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With Even More Weapons, There are Few Questions Left about The Answer
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Frankie Edgar had seen "those guys" before. You know the ones - they can blister the mitts or a heavy bag, but when it comes time to use their striking in sparring or in a fight, all that technique goes flying out the window and ...
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Johny Hendricks No Country For Old Men
Rhett Butler, UFC - Johny Hendricks likes the serenity of the Oklahoma countryside. The stillness of the country, which can frighten the hardcore city slicker, always soothed Hendricks when he grew up in Ada and Jones, Oklahoma. However, Hendricks ...
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Massachusetts to Regulate MMA Bouts
Massachusetts has become the 42nd state in the country to bring regulated mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions, including Ultimate Fighting® Championship® (UFC®) events, to thousands of Bay State fans. The Massachusetts Legislature ...
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Shane Nelson More than what youve seen on TV
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - For better or worse, what people see of you on reality television is usually what they'll base their opinions on. In some cases, that's enough, because what comes through on the TV screen is pretty accurate. In the case of Shane ...
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Jon Jones Reality Check
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn may be fighting on December 12th, but mixed martial arts' latest prodigy takes to the Octagon a week earlier. He's Jon Jones. You've heard the name, you've seen what he can do in the Octagon, and ...
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BJ Penn Seven Defining Moments
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - On December 12th, UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn steps back into the Octagon to defend his crown for the third time against Diego Sanchez in the main event of UFC 107. It's the latest big fight for 'The Prodigy' and one which ...
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Kevin Burns A Full-Time Fighter Ready to Make His Move
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - One of my favorite Jens Pulver quotes came about in 2001, before he defended his UFC lightweight title for the first time against Dennis Hallman. The topic was punching power, and as always, 'Lil' Evil' had plenty to say about ...
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UFC and Jakks Pacific A Match Made in Action Figure Heaven
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - You could call it an early Christmas for the big kids, as the release of Jakks Pacific's first two waves of UFC action figures on toy shelves over the last seven weeks has been greeted with the type of glee from fight fans that ...
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George Sotiropoulos: Shopping around for success
Elliot Worsell, UFC - George Sotiropoulos fought George Roop on August 8 and then got married a week later. Given the threat of defeat seven days earlier, Sotiropoulos' big day would either wind up as the greatest moment of his adult life or an ...
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George Roop
The Gold Rush: Who Will challenge St-Pierre?
Elliot Worsell, UFC - The queue to challenge UFC welterweight champion Georges 'Rush' St-Pierre isn't so much of an organised line as it is a communal gathering. There is little order, no hierarchy, and only a few dwellers are forthcoming. Aside from ...
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Georges St-Pierre: Even the invincible have scars
Elliot Worsell, UFC - Georges 'Rush' St-Pierre remembers the day well. He remembers the sounds, the apprehension, the racing heart and the first devastating blow. He recalls the monumental task ahead of him and the need to conquer his fear.
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UFC 106 Musings
Michael DiSanto, UFC - Forrest Griffin was understandably unhappy the night of April 15, 2006, when Bruce Buffer announced that the judges had chosen long-time former 205-lb champion Tito Ortiz as the victor of their hard-fought split decision affair. ...
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All Even Griffin Gets Revenge with Split Verdict over Ortiz
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - After Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz' two fights together, one thing has been made crystal clear - it's an almost impossible task to separate the two former light heavyweight champions. Saturday night's rematch at the Mandalay ...
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Forrest Griffin
Whos Number One? Kos Says He Is after Win over Johnson
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - With the combined knockout power of welterweight contenders Josh Koscheck and Anthony Johnson, many expected their UFC 106 co-main event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center to end in quick and explosive fashion. But it was ...
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Killer Performance from Killa B, as Saunders KOs Davis
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Before Saturday night's clash with Marcus Davis at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, welterweight prospect Ben Saunders said that he hoped to become the first fighter to knock "The Irish Hand Grenade" out. His wish came true, as he ...
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Official UFC 106 Weigh-In Results
Click below for the official weigh-in results for Saturday's UFC 106 event. UFC 106, which is headlined by the light heavyweight rematch between Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin and the welterweight showdown between Anthony Johnson and Josh Koscheck ...
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Tito Ortiz New Beginning
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - The UFC 59 fight poster read "Reality Check", and for five minutes, it certainly was for Forrest Griffin, who was battered for much of the opening stanza of his 2006 bout on the card by a man who had reigned over the light ...
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Forrest Griffin The Quest to Get That Winning Feeling Back
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - "Where's Forrest?"
