UFC Fighter Dan Miller Awarded BJJ Black Belt

It's always a proud moment for a fighter when he receives his black belt in any martial art, and Dan Miller is the latest to celebrate the achievement. On Friday, he was awarded his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt by trainer Jamie Cruz.

Miller's lead trainer and manager, Mike Constantino, made the announcement about his fighter, who is preparing for a UFC 109 showdown against fellow black belt Demian Maia.

His instructor, Jamie Cruz, comes from the lineage of Renzo Gracie, who awarded him his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

The New Jersey native is a former IFL middlweight champion and currently 3-1 in the UFC with wins over notable fighters like Matt Horwich and Jake Rosholt. His last fight out was the only loss he has suffered in the UFC, a three-round decision to current top ten fighter Chael Sonnen.

Miller is currently in camp and preparing for his Feb. 6 showdown with Maia in Las Vegas.

AMA Fight Club & NECO.com Take Care Of MMAWeekly Fans

Just hours before UFC 104 began, head trainer for AMA Fight Club, Mike Constantino, got word that he along with sponsor NECO.com had some extra tickets to the Staples Center event featuring the headlining bout between champion, Lyoto Machida and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.

Instead of trying to sell the tickets, Constantino made a call to MMAWeekly.com and asked if any of the fans of our site would like a pair of tickets to the event that night.

The call went out over MMAWeekly's official Twitter page (www.twitter.com/mmaweeklycom) and within a few minutes the responses flooded in for the chance to get tickets to go to the event.

The lucky winners, Brian Ferguson and Kevin Cheek, not only got tickets to UFC 104 that night, but they had the tickets hand delivered to them by UFC middleweight contender, Dan Miller, who along with his coach gave the fans their tickets, posed for pictures and gave the fans autographs.

MMAWeekly would like to say a special thanks to Mike Constantino, Dan Miller, the AMA Fight Club, and NECO.com for taking care of the fans once again with an awesome prize package for UFC 104!

FOX Fight News Does the Rounds on Hot MMA Topics

This week's edition of FOX Fight News is broken up into six roundtable segments, discussing some of the hot topics of the day.

Round 1: Anderson Silva's "easy" win over Patrick Cote

Round 2: Affliction's move into the MMA market

Round 3: Roy Nelson makes accusations against EliteXC

Round 4: Women's place in MMA

Round 5: Dan Miller goes through his UFC 90 win

Round 6: A look at Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar