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From the TREMENDOUS SBN site Bloody Elbow, Mark Ellis wins his 1st professional MMA fight with a second round submission. The review of the fight is a little down the page, but it sounds as if Ellis was all about getting the fight to the ground and trying to submit his opponent. For those who are curious, Ellis is the 4th former Mizzou wrestler who have moved professionally to MMA, and the combined records of the four (Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley, Mike Chandler and Mark Ellis) now stands at 26-0. Michael Chandler will be the next to fight on October 25th when he looks to join Ben Askren as a Bellator Champion when he takes on the extremely talented Eddie Alvarez (22-2)

Our SBN friends at BloodyElbow.com, who do an amazing job covering all things MMA and other ring sports, break down the Askren fight with some blow-by-blow coverage. Stay tuned to them for the schedule on when the finals will take place (which may be June 24th in Louisville)

Ben Askren comes away with a first round win in Chicago last night, but there's quite a bit of controversy on The Interwebz about the victory. Friend of RMN Maggie Hendricks has the story over at Yahoo Sports.

Ben Askren (3-0) takes on Ryan Thomas (10-3) in the first round of the Bellator Fighting Championships Welterweight Tournament at the Chicago Theatre. Fights are scheduled to be broadcast live on Fox Sports Net.

They join Shawn Charles, formally of the Mizzou coaching staff and now head man at Arizona State. Best of luck to all three in helping to further rebuild a once proud and dominant program.

Elizabeth Merrill of the Worldwide Leader takes a long look at Askren's experience in Beijing these past two weeks.

Seems Ben will be updating this site a tad more than the NBC Site. Also, he posted some video of his shopping at the silk market with his brother Max....hiliarity ensues..check it out here.

Ben Askren blogging from China on nbcolympics.com