Sherdog Articles January 2012
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UCMMA – "A full scale assault in 2012"
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Strong words indeed but former Cage Rage mastermind and current UCMMA figurehead Dave O’Donnell rarely minces his words. -
Bellator Fighting Championships Continues Partnership with Armed Forces Network
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- CHICAGO, Ill. (January 30, 2011) — In a continuing effort to bring premier sports and entertainment to those who serve in... -
FORREST GRIFFIN, GREG JACKSON, DIEGO SANCHEZ AND ACTRESS LAURA PREPON LIVE TONIGHT ON "INSIDE MMA"
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Live TONIGHT on "Inside MMA" Kenny and Bas are joined in the studio by former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin... -
UFC® RETURNS TO ATLANTA WITH CHAMPIONSHIP CARD ON SATURDAY, APRIL 21
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Las Vegas, Nevada –The Ultimate Fighting Championship®, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, announced... -
LAS VEGAS FIGHTERS BRING HOME WINS FROM DOWN UNDER
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Las Vegas, Nevada (January 27th, 2012) – KOZ Entertainment enjoyed success January 21st with their first MMA event... -
Sherdog’s Top 10: 2011’s Best Knockouts
By: Sherdog.com Staff
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Nothing stirs the masses quite like the knockout, an event in which skill, technique, speed, timing and brute force all converge in magnificent... -
A ‘Killer’ in Waiting
By: Tristen Critchfield
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The merry-go-round began in September, as the would-be welterweight title challenger relaxed at a popular New Mexican... -
Jamie Varner plans to take Drew Fickett out at XFC 16: ‘High Stakes’
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Riding high off of his 69 second beatdown of Nate Jolly at XFC 14, Jamie Varner is looking for his second straight win in the XFC cage when he takes on... -
Injury forces Parke out
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Norman Parke has been forced to withdraw from his highly-anticipated lightweight clash with Brad Wheeler. -
The Turning Point: Sonnen vs. Bisping
By: Chris Nelson
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The first round between Chael Sonnen and Michael Bisping at UFC on Fox 2 was not, strictly speaking, the turning point of their middleweight bout. -
Bellator & MTV2 Bring Heavyweight Revenge To Bossier City March 16
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- This time it’s personal as Prindle faces Santos for the Heavyweight Tournament Championship -
NAAFS/GFL Announces Live Stream for Sold Out Caged Fury 16 Event this Saturday!
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- 1/26/11 (Morgantown, WV): With this Saturdays Caged Fury 16 officially selling out earlier this week, the NAAFS in... -
12 Fights, 2 Bands, 1 Night: Rocktagon MMA
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Elyria, OH – January 26, 2012 Rocktagon MMA Worldwide will add a stage next to the cage at Elite Series 15 on February... -
MMA/Muay thai Events on GFL COMBAT SPORTS NETWORK
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Friday, January 27, 2012 8:00pm ET featuring Cut Throat MMA Invasion 5 Aurora, La Sierra, Aurora, Illinois.... -
Frank Trigg Partners with Jennifer Gargotto.
