Ahead of UFC on FUEL 3 in Fairfax, Virgina, UFC lightweight Jeremy Stephens spoke to Luke Thomas of MMAFighting.com about his impending bout with Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone. Stephens discussed replacing Yves Edwards, what went wrong in his loss to Anthony Pettis, why he believes Cerrone broke in his fight with Nate Diaz, battling staph infection, training with Alliance MMA and more. For more: www.twitter.com

Ahead of his rematch with Amir Khan on May 19th in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBA and IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson gave SB Nation his prediction for boxing's Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto. SB Nation spoke to him at his Head Bangers Gym in Washington, DC Peterson believes Cotto would be strong early, but fade late in the fight, which is precisely where Peterson think Mayweather gets stronger. Peterson's trainer, Barry Hunter, also gave his prediction, agreeing with Peterson Mayweather would prevail. For more: www.twitter.com

Strikeforce heavyweights and finalists of the heavyweight grand prix Josh Barnett and Daniel Cormier talk to the media the day before UFC 145 in Atlanta. Barnett and Cormier talked about their respective backgrounds in pro and amateur wrestling, the future of Fedor Emelianenko, the relationship between wrestling and MMA and much more. For more: www.twitter.com

On this week's edition of the MMA Tete-a-Tete, Nate Wilcox of Bloody Elbow (www.bloodyelbow.com) and Luke Thomas of MMA Fighting (http discuss UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem's hearing before the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), UFC having sponsor pushback from Anheuser-Busch and Jon Jones being sponsored by UFC at UFC 145. For more: www.twitter.com

Shannon Knapp, former matchmaker for Strikeforce, talks to MMA Fighting (www.mmafighting.com about promoting her new all-women's fighting organization InvictaFC. Knapp discusses the problems plaguing women's mma such as catchweights and talent depth. She also discusses following Dana White's UFC model, whether former Strikeforce champion Marloes Coenen is exclusive to her organization and what the future holds for women in mixed martial arts. For more: www.twitter.com

On this edition of the MMA Tete-a-Tete, Nate Wilcox of Bloody Elbow (www.bloodyelbow.com) and Luke Thomas of MMA Fighting (http discuss the online mobilization of hardcore mixed martial arts (MMA) fans to get UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt a title shot against champion Junior dos Santos at UFC 146. We also look into the possibility of Alistair Overeem claiming he needs testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) before the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), Nick Diaz fighting back against the NSAC over marijuana use and Ben Askren squabbling with journalist Ariel Helwani.

Chris Honeycutt, the two-time All-American out of Edinboro University and runner up at this year's 2012 NCAA national wrestling championships, talks to Luke Thomas of MMA Fighting (www.mmafighting.com) about declaring interest and intent to pursue a career in professional mixed martial arts, training with UFC's Josh Kocheck and more. For more www.twitter.com

On this edition of the MMA Tete-a-Tete with Luke Thomas from MMA Fighting (www.mmafighting.com) and Nate Wilcox of Bloody Elbow (http the two editors discuss the impact of UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem's positive drug test for elevated levels of testosterone, the bizarre video made by former UFC light heavyweight Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson where he uses attempted rape as a conduit for humor and former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar's return to the world of professional wrestling. For more: www.twitter.com www.twitter.com

Olympian, Bellator welterweight champion and NCAA Division I national champion Ben Askren spoke to MMA Fighting (www.mmafighting.com) about the 2012 NCAA Division I national wrestling championships. Askren gave his predictions for each weight class, described Penn State University as the team to beat, talked about potential mixed martial arts (MMA) prospects and more. For more www.twitter.com thelukethomas.tumblr.com

SB Nation's Luke Thomas is joined by wrestling coach Mike Riordan to preview the 2012 NCAA Division I national wrestling championships in St. Louis, Missouri. The two discuss the top college programs (Cornell, Penn State, etc.) as well as the top wrestlers in each weight division as well as who the top standouts are for potential careers in mixed martial arts (MMA) or international wrestling. For more: www.twitter.com thelukethomas.tumblr.com

