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Coach has now become enemy. Shawn Tompkins worked for years at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas and helped Randy Couture through many of his recent fights. Now he’s the mastermind on the other side as Mark Coleman preps for his fight against Couture next week at UFC 109. Tompkins said at first he was apprehensive about [...] Former “The Ultimate Fighter” cast member and fan-favorite brawler Chris Leben (18-7 MMA, 8-5 UFC) will look to break his current two-fight losing streak when he returns to action in January. MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the event that Leben has verbally agreed to meet Jay Silva (5-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at UFC Fight [...] Nearly a decade ago, Aaron Brink powered his way to an 8-3 professional MMA record and earned a coveted UFC contract to fight a fast rising prospect by the name of Andrei Arlovski. However, Brink’s career would soon derail following a move into hardcore pornography and subsequent drug use. But in a special edition of our “Fight [...] Props:USA Today Quoteworthy: “[When Almeida fought] Cote, I learned a lot. Keep my level low. He does get frustrated when he can’t control you on the ground, when you shut down takedowns, he breaks as a fighter, but I’m a firm believer that he learned from that fight and he’s going to come out a little different, [...] Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz, one of the biggest stars in UFC history, hasn’t fought since May 2008, but according to a recent MySpace bulletin from the fighter, “The future of my career will be made [today].” Ortiz posted the bulletin on Thursday night teasing a big announcement that will be made today. Perhaps not [...] Coty Wheeler (10-1 MMA, 1-1 WEC) will return from a two-year break from the WEC to meet Charlie Valencia (10-5 MMA, 3-3 WEC) at September’s WEC 43 event. WEC officials today told MMAjunkie.com bout agreements have been signed for the bantamweight matchup. WEC 43 takes place Sept. 2 at the Covelli Center in Youngstown, Ohio, and the [...] UFC lightweight Matt Wiman (10-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC) will have to put on hold his attempt to break back into the win column; a knee injury has forced the 25-year-old out of a proposed contest at UFC 103. Wiman was expected to face Rafael dos Anjos (11-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) at the Sept. 19 event, but [...] Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – It was a competitive rivalry that began in the WEC, with each man owning a knockout win over the other. On Wednesday, September 16th, former WEC light heavyweight champions Steve Cantwell and Brian Stann will break their tie in the UFC Octagon as part of the stacked UFC Fight Night card [...] Win or lose, whether he’s with the UFC or not, 44-year-old Mark Coleman isn’t calling it quits on his fighting career anytime soon. The former NCAA Division I national wrestling champion and 1992 Olympian (and UFC 10 and UFC 11 tournament winner, first-ever UFC heavyweight champion, 2000 PRIDE Openweight Grand Prix champ and UFC Hall of [...] |
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