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Meant to cap the year off right, UFC 107 did just that and more. For starters, let’s give credit where it’s due, and for his performance that night, its due to BJ Penn, who shamed Diego Sanchez before fans had even taken a second breath, ultimately ending the fight with a kick to the head [...]
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So UFC 107 is coming up on Dec. 12 in Memphis, Tennessee, and everyone’s looking at BJ Penn to take Diego “The Nightmare” Sanchez down and down hard. The reigning UFC lightweight champ, BJ Penn is a 155-pound extreme cage fighter. Diego Sanchez is The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 champ. But while Penn stays in [...]
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Last night UFC 106 produced some great fights and devestating KO’s and even a choke submission for a change. Here are the results of the nights fights: Griffin Defeats Ortiz – Split Decision Josh Koscheck Defeats Anthony Johnson via Rear Naked Choke Paulo Thiago Over Jacob Volkmann – Decision Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Defeats Luiz Cane [...]
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As oddsters place their bets for the upcoming UFC 105 on November 14th and its light heavyweight battle between Randy Couture (the favorite) and Brandon Vera (the underdog) in Manchester, England, the fight card has just been finalized for the UFC 106 headlining bout of Tito Ortiz vs Forrest Griffin 2. That’ll be on Saturday, [...]
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As Yushin Okami (going in with a 7-1 record) and UFC vet Ben Rothwell recover from their crushing defeats at UFC 104 to Chael Sonnen and Cain Velasquez, respectively, fans and fighters gear up for the upcoming UFC 106, where in the main event MMA superstar Tito Ortiz will be going up against Forrest Griffin. [...]
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UFC 104 is right around the corner, and this time – after two years away – the UFC is going back to Cali. The main event at UFC 104 will be the UFC Light Heavyweight title bout between two Brazilian behemoths, with Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida defending his belt against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Rua was [...]
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It is now official – Frank Trigg (2-3 UFC, 9-6 overall) will be fighting Josh Koschek (10-4 UFC, 12-4 overall) in UFC 103, set for September 19 in Dallas, Texas. This news comes fresh on the heels of Trigg signing a brand new deal with the UFC, after not having appeared in the Octagon since [...]
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Saturday night, May 23, at 3 minutes 57 seconds before the end of round 2 of the light heavyweight title match at UFC 98, Lyota Machida (aka “The Dragon”) took the title away from reigning champ Rashad Evans. The fight ended when Machida just laid into Evans, backing him up against the cage with a [...]
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Replacing Rousimar Palhares after an injury knocked him off the UFC 101 fight card battling Alessio Sakara will be Thales Leites, challenger for the middleweight title. Before his April loss by unanimous decision to middleweight title-holder Anderson Silva, Leites had only lost one other UFC bout (to Martin Kampmann in Leites 2006 UFC debut) won [...]
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Wednesday, April 1 MMA fans at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and those at home watching Spike TV, will bare witness to the 18th installment of UFC Fight Night. The 12-bout fight card for Fight Night 18 will include a main event featuring veteran UFC fighter Martin Kampmann versus the last of the WEC [...]
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