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America’s Idol
As the UFC’s “The Ultimate Fighter” gets ready to roll for season eight, we explore where would the sport be without this show. By Doug Jeffrey
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We Needed This
The UFC and the WEC sent fighters to Eastern Afghanistan to visit the troops, and we got it covered.
Tales From the Pit
Ready for a venture into one of the most famous MMA academies in the world? John Hackleman, Chuck Liddell’s trainer, takes us there. By Rick Caudle
On September 30, 2000, Matt Hughes defeated Robbie Newman via arm-triangle choke in Illinois.
From Jason MacDonald’s blog:
“I signed a new contract with the UFC this week. It’s a new four-fight deal, so I’ll be looking forward to four more fights in the UFC and hopefully climbing my way to the top of the division.
On the next few cards there are quite a few middleweight matchups, So it will be interesting to see who they match me up with next.
My gut feeling is I’m going to fight Michael Bisping, win or lose in his upcoming bout. I have no particular reason for that. Nobody has said anything to lead me to believe that. I just see that happening. But then again Alessio Sakara just had a good knockout so maybe they’ll think that is a good matchup, another striker vs. grappler matchup.”
On September 29, 2002, Quinton Jackson defeated Igor Vovchanchyan at Pride 22 after the Russian could not continue from a rib injury.
“I think it’s too early in his career,” says Frank Mir on Sherdog.com about Brock Lesnar going up against Randy Couture at UFC 91. “I think he’s a great wrestler, powerful background, but Randy Couture is one of the most decorated Greco-Roman wrestlers we’ve ever had in our country. He has 12 years of MMA experience and he has the same background as Lesnar. Lesnar is basically the new Randy, a better athlete, bigger and more powerful and more dangerous, but he only has two years of [MMA] experience.”
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