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Strikeforce Preview: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers

07 Nov 2009 07:16:00 PST

Written by Leland Roling
What many fans seem to forget is just how amazing Fedor Emelianenko is as a fighter. He's one of the first fighters in history to be equally great at nearly all aspects of mixed martial arts. He can grapple both offensively and defensively with some of the best jiu-jitsu fighters in the world w...

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Strikeforce Challengers IV Preview: Showcasing California's MMA Talent Pool

06 Nov 2009 07:58:55 PST

Written by Leland Roling
Lightweight bout: Ousmane Thomas Diagne (1-0) vs. Merritt Warren (2-3): Diagne will look to bring his Sanshou style of fighting into the cage against a submission fighter in Warren. Diagne is a student under Cung Le, another Sanshou style fighter who made the transition to MMA. Pick your...

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Opinion: Creature vs Creature: Pathetic Tito Begs the Iceman for a Third Beatdown

06 Nov 2009 07:00:14 PST

Written by James Ryan
Here’s what I remember from Ortiz vs Shamrock 3 in 2006. A much older, punch-drunk Shamrock lost with enormous class. A younger Tito won without any. Tito Ortiz, in my less than humble opinion, is a pathetic loser who has embroiled himself in a win-win situation by calling out Chuck Liddel...

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Opinion: Can CBS, Strikeforce, and Fedor Emelianenko Elevate Mixed Martial Arts?

05 Nov 2009 20:55:03 PST

Written by Todd Jackson
That is a very bold statement considering the story history tells. This is not the first time an MMA event was held live on CBS. EliteXC tried their hand in impressing the sport upon casual viewers and sadly they failed handily. Strikeforce has something they didn't have and that is Fedor. ...

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Opinion: How Do MMA Weight Classes Win Their Fights? Expectation Vs Reality.

31 Oct 2009 19:15:52 PDT

Written by Ed J Pickle McNasty III
Total Wins = 305Wins by Knockout = 88 (29%)Wins By Submission = 116 (38%)Wins by Decision = 101 (33%) Light Heavyweight: (Frank Shamrock, Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort, Chuck Liddell, Quinton Jackson, Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida, Wanderlei Silva, Dan Hen...

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Opinion: UFC 104: Weigh-in flops and overhype, we get answers tonight

24 Oct 2009 06:16:17 PDT

Written by Steve Cofield
Schafer is always a dangerous guy to face if you don't have a complete game. Bader, a wrestler by trade who won TUF 8, who is still trying to add striking and submissions to his game. Schafer has already pulled upsets on one-dimensional fighters Houston Alexander and Antonio Mendes. The gu...

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Best of Mixed Martial Arts news and blogs - November 09, 2009

09 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Best of Mixed Martial Arts news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Opinion: Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers Report Card -- by David Andrest from Five Ounces of Pain
• Opinion: The Long-Term Kimbo Game -- by TLow from Bloody Elbow: FanPosts
• Opinion: Lesnar/Carwin Postponement Spotlights Major UFC Issue: Too Many Events -- by Josh Nason from Bleacher Report - Front Page
• Opinion: UFC 104 judge Peoples says good fans understand why Machida won -- by Steve Cofield from Cagewriter - UFC - Yahoo! Sports
• Opinion: The Ultimate Fighter - Roy Nelson vs. Kimbo Slice Staff Picks -- by Brent Brookhouse from Bloody Elbow
• Opinion: UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira Predictions -- by Luke Thomas from Bloody Elbow
• Opinion: Strikeforce: Gina Carano vs. Cris Cyborg Predictions -- by Luke Thomas from Bloody Elbow
• Friday Fix: Strikeforce Challengers' Preview -- by Leland Roling from Bloody Elbow: FanPosts
• Opinion: Pushback on the UFC's Use of Kimbo Slice on "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 10 -- by Luke Thomas from Bloody Elbow
• Opinion: First impressions: Moving up the 'UFC' ranks -- from USA Today

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Opinion: In the Red Corner at Xtreme Courage Fighting Championship's Havoc

20 Oct 2009 23:50:39 PDT

Written by Todd Jackson
See, this isn't your run of the mill, flashy casino style event. This was MMA at its purist. Master Shane Dunagan would not have it any other way. He prides himself on the exciting fights he puts on. These fights are a direct result of his hard work to pair up fighters that are equal in talent an...

