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In the past year, the California-based Strikeforce promotion has gone from solid regional promotion to counter-programming-worthy opponent of While the company’s handling of its champions and current relationship with M-1 Global and Fedor Emelianenko have come under a bit of fire, Women’s fighting is still battling a severe uphill climb. It’s tough to find places to train. Once you’re there most of the guys are too big or shy away from sparring or rolling with the girls. No one knows that better than Erin Toughill. She’s overcome much of the negative stigma about female fighters to [...] “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 [...] 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, [...] Although it’s a fight he’s coveted for a long time, top UFC lightweight contender Kenny Florian (12-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) said he has not been offered a fight with Takanori Gomi (31-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC). Florian, who recently began training again in his home state of Massachusetts, said it was news to him if he was [...] “The Ultimate Fighter 7″ winner Amir Sadollah went nearly 14 months between his first and second appearance in the UFC, but now the welterweight is making up for lost time. Sadollah meets Brad Blackburn on the broadcast-opening bout of “UFC Fight Night 20: Maynard vs. Diaz” on Jan. 11, and the contest will be the “TUF”-winner’s [...] News that Takanori Gomi received his key to the octagon spread like a The news fanned from a posting on the official Twitter account of Florian’s broadcast gig, ESPN’s “MMA Live,” and in a conversation with MMAjunkie.com Monday night, there’s smoke where [...] If you’ve ever met UFC middleweight Mark Munoz, you’ll find out what much of the MMA and wrestling world already know. He’s one of the nicest guys on the planet. Munoz is always willing to do another interview, sign another autograph, or speak at a camp. So how does someone this nice make his living as [...] Citing a need for more time to refine the concept and launch successfully, Southern California entrepreneur Roy Englebrecht is delaying the start of the Professional Mixed Martial Arts League (PMMAL). Englebrecht, a long-time boxing and MMA promoter, announced the creation of the PMMAL in late October. The venture is designed to bring the minor leagues to [...] |
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