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So You Want To Be A Fighter: TUF 12 tryouts set for Charlotte, NC on April 1
The casting call for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter will be open to fighters and would-be warriors in the lightweight and light heavyweight divisions.The casting call has been officially set by the UFC and Spike TV for Charlotte, North Carolina on April 1 from The Omni Charlotte Hotel.The festivities are slated to kick [...]
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GSP and Dan Hardy coming to UFC Primetime on Spike TV
New York, NY, March 9, 2010 ? In anticipation of their world welterweight title clash at UFC 111: ST-PIERRE vs. HARDY, UFC® champion Georges St-Pierre and challenger Dan Hardy will be featured on UFC Primetime®, a weekly, three part series premiering Wednesday, March 10 at 10:00 PM ET/PT on Spike TV.In the first episode, Hardy [...]
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Paulo Thiago vs. Martin Kampmann set for UFC 115
A welterweight tussle between Paulo Thiago and Martin Kampmann is looking extremely likely to take place during UFC 115.Both fighters have verbally agreed to the match-up according to a recent report on The Las Vegas Sun, with the bout expected to be finalized in the coming days.UFC 115 is loosely expected to take place from [...]
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James Toney: It?s a lose-lose situation for Randy Couture, he?s gonna get knocked out
James Toney and the UFC have combined to create a whirlwind of heated debate and speculation following FiveOuncesofPain.com recently revealing the news of the all-time boxing great’s signing to the biggest fight promotion on the planet.During a recent appearance on FightHype.com’s OnTheGrindBoxing radio show, Toney went on to reveal the terms of his newly inked [...]
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Kimbo vs. Mitrione set in stone for UFC 113
After a series of unfounded rumors speculating that the bout had been scrapped, a heavyweight showdown first reported by FiveOuncesofPain.com between Kimbo Slice and Matt Mitrione is now official, again, for UFC 113.The pair of TUF 10 veterans will duke it out in Vancouver, Canada on May 8.The UFC has finalized the already expected bout on [...]
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M-1 Global and Strikeforce negotiate for Fedor to return in June or July
After weeks of speculation that something funky was going on behind the scenes between Strikeforce and M-1 Global to prevent Fedor Emelianenko from taking part in the upcoming April CBS event, it now appears that the two sides have renegotiated terms for a deal that will see “The Last Emperor” making his return to the [...]
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Mike Swick to enter surgery for injured elbow
As recently reported, UFC welterweight Mike Swick announced he?d undergone an MRI to examine damage to his left elbow sustained during his UFC 109 bout with Paulo Thiago and expected an update on the situation during a doctor?s visit planned for early this week. That appointment has now come and gone, and as Swick suspected, [...]
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Mike Swick needs elbow surgery, won?t be fighting in April
Mike Swick may have earned his nickname based on the speed of his punches but it unfortunately appears as though his return to the Octagon will be anything but ?Quick? due to an elbow injury the American Kickboxing Academy staple suffered in his UFC 109 bout with Paulo Thiago.Though the nature of the actual damage [...]
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Joseph Benavidez tops WEC 47 salaries
This past Saturday night was one 24-year old Joseph Benavidez will undoubtedly remember for the rest of his life. Along with ?Submission of the Night? honors, a definitive finish over highly touted opponent Miguel Torres, and a likely shot at the WEC Bantamweight Championship, Urijah Faber?s protégé also took home the largest check of the [...]
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Inverted Triangle Warning: Toby Imada returns to Bellator
CHICAGO, Ill. (March 8, 2010) ? Toby Imada, whose jaw-dropping ?Submission of the Year? helped put Bellator Fighting Championships on the map during its debut season, will return to the promotion for its upcoming Season 2 lightweight tournament.Imada?s remarkable submission, an inverted triangle choke of the heavily favored Jorge Masvidal at Bellator V, became an [...]
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