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Archive for the ‘Mixed Martial Arts’ Category

September 24th, 2008

Memorial To Honor Evan Tanner Saturday 9/27

UFC.Com reports:
"A memorial for former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner will be held on Saturday September 27th at 2pm at the Amarillo Civic Center in Amarillo, Texas.
The Amarillo Civic Center is located at 401 South Buchanan Street."

Evan Tanner was found dead in the southern California dessert near the Arizona border. He said in his […]

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September 23rd, 2008

Ever Wonder How The "Tapout" Business Got Started?

I’ve wondered about this a few times but never really gave it much thought or looked into it. Today I learned the entire story and you can too. UFC.com published the Story behind the huge clothing line and how "Mask", then known as Charlie Lewis got it off the ground to launch one of […]

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September 21st, 2008

Kurt Angle Says "Wrestling’s Better Than MMA"… I Beg To Differ.

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So TNA has delved in some ‘MMA’ style matches. Taking a wrestling angle and trying to make it look more real. They will continue to do this, however there is not a thin line between the differences of MMA and Pro Wrestling. There is a line a mile wide between the […]

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September 19th, 2008

UFC 91 Tickets Go On Sale Saturday September 20th

Tickets to see UFC Rookie Brock Lesnar fight UFC Veteran Randy Couture go on sale to the public this Saturday (9/20) at 11 am for the MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 15th. Tickets are said to run from $75 to $1000. I’ll talk more about this fight in the near future.
Other fights confirmed […]

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September 19th, 2008

What’s In Store For Houston Alexander?

With his loss to Eric "Red" Schafer on Wednesday’s Fight Night, people are wondering what Houston Alexander’s future in the UFC looks like.
Houston exploded into the UFC when he dominated Keith Gardine last year at UFC 71 and then won again at UFC 75 against Alessio Sakara. A lot of people thought he was unstoppable…that […]

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September 18th, 2008

The Ultimate Fighter Season Premiere Recap

In case you missed last nights Season Premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 8 here is the breakdown of the first 8 fights that took place. 4 Light-heavyweights and 4 Lightweights. It started off in the usual fashion as Dana White comes out to announce the usual. Just as he starts talking, Lightweight Phillipe Novar faints […]

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September 17th, 2008

UFC Fight Night Live 9/17 Results

I forgot this was on tonight so from now on I’ll do my best to cover this type of stuff a lot better and get my schedules back on track. So here is the broken down bare bone results:
Undercard

Light Heavy Weight Alessio Sakara KO’s Joe Vedepo 87 seconds in the first round
Middleweight Wilson Gouveia wins […]

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September 17th, 2008

Should Chuck Liddell Retire?

After losing 3 of the last 4 of his fights, a lot of people think Chuck Liddell should hang up his gloves. I ask…why? At only 38 I think he still has plenty of good fights in him. But if he plans on trying to regain that championship title, one way or another Chuck is […]

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September 16th, 2008

Faber Vs. Brown Postponed Until November 5th

Any Urijah Faber fight will be a big draw. Why? Because everyone is waiting to see him lose. It’s not that they are hoping he loses, because they expect him to win. They wonder, like I do, when he will be dethroned and by who? There have been very few times that Faber came […]

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September 10th, 2008

LESNAR: The “Next Big Thing…AGAIN”

By Guest Blogger “ATRAIN”
The year is 2002 on an episode of WWE Monday night Raw, the man that was to be known as “THE NEXT BIG THING” Brock Lesnar was on the scene and ready to take the professional wrestling scene by storm just as he did in the NCAA heavyweight division. At that time […]

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