Julia Budd vs. Ronda Rousey booked for Strikeforce Challengers event in November

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Strikeforce has booked an exciting women's bout for a Challengers series card this November, as Canadian Julia Budd will take on submission specialist Ronda Rousey.

The organization announced the bout on Twitter, and MMAJunkie.com reported that the fight will be on a Challengers card at the Pearl at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, though the date for the event has not yet been determined.

Budd has fought all three of her professional fights under the Strikeforce banner. After debuting with a TKO win over Shana Olsen, Budd was then stopped in 14 seconds by Amanda Nunes, but she bounced back in her last fight with a decision win over Germaine de Randamie.

Rousey made her Strikeforce debut earlier this month, defeating Sarah D'Alelio with an armbar in the first round. However, controversy surrounded the win, as D'Alelio claimed she did not verbally tap, though referee Steve Mazzagatti stopped the bout due to that. Rousey has fought six times in the amateur and professional ranks, and all six of those fights have ended by armbar in under a minute.

Penick's Analysis: This should be a really fun women's fight for a challengers card. It will be Budd's Muay Thai against Rousey's dangerous submission game, and the stylistic matchup should provide a very good challenge for each. Regardless of which fighter's style wins out, someone's likely going to get finished in that fight, and it makes for an intriguing and exciting fight.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/Affliction2/article_10301.shtml

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Lady Gaga Releases First 'Fashion Film' Version of 'You and I'

Video was directed by fashion photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, with four more clips to come.
By Gil Kaufman

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Most artists make one big splashy video for their latest single and then move on to the next one. As she's proven over and over again, though — most recently at the VMAs, where she stayed in her Jo Calderone character all night long — Lady Gaga is not most people.

After announcing on Twitter on Thursday that she shot five "fashion films" set to "Yoü and I" with Dutch fashion photography duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, she unleashed the first clip later that day, "Haus of Ü Featuring Nymph."

In typical Gaga fashion, it is perplexing, mesmerizing and just a bit odd, and nothing like the way-more elaborate, official music video for the rocking ballad. The barely two-minute black-and-white clip has Gaga pulling off a series of balletic twists and turns while wearing a simple slip dress and ballet slippers, her blonde hair loose and waving in the wind or up in a bun. At various points, there appear to be moths or some other kind of insect flying around in the background and lying dead on the ground.

Wearing very little makeup, Gaga stares intently at the camera while dancing in front of a stark white background. At one point she pulls up the dress while writhing on the ground, almost exposing herself. Near the end there is a fleeting moment where she gazes into the camera while holding her hair on her head in what looks like a colorized photo, with blonde applied to her locks, along with blush on her cheeks and a splash of blue on the dress.

Gaga did not announce when the other videos would be posted.

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Britney Spears 'Can't Be Knocked Down'

Celebrity fans including former 'NSYNC singer JC Chasez, tourmate DJ Pauly D and more weigh in on why Brit is still on top.
By Jocelyn Vena

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At the 2011 Video Music Awards, Lady Gaga's alter ego Jo Calderone presented Britney Spears with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award by telling the audience that Spears "taught us all how to be fearless." And that fearlessness was honored with a dance-heavy tribute to the pop star. Brit's ever-growing legacy is the reason why she was so deserving of the special award, her celebrity fans and members of her inner circle told MTV News.

"She never lets you down," her longtime choreographer Brian Friedman told MTV News on the VMA black carpet on Sunday night. "She's definitely not dull. There's always something crazy coming around the next turn. I think it's a mix between music, which is always incredible, the dance performance you see on the stage, the iconic videos, the fashion, and then the fact that she can't be knocked down."

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Those sentiments were mirrored by her pal and former 'NSYNC member JC Chasez, who noted that even at 30, "She's actually been around long enough [to have a tribute]. She has a body of work to pull from."

Spears' former tourmate, DJ Pauly D, also gushed about the singer, who won Best Pop Video for "Till The World Ends."

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"Oh, man! She deserves it out of anybody," the "Jersey Shore" star said. "She's been killing it forever now. She's got so many albums, and every time she brings out an album, she brings it."

After Gaga presented Spears with the award on Sunday, a group of young female dancers of various ages, dressed up in Britney-themed costumes from her hit music videos, took the stage to perform some of her most memorable moves.

The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards have wrapped, but the real action is just getting started! Stick with MTV News for winners, fashion pics, video and behind-the-scenes stories about everything that went down. Visit VMA.MTV.com for the latest.

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Damacio Page vs. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto scratched from UFC 135 with both fighters injured

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

This month's UFC 135 event has suffered another hit, as MMAJunkie.com reports that the bout between Damacio Page and Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto has been scratched with both fighters suffering injuries into the event.

The fight was expected to take place as part of the night's Facebook preliminary card stream, and the loss of the fight brings the card back to just ten fights currently.

It's the second time injuries have held Yamamoto from a fight this year in the Octagon. After losing his UFC debut to Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson at UFC 126, Yamamoto was expected to return in May at UFC 130. An injury took him out of that event, and now he's delayed even further.

