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  • UFC 115’s Most Memorable Moments



    Mirko "Cro Cop" File Photo: Sherdog.com


    The vast majority of fans thought UFC 115 would be a garbage night of fights. Instead we got a night full of tension, drama and violence that made picking just five moments worthy of recognition near impossible.

    Here comes my best shot.

    Franklin Starches Liddell … with a Broken Arm

    Chuck Liddell was starting to come alive, and Rich Franklin was not enjoying the punches crashing into his notoriously fragile chin.

    Further complicating matters for Franklin was his left arm, which he later revealed to be broken and was severely altering his offensive output. As he has so many times in his career, Liddell smelled blood and wasn’t about to let Franklin make it to the second round.

    Liddell’s trademark blitzkrieg ended with Franklin landing a crunching, compact right on his chin and putting “The Iceman” down and out in gut-wrenching fashion. It was a moment that perfectly synthesized the athletic brilliance of mixed martial artists and the brutal consequences that come with their job description.

    Cro Cop Brings Back the Cemetery

    Patrick Barry dropped Mirko Filipovic twice in the first round and was on the verge of turning his lead leg into mush. Even the most fervent “Cro Cop” fan had to know that this might be his last stand.

    Then something happened that I never thought I would get to see again: Filipovic threw his left high kick of doom, and it changed the fight without even landing. Shades of the Filipovic of old followed, as he started using his underrated boxing skills all the while whipping that left leg with the reckless abandon his fans have been begging for.

    “Right leg, hospital. Left leg, cemetery.” It’s the greatest tagline in MMA history for a reason, folks.

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  • UFC 109 Countdown: Swick vs. Thiago



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  • Thiago Trains with Focus on Form, Function





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  • UFC 106 Primer By: Jake Rossen



    S. Albanese/Tailstar.com


    When the UFC’s hype engine fails to deliver any real, palpable anticipation for a fight -- as in the case of Saturday’s Tito Ortiz/Forrest Griffin rematch, which is fine but far from the Epic Super Rematch of Mega Titans some clever editing and music are presenting it as -- you can make up your own narrative.

    In this instance, UFC 106’s four light heavyweights might potentially be participating in a four-man tournament for a chance at the title without knowing it. In addition to Ortiz/Griffin, a debuting Antonio Rogerio Nogueira will face Luis Arthur Cane; the respective winners would have time to meet before May 1’s Lyoto Machida/Mauricio Rua rematch. It may be all that you need to sit a little closer to the television.

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