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Former UFC lightweight Corey Hill (2-2) continues on his comeback trail when he faces Mark Holst (7-1) at “Xtreme Combat League: Evolution” on March 20 in Yipsilanti, Mich. It’s Hill’s second fight since a gruesome leg injury in a December 2009 UFC fight that forced him to sit on the sidelines for 13 months. On Jan. [...] After a first round submission victory over Jens Pulver back at WEC 41, Josh Grispi decided that he simply had to do something about an ankle injury that had followed him the majority of his career. Grispi sat down with Dan Duggan of BostonHerald.com to discuss his ascension in the sport, along with the surgery that [...] Former number one middleweight contender, Patrick Cote, will return after nearly 20 months on the sidelines to tangle with Alan Belcher at UFC 113 from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on May 1, 2010. TopMMANews.com reports that the Canadian — who has not competed since blowing his knee out during a loss to division [...] From all the questions he’s answered in the buildup to next week’s UFC 108 event, you might just think Rashad Evans is fighting Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. The former champs, of course, were supposed to tangle following their coaching stints on the recently concluded 10th season of “The Ultimate Fighter” before Jackson’s clash with UFC management put [...] Props: UFC.com Quoteworthy: “I knew I had the capability of beating (Kongo) based on what I could do in sparring. It’s just something I had to make sure crossed over. It’s something we’ve been saying the whole training camp. We call it “The Pacquiao,” because (Manny) will step off as a southpaw and throw the overhand left. [...] Martins Denis, UFC – The fighting career of Brazil’s Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares came to an abrupt halt when he terribly injured his left leg in May. The injury, a fracture of his tibia while wrestling, forced him to the sidelines for more than three months and was just another difficult hurdle to be added to [...] Former PRIDE and current WAMMA Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko (31-1) will be out of action for up to six weeks as a result of hand surgery that was required to repair a dislocated thumb suffered in his Nov. 7 fight against Brett Rogers, according to Sherdog.com. “The Last Emperor” headlined the Strikeforce/CBS prime time debut “Fedor [...] Strikeforce will return home to the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 19, 2009, for its next major event titled, “Evolution,” according to promotion officials. While a headlining bout for the card is still up in the air, Strikeforce Director of Communications, Mike Afromowitz, confirmed an intriguing middleweight battle between 2008 DREAM middleweight grand [...] “I think [the Maynard fight] could have gone either way and it’s my fault I let it go to the judges and I can’t go out like that. I can’t go out with two losses in a row. I don’t think I’m going to call it quits anytime soon. I’m still open to acting. Hopefully [...] |
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