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The notion of “spare time” has always been a relative term for heavyweight contender Shane Carwin. The 6-foot-4, 265-pound father of two juggles a fulltime job as a mechanical engineer at the North Weld County Water District in Lucerne, Colo., with another as a professional mixed martial artist in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Today, while discussing his [...] Have the floodgates opened? Mere weeks after former Jose Canseco’s potential foray into U.S. mixed martial arts appeared to be a dead issue, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said he’s not entirely opposed to the former baseball star entering the cage. That’s not to say Coker is actively campaigning to sign Canseco, a former MLB All-Star. But as [...] Few prospects have entered the Ultimate Fighting Championship and found the kind of immediate stardom that Jon Jones has. But the self-proclaimed “MMA geek,” who next fights Brandon Vera this weekend in the headliner of UFC on Versus 1, knows combat-sports fans can be a fickle bunch. So while he appreciates the support and accolades, the 22-year-old [...] A replay of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first event of 2010, “UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva,” re-airs tonight on Spike TV at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT. The event initially aired on pay-per-view and took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Featured bouts from the event, which had been decimated by injuries in the months [...] Former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight Roger Huerta (20-3-1 MMA, 0-0 Bellator) is set to test his mettle in Bellator Fighting Championships’ season two eight-man lightweight tournament. Sources close to the situation confirmed to MMAjunkie.com that the popular lightweight received his formal release from the UFC this week, which opened the door to finalize a deal with [...] It’s official: The Ultimate Fighting Championship will own the South end of the Las Vegas Strip on Memorial Day weekend. With the second-annual UFC Fan Expo already announced for the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, the coinciding UFC 114 event is now set for the nearby MGM Grand Garden Arena. The location was first reported [...] Straight from the files of “WTF?” comes the news that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has come to terms on a multi-fight contract with 41-year-old NABO heavyweight boxing champion James “Lights Out” Toney, as first reported by Five Ounces of Pain. Terms of the contract were not disclosed; however, UFC President Dana White has confirmed the signing [...] Just over a month after the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) opened the doors to its brand new, state-of-the-art fitness gym in Concord, Calif., the worlds largest fight promotion has already got its sights set on a second facility in Rosemead. The UFC Gym enterprise, a concept that was formally introduced in early 2009, is expected to [...] |
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