World Series of Fighting 1: Impressions from the First Event
By CagePotato contributer Andreas Hale The World Series of Fighting held their first event at the Planet Hollywood in…
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UFC Rumorwatch: Lesnar’s Condition Not Improving, Next Opponents for Penn and Daley
From a recent post on Brock Lesnar‘s official Facebook page: NEW UPDATE!! Brock has had more problems (we can’t say what they…
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Next World Series of Fighting event set for January 26
After having a successful debut, World Series of Fighting is planning for its second event to take place at the beginning of 2013.
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World Series of Fighting debuts with a series of impressive knockouts
The World Series of Fighting made its debut on NBC Sports last night, and the fights provided some action worthy of a very strong start for the promotion. The main card started off with highly regarded K-1 striker Tyrone Spong taking on Travis Bartlett. Spong’s debut was a convinving one, as he destroyed Bartlett with a right hand so vicious, all Spong did was walk away, victory in hand.Former WEC Bantamweght champion Miguel Torres fighting two-time national Muay Thai champion Marlon Moraes. In a
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Five Reasons to Watch ‘World Series of Fighting 1′ This Saturday
In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve been all about the inaugural World Series of Fighting event around here lately. We’ve…
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And Now He’s Fired: Charlie Brenneman Axed by the UFC After Back-to-Back Losses
(Noke had carefully selected his training partners to mimic how Brenneman would look on fight night. / Photo via neurovisual) In…
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CagePotato Roundtable #18: Who’s Your Favorite TUF Cast-Member of All Time?
(Seriously? Not even *one* vote for Jason Guida?) The 16th season of The Ultimate Fighter kicks off tonight on FX, and…
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Vitor Belfort looking to fight Chris Weidman or the winner of Lombard vs. Boetsch
When asked about his next opponent, UFC Middleweight contender Vitor Belfort took little time in giving a decisive answer:
“Weidman, or the winner of the Cuban (Hector Lombard) vs. (Tim) Boetsch),” Belfort told MMA.tv via tatame.com
Weidman has many calling for him to be the next number-one contender at Middleweight. Dana White has also been quoted as perhaps fast-tracking former Bellator champ Hector Lombard to the title shot with a win over the top-10 Boetsch. Belfort has looked impressive in -
Josh Koscheck vs. Johny Hendricks set for UFC on FOX 3
When two wrestlers face off inside the Octagon often times what the fans receive is the exact opposite of what they would expect.
The expectation would be that the fans would be in for a technical battle fought on the ground, a glorified NCAA match where the two fighters look to showcase who has the better skills in the discipline that led them to the upper reaches of the mixed martial arts world. Instead what they tend to receive is a stand up battle, where the fighters look to showcase the fact that they -
UFC 142 Recap: Jose Aldo and Vitor Belfort dominate in Brazil
It seemed that many fight fans were not anticipating UFC 142 as eagerly as some of the more recent UFC fight cards and for those that slept on this card, I can only offer my condolences, because you really missed out.
Any questions that may have lingered about Jose Aldo’s ability to withstand a wrestling based attack were answered early on in the main event as he stuffed each of Chad Mendes’ seven takedown attempts before putting him out with a well placed knee.
The knockout came with