“Another battle and another Lyoto. Everything is new, the focus, the strategy … it’s my big dream. I’ll concentrate and go and fight with even more desire. I´ll be even hungrier this time – to conquer a UFC belt has always been my dream. Lyoto is different to other athletes … We recruited some karatekas [...]
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“I know I’m going to fight soon. I’m going to have a great surprise for my fans what date I’m going to fight. (Akiyama’s) a great match because he’s an incredible fighter. He’s got an Olympic gold medal. He’s had great performances in Dream in Japan, (he’s) very famous there. I think it’s a great [...] Props: TheTandD.com Quoteworthy: “I love [Hamman's approach]. I love people that go for knockouts in the first round. That’s my favorite type of person to fight, somebody that is confident to come in with their hands. I don’t ever lose confidence when I’m fighting somebody. That is just me. You can beat me five times in a [...] Props: ProFightingFans.com Quoteworthy: “I’ve made huge improvements in my last year of training. I think I’m at the point where I can technically matchup with [Georges St. Pierre] and I think I can beat him. I think right now I’m a better fighter than him. I’m just waiting for the opportunity to prove it. [Thiago Alves] is [...] WEC bantamweights Miguel Angel Torres and Joseph Benavidez are at different stages of their respective careers, though both men are aiming to reach the same goal. The goal of becoming the WEC bantamweight champion. Torres has been there before. In fact, that’s where he has spent almost all of his career in the WEC. Before falling victim [...] 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. [...] In a close fight that made the Australian crowd happy, Wanderlei Silva won a 29-28 unanimous decision over Michael Bisping. Bisping ran through the first round methodically, taking down Silva three times, but Silva was able to get up after each takedown. At the very end of the round, Silva threw a flurry of punches, including [...] One punch can derail a career. It’s exactly what happened to hotshot prospect George Sotiropoulos during Season 6 of “The Ultimate Fighter” when the Aussie was upset by Tommy Speer. That punch didn’t stop things completely for Sotiropoulos. He officially sent word to the MMA world, that he is a quick riser to be reckoned [...] Seven of the eight slots in Bellator Fighting Championship’s season-two eight-man featherweight tournament are now filled with the Lierley (5-2), who’s undefeated (5-0) at featherweight, makes his second appearance for Bellator. The 29-year-old most recently competed at Bellator IX in May 2009, when [...] |
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