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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Ask Ivan Hippolyte about the sparring sessions he put Mirko Cro Cop through at Amsterdam’s Vos Gym in preparation for the Croatian star’s UFC 110 bout against Ben Rothwell this weekend at the Acer Arena, and he breaks into a wide grin. UFC News Credit and Full Story: UFC.com Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – 11 professional fights. That’s all it’s taken for Brazil’s Junior Dos Santos to soar into the UFC heavyweight title picture. But if you think the 25 (soon to be 26) year old from Santa Catarina is about to start believing the glowing reviews for his four UFC finishes of Fabricio Werdum, [...] 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 [...] Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – We may never see another year like 2007 in the UFC, when Georges St-Pierre, Heath Herring, and Mirko Cro Cop all went down to defeat in crushing upsets to Matt Serra, Jake O’Brien, and Gabriel Gonzaga, respectively. But in a sport where anything can happen, there’s always the possibility of seeing [...] DALLAS – MMAjunkie.com was on scene for today’s “UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort” fighter weigh-ins at the Dallas Convention Center Arena in Texas. Today’s weigh-ins featured headliners Rich Franklin and Vitor Belfort, co-headliners Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Junior Dos Santos, and the night’s other 22 competitors, who compete Saturday at the American Airlines Center in [...] Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Over the course of his three-year UFC career, Tyson Griffin has shared the bill with some of the game’s biggest stars – Anderson Silva, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Mirko Cro Cop, Forrest Griffin, Rich Franklin, Chuck Liddell, Lyoto Machida, and Shogun Rua, just to name a few. Yet at the end of [...] Despite five wins in his past six fights and a total of five Fight of the Night awards during his eight-fight UFC career, Tyson Griffin (13-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) has been demoted to the un-aired preliminary card of UFC 103. The Xtreme Couture fighter, who’s slated to fight former top UFC lightweight contender Hermes Franca (19-7 [...] Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – UFC 67, February 2007. It was the usual hectic fight week for UFC President Dana White, filled not only with the typical events and dramas that lead up to an event, but one that also included the UFC debuts of Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson and Mirko Cro Cop and a title fight [...] Props:Nokaut.com Quoteworthy: “I’m pleased with my return to UFC, the only global MMA organization. Unfortunately, every other organization is far beyond UFC. DREAM cannot compete with Americans in sports or financial terms. The UFC has succeeded to become in this sport what PRIDE used to be, maybe even more than that. I will always be grateful to [...] |
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