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Jens Pulver said that he was likely done fighting on Saturday night. His emotional speech didn’t leave a dry eye in Nationwide Arena. The man that helped build the sport, especially at the lighter weights, said thank you to the 8,345 in attendance and the viewers watching at home. His touching show of appreciation moved both [...] Anthony “The Hippo” Perosh deserves lots of credit for stepping up on short notice but the Australian didn’t have enough to pose any threat to Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic in the first fight of the PPV portion at UFC 110. The ringside doctor stopped the fight between the second and third round because of a [...] James Te Huna stopped Igor Pokrajac at 3:26 of the opening round to the delight of the raucous sellout crowd, taking him down and pounding him out on the ground. Referee Steve Percival jumped in after giving Pokrajac a chance to fight back. Pokrajac gave a thumbs up to the referee just before it was stopped, [...] UFC lightweight Efrain Escudero, who was injured in a submission loss to Evan Dunham last month, will go undergo an MRI this week to determine when he can return to the cage. After the UFC Fight Night 20 co-main-event loss, Escudero, who initially refused to tap from the obviously painful submission, said his arm wasn’t broken [...] Tito Ortiz is never going to admit any sort of concession in his protracted fight against Dana White. In fact, he keeps pounding away at White saying that he outsmarted him. Ortiz came back with a loss against Forrest Griffin at UFC 106 and made sure everyone knew that he won the battle. “(You) have to understand, [...] Props: Boston.com Quoteworthy: “[It] was my night. Clay Guida is a phenomenal fighter. I wanted to go out there and take my time. Peter Welch and Firas Zahabi really improved my striking. I’m trying to get better, I want another shot at the title. I wanted to get in there and trade a little bit and put [...] This past weekend at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale, Jon Jones was cruising to a co-main-event victory before he caught opponent Matt Hamill with illegal elbow strikes. The blows resulted in Jones suffering his first career loss – via disqualification – and shined a light on the concept of illegal “12-to-6″ elbow strikes. In his latest “Ask [...] “Paulo Filho is confirmed. He couldn’t fight in Japan recently and was calling me everyday willing to fight at Bitetti Combat. He has been training very hard to erase any bad impression. His opponent will be a Japanese fighter who still has to be confirmed. It seems a foreign website stated that Jeff Monson won’t [...] “It’s a tough fight, Vitor is a dangerous guy, but Anderson is a tough guy, (Vitor) is gonna fight the best pound for pound fighter in the world.” – UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva’s manager, Jorge Guimaraes, talks to Tatame.com about the looming 2010 match up between the “Spider” and “Phenom.” Silva is currently on the [...] Fedor Emelianenko training with crazy beards and pastel jumpsuits for Nov. 7 Strikeforce event (Pic)Props:M-1 Global(via Bloody Elbow) Looks like “The Last Emperor” is calling on Russia’s elite to prepare for Brett Rogers… MMA News Credit and Full Story: MMA Mania |
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