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Archive for November 2008

November 30th, 2008

End Of Month MMA Wrap Up

Wow, November is over all ready and the end of 2008 is right around the corner. Where the hell does the time go? We’ve seen some exciting fights this year and it can only get better…or can it? To me it seems that some promotions are shooting for "Super Fights" to draw cash instead of [...]

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November 28th, 2008

End Of Week MMA Update

This past week I missed the fact that due to the Thanksgiving holiday, The Ultimate Fighter was not going to air. Instead, we saw replays of the last two episodes. You’ll have to wait until next week to see back to back episodes. December 3rd is also WEC 37 with Manny Tapia vs. Miguel [...]

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November 26th, 2008

Pulver Vs. Faber…Again?

MMAJunkie.com is reporting that Jens Pulver will face Urijah Faber at WEC 38. Faber was likely to face Jose Aldo at WEC’s yet to be announced WEC 38 event, but close sources have told MMA Junkie that Jens Pulver will now face the Faber.
Both fighters lost at WEC 36. Pulver lost to Leonard Garcia [...]

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November 24th, 2008

Sadollah Vs. Catone Rescheduled

MMAJunkie.com is reporting that the fight between TUF winner Amir Sadollah and UFC newcomer Nick Catone is being rescheduled. The original fight between Catone and Sadollah was scratched from the UFC 91 card after Sadollah got an infection in his leg.
The fight will be part of UFC Fight Night 17, scheduled for February. You can [...]

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November 21st, 2008

Weekend MMA Round Up

There is so much news going on this week in MMA and I’ve been kind of sick and backed up on it.

Jake Shields now considers himself a free agent as it’s been 30 days since the fall of EliteXC and they have breeched contract. Dana White said there was definitely an interest in Shields [...]

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November 20th, 2008

The Ultimate Fighter 8.10 Recap

The final Lightweight fight aired last night on UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter with Team Noguiera’s John Polakowski facing Team Mir’s George Roop.
John Polakowski, while seeming like he has a bit of ADHD was the favored pick of this fight due to the fact that George Roop injured his hand pretty badly during practice when [...]

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November 19th, 2008

Liddell Vs. Silva At UFC 95?

Word flowing through the rumors mill these days are that Anderson Silva may be fighting Chuck Liddell at UFC 95 in February. Liddell has only won 1 of his last 4 fights, so why would they throw him in there with someone who hasn’t lost a fight in the UFC, granted this would be a [...]

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November 17th, 2008

UFC 91, A Night To Remember

So holy crap. If you haven’t heard the news anywhere else than you obviously were not interested in the outcome of the fights that took place Saturday night. I honestly should have posted something about this yesterday but I have a bit of a cold. So lets see what went on.

Starting with the main [...]

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November 14th, 2008

Co-Main Event Fight At UFC 91 To Be A Lightweight No. 1 Contender Fight

 
UFC has announced the the welterweight co-main event fight between Kenny Florian and Joe Stevenson at UFC 91 will be for the No. 1 contender fight foe BJ Penn’s lightweight championship.
The winner of the fight will be guaranteed a shot at Penn’s title after the Penn Vs. St Pierre welterweight championship fight at UFC 94.
Flooian [...]

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November 13th, 2008

The Ultimate Fighter 8.09 Recap

In this episode the fight set to take place was Krzysztof Soszynski and Kyle Kingsbury. Krzysztof’s thumb is hurting him but he says he should be fine to fight. Mir brings in a hand specialist and he gives him some tips for wrapping it and sparring. He says he should be alright after a [...]

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