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The MMA News Asks Tito Ortiz A Couple Of Questions.

19 Nov 2009 22:04:41 PST

Written by Chart Topper
recently had a chance to ask returning UFC superstar Tito Ortiz a couple of questions. Here’s the questions, and then the video answers: What is your prediction for how fans will respond to your return to the Octagon to face Forrest Griffin at UFC 106? How do you see the fight going down and what’s your game plan for the fight? recently had a chance to ask returning UFC superstar Tito Ortiz a couple of questions. Here’s the questions, and then the video answers: What is your prediction for how fans will respond to your return to the Octagon to face Forrest Griffin at UFC 106? How do you see the fight going down [...]

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UFC 106 interview: Grove is growing weary of decisions

19 Nov 2009 18:10:00 PST

Written by Steve Cofield
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...

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Do you wanna be a F’in fighter? Karo says no!

19 Nov 2009 17:34:04 PST

Written by Curtis Clontz
They have already promised Hazelett (the opponent) full payment to show and win! As well as gave Karo his walking papers! The UFC could not have handled it any better, Joe Rogan will undoubtedly mention it on the PPV, and every MMA blog on the net is bashing him!

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UFC 105 Winners: What's Next?

19 Nov 2009 15:50:52 PST

Written by Sterling Spiars
Randy Couture One reason is that Machida has already verbally agreed to fight Mauricio Rua in a rematch for the light-heavyweight championship. Another reason is that Couture did not win impressively. So in the end, Couture has agreed to fight UFC Hall of Fame fighter, Mark Coleman at UFC 1...

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“UFC 106: Ortiz vs Griffin II” Press Conference at 4PM ET/1PM PT

19 Nov 2009 12:00:04 PST

Written by Tom Ngo
Speaking of former light heavyweight champions, Ortiz will be returning to the Octagon after enjoying an 18-month hiatus to repair his back and re-up with the world’s biggest MMA organization. The soon-to-be 35-year-old has posted a mediocre 0-2-1 record over his last three scraps.

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UFC rankings/MMA rankings featured in USA Today for November 2009

19 Nov 2009 00:52:10 PST

Written by Jesse Holland
Heavyweight: Light Heavyweight: 1. Lyoto Machida 2. Mauricio Rua 3. Rashad Evans 4. Quinton Jackson 5. Forrest Griffin 6. Gegard Mousasi 7. Thiago Silva 8. Anderson Silva 9. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 10. Luis Cane Middleweight: 1. B.J. Penn 2. Shinya Aoki 3. Eddie Alvarez 4. Kenny Florian 5. Frank Edgar

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MMA: Mixed martial arts news and blogs - November 20, 2009

20 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 MMA: Mixed martial arts news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• BIOflex Elbow Support in Black Neoprene Lined with CoolMax – holds 2 Concentric Circle magnets – Velcro Closes -- by Zdot from MMA Brawl
• “Every Fight Is Difficult In A Different Sense,” Fedor Emelianenko -- by Chart Topper from The MMA News
• ‘MMA Live’ – 19/11/2009 – ‘Get Well Soon’ -- by Chart Topper from The MMA News
• Four more Bouts added to WEC 46 ‘Varner Vs. Henderson’ on Jan. 10 -- by Casey Trowbridge from MMA Blitz
• 'Shocked' Dustin Hazelett Discusses UFC 106 Bout Cancellation -- from FanHouse
• Karo Parisyan Pulls Out Of UFC 106 Bout At The Last Minute Due To A Reported Addiction To Pain Killers -- by Chart Topper from The MMA News
• UFC 105 Losers: What's Next? -- by Robert Gardner from Bleacher Report - MMA
• MMAjunkie.com Radio tonight: New champ Aldo, Hazelett, Grove, Swanson, Soares -- by MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff] from MMAjunkie.com Articles
• Thiago vs. Volkmann replaces Hazelett vs. Parisyan on UFC 106 main card -- by MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff] from MMAjunkie.com Articles
• The Real Reason Brock Lesnar Is Sick: A Hole in His Intestine -- by Joe Burgett from Bleacher Report - MMA

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UFC 105 ratings at a glance for 'Couture vs. Vera'

18 Nov 2009 22:43:57 PST

Written by Jesse Holland
The ratings came in yesterday for UFC 105: "Couture vs. Vera" from the tape-delayed feed originating out of the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England, on Saturday, November 14. The bottom line is both events did good, but not spectacular, and will likely both be obliterate...

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WEC 44: Brown vs Aldo Preview

18 Nov 2009 09:35:15 PST

November has been a great month for MMA. We'll have had a Strikeforce fight, (2) UFC events and a great WEC card. You won't have to wait until Saturday for some good MMA action. The WEC is putting on a...

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Color Me Impressed with Michael Bisping

16 Nov 2009 06:28:27 PST

Written by Bryan Levick
What's next for him is unclear at this moment. There are some tough middleweights available for him to fight. Nate Quarry is coming off a victory over Tim Credeur at UFC Fight Night just two months ago. How about Vitor Belfort who had his title shot against Anderson Silva at UFc 108 in January po...

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Opinion: A Message To The B/R MMA Community: Words Of Wisdom

15 Nov 2009 14:03:20 PST

Written by Mitch Ciccarelli
Should Koscheck still remain in the top five or should the other fighters who have been winning take his spot? It’s ok to dislike a certain fighter and it’s perfectly fine to let your readers know you are not a fan of certain fighters but it is not ok to spend a majority of your article insultin...

