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glad pearson won, that george guy pissed me off on tuf smashes

 

Yeah also apparently he punched one Pearson's Assistant coaches on the show

 

 

GOLD COAST, Australia – Ross Pearson had his reasons for not shaking George Sotiropoulos' hand following his third-round TKO victory at UFC on FX 6.

Pearson (14-6 MMA, 6-3 UFC) told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Sotiropoulos (14-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) punched his assistant boxing coach off-camera over a Twitter beef between he and the Aussie.

The boxing coach, Erin Beach, then knocked out Sotiropoulos.

"That's why I said I lost all respect for him and that's why I didn't shake his hands afterwards," Pearson said. "That's why I'm not his friend now – because he acted unprofessional."

Beach works out of the Alliance MMA training center in San Diego, where Pearson does his fight camps. He was unreachable for comment.

After knocking Sotiropoulos down several times in the UFC on FX 6 headliner, Pearson cinched his win with a stiff jab that took Sotiropoulos off his feet in the third round.

The two served as opposing coaches on "The Ultimate Fighter: Team Australia vs. Team U.K.," which concluded at the event with the Australians and Brits splitting "TUF" crowns in the lightweight and welterweight divisions.

UFC on FX 6 took place Saturday at Gold Coast Convention Centre in Gold Coast, Australia. The event's main-card aired live on FX while prelims aired on FUEL TV.

Pearson couldn't remember exactly when the incident took place but said it was midway through filming, which, for the six-week filming, means it was in early August.

Pearson said he and Sotiropoulos had been arguing on Twitter, and Beach had inserted himself into the conversation at some point.

Pearson said Sotiropoulos blindsided Beach, who began fighting back. The incident happened "off-camera" on the reality show set in Sydney, he said.

The scrap drew an instant response from UFC President Dana White, who raised Pearson and his team on the phone.

"Dana chewed our heads off," Pearson said. "George was acting unprofessional. I get paid to fight; I don't fight in the streets for free."

While Sotiropoulss' alleged KO would not have fallen within a time frame to preclude him from competing against Pearson, it could have severely affected his preparation if he allowed himself to recover.

Sotiropoulos was "emotional" following his loss, which was his third straight inside the octagon, though the extent of his physical complications from the stoppage weren't known.

For complete coverage of UFC on FX 6, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of the site.
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Main Card (PPV) 7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 3am UK

Junior Dos Santos (WHC)  vs. Cain Velasquez

Joe Lauzon  vs. Jim Miller

Tim Boetsch  vs. Constantinos Philippou

Alan Belcher  vs. Yushin Okami


Chris Leben  vs. Derek Brunson

 

Preliminary Bouts (on FX) 5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 1am UK

Brad Pickett  vs. Eddie Wineland

Byron Bloodworth  vs. Erik Perez

Melvin Guillard  vs. Jamie Varner

Michael Johnson  vs. Myles Jury

 

Preliminary Bouts (on Facebook) 3:30pm PT/ 6:30pm ET/ 11:30pm

Philip De Fries  vs. Todd Duffee

Leonard Garcia  vs. Max Holloway

John Moraga  vs. Chris Cariaso

 

Already started. Link below

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/UFC?v=yT8hF9XdLqw

 

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