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Quoteworthy:
“I was very close. I was done. I just didn’t make the announcement. I told Dana and everybody that it was over. The name Jens Pulver was done…. That’s the mortality I was talking about after the fight. People were rushing me to say goodbye to something I’ve done my whole life. I [...]
LAS VEGAS – Fomer UFC champion and MMA legend Chuck Liddell (21-7
MMA, 16-6 UFC) understands that his back is against the wall.
After a stretch of four losses in five fights, Liddell’s longtime friend and current boss, UFC president Dana White, doesn’t want to see the “Iceman” in the cage again.
But with a rematch with fellow [...]
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Quoteworthy:
“When I was done with Pride and I had a first meeting with (UFC president) Dana White and he asked me ‘Do you want to come to the UFC, you know you’d be welcome, let’s talk about it,’ it was like a friendly conversation before doing the contracts and everything. I was just thinking about [...]
In 2007, Army Officer Kelly Crigger embarked on a year-long journey into the shark tank of mixed martial arts competition. His quest was two-fold-to learn what drove fighters to put themselves through years of grueling training and into the cage, and to uncover the mainstream media’s reason for focusing [...]
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Quoteworthy:
“I had a lot of doubters. I can’t stand being called an old man…. I had to shut a lot of people up. There are reasons why I got tired — distractions — I didn’t train hard enough. But if I put the time in I can compete with anybody. I was about 70 percent [...]