By James Gilliland IFL and Affliction veteran, Savant Young will be taking on UFC vet, Rob Emerson on December 2nd at Tachi Palace Fights 11: Redemption in Lemoore. He took time out with me to answer some questions about his career and about his upcoming fights. How did you get into MMA? I got [...]
“The Big Frog” is back. Jeff Curran, after a seven-year absence from the promotion, is back in the UFC, and he doesn’t plan on leaving again. Curran recently signed a brand-new agreement with the world’s biggest MMA promotion, and will face former title challenger Scott Jorgensen in a bantamweight bout at UFC 137 in Las [...]
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Monterrey (México): In an age of hulking heavyweights, there are many monstrosities populating MMA cages across the world. There are extremely tall heavyweights, such as Stefan Struve and Tim Sylvia, and then there are heavyweights that could easily be mistaken for NFL defensive ends, including Shane Carwin and Brock Lesnar. Rare is the man that [...]
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Cage Fury Fighting Championships returns to action on April 16 at the Resorts Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ as CFFC hosts its next exciting MMA event, No Mercy, streamed live exclusively on GFL.tv. The promotion is back with an 11 bout card featuring a sensational main event headlined by former UFC and IFL [...]
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Courtesy of cagepotato.com It took a while for Dana White and the always capable Sergio Non to really get down to business during the UFC boss’ Wednesday interview with USA Today. Both guys spent a lot of time making the obligatory small talk about UFC 129, Silva vs. Okami and which weight class Frankie Edgar [...]
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Courtesy of mmaweekly.com The British based BAMMA promotion are continuing with their pursuit of international talent and have recently secured the services of both former UFC middleweight contender Phil Baroni, as well as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua’s training partner Joao Paulo De Souza for BAMMA 6 on May 21 in London. With a fight card [...]
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Here is an IFL MW title fight between Dan Miller and Ryan McGivern which took place 5/16/08. Dan Miller will fight Nate Marquardt at UFC 128.
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Jorge Masvidal realizes that he is no longer a prospect. Since debuting in mixed martial arts in 2003 as a raw 19-year-old, “GameBred” has developed into one of the most underrated stars in the lightweight division. Masvidal made a name for himself fighting on the streets in Miami, taking on Kimbo Slice protégé “Ray” in [...]
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Sylvia-Buentello headlines one of 3 PWP Title fights Aug. 14 in Irvine, CA SAN DIEGO (Aug. 3, 2010) – Former IFL middleweight champion Matt “The Fighting Hippy”Horwich is the new opponent for former UFC title challenger Thales Leite in their August 14 battle for the vacant Powerhouse World Promotions (PWP) LLC Middleweight Championship, one of three world [...]
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Courtesy of mmaweekly.com There’s no doubt that Chael Sonnen has his sights on the UFC middleweight title and his Aug. 7 fight with Anderson Silva. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t other targets in mind for the Oregonian if he walks out of Oakland with the title belt. Make no mistake, the goal for Sonnen [...]
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