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Current UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar has heard a lot of talk coming from Frank Mir since he defeated Mir by TKO at UFC 100 to become the undisputed champion, including Mir’s most recent comments that he would want to have Lesnar be the first man to die from Octagon-related injuries should they meet in a third fight.
Lesnar has also spent a lot less time in the public eye following a serious health scare that left Lesnar hospitalized and his career in jeopardy and now that he is on the …
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Current UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva may have lost out on the opportunity to face Vitor Belfort at UFC 112 when he was forced out of the bout due to a shoulder injury, but he is not taking replacement opponent Demian Maia lightly, especially in light of Maia’s extensive jiu-jitsu background. Silva, who is also a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, spoke to Tatame.com about the preconception of who has the advantage where in the fight is somewhat false;
“This isn’t jiu-jitsu, it’s MMA, a sport that involves many …
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The rollercoaster career of talented Brazilian Middleweight star Paulo Filho has taken another loop as he has withdrawn from his scheduled fight at Bitetti Combat 6 on February 25th against Yuki Sasaki due to unspecified personal reasons” according to Tatame.com, who are also reporting that Filho’s teammate Thales Leites will be moving into the bout as his replacement.
Filho’s bizarre run as WEC Middleweight Champion was punctuated by a WEC 36 bout against Chael Sonnen that saw Filho miss weight before the fight while appearing despondent and near-tears during the unanimous …
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UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva answered his critics with an impressive performance at UFC 101 on Saturday night, beating former light-heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin via a devastating first round knockout.
Griffin was KO’d by a single right hand at 3 minutes 23 seconds of round one to given Silva his 10th win in a row in the UFC.
In the main event, Lightweight champion BJ Penn beat Kenny Florian in a largely one-sided bout, winning via fourth round submission.
It was an awesome showing by Silva, who has…
