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April 4, 2010 at 12:01 am
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Elias Cepeda, UFC - As he stepped on the mats for the 197-pound finals of the NCAA Division I national wrestling championship in St. Louis back in late March of 2008, Phil Davis knew two things:
1. He would win.
2. After he won, he would be done with wrestling.
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April 3, 2010 at 4:08 am
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship® and Spike TV, a division of MTVN Entertainment Group, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), have joined forces in a new digital partnership and announced today the launch of UltimateFighter.com. The ad-supported website will feature every episode, every fight and every fighter from all 10 seasons of "The Ultimate Fighter," which premiered on Spike in January 2005. The launch of UltimateFighter.com marks the first time that complete UFC fights are available on the Web for free in an ad-supported model and it is the first vertical website launched for a Spike TV series. Both UFC.com and Spike.com will redirect all traffic related to "The Ultimate Fighter" to the new site.
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April 3, 2010 at 12:01 am
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Michael DiSanto, UFC - March was a very busy month for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. With three events spread over a mere 10 days, fans got a serious dose of elite mixed martial arts as one of the more brutal winters in recent memory finally turned into spring. And those cards answered a lot of lingering questions hanging over the heads of several UFC stars and prospects.
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April 1, 2010 at 5:01 pm
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CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED - There's a new gym and 28 new fighters to kick off the 11th season of the Spike TV reality series "The Ultimate Fighter." But holding the reigns over the two opposing teams are two familiar faces, former light heavyweight champions Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz, both of whom return to the coaching ranks after previous stints on TUF.
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April 1, 2010 at 4:02 pm
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - For two rounds Wedenesday night at the Bojangles Coliseum, Kenny Florian looked like a southpaw Larry Holmes as he peppered former PRIDE star Takanori Gomi with jab after jab. But in the third, the lightweight contender took the fight to the mat and finished it there, spoiling Gomi's long-awaited UFC debut via submission.
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April 1, 2010 at 4:01 pm
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Japanese middleweight contender Yushin Okami put together one of his most impressive UFC performances to date at the Bojangles Coliseum, as he halted Lucio Linhares in the second round after a clinic of precision striking on Wednesday's UFC Fight Night card.
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March 31, 2010 at 7:27 am
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Below are the official weigh-in results for Wednesday's UFC Fight Night event. UFC Fight Night, which is headlined by the lightweight bout between Kenny Florian and Takanori Gomi, airs on Spike TV from the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina beginning at 8pm ET / PT.
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March 28, 2010 at 3:54 pm
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - After a gutsy effort by Dan Hardy, England may still belong to him, but Georges St-Pierre has the rest of the world wrapped up as he defended his UFC welterweight championship for the fourth time with a shutout five round decision over his British challenger.
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March 28, 2010 at 3:51 pm
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Saturday night at the Prudential Center, Shane Carwin was extended past the two minute, 11 second mark for the first time in his career, but there was no fade, no sudden implosion, only more of the same from the Colorado giant as he earned the interim UFC heavyweight championship with a first round knockout of Frank Mir.
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March 28, 2010 at 3:48 pm
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - When Rory Markham tipped the scales at 177 pounds Friday for his WELTERWEIGHT bout with Nate Diaz, who was making his debut in the division, it was assumed that the former lightweight was going to have some difficulty dealing with the strength and power of the veteran knockout artist. But it was Diaz laying the hurt down on Markham Saturday at the Prudential Center as he scored a first round TKO win.
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March 27, 2010 at 7:27 am
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Click below for the official weigh-in results for Saturday's UFC 111 event. UFC 111, which is headlined by the UFC welterweight championship bout between Georges St-Pierre and Dan Hardy, and the interim UFC heavyweight title fight between Frank Mir and Shane Carwin, airs live on pay-per-view from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey beginning at 10pm ET / 7pm PT. Fans can also tune in to Spike TV at 9pm ET / 6pm PT to see live UFC 111 preliminary bouts.
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March 26, 2010 at 4:47 am
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Welterweight contender Jon Fitch will fight on Saturday night, as it has been announced that he will take on Ben Saunders on the UFC 111 card at Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center.
