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Ill-tempered Khan v Peterson Boxing Rematch Set For Vegas
Boxing rematches tend to be ill-tempered affairs. In a game where half the battle is over-hyping and declaring hatred for an opponent, to meet someone again is to start insulting afresh. In the case of Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson, though, there appears to be some reasons behind the teams hurling abuse at each other. [...]
TweetVideo: Gina Carano vs Channing Tatum
You’ve probably heard that Gina Carano, former Strikeforce star was starring in the Steven Soderbergh spy thriller, Haywire. The general release date of the movie is January 20, and the opening scene was just released for your viewing pleasure. It features Carano vs Channing Tatum battling it out in the stock ‘fight at roadside restaurant’ [...]
TweetUFC 142: Anthony Johnson as a middleweight
Anthony “Rumble” Johnson was probably the biggest guy in the UFC welterweight division. He cut an insane amount of weight to make 170, and has finally decided to move up to middleweight. For his 1st middleweight fight, Rumble faces Vitor Belfort at UFC 142 this Saturday. To get an idea of just how big Johnson [...]
TweetMan dies after sparring with opponent he met on the internet
Let this be a sombre reminder to everyone during what should be a festive time of the year: do not fly across the country to fight someone you only know over the internet, and if you are participating in any kind of combat sport, do it in a regulated environment. In a bizarre story that [...]
TweetInterviews: Shane Carwin, Junior dos Santos, Bas Rutten, and Chael Sonnen
At one point, Shane Carwin was mentioned in the same sentence as Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos when it came to the next great heavyweights. Carwin went on to dominate Brock Lesnar for 5 minutes before succumbing to lactic acidosis. After getting battered by JDS, Carwin has been on the shelf due to some [...]
TweetMMA Fighters foil armed robbery
On top of UFC 138 last week in the UK, a BJJ tournament was going on in LA. For 2 fighters, their memories of this weekend will be much more than a mere grappling tournament. Brent Alvarez and Billy Denney walked out of their hotel elevator to find a robbery in progress: Major props to [...]
TweetJacob Volkmann is at it again
Jacob Volkmann got the attention of many people when he told Ariel Helwani that he wanted his next opponent to be President Obama. He then proceeded to say some very unkind things about the President. Of course, this got him a trip from the Secret Service. It also annoyed people who have the reasonable opinion [...]
TweetBrittney Palmer wants you
The internet exploded yesterday as news broke that Brittney Palmer had been released by the UFC, only to have Dana White in his usual profane manner tell people to relax. The last couple days have been weird for the WEC ring girl who joined the UFC Octagon girls as part of the UFC’s integration of [...]
TweetBas Rutten calls out hormone replacement therapy users
The Chael Sonnen and Nate Marquardt situations have shifted the focus on performance enhancing drugs from steroids to hormone replacement, and last week on Inside MMA, Strikeforce’s Ovince St. Preux, along with UFC vets Frank Trigg and Dennis Hallman joined Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice to discuss the topic. The discussion got heated pretty quickly, [...]
TweetNate Marquardt situation just keeps getting worse
Nate Marquardt was abruptly fired from the UFC on June 25 (barely before weigh-ins for an event he was to headline), and more information has been trickling out since then. Unfortunately, virtually all the news is putting Marquardt in a bad light. While many questioned Dana White firing Marquardt so quickly, opinion seems to have [...]
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