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Acquiring the services of an athlete who’s graced the cover ofSports Illustratedis a big deal by any standard. After an extended negotiation period, Bellator Fighting Championships scored Roger Huerta for its second season of tournament action – which begins April 8 in Hollywood, Fla. – in one of Huerta was a breakout star [...] Props: MMA Fighting Quoteworthy: “Yes. I’m ready. I think I’ve been ready for a while. The way this sport works is you’ve just got to prove yourself when you get the chance. I want to fight the best so I can be the best … I don’t know what I do better than (Lesnar) but I do know [...] “You know I don’t know what he [Frank Mir] thought… he’s still trying to pull his foot out of his mouth and when you say something like that and your wife has to go out and apologize for you, you know you pissed somebody off. I think his wife made the apology before he did [...] The UFC battened down the hatchesyesterday after Frank Mir’s comments on a Pittsburgh radio show. “I want to break [Lesnar's] neck in the ring. I want him to be the first person that dies due to Octagon-related injuries.” Apparently, everyone didn’t get the message or memo to shut the heck up about the situation. Without seeing or [...] Props: Bleacher Report Quoteworthy: “My goal has always been to hold a legitimate world championship before I retire. I have a bunch of titles with some smaller organizations but I want to hold a title in one of the bigger organizations. I’d be happy if that was in the UFC or Strikeforce, it doesn’t matter to me. I love [...] Props: Pro MMA Radio Quoteworthy: “I was very close. I was done. I just didn’t make the announcement. I told Dana and everybody that it was over. The name Jens Pulver was done…. That’s the mortality I was talking about after the fight. People were rushing me to say goodbye to something I’ve done my whole life. I [...] Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Fight fans can be a fickle group. If an athlete wins all the time, all is well. But if he loses one fight, and all of a sudden the sky is falling. Never was this phenomenon more evident than on the morning after Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira’s second round TKO loss [...] Props: JoeLauzon.com Quoteworthy: “It’s been GREAT training. I have only been around for a couple weeks but I can see why BJ has looked so great in his last few fights. Marv and Gary Marinovich are on top of things here. On top of all the great stuff I have learned to do from Marv and Gary… [...] “I’m going get back into the gym and say I’d love to have another fight, and I’m gonna work hard, but I’m leaving it my trainers and coaches’ hands and the fighters at the gym. If they think I’m not ready, they gotta tell me, and I will swallow my pride and not do it. [...] |
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