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Las Vegas, NV – January 25, 2012 – Frank Trigg announced today that he has added a new compelling element to his... -
ONE Fighting Championship™ announces 10-year deal with ESPN STAR Sports
By: Sherdog.com Staff
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30 January, 2012 - Singapore: ONE Fighting Championship™, Asia’s largest MMA organization, announces a 10-year media partnership with ESPN... -
Pictures: MFC 32 ‘Bitter Rivals’
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UFC veterans Wilson Gouveia and Antonio McKee claimed victories at MFC 32 ”Bitter Rivals.” Jacob Bos photographed the event for Sherdog.com. -
Ronda Rousey’s Technique of the Week: Rolling Kimura
By: Mike Fridley
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Ronda Rousey and Rickson Gracie black belt Henry Akins demonstrate in detail how to execute a nasty rolling kimura at Dynamix MMA in Santa... -
Viewpoint: Setting the Stage
By: Tristen Critchfield
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Actually Chael, we were not all that mesmerized. No amount of pre-packaged professional wrestling microphone work can change the fact that the UFC... -
Pictures: Pancrase ‘Progress Tour 1’
By: Taro Irei
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Ryo Kawamura and Kiyotaka Shimizu walked away from Tokyo’s Differ Ariake as Kings of Pancrase on Jan. 28. -
Pictures: Anderson Returns to Training
By: Marcelo Alonso
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Pound-for-pound kingpin Anderson Silva recently returned to training after nursing an injured shoulder for several months. The UFC middleweight... -
Pictures: ProElite 3 ‘Grove vs. Minowa’
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Kendall Grove and Sara McMann dominated their opponents at ProElite 3 “Grove vs. Minowa.” Dave Mandel was cageside at the Neal S. Blaisdell... -
By the Numbers: UFC on Fox 2
By: Tristen Critchfield
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The UFC’s first Fox appearance was short-lived, as Junior dos Santos stopped Cain Velasquez in a mere 64 seconds. -
Matches to Make After UFC on Fox 2
By: Brian Knapp
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Rashad Evans wanted Jon Jones. Barring an injury, he will get him. -
Showdown Fights presents “Breakout”
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Orem, UT (USA) – Live from the UCCU Center on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah Showdown Fights presents... -
Professional MMA Returns to the Palace of Auburn Hills!
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Michigan's premier MMA and Boxing promoter, Joseph Donofrio of Donofrio Entertainment, will return to his headquarters, the... -
UFC on Fox 2 Prelims: 5 Reasons to Care
By: Mike Whitman
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A year ago, few could argue that Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira (Pictured) was one of the hottest lightweight commodities in the Ultimate Fighting... -
Pavelich Sports returns to the Management Business
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- In the world of MMA, it takes constant steps forward to succeed. Today marks a major step for the organization behind one of... -
Scratching a ‘Wonderful’ Surface
By: Todd Martin
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The time has come to find out just how good “Mr. Wonderful” is inside the Octagon. There are points in any athlete’s career when he or she... -
CWFC Fight Night 3: Speer v Nilsson
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER 6 finalist Tom Speer will make his Cage Warriors debut next month when he tackles Mats Nilsson in a... -
Pros Pick: Evans vs. Davis
By: Mike Sloan
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday returns to America’s Second City for another potential landmark event. -
Pictures: Jackson's MMA Series 7
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Michelle Waterson submitted Diana Rael to headline Jackson’s MMA Series 7 in Albuquerque, N.M. Wilson Fox was present to take in the action... -
ALISTAIR OVEREEM CONFIDENT ABOUT LITIGATION WITH GOLDEN GLORY
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- This is Alistair Overeem’s first formal public comment on his ongoing litigation with Golden Glory. -
UFC on Fox 2 Preview: The Main Card
By: Tristen Critchfield
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship debuted on Fox in November with a single fight, and after Junior dos Santos stopped Cain Velasquez for the... -
Pictures: Jungle Fight 36
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Junior dos Santos training partner Kleber Orgulho captured the Jungle Fight light heavyweight title with a first-round stoppage of Argentina’s Emiliano Sordi at... -
MICHAEL BISPING QUESTIONS WHETHER CHAEL SONNEN IS PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO BEAT HIM
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Last night on HDNet's "Inside MMA," the always colorful Michael Bisping told Kenny and Bas that Chael Sonnen will need more... -
CWFC middleweight title tournament
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- BEGINNING at Cage Warriors Fight Night 3 in Beirut next month, eight men will battle it out to get their hands on the coveted... -
Sonnen’s Spidey Senses
By: Brian Knapp
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Nearly 18 months have passed since Chael Sonnen had middleweight king Anderson Silva teetering on the brink of defeat, only to succumb to a fifth-round triangle armbar from the Brazilian in one of the most dramatic finishes in... -
Sherdog Prospect Watch: Dhiego Lima
By: Joe Myers
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Elite-level mixed martial artists earn enough money from fighting and sponsorships to where they do not need to hold down a second job to make ends meet. Welterweight prospect... -
AGGRESSION MMA ANNOUNCES FULL FIGHT CARD FOR FEBRUARY 11TH AMMA 9 EVENT
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Aggression MMA, one of the very best fight promotions in Canada, today revealed the full fight card for its upcoming AMMA 9... -
UFC on FOX® EVENT IN CHICAGO IS SOLD OUT!
