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UFC lightweight Clay Guida is familiar with the roar of a crowd. And while “The Carpenter” has received some criticism for a few of his decision wins in the UFC, Guida has also earned a legion of loyal followers through his three “Fight of the Night” performances. In his most recent fight, at UFC 107, Guida received [...] In a close fight that made the Australian crowd happy, Wanderlei Silva won a 29-28 unanimous decision over Michael Bisping. Bisping ran through the first round methodically, taking down Silva three times, but Silva was able to get up after each takedown. At the very end of the round, Silva threw a flurry of punches, including [...] The last time UFC fans saw Goran Reljic (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in the octagon, C.B. Dollaway (9-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) was still just a cast member of “The Ultimate Fighter 7.” It was May 2008, and Reljic wowed a Las Vegas crowd with a There were mixed results from the Herschel Walker fight on Saturday night. Most of the crowd seemed to enjoy the fight, the news of Walker’s win drove lots of traffic on the internet and he proved doubters wrong at age 47. But some viewers weren’t happy. NFL insider Jay Glazer, a big fan of MMA and [...] The enormity of what Herschel Walker did last night seemed a bit underappreciated by some MMA fans. There were complaints of a boring fight from some online critics and more than a few catcalls in the crowd at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla. It’s hard imagine why. Walker, 47, did something so many crossover [...] Herschel Walker won his MMA debut with Strikeforce on Saturday night. Reread that sentence. Walker, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1982 and was an Olympian in 1992, won by TKO at 2:17 in the third round over Greg Nagy. Even before the fight was called, Walker dominated. He started out the fight with stiff standup [...] Props:Las Vegas Sun Quoteworthy: “I’ve used the same training partners for 11 or 12 years, and I haven’t brought any of them back for this fight. What ended up happening was — I wasn’t getting cocky, they got cocky. They would say, ‘Oh, you’re going to kill this guy. He’s only got seven fights. The guys I [...] Daniel Puder, in pausing a conversation with MMAjunkie.com about his transition from professional wrestling to mixed-martial-arts and its aftermath in a group that followed him, displayed Lesson No. 1 in marketing learned from WWE: Females. “Hey, girls!” Puder said through the crowd at the L.A. Convention Center on Saturday afternoon during the Los Angeles Fitness Expo. [...] Anytime you fight a Diaz it can turn ugly. Nate and his brother Nick, have a way of throwing guys off their games physically and mentally. Nate threw a wrench into Maynard’s smooth path to a UFC lightweight title shot. “The Bully” became a one punch fighter and brawler but it was just enough to [...]
You know you’re at an MMA fight when a woman in the crowd is catcalling a fighter who is writhing in pain on the ground. Nik Lentz was on the |
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