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The injury bug continues to bite the Ultimate Fighting Championship as the March 21 “UFC on Versus 1″ event from the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado, is the latest fight card to go through some last minute changes and fighter substitutions. After an undisclosed injury forced Spencer “The King” Fisher from his undercard bout against Duane [...] A battle of heavyweight strikers has been assembled for the upcoming UFC debut on the Versus network as Cheick Kongo (14-6-1) faces Paul Buentello (27-11) at the The Odeum Colorado in Broomfield on Sunday, March 21. The UFC confirmed the heavyweight tilt earlier today. Kongo is undoubtedly hoping to erase the memories of his last performance after [...] A middleweight showdown between strikers Robbie Lawler (18-5 MMA, 1-1 SF) and Strikeforce newcomer Melvin Manhoef (24-6-1 MMA, 0-0 SF) will likely take place later this month at “Strikeforce: Miami.” With just a little more than three weeks to the show, Strikeforce officials have announced just a few matchups for the card. FiveOuncesofPain.com first reported the Lawler [...] Props:Tapology.com Quoteworthy: “I take fights as they come. I don’t really like to put too much into a defined strategy. I like to see what my opponent gives me, but I have been working very hard on my stand-up, so I think fighting someone like Daley is a really good test for me. If I can test [...] Thanks to the epic lightweight title fight between Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson, as well as the recent signing of former IFL star Chris Horodecki, it’s clear that the WEC’s 155-pound division is as strong as ever. Boasting a talent pool rich with fiery strikers, rugged grapplers, and devastating finishers, WEC has shown a solid [...] Michael DiSanto, UFC – UFC President Dana White predicted that the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua would be the talk of the Sunday sports world after a timeless battle of strikers with vastly contrasting styles. Props: www.terra.com.br Quoteworthy: “Depending on the opponents, if they’re tough guys, well known, I think I will get the chance of fighting for the belt in two or three fights. I want a hard adversary to show everything what I couldn’t in the past fight, all my training. I made tremendous errors versus Nate. There was excess [...] Props: FightHype Quoteworthy: “[Matt Hamill's] going to be a big step up in competition for me and a really good test for me and I’m stoked about it. I think his wrestling will play a factor in the fight. I usually fight guys who are Brazilian Black Belts or guys who consider themselves strikers, but with Matt [...] |
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