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced today that its event on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the United Center in Chicago is... -
MARK MUNOZ, MICHAEL BISPING AND "KING MO" LAWAL LIVE TONIGHT ON "INSIDE MMA"
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Live TONIGHT on "Inside MMA" Mark Munoz and Michael Bisping will talk about UFC on Fox 2...will Munoz have some tips for... -
FIGHT UK release full card for upcoming 6th event
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- FIGHT UK have today officially announced the completed card for their upcoming event which features no less than four title... -
Exclusively female, Pink Fight’s first edition hits Bahia January 29th
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Paradisiac Porto Seguro, in Bahia, will host a new mark on Brazilian MMA. Next Sunday (January 29th), Pink Fight’s first... -
Full Fight Card for SCC 4 - 2/16 Announced
By: Sherdog.com Staff
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Las Vegas, NV, January 12, 2012: SCC is proud to announce the final fight card for its Las Vegas event taking place at the Orleans Arena on... -
Ronda Rousey’s Technique of the Week: Half-Guard Sweep
By: Mike Fridley
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Ronda Rousey and Rickson Gracie black belt Henry Akins demonstrate in detail how to execute a brilliant half-guard sweep at Dynamix MMA in Santa... -
Fighting in the Now
By: Tristen Critchfield
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Rashad Evans is well aware of what is potentially at stake in his upcoming matchup with Phil Davis. -
Viewpoint: Patience, the Missing Virtue
By: Tristen Critchfield
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Throughout the ups and downs of a fighting career that began when he was a teen-ager, there has been little reason to question the talent of Melvin... -
MFC's Dwayne Lewis The Cinderella Man of MMA
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Go ahead. Count him out. Dwayne Lewis doesn’t really mind. He’s been counted out before, and he’s been the... -
Matches to Make After UFC on FX 1
By: Brian Knapp
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Inside the cage, few traits are as valuable as toughness, technique and intellect. Jim Miller wields them all, often in concert. Such was the case against... -
Pictures: ProElite 3 Weigh-ins
By: Dave Mandel
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Kendall Grove and Ikuhisa Minowa made weight Friday in Honolulu to make official the main event of ProElite 3 -
Sherdog.com's 2011 Awards: The Complete List
By: Sherdog.com Staff
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From its very first day, when Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard staged a 25-minute classic for the ages at UFC 125 in Las Vegas, it was clear that... -
By the Numbers: UFC on FX 1
By: Tristen Critchfield
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Melvin Guillard gave Jim Miller a small window of opportunity, and the New Jersey native blasted through it, submitting “The Young Assassin” with a rear-naked choke in their... -
UFC® HITS THE BIG SCREEN IN 3-D WITH UFC® 143: DIAZ vs. CONDIT TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Ultimate Fighting Championship®, in conjunction with Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM) and NCM Fathom,... -
PRO ELITE PRESENTS: DA SPYDER VS. MINOWAMAN - AIRS LIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT ON HDNET
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Mahalo! LIVE from Hawaii, HDNet will broadcast "ProElite Presents: Da Spyder vs. Minowaman" tomorrow night, January 21 at... -
Expect Fireworks when Stoney Hale takes on Dustin West at XFC 16:’High Stakes’
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Two of Tennessee’s most popular fighters will collide in the Knoxville Civic Coliseum at XFC 16: ‘High Stakes’ when... -
ESPN Deportes the Exclusive Presenter of Jungle Fight Championship
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- ESPN Deportes brings the next two seasons of Brazil’s Jungle Fight Championship to U.S. viewers beginning Saturday, January... -
Beyond the Fight: Guillard vs. Miller
By: Jack Encarnacao
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Melvin Guillard and Jim Miller collide on Friday in Nashville, Tenn., in the UFC on FX 1 headliner. -
UFC on FX 1 Prelims: 5 Reasons to Care
By: Brian Knapp
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Charlie Brenneman had won nine of 10 fights, scored an upset over the world-ranked Rick Story on short notice and found himself on the cusp of... -
THE ULTIMATE ABSOLUTE NYC TO SHOWCASE WORLD’S TOP LIGHTWEIGHTS
