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The third in our series of Tim Kennedy posts will be the shortest: The soldier-grappler was to fight former 205-pound UFC champ Lyoto Machida in the main event of “UFC Fight Night 31: UFC Fight for the Troops 3” at Fort Campbell, Ky., on Nov. 6. Then an injury to another fighter shuffled the UFC’s schedule, and Kennedy was left without an opponent. That triggered a series of Tweets from Kennedy that called out a good chunk of the UFC’s 185-pound division. Eventually, matchmakers selected Rafael “Sapo” Natal, according to our good friends at MMAJunkie.com — who’d been ID’d previously…

Wanted: Middleweight martial artist willing to step into cage in front of loud group of soldiers at Kentucky military installation, fight Texas National Guardsman who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and hasn’t been knocked out in 20 professional bouts. Experience a plus. Medical insurance probably also a good idea. Tim Kennedy had been set to headline “UFC Fight Night 31: UFC Fight For the Troops 3” at Fort Campbell, Ky., on Nov. 6 against Lyoto Machida, a former 205-pound champion set to drop to 185 pounds in what would be the biggest fight of Kennedy’s career. But late last week,…

The Marine tradition of putting together the best recruiting commercials continues. This time they’ve partnered with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and drawn on the warrior mentality that it takes to be a world-class fighter. The ad features shots of Marines training and fighting interspersed with clips of some of the most popular MMA fighters in the world — including Randy Couture, Brock Lesnar, Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida and Forrest Griffin — to drive home the sacrifice, dedication and hard work it takes to be both a Marine and a UFC fighter. [HTML1] Check Monday’s print edition of Marine Corps Times…

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