By Michael DiSanto JONES TAKES IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones answered any remaining critics with a virtuoso performance on Saturday night. He completely shut down arch nemesis Rashad Evans in every facet of the game. The win erased any doubt over the legitimacy of his championship reign. Remember [...]
By Frank Curreri “Trainers Hate Him.” Chances are you’ve been a captive audience to that cheesy online headline before. Whether the musclebound freaks / cartoonishly ripped dudes featured in those ‘Get Buff’ ads are factual or fictitious, I have no idea. What I do know is that Papy Abedi could easily stump as poster [...]
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Source: mmaweekly.com As the world turns, so does the world of mixed martial arts. Just as quickly as the saga twisted from no rematch between Carlos Condit and Nick Diaz to the rematch being agreed to, the plot thickens and the rematch is once again off the table. Condit’s manager, Malki Kawa of [...]
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By Frank Curreri LAS VEGAS, February 4 – Georges St-Pierre longs to punish the only fighter he hates. But instead of facing bitter rival Nick Diaz for the UFC welterweight title, GSP must now mentally prepare to battle a teammate of sorts in Carlos Condit. With GSP watching cageside, Condit uncharacteristically and methodically danced [...]
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By Michael DiSanto A string of injuries and a bit of bad luck has nearly rendered Rashad Evans an afterthought in the collective minds of mixed martial arts fans as he prepares to headline UFC on FOX 2 this Saturday night. Evans saw three opportunities to challenge for the UFC light heavyweight championship slip [...]
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By Michael DiSanto WHERE DOES HE RANK? I wrote in my breakdown of the UFC 142 main event between Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes that “Aldo can’t just beat Mendes if he wants to reinsert himself into the pound-for-pound discussions. He needs to destroy him…” Mission accomplished. Aldo made minced meat out of [...]
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By Michael DiSanto Jose Aldo has something to prove on Saturday night. That got your attention, didn’t it? Follow along for a couple of paragraphs before getting all crazy in the comment section, because the reigning UFC featherweight champion certainly does have something to prove in my honest opinion. Anderson Silva and Georges [...]
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By Jordan Newmark “To be the man, you gotta beat the man.” – Ric Flair There are two great prizes in the UFC’s welterweight division and Georges St-Pierre has both of them. The first is the championship belt and the second is a win over Jon Fitch. In his 15 Octagon appearances, Fitch’s sole [...]
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By Frank Curreri For years fighters tried in vain to solve the Lyoto Machida puzzle. Now it is Machida’s turn to try and solve his own puzzle – 205-pound wunderkind Jon Jones. This fight is a prime example of how quickly a fighter’s stock can soar or sour in the eyes of pundits and fans [...]
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Courtesy of mmaweekly.com In preparation for the biggest fight of his young MMA career, former 2-time NCAA champion Johny Hendricks has enlisted the services of famed MMA nutritionist and coach Mike Dolce to help in his preparation for his UFC 141 bout with Jon Fitch. Dolce recently traveled to Texas to begin work with Hendricks, [...]
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