Mixed martial arts (MMA) star and former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber spoke to MMA Fighting (www.mmafighting.com about his coaching job on season 15 of 'The Ultimate Fighter' (TUF) on FX. He also discussed what his rivalry with Dominick Cruz means for his career, philosophy on what makes a good coach, why Dakota Cochrane's background in gay porn is 'weird', what this means for the bantamweight class and much more. For more: www.twitter.com thelukethomas.tumblr.com

In this edition of MMA Tete-a-Tete, MMAFighting.com's Luke Thomas and BloodyElbow.com's Nate Wilcox discuss the outing of The Ultimate Fighter 15's Dakota Cochrane being outed as a previous gay porn performer, UFC 144 in retrospect, UFC on FX 2, the marketing of Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey and the future of UFC flyweights. For more: www.twitter.com www.twitter.com

Strikeforce women's bantamweight and 2008 judo bronze medal winning Olympian Ronda Rousey recently spoke to Luke Thomas of SB Nation and 106.7 The Fan about upcoming fight with 135lbs champion Miesha Tate. The two are set to compete for the title at Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey on March 3rd at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. In this interview, Rousey breaks down Tate's game, talks injuries in judo, taking after Gina Carano, judo vs. jiu-jitsu submissions, Tate's wrestling ability, performance enhancing drugs, and self-promotion.

In part two of this week's discussion in MMA Tete-a-Tete, BloodyElbow.com's Nate Wilcox and MMAFighting.com's Luke Thomas discuss more about UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson and UFC ring card girl Britney Palmer appearing in Playboy magazine. For more: www.twitter.com www.twitter.com

As part of the MMA Tete-a-Tete series, BloodyElbow.com's Founding Editor Nate Wilcox and MMAFighting.com's Luke Thomas talk about the hot topics in the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA). This week they discuss UFC 144, Dana White vs. Floyd Mayweather and react to the first UFC on Fuel show. For more: www.twitter.com www.twitter.com

Founder and Director of FightMetric Rami Genauer speaks to Luke Thomas of MMAFighting.com and SB Nation about the use of mixed martial arts (MMA) statistics in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Specifically, they talk about the use of in-round statistics during the UFC on FUEL TV broadcast, where the future of UFC and MMA broadcast statistics are headed and more. For more: www.twitter.com www.mmafighting.com

UFC welterweight and kickboxing/karate sensation Stephen Thompson talks to MMA Fighting (www.mmafighting.com) about his win over Dan Stittgen at UFC 143, training with former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida, the different types of karate (kenpo, shotokan, kyokushin), health of karate as sport, taekwondo vs. karate in terms of striking for mixed martial arts (MMA) and much more. Photo credit Esther Lin, MMAFighting.com For more: www.twitter.com

As part of the MMA Tete-a-Tete series, BloodyElbow.com Founding Editor Nate Wilcox and MMAFighting.com Senior Editor Luke Thomas discuss UFC 143's Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit main event, point fighting in mixed martial arts (MMA), looking ahead to UFC 144 in Japan, if Nate Diaz vs. Jim Miller is a good fight to headline UFC on FOX 3, marijuana testing by athletic commissions, and much more. For more: www.twitter.com www.twitter.com

Author, syndicated columnist and Senior Editor at Reason Magazine Jacob Sullum speaks to Luke Thomas of MMAFighting.com about drug testing for marijuana and why urinalysis don't tell you much other than that someone used. They do not tell you when they were used and in his opinion, do not have any performance enhancing capability for mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters, combative athletes or anyone else. Sullum argues only blood tests which measure THC can you tell when someone is impaired. For more: www.twitter.com www.mmafighting.com

In part one of their discussion, BloodyElbow.com's Nate Wilcox and SB Nation's Luke Thomas discuss ratings after the first month for the UFC's shows on various FOX platforms (Fox, Fuel TV, FX), expectations for UFC 143 on pay-per-view and more. Part 2 of this discussion: youtu.be For more: www.twitter.com www.twitter.com