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  On March 11, 1994, I invited some friends over for an evening of Pay Per View action. It was the Ultimate Fighting Championship's second tournament, and those of us who watched in my home in Buffalo will never forget the awesome (and gruesome) spectacle we witnessed. 

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The annual S-Cup tournament commenced on 11/24/08, with 2 mma artists joining the card including former IFL light weight champ Chris Horodecki and Chute Boxe Luiz Azeredo, 2 shoot boxing pioneer veterans current S-Cup World Champion Kenichi Ogata, S-Cup Japan Qualifier Hiroki Shishido, S-Cup Europe qualifier Edvin Kibus, David Schneldmiller a pupil of Andy Souwer all with their sites on an opportunity to face the favored tournament contender, WMTA, ISKA, WKA, 2 time K-1 Max and 4 time S-Cup World Champion Andy Souwer.

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The 4th installment of the Shooto Tradition series was headlined by
several veterans including Lion Takeshi Inoue recapturing the 143lbs

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As first reported by the U.K.-based The Sun, citing UFC officials, it appears that a monumental fourth clash between former UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture (16-9 MMA) and former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell (21-6 MMA) is a distinct possibility to headline the promotion’s first foray into Germany, tentatively scheduled for a June 13th event in Cologne.

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Seiya Kawahara

P's Lab Yokohama

As we see a new wave of NCAA all american wrestlers and BJJ champions taking the MMA scene by storm, we observe stronger foundations and integration of a higher order of grappling, pounding, striking prowess by Team Quest - Mo Lowal(King Mo), Mark Layman BJJ - Jim Miller, Dan Miller, Extreme Couture - Jake Rosholt, anticpated debut of Robert Drysdale, UJJ - Xande Ribeiro, and former Penn State University No. 1 @ 197lbs - Phil Davis.

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In a story originally reported by Croatian newspaper Slobodna Dalmacija and now confirmed by UFC.com’s Thomas Gerbasi, one of the UFC’s rising middleweight stars, Croatian fighter Goran Reljic (8-0), who was forced to pull out of his scheduled UFC 90 bout with Thales Leites due to a back injury, is responsible for saving the lives of two people who’s car went off the road and crashed into the sea in Zadar.

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Jake Shields (22-4-1), currently riding an impressive 11-fight winning streak with the most recent being an October arm bar submission over Brit Paul Daley at Elite XC’s final card, has attained free agent status following the collapse of Pro Elite Inc., the parent company of Elite XC.

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In what has been a very bizarre 48 hours for the No. 2 ranked welterweight fighter in the world, Jon Fitch has reportedly—according to MMARated.com—agreed to sign the UFC’s proposed exclusivity contract in regards to THQ’s license to use his likeness in their upcoming video game “UFC 2009: Undisputed”.    

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According to a variety of sources, including Dana White, Yahoo Sports, MMA Weekly, and the highly-ranked fighter himself, Jon Fitch (17-3 MMA) has been cut from his current Zuffa contact, reportedly after failing to sign an exclusive merchandising agreement in connection with THQ’s upcoming UFC 2009: Undisputed video game set for release in 2009.

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          While the dust has yet to settle following Brock Lesnar’s thrashing of former UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture to steal the title last Saturday at UFC 91, another card compiled by Strikeforce kicks off on Friday, November 21st at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

Continue reading "Strikeforce: Destruction Preview"

           The term mixed martial arts is a new and controversial topic in the sporting world. Its utterance on popular sports forums, news and media outlets, and among the general public can evoke dichotomous images of blood, violence and barbaric brutality, while at the same time conjuring quite opposing ideas of skill, respect, and the beauty of the human form in top physical condition, depending on who you ask.

Continue reading "The New Warriors: A Brief Intro to MMA and the UFC"

For being the odds on favorite, Brock wasn't really given any love last night.  It ended up being a great fight, as Randy tried to work his favorite game plan: Putting his opponent against the fense.  However in this case, Lesnar might have proven too big and strong for Randy to work this angle.  shortly into the 2nd round Lesnar came hard with a right to the side of Randy's head sending him to the canvas.  Lesnar pounced and pounded on Randy for what seemed like an eternity before the ref callded the fight.

Continue reading "A Great Night of Fifghts... UFC91"

Known as the Kyokushin siblings, Ryuya and Nana Kusakabe represent the Chubu prefecture of Japan, exploding onto the K-1 scene with their 2nd annual Koshien under 18 preliminary 16 against Ryuma Tobe.

