UFC 143 Main Event Results – Condit Wins Interim Belt, Sets up GSP Fight
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 [...]
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, [...]
Continue reading …UFC 139 Prelim Results – Mayday, Weidman, Bader Make Quick Work of Foes
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By Frank Curreri SAN JOSE, November 19 – Bantamweight phenom Michael “Mayday” McDonald, who has showed the look of a future world champion, lived up to his vow to not let his UFC 139 fight go the distance – blasting unbeaten Alex Soto with a laser of a right and swarming him with punches thereafter [...]
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By E. Spencer Kyte After suffering consecutive losses for the first time in his career, Miguel Angel Torres knew he needed to make a change. The first lost cost him the WEC bantamweight title; the second derailed his hopes of regaining the belt quickly. Both defeats put the holes in his ultra-aggressive style under [...]
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Come meet Nick Diaz On Saturday, November 12th, 2011 at 1 to 3 p.m. Milo’s World Wide World Of Sports On Saturday, November 12th, 2011 at 1 to 3 p.m. Milo’s World Wide World Of Sports Presents Pound 4 Pound one of the best fighters in the world Nick Diaz. Come meet Nick Diaz and [...]
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