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Ultimate Absolute returns with top lightweight competitors on the grappling scene. The 16-man No Gi invitational... -
Crystal Lake’s Curran seeks World Title as he faces Joe Warren
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bellator Season 5 Featherweight Tournament winner Pat Curran stands one win away from realizing his dream. After a brilliant... -
Night of Champions 3
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- USA-MMA is returning to Lafayette, LA to bring the excited MMA fans Night of Champions 3. This is our 17th USA-MMA event and... -
Rocktagon MMA Invites Press to Cover National Fight Series
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Rocktagon MMA will launch their amateur national program with Elite 12 this Saturday in Cleveland. -
Jackson’s MMA Series VII Weigh-Ins Set for January 20
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Jackson’s MMA Series returns January 21st! The Jackson’s MMA Series has become the premiere MMA fight promotion in... -
Back on His Feet
By: Tristen Critchfield
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Melvin Guillard is familiar with the feeling of invincibility that can accompany extended success inside the cage. He is also well aware of what... -
The Score Fighting Series Returns March 16
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Score Media Inc. (TSX: SCR) today announces that The Score Fighting Series (SFS) will be returning to Hamilton, Ontario,... -
UFC® ANNOUNCES HIRING OF TWO EMMY AWARD-WINNING PRODUCERS
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced today the addition of two new staff members who will play key roles in the... -
MIESHA TATE DEFENDS HER TITLE AGAINST UNDEFEATED RONDA ROUSEY
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- A highly-anticipated and exciting title fight featuring two of the world’s elite mixed martial artists will take place when... -
Fight Promoter University Session Announced For April
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Southern California based fight promoter and Fight Promoter University founder Roy Englebrecht announced today that the next... -
UFC® ANNOUNCES PRE-CONTRACT SCREENING POLICY FOR PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Continuing a commitment to the health and safety of its athletes, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced today that... -
UFC on FX 1 Preview: The Main Card
By: Tristen Critchfield
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Friday nights are going to feature plenty of mixed martial arts action in 2012, including an updated format of “The Ultimate Fighter” and Season 6 for... -
Sherdog.com Press Release Service Returns Jan. 20
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Sherdog.com's press release service will return to its usual information flow Jan. 20 -
Pictures: Bellator Photo Shoot in Orlando
By: Keith Mills
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Bellator Fighting Championships titleholders and sixth-season tournament competitors converged in Orlando, Fla., in mid-January and... -
‘One Tough Kid’
By: Joseph Santoliquito
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There was always that reflexive twinge, the slight moment’s pause just before he turned the key in the ignition. Dan Miller could not pull out... -
Pictures: BAMMA USA ‘Badbeat 4’
By: Dave Mandel
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Sherdog.com photographer Dave Mandel was cageside for BAMMA USA “Badbeat 4” in Commerce, Calif., where bantamweight prospects Chris Beal and Jimmy Jones took center stage after... -
Viewpoint: Upon Further Review
By: Tristen Critchfield
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In the grand scheme of things, Erick Silva is going to be just fine. -
Ronda Rousey’s Technique of the Week: Knee-Triangle Sweep
By: Mike Fridley
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Ronda Rousey and Rickson Gracie black belt Henry Akins demonstrate in detail how to execute a knee-triangle sweep at Dynamix MMA in Santa... -
Sherdog.com’s 2011 Fighter of the Year
By: Tristen Critchfield
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Jon Jones began 2011 as one of mixed martial arts’ people to watch. He ended it as a champion and author of one of the greatest years in the... -
Xplode Fight Series Galindo, Armbrister, Farber, and Barajas all ready to do battle
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- In a who’s who of up and coming talent into the big leagues, Xplode Fight Series seems to have more than just a few big... -
Sherdog.com's 2011 Fight of the Year
By: Brian Knapp
