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Two brothers in Massachusetts brought home medals from the New England North American Grappling Association tournament. In itself, that’s not noteworthy, until you learn that one of the brothers is a cancer survivor, and the other has dealt with bullying. “The medals were a great thrill for all of us,” said their mother, Rhonda Callum-King. She [...] Cesar Gracie: If you don’t have Jose Canseco -- then who the hell is Herschel Walker going to fight?Props: MMAWeekly Quoteworthy: “Jose walked into our gym and said, ’hey, I would love to train with you guys. You own three of the belts in Strikeforce. I believe you’re the best camp out there.’ Why wouldn’t we train the guy? Because he wrote a book about baseball and steroids? He’s just like anybody else walking in [...] “I could go down to 135 pounds if he (Torres) wants to fight. I’m here for a long time so I’ll probably fight everybody. Miguel is in there. (Mike) Brown, I’m going to fight him again. (Jose) Aldo, I’ll take care of that. I didn’t know for sure if Miguel would come to 145 and [...] For love or money, Sin City always takes the latter when it comes to the fight game. MMAjunkie.com has learned that training partners Evan Dunham (10-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) and Tyson Griffin (14-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) have agreed to meet at UFC 115 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, according to multiple sources close to the situation. Bout [...] Props: Five Ounces of Pain Quoteworthy “We were hoping to put together a fight in March, but now it looks like that may not happen. We might have to wait for April or May. Who knows if it will ever happen. Frank Shamrock and I have verbally agreed to fight each other, but from what I understand [...] Being around boxing and mixed martial arts Dana White has seen some pretty nasty stuff. The UFC president heard aboutShinya Aoki’s outburstat Dynamite! 2009 but it didn’t surprise him. He brushed it off saying these things happen in the fight game. One wonders though what would’ve happened had Aoki been fighting in the U.S. and [...] HDNet’s Ron Kruckdid a nice piece on legal MMA betting in Las Vegas. He hits the house that Cagewriter always features, The Venetian, and explains how to bet on the fight game. He touches on a note few MMA fans realize – the sport is essentially a zero in sports books across Nevada. Kruck says MMA [...] Props: UFC.com Quoteworthy: “It’s just like when you were a kid with your parents, depending on what type of parents you had, but definitely your teachers, they kinda teach you to never judge a book by its cover. I guess I was the complete opposite of everyone’s impression of me. They kinda judged me before they even [...] Rhett Butler, UFC – All crime and punishment documentary buffs salivate over footage of real law enforcement training techniques and drills. It’s the primer when watching your average action film, where fantasy meets reality for a sofa-critic comparison. But have you ever wondered about the person who plays the sacrificial bad guy in those drills, [...] |
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UFC responds to Frank Mir's death wish for Brock Lesnar
Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir told WXDX radio last week that he wanted division champion Brock Lesnar to be the first mixed martial arts fighter to die from Octagon related injuries. Well, at least that’s what goes through his mind when he’s in fight mode, according to his statement.
Still, the comments didn’t sit well [...]