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MMA Campfire Tales Celebrates: Don “The Predator” Frye

March 08, 2012   Mike Hammersmith (Staff Writer)   No comments
DonFrye Campfire

It was February 16th, 1996. The UFC was on the cusp of major reactionary law-making that would plunge the sport into the underground for years, though this was largely lost on me. Just your average everyday fight fan, I settled down in front of my Grandmother’s awesome projection TV with friends and family for our latest cage fight fix with UFC 8. We were ready to feast on the craziest concept to hit the UFC since……I guess the entire thing was still crazy at that point. The event was titled “David vs. Goliath” and while there were never any weight classes to begin with, the UFC was determined to throw that in our faces HARD. 

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MMA’s Classic Rivalries

December 19, 2011   MMA Valor   No comments
Silva v Sonnen

Most of the trash talk you hear seep from the lips of MMA fighters is little more than marketing tactics used to draw the attention of the general public. But every now and then, bad blood does indeed boil between two professional fighters, and when it does, you know things are going to get exiting, violent, and likely bloody.

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5 Fighters Who Should Hang the Gloves Up

December 14, 2011   MMA Valor   No comments
ken_shamrock

There comes a time when it’s not just wise, but mandatory for a professional fighter to call it quits. MMA is a dangerous sport that tends to produce concussions, broken bones, dislocated limbs and in a very select few instances, even more. There’s no reason to loiter with the lions if your ability to defend yourself has all but disappeared.

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Looking Back at The Ultimate Fighter Coaches

November 30, 2011   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   1 Comment
TUF

The 14th season of The Ultimate Fighter ends tonight with the final two semifinal bouts in the first season to feature bantamweights and featherweights. For only the second time in series history the coaches will square off at the finale this Saturday alongside their fighters.

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Staph Infection Forces Ken Shamrock off WEF Card

April 22, 2011   Dan Rose (Lead Staff Writer)   No comments

Sometimes you can’t catch a break.  Ken Shamrock, who was scheduled to meet Anthony Rea tonight at WEF in Orlando, was forced off the card when he came down with MRSA while taking care of his son who also has staph.

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Who Should Royce Gracie Fight at UFC Rio?

April 16, 2011   Dan Rose (Lead Staff Writer)   5 Comments

Ok, let’s all disregard the obvious question here, which is, WHY Royce Gracie should fight at UFC Rio.  This isn’t like baseball where the old times can come in, throw out the ceremonial first pitch and then wave to fans as he steps off the mound and into immortality.  This is a sport, where your opponent tries to render you either unconscious or unable to defend yourself.  He knows this and still wants to fight, so the question isn’t why should Royce fight, I guess, it’s who should Royce Fight.

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