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Sorry about posting a lot on the MMA thread lately. It's just that there's so much that's been happening, and a lot of it has been notable. A lot of very nice finishes too.

MMA in August Looks Tremendous

Not to jinx it, but August is set to be one of the best months in MMA history. We're getting a number of fights people have anticipated for years, along with really neat fights like Gina-Cyborg and Forrest-Anderson. Rather than comment further, I'll just list the fights for everyone to salivate over after the jump to remind everyone why competition is a welcome thing in MMA.

What I'm looking forward to a lot:

8/1 (Affliction 3):
Josh Barnett vs. Fedor Emelianenko
Gerard Mousasi vs. Babalu Sobral

8/8 (UFC 101):
BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian
Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin

8/9 (WEC 42):
Miguel Torres vs. Brian Bowles

8/15 (Strikeforce):
Gina Carano vs. Cyborg Santos
Alistair Overeem vs. Brett Rogers

8/29 (UFC 102):
Randy Couture vs. Antonio Nogueira
Demian Maia vs. Nate Marquardt

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A few more really nice KO's c/o Jose Aldo's knees. The 2nd one was over in about 8 seconds into the 1st round. Fight was today.

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