Undefeated Chad Mendes looks to be the first to dethrone featherweight champ Jose Aldo, plus Anthony Johnson makes his middleweight debut against Vitor Belfort in a battle of powerful strikers. Watch a preview of UFC RIO: Aldo vs. Mendes.

Extended 10-minute promo video for UFC 142: ALDO VS MENDES, to be held Saturday, January 14, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In the EPIC main event, former Strikeforce and DREAM heavyweight champion Alistair “The Reem” Overeem played the role of Grim Reaper in his UFC debut. Overeem collected the MMA soul of Brock Lesnar with a series of knees and kicks to the body. After getting stung by a nasty liver kick, Lesnar dropped to a knee in pain, a reminder of the multi-year battle he recently fought with diverticulitis. Overeem finished Lesnar with punches to the head. In his post-fight interview, Lesnar, already a millionaire from his days as a WWE superstar, announced his retirement from the UFC.

In the co-main event, Nate Diaz put a Stockton-style beatdown on Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. Diaz successfully got into Cerrone’s head before this fight with trash talking and swatting off Cerrone’s signature cowboy hat at the weigh-ins. Since the Diaz brothers are angry by nature, they are able to fight emotionally and yet remain technical. Cerrone, on the other hand, strayed away from his technical acumen with anger and attempted to trade with Diaz at the expense of defending himself. This resulted in Cerrone getting clearly outpointed by Diaz’s machine gun striking style.

Johny “Big Rig” Hendricks blasted former UFC welterweight title contender Jon Fitch in a mere 12 seconds with a lethal left hook. In 15 career fights, Fitch had only ever lost once – and it was to UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre by a 5-round decision. Although Hendricks wasn’t even the biggest underdog on this fight card, from a career-changing perspective, this is one of the biggest upsets of the year in MMA. Fitch has been a perennial title contender for most of his UFC career. Now Johny Hendricks has officially arrived!

Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafsson continued his ascent up the UFC ranks with a first-round TKO victory over veteran fighter Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko. Gustafsson will likely get a Top 10 light heavyweight in his next fight.

The first 6 fights on the card all went the distance. Jimy “The Kid” Hettes, Ross “The Real Deal” Pearson, Danny “Last Call” Castillo, Dong Hyun “Stun Gun” Kim, Jacob “Christmas” Volkmann and Diego “The Gun” Nunes earned decision wins, respectively, over Nam Phan, Junior Assuncao, Anthony “The Assassin” Njokuani, Sean Pierson, Efrain Escudero and Manny “The Anvil” Gamburyan.

Updated MMA win-loss records with total fight time in brackets.

UD = Unanimous | SD = Split Decision | SUB = Submission

FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Nate Diaz vs. Donald Cerrone

KO OF THE NIGHT: Johny Hendricks over Jon Fitch

QUICKEST WIN: Johny Hendricks over Jon Fitch in 12 seconds

BIGGEST UPSET: Nate Diaz (+255) over Donald Cerrone

BIGGEST WINNER:) Alistair Overeem

BIGGEST LOSER:( Brock Lesnar

UFC 141 Madman Roundtable Results:

2011 MADMAN LEADERBOARD

UFC fights ONLY.

*DANGER* of being released from UFC due to loss.

Complete episode in 720p HD. UFC 141: LESNAR VS OVEREEM will be held Friday, December 30, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will go toe-to-toe with former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem. Lightweight fan favorites Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Nate Diaz will throw down in the co-main event.

Official promo video for UFC 141: LESNAR VS OVEREEM, to be held Friday, December 30, 2011. Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will face the equally behemoth Alistair Overeem, former Strikeforce heavyweight champion.

First trailer for THE EXPENDABLES 2, set for release on August 17, 2012.

Multiple-time former UFC champion Randy Couture joins Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, Liam Hemsworth, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Jet Lit, Dolph Lundgren and Terry Crews on screen in this sequel to the 2010 international box office hit.

UFC Octagon Girl Brittney Palmer is set to follow in the lovely footsteps of previous Playboy cover girls Rachelle Leah (a former Octagon Girl) and Arianny Celeste, who along with Palmer and Chandella Powell form the UFC’s current ring card trio.

Visit Brittney Palmer’s official website to check out her cool art and buy an autographed copy of her 2012 swimsuit calendar!

You can also follow Brittney Palmer on Twitter or like her on Facebook.

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MMA legend Don “The Predator” Frye and his legendary mustache unretired for the umpteenth time at GLADIATOR CHALLENGE: MEGA STARS in Lincoln, California on Sunday, December 11, 2011.

Don Frye took on late replacement Ruben Villareal, a journeyman fighter who once fought in Strikeforce but was now riding a 5-fight losing streak. Warpath violently ended his victory drought with a brutal knockout of Don Frye. The 46-year-old Frye, a true cowboy, remains one of MMA’s funniest personalities and will likely once again retire into a for-hire commentary role.

Unorthodox athletes who’ve held UFC gold – see why it’s impossible to predict what will happen when current champion Jon Jones takes on Lyoto Machida in the main event of UFC 140.

The first time Frank Mir and Minotauro Nogueira fought, Mir TKO’d Big Nog in the second round. Three years later, they’re rematching to get back in the heavyweight mix.

Two light-heavyweight legends will step into the Octagon and show they world they’ve still got the skills that made them stars. Watch as Tito Ortiz and Rogerio Nogueira prepare for UFC 140.

UFC 140: JONES VS MACHIDA will be held Saturday, December 10, 2011, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

You can follow Felice Herrig on Twitter @FeliceHerrig or like her on Facebook at her personally-run Felice Herrig fan page.

More pics below, including Felice Herrig’s EPIC weigh-in pic with Nicdali “The Night Queen” Rivera-Calanoc from XFO 39.

On Friday, November 18, 2011, at Strikeforce Challengers 20, Julia Budd will face her toughest MMA challenge to date against the equally beautiful and dangerous Ronda Rousey.

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You can like Julia Budd on Facebook, follow her on Twitter, or visit Julia Budd’s official website.