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The Ultimate Fighter: A 5-Step Guide to Saving the Show
The Ultimate Fighter debuted to a resounding thud, posting its lowest premiere ratings ever in the series' long-running history. What's most worrisome about these ratings is that there isn't much saving grace on the horizon...
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Felix Hernandez: No One Deserved a Perfect Game More Than the King
Seattle Mariners fans, we are an insecure bunch. You see, we love our players, but more importantly, we desperately want our players to love us back...
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Frankie Edgar Could Be the Greatest Fighter of All Time with a Drop in Weight
Should Frankie Edgar drop down a weight class? We hear this question after every one of Edgar's fights, whether he wins or—as is the case after UFC 150 last weekend—loses...
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UFC 150 Bar Talk: Five Things to Discuss with Your Friends over Beer and Wings
To the average working person $59.99 is a lot of money, and with the UFC offering two, sometimes three pay-per-view events in a single calendar month, that's a lot of strain to put on the bank account...
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Stop the 'Greg Jackson Fighters Are Boring' Madness
There are certain inevitabilities in mixed martial arts that I have come to accept over the years. Dana White will say things he probably shouldn't say. Nick Diaz will do things he definitely shouldn't do...
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The Worst UFC Losing Streaks
UFC 146 was the day that Dan Hardy saved his career. The former welterweight title challenger, in search of his first win since late 2009, finally snapped his four-fight losing ...
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MMA Career Records and Shifting the Focus to the Future
We sports fans are a quantitative bunch. There's nothing we love more than having a single, definitive number to summarize the performances of our favorite athletes or teams, especially ...
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UFC 136 Reaction: Dear Leonard Garcia, Never Change
I had an epiphany Saturday night while watching UFC 136 . It happened moments before Bruce Buffer read out the judges' scores for Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan II...
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MLB Trade Deadline Deals Won't Win You the World Series
We are just a few days from the 2011 MLB July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, and as usual we are drowning in trade rumors. The trade deadline is kind of like Christmas for baseball teams...
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Which UFC Champion Has Faced the Stiffest Competition?
I remember two years ago, when one of the hottest debates in MMA circles was where Fedor Emelianenko should rank on the pound-for-pound list. It was divisive, to put it mildly...
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Jason David Frank: Morphing From Karate Master To Mixed Martial Artist
Jason David Frank wants you to be his friend. As the Green Ranger on the show "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers," Frank was constantly in the spotlight, and he met a lot of fans along the way...
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Blame M-1, Not the UFC, If Fedor Emelianenko Isn't in the UFC
The details of the contract that the UFC supposedly offered Fedor Emelianenko are making their way around the Internet. First, let us break down the contract to see just how significant the UFC's efforts to bring Fedor to the octagon are...
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Affliction to Compensate Fighters, Fights May Move to Strikeforce/ M-1
Originally reported on MMAMadness.com: It appears that things might not be a total loss for the fighters on the Affliction: Trilogy card. Sources close to one of the fighters told MMAMadness...
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Bruce Buffer on The 360 at UFC 100 and More
Courtesy of the Topps Company (etopps.com) This article originally appeared on MMAMadness.com: It did not take long for video of Bruce Buffer’s 360 at UFC 100 to spread across the internet...
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Eight Things I Learned From UFC 100
1) Everything was on display big, including inept judgingUFC 100 began with a fireworks show between Yoshihiro Akiyama and Alan Belcher. The result was a split decision victory for Akiyama that many (including commentator Joe Rogan) did not agree with...
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Jon Jones: Fulfilling a Dream
From MMAMadness.com: When Jon Jones first signed with the UFC, his sights were set on UFC 100. “My fiancée has been saying, ‘Baby, how funny would it be if you made the main card for UFC 100?’” Jones told MMAMadness...
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Brock Lesnar Focusing on Being Well-Rounded
From MMAMadness.com: Brock Lesnar dominated for all but 10 seconds of his UFC debut. The only problem is, those 10 seconds were all it took to lose the fight. In those 10 seconds, Lesnar left his leg exposed...
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UFC to Ban Fighters That Sign with EA?
The UFC is threatening to not sign fighters that sign on with video game publisher EA, MMAscraps.com reported.MMAscraps cited two forum posts, one by MMA agent Ken Pavia of MMAAgents...
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Eight Things I Learned from UFC 99
From MMAMadness.com 1. Judging criteria are as confusing as ever There are two schools of thought when it comes to scoring a fight. The first (and the one currently employed) believes that each round should be scored on a point system...
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Eight Things Casual MMA Fans Say That Drive Me Crazy
Sometimes they are someone’s boyfriend or girlfriend tagging along to a party. Maybe they happened into the bar the same night that a fight was airing on the big screen. No matter, their backgrounds are irrelevant...
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Tito Ortiz Sued Over Interview Comments
From MMAMadness.com: Tito Ortiz has always been known for his trash talking, but his mouth has landed him in some serious legal trouble.TMZ...
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Thom Ortiz: Getting Better To Give Back More
From MMAMadness.com: It is 9:30 on a blistering Arizona morning. In a hot one-room gym in Mesa, fighters are already rolling on the ground, practicing Jiu Jitsu. One fighter looks a little different from the rest...
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The Undisputed Review of UFC 2009 Undisputed
From MMAMadness.com: Mixed martial arts fans have been without any sort of MMA fighting game on this current generation of consoles. The nuances of the sport have proved difficult for game developers to recreate, and few have even attempted it...
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Eight Things I Learned from UFC 98
From MMAMadness.com: UFC 98 was a spectacular card from start to finish. The card featured submissions, brutal knockouts, and hard fought decisions...
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Which Matt Will Win at UFC 98?
From MMAMadness.com:Seldom do we see a fight where the combatants hate each other as much as Matt Serra and Matt Hughes do...