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Whether or not you\u2019re a fight fan, perhaps the biggest sports story of the week comes from the world of mixed martial arts. Find out the UFC\u2019s \u201cmajor announcement\u201d in today\u2019s news.<\/p>\n
UFC news: UFC merges with WEC, will adopt two new weight classes<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re a UFC fan, things just got a whole lot more interesting. Yesterday, UFC President Dana White announced that the UFC had merged with the WEC, another fight promotion under its ownership, effective in 2011. The results will be temporarily chaotic but ultimately very exciting.<\/p>\n The featherweight and bantamweight classes now move into the UFC, giving it seven divisions. That means Jose Aldo, considered one of the top three or four pound-for-pound fighters on the planet, now fights in the UFC. Cool stuff. There will be a temporary, boxing-like scare at first when the lightweight and welterweight classes have two belts but those problems will be fixed with UFC\/WEC unification bouts soon.<\/p>\n NFL news: Kiwanuka out for season<\/strong><\/p>\n The Giants\u2019 powerhouse pass rush will play the rest of 2010 with a bit less bite. Defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka flew out of the gate with four sacks in his first three games but was diagnosed with a cervical disc problem in his neck. The Giants tried to wait out the injury but it isn\u2019t healing fast enough. They placed Kiwanuka on injured reserve yesterday, ending his season. <\/p>\n MLB news: Jose Guillen implicated in HGH probe<\/strong><\/p>\n Jose Guillen was likely disappointed after being left off San Francisco\u2019s postseason roster because of a neck injury. Now, the news for him is going from bad to worse. Guillen has been linked to a federal investigation into performance-enhancing drugs. It isn\u2019t the first time he\u2019s been connected to PEDs. IN 2007, the\u00a0San Francisco Chronicle <\/em>reported that he purchased more than $19,000 worth of HGH between 2002 and 2005.<\/p>\n NHL news: Marian Hossa out \u201cweeks\u201d;\u00a0 Havlat\u2019s agent slams Wild<\/strong><\/p>\n The Chicago Blackhawks were eager to see what Marian Hossa could do over a full season after he started last year late. They won\u2019t find out this year. Hossa flew out of the gate with 11 points in his first 11 games but suffered an upper-body injury against the Kings on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Coach Joel Quenneville claims the injury is \u201cnot of a serious nature\u201d but Hossa will miss at least a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n Martin Havlat\u2019s agent is none too impressed with the Minnesota Wild. Allan Walsh ripped them for using his client in a \u201cpurely secondary role.\u201d He went on:<\/p>\n \u201cLook at this season. He\u2019s played four straight games at about 14 minutes of ice time, he\u2019s used on the second power-play unit, he sits for long stretches, he\u2019s not used in the shootouts. At a certain point in time, one has to ask, \u2018Why is he here?\u2019\u00a0 One has to ask, \u2018Why pay this guy $30 million not to play?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n I smell a trade. Seriously, L.A., it\u2019s time to step up. You missed out on Kovalchuk. Time to atone.<\/p>\n Comments are welcome below!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong> Sports water cooler headlines and sports gossip for Friday October 29th, 2010. 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