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The bookmakers say the fight is a whitewash. Several media members chuckled during yesterday’s UFC 111 conference call when Georges St. Pierre called Dan Hardy. “the toughest fight of his career.” Yet the case is being built across the pond that their hero has a real shot at knocking off GSP. Gareth Davies from The Telegraph [...] Remember how many times Dana White has scoffed at the question about Strikeforce being competition? We’re about to confirm that the man was fibbing a bit. Showtime has pissed him off and CBS to a certain extent. It all started with the signing of Fedor Emelianenko and then Dan Henderson. Now White appears to be [...] Mike Swick (14-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC) can’t straighten his left arm, much less train or fight. The UFC welterweight spoke to MMAjunkie.com on Friday after rumors surfaced of his participation in an as-yet-unannounced UFC event planned for Spike TV on April 17, the same date on which Strikeforce is slated to hold their second CBS-televised fight [...] “I’ve beaten everyone the UFC has put in front of me; I’ve never turned down a fight and I am not about to now. I would have been happy having a couple more fights before getting my shot, but I was offered a spot as a late replacement against Mike Swick in a final eliminator [...] UFC 109: “Relentless” from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, has officially wrapped, which means that it’s time for those select fighters who went above and beyond in their respective fights to get a little extra grease for their efforts. To the tune of $60,000 each. The promotion dished out its standard post-fight monetary [...] Paulo Thiago keeps dogging American Kickboxing Academy fighters. He screwed up Josh Koscheck’s 2009 welterweight title hopes with an upset at UFC 95, and now he’s done it to Koscheck’s AKA teammate Mike Swick. Thiago’s standing defense looked terrible in his UFC debut against Koscheck, but he still knocked him out with a huge uppercut. His [...] Mike Swick is a good friend to Josh Koscheck. So much so that he’s stepping in at UFC 109 for his fellow welterweight and American Kickboxing Academy training partner, and will attempt to avenge Koscheck’s only defeat of 2009. If Swick beats Paulo Thiago this weekend it leaves him, Koscheck and Jon Fitch all waiting in [...] UFC welterweight contender Mike Swick (14-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) has been here before. After suffering a disappointing loss in his most recent appearance, the Houston native knows what it takes to dust himself off, put the past And as Swick recently told [...] |
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