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Props: Graciemag Quoteworthy: “I’m a fighter who takes it one opponent at a time and my next fight is in Strikeforce against (Dan) Henderson. When you talk about guys like Anderson Silva and St.-Pierre, the best in the world, obviously I fight want to fight them. I want to be the best in the world and to be the [...] Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin (25-5) has reportedly agreed to return to the light heavyweight division to face Chuck Liddell (21-7) at UFC 115 in Vancouver after Tito Ortiz was forced to withdraw from the June 12 event for undisclosed reasons. MMAWeekly confirmed the change in opponents based on an initial report by Fighter’s Only [...] Props: Tatame.com Quoteworthy: “First thing, he (Belfort) was never my friend. Second, a fight is fight. I’m here to fight and whoever is better prepared will win and one of us will lose. I’d be upset if I had to face Rodrigo, Rogerio, Feijao, Lyoto or even Wanderlei or Shogun, but Vitor? He’s just another opponent like [...] We’re not even sure what to say anymore about Paulo Filho. Once regarded as the man who would take down the great Anderson Silva at middleweight, Filho has had reported meltdowns and alleged run-ins dealing with drug issues. He’s pulled out of numerous fights, most recently Bitetti in late February. He’s even been called a [...] Props: MMAWeekly Quoteworthy: “They wanted me to pick an opponent, I didn’t want to. I told (WEC matchmaker) Sean Shelby to give me the toughest guy he could find a match against, and that was Benavidez. He’s one of those guys that just never gets tired, he never seems to be hurt, and he just doesn’t stop [...] Props: Mixed Martial Arts Videos on Purefight He also has some “consultants” who he will solicit advice from to carry him to eventual victory:UFC News Credit and Full Story: MMA Mania Our partners in crime over atBloodyElbow.comhave once again published their divisional rankings for mixed martial arts in the nation’s largest daily newspaper, USA Today, for the month of February 2010. For those of you unfamiliar with the process, here’s how it works: “The rankings, which will offer a definitive perspective of top MMA fighters across all weight-classes, [...] Props: Tatame.com Quoteworthy: “This isn’t jiu-jitsu, it’s MMA, a sport that involves many techniques and elements. It’s hard to say that I would beat him standing up and he would defeat me on the canvas. Logically, each one of us owns a specialty but a fight is always a fight. MMA is a new sport and there’s [...] PRIDE veteran and former WEC Middleweight Champion Paulo Filho has withdrawn from his Feb. 25 bout against Yuki Sasaki at Bitetti Combat 6 due to “personal problems” according to a report from Tatame.com. Stepping in for him as a last minute replacement is UFC and MFC veteran Thales Leites. The talented-but-troubled Filho has been all over the [...] |
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