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On Jan. 1, 2011, Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard shared something special, something life- and career-altering. It turned into a 25-minute... -
Pictures: Shooto ‘Survivor Tournament Final’
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Shooto Pacific Rim 143-pound tournament finalists Guy Delumeau and Wataru Miki faced off Sunday in the main event of Shooto’s “Survivor... -
By the Numbers: UFC 142
By: Tristen Critchfield
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Thanks to back-to-back five-round decisions in his first two featherweight title defenses in the UFC, people seemed to forget about Jose... -
Matches to Make After UFC 142
By: Brian Knapp
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Vitor Belfort routed Wanderlei Silva in 44 seconds back in 1998, and fans have pined for a rematch ever since. -
Fight Night Announces 20+ Fights and Full-Card For February 11th, 2012
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- New England Fights! And Nick DiSalvo Promotions are proud to announce the full card for February 11th’s Fight Night I... -
Pictures: UFC 142 Weigh-ins
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Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes stood face-to-face on the eve on battle Friday in Rio de Janeiro. Mendes will challenge for Aldo’s featherweight title at... -
UFC 142 Prelims: 5 Reasons to Care
By: Brian Knapp
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When Gabriel Gonzaga leveled Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic with a head kick in April 2007, it felt as if a star had been born. Reality has a way... -
Rocktagon MMA to Make Cleveland First Stop on the Road to Amateur National Title
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Rocktagon MMA will open their 2012 series at the Ohio City Masonic Temple on Saturday, January 21st with Elite 12 Pro-Am. -
Coy called upon to face Lima
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- With several injuries to contend with, the Maximum Fighting Championship has made some swift and impressive changes to the... -
Pictures: UFC 142 Weigh-ins
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Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes stood face-to-face on the eve on battle Friday in Rio de Janeiro. Mendes will challenge for Aldo’s featherweight title at... -
Cage Fury Fighting Championships Begins 2012 with Two Title Fights!
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC) is starting 2012 with a bang when CFFC 13: Gambino vs. Foster hits the boardwalk with... -
MATRIX FIGHTS V SET TO FEATURE OROPEZA VS. NSANG AND MEISNER VS. RUMSEY
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Matrix Fights (www.MatrixFights.com) officially announced Monday that it will be returning for its fifth-ever event, Matrix... -
SPIKE TV PRESENTS “UFC UNLEASHED: MELVIN GUILLARD” MARATHON ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 20
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Spike TV will celebrate the career of one of mixed martial arts’ most exciting fighters, Melvin “The Young Assassin”... -
Fight Night Announces Paul Gorman vs Anthony Leone for Co-Main Event for February 11th, 2012
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- New England Fights! And Nick DiSalvo Promotions are proud to announce the addition of a bantamweight bout between Portland,... -
Juha-Pekka vows to deliver
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- JUHA-PEKKA VAINIKAINEN insists he won’t be daunted by the prospect of taking on a UFC veteran in next month’s CWFC Fight... -
Wreck MMA: Mark Holst Returns on April 20
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Wreck MMA is proud to announce our next event entitled Wreck MMA: Road to Glory will take place on April 20th, 2012 at the... -
RISING WELTERWEIGHT STAR SHELDON WESTCOTT SIGNS WITH AGGRESSION MMA
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Aggression MMA, one of the top MMA promotions in Canada, today announced that the promotion has signed rising welterweight... -
Weight and See
By: Tristen Critchfield
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Anthony Johnson was one of the UFC’s most imposing figures in his previous weight class, a monstrous welterweight who normally carried upwards... -
The Quest for Acceptance
By: Tony Loiseleur
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When it comes to obnoxiousness, perhaps nothing can approach meeting that one person who will tell you, in all seriousness, “Hey, man. I do UFC.” -
MMA Events on GFL COMBAT SPORTS NETWORK
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Special Free Weekly View’s of previous PPV fight/events at GFL’s Facebook.com/GFLiTV and Ustream.com/GFLTV -
