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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Did TMZ Mislead Everyone with the Roger Huerta Streetfight Video and Story?
MMA journalists are accused all the time of being “TMZ-like” reporters — sensationalistic rumor-mongers who report on stories…
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Team Death Clutch officially dismantled
With Brock Lesnar heading to the WWE and Cole Konrad retiring from Bellator, Pat Barry announces that Team Death Clutch is over.
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Five Reasons to Be Sort-Of Interested in ‘UFC on FX 5: Browne vs. Bigfoot’
(Reason #6: To get your lady in the mood, obviously.) Keeping in line with last weekend’s UFC on FUEL 5 event,…
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Anthony Johnson signs multi-fight deal with World Series of Fighting; Will face D.J. Linderman on Nov. 3
Dana White recently left the door open for former welterweight Anthony “Rumble” Johnson to return to the promotion in the future. However, that won’t be anytime soon because Johnson has opted to ink an exclusive, multi-fight agreement with World Series of Fighting and will make his debut at the promotion’s inaugural event on November 3 in Las Vegas against D.J. Linderman.
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Dana White: Season 16 of The Ultimate Fighter with Nelson will be interesting
Roy “Big Country” Nelson (17-7 MMA, 4-3 UFC) coaches opposite Shane Carwin (12-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter, which debuts Friday on FX with a two-hour season premier starting at 9:00 p.m. The show will also be known as TUF Fridays.Nelson made his UFC debut on Season 10 of the show and after “Big Country” won “TUF 10,” UFC President Dana White said he knew what he was getting into when he named Nelson a TUF coach.White told hosts Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten on Inside MMA:
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Hector Lombard to face Rousimar Palhares at UFC on FX 6 in Australia
Hector Lombard will get another chance to show his skills inside the UFC Octagon, and this time it will be from his home country. Set to face fellow Middleweight Rousimar Palhares on December 14th, the bout will be the headliner of UFC on FX 6 from Australia. Both fighters are coming off a loss and will be in need of a win badly in order to stay relevant in the increasingly tough Middleweight division. Lombard lost a very underwhelming decision to Tim Boetsch at UFC 149 that was highly criticized, while
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The Top 10 female fighters of all time – from Lucia Rijker to Ronda Rousey
UFC President Dana White has long gone on the record that the divisions in Women’s MMA are not deep enough for the UFC to support female fighters. That may be changing as women continue to make an impact in the sport, particularly on the heels of Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman.On the amateur fight circuit, this writer has personally seen female bouts double the attendance figures over an all-male card. If Dana White fails to see that aspect of it, there are plenty of other promoters who do, such as Scott
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Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson gets his coaches approved for The Ultimate Fighter
Roy “Big Country” Nelson is slated to be a coach on the newest installment of The Ultimate Fighter against Shane Carwin, which begins taping in a few days for a September broadcast. Unfortunately for Nelson, he had been having a hard time getting his coaches approved.Nelson told MMAWeekly: “I’m excited. I’m just over here hoping that I can actually bring all my coaches that I want to be my assistant coaches and bring on. I might just have to do it myself. You never know. I don’t
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Gambling Addiction Enabler: UFC 149 Edition
(We’re going ((win)) streaking!!) By Dan “Get Off Me” George Grab your cowboy hats and pack up your…