Kurt has been nominated by UFC's corporate sponsor Cazadores Tequila for the spirit award at UFC 116. Kurt is one of three nominated fighters. You can vote now at www.ufc.com/spiritaward from now until June 21st.

The Tequila CAZADORES® Spirit Award is presented to UFC fighters who have demonstrated honor and integrity both in and out of the Octagon. The nominees have embodied the core values of social responsibility, sportsmanship, and dedication to mixed martial arts. Tequila CAZADORES® will present a $1000 check to the winner's designated charity. Kurt has selected the National Center for Children with Learning Disabilities as his charity.

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Kurt will be signing autographs at All American Ford on Route 18 in Old Bridge, NJ on Saturday June 26th from 230pm to 430pm.

Come meet and greet Kurt before he leaves for Las Vegas to take on George Sotiropolous at UFC 116 on July 3rd!

Kurt has signed to fight George Sotiropolous at UFC 116 on July 3rd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Kurt's fight will be the 1st fight on the main PAY PER VIEW card. Kurt has started his camp and has made yet more changes to his camp to bring things to the next level. Bringing in world champion Marcelo Garcia as another jiu jitsu coach was a good start. Kurt is continuing to work with his boxing coach Mike Skowronski, stregnth and conditioning coaches Jon Chaimberg and Sharon Wentworth, and as always MMA and jiu jitsu coaches Kenny and Keith Florian. Kurt also continues to work with his fight team and long time friend and coach, black belt Rob Scheier. The fight will be fireworks for the holiday weekend in Las Vegas! Tune in July 3rd to see Batman go to work!

Kurt has also picked up another great sponsor, All American Ford in Old Bridge NJ! http://www.ableford.com/ou/oldbridge-ford/ In partnership with Ecko (Kurts apparel sponsor) they have provided Kurt with a nice new ride as part of the sponsorship. Check out the picture! Many thanks to All American Ford for supporting Team Pellegrino!

Lastly, pick up your copy of the new game UFC Undisputed 2010, as Kurt Pellegrino is one of the featured characters!

A very special guest visited Kurt's training camp this past week. The former WBO junior welterweight champ, Miguel Cotto was in from Puerto Rico to train with Kurt for his upcoming fight at UFC 111 on March 27th. It was a pleasure to have the champ here. We look forward to having him back and wish him the best of luck as he gets back in the ring on June 12th of this year!

Also training here for the month of February is the former WEC bantamweight champ, Miguel Torres! Miguel and Kurt are both training for big fights. Miguel will look to get back in title contention when he takes on Joseph Benavidez on March 6th (on Verses network)

Hey everyone

If you havent already heard I am fighting a very tough Fabricio Camoes at UFC 111 in Newark NJ on March 27th. I asked Joe Silva for the toughest fight he could find, and he found Fabricio Camoes. He is flying under the radar a bit, but just fought to a draw with the legend Caol Uno at UFC 106. I am very thankful to Joe Silva and the UFC for putting me on this card in my hometown and I will definitely be looking to make a huge statement in this fight.

Training camp is really hard, but going well. My back is feeling better everyday. I just spent some time in Boston with coaches Kenny and Keith Florian. We set our gameplan and strategy and went over some awesome techniques. The training was awesome as usual and kenflo and I did some even more awesome videos on our downtime. Check out youtube or our facebook pages. Haha!! Kenny is preparing for his upcoming fight as well at UFC Fight Night 21 vs Gomi. Cant wait for that one! So grateful to Kenny for setting me up with my new stregnth and conditioning coach, Jonathan Chaimberg, who is really a genius. He trains some of the best fighters out there including Kenny, Georges St Pierre and Rashad Evans. Im just honored to be working with him. http://www.adrenalineperformancecenter.com/main.html cont....

Hey guys

Wanted to let everyone know you can follow me on twitter at www.twitter.com/kurtpellegrino

I update my twitter alot. Last Monday i was cleared by my orthopedic to get back to full time training, my back is as good as its going to get for now! I am doing active release therapy (ART) weekly and keeping up with my sports massages and its really been awesome for my back. Im really excited to get back in the gym full time, 7 weeks off was the worst. I have some exciting new training coming up, will keep everyone updated on that. I'll be ready to fight as early as march. I will let everyone know once the UFC has another opponant for me! I cant wait.

I also just signed an awesome new sponsorship deal with Ecko, http://www.shopecko.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=2441354. I am honored to be apart of the Ecko team and am excited to represent them well. Thanks to my agent Dean Albrecht and to Ecko's Eric Samson.

Congrats to my boy Kenflo on a sick performance against clay guida last weekend!

I will be in Virginia for UFC Fight Night on January 11th. I will be cornering Nick Catone when he takes on Steve Steinbeiss.

BATMAN

Hey Everyone

I just wanted to let all my fans know publically that I was forced to withdraw from my upcoming fight on Dec 5th vs Frank Edgar. My back has been a problem since my last fight vs Josh Neer and I did not give it the proper rest it deserved and I am now dealing with 3 herniated discs in my back. I know no fighter ever goes into a fight 100%. I fought with knee injuries, hand injuries, and many bumps and bruises and I have fought thru it, but it was impossible to fight through this back injury. It took me over a week to come to terms with the fact that I would have to pull out of this fight. Ive never pulled out of a fight before, so it was difficult for me. I was really looking forward to this fight, I had an awesome camp set up and I am in the best shape Ive been in a while.

I am now following doctors orders, hanging on my couch for a good week or two and taking a month off from training to heal up. I will be back soon and I hope that the UFC will put together another fight between me and Frank Edgar. It will be a great fight for the fans!! (cont....)

Fresh off his dominating win over Josh Neer at UFC 101 last weekend, Kurt was invited to throw out the first pitch at this Wednesdays (Aug 19th) Lakewood Blue Claws game. The game starts at 705pm. It is Martial Arts night at the park, so come enjoy the festivities with Kurt and his team.

Tickets can be purchased at the park, and Kurt's academy has FREE tickets at the front desk. First come first served!!