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After hinting at a possible move to a new organization for more than a year, Tito Ortiz didn’t sign with EliteXC, Strikeforce, Affliction Entertainment, the AFL or any of his other rumored suitors. Instead, Ortiz signed a new deal with the UFC in late 2009, headlined UFC 106 in November and then accepted a coaching gig [...] At this past Friday’s weigh-ins, Wes Sims was holding court and proudly showing off a T-shirt with a supposed strip club of a sponsor. At Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Miami” event, Sims kicked off his bout against Bobby Lashley with some pro-wrestling-inspired taunting. And even after his lopsided TKO loss, Sims joked with his opponent and the media [...] “I feel like I have paid my dues and so have a lot of fighters waiting for their shot. Brock is what they call a ‘Draw,’ he sells tickets, I am what they call a ‘Fighter,’ I fight who I am told to fight the way my coaches train me too. We are different people [...] “In the fight with Brock, I really felt there was a huge difference in strength and power. Being 245, I just don’t think I’ll ever be able to compete with him at that weight…. One area of my game I’m really lacking at is physical power. Just training, lifting heavy weights, being explosive, being a [...] “Brock is ready to go now and wants to fight. Carwin makes the most sense. He’s 11-0, and he’s been kicking the [expletive] out of everybody. [Gabriel] Gonzaga destroyed [Mirko] Cro Cop and he [Carwin] totally destroyed Gonzaga. Plus, he hates Brock Lesnar. It’s going to be two huge guys going at it. He’s got [...] There have been 61 fighters in UFC history who were pro wrestlers at one point or another. There are nine on the current UFC roster. Of the six fighters in the UFC Hall of Fame, three – Ken Shamrock, Dan Severn and Mark Coleman – dabbled in wrestling. But UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar is the [...] Props:Cagewriter Quoteworthy: “That’s not the kind of thing our sport is known for. Those kind of antics and those kind of comments. I know there’s a lot of people who are going to tune to see when he gets beat now. I got 10 texts that night watching the fight [saying] ‘what an idiot.’ We really don’t [...] Las Vegas Review-Journal Quoteworthy: “I basically was (within) a half-an-inch of catching him. I knew he was hurt, but he had good leverage, with my shoulder against the cage. I made a stupid mistake. When I stood up, and he’s screaming, it took me a few seconds to realize (what Lesnar was doing). ESPN showed him spitting [...] |
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