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Ben Rothwell remains in Australia as he recovers from an illness that forced his withdrawal from a UFC 110 main-card bout this past weekend in Sydney. Duke Roufus, owner of the Milwaukee, Wis.-based Duke Roufus MMA and one of Rothwell’s chief trainers, told today MMAjunkie.com that his fighter was diagnosed with a case of “traveler’s flu” [...] 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, [...] Props: UFC.com Quoteworthy: “I actually said ‘no’ (to replacing Ben Rothwell) originally. I look up to Cro Cop and he’s a fellow Croatian. My parents are Croatian and I’ve actually been training the other Croatians appearing on this UFC 110 card. I then went and watched yesterday’s (Thursday) press conference and listened to the comment Dana White [...] With just 48 hours remaining until the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Australian debut, the promotion this evening announced a couple major changes to the fight card. Anthony Perosh replaces ill Ben Rothwell in a UFC 110 main-card fight with Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, and a shoulder injury suffered by Elvin Sinosic has forced the cancellation of his [...] “We would never disrespect the sport in taking anybody lightly. We’re planning to fight the 2001 Cro Cop. He accepted the fight, and when everybody’s telling you that you’re no good and can’t do it anymore, and you take a fight, there’s something to be said about that. That means he’s coming to fight. I [...] Props: Terra.com Quoteworthy: “Fighting Cro Cop gives me more jitters rather than facing Lesnar. Cro Cop is a guy very dangerous. If he just connect a left-kick the contest is over (laughs). That was a warring combat for me. I was on the edge all the time and very rapid because I worked out the speed to [...] LOS ANGELES – A trio of recently departed MMA superstars may not Filipovic, Jackson and Liddell have all recently been considered defunct parts of [...] |
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