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

11 Nov 2009 19:56:32 PST

Written by Maggie Hendricks
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...

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Opinion: Missed opportunities for Strikeforce on CBS

09 Nov 2009 13:21:16 PST

Written by Zach Arnold
“We talk to everybody. We’re never going to say no, we like MMA and you know like I said, Strikeforce put on a great show for us tonight and we’re very happy with Strikeforce but we’re not going to close the door on anybody.” The result? Not many “real” MMA fans watched the show.

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Podcast: Strikeforce: Fedor Vs. Rogers: The Five Bullet-Point Preview

07 Nov 2009 10:13:40 PST

Written by Josh Nason
The best case scenario for Strikeforce: This is a fun slugfest that goes three rounds with a decisive winner by KO. Worst case: Fedor wins relatively easily and doesn't get over. Middleweight Title: Jake Shields vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller

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Podcast: Dana White the fertitta brothers and UFC LIVE part 2

01 Nov 2009 12:50:16 PST

Written by Lee honish
“Pro Fight Network & Fight_Net Radio makes wild allegations of the UFC: blood doping, conspiracy, rules tampering, co-ownership of Yahoo, monopolization, organized crime involvement and political tampering.” FNR & PFN long outspoken position on the UFC came to a head this S...

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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: Kimbo Slice an Eventual UFC Champion? Not Likely

29 Sep 2009 18:18:15 PDT

Written by Mitch Ciccarelli
Whether or not Slice wins you can rest assured you will be seeing him again in the UFC. He might not win The Ultimate Fighter but he’s way too popular for the UFC to let go. With that being said what can fans expect from the street-brawler in his post-TUF career inside the UFC’s Octagon?

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Podcast: FREE TODAY: Sept. 30 Bryan & Vinny Show! Raw, Smackdown, SummerSlam 98, shout-outs, songs, more

29 Sep 2009 16:45:23 PDT

It's the FREE bi-weekly edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! We've got a fun one this week as besides Raw and Smackdown we'll also review a few of the top matches from SummerSlam 98, including Owen Hart vs. Ken Shamrock in a fake MMA cage fight and Rock vs. HHH in a ladder match that was pivotal...

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Podcast: Fight_Net Radio 08/02/09 Part 8

02 Aug 2009 14:47:01 PDT

Written by Lee honish
returns to Fight_Net Radio! 4 hours of glorious entertainment in the world of boxing and MMA from the warped minds of Fight_Net Radio: Andrew Lapachet, Julian Kasdin, AKA Willy, Chris Greenman and Lee Honish. All of this is done with this weeks sponsors: Fonality Phone systems, least exp...

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Book Review: “Got Fight?” by Forrest Griffin with Erich Krauss

26 Jun 2009 13:10:40 PDT

Written by Thomas Hackett
There have been a ton of autobiographies from MMA champions released in the last year or so. Here at Total-MMA we have reviewed releases from legendary champions like Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, Matt Hughes, and my favorite of the bunch, Chuck Liddell. Forrest Griffin, a good-but-not-leg...

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Podcast: Mixed Martial Açaí

28 Apr 2009 14:36:49 PDT

Written by Thomas Hackett
In a recent interview with Fight Magazine, Lyoto Machida was asked what was in his refrigerator. The Brazilian MMA phenom known as “The Dragon” (or, as I prefer to call him, “The Next Light Heavyweight Champion of the World”) didn’t surprise me when he included açaí (pronounced a-sigh-ee...

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How To: Leg Locks from the OmoPlata

17 Dec 2008 16:21:48 PST

Written by info@crackle.com (TechniquePrevails)
http://www.TrainFightWin.com This video shows how to set up a series of leg locks when your opponent uses the the front roll escape from your omo-plata. Tags: rubber front series guard set Roll uses escape hook heel plata submission MMA locks Jiu Jitsu opponent BJJ gr...

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How To: Rich Franklin Interview

04 Nov 2008 00:16:22 PST

Written by Chart Topper
Here’s Rich “Ace” Franklin talking about MMA fighters, and how to become a good one. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1BeCdGXYZs Here’s Rich “Ace” Franklin talking about MMA fighters, and how to become a good one. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1BeCdGXYZs

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How To: Hard for the Yard: MMA 101: Tutorial with Frank Shamrock

03 Nov 2008 17:12:28 PST

Written by Dewey Hammond
MMA fighter Frank Shamrock teaches me the fundamentals of Mixed Martial Arts. If you want to learn how to dominate your opponent in the cage, these 10 videos are a good place to start. These videos are also proof positive that bloggers ...

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Bas Rutten - How To Do A Neck Crank Video

30 Jul 2008 07:51:52 PDT

Written by Bruno
Bas Rutten demonstrates his version of a neck crank / body crunch in this MMA how to video. Bas Rutten demonstrates his version of a neck crank / body crunch in this MMA how to video.

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“Fight Science” on National Geographic — An MMAjunkie.com Review

26 Jan 2008 16:47:01 PST

Written by Neal Taflinger
Dr. Cindy Bir wasn’t a fan of mixed martial arts before she started working on the new installment of “Fight Science.“ “Fight Science: Mixed Martial Arts” sets out to measuring the power and accuracy of MMA fighters’ punches and kicks, exploring the mechanics of grappling, and examining t...

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