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My goal of watching all of Pride FC on UFC Fight Pass is on hold because, well, the first two weren't terribly interesting and it kind of killed my interest in it. Plus, there's been a lot of actual UFC on TV of late, and that's taken up a lot of my time. Christmas palm tress are awesome. We love ours. I have spent hours tweaking my template code on the blog trying to get Twitter cards to work properly. This post is really an excuse to try it out and see if it works as advertised. I'm also experimenting with some new Blogger to Twitter feeding tools, so when this appears multiple times on Twitter, I'm very sorry.

There's a UFC PPV this weekend, and it's not going to do a whole lot of business because neither Jose Aldo nor Chad Mendes is anywhere near a drawing card. And I'd hook you up with the usual Canadastar list of bars, but as of Friday afternoon, the new website is under construction . Plus, the semi-main event may be cancelled, live on PPV . Which really makes this post kind of useless, doesn't it?

It's a rare Friday PPV for UFC, with Lesnar vs. Overeem capping off the year for the fighting group in what should be a fight of Hobbesian proportions: nasty, brutish and short. But in a good way. So if you want to go see it in a bar, here's the link .

It's UFC PPV weekend (again), and my current favorite fighter, Mr. Bones Jones, is defending his light heavyweight title against former champion Lyoto Machida. Sadly, I'm unavailable to watch the show this weekend, but you should! Here's the link to find a bar .

I watched this card over at my brother's house as he wanted to show off his new home theatre, but if he hadn't invited us over, I probably would not have bought it on my own, given that the GSP-Condit title fight was pulled a couple of weeks ago due to injury. If Dana White wants to know why buyrates are down, well, if this had been a WWE show, it would have been headlined by, I dunno, Chris Jericho vs. James Storm, with a semi-main event of Zack Ryder vs. Big Zeke. There's no way that Mitrione vs. Kongo is a semi-main event on PPV. A year ago, that fight would have barely made the Spike TV prelims. UFC really has to start loading up the PPV cards and make them seem special. And when this show was over, basically all I remembered was: 1) Diaz's promo and GSP's "ooh, I'm scared" gesture 2) The apparent retirement of BJ Penn 3) The apparent retirement of Cro Cop ... and that's about it. Don't get me wrong - the main event was a fun f...

It's UFC weekend again, and so here's your link to finding a bar to watch Penn vs. Diaz. With the GSP title fight off the card due to injury, I'm not predicting big business for this show (and isn't that going out on a limb?) Still, it should be a fun card.

Wow, what a card last night! Spoilers ahead after the jump break:

This could be the sleeper card of 2011. Edgar-Maynard II was awesome, Aldo vs. Florian should be really good, and the rest of the card looks pretty freaking amazing. So if you're looking for a bar in Edmonton, Calgary or other spots in Alberta to watch this, here's your link .

I can't believe I forgot to post this, especially considering I'm buying the show tonight! But if you'd rather go see it at a bar, here's your hookup . Go Bones!

Picture from Jets website The Winnipeg Jets unveiled their new jerseys today and I think they look fantastic. Pictures  here on the Jets website . Needless to say, this is high on my Christmas list. Having grown up in Winnipeg, I'm thrilled to have the Jets back. And the other big sporting news today is that Brock Lesnar is returning to the octagon on Dec. 30 to battle Alistair Overeem . That's going to be great, epic battle and will get approximately a billion gajillion PPV buys. Yeah, yeah, I know... only hardcore MMA fans know who Overeem is, but that will change by December 30.

It's UFC PPV time again tomorrow night, so here's your semi- usual link on where to find a bar to watch UFC RIO (or UFC 134 for those numerically inclined) in Edmonton, Calgary and across Alberta.

I haven't done one of these in a while, and, frankly, they're good for boosting the visibility of my blog so, here's my semi-usual link on where to find a bar to watch UFC 133 in Edmonton, Calgary, or any other part of Alberta .

Here's my semi-regular post on where to find a bar in Edmonton, Calgary or elsewhere in Alberta to watch UFC 131.

UFC's promotional videos have made leaps and bounds recently in their effectiveness to tell stories, manipulate your emotions and sell fights. And not surprisingly, the promo for next month's show in Toronto is really, really good.

It's UFC PPV time again, so here's my semi-regular post on where to find a bar to watch UFC 128 . I'm totally psyched for this show, and getting together with some friends to watch it. Go Bones!

Here's two videos for UFC 128. Both are awesome, but the first one is unofficial (fan made by NickTheFace2 on YouTube) and the second one is the official UFC trailer. These vids will sell PPV buys. Extremely well done. I'm so stoked for this show!

It's been a while since I've done one of these, so here's your semi-usual public service blog l ink to finding a bar to watch this Saturday's UFC card .

WEC's final fight ever features one of its greatest moments ever. A fitting way for a great little promotion to wrap it up.

It's Brock vs. Cain this Saturday night! Whoooo! You will want to see this card. It should be really good. So here's the usual link on where to find a bar in Edmonton, Calgary or elsewhere in Alberta to see the fight.