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Latest News from UFC
:: MMAF News Briefs
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Dave Sholler, UFC - Sam Stout could write a book on perfect striking. A former North American kickboxing titleholder and Muay Thai world champion, Stout has long frustrated opponents with pin-point punches, thunderous kicks, and fight-stopping knees. Training under the tutelage of renowned striking coach Shawn Tompkins, Stout has demonstrated some of the finest hand and foot work in the sport, not to mention menacing power.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) - The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) today confirmed the remaining bouts for the upcoming UFC 90: SILVA VS. COTE, which features the unstoppable Anderson "The Spider" Silva defending his UFC Middleweight Championship against Patrick "The Predator" Cote as the UFC makes its historic first trip to Chicago on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008 at the Allstate Arena.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) -- Fighting with a truly meaningful purpose in front of some real American heroes, The Ultimate Fighter® alums Josh Koscheck, Mike Swick, Matt Wiman will be featured on Spike TV's telecast of UFC Fight For The Troops™ live from the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina on Wednesday, December 10 at 9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT.
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CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED - One light heavyweight competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir has been eliminated. Now it's time for the lightweights to begin cutting their ranks down in the Octagon. But will someone go before he even gets to fight? Read on to find out the latest.
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Junie Allen Browning, Team Mir - UFC 84 was pretty cool. Me and Shane (Nelson) were pretty excited after BJ (Penn) beat (Sean) Sherk. When it comes to the rest of the night, I did remember quite a bit of what happened, and after watching it again, it all came back to me.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Tuesday night, the UFC took over Manhattan, as the world-renowned Barneys on 660 Madison Avenue played host to the launch event for the soon-to-be released book by Reed Krakoff, "Fighter: The Fighters of The UFC".
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Elliot Worsell, UFC - Professional fighters can be the most awe-inspiring athletes in the world and the biggest liars. After all, how many times have you heard the following statements enthusiastically sprint from the tongue of your favourite fighter? 'I've never been in better shape'. 'I'm a new man'. 'I'm better than him in all departments'. 'I'm going to take over the world'.
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Chuck Mindenhall, UFC - You might remember how after UFC President Dana White gave his now-famous "do you want to be a fighter" speech on the original Ultimate Fighter series that things picked up. Guys from both sides reflected, refocused and, with their hearts being put into question, responded as if the gauntlet had been thrown down. Just like that, all the petty things they'd quibbled over became sizably more petty, and fighting everyone's raison d'être.
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Armando Alvarez, UFC - With fights such as Thiago Alves vs. Diego Sanchez and Sean Sherk vs. Tyson Griffin, October 25th's UFC 90 undercard is likely to provide its share of fireworks. But perhaps the most explosive matchup may be the grudge match between lightweights Marcus Aurelio and Hermes Franca.
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Eliiot Worsell, UFC - Chris Lytle's ideal opponent stacks up a little something like this. He's about 5'11 tall, 170-pounds in weight, 34 years of age, orthodox in stance and an ex-pro boxer with heavy hands and underrated submission skills. He sports a 35-16-4 mixed martial arts record and is nicknamed 'Lights Out' on account of his ability to shortcut the senses of opponents with sledgehammer punches. Chris Lytle's dream dance partner is Chris Lytle.
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CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED - 16 athletes have fought their way into the house on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir. Now all that's left is to split the fighters into teams coached by interim UFC heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo 'Minotauro' Nogueira and former champ Frank Mir, and begin the competition that will whittle the field down to two light heavyweights and two lightweights who will compete for a UFC contract and the right to be called The Ultimate Fighter.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) - The world's most exciting sport returns to the Emerald Isle as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization opens up 2009 with the star-powered UFC 93 card at the O2-Dublin in Dublin, Ireland on January 17, 2009.
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VERSUS, the network that celebrates real competition and the exclusive cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), will air WEC's Greatest Knockouts, an hour-long special that features the hardest-hitting knockouts in WEC history on Wednesday, October 1, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) -- Zuffa, LLC, owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) brand, and TELESPORT, one of the largest dedicated sports networks in Romania, today announced the successful launch of UFC live events on Telesport. The first broadcast partner of the UFC in Romania, TELESPORT aired the recent UFC 88: BREAKTHROUGH event, featuring Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell vs. "Sugar" Rashad Evans, and received a 4.5 percent market share for the premiere and a 3.5 percent market share for its replay later that evening.
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Thumbplay® (www.thumbplay.com), the #1 mobile entertainment content service in the U.S.*, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®), the world's premiere mixed martial arts sports organization, today announced the launch of a wide array of mobile content through the Thumbplay service. Effective immediately, UFC fans can hear from their favorite UFC fighters, replay videos of the most intense matchups and view the stunning Octagon Girls™ through the convenience of Thumbplay's online and mobile content retrieval service.
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