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2 Dec 2009
UFC – Jon Jones ready for Matt Hamill at TUF 10 finale

Heavy.com’s E. Spencer Kyte caught up with Jon ‘Bones’ Jones ahead of this weekend’s headlining fight at The Ultimate Finale against Matt Hamill.

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28 Nov 2009
UFC – Ross Pearson exclusive: “It totally changed my life upside down really”

The chance of representing your country in one of the most talked about reality series in MMA history is something that every young fighter dreams of. For eight guys from the UK, the chance became a reality as four of the country’s top lightweights and welterweights squared up to eight of America’s finest in one of the fiercely contested series of the show.

To win the show would have been a dream come true. For Ross Pearson, he did more than dream.

After defeating good friend Andre Winner by unanimous decision, the Sunderland lad earned himself a contract with the UFC and a six figure…

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20 Nov 2009
UFC – Tito Ortiz says Forrest Griffin will leave UFC 106 on a stretcher

Tito Ortiz has a lot going on in his life. His longtime companion Jenna Jameson gave birth to twins in May and if you don’t think there have been plenty of sleepless nights-well, then you don’t have kids. But, despite being an active and loving parent, he has other things on his mind.

“Right now, all I think about is Forrest Griffin,” the Huntington Beach Bad Boy told Heavy.com. “That’s all I’ve been training, all I’ve been eating sleeping, watching. That’s it. That’s all I care about.”

After taking a year off, Ortiz and long time friend turned nemesis, UFC President Dana White…

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19 Nov 2009
UFC – Tito Ortiz on his return this Saturday at UFC 106

Heavy.com talks to Tito Ortiz about his return to the UFC and his training preparations for his rematch with Forrest Griffin.

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15 Nov 2009
UFC 105 – Post-show press conference and interviews with Couture, Bisping, Hardy and more

Watch video footage from Saturday night’s UFC 105 press conference as well as interviews with some of the winners in Manchester.

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13 Nov 2009
UFC – Georges St-Pierre talks UFC 105, hints at participation at 2012 Olympics

With Dan Hardy and Mike Swick colliding at UFC 105, Georges St-Pierre gives his thoughts on who he believes will come out victorious on Saturday night.

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13 Nov 2009
UFC 105 – Georges St. Pierre answers fans questions at Q&A session

iFight365.com looks at some of the more interesting questions and answers from the UFC 105 Fight Club session with Georges St-Pierre.

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13 Nov 2009
UFC Exclusive – Michael Bisping talks Kang, Henderson and the growth of UK MMA

Prior to Friday’s weigh ins ahead of UFC 105, we spoke to Michael Bisping on his fight with Denis Kang and much more…

First of all Mike, how excited are you for this Saturday?
Words can’t describe how excited I am for it. A – it’s in my hometown and B – it’s my first fight back after coming off a loss, so I’m very excited to fight and I want to get back to winning ways sharpish.

Bit of pressure fighting in your hometown then?
I suppose there’s always an extra bit of pressure fighting in your hometown, but I tend to perform better with that pressure so I’m looking forward…

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12 Nov 2009
UFC Exclusive – Denis Kang talks Bisping, PRIDE and Anderson Silva

Martin Smith talks exclusively to Denis Kang ahead of UFC 105 this Saturday night where Kang faces Michael Bisping.

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12 Nov 2009
UFC Exclusive – Mike Swick on Dan Hardy and UFC 105, Hardy’s runners-up trophy and UK MMA!

Ahead of this weekend’s fight with Dan Hardy, iFight365.com had the pleasure of interviewing one of the sport’s most talented welterweights – Mike Swick!

First of all Mike, are you excited for this weekend?
Yeah, definitely. It’s my second time in the UK, but third time in Europe because I fought in Germany last.

You’re fighting Dan Hardy – what sort of tests do you think he will bring to the fight?
You know, he’s going to bring a good stand up, a very technical stand up. He throws a lot of…

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12 Oct 2009
Exclusive – Ian Freeman talks to iFight365.com

As ‘Sucker Punch’ continues to impress MMA critics around the UK, we spoke to former UFC fighter and star of the film Ian Freeman about what it was like on set, his role in the film and his career in acting…

iFight365.com: First of all Ian, how have things been going?

Ian Freeman: Well as always, I’ve been training hard and working even harder.

I’m setting up a new MMA gym in my area and hopefully making it one of the top MMA gyms in the UK. Hopefully it will be open early 2010…

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18 Sep 2009
UFC – Michael Bisping on UK MMA, his son learning MMA and more

Michael Bisping tells Matt Holmes about his son learning about MMA, how MMA in the UK has grown and more.

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18 Sep 2009
UFC: TUF 10 – 10 questions with Zak Jensen

Zak Jensen talks to iFight365.com about The Ultimate Fighter 10 and his time on the show.