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DALLAS – While Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic’s (25-7-2 MMA, 2-3 UFC) career-long reputation in combat sports as a feared striker will likely always be remembered, the Croatian undoubtedly wishes his time in the UFC be quickly forgotten. Now after another lackluster performance in the octagon in the co-feature of Saturday night’s UFC 103 event, it appears [...] DALLAS – The questions that surrounded Vitor Belfort (19-8 MMA, 8-4 UFC) prior to his first trip to the UFC in more than four-and-a-half years mostly centered around which version of “The Phenom” would show up. After Belfort stunned Rich Franklin in the main event of Saturday’s UFC 103 event in Dallas, the only question left [...] DALLAS – Efrain Escudero fought through his opponent’s reach advantage and flattened Cole Miller with a stunning first-round knockout, and Tomasz Drwal’s middleweight debut was a successful one as he stopped hard-hitting Drew McFedries via second-round submission. The two fights were part of a first-ever Spike TV-televised preliminary card that served as a lead-in for the [...] The UFC’s welterweight division has been, arguably, the most stacked division in mixed martial arts since the Pharaoh first taught Moses to roll. No other division under any MMA promotion has consistently been home to so many top 10 fighters in the modern era of the sport. One of the fighters who has been in the [...] Who says you need a title match to make a compelling fight card? For the second straight show, the UFC will roll out an event lacking a championship affair. In its place, a pair of former UFC champions meets in a bout overdue for many longtime fans. Ex-middleweight kingpin Rich Franklin and former light heavyweight titleholder [...] UFC 103: “Franklin vs. Belfort” is set to go down this Saturday, September 19, 2009 from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, live on pay-per-view starting at 10 p.m. ET. Remember: MMAmania.com will provideLIVE updates with blow-by-blow, round-by-round commentary of the main card actionon fight night, which is slated to air at 10 p.m. ET. To [...] 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 [...] Who says you need a title match to make a compelling fight card? For the second straight show, the UFC will roll out an event lacking a championship affair. In its place, a pair of former UFC champions meets in a bout overdue for many longtime fans. Ex-middleweight kingpin Rich Franklin and former light heavyweight titleholder [...] With the American Airlines Center, which is the host of UFC 103, The weigh-ins, set for Friday, Sept. 18, begin at 4 p.m. CT local time (5 p.m. ET) and are free and open to the public. Doors open at 3 [...] |
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