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Props:MMAWeekly Quoteworthy: “Every time I’ve fought I’ve gotten better. Every time I’ve lost I’ve gotten better. Even from my first fight I lost to Jesse Moreng seven years ago, I lost that one, but it made me a much better fighter. Same with Hermes, even the Cowboy fight. Even though I won that fight, I felt like [...] After three-straight UFC wins to open his mixed martial arts career, “The Ultimate Fighter 7″ veteran Matt Riddle made a Actually, Riddle told MMAjunkie.com Radio that he made several mistakes leading up to his first career loss, a TKO defeat at the hands of Brit Nick Osipczak at UFC 105 in Manchester, England. “I train out in [...] For a guy nicknamed “Judo Jim,” it was a bit of a surprise to learn that British fighter Jim Wallhead found martial arts because of the movie “The Karate Kid.” After seeing the popular 1984 movie, the 7-year-old wanted to go to the closest dojo and learn the martial art. Mrs. Wallhead, though, accidentally took her [...] While just five fights into his MMA career, multi-weight-class contender Muhammed Lawal (5-0) is already looking to take down some of the sport’s best fighters. A recent Strikeforce signee, Lawal recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio that WAMMA heavyweight champ Fedor Emelianenko and Strikeforce light heavyweight title holder Gegard Mousasi were just two potential future matchups he thinks [...] Saturday night’s headlining match between Forrest Griffin (16-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC) and Tito Ortiz (15-6-1 MMA, 14-6-1 UFC) doesn’t seem to have quite the hype surrounding it that the two generated prior to their original meeting in 2006. Whether it be Ortiz’s layoff, Griffin’s recent losses or the multitude 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 [...] Props:Inside The Ultimate Fighter Quoteworthy: “I fought Roy with caution. I did go for the kill one time, but I knew to be careful because Roy will bait you, that’s how good he is. He can look rocked, but the minute you go in for the kill, shwoop! You know what I’m sayin? He’s a smart fighter. [...] |
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Bad timing: Thiago Alves knows he can beat Georges St. Pierre
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“I have nothing to say, he was better than me that night and now I have to go back to my training and work hard to get this belt. There are a lot of thing in my camp that was a mistake. Now I see the mistakes that I did and I’ll fix them and [...]