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Randy Couture defeats James Toney as most expected

August 29, 2010   Mina Dimitrova   No comments

Last night’s UFC 118 fight between Randy Couture and James Toney went as most MMA fans expected, with Randy making short order of Toney. Couture secured a quick victory over Toney at 3:19 in the first round via submission by an arm triangle.

Many fans were looking forward to the fight and were heavily discussing strategies, advantages and drawbacks of the fighters as well as possible outcomes as it was an interesting match up between an MMA legend and a major boxing superstar. This was a chance for Toney to show that a boxer can transition into MMA and be an effective opponent despite obvious drawbacks that standup only fighters have against a well-rounded mixed martial artist with a clear wrestling advantage such as Couture.

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Kimbo Slice leaving MMA for Boxing: A retrospective

August 27, 2010   xtapoutx1523   1 Comment

This week there was talk that the highly talked about Youtube sensation, Kevin “ Kimbo Slice ” Ferguson was calling it quits in MMA and going to give it a try at the heavyweight division in boxing. These talks might be a little premature but let’s retrospect on the MMA career on one Kimbo Slice anyway.

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Ramifications of Couture vs Toney

July 21, 2010   Matthew Wheeler (Contributor)   3 Comments

Randy Couture (18-10 MMA) faces James Toney (0-0 MMA 83-6 Boxing) at the Upcoming UFC 118 in Boston this coming August 28th. This fight will be important to both boxing and MMA showing two big names in both sports finally meeting in combat. The timing is perfect; Boxing is losing steam and needs to show the world why they are a notch above the rest. MMA is gaining popularity and is spreading to the likes of ESPN and other major sports networks but has nowhere near the PPV draw per major event as boxing.

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Friday Night Fights NYC

May 25, 2010   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments

Fight Like A Girl!

NYC’s longest Running Fight Series Presents The First Ever All Female Fight Card!

The Church Street Boxing Gym’s Friday Night Fights NYC Series brings New Yorkers the first ever All Female Fight card featuring top female athletes in Muay Thai Kick Boxing and Amateur Boxing.!

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Shine Fights 3 cancelation explained

May 17, 2010   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments

Shine Fights 3: Worlds Collide (Boxing vs. MMA) was set to go off on Saturday evening, with boxing champion Ricardo Mayorga stepping into the MMA spotlight for the very first time against UFC veteran Din Thomas. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.

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“SiyarTheGreat” – The Most Interesting Man in the world

May 14, 2010   Mina Dimitrova   3 Comments

Everyone knows the names, Wanderlei, GSP, Shogun, Rampage and so on.  There are many great fighters who are all over the Internet, in your favorite magazine or on your TV.  Fans enjoy watching them fight, how they promote the sport and represent it well. They discuss and dissect who said what before and after each fight, what they did during the fight and who will be next to fight.  Although this is always great fun, to some fans its not enough to just watch the current “greats”, they want to discover them too.  They want to be the first to know about the “new talent” in Mixed Martial Arts, to watch them grow, supporting them and dissecting everything they say or do. Well for those of you who are interested in always seeking out the next big thing in MMA, keep on reading.

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