It’s been a long road from obscurity to the edge of breaking through into the fighting elite for Dominick Cruz. Just over a year ago, he was on the non-televised portion of most WEC cards, now because of good timing and some impressive wins, the bantamweight has a chance to play spoiler and walk away [...]
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Michael Bisping has been in this position once before. Prior to this past summer’s historic UFC 100 event and his fight with Dan Henderson, Bisping knew a victory would catapult him into the middleweight division’s elite, and UFC president Dana White even hinted at a possible title shot. Bisping, of course, hopes this weekend’s UFC 110 fight [...] Dana White, UFC president, reached 1,000,000 followers on his Twitter account, @danawhite, on Tuesday, February 9th. Fewer than 250 of Twitter’s millions of users have broken the one-million mark. White’s inclusion in that elite list is testament to the meteoric rise of UFC. UFC News Credit and Full Story: UFC.com Frank Curreri, WEC – Why do so many people still denigrate Kimbo Slice? Does the resentment exist because he only has a 3-1 pro record, has glaring holes in his ground game, yet enjoys superstar status? Personality cannot be the root of the disdain because let’s face it, never once has Kimbo Slice hyped himself [...] TUF 10 Finale Betting 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 Props: Sunday Sun Blog Quoteworthy: “This is the moment I’ve been waiting for since I first started watching my old UFC DVDs, dreaming of one day competing in the Octagon. I sometimes watch the early UFC events in between training sessions and it’s crazy to think I’m now a part of this thing. I’m no longer just [...] Michael DiSanto, UFC – There was a time, not too long ago, when the thought of seeing Randy Couture versus Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was only a dream. Still, fans around the world hotly debated the merits of this fantasy matchup. Would Couture’s wrestling and submission defense overcome ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira’s elite Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and clean [...] Mark Coleman is an aging man by society’s everyday standards, but by MMA standards, he’s practically ancient. Yet like any former elite fighter and anyone who takes pride in their profession, Coleman reminds confident, even borderline cocky. The 44-year-old grandfather of the ground-and-pound style has said recently that his style matches up well with [...] |
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