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March 26, 2010 at 1:51 am
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Due to medical licensing issues, welterweight contender Thiago Alves has been pulled from his UFC 111 rematch with Jon Fitch this Saturday at Newark's Prudential Center. The lightweight battle between New Jersey's own Kurt Pellegrino and Fabricio Camoes will now be moved up to the Pay-Per-View portion of the card.
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March 24, 2010 at 12:35 pm
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If you want to see the UFC and mixed martial arts in Toronto and other parts of Ontario, visit www.680news.com and vote in today's poll, which says "The sport of mixed martial arts is not legal in Ontario, but there is a push to make it so. Do you think it should be legalized?" Vote YES now to make your voice heard and get the ball rolling for the legalization of the world's greatest sport in Ontario.
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March 24, 2010 at 12:01 am
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Michael DiSanto, UFC - Make no mistake about it: Frank Mir is one big dude.
He has always been a really big dude—you know, the kind of guy who walks by and people turn their heads and remark, "Man, that is one big dude."
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March 23, 2010 at 3:01 pm
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Philip Ferraro, UFC - On March 27th, Frank Mir and Shane Carwin will fight for the interim UFC Heavyweight title in the co-main event of UFC 111 at Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center. If Mir wins, it will be the third time the belt has been strapped to his waist; for Carwin, the first.
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March 23, 2010 at 1:01 am
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Michael DiSanto, UFC - Dan Hardy is a fighter that millions of fans either love or love to hate.
He is young, extremely talented and overflowing with confidence. Actually, some might call it hubris because the Mohawk-toting Brit exhibited his great confidence early in his UFC career with venomous pre-fight trash talking.
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March 22, 2010 at 2:03 pm
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - There are no bones about it. Jon Jones is the real deal. For evidence, look no further than the New Yorker's first round TKO of perennial contender Brandon Vera Sunday night, which not only lifted his record to 10-1, but lifted him into the upper echelon of the 205-pound weight class in the first UFC Live on VERSUS event at 1st Bank Center.
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March 22, 2010 at 2:02 pm
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - This is starting to become a habit. Brazilian bomber Junior Dos Santos added another high-profile name to his resume Sunday night, as he knocked out former world title challenger Gabriel Gonzaga in the first round of their UFC Live on VERSUS co-main event at 1st Bank Center.
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March 22, 2010 at 2:01 pm
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - After a rough 2009 campaign that saw him lose two of three bouts, lightweight contender Clay Guida returned to form on the inaugural UFC Live on VERSUS card with an impressive second round submission win over Shannon Gugerty Sunday at 1st Bank Center
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March 21, 2010 at 9:22 am
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Below are the official weigh-in results for Sunday's UFC Live: Vera vs Jones event. This event, which is headlined by the light heavyweight bout between Brandon Vera and Jon Jones, and the heavyweight showdown between Gabriel Gonzaga and Junior Dos Santos, airs live on VERSUS from the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado beginning at 9pm ET / 6pm PT.
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March 20, 2010 at 1:00 pm
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At 22, Jon 'Bones' Jones may be talked about as the Next Big Thing in the UFC, but the phenom's eye-popping abilities aren't an accident. The 6-foot-3, light heavyweight phenom and former All-American Greco-Roman wrestler has a training regimen as unorthodox as the kicks and strikes for which he's known. Each exercise is designed to push his muscles to the limit while training them to respond explosively.
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March 17, 2010 at 11:01 pm
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Michael DiSanto, UFC - Succinctly stated, Brandon Vera versus Jon Jones is going to be one heck of a scrap.
Vera is a guy who likes to fight on the feet with calculated pressure, picking his spots from the outside as he breaks down an opponent with long-range punches and some of the best leg kicks in the business. He is also excellent in the clinch with both knees and elbows, though he prefers to stay out of that position when fighting anyone with strong wrestling skills in order to avoid suffering a takedown.
