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Monday, Jun 1

Worthy challengers for Machida?

ESPN United States Mauricio “Shogun” Rua is Machida's first scheduled title defense, but Rua hasn't looked like the Rua that fought in PRIDE for some time. Beating up on older fighters past their prime doesn't give us much of a gauge on where Rua will be at 104. ...

Friday, Feb 15

MMA week in review

Mirko Cro Flop?: Numerous sources, including Mirko Cro Cop himself, are saying that the Croatian heavyweight is no longer with the UFC. In fact, he was present at the press conference of a new league in Japan called "Dream." Dream is a partnership between the former employees of DSE (the for...

Saturday, Dec 29

UFC 79 Postcard: It's gameday!

Now, back to tonight's card. Over at SI.com, my UFC 79 preview is up. Check it out by clicking here. I break down and predict the Matt Hughes-Georges St. Pierre interim title bout, the Liddell-Wanderlei Silva dream fight, and the Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou-Lyoto Machida light heavyweight duel.

Sunday, Oct 21

UFC 77 Recap: Silva shuffles to victory in the jungle

Although PRIDE superstar Silva has been under contract with the promotion for a couple of months now and he was on hand live for UFC 77, we still don’t officially know who his first opponent will be. Speculation is rampant that his first fight will be against Chuck Liddell at UFC 79, but no of...

Saturday, Sep 22

UFC 76: Knockout preview

Both of these light heavyweight strikers are coming off devastating knockout losses in their previous fights. Liddell's last 10 fights have ended in stoppage (none by submission) and he won eight of those bouts. Jardine's last two fights ended in stoppage. With the influx of talent...