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VIP AUDIO: Discussion on fighters representing multiple countries at UFC 100 - Penick and Bent (Day 10)
VIP AUDIO: Profile of GSP's MMA career, part three, focusing on second Penn fight and GreaseGate (Day 9)
VIP AUDIO: Profile of GSP's MMA career, part two, focusing on UFC 69-UFC 87 fights (Day 8)
VIP AUDIO: Profile of GSP's MMA career, part one, focused on early career before first title win (Day 7)
VIP AUDIO: Profile of Frank Mir focusing on ups and downs of his career - Penick and Pelkey (Day 6)
VIP AUDIO: Lesnar vs. Couture - should it have happened and what was learned - Penick and Keller (Day 5)
VIP AUDIO: Lesnar's controversial statements make headlines again - is he bad for MMA's image? (Day 4)
VIP AUDIO: How much does Lesnar-Mir fight mean if they don't beat Fedor - Penick and Pelkey
VIP AUDIO: Profile of Lesnar's MMA career, part one, focused on first three MMA fights - Keller and Penick (Day 2)
VIP AUDIO: Introduction to what's planned for the next four weeks of UFC 100 Mega-Audio! (Day 1)
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