It’s Spreading!

As I impatiently await the start of UFC 82: Pride of a Champion, I find that my excitement does not stem solely from the upcoming fights — which should be quality. Two recent bits of news in the mixed-martial-arts world, that have nothing to do with the fighting itself, have me pumped. First, the CBS [...]

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UFC 82 Fight Breakdown: Chris Wilson vs. Jon Fitch

Now another entry in our installment of our UFC 82 fight breakdown. We have broke down Hazelett/Koscheck, Gurgel/Hurricane, Okami/Tanner and Herring/Kongo. Now for the fight that is more than likely to kick off the televised bout, 20-2-1 Jon Fitch who has been on a hot streak inside the octagon winning his last 7 against top [...]

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Does a Lesnar Victory Equal an MMA Loss?

Does a Lesnar victory cost the sport of mixed-martial-arts? Will people then want to compare MMA to professional wrestling? No one can take away from Lesnar’s wrestling credentials. He has dominated the sport of wrestling from going 33-0 at Webster High School to being a two-time All American wrestler at the University of Minnesota. Clearly, [...]

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Chris Leben to fight Alessio Sakara at UFC 82?

All the MMA forums have reported this match up today. And hopefully, it does occur … just on a different card so it will actually be televised. Why in the world would the UFC add this bout to the super stacked UFC 82 fight card? This would be a great opening fight for any pay [...]

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PRIDE FC Producer dead at 67

The man who put forth the first 5o million yen to begin former PRIDE parent company Dream Stage Entertainment, Hiromichi Momose is dead at the age of 67. According to the Tokyo police and released by the Japanese media, Momose’s acquaintance found him unconscious in his bathtub at 2:30 am when visiting his home. Even [...]

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Noguiera vs Sylvia: The Main Event No One Is Talking About

Amid the hype of Brock Lesner’s UFC debut against Frank Mir at UFC 81, there is one thing that has been left in the shadow. There is a fight for the UFC Interim Heavyweight title fight between Tim Sylvia and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira that is headlining the card. It is common knowledge and kind of [...]

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Who’s next for Franky Edgar?

BJ Penn and Sean Sherk will fight, sometime in the semi-near future, for the UFC’s lightweight title. There is no set date, as of yet, but it’s safe to say that the next person in line will have to either wait several months, or fight again in the mean time. Franky Edgar is, at this [...]

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UFC is looking to add BIG TIME PRIDE and Japanease Lightweights to the already stacked UFC division

Rogan has recently stated that the UFC has been involved in serious talks with Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto and Takanori Gomi amongst others. If this happens it will turn the UFC lightweight division into the most complete division in all of MMA. I am not sure what they plan on doing with Yamamoto. [...]

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UFC 81: We have a full fight card set.

The Ultimate Fighting Championships on Friday has officially annoucned the undercard bouts for it Feb.2 UFC 81 fight card in Las Vegas. The main event features the interim heavy weight title match between the former UFC Champion Tim Sylvia and the former Pride Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria. Former NCAA national wreslting Champion Brock Lesnar is [...]

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How PRIDE fighter have done in the UFC thus far. Has the UFC mismanaged the careers of some Pride fighters?

People bash Pride fighters for not having the most impressive showing in the Octagon thus far. I took the time to analyze the situation and I have come to a couple of conclusions. For starters, If Noguerra beats Tim Sylvia in next week, the 3 heaviest weight classes in the UFC will all have Pride [...]

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