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Thursday, Nov 19

UFC 106 interview: Grove is growing weary of decisions

Kendall Grove likes being above the fray in the life but it's not the easiest thing to deal with in the Octagon. At 6-foot-6, he's got to be the tallest middeweight fighters in the world. That length definitely gives him a striking advantage especially with his kicks but it can prove to be a nig...

Awww, Big Nog and Anderson are best friends forever

We've talked about MMA's best bromances before, but somehow left out the relationship top pound-for-pound fighter Anderson Silva has with Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira his brother, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. In this video, the Big Nog and Anderson talk about how they have shaped each other...

Cagewriter facepalm of the week to Versus WEC analyst Todd Harris

This is not true in the case of Versus' Todd Harris, who calls World Extreme Cagefighting events along with UFC heavyweight Frank Mir. He is, quite simply, horrible at working fights, and for that, wins Cagewriter's facepalm of the week. A few examples from last night's broadcast of WEC 44:

Wednesday, Nov 18

Aldo and his camp not intimidated by Brown or American Top Team

With all the publicity the famed Brazilian camp American Top Team gets, you'd think that was the only American-based Brazilian team producing good fighters. Jose Aldo Jr. and his trainer Marcelo Mireiro think it's time their camp Nova Uniao gets a little attention. Mireiro points that man...

MMA Marketplace: Good news and bad news on walkout shirts

Silver Star Casting Company picked up Forrest Griffin, and designed his walkout shirt for UFC 106. Though their clothes are not my favorite -- this is the only design I like with skulls and flowers -- they have been impressive in picking up fighters. Their roster now includes Lyoto Machida...

Tuesday, Nov 17

Carwin supports Lesnar, says the champ should keep his belt

The man who was set to fight Brock Lesnar this weekend has spoken out in support of his ill enemy. UFC heavyweight Shane Carwin, whose match with Brock Lesnar has been postponed indefinitely due to Lesnar's illness, posted a message to the popular MMA internet message board, the Undergrou...

Monday, Nov 16

GSP wants to wrestle in the Olympics? It's not that easy

McDonald wrestled for Canada in the world championships this past September. If GSP were to try to wrestle in the Olympics, he would need to get through both Gentry and McDonald. With such little freestyle wrestling experience, it could be difficult.

Fight of the week? Mike Brown vs. Jose Aldo

Jose Aldo and Mike Brown for the WEC featherweight belt. So many questions will be answered in just one bout. Does Aldo have enough stamina to go five rounds? Will Brown be able to withstand Aldo's quick striking? Will we finally see Aldo's ground game? Is Brown one of the best featherweights...

Saturday, Nov 14

UFC 105 is British MMA's graduation day

UFC 105 showed how far along the British MMA game has come.

Friday, Nov 13

Proud Filipino Vera looking for two wins on Saturday

It's going to be a long night tomorrow for Brandon Vera in Manchester, England. Vera is hoping to nail one of the biggest wins of career against Randy Couture at UFC 105 and follow it up by watching another W from one his heroes Manny Pacquiao. Pacman battles Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas. Vera is fir...

Cagewriter facepalm of the week to Junie Browning

Oh, Junie Browning. It's not that anyone ever thought you were going to be a worldbeater, but you had some potential as a fighter and some prominent folks of MMA believed in you. Now, that's all gone. After you attacked a nurse in a Las Vegas-area hospital and were dropped from the UFC, you said y...

Two events in the same town in the same week? More, please

So, MMA promoters of the world, can we have MORE of this? Whether it's a UFC pay-per-view coupled with a WEC event or Ultimate Fight Night, or a Strikeforce Saturday night show paired up with a Challengers Series card, please try to put them geographically close to one another. This would be...

Wednesday, Nov 11

UFC's newest fighter is ... Chad Ochocinco?

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco is on pace to have a banner season, much like he did in 2007, but he already has his eye on the offseason. He spent today asking, nay, begging, Dana White over Twitter to sign him to the UFC for a fight with middleweight champion and pound-for-p...

Wednesday, Nov 4

Bisping interview: Evans should mind his own business

It hasn't been an easy five months for Michael Bisping. The British middleweight, once the toast of the town, is still dealing with his first career loss, a brutal knockout at the hands of Dan Henderson. Adding insult to injury, because of his coaching appearance on season of nine of "The Ult...

Thursday, Oct 29

If the fighters didn't take TUF 10 seriously, why should fans?

It's been a bizarre first seven weeks on The Ultimate Fighter 10. Cagewriter trumpeted often back in June that this season was going to be the best ever. The mix of two coaches who hate each other, Kimbo Slice, veteran Roy Nelson and a bunch of heavyweight prospects would be explosive. Much of t...

Monday, Oct 12

Opinion: Eat your heart out Liddell, Njokuani danced his way into MMA

The dancing world seems to have accepted Chuck Liddell into its ranks. The UFC star is still alive on Dancing With The Stars. How do you think the mixed martial arts world would've accepted Anthony Njokuani if he tried out for "The Ultimate Fighter" knowing his background was in break-danci...

Friday, Feb 27

Opinion: Rahman's babbling shows boxers simply have no respect for MMA

The Kimbo knockout loss to a guy like Seth Petruzelli, who is probably in the No. 30-40 range worldwide at light heavyweight, should have been a warning to boxers, instead it's motivation for a guy like Rahman. Bizarre. Next we're going to hear about 65-year-old Jimmy Snuka being ready fo...

Tuesday, Jan 27

Opinion: UFC shouldn't line their pockets with fighters' sponsor money

Also, what will happen if the UFC wants to sign a fighter away from another organization, but he already has sponsors? Will that be one more roadblock that will keep some of the best fighters out of the UFC? Just like any fan, I'd love to see Robbie Lawler, Vitor Belfort and Gegard Mousasi, am...

Wednesday, Jan 21

Opinion: Barnett says Roach has no clue about MMA striking

He may be one of the most well-regarded boxing trainers in the world but does his expertise apply to mixed martial arts and is he qualified to trash Fedor? Josh Barnett is also on the card and has 28 MMA fights under his belt, he thinks Roach sounds like a clown:

Sunday, Oct 26

Opinion: White does not believe Silva was clowning around

White also broke down the Sean Sherk win over Tyson Griffin and Junior Dos Santos' shocking upset against Fabricio Verdum. He also had a good theory about how his pre-fight video blogs had a major effect in Las Vegas. Listen below to the replay of the UFC 90 post-fight show from the All-St...

Friday, Sep 19

Opinion: The Ric Flair of MMA coming soon to a cage near you

Anyone who says they want to emulate Ric Flair during their MMA career is down with me. One of Kaplan's best friends from the taping TUF 8 was Tom Lawlor, who did some pro wrestling before getting into mixed martial arts. The average hardcore MMA fan or fighter may not like what his motivati...

Sunday, Jul 20

Opinion: Who rules the MMA world? Trigg says there's no argument

Oddly enough, Trigg forgot to mention Silva. I believe Fedor is the best but it's not without debate. And Trigg is dead wrong, Penn, St. Pierre and Silva all have skills sets on par with Fedor. Give the UFC announce team, Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan credit, they not go into shill-mode screamin...