MMA NEWS: SONNEN VS GRIFFIN AT 205 LBS, KAUFMAN TALKS ROUSEY, HISTORY OF MMA MOVIE TRAILER

SONNEN TRASHES JONES BEFORE CONFIRMING GRIFFIN FIGHT
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J. Waugh 
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"Sure, I can go up to 205 and take Jon Jones' belt away the same as I can take his candy on Halloween; the little punk kid, I can snatch it all I want," Sonnen said.
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       UFC middleweight Chael Sonnen (27-12) announced on FUEL TV that he will step up to light heavyweight to take on former champion Forrest Griffin (19-7) on December 29. Sonnen spoke highly of Griffin while simultaneously speaking lowly of current UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones. 
"Sure, I can go up to 205 and take Jon Jones' belt away the same as I can take his candy on Halloween; the little punk kid, I can snatch it all I want," Sonnen said. "But there is something to be said in sportsmanship in earning your shot. . . And on the 29th of December I'm going to go through Forrest to do it."
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       This will be the first fight for Sonnen since his most recent loss to Anderson Silva for the middleweight title. The UFC has not officially announced this match up happening, but Sarah Kaufman is set to take on Ronda Rousey for the Strikeforce Bantamweight title on August 18. Kaufman spoke highly of Rousey's skills but believes that there is no way Rousey can make a claim for the best in the division without first dealing with Kaufman's stand up.
"Ronda Rousey is not the best female fighter in the world," Kaufman said. "Granted she's had all of her wins by arm bar in the first round, but . . . until she fights me she's not number one."
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       Director Bobby Razak has released (in July 2012 according to his website) a movie titled 'History of MMA' that showcase the struggles of mixed martial arts as a growing sport in mainstream society. It chronicles the journey of the sport through different times including Senator John McCain's vocal opposition to the sport, the film has a cast of referee "Big" John McCarthy and former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Coleman to state a few. Coleman spoke about the dynamics the UFC brought to martial arts as a whole and what it showed the viewers.
"You take a Karate guy off his feet and he's a fish out of water," Coleman said. "These stand up guys had to learn how to wrestle or they didn't have a chance."
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       The movie also goes in depth into the world of underground MMA and it's role in maintaining the sport when television wouldn't air it. The movie explains how the sport was carried on through the underground scene while the the government seemed to be all for its demise.
"The underground events at that time was the only thing that did keep mixed martial arts around," Ed Soares (Anderson Silva's manager) said.

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