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Gray Maynard is tired of fighting tough guys who do little for his career. He’s looking for a name that pushes him toward a title shot with UFC lightweight champ B.J. Penn. “That’s just where I’m at,” Maynard today told MMAjunkie.com. “The last three or four (fights) I’ve had tough ones, but they’re just not that [...] In a bout first reported by MMAjunkie.com, Rob Emerson (9-8 MMA, 3-2-1 UFC) meets Nik Lentz (17-3-2 MMA, 1-0-1 UFC) on The UFC today announced the matchup, bringing the total number of fights on the card to 11. Featuring a lightweight matchup between perennial contender Kenny Florian and Japanese import Takanori [...] Strikeforce has now officially crowned it’s second female champion as hard hitting Canadian Sarah Kaufman captured the promotion’s inaugural welterweight title earlier tonight in the main event of “Challenger Series VI” from the Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California. Here’s how it all went down. The Canadian brawler needed all five rounds and a judge’s decision to [...] That crafty Kenny Florian (12-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) has done it again. Just one week after denying to MMAjunkie.com that he had any knowledge of a potential bout with Japanese import Takanori Gomi (31-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Florian is expected to reveal on today’s edition of ESPN.com’s “MMA Live” that he will face “The Fireball Kid” [...] Props:Cagewriter Quoteworthy: “He’s a step in the wrong direction. Unmarketable. Not pleasing to watch and a horrible interview. He doesn’t do a whole lot (in the cage). If I wanted to stand there and look at him, he would just stand and look at me back. But if you go after him, he’ll engage. If you go [...] Props:Yahoo Sports Quoteworthy: “The only pressure I feel, honestly, is the pressure to make the weight. Once I’m on weight, I know everything else will take care of itself. I’m hard on myself and I get upset when I make a mistake, but the good thing is that I can see the progress I’ve made and I [...] UFC middleweight contender Yushin Okami (23-4) has been penciled in to return from the injured reserves list to face former WEC standout Chael Sonnen (23-10-1) at UFC 104 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 24, according toUFC Japan. Okami bested Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist Dean Lister at UFC 92: “The Ultimate 2008″ in [...] Strikeforce held a press conference and fan meet and greet session yesterday (July 14) in the heart of New York City starring female fighting sensation Gina Carano (7-0) side-by-side with former Elite XC fighter Cristiane Santos (7-1) to promote their upcoming Strikeforce title fight on August 15. “Conviction” and “Cyborg” will collide at Strikeforce: ‘Carano vs. [...] Ringside announcer Joe Rogan thought so, voicing his disappointment during the pay-per-view (PPV) telecast and following it up on hisTwitter.compage in all caps: “Alan Belcher got fucking ROBBED.” “The Talent” and “Sexyama” went toe-to-toe for three fulls in their middleweight showdown at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, last night (July 11, 2009). It [...] |
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