Nick Diaz is the ultimate martial artist and hood rat. He has all the skills. He’s like a cross between and cartoon character and someone you might see on a perp walk at the LA County Jail. Diaz is, in a word, huge… Napoleon Dynamite: You know, like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills… [...]

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“The whole reason I’m able to do this is because I’m the same size as all the 135-pounders anyways. It’s just not going to be like at 145 where I could eat full meals the night before weigh-ins and stuff like that. It’s not necessarily going to be the worst thing in the world, but [...]

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In case anyone has recently regained consciousness from a three day coma, UFC President Dana White announced on Thursday (Oct. 28) that the UFC and the WEC will finally merge. Many people have speculated how it will all unfold, and White has already answered some of the initial questions by naming Jose Aldo the UFC [...]

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Leave it to the Scott Coker to derail my brain cells for the night with his recent statement to Sherdog claiming he’s never received the texts Bjorn Rebney has claimed to send him in the past few weeks. “Bjorn’s saying he’s texting me 11, 12 times an hour. I’m not sure if he’s trying to [...]

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That’s the word from Bellator CEO, Bjorn Rebney. And there’s no way Strikeforce will put together the title fight everyone wants to see…

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Ryan Bader  will step in against fellow light heavyweight prospect Jon Jones. Despite what UFC President Dana White says now, one of these guys is on the fast track to a title shot. Since winning TUF 8 in 2008, Bader has transformed himself from a one-dimensional wrestler to a hard as nails and well-rounded mixed [...]

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Laura Prepon digs MMA. For a lot of people, it was the mixture of different combat sports styles that made the UFC so intriguing, and having boxing, wrestling, jiu-jitsu, kickboxing, Muay Thai, karate, and judo all in one sport was the key factor that hooked them for life. Prepon, a familiar face at MMA events, [...]

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Frankie Edgar gets precious little love as the UFC lightweight champ. Even after whipping BJ Penn, twice, Frankie Edgar always seems to be cast as the underdog. And this time, against wrestling wizard and Michigan State Spartan Gray Maynard, he really should be the underdog. This time, he’s up against it in a way he [...]

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UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami is set for November 13, 2010 at König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. The event airs on the same day, via tape delay, on Spike TV in the U.S. This marks the UFC’s second event in Germany and second in continental Europe despite severe criticism by German media which led [...]

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HDNet broadcast Sengoku Raiden Championship 15 live from Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan, and that card included the bantamweight tournament prelims and the light heavyweight main event between Hiroshi Izumi and England’s James Zikic. Full Results From Sengoku Raiden Championship 15: Hiroshi Izumi def. James Zikic via split decision (30-29, 29-30, 30-29) Brian Cobb def. Kazunori Yokota [...]

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