Twenty large may get Dana White to follow you on Twitter!

UFC president Dana White is part of TwitChange. The Twitter charity effort began taking bids on Wednesday. The highest bidder on dozens of celebrity Twitter accounts will be rewarded by having their celeb follow them for 90 days. All the proceeds go to the efforts to build a home and school for Special Needs kids in Haiti.

All proceeds from the TwitChange celebrity auction will provide aHomeInHaiti.org the means to ?nish rebuilding the Miriam Center. The Miriam Center houses, educates and loves on Haitian children with cerebral palsy, severe autism, and other major life challenges and is one of the only facilities of its kind in Haiti. The current facility houses children in the earthquake?s aftermath and is extremely overcrowed. These kids need and deserve a permanent home.

@danawhite's megapack is currently $11,100 (as of Thursday night, 10 p.m. PT).

The Cagewriter budget is huge so we're looking to nab at least one celebrity. We may need to beat out Anquan Boldin for Antonio Cromartie. And there's no truth to the rumor that the money is simply going to the effort to build a home for all of @a_cromartie31's kids. That one's for @chaddukes. Come on Jets' fans, Cromartie is just $51 right now.

All kidding aside, there's hundreds of celebrities up for bids.

Michael Strahan might be nice. We're counting on Kelly Naqi and Dr. Ian Smith staying out of the bidding for @MichaelStrahan.   

What "Jersey Shore" fan wouldn't want to win the scorned Twitter account of @MTVSammi? If only the megapack included a smoosh with Sammi Sweetheart.

Gayle King is up there. You say, who? Good for you. No MMA blog reader should be aware of @kinggayle unless you actually write the blog. Well-roundedness is needed in blogging and MMA.

It is for charity so no jokes about Pete Carroll. The least Reggie Bush could do is bid on @petecarroll or vice versa.

Bidding on eBay closes in just over a week.

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Sean McCorkle Doesn't Want to Get Beat Up in Front of Friends, Family

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MMA Fighting spoke to Octagon newcomer Sean McCorkle about his UFC 119 debut against Mark Hunt, how he talked his way into the organization and his quirky Internet persona.

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Mir says be careful about ending someone's career over steroids

The performance enhancing drugs issue has ignited a great debate this week. The California State Athletic Commission suspended Chael Sonnen for a year after a pair of test indicated that his UFC 117 prefight urine sample came back with unusually high levels of testosterone. Is a year, a $2,500 fine and the loss of 2-3 fights enough? Some like, Josh Gross of SI.com, say no. He'd like to see UFC adopt a zero tolerance policy. Fighters like Frank Mir aren't so sure that's the way to go.

"I think everything has to be a case by case situation. This is why we have laws in our civilian life. They're not cut and dry," Mir told WJFK's Chad Dukes on the Lavar Arrington Show in Washington, D.C. 

Mir asked what happens if a doctor prescribed something?

"If (the fighter's) like 'yeah, I had an injury and my competitive nature got a hold of me and I went to the doctor.' If it was a situation where (he) was facing not fighting and (his) competitive nature got a hold of (him), I don't know if that would justify ending someone's career."

Mir said it might be different if the fighter in violation of drug testing rules had malicious intent.

"If the same guy says 'yeah, I took this so I could smash skulls and I'm nuts.' That guy's in a different category," said Mir.

There are plenty of people who agree with Gross. One of them is not UFC president Dana White, who told Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole that he thinks the states' penalities are pretty severe right now. Watch Kalib Run thinks that White is wrong for softening his stance on steroids over the years. He links back to a 2004 quote that White gave Iole around the time that Kimo Leopoldo tested positive when he said the UFC wanted no part of guys who used steroids.

Larry Pepe, the interviewer who pulled the infamous Lance Armstrong quote from Sonnen, defends Sonnen. Pepe says it makes no sense that Sonnen would try to cheat and then right before the fight that he took illegal substances. Pepe believes there's a strong possibility he was prescribed medication for a legitimate medical issue. Pepe urges critics to let Sonnen have his day in court with the CSAC before condemning him.

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Dana White hanging with 'Beavis and Butthead' guy?

Don't ever call the UFC unimaginative. The promotion might be working on something bizarre after an appearance by Mike Judge in Dana White's latest vlog.

The UFC president posted a quickie vlog before Ultimate Fight Night 22. He's seen being honored in Texas' state capital and teases fans by mentioning a possible Wanderlei Silva-Chris Leben fight at Madison Square Garden. Then there's the appearance by Judge of "Beavis and Butthead" fame. Even UFC analyst Joe Rogan seems a little in awe when he meet Judge.

White says the UFC and Judge will be working together. On what? This will be interesting to follow.

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Neil Grove tore through Alekey Oleinik at Bellator

The heavyweight semifinals at Bellator got started with a bang at The Rave in Milwaukee on Thursday night.

Neil Grove must be a busy man, because he wasted no time in TKOing Alekey Oleinik. With that win, Grove earned a spot in the finals of the Bellator heavyweight tournament.

Grove wobbled Oleinik early with a body kick, sending him to the canvas at The Rave in Milwaukee, and then followed up with punch after punch, winning in just 45 seconds.

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Oliveira wins over Escudero with third-round tap at UFN 22

Charles Oliveira continued his comet-like trajectory with a third-round submission of "The Ultimate Fighter" winner Efrain Escudero at Ultimate Fight Night 22. 

In the first round, Oliveira seemed frustrated by Escudero's defense. Escudero held off a takedown and held Oliveira in the clinch. When the two finally went to the ground, Escudero ended up on top. Near the end of the round, Escudero finally threw some big elbows from the top.

Oliveira continued to work for the takedown in the second round, but again, Escudero took Oliveira's back when the two hit the canvas. When they returned to their feet, Oliveira had the better stand-up. He was able to land leg kick after leg kick, without receiving many counters from Escudero.

Both fighters were the recipients of groin shots early in the third round. Escudero walked his off, but it took Oliveira a while to recover. When the fight was restarted, Oliveira drove Escudero into the fence and then threw him down. Escudero reached for Oliveira's leg, which opened the door. Oliveira jumped on his back and sunk in a tight, standing rear-naked choke, forcing a tap from Escudero at 2:25 into the third round. 

Oliveira, a 20-year-old from Brazil, first turned heads at UFC Live on Versus 2, where he armbarred Darrin Elkins in just 0:41 seconds.

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CSAC Says Sonnen Will Get Chance to Explain Elevated Testosterone Levels

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Should Chael Sonnen file an appeal with the California State Athletic Commission as his manager Mike Roberts indicated he would, he'll have his chance to explain why his post-fight drug test at UFC 117 showed elevated levels of testosterone. But that explanation may or may not be enough to placate the commission after the fact, said CSAC executive officer George Dodd.

Dodd told MMA Fighting on Tuesday that fighters are instructed to provide documentation explaining what substances they're taking and why before the fight, but couldn't say what might happen to Sonnen if he provides that documentation at a forthcoming appeal hearing.

"I can't speak for the commission as far as what they would do if someone came in afterwards," Dodd said. "I will say that usually when a fighter calls me up and says, 'Hey, I'm going to be fighting in California and this is what I'm taking,' I inform them right off the bat to get all the necessary documentation from the doctor and why you're taking it and they provide that to us. We send that to one of our doctors and they verify that that is a reason why and that is a proper treatment for that type of problem, and we usually don't have any problems after that."

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