Pictures: UFC 142 Pre-Fight Press Conference
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Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes faced off Thursday in Rio de Janeiro just 48 hours before they’ll clash at UFC 142. -
ATT Reduces Management/Training Fee to 5%
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- American Top Team is changing the rates it charges for management and training. The prior rates of 20% for... -
Pros Pick: Aldo vs. Mendes
By: Mike Sloan
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Stacked with Brazilian fighters, UFC 142 “Aldo vs. Mendes” on Saturday at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be headlined by a five-round title bout matching reigning featherweight king and pound-for-pound luminary Jose Aldo with undefeated... -
Pictures: UFC 142 Open Workouts
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Sherdog.com was on hand at Barra da Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro to photograph the open workouts for UFC 142. Fighters in attendance included Jose Aldo, Chad Mendes, Vitor Belfort, Anthony Johnson, Wanderlei... -
UFC 142 Preview: The Main Card
By: Tristen Critchfield
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Prior to UFC 134 in August, the Ultimate Fighting Championship had not hosted an event in Brazil in 13 years. Its return -- featuring frenzied... -
Pictures: Aldo Sharpens Wrestling for Mendes
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Featherweight ruler Jose Aldo focused primarily on his wrestling as he trained to face Chad Mendes at UFC 142. Marcelo Alonso photographed the UFC 145-pound champion at... -
Viewing party in support of Hanford’s Chad Mendes to take place January 14 as Mendes battles for the UFC Featherweight Title on Pay Per View
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) Fighter Chad Mendes was born and raised in Hanford, CA where he posted many wrestling... -
CWFC Fight Night 3 main event: Watson v Vainikainen
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- THE main event for Cage Warriors Fight Night 3 in Beirut, Lebanon on February 11 will see two CWFC debutants going head-to-head. -
AUSSIES TAKE ON AMERICANS IN MMA SHOWDOWN “BRAGGING RIGHTS”
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- In Australia MMA is still in its infancy, but emerging as the style of choice for fight fans. On Saturday, January 21st Perth... -
ROUFUSPORT ROSE TO NEW LEVELS IN 2011 LOOKS TO EXPLODE IN 2012
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- 2011 was a banner year for the Roufusport. Nominated for “Gym of the Year” by the World MMA Awards…opened up the... -
Closing the Distance
By: Brian Knapp
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The HSBC Arena, a 15,000-seat multi-purpose facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, sits roughly 6,500 miles away from Hanford, Calif., the hometown of... -
Sherdog’s 2011 Submission of the Year
By: Jordan Breen
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Nobody was banking on Frank Mir’s luggage out of including the legendary Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s right arm, taken violently in the first... -
SportsNation to Shoot First Ever ESPN Studio Show in 3D at CES
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Michelle Beadle and Colin Cowherd will be Joined by UFC’s Dana White for Wednesday’s Episode Live from Las Vegas -
MTV’S NEW DOCU-SERIES “CAGED” PEREMIERES TONIGHT AT 10PM ET/PT
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- The premiere episode of “Caged” introduces us to friends in small town Louisiana who struggle with their futures amidst... -
JAPANESE MMA LEGEND DAIJU "TAKASE" TAKASE WINS BY DECISION AT DARE 1/12
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Daiju Takase, who holds a submission win over UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, won a hard fought decision over... -
Pictures: Legacy FC 9
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Brazilian veteran Jorge “Macaco” Patino added another win to his ledger and defended his Legacy Fighting Championship welterweight title against Mike Bronzoulis at... -
Bellator Signs World’s Top Welterweight Prospect Andrey Koreshkov
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- As Bellator Fighting Championships prepares for its highly anticipated sixth season, the promotion has once again added a... -
RAMPAGE JACKSON, CHEICK KONGO AND JOHNNY STRONG - TONIGHT ON "INSIDE MMA" LIVE
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Tonight on HDNet's "Inside MMA" LIVE at 8:00 p.m. ET, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson joins his Wolfslair MMA Academy training... -
