Daily Update: UFC on FOX, Ronda Rousey body paint!

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UFC on FOX tonight!

Ryan Bader vs Anthony Johnson will be fighting later tonight in Newark, NJ.  Bader will need this win to keep his title shot hopes alive.  Like all Anthony Johnson fights the plan should be to take him into the later rounds and pick him apart then look to take him down and either submit Johnson or grind out a decision.  If Bader can survive Johnson’s power in the first round or two then he has a chance though he is certainly an underdog.

Josh Barnett will take on Ben Rothwell.  With the ever changing injury situation and shallow talent pool with the heavy weights either one of these men could earn a possible title shot with a win.  This is an intruiging fight in that they are both long time vets and there isn’t much either one of them hasn’t seen before.  We also get to see if the Sage Northcutt hype train can keep a chuggin’ against Bryan Barbarena, who was a late replacement for Andrew Holbrook.  Northcutt in 3 months with the UFC is already having his third fight.  This next fight seems to be a step up in competition for the talented Northcutt but UFC is certianly bringing him along slowly.  Northcutt is a must see at the post-fight press conference.

UFC ON FOX ON SATURDAY FROM THE PRUDENTIAL CENTER IN NEWARK, NJ  – Follow along live with F4WOnline.com’s Ryan Frederick.

Fight Pass at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time

Randy Brown vs. Matt Dwyer

Tony Martin vs. Felipe Olivieri

Damon Jackson vs. Levan Makashvili

FS 1 at 5 p.m.

Alex Bruce Leroy Caceres vs. Masio Fullen

George Sullivan vs. Alexander Yakovlev

Wilson Reis vs. Dustin Ortiz

Kevin Casey vs. Rafael Natal

Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Diego Ferreira

Jake Ellenberger vs. Tarec Saffiedine

FOX at 10 p.m.

Sage Northcutt vs. Bryan Barbarena

Iuri Alcantara vs. Jimmie Rivera

Ben Rothwell vs. Josh Barnett

Anthony Rumble Johnson vs. Ryan Bader

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Yoshihiro Takayama & Quiet Storm & Hajime Ohara & Genba Hirayanagi vs. Yoshinari Ogawa & Akitoshi Saito & Hitoshi Kumano & Kaito Kiyomiya

Desperado vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Shelton Benjamin vs. Mitsuhiro Kitamiya

Maybach Taniguchi vs. Takashi Iizuka

Daisuke Harada & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Taka Michinoku & Taichi for GHC jr. tag titles

Taiji Ishimori vs. Kenou for GHC jr. title 

Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Mohammed Yone & Katsuhiko Nakajima for GHC tag titles

Minoru Suzuki vs. Go Shiozaki

Naomichi Marufuji vs. Takashi Sugiura for GHC heavyweight title

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  • Ronda Rousey got bodypainted again for a second Sports Illustrated photo shoot.
  • Despite spending all of his time before, during and after his main event fight last night for Bellator talking about Josh Koscheck, Paul Daley apparently wants a fight with Wanderlei Silva as he told reporters following last night’s Bellator 148. Scott Coker later commented that he’s not interested in signing the former UFC fighter and former Pride Grand Prix Champion and doesn’t think the fight will happen.
  • ONE Championships main card results from Malaysia on Friday – Ev Ting 3rd round sub over Eric Kelly; Eduard Foloyang dec over Tetsuya Yamada; Jake Butler 1st round KO over Tatsuya Mizuno; Geje Eustaquio 1st round KO over Saiful Merican; Samir Mrabet 2nd round sub over Sami Amin; Keanu Subba 1st round KO over Rayner Kinsiong
  • Victory FC 47 on UFC Fight Pass main card results from Omaha on Friday – Anthony Smith 1st round KO over Josh Neer; Jarred Mercado 2nd round sub over Alonzo Martinez; Dakota Cochrane 3rd round sub over Jake Lindsey; Cody Carrillo 1st round sub over Sean Wilson; Yuri Villefort 1st round KO over Kenneth Glenn; Grant Dawson 2nd round TKO over Bryce Logan

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