Entries Tagged as 'UFC'

Live Twitter Commentary Tonight on UFC: Vera vs Jones

March 21st, 2010 · No Comments

By Brian Hemminger
Hey loyal readers!  As some of you may know (and most of you probably don’t know) I like to do a live twitter commentary of the UFC events as they happen.  Tonight will be the first time I mention it here, but it would be pretty cool to get a little feedback from [...]

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Bitter Rivals and Former Champions Rampage and Evans Clash at UFC 114

March 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Finally, these two former Ultimate Fighting Championship® light heavyweight champions get a chance to let their fists do the talking. After multiple back-and-forth verbal exchanges on the 10th season of The Ultimate Fighter®, former UFC® light heavyweight champions Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and “Suga” Rashad Evans are set to headline UFC 114: JACKSON vs [...]

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Versus Returns to DirecTV

March 15th, 2010 · No Comments

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., and PHILADELPHIA, March 15, 2010 – DIRECTV and Comcast have reached an agreement to return VERSUS to the DIRECTV programming lineup today. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
VERSUS will return to the same DIRECTV programming packages it was in at the end of August 2009.

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Tags: UFC · WEC

Aaron Simpson, Ryan Bader and CB Dolloway Leave Arizona Combat Sports

March 13th, 2010 · No Comments

by Brian Hemminger
Breaking news in the MMA training camp department.
via MMA Madness
The move by the three UFC competitors and Arizona State alums comes at a curious time as all are coming off the biggest wins of their careers. Bader defeated Keith Jardine via third round TKO at UFC 110, Dolloway took home a unanimous decision [...]

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Tags: Fighters · UFC

Interview with Josh Neer

March 11th, 2010 · No Comments

By Brian Hemminger
Josh Neer has been fighting for a good 8 years now.  In that time the Iowa native has been fortunate enough to face some of the top lightweights and welterweights around like Spencer Fisher and the brothers Nick and Nate Diaz.  He holds notable victories over Melvin Guillard and Ultimate Fighter winners Joe [...]

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Tags: Bellator · Fighters · Interviews · UFC

Best of 2009: Fights

March 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

By Brian Hemminger
Every once in a great while, a fight not only lives up to the hype, but it exceeds it.  To some, the knockout is the most exciting finish, to others, the submission.  Occasionally, a fight can nearly end by both, yet both fighters literally will themselves to keep forging on.  These tests of [...]

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Tags: Dream · Fights · Strikeforce · UFC · WEC · sengoku

UFC 110 Recap and Conclusions

February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

By Brian Hemminger
In case you were living under a rock, UFC 110 took place Saturday evening in Sydney, Australia.  In terms of excitement and impact, it was definitely the best numbered UFC event of 2010 thus far.  I’m very glad that I was lazy and didn’t do a predictions/preview post because I would have made [...]

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My Case for Mike Swick to Move Back to Middleweight

February 11th, 2010 · No Comments

By Brian Hemminger
Mike “Quick” Swick has been a part of the UFC ever since he premiered on season 1 of The Ultimate Fighter as an undersized light heavyweight.  He earned his nickname by finishing his first 4 UFC fights in 5:20 combined.  Swick was rolling through the middleweight division when he ran into Yushin Okami, who [...]

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Tags: Fighters · UFC

UFC 109 Recap and Thoughts

February 7th, 2010 · No Comments

By Brian Hemminger
Yes, I had talked a little trash about the main event fight between Randy Couture and Mark Coleman, but in all honesty, I was pretty excited for the rest of the main card.  Nate Marquardt and Chael Sonnen were duking it out for middleweight number 1 contender status, Paulo Thiago and Mike Swick [...]

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Is Couture vs Coleman a Worthy Main Event?

February 6th, 2010 · No Comments

By Brian Hemminger
The UFC 109 main event features a battle between two hall of fame fighters in Mark Coleman and Randy Couture.  The fact that this is the main event has some fans excited and many others wondering why?  Both fighters are legends of the sport, but one has to wonder, are they capable of [...]

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