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Rampage: Dinner With Grandma Dee Is Off the Table!

Rampage, I am sorry, but I am retracting my invitation to you to join me and my family for a home fried chicken dinner with all the trimmings...

Written by Dorothy Willis about about 10 hours ago 44 reads 3 comments
TUF 10: So What About It?

Will Big Country (aka Roy Nelson), the guy with the big belly, get the last laugh on Dana White and the fans of The Ultimate Fighter 10? The finale is coming up on Saturday, and I could use a ...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 2 days ago 571 reads 87 comments
UFC Newsflash: Matt Hughes To Return To Cage April 10

Ah...that sneaky country boy Matt Hughes! Does he deliberately go out of his way to confound me? At times I do wonder if he does. Being an outspoken old country gal myself, I often have voiced my displeasure with Matt Hughes for various reasons...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 3 days ago 372 reads 4 comments
UFC 107: Will Hell Freeze Over in Memphis?

Just before reading my friend Stoker's article on the Penn vs Sanchez fight, I was going to go through my archives to find the article I had written months ago with a similar title regarding the same fight...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 4 days ago 480 reads 33 comments
UFC: Was TUF 10 the Best One Ever?

Although MS is eating away at my memory, I distinctly remember Dana White promising the UFC fans and viewers on Spike that the TUF 10 of the series was "the best one I have ever seen!" After ...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 4 days ago 720 reads 39 comments
Will the Next UFC WW Champ Look Like This?

Next to Georges St. Pierre's layoff, my hiatus from Bleacher Report was a short speck in time. Georges has been rehabbing from an injured groin muscle incurred during the fourth round of his fight with Thiago Alves...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 6 days ago 1,063 reads 43 comments
What MMA Has Made Me Thankful For

While I will not be attending the family Thanksgiving festivities (held in a place which is not wheelchair accessible), I will at least be spared of having to be humiliated by telling the huge gathering what I am most thankful for this year...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 9 days ago 196 reads 12 comments
WEC: a Rapidly Changing Landscape

MMA is a sport that excites me more than any other. I love the uncertainty of who will win, because in MMA there is no such thing as a "lock...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 11 days ago 162 reads 14 comments
Griffin vs. Ortiz Left Me Smiling

Like most MMA fans, I was eager to watch UFC 106 to see Tito Ortiz in his return to the octagon. I have had a grudge against Forrest Griffin ever since I shelled out over 25 bucks to purchase ...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 12 days ago 794 reads 12 comments
Fedor Emelianenko: A CBS Showcase of Family, Faith, and a Russian Fighter.

To the Russians who know him, Fedor is not a god of MMA, but a humble man of God. Neither Fedor nor his fellow Russians will put him above God. That is very wise of them...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 26 days ago 1,635 reads 18 comments
WEC 43 Saw Henderson Win By A 47-48 Decision

Brilliant, mesmerizing, unbelievable. As much as I adore adjectives, they cannot describe the flurry of activity that swept through the octagon in the AT&T Center in San Antonio tonight...

Written by Dorothy Willis about about 1 month ago 114 reads 16 comments
I Hope That Jake Shields Gives Mayhem Miller an Attitude Adjustment

In the old Western movies I loved to watch with my father, when I was around seven, it was easy to tell the good guys from the bad guys by looking at the color of the hats they wore...

Written by Dorothy Willis about about 1 month ago 422 reads 45 comments
BJ Penn, Grandma Dee Thanks You!

Will wonders never cease? Here I am, one of the most hated critics of BJ Penn, wanting to embrace him sincerely and thank him with great warmth for something he has recently said about another fighter...

Written by Dorothy Willis about about 1 month ago 383 reads 58 comments
Can Tito Ortiz Make Forrest Run?

Whew! I think looking Tito Ortiz directly in the eyes is a pretty scary experience. If I were an opponent in the octagon facing him before a fight, I fear I would wet myself in front of God and everybody...

Written by Dorothy Willis about about 1 month ago 413 reads 2 comments
Quinton Rampage Jackson: Ain't He Sweet?

Ain't He Sweet? Yes, I am talking about one of my favorite ex-UFC fighters, Quinton Rampage Jackson. While many would disagree about the "sweetness" factor that Jackson may or may not have, ...