WBC Champ Joe Schilling Signs With Lion Fight Promotions
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- WBC Interim World Light Heavyweight Muay Thai Champion Joe Schilling (12-1 (10 KO’s), one of America’s premiere American... -
Sherdog.com’s 2011 Knockout of the Year
By: Chris Nelson
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Insomuch as the sight of one man concussing another can be considered beautiful, what Lyoto Machida did in Toronto on April 30 was exactly that. -
Viewpoint: Women’s MMA Has Life Without Cyborg
By: Tristen Critchfield
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It was but a brief segment in the Strikeforce “Rockhold vs. Jardine” event on Saturday, but it held significance nonetheless. -
Ronda Rousey’s Technique of the Week: Crossed Legs Ankle Lock
By: Mike Fridley
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Ronda Rousey and Rickson Gracie black belt Henry Akins demonstrate in detail how to finish a crossed-legs ankle lock at Dynamix MMA in Santa... -
Sherdog’s 2011 Story of the Year: UFC, Fox’s 7-Year Hitch
By: Jack Encarnacao
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It was an idle Thursday afternoon in August. UFC President Dana White, UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta, Georges St. Pierre, Rashad Evans, Frankie Edgar and... -
Matches to Make After Strikeforce ‘Rockhold vs. Jardine’
By: Brian Knapp
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Much like fellow Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez, Luke Rockhold has the look of a very big fish in an increasingly smaller pond. -
By the Numbers: ‘Rockhold vs. Jardine’
By: Tristen Critchfield
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Luke Rockhold may not yet be a household name in mixed martial arts, but he has made it clear that he doesn’t plan on giving up his... -
‘Bandit’ primed to steal McKee’s title
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Brian Cobb could have a lot to say, but he chooses to take a different path … a very different path from that of his... -
Showdown Fights: “Breakout”
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Showdown Fights presents “Breakout” February 24th 2012 at 6:30pm live from the UCCU Events Center in Orem, Utah.... -
Lightweight and Welterweight Tournament Fields Nearly Complete for Bellator Season 6
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- As Bellator Fighting Championships prepares to make the jump to Friday nights, the tournament fields are beginning to take... -
EFC AFRICA takes first place at MMA: ITC 2011 Awards
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- EFC AFRICA recently took first place in two categories of the MMA: Inside the Cage 2011 Awards. EFC AFRICA won both... -
Military Media Powerhouse Enters MMA Field
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Stars and Stripes, the independent news media of the U.S. Armed Forces, has added a new weapon to its publishing arsenal:... -
Sherdog.com’s 2011 All-Violence Team
By: Jordan Breen
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For those sick of mid-fight hugs and high fives, this is the list you waited all year for. This is the second annual All-Violence team, the... -
DIEGO SANCHEZ VS. JAKE ELLENBERGER TO HEADLINE UFC® ON FUEL TV DEBUT FEB. 15 IN OMAHA
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Octagon® returns to Omaha, Neb. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® presents an intense... -
SOUTHER CALIFORNIA LEADER IN MMA EVENTS BAMMA USA WILL HOST BADBEAT 4 AT THE COMMERCE CASINO ON JANUARY 13, 2012
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- After making their 3D debut this past December on satellite television, BAMMA USA will feature live cage fights at the... -
KOTC: All In
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- King of the Cage, Inc and Magnaflow Exhaust products presents, “ALL IN”. Saturday, April 21st at Gold Country Casino in... -
Strikeforce Prelims: 5 Reasons to Care
By: Mike Whitman
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Strikeforce returns to Showtime on Saturday, marking the Zuffa LLC-owned promotion’s first effort of 2012 after negotiating a new deal to stay... -
Sherdog’s 2011 Round of the Year: Diaz-Daley, Round 1
By: Chris Nelson
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With a matchup like Nick Diaz versus Paul Daley, jaw-dropping and brain-rattling exchanges were not only predicted or expected, they were all... -
Sherdog’s 2011 Comeback Fighter of the Year: Ian McCall
By: Jordan Breen
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MMA, like other sports, is littered with tales of car accidents, messy divorces and substance abuse that have besieged its athletes. Some recover, some never do. Top-ranked flyweight... -