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March 11, 2010 at 8:59 am
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The hottest ticket in New Jersey just got hotter, as it has been announced that Playboy cover model and UFC All-Access host Rachelle Leah will be returning to her old gig as Octagon Girl for one night only on Saturday, March 27th at UFC 111 in Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center.
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March 11, 2010 at 2:14 am
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It's the first world championship fight of 2010, and as March 27th's welterweight title bout between Georges St-Pierre and Dan 'The Outlaw' Hardy approaches, Spike TV is going to take you behind the scenes and into the lives of these 170-pound stars with "UFC Primetime", which premieres tonight at 10pm ET / PT.
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March 10, 2010 at 12:01 am
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By Myatt Murphy - Superstar Jon Jones owes his butt-kicking exercise regimen to strength and conditioning coach Kelly Tekin -- the woman who also whips Rashad Evans and James McSweeney into shape.
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March 9, 2010 at 10:40 am
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Canada will get their first dose of the Kimbo Slice phenomenon on Saturday, May 8th, when the Ultimate Fighter alumnus looks to make it 2-0 in the Octagon on the UFC 113: Machida vs Shogun 2 card at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
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March 9, 2010 at 2:09 am
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Just a couple quick ones about Jens Pulver…
Nothing about his 22 pro wins, his reign as the first UFC lightweight champion, or his legacy as the man who put the lighter weight classes on the map here in the States; we'll save that for later.
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March 7, 2010 at 4:25 pm
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Frank Curreri, WEC - Those who labeled Dominick Cruz to be a light puncher must eat their words following his masterful performance Saturday night against WEC bantamweight champion Brian Bowles. The 4-to-1 underdog battered Bowles over two rounds with crisp punching combinations and leg kicks, and Bowles went back to his corner at the end of round two and did not return for a third round. The unbeaten champion told doctors his hand was broken and opted not to continue fighting, conceding his title to his tearful and overjoyed challenger.
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March 6, 2010 at 8:29 am
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Below are the official weigh-in results for Saturday's WEC event, which features the WEC bantamweight title bout between Brian Bowles and Dominick Cruz, as well as the return of Miguel Angel Torres against Joseph Benavidez, and the featherweight clash between Jens Pulver and Javier Vazquez. This card will air live on Versus (10pm ET / 7pm PT) from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
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March 6, 2010 at 12:01 am
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has always been one of mixed martial arts' greatest talents. But what were the seven defining moments of the Canadian star's career as he approaches his March 27th title defense against Dan Hardy? Read on to find out on this updated list.
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March 5, 2010 at 12:05 am
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - For someone who has a mixed martial arts career that only spans 17 pro fights, Frank Mir has seen more than his share of twists and turns. On March 27th, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, the latest chapter in the Las Vegan's career sees him taking on Shane Carwin for the interim UFC heavyweight title, a bout that has the potential be added to this list of Mir's seven defining moments.
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March 4, 2010 at 10:33 am
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - He's one of the premier boxers of the last 25 years, a future Hall of Famer who has won world titles in three weight classes while taking on a Who's Who of the sport, including fellow champions Evander Holyfield, John Ruiz, Hasim Rahman, Vassiliy Jirov, Roy Jones Jr., Mike McCallum, Iran Barkley, and Michael Nunn. But there is one more mountain left to climb for James "Lights Out" Toney, and that's to show if he can defeat the mixed martial arts warriors of the UFC.
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March 1, 2010 at 12:01 am
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Michael DiSanto, UFC - In the first part of the Land of the Giants heavyweight breakdown, we examined the top guns among the big boys. But there's more than just the Fab Four of Lesnar, Carwin, Mir, and Velasquez, as you'll soon find out…
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February 28, 2010 at 12:01 am
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Michael DiSanto, UFC - For the last several months, the UFC heavyweight division was in very real limbo as its ruler, Brock Lesnar, battled a mysterious illness that momentarily threatened his career. The illness was later revealed to be diverticulitis, and the champ recently received a clean bill of health and is champing at the bit to lay the two cinder blocks he calls fists into someone's dome. Things are therefore back to normal in the Land of the Giants.
Well, almost. The 2010 version of the sport's ruling class is a vast improvement over what it was just a year ago.
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