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Well, for the second week in a row I didn't black out the night before, wake up next to a girl we named "Horse Face", and puke in the bathroom at work.  In fact, the most I drank this week was last Saturday when we watched college football from 11 am to 4pm, Strikeforce (which I'm never watching again) from 4pm to 5pm, more college football, and finally EliteXC.  We did take breaks in between to play in our band Pig Benis on XBOX 360.  But enough about that, let's get to the questions.

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Well Folks, it’s that time again: Who’s Hot Wednesday is upon us. As promised, today’s special guests are Kurt Warner and Seth Petruzelli. So without further adieu, let’s get this thing started.

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http://www.aliveacademy.net/ 

Based out of Nagoya, The Alive Academy is a cross between JiuJiutsu Academy and sanctioned official Shooto gym.  There are subtle differences stylistically with respect to other official Shooto Gyms across the Kanto region. They all marshal variations of the core Shooto philosophies which include a full spectrum approach to MMA tying in effective striking, pounding, wrestling, catch, MMAgrappling, Judo, BJJ concepts. One defining characteristic of the Alive camp is their ability to incorporate and adapt their strong BJJ base into concepts usable in the MMA rules, integrating striking as faints to set up greco clinches, trips, and improving ground positions to ippon finishes or TKO's. Takesuke Kume a byproduct of the Alive Academy is a bright prospect with a strong accolade crowned as the 2006 Shooto Middle Weight Amateur Champion. Although the accessiblity of his amateur bouts are limited online, Kume now 4-0 is known most notably for his beautiful pounding transition to standing RNC of Takuya Sato last October at Shooto GiG Central 13. Breaking into the Shooto Class A ranks unscathed, Kume is a promising addition and hopeful for a thining Shooto middle weight (under 67 kg/167 lbs) division.

Continue reading "A Look Into Alive Academy Nagoya Japan"

Oh how we loves us some Kimbo. There is just something about a pop internet sensation who is undefeated in the most dangerous sport out there. Sure his wins over Bo Cantrell, Tank Abbot, and James Thompson were lackluster, showing Kimbo's crazy standup but it also showed us he has no ground game. As most MMA purists say, he doesn't deserve all this media attention he is getting as there are more skilled fighters out there. This is where I disagree with the purists. Kimbo alone has brought new fans to the sport that no one else could. The excitement before a Kimbo fight is right up there with all the championship fights I have seen as of late. Nothing like tossin back some brewskies at your buddies house with Kimbo's beard in high definition on the big screen.

Continue reading "First Blog: Kimbo vs. Shamrock - Oct. 4th 2008"

You may have noticed the small icons at the bottom of your blog posts linking to MySpace, Facebook, Digg, Stumble Upon and other social media websites.  These icons allow you to quickly link your blog post to these sites.  You should be using these links a lot.  Submitting to social media sites is free and easy and can really increase the traffic to your blog.  Consistently using them is the easiest way to build a following and increase your traffic.

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We heard it all. We heard how Dana White bought the defunked Japanese PRIDE orgranization. We saw how Dana White bought the World Fighting Alliance, and now the IFL and then running those organization

Continue reading "Is the UFC monopolizing the MMA market?"

We've added some additional functionality to our " Headline Widget" so that our bloggers can now promote their blog posts through the widget.  Simply go the "Headline Widget" page, type in your username in the appropriate blank, and copy the HTML to any webpages (i.e. your MySpace profile page or your personal blog) where you want your blog posts to appear.

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A big thanks to everyone who participated in the "Inbound Link Contest".  We have a winner!  A big congratulations go out to Marija.  Thank you for all your hard work on this.  While we had a lot of people participate, Marija was able to win with only 4 links!  So it wouldn't have taken a lot to win this contest!  We'll be having another contest soon so stay tuned.

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To try and motivate our bloggers to get inbound links we're going to have a contest to see which blogger can get the most inbound links to their blog. The contest begins now and ends July 31st, 2008. To be entered in to the contest all you have to do is go out and get as many websites to link to your blog as you can and at the end of the month send us an email listing all those links. All links must be active from August 1st through August 7th when we'll be judging the entries - a winner will be announced on August 7th. All entry emails must be received by Midnight on July 31st, 2008. You can email them to sportsfan@nbabasketballonline.com

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Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (28-7) was arrested and held on $25,000 bail after he fled from a few traffic accidents in Costa Mesa, California on Tuesday afternoon. According to authorities, a report was received of an accident on 55 Freeway involving a large Ford pickup truck that struck another vehicle and drove away from the scene of the crime.

Continue reading "Is Quinton Jackson's Life On A "Rampage?""