Written by Dorothy Willis about about 1 month ago 379 reads 8 comments
Just Ruminating on MMA

With all of the recent new stories, gossip, and upcoming events, it has been very difficult to keep my mind on just one subject. Yes, I am old; I like to ramble on about my favorite subject, which is everything MMA...

Written by Dorothy Willis about about 1 month ago 131 reads 8 comments
Hey, Patrick Cote, Have I Got a Deal for You!

Talk about having a real flashback moment! I think I just had one. Most of the time I find that I look at the sport of MMA, and particularly the UFC, somewhat differently from the young writers that inhabit the keyboards of the Bleacher Report...

Written by Dorothy Willis about about 1 month ago 196 reads 2 comments
To Dana White: Why Now, Dana?

OK. I have heard that heavy weighs the head that wears the crown. You, Dana White, have more or less crowned yourself as the King who saved the UFC and now reign supreme over the whole MMA kingdom, ...

Written by Dorothy Willis about about 1 month ago 547 reads 72 comments
UFC: Hoping That Marriage Will Turn Fedor Around?

Mike Chiappetta, my personal favorite MMA reporter, revealed the news today that Fedor Emelianenko has married for the second time in The Russian Orthodox Church in the small town of Stary Oskol where he lives...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 2 months ago 1,433 reads 19 comments
Can "Bones" Break the "Hammer" in UFC Action?

Here I go again, writing an article when I cannot remember all the facts I would like to be able to use for it. I can hear you young folks groaning at this old girls deficits and wondering why the hell I persist in writing any way...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 2 months ago 137 reads 6 comments
What Does Big Country Hope to Accomplish in the UFC?

A couple of years ago, I saw "Big Country" Roy Nelson fighting in a foreign country, maybe Russia, for Bodog Fighting or some other now-defunct company...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 2 months ago 615 reads 14 comments
Shane Carwin Urges "Bring Your Child to Work"

***Picture by MMAJunkie.com Something deep within me loves an apt, memorable slogan, quote or adage. "Iron sharpens iron," "still waters run deep," and "experience keeps a dear school, but a ...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 2 months ago 824 reads 56 comments
What Grandma Suspects Of Dana White

Since I have been told by several readers very frankly that I do not know the difference between Shinola and something else someone could get on the bottom of a shoe (in a yard with a dog), I feel impelled to list what I suspect to be true of the man...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 2 months ago 416 reads 22 comments
UFC 105: Manchester, England

Suddenly my mind is in a fog. Whether this is a result of watching LardGate and seeing Roy "Big Country" Nelson lay to victory atop Kimbo Slice, my MS plaques increasing, or my diabetes being out of control, I just don't know...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 2 months ago 286 reads 4 comments
TUF 10: More Like a Slice to Big Country

Revelation: I missed a fighting opportunity! Why didn't I intuit that Rampage needed someone with a big belly to lie on Kimbo Slice? Usually I have very good intuition. I have always thought I had some sort of connection with Quinton Rampage Jackson...

Written by Dorothy Willis about 2 months ago 499 reads 29 comments

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Dorothy Willis Article Archive

Rampage: Dinner With Grandma Dee Is Off the Table!

TUF 10: So What About It?

UFC Newsflash: Matt Hughes To Return To Cage April 10

UFC 107: Will Hell Freeze Over in Memphis?

UFC: Was TUF 10 the Best One Ever?

Will the Next UFC WW Champ Look Like This?

What MMA Has Made Me Thankful For

WEC: a Rapidly Changing Landscape

Griffin vs. Ortiz Left Me Smiling

Fedor Emelianenko: A CBS Showcase of Family, Faith, and a Russian Fighter.

WEC 43 Saw Henderson Win By A 47-48 Decision

I Hope That Jake Shields Gives Mayhem Miller an Attitude Adjustment

BJ Penn, Grandma Dee Thanks You!

Can Tito Ortiz Make Forrest Run?

Quinton Rampage Jackson: Ain't He Sweet?

Just Ruminating on MMA

Hey, Patrick Cote, Have I Got a Deal for You!

To Dana White: Why Now, Dana?

UFC: Hoping That Marriage Will Turn Fedor Around?

Can "Bones" Break the "Hammer" in UFC Action?

What Does Big Country Hope to Accomplish in the UFC?

Shane Carwin Urges "Bring Your Child to Work"

What Grandma Suspects Of Dana White

UFC 105: Manchester, England

TUF 10: More Like a Slice to Big Country

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