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August 8th at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia saw tons of UFC 101 action as the best MMA fighters converged to pit themselves against other fierce opponents.

The results speak for themselves as 2 of the biggest matchuip0s saw  BJ Penn defeating Kenny Florian with a choke hold in the 4th round, and Anderson Silva defeating Forrest Griffin with a KO, sending Griffin running from the cage.

Other results include:

Johny Hendricks beat Amir Sadollah by TKO

Ricardo Almeida beat Kendall Grove by vote

Kurt Pellegrino beat Josh Neer by vote

Aaron Riley beat Shane Nelson by vote

John Howard beat Tamdan McCrory by vote

George Sotiropoulos beat George Roop by Submission

Jesse Lennox beat Danillo Villefort by TKO

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Jasmin Ouschan Wins Great Lakes Classic.

Ouscham was in the final up against 6-times Snooker World Champion Kelly Fisher from Great Britain.

She took a rapid lead and showed a good performance. Even though there were a few mistakes at the beginning, it seemed that the match got better and better the longer it took. With a solid performance Ouschan managed to win the final with a clear 7:2 score and her first WPBA event of the season.

Former boxing champ Arturo Gatti Murdered by wife Amanda Rodrigues?

Authorities investigating the death of Arturo Gatti have revealed Arturo Gatti’s wife Amanda is one of their main suspects.

According the statement from the Pernambuco state civil police spokeswoman, Arturo Gatti seemed to have been strangled with a purse while Amanda Rodrigues Gatti said her husband had suffered head injuries.

Inconsistent statements, changing stories, blood on her purse strap and a head injury have police pointing the suspect finger at Arturo Gatti’s wife, Amanda Rodrigues.

Police arrested 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues because of contradictions in her story when she was interrogated, police said, explaining that she was “inconsistent and incoherent.”

Rodrigues, a Brazilian, could not explain how she spent nearly 10 hours in the room without noticing that Gatti was already dead, authorities said.

She has been detained.

Arturo “Thunder” Gatti , one of the most entertaining boxers of the decade, is being reported murdered in Brazil at the age of 37.

Gatti, best remembered for his fight against Joey Gamache in 2000 where Gatti had weigfhed in at more than 19 pounds from the previous day and his weight advantage over Gamache resulted in Gamache going into a coma.

A spokeswoman for the public safety department of Pernambuco state says the body of the former junior welterweight champ was discovered on Saturday morning in the posh seaside resort of Porto de Galinhas, where he arrived on Friday with his wife and one-year-old son.

She said it was unclear how the 37-year-old Canadian died.

“There were no bullet or stab wounds on his body, but police did find blood stains on the floor,” she said, adding that his wife and son were unhurt.

The spokeswoman, who did not provide further details, declined to be identified because she was not authorized to comment on the case.

Foul play is suspected.

Jonathan Sanchez was nearly perfect on one night, his father chose the perfect time to show up in San Francisco and cheer him.

San Francisco Giants’ Jonathan Sanchez works against the San Diego Padres during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 10, 2009, in San Francisco.

Jonathan Sanchez, the Giants’ left-hander threw the majors’ first no-hitter of the season Friday night and came within a whisper of a perfect game. The only runner to reach against him in an 8-0 victory over the San Diego Padres came on an error by third baseman Juan Uribe with one out in the eighth.

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Jonathan Sanchez’s dad, Sirgfredo, watched nervously from the stands, bouncing and biting his nails, then scurried down to the dugout to be among the first to congratulate the pitcher.

“Right now I’m just going to go home and hang out with my dad,” Jonathan Sanchez said. “I was pumped that he was here watching the game.”

Jonathan Sanchez almost lost his no-hit bid in the ninth, but Gold Glove center fielder Aaron Rowand saved the gem with a leaping grab at the center-field fence to rob pinch-hitter Edgar Gonzalez for the second out.

“I was going to go up and over and land on the other side of the fence if I had to, to try to make the catch,” Rowand said.

The 26-year-old Jonathan Sanchez (3-8) returned to the rotation after a nearly three-week demotion to the bullpen — and only got the call because 303-game winner Randy Johnson went on the disabled list this week with a shoulder injury.

With his father and a friend cheering from the stands, Jonathan Sanchez threw a called third strike past Everth Cabrera to finish his first career complete game. Jonathan Sanchez walked toward the plate and thrust his arms in the air as catcher Eli Whiteside rushed in for a big hug and the Giants poured out of their dugout.

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