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Opinion: Roy Nelson and Kimbo Slice

30 Sep 2009 23:02:25 PDT

It was billed as the biggest fight in the history of The Ultimate Fighter and one fighter was less than impressive. And that fighter was Roy “Big Country” Nelson. As predicted, Roy Nelson took out Kimbo Slice. But it was not all that impressive. He was fighting a guy that has next-to-no MMA train...

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Opinion: Kimbo Slice an Eventual UFC Champion? Not Likely

29 Sep 2009 18:18:15 PDT

Written by Mitch Ciccarelli
When YouTube street-fighting sensation Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson burst onto the MMA scene in late 2007 he brought with him a ton of hype and attention from mainstream media. Elite XC promoter Gary Shaw hand-fed the bare-knuckle brawler lower tier opponents such as Bo Cantrell and out...

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Opinion: Kimbo Slice an Eventual UFC Champion? Not Likely

29 Sep 2009 18:18:15 PDT

Written by Mitch Ciccarelli
So it came to everyone’s surprise when it was announced that Slice would be earning an opportunity to enter the UFC—the premier MMA organization in the world—by competing on an all-heavyweight season of the hit reality series The Ultimate Fighter.

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Opinion: UFC Ultimate Fighter James McSweeney Vs. Wes Shivers: Is Dana White On LSD, Are The Judges On Crack, Or Both?

23 Sep 2009 20:50:32 PDT

Written by maverickguy
After UFC Ultimate Fighter Wes Shivers lost in a decision to James McSweeney on Spike Tv, I’m beginning to wonder if MMA is going lose credibilty in some of its decisions. If Dana White doesn’t come out and say something about this decision, I am going to start losing respect for him. I know, bi...

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UFC 98 Review

24 May 2009 11:13:07 PDT

TX McFedries picks up a huge victory and Pokam takes a devastating defeat that could really hurt his UFC career. I didn't get this one right. Matt Hughes v. Matt Serra: This fight went exactly like I thought it would. Serra landed some good shots ... Minute-by-minute: UFC 98 weigh-ins ESPN

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Opinion: UFC 98 Predictions by EIGH8T

30 Apr 2009 00:38:54 PDT

Written by rss@youtube.com (Eigh8Thechosenone)
Keywords: UFC 98 Predictions Rashad Evans vs Lyoto Machida Matt Hughes Serra Yushin Okami Dan Miller Sean Sherk Frank Edgar Brock Larson Chris Wilson Pat Barry Tim Hague Phillipe Nover Kyle Bradley Houston Alexander Andre Gusmao Yoshiyuki Yoshida Brandon Wolff Dave Kaplan George Roo...

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DVD REVIEW: UFC 88, 89 and 90

09 Mar 2009 13:58:37 PDT

NY He taunted Bisping most of the match and lost by decision to the fan favorite. UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote - the name says it all. While neither UFC 88 nor UFC 89 matched up to the spectacle of UFC 87, Anderson Silva promised to bring the noise for UFC 90. ... For the Love of Chuck Liddell Bleacher Report

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Opinion: UFC 96 salaries: Quinton Jackson earns event-high $325000 fight purse

09 Mar 2009 06:05:41 PDT

I think we start talking about how dominant Lyoto MAchida is once he fights someone who seriously gets his hands on Machida. The only fighter to do that so far is Tito Ortiz, and he is not nearly the fighter some of these guys are. ... The Verbal Submission 03.10.09: Rampage Rolls, Shamrock is Old ... 411...

