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MMA Fighters foil armed robbery

Filed: November 7, 2011 6:33 AM CDT by rayang
Filed under: Blog Featured, MMA, News, Other orgs

On top of UFC 138 last week in the UK, a BJJ tournament was going on in LA.  For 2 fighters, their memories of this weekend will be much more than a mere grappling tournament.  Brent Alvarez and Billy Denney walked out of their hotel elevator to find a robbery in progress: Major props to [...]

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What’s next?: UFC 138 post-mortem

Filed: November 6, 2011 5:16 AM CDT by rayang
Filed under: Blog Featured, MMA, UFC

Mark Munoz turned in an impressive performance last night, and put away Chris Leben via corner stoppage.  Munoz used a strategy of taking down Leben and wearing him down with vicious ground and pound.  After a back and forth round 1, Leben started to tire and Munoz busted up Leben’s eye.  Leben couldn’t see and [...]

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UFC 138 Results- Full spoilers

Filed: November 5, 2011 4:59 PM CDT by rayang
Filed under: Blog Featured, MMA, UFC

Chris Leben and Mark Munoz headline the UFC’s only trip to Europe this year.  We’ll have the results during the afternoon.  Full spoilers ahead, so if you are going to catch the tape delay version press the back button! Chris Cariaso vs Vaughn Lee Cariaso took a split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29) over Lee.  Lee [...]

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Oddsmakers for UFC 138: Leben vs Munoz

Filed: November 4, 2011 1:13 PM CDT by rayang
Filed under: Blog Featured, MMA, Oddsmakers, UFC

The UFC will only do 1 event in Europe this year, and it takes place this weekend with Chris Leben and Mark Munoz as the headliners.  Here’s a look at the betting lines: Odds from BetUS Sportsbook.  Accurate as of 1415 November 4, 2011 Chris Leben (+200) vs Mark Munoz (-260) Pick: Munoz Leben needs [...]

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The best of BJ Penn and Mirko Filipovic

Filed: November 3, 2011 5:53 AM CDT by rayang
Filed under: Blog Featured, MMA, Other orgs, UFC

After UFC 137, BJ Penn abruptly announced his retirement.  Prior to the event, Cro Cop had been prepared to  to call it quits.  For Cro Cop, this was expected- 3 straight KO losses to Frank Mir, Brendan Schaub, and Roy Nelson capped a disappointing run in the UFC. BJ Penn’s announcement was more surprising, but [...]

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What’s next?: UFC 137 post-mortem

Filed: October 30, 2011 6:00 AM CDT by rayang
Filed under: Blog Featured, MMA, UFC

Georges St. Pierre vs Nick Diaz will end up happening sooner than we thought.  The original main event for UFC 137 was scuttled due to Diaz no-showing press conferences, setting GSP vs Carlos Condit.  GSP got injured and Diaz was put back into the main event picture.  After some vintage Diaz moments after his fight [...]

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Oddsmakers for tonight: UFC 137- Diaz vs Penn

Filed: October 29, 2011 9:14 AM CDT by rayang
Filed under: Blog Featured, MMA, Oddsmakers, UFC

Nick Diaz threw away his main event chances, then Georges St. Pierre got injured, leaving us with a main event of Nick Diaz vs BJ Penn and Carlos Condit on the sidelines.  UFC 137 airs tonight, here’s a look at the betting lines: Odds from BetUS Sportsbook.  Accurate as of 1000 October 29, 2011 BJ [...]

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Countdown to UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz (abbreviated)

Filed: October 28, 2011 6:32 AM CDT by rayang
Filed under: Blog Featured, MMA, UFC

BJ Penn vs Nick Diaz will main event UFC 137 tomorrow night, and the shifting from Georges St. Pierre-Diaz to GSP-Carlos Condit to Penn-Diaz created havoc for the promotion teams.  Posters, commercials, press releases, etc. had to be constantly changed.  The UFC was expecting a big seller with GSP on the card, so you could [...]

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Downfall: Brett Rogers edition

Filed: October 27, 2011 9:39 AM CDT by rayang
Filed under: Blog Featured, MMA, Strikeforce

Brett Rogers seemed to be on the cusp of stardom not so long ago- with a knockout of Andrei Arlovski and a fight against Fedor Emelianenko where he put the legend in trouble for a few moments sent “The Grim’s” stock skyrocketing.  He got a title shot against Alistair Overeem as a reward. Unfortunately, Rogers [...]

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Downfall: Paulo Filho edition

Filed: October 26, 2011 10:17 AM CDT by rayang
Filed under: Blog Featured, MMA, Other orgs

At one point, Paulo Filho was considered a top 3 (perhaps the best) middleweight in the world- it was him, Matt Lindland, Anderson Silva, and Dan Henderson.  Unfortunately, Filho has been spiralling downward ever since.  The trouble began after he beat Chael Sonnen in a controversial match to defend the WEC championship.  Due to the [...]

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