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Anderson Silva Gunning For Two Belts
Date: 7/3/2008
Since emerging in the Ultimate Fighting Championship two years ago, Anderson Silva has clearly proven his position as the No. 1 middleweight fighter in the world. Many have also bandied about the label of best pound-for-pound fighter in the same breath as the UFC middleweight champion.
Now he’s o
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Brian Caraway Wants To Be The Best At 145
Date: 7/3/2008
When Central Washington University closed its wrestling program in 2004, team member Brian Caraway was left with a problem.
"I've always liked that grappling and combat sports are raw, real, and unpampered," Caraway says. "I've always been the kind of person who liked to do what others won't."
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Billy Evangelista Continues Winning Ways
Date: 7/3/2008
No one said it was going to be easy. That’s the lesson that undefeated Strikeforce lightweight standout Billy Evangelista learned in his most recent fight for the promotion.
This past Friday he went toe-to-toe with one of California’s toughest 155-pound fighters, the always popular Nam Phan, in w
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Changing Face, Koscheck Ready For UFC 86
Date: 7/3/2008
Growing up is hard to do. It’s even harder when you’re growing up in front of millions of people on television. But that’s exactly what Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight Josh Koscheck did as a member
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Is K.J. Noons On The Horizon For Josh Thomson
Date: 7/3/2008
Fighting through the pain of recent shoulder surgery, a staph infection during training, and being sick for a week of his camp didn’t deter Josh Thomson from taking the Strikeforce lightweight title from former champion Gilbert Melendez last Friday night.
Admitting he was not 100 percent going i
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Affliction To Air Across The Street From UFC: Silva vs. Irvin
Date: 7/3/2008
The battle for viewers between "Affliction: Banned" and "UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin" continues.
Affliction announced Thursday that its "Banned" event on July 19, which takes place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, will air live on closed circuit television at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino in
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'Big' John McCarthy Named As Color Commentator For Affliction
Date: 7/3/2008
Former referee "Big" John McCarthy will provide color commentary for the July 19 Affliction "Banned" event in Anaheim, California.
McCarthy joins former PRIDE and current EliteXC play-by-player Mauro Ranallo to form the Affliction announce team.
McCarthy, who refereed UFC events from March 1
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WEC 35 Card Fills Out
Date: 7/3/2008
A bout between former welterweight title contenders Brock Larson and Carlo Prater will anchor the undercard for WEC 35 on Sunday, Aug. 3 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. WEC representatives on Thursday released the full lineup for the event, which features defenses by welterweight cha
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Cote's Long Road to UFC Title Contention
Date: 7/3/2008
The easy road was never an option for Patrick Cote. He has beaten the tougher paths to reach his destinations, although not always by choice.
Cote, at 19, decided he needed some discipline, as he sensed he was headed for trouble. He could have remained in Rimouski, Quebec, and partied away anothe
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Punch, Punch Lines Make Rampage A UFC Star
Date: 7/3/2008
LAS VEGAS – Quinton “Rampage” Jackson had lost five consecutive matches as a wrestler at Memphis’ Raleigh-Egypt High School when his kid brother, Derrick, presented him with a heavy industrial chain and an idea.
“Hey man,” Derrick told him, “You ought to wear this chain, it might help you in your
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Michael DiSanto, UFC - ...Rampage-Forrest doesn't need a storyline beyond the fact that two extremely competitive, proud fighters will test themselves inside the ultimate proving ground - the Octagon - in a fight that, based on the style matchup, has very real potential to be the most thrilling 205-lb title bout in recent memory. In other words, this is a fight that sells itself.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - A former standout baseball player, Cole Miller always seemed destined for a career in sports, and most figured it would be on the diamond. But after devoting much of his young life to the game, something was missing, and what was supposed to be a fun pastime turned into a job before he started getting paid to do it.
