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Ultimate Means Ultimate
There’s this belief among some fans and pundits that MMA would benefit from many promotions of equal importance and caliber, as if they were cell phone companies or something. Wrong. MMA is not the mobile business, where competition of equals is good for everyone.
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March 08, 2011
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Bellator Season Four - Weekly Recap #1
The Bellator Fighting Championships kicked off its season four welterweight tournament on Friday at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, California, but not without controversy.
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March 08, 2011
Dan Henderson Knocks out Rafael Feijao to Capture Strikeforce World Light Heavyweight Title
One of the most decorated and widely respected fighters in the history of Mixed Martial Arts, Dan Henderson, knocked out defending champion Rafael “Feijao’’ Cavalcante at 0:50 of the third round to capture the STRIKEFORCE World Light Heavyweight Championship in Saturday’s main event live on SHOWTIME® before 7,123 at the Nationwide Arena.
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March 08, 2011
Strikeforce World Grand Prix-Heavyweight Tournament Continues June 18 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
NEW YORK (March 2, 2011) – The STRIKEFORCE World Grand Prix -- Heavyweight Tournament will continue on Saturday, June 18 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, LIVE on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).
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March 02, 2011
ProFighting-fans.com to provide live coverage of Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson
Popular MMA news & fan site to sit cageside and live blog entire Strikeforce event in Columbus
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March 02, 2011
Vaughan replaces Combs, faces Gurgel at Strikeforce in Columbus
Billy Vaughan replaces Tyler Combs, faces Jorge Gurgel at Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson in Columbus
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March 01, 2011
Intimidation Announces T-Shirt Giveaway Contest at March 5 Strikeforce Event in Columbus
Intimidation Clothing to hand out vouchers for free t-shirts to fans at Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson in Columbus, Ohio on March 5th
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February 20, 2011
Champion Ben Askren Meets Nick “The Goat” Thompson in Non-Title Welterweight Superfight at Bellator 40
Bellator World Welterweight Champion Ben “Funky” Askren returns to the cage for the first time since his impressive title win when he meets dangerous UFC veteran Nick “The Goat” Thompson at Bellator 40, which airs LIVE on MTV2, and takes place April 9 th at the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Oklahoma.
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February 17, 2011
Aggression MMA Announces First-Ever Lightweight Title Tourney
Aggression MMA, Edmonton ’s top MMA promotion, is proud to announce that its forthcoming March 11th event will feature its first ever eight-man lightweight tournament. The winner of the tourney will be crowned the Aggression Lightweight Champion. Fighters scheduled to participate include Shane “Shaolin” Campbell, Tim Jenson, Ryan Machan, Estavan Payan, Mitch Clarke, Trevor...
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February 17, 2011
Undefeated Nik “The Machete” Fekete Confirmed For Bellator Light Heavyweight World Title Tournament
After training among the likes of Rashad Evans, Gray Maynard, Forrest Griffin, Wanderlei Silva, Roy Nelson and a slew of others, undefeated NCAA Division I All-American wrestler Nik “The Machete” Fekete has been confirmed to compete in Bellator’s first ever Light Heavyweight Tournament, which airs LIVE on MTV2 beginning in March. The winner of the eight man tournament will...
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February 17, 2011
Polar Opposites A Look Ahead at Lyoto Machida and Randy Couture’s Date With Destiny
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida sits in a class of his own. While most mixed martial artists have backgrounds in Muay Thai, Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Boxing, Machida's area of expertise is Karate. It is that rare strategy in a sport of various arts that has propelled him into the UFC's upper echelon of its most exciting division.
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February 16, 2011
MMA Scoring & Judging is Broken: Can it be Fixed?
If UFC 126 emphasized any point other then Anderson Silva vs. Georges St. Pierre will be an epic fight for the ages, it was that the judging and scoring in mixed martial arts (MMA) is broken and badly in need of repair. Let’s take a look at the current system and what it brings to the table as well as its shortcomings.
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February 16, 2011
EFC 7: Day of Reckoning preview
Mixed Martial Arts is still a baby in Pennsylvania, at only two years old we still have plenty of hurtles to leap… some rules are still very precautionary, the talent level isn’t quite there yet. However, with Erie’s own Extreme Fight Club holding its first event in 2011 on February 18 th, we come yet another step closer to legitimacy! Philadelphia has been host to the UFC...