Missing in action for a few days last month, Forrest Griffin was suddenly a wanted man when Mark Coleman got injured and was forced to withdraw from his UFC 106 bout with Tito Ortiz. But the former UFC light ...
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Parisyan is out of UFC 106; Bout with Hazelett Off
Karo Parisyan is out of Saturday's UFC 106 event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. His bout with Dustin Hazelett has been canceled.
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Kos and Effect
Mike Russell, UFC - If confidence were currency, Josh Koscheck would be Donald Trump and if the 31-year-old's worth is as high as he feels it is, he believes a win over highly-touted knockout artist Anthony "Rumble" Johnson at UFC 106 November 24 ...
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Fabricio Camoes Long Road to Las Vegas
Martins Denis, UFC - In the fight world, a place where we are used to hearing nicknames such as 'The Dragon', 'The Hammer', 'The Huntington Beach Bad Boy', 'Pitbull' and many others, toughness is usually associated with the aforementioned monikers.
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Fabricio Werdum
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Anthony Johnson Keeping Things in Perspective
Mike Russell, UFC - If you had to sum up UFC welterweight Anthony "Rumble" Johnson's life thus far using only clichés, you might say he's a 'cup is half full' type of guy who doesn't like putting all of his eggs in one basket.
Chances are, he ...
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Anthony Johnson
The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights -Episode Ten Recap
CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED - Roy Nelson battled his way into the semifinals of The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights last week with a close win over Justin Wren. Who will join him this week?
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And NewAldo Dethrones Brown At WEC 44
Frank Curreri, WEC - It's no longer speculation, and he's no longer a secret: Jose Aldo is clearly one of the world's best pound-for-pound mixed martial artists. It will be hard for anyone to argue otherwise after the explosive Brazilian notched his ...
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Mike Brown
New Goals, A New Fight, A New Marcus Davis
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - If you ask Marcus Davis how long it took for him to get over the disappointment of his split decision loss to Dan Hardy at UFC 99 in June, and he doesn't hesitate for a moment in response.
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Can Not About to Waste Golden Opportunity Against Nogueira
Martins Denis, UFC - A record of 3-1 among the light heavyweights of the UFC is a good mark, especially when the only defeat was not the result of a beat down, but due to a fault committed. Include on this record two technical knockouts and one ...
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Dustin Hazelett Picking Up Where He Left Off
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Everything was going so well for Dustin Hazelett. The Kentucky native had finally started to break through in the UFC's welterweight division, bouncing back from a competitive loss to Josh Koscheck with two straight 'submission ...
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Josh Burkman
Tamdan McCrory
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Reintroducing The Heat
Mike Russell, UFC - "Do you even know me? Do you even know who I am?"
These words have haunted Karo Parisyan since their utterance by the Armenian-born judoka on an episode of The Ultimate Fighter 5 in 2007.
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A New Version of Paulo Thiago Coming to UFC 106
Martins Denis, UFC - Even though he possessed an unbeaten record, when Paulo Thiago showed up to fight at UFC 95 in February, many thought that he didn't belong in front of Josh Koscheck, one of the top UFC fighters. But in the first round, exactly at ...
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WEC 44 Weigh-In Results
Click below for the official weigh-in results for Wednesday's WEC event at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. The card, which is headlined by the WEC featherweight title bout between Mike Brown and Jose Aldo, airs live on VERSUS beginning at ...
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Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Here Comes The Brother
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - The names are almost identical, as are the faces - like you would expect from identical twins - but when it comes to their fighting careers, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is, as his brother Antonio Rogerio Nogueira states, "a master", ...
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Finally, Phil Baroni is coming home
Michael DiSanto, UFC - To say that the last decade has been a rollercoaster ride for welterweight contender Phil Baroni is a bit of an understatement.
Actually, it is a gross understatement.
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Brown, Aldo Both Looking for a Definitive Finish in Title Bout
Frank Curreri, WEC - It's a mega-fight, so why is Mike Brown calling No. 1 challenger Jose Aldo, an explosive knockout artist and past world champ in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, "just another top, well-rounded fighter?" It's a mega-fight, so why is Aldo ...
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Mike Brown
Garcia on Gamburyan Fight: Takedown D Is Key
Frank Curreri, WEC - Manny Gamburyan has been saying all week that "I hit harder" than Leonard Garcia, but Bad Boy is beyond skeptical.
"He comes in there brave and he's going to get knocked out," Garcia vowed.
