Apple Valley High School, the #1 ranked team in the nation, took home the gold in this years 2010 Minnesota Christmas Tournament.  Apple Valley finished the tournament with 11 individual place-winners, holding off nationally ranked Simley.

Speaking of #1 in the nation, Destin McCauley (#1 - 152) pinned his way through the tournament and is a 4-time Christmas Tournament Champion.

- Jake Short (Simley, MN) pinned Brandon Kingsley (Apple Valley, MN) in the 140 pound final and received this years Outstanding Wrestler award.

- 7th-grader Mark Hall of Apple Valley won the 130 pound title, upsetting #1 Ben Morgan (Forest Lake) in the semi's 10-0.  Get used to that name.......Mark Hall.

- Bronson Steuber (JCC) upset Matt Kelliher (Apple Valley) in the 135 finals.

- #2 Donny Longendyke (White Bear Lake, MN) won every match by fall in the Heavyweight bracket.

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The nomination stage for the 2010 World MMA Awards closes this Saturday at www.worldmmaawards.com.

The awards program, launched in 2008 by "Fighters Only," honors the industry's best in 20 different MMA-related categories.

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the Year" category while lead staff reporter and MMAjunkie.com Radio
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MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show Jeremy Stephens, who meets fellow lightweight Melvin Guillard on the pay-per-view portion of this weekend's UFC 119 event.

Additionally, former WEC champion Miguel Torres calls in to discuss next week's WEC 51 main-card bout with Charlie Valencia.

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Fresh off a UFC Fight Night 22 victory over Rousimar Palhares, Nate Marquardt has replaced an injured Vitor Belfort and now meets Yushin Okami in the headliner of November's UFC 122 event.

The change, first reported by MMAWeekly.com, has been confirmed to MMAjunkie.com by sources close to the event. However, MMAjunkie.com was unable to confirm the nature of Belfort's injury.

As UFC executives officially announced earlier this week, UFC 122 takes place Nov. 13 at Konig Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany, and airs via same-day delay on Spike TV.

Word has come out via MMAWeekly.com that “The Phenom” Vitor Belfort has suffered another injury and will be sidelined from his UFC 122 fight against Yushin Okami. Nate Marquardt, who recently fought, has been tapped to replace him in the number one contenders bout. We’ll update this story as word come out.

MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show Ron Sparks, who gets a fight at Thursday's Bellator 30 event after a KOTC fight with Ray Mercer fell through.

Additionally, UFC Fight Night 22 winners Jim Miller and Brian Foster call into discuss what's next in their careers.

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CHICAGO, Ill. (September 20, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships today announced that undefeated heavyweight Ron “The Monster” Sparks will make his Bellator debut in his hometown of Louisville when he takes on undefeated ground-and-pound specialist and fellow Louisville product Greg Maynard at Bellator 30, taking place at Fourth Street Live! on September 23.

“We’re thrilled to give the Louisville faithful a heavyweight match of this caliber,” said Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney. “Both fighters are beloved in Louisville, and will give the fans at Fourth Street Live! a great show.”

Both heavyweights enter the fight sporting perfect professional records, Sparks is 5-0 and Maynard is 2-0 in their respective fighting careers. The massive 6′5” 265 lb Sparks has notched 4 of his professional victories by knockout, while his Maynard has won both of his outings from submissions due to strikes. The pair of hard-hitting heavyweights has finished a combined 6 of their 7 fights, which makes the odds of this heavyweight showdown making it to the judges very unlikely.

“This fight should end with a knockout,” said a confident Sparks. “Although I wouldn’t mind it going to the ground either. Everyone sees me as a huge stand up fighter, but I have taken my ground game to a whole new level, and I want people to see that.”

The biggest struggle “The Monster” has faced hasn’t been in the ring, but finding someone who is willing to take him on. After having his previous two fights cancelled or postponed, Sparks is truly thankful to be given this opportunity in his hometown.

“I’m just excited to get back into the ring,” said Sparks. “Bellator is a huge promotion, and to make my debut in front of all my friends and family just makes it even more special. The fans know I always provide a great show, and this won’t be any different.”

Tickets for the event – which will also be broadcast LIVE nationwide on FOX Sports Net along with action-packed highlight shows that will air on NBC Saturday nights – are on sale now at ticketmaster.com

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator.

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successful fight teams in MMA today.

The crew also discusses their picks for the 2010 World MMA Awards, which on Saturday closes the nomination stage for 20 award categories.

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Chael Sonnen, who fell just short of dethroning longtime UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva at this past month's UFC 117 event, failed his post-fight drug screening due to performance-enhancing drugs.

That's according to California State Athletic Commission Executive Officer George Dodd, who alerted Sherdog.com of the failed test.

MMAjunkie.com could reach neither CSAC officials nor Sonnen for confirmation and reaction.

Chael Sonnen, who fell just short of dethroning longtime UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva at this past month's UFC 117 event, failed his post-fight drug screening due to performance-enhancing drugs.

That's according to California State Athletic Commission Executive Officer George Dodd, who today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com that the failed test was due to
a banned performance-enhancer. Sonnen could not immediately be reached
for comment.

Sherdog.com first reported the failed test.