Page made his UFC debut in March in a WEC rematch with Brian Bowles, losing in the exact same fashion at the exact same second of the first round that he lost in their first meeting. It was his second straight loss, and now his chance to get on track is delayed as well.

The event comes to Denver's Pepsi Center on Sept. 24, headlined by the Light Heavyweight Championship fight between Jon Jones and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.

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Penick's Analysis: That's yet another blow to this card that hurts the undercard, as this would have been a very exciting bantamweight fight. Still, both fighters will be in the same spot they were in when they return to action, so hopefully they can both recover quickly and get themselves back in the cage to try to rebound from their recent setbacks.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_10304.shtml

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Junior Assuncao returns to UFC in featherweight bout with Eddie Yagin at UFC 135

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

There are still one or two spots for the UFC to fill on next month's UFC 135 event with only ten fights currently scheduled, and they've reportedly got one of them covered, as MMAWeekly.com reports that Junior Assuncao will take on Eddie Yagin in a featherweight bout.

Assuncao, the older brother of UFC bantamweight Raphael Assuncao and fellow fighter Freddy Assuncao, returns to the UFC for the first time in four years. Assuncao went 1-2 in a three fight stint in 2006 and 2007, with a win over David Lee sandwiched by submission losses to Kurt Pellegrino and Nate Diaz.

Since then, Assuncao has posted a 7-1 record, including a current six fight winning streak. He's also posted first round stoppage victories in each of his last three fights.

Yagin enters the UFC off of a big win of his own, a first round submission over former Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Soto to capture the Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Title earlier this month. The win was his seventh in eight fights, and brought his career record to 15-4-1.

UFC 135 takes place on Sept. 24 from the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., headlined by a Light Heavyweight Championship bout between Jon Jones and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.

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Penick's Analysis: This is a good featherweight fight, and considering they're getting less than a month's notice this is actually a really good fight for the preliminary card. Both fighters get a chance to make a statement and bring themselves into the ever-developing UFC featherweight division. Assuncao has been on a tear recently, and Yagin just picked up perhaps his biggest win as well, so this should be a really good matchup for the fans in Denver.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_10293.shtml

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Kris Humphries And Ray J: Their Imagined Conversation On An Airplane

Now this is majorly awkies. A week after Kris Humphries tied the knot with Kim Kardashian, he ended up a flight from Los Angeles to New Orleans on Sunday with none other than Ray J, Kim's ex. More specifically, the ex with whom she recorded the sex tape which made her famous and that an anonymous bidder purchased this week so that it would no longer be available online. As Page Six reports, the two guys ended up across the aisle from each other in first class. After a few minutes of silence, Kris moved to another seat. A few minutes later, Ray J walked up to him and congratulated him on his recent nuptials.

After the jump, we imagine how this conversation went.

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Jay-Z, Kanye Show Their 'Growth' With Lyrics To Unborn Kids

'New Day' producer RZA talks about the Watch the Throne track — before Jay and Beyoncé's big news.
By Rob Markman

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LOS ANGELES — With Beyoncé and Jay-Z now expecting their first child, the Watch the Throne track "New Day" takes on a whole new meaning.

On the self-reflecting soul track, Hov and Kanye West rap to their unborn children, but now that Jigga will be a big poppa, some fans are wondering: Are the song's lyrics a life-imitating-art situation, or was the father-to-be dropping early clues?

Though his lyrical motivations are unclear right now, "New Day" producer RZA likes the message Jay-Z and Kanye are sending. "I love what they do, so I just felt good to hear what they do," RZA said on the red carpet for the BMI Urban Awards over the weekend. "And then for them to talk about the future generation of their children, they continue to show their solid dopeness and their growth as well."

"I'm sorry, Junior, I already ruined ya," Jay raps with regret as he fears that his past sins could come back like a karma boomerang to affect his unborn. Still, in the same breath, Hov rhymes about simply being able to take his kid to a barber shop and charter private planes.

When the Brooklyn MC began his path to becoming one of rap's greats by dropping his debut Reasonable Doubt in 1996, he was already a grown man. On "New Day," he aims to provide the right amount of guidance, so things don't take quite as long for his seed. "It took me 26 years to find my path/ My only job is cutting time in half."

There are other jewels passed on, like looking a person in the eyes when you talk to them and the importance of keeping your word. In the end, Jay gives his most heartfelt pledge: "Promise to never leave him, even if his mama tweaking/ 'Cause my dad left, and I promise never repeat him."

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Better UFC promo video? UFC 134 ?shocked crowd? or Brock ?screwed? with the wrong guy pre-UFC 121?

Not many casual fans know Yushin Okami, so the UFC has wisely put of all of its UFC 134 eggs in the Anderson Silva basket. The commercial currently running for UFC 134 is brilliant. Showing shots of an amazed and dazed crowd following Silva's front knockout of Vitor Belfort is a hit.

The only promo I've enjoyed as much or more was the video produced by a "mystery" source with Cain Velasquez and Co. poking fun at Brock Lesnar before their tilt at UFC 121 (NSFW). Understandably, this one never made it to television.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Better-UFC-promo-video-UFC-134-shocked-crowd-?urn=mma-wp5990

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