Who saw this one coming? In 2007, Nevada told Gilbert Yvel he was unfit to earn a license to fight in the state. You have to be pretty awful or just old to be denied a license. But Yvel made his own bed with a series of outrageous incidents early in his fight career. The [...]
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“Sadly, it’s a big problem because somebody’s out a lot of money — Strikeforce/Showtime — and you know, that wasn’t fair from a professional standpoint. But you know, I’m not matching the fights, and unfortunately, Diaz has a strong name right now, and he has a lot of value to somebody. I mean, UFC [...]
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“We felt that the way to beat ‘Rush’ was through counter-punching and boxing…. I wanted him to bait St-Pierre, to strike and then counter-punch. Many times you go there with a plan, but your opponent doesn’t allow you to bring it to fruition, and that’s what happened … Thiago did not show his capability of [...]