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Strikeforce is definitely keeping Herschel Walker around, but thankfully, not to fight Jose Canseco.

“That’s not going to happen,” Coker said. “I know he wants to fight and he trained with Cesar Gracie, but I don’t think he’s training with Cesar anymore.”

Nice, what did that last all of a week? Anyhow, if Canseco was eying Strikeforce as an opportunity to raise funds to help pay off his $320,000 tax debt, it looks like he’ll need to look elsewhere.

Coker also noted that he’s not interested in signing any UFC cast-offs, specifically Mark Coleman and Frank Trigg. They’ll have to look elsewhere too, though for very different reasons than Canseco.

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UFC 109 took place earlier this evening at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In the night’s main event, Randy Couture and Mark Coleman finally met in the Octagon.

In the co-main event, Nate Marquardt and Chael Sonnen battled it out for a shot at the UFC middleweight title.

Demian Maia returned to action against Dan Miller.

Frank Trigg fought for his job against Matt Serra.

Mike Swick stepped in to take Paulo Thiago.

Results, thoughts, bonuses and live gate (when available) after the jump.

Love him or hate him, Chael Sonnen is a character. He has been bashing everyone lately in interviews including UFC 109 main event competitor Mark Coleman. But now that he’s actually face-to-face with Coleman in Vegas, he seems to be singing a different tune as Cagewriter masterfully captures in the above video. Even Nate Marquardt picked up on it.

Randy Couture and Mark Coleman worked out for the media earlier this week. Fanhouse has a highlight video of the workouts below.

Genghis Con put together a highlight video for UFC 109’s main event called “Legends – Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman.” Pretty sweet.

There’s no gym Hammerhouse. There’s no gym in Ohio. There’s no–you know Coleman’s out here in Vegas training me. He’s staying at the Palace Station. There’s no team. I never went to train with Team Hammerhouse. It’s just bullshit. Coleman’s just a good marketer. He’s telling me he wants to open up a Hammerhouse gym in Ohio. He’d like to do that some day. It was just a bunch of guys fighting under a flag you know what I mean? They didn’t train together. I never really trained with Coleman. He’s way too big. He would corner me and we’d have conversations on the phone. It’s not a gym. It was something in Japan that they marketed. They just made the team more than what it is. There is no Hammerhouse. Hammerhouse is a punching bag on Coleman’s porch. I’ve seen pictures of it. It’s just an old punching bag. I’ve never even been to Coleman’s house.

—Phil Baroni telling Middle Easy Mark Coleman’s Team Hammerhouse was all just an illusion

Well hey, at least they looked like a team when they brawled with Chute Boxe after the Coleman-Shogun fight. Some memories should be treasured.

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Mark Coleman does not like Tito Ortiz. Coleman shrugged it off when Tito called him a sissy after he withdrew from UFC 106, but now Tito’s comments are starting to get under his skin. After calling Tito a “douchebag,” Coleman tells RawVegas.tv’s Dave Farra he would fight him when he’s 60-years old anywhere Tito wants.

Shawn Tompkins talks to Cagewriter’s Steve Cofield about training Mark Coleman to fight his former boss and student, Randy Couture.