famer, Chuck Liddell spoke with MMAWeekly at UFC 135 this past weekend a number of different subjects.

Following his loss to Chris Leben many fans expected Wanderlei Silva to retire from the sport of MMA. In this video with MMAWeekly Silva chats about the fact that he decided not to retire and his upcoming bout with Cung Le at UFC 139 in San Jose, California.

This past Saturday evening the UFC was in Denver, Colorado for UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage. The main event had Jon Jones submitting Rampage in the fourth round, one of only two men to submit Rampage.

Just days ago it was announced that Spike TV would be very strongly counter programing the UFC's debut on Fox. This season of The Ultimate Fighter will end the partnership between the two companies.

D&E Entertainment announced today that they have acquired the feature film, The Hammer (previously titled,Hamill), for theatrical distribution. On October 27 the film will be released theatrically nationwide. Additionally, ARC Entertainment will be heading VOD/DVD/BluRay distribution and Archstone Distribution will be heading international distribution of the film.  TapouT and Purple Communications have joined as marketing partners. 

Las Vegas, Nevada – Just days before the highly anticipated UFC® bantamweight title fight between champion Dominick Cruz and challenger Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson from Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 1, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® will host a media conference call with the 135-pound competitors. The call, which will also feature heavyweight co-main event stars Pat Barry and Stefan Struve.

Here we go with the aftermath for UFC 135 with fight reactions, and future match-ups for the winners and losers. I hope Joe Silva gets a hold of this site one day and takes some of my advice on what should happen next. He has the best job.

UFC 135 has now come and gone and it was an event to be remembered. The main event had Jon Jones being only the second man to submit Quinton "Rampage" Jackson to retain his Light Heavyweight Championship.

Nate Diaz picked up his biggest victory of his career at UFC 135 against Takanori Gomi. Diaz completely dominated the fight on the feet and eventually ended up transitioning to a sick armbar submission. In this interview with Karyn Bryant of MMA H.E.A.T following his win Diaz speaks about his respect for Gomi and how he used to favorite all of his YouTube videos.