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Amir Sadollah and the Fickle Nature of Thick and Thin
Chuck Mindenhall, UFC - You talk about your ups and downs, Amir Sadollah has already cornered the market on career yo-yoing. After improbably winning the The Ultimate Fighter 7 as a middleweight over the favored CB Dollaway, the 29-year-old Sadollah ...
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Jake Rosholt: The Fine Art of Small Talk
Debbie Lee, UFC - Ask UFC middleweight Jake Rosholt to reflect on his past performances and he'll tell you, "There's not much to say." Try getting him to speculate on his future in sport and the simple response is, "Not a big planner." And what ...
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Ben SaundersThe Serial Smiler is Back
Chuck Mindenhall, UFC - For some people, love at first sight is a phenomena best thought of in the context of romance. For Ben Saunders, who's never in 26 years had a lot to do with convention, it was when sumo wrestler Teila Tuli took on Dutch savate ...
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Maynard vs Diaz Headlines UFC Fight Night in Virginia on Jan. 11
LAS VEGAS - The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) comes to Virginia for the first time in its history on Monday, January 11th for another hard-hitting edition of UFC® Fight Night™ Live on Spike TV. In the main event at The ...
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Gray Maynard
Nate Diaz
Efrain Escudero
Cole Miller
Evan Dunham
Evans-Silva new main event for UFC 108
Las Vegas, NV (USA) - The Ultimate Fighting Championship®(UFC®) announced today that the bout between former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans and Brazilian knockout artist Thiago Silva will headline UFC 108 as Antonio Rodrigo ...
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Check out the Latest UFC Magazine On Sale Now
By popular demand, UFC magazine is back and kicking off its bi-monthly publishing schedule with another issue packed with an inside look at the world of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Take Two: Ortiz vs Griffin
Michael DiSanto, UFC - Tito Ortiz versus Forrest Griffin will be decided by one simple action: takedowns.
If Ortiz is able to take down Griffin with any sort of regularity, he wins the fight. If Griffin is able to avoid being taken down for two of ...
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Gamburayan Guarding Secrets before Clash with Garcia
Frank Curreri, WEC - The moment Manny Gamburyan joined the WEC, it was safe to assume that he and Leonard Garcia would be on a collision course, somehow, some way. Both men had built their names under the UFC banner and eventually dropped to 145 ...
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Fight Week is on NOW
After a spectacular night of fights at UFC 105 in Manchester Saturday night, Zuffa returns this week with twice as much world-class mixed martial arts action.
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Couture Survives Second Round Knockdown, Decisions Vera
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - It wasn't pretty, but it was a win for the seemingly ageless Randy Couture at the MEN Arena Saturday night as he took a close and controversial three round unanimous decision over Brandon Vera in the somewhat anti-climactic main ...
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The Outlaw Outguns Swick; Bisping Back on Track with Win over Kang
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - 'The Outlaw' was the hero Saturday night at the MEN Arena, as Nottingham's Dan Hardy silenced some critics and also established himself as a legitimate challenger for the welterweight crown with a three round unanimous decision ...
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Mike Swick
Michael Bisping
Denis Kang
Brit Kids Etim, Hathaway, Winner, and Osipczak win Big at UFC 105
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - The Brit Kids were alright indeed at the MEN Arena Saturday night, as Terry Etim, John Hathaway, Andre Winner, and Nick Osipczak scored big wins in UFC 105 undercard action.
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Move Over Manny and Karo: Darabedyan Primed For WEC Debut
Frank Curreri, WEC - For years Karen Darabedyan has humbly toiled in the shadows of Karo Parisyan and Manny Gamburyan, his fellow Armenians and training partners. That will change on Nov. 18, when the 22-year-old Darabedyan - holder of black belts in ...
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Ultimate Coverage UFC 105
Click below for all of UFC.com's written coverage of Saturday's UFC 105 event at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England. UFC 105, which is headlined by the light heavyweight bout between Randy Couture and Brandon Vera and the welterweight battle between ...
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UFC 105 Weigh-In Results
Click below for the official weigh-in results for Saturday's UFC 105 event. UFC 105, which is headlined by the light heavyweight bout between Randy Couture and Brandon Vera and Mike Swick and Dan Hardy, airs on Spike TV in the United States beginning ...
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GSPUK The Champs A Hit in Manchester
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - The tune may change if Nottingham's Dan Hardy defeats Mike Swick at UFC 105 and puts himself in line for a title shot, but for now, you couldn't find a more popular fighter in the United Kingdom on Friday afternoon than UFC ...
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