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Stoker joined July 2008

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* Stoker is #6 (over all) on the real bleacher-report.com rankings , the top 50 , which can be found here-> http://bleacherreport.com/top-writers — he is also a frequent contributor to http://www.tosports.ca * Amateur boxer, paid sparring partner, historian, and student of the "sweet science."

* Stoker covers boxing and mixed martial arts. Feel free to send a question or comment for potential use in a future column. stokermac66621@yahoo.ca

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" Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine." - Buddha

"Main Entry: stok·er
Pronunciation: \ˈstō-kər\
Function: noun

1 : one employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel; specifically : one that tends a marine steam boiler
2 : a machine for feeding a fire

*Jimmy Cannon, one of the greats of American sports writing, was a self-taught high school dropout. His colorful, almost poetic style is a reminder that some of the best reportage in American newspapers can be found in their sport pages. He would occasionally put together a column of opinions, laconic observations and pet peeves he titled "Nobody Asked Me, But . . ."

* Life ...all our yesterdays have lighted other fools the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, which struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Shakespeare(Macbeth)

*If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools: (Kipling)

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Lyota Machida-Mauricio Rua 2 Set for Montreal, but What About Georges St-Pierre?

11/19/2009

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Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin 2: Much Ado 'Bout Nothing

11/18/2009

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Georges St-Pierre: "I'm Not Afraid; Give Me Anderson Silva"

11/16/2009

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Mike Tyson, Fedor Emelianenko, Tito Otiz: The Power of Name Recognition

11/15/2009

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James Ryan commented on Lyota Machida-Mauricio Rua 2 Set for Montreal, but What About Georges St-Pierre?

Good artricle Stoker. I would love to see GSP vs the Spider. Heard tonight though that GSP is denying any involvement as a TUF coach. *...

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