By Frank Curreri FAIRFAX, VA, May 15 – The Tuesday fight between lightweights Cody McKenzie and Marcus LeVesseurat the Patriot Center lasted three minutes and five seconds. McKenzie maybe won 15 seconds of the action. But it was the 15 seconds that mattered, as The Ultimate Fighter vet survived some heavy leather early before cinching in his signature “McKenzietine” choke [...]
Source: MMAweekly.com It looks like Urijah Faber will have to wait for the chance to settle his long standing rivalry with Dominick Cruz. The UFC’s reigning bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has been forced out of UFC 148 after suffering a knee injury in training while working at The Ultimate Fighter Live. Sources close [...]
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Source: MMAweekly.com In the combat sports world, it can be a lonely place on top, especially if you’re a woman. Being a woman in combat sports, it’s difficult enough to get the big paydays, but getting the exposure to build up a strong fanbase can be a monumental task. Enter Strikeforce bantamweight champion Ronda [...]
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Orillia, Ontario. – The Bellator 67 weigh-ins have been completed from Orillia, Ontario, Canada in preparation for Bellator’s Friday night event at Casino Rama, which features a Lightweight Fight between Bellator Lightweight Champion Michael Chandler and opponent Akihiro Gono. Also, a Bellator Season Six Welterweight Tournament semifinal fight will take place as Ben “Killa [...]
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (April 27, 2012) – All 11 bouts, including the featherweight (145 pounds) main event rematch between superstar Marloes Coenen (19-5) of The Netherlands and 22-year-old armbar wizard Romy Ruyssen (5-1) of France, were made official at today’s weigh-in at Hotel Phillips for the inaugural Invicta Fighting Championships all-women’s Mixed Martial [...]
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CHICAGO, Ill. (April 26, 2012) — Bellator Fighting Championships makes its return to the Garden State on Friday, May 11 with a talent-filled fight card from Caesars Atlantic City. The night will feature a Bellator Featherweight Tournament Final fight between Marlon Sandro and Daniel Straus, with the winner earning a guaranteed title shot for the [...]
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Source: MMAWeekly.com After much discussion and debate, the UFC has opted to shift possibly the biggest rematch in the sport’s history to UFC 148 in Las Vegas on July 7. Originally, Silva vs. Sonnen 2 was set to be the headliner for UFC 147 in Brazil on June 23, but the logistics for the [...]
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (April 16, 2012) – A spinal injury sustained during training has forced Shana Nelson to withdraw from her scheduled bantamweight (135 pounds) matchup with Sarah D’Alelio (4-2) of San Jose, Calif. on the inaugural Invicta Fighting Championships all-women’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight card at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan. on [...]
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By Frank Curreri Of all the fighters I have ever been around, one towers above all others when it comes to indiscriminate eating habits: Miguel Angel Torres. If there is a so-called ‘Bottomless pit’ in MMA, it would be the former bantamweight world champ, who for more than a decade acted like fast food, fried [...]
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By Thomas Gerbasi With the exception of a brief lightweight hiatus from 2004 to 2006, fighters from 155 pounds on up always had the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow in the Zuffa-era UFC, a goal that someday, if they won enough fights, they would earn a spot in the Octagon. [...]
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