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WEC 39:Brown vs Garcia & Marquez vs Diaz Review

02 Mar 2009 14:31:17 PST

Written by rss@youtube.com (dadirrtywhyteboi)
OVERALL Show Rating:7.75/10 Lightweight Bout "Razor" Rob McCollough(17-5-0) def Marcus "The Wrecking Ball" Hicks(8-2-0) via Majority Decision dadirrtywhyteboi's ScoreCard:29-29 Judges ScoreCard:29-29,30-27,29-28 McCollugh Featherweight Bout Jose Aldo Jr(14-1-0) def Chr...

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Opinion: "Minotauro" Nogueira also approached about UFC 101 fight with ...

27 Feb 2009 08:38:43 PST

Roach, one of boxing's most prolific trainers, recently prepared Andrei Arlovski for his "Affliction: Day of Reckoning" bout with Fedor Emelianenko. Nogueira is currently one of MMA's better strikers in the heavyweight division and trained boxing ...

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Opinion: GSP camp offers response to allegations of cheating from BJ Penn

26 Feb 2009 10:15:18 PST

And it shows a clip from UFC 84 with a cornerman doing the same thing to Sean Sherk in between rounds against BJ Penn. In his letter, Friend describes the rubbing technique - "placing the left hand on the front of the chest while the right hand moves ...

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UFC Fight Night 17 video preview and ‘St. Pierre vs Penn’ review ...

05 Feb 2009 12:53:28 PST

Written by MMAmania
MMA mania provides the most up-to-the-minute Ultimate Fighting Championship® news, event details and fight analysis. The blog also lets UFC fans discuss your thoughts and insights on the best MMA organization in the world. ... of Micheal Bisping on this upcoming season of TUF. Bisping vs. Law...

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Opinion: Bad Situations: An MMAmania.com interview exclusive with Karo ‘The Heat’ Parisyan

29 Jan 2009 14:21:26 PST

Written by Adam Wagner
Back in 2006, Karo Parisyan was on a collision course with a welterweight title shot. “The Heat” was riding a five-fight win streak, including wins over Matt Serra, Nick Diaz and Chris Lytle. He was practically a shoe-in. But first, the UFC said he’d have to get past a young up-and-coming figh...

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Affliction: Day Of Reckoning Preview & Predictions

23 Jan 2009 08:48:54 PST

Written by Jeremy Botter
Fedor is far more polished in every other aspect of mixed martial arts than Arlovski. If this were a boxing match, then I would likely pick Arlovksi to win, but it’s not. In the game of mixed martial arts, there is no fighter more complete than Fedor Emelianenko, and Andrei Arlovsi is going to f...

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Opinion: MMA/UFC: Mir surprises Miami's Nogueira

29 Dec 2008 00:07:11 PST

He beat one of the all-time greats of the game [Randy Couture] to win the title. Let's go out and settle this." During his postfight interview, ... UFC 92: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Frank Mir Go to War Tonight ringsidereport.com UFC 92 ROUNDTABLE REVIEWS: Hyden, Ennis, Penick rate and review ......

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Opinion: Quinton Jackson really went on a rampage

25 Dec 2008 16:38:28 PST

Jackson on the same night after "Rampage" had produced a stirring but tiring victory over UFC's Chuck Liddell in the PRIDE middleweight grand prix. ... Analyzing Silva-Jackson III Sherdog.com International Herald Tribune - Las Vegas Review - Journal

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UCUK Bad Breed on Nuts TV - TV Review

08 Dec 2008 17:24:57 PST

With EliteXC having gone belly up, Cage Rage is no more, and from their ashes, a new mixed martial arts promotion has arisen here in Britain, Ultimate Challenge UK, who presented their first show, Bad Breed, at The Troxy in London, shown live here in Britain this past Saturday on Nuts TV.

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Opinion: Interview: Larkin believes the IFL has a leg up on the competition

15 Feb 2008 22:07:14 PST

Written by SamCaplan
If you look at assets, we are very well positioned. We are the only ones now that have had live MMA competition on broadcast television. The only ones. That was with MyNetworkTV... We're finding that the consumer is aware of UFC and to a much lesser degree aware of IFL, and to no degree aware of all of...

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