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February 16, 2011
Caged Fury 14 Preview -Dan Spohn Interview
The NAAFS is one of the fastest-growing mixed martial arts companies in the United States, and they are known across the Midwest and beyond for putting on high-intensity fights featuring skilled fighters. One such fighter is Dan “The Dragon” Spohn, who is rising to the top of the stack for the first time in his career and is being featured as a main event fighter in the upcoming...
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February 16, 2011
Strikeforce Heavyweight Tournament: Shock and Awe
Once upon a time, tournaments dominated the mixed-martial-art lexicon. With the demise of Pride Fighting Championships, MMA tournaments had once become a thing of the past, wistfully remembered but consigned to history.
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February 10, 2011
The Russian Assassin: Sergei Kharitonov
On February 12th Strikefoce is going to have the first of 2 events to kick off their Heavyweights Grand Prix. The Strikeforce association sure matched up some tough fights to kick it off. One of the more explosive fights on the card come February 12th will be Arlovski vs. Kharitonov. While most MMA fans are acquainted with Andrei Arlovski, not too many know Sergei Kharitonov, at...
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February 10, 2011
Undefeated “Cupcake” Lloyd Woodard joins Bellator Season 4 Lightweight Tournament
Bellator Fighting Championships continues to add to its impressive lightweight roster, recently confirming the addition of undefeated submission finisher Lloyd “Cupcake” Woodard to the upcoming Season 4 Tournament, which airs LIVE on MTV2 starting in March. The fast-rising Montana native will not only have a chance to compete for a $100,000 payday, but a title shot against current...
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February 10, 2011
Stacked Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinals Pairings set for Bellator Season 4 Premiere LIVE March 5th on MTV2
Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the promotion's Season 4 Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal Pairings for Bellator 35, the premiere event at the Tachi Palace Casino & Resort in Lemoore, California on Saturday, March 5, 2011.
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February 09, 2011
Fedor Emelianenko and his chances of winning the Grand Prix!
On Feb12, 2011 in New Jersey Fedor Emelianenko will be competing in the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix. In a historic tournament that will arguably match the best heavyweights in the world. There will be 8 contestants in the tournament with the winner being declared the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Champion.
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February 09, 2011
Allistair Overeem the Prohibitive Favourite?
The current Strikeforce heavyweight champion has been slowly building a case as one of the best mix martial artists in the world. Although it did not always start out that way you see at one particular point Overeem lost 5 of 7 during a stretch in 2006 t0 2007. He originally started his career as a middleweight but now he is a strong 240 pound behemoth.
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February 09, 2011
The Brazilian Impact
MMA fans across the world know its origins. They know the name that began it all: Gracie. The importance of Brazilians to MMA is clear, they began it with Vale Tudo, and continue to dominate the sport they helped make.
One of the most prominent Brazilian contributions to modern MMA is the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The ability for a fighter to win from off of his back can completely...
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February 09, 2011
Best Moments of PRIDE (Not the Parade)
Whether you surf, play football, bowl, and sprint or watch MMA, there will be moments in the life of your interest that will resonate with you, that will stick to your brain like peanut butter to the roof of Rex’s mouth. They may not be the biggest moments, but for you they mean something special. When thinking of PRIDE, there are a half dozen moments, events or fights that have...
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February 09, 2011
UFC Announces that New York’s Jon Jones Will Step into Face Champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua on March 19
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced that rising light heavyweight star Jon “Bones” Jones will replace Rashad Evans in the main event of UFC 128 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Saturday, March 19.
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February 08, 2011
UFC 126: Silva Dominates- Strikeforce: HW Tournament This Weekend
Anderson Silva cemented his place in the annals of the all-time greats with his KO of Vitor Belfort at UFC 126. He will not be just in the UFC Hall-of-Fame; he may get his own wing. The “Spider” did his typical dancing to start the fight, which incited the crowd into a chant of “Vitor, Vitor, Vitor” but in the end, as usual, none of that mattered.
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February 08, 2011
Potential Impact of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Title Tournament
Potential Impact of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Title Tournament
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February 08, 2011
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