Sherdog’s 2011 Beatdown of the Year: ‘Bones’ Breaks Rua
By: Tristen Critchfield
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When Greg Jackson reflects back on the night that Jon Jones became the youngest light heavyweight champion in UFC history, a specific word comes... -
Sherdog’s 2011 Event of the Year: UFC 134
By: Jordan Breen
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The year past was filled with plenty of thrilling cards, as well as major events. However, those two distinct qualities were found together in no greater instance than the UFC’s long-awaited awaited return to Brazil... -
Sherdog’s 2011 Breakthrough of the Year: Michael Chandler
By: Brian Knapp
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At the start of 2011, he was a hot prospect with an impressive collegiate wrestling pedigree and seemingly unlimited promise. By the end of the... -
Sherdog’s 2011 Robbery of the Year: Yuma Robs Galvao
By: Joe Ortiz
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What started out as a story of Bellator champion Joe Warren’s uncanny sway with mixed martial arts judges would end up a bizarre tale of a single small town’s repeated injustice toward Brazilian... -
Sherdog’s 2011 Upset of the Year: Ortiz Owns Bader
By: Jordan Breen
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When 2011 began, Tito Ortiz was an afterthought at 205 pounds, a fading draw past his expiration date. When 2011 ended, people thought virtually... -
SHOWTIME SPORTS® HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE NETWORK’S FREE PREVIEW WEEKEND STARTING THIS FRIDAY, JAN. 6
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- SHOWTIME® will be available in a record 60 million households during Free Preview Weekend that features two live events from... -
The Dean of Lean
By: Tristen Critchfield
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Keith Jardine has worn a lot of different hats in his life: college football player, bounty hunter, firefighter, actor and,... -
The Gracie US Nationals & The Gracie Kids Worlds Return to The Los Angeles Fitness Expo
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- For the fifth year, The Gracie US Nationals along with The Gracie Kids Worlds will continue to set the standard for Jiu-Jitsu... -
Corey Hill vs Nicolae Cury at XFC 16: High Stakes
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Former Ultimate Fighter star and UFC veteran Corey Hill will take on Nicolae Cury Feb. 10th live on HDNet, in a highly... -
Strikeforce ‘Rockhold vs. Jardine’ Preview: The Main Card
By: Tristen Critchfield
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Strikeforce “Rockhold vs. Jardine” marks the first of at least six offerings from the promotion on Showtime in 2012. -
10 January Tussles Worth Watching
By: Tim Leidecker
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Considering the UFC’s ambitious schedule and with the Viacom-backed Bellator Fighting Championships set to pick up where it left off, the... -
Dare CHAMPIONSHIP - 1/2012 - Live IPPV on GFL
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- DARE is back on January 7 to start 2012 off with a bang! Continuing the tournament that began in 2011, DARE is ready to make... -
Central Maine BJJ Ready To Show It’s Happening Here on February 11 in Lewiston, ME
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ) may be one of the best-kept grappling secrets in New England. -
Pictures: Impact MMA ‘Recognition’
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At Impact MMA's inaugural effort on Dec. 10 in Pleasanton, Calif., Cesar Gracie product Roy Boughton capped a night of interesting finishes by stopping... -
5 MMA Stories to Monitor in 2012
By: Brian Knapp
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From the rise to superstardom of Jon Jones and Junior dos Santos to the retirement of Randy Couture and Brock Lesnar and everything in between,... -
Technique of the Week: ‘Blast Double’
By: Mike Fridley
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Former UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk displays variations off of his special “penetration step” in this edition of Sherdog.com's... -
Pictures: Dream ‘New Year! 2011’
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Fedor Emelianenko returned to Japan with a bang as he dispatched Satoshi Ishii at Dream’s “Genki Desu Ka! New Year’s Eve! 2011” -
Rocktagon MMA Adds Regional and National Championships to 2012 Schedule
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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Rocktagon MMA announced today that they would kick off their 2012 season on January 21st in Cleveland, OH.