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Stephen Quinn, UFC - Saturday's UFC 86 card at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas will keep the fireworks coming long after the Independence Day celebrations have ended. Will Forrest Griffin be able to upset Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson? Can Ricardo Almeida submit Patrick Cote? Read on to get your UFC fantasy game fix.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Maybe I'm just grasping for straws, but I get the impression that the water cooler conversations on the Monday after UFC 81 in February went something like this: "Hey, that new guy Almeida looked pretty good. That was some sick jiu-jitsu. Hope the UFC brings him back."
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization will storm into the British Midlands for the first time when UFC 89: BISPING v LEBEN touches down at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, on October 18.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Practically every job has a Corey Hill, the great high school or college athlete who for one reason or another wound up in the 9 to 5 world, working the days away while wondering what could have been.Hill, a former junior college national wrestling champion for Colby Community College, knew this feeling all too well, and as he did everything from selling pianos to working construction, he heard the whispers from those around him more than once.
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Wayne McCullough, UFC - The upcoming fight between Forrest Griffin and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is a great matchup, with the crowd favorite being the big hearted Griffin going against the strong, tough and hard punching Jackson. I'm sure each fighter already has a great gameplan to get the big win, but this is how I see it.
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On July 20th, UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre will attempt to become the first mixed martial artist to win an ESPN ESPY award, as he has been nominated for the 'Best Fighter' award following a 12 month period that has seen him decision Josh Koscheck, submit Matt Hughes, and TKO Matt Serra to regain his 170-pound crown.
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Dave Sholler, UFC - During training camp, professional fighters usually aren't the most approachable human beings. Agitated from weight cuts, intense cardio sessions, and hours upon hours of sparring, most scrappers just prefer to be left alone. They are hungry. They are tired. They respectfully don't want to be bothered. Miserably entrenched in Camp Preparation, many might as well hang signs around their necks that read "Do Not Disturb."
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Elliot Worsell, UFC - As a youngster growing up in Fortaleza, Brazil, Jorge Gurgel taught the locals how to speak English. Fast-forward a decade and Gurgel now teaches predominantly English-speakers the art of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. It's a unique and compelling 360 that slaps the exclamation mark on Gurgel's astonishing rise from waiting tables and waiting for leftovers at American diners to cleaning up 155-pounders in the UFC.
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UFC® middleweight champion Anderson Silva, arguably the best mixed martial arts fighter in the world, pound-for-pound, will move up in weight class for the first time when he jumps from middleweight to light heavyweight to fight James "The Sandman" Irvin (14-4-1) on Saturday, July 19 at The Pearl at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) - Home to some of the greatest fighters in mixed martial arts, the UFC® light heavyweight division is without question the most competitive in the sport. On Saturday, September 6th, two of the weight class' best - legendary former champion Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell and unbeaten rising star "Sugar" Rashad Evans - will finally meet in the Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization's historic first trip to Atlanta for UFC 88: BREAKTHROUGH, live at Philips Arena
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Las Vegas, NV - In late June, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization and World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC™) will send UFC and WEC superstars BJ Penn, Michael Bisping, Urijah Faber, and Carlos Condit across the globe to meet and greet the troops of the United States Military stationed in Afghanistan. The fighters will have the honor of visiting with various units during this trip, and Penn, Bisping, Faber, and Condit will tour a total of six military bases.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) -- The Ultimate Fighting Championship's initial trip to Minnesota on August 9th just got bigger with today's signing of the UFC® Welterweight Title bout between Champion Georges St-Pierre and number one contender Jon Fitch, which will headline the UFC 87: SEEK AND DESTROY card at Target Center.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) -- In what many are calling the best lightweight matchup of 2008, Kenny "KenFlo" Florian will square off against Roger "El Matador" Huerta in a battle that will move the winner one step closer to a 155-pound title shot. Huerta will take on Florian this summer when the Ultimate Fighting Championship presents UFC 87: SEEK AND DESTROY live from Target Center in Minneapolis Saturday, August 9, 2008.
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