Author: By Mike Straka

 
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When UFC President Dana White first saw Sage Northcutt (an encounter featured on the pilot episode of Dana White: Looking for a Fight on UFC FIGHT PASS), he made fun of his surfer dude good looks and his tan. Yet by the time the Texan executed a double-leg slam takedown en route to a rear naked choke finish, White wasn’t laughing anymore.“No one so that coming,” White said.The 19-year old Northcutt has known who he wanted to be before he was even 10 years old. At nine, he was the youngest person to ever be featured on the cover of Sport Karate magazine … Read the Full Article Here

Rose Namajunas will take on The Ultimate Fighter season 20 castmate Angela Hill Saturday night in what many are calling a must-win situation for the 23-year-old strawweight from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Namajunas says that after her last loss she has changed up her style to something more resembling a feline instead of a tornado.“I had to learn how to control my emotions,” she said. “When I go out there like the Tasmanian devil, it’s not a good thing.  I have to play with my food a little more like a cat. I can’t just pounce. Cats are evil. They’re badasse … Read the Full Article Here

Frankie “The Answer” Edgar will take on another of Team Alpha Male’s big dogs in Chad “Money” Mendes as they headline the TUF 22 finale event on December 11, the night before featherweight champion Jose Aldo will face interim titleholder Conor McGregor to unify the featherweight belt in Las Vegas’s MGM Grand Garden Arena.Edgar won a unanimous decision against Urijah Faber earlier this year, the founder and leader of Team Alpha Male.If victorious against Mendes, the Toms River, NJ fighter is hopeful it will be enough to earn a second crack at the featherwei … Read the Full Article Here

UFC sophomore Frankie Perez is eager to erase the memory of his debut in the big show.After dropping a short-notice fight against Johnny Case in January, the New Jersey native and Team Frankie Edgar fighter has been chomping at the bit to get back in the Octagon and show fans why the UFC had called him in the first place.He will have his chance against none other than lightweight standout Sam Stout in a UFC Fight Night bout at Sasktel Centre, in Saskatoon this Sunday, August 23. To say Perez is excited would be an understatement. “It is pretty awesome man,” he said from the Ricar … Read the Full Article Here

“THE” Sara McMann is trying to keep her cool, as her six-year-old daughter Bella practices an ear piercing squeal in the background, over and over and over again. It’s barely two weeks before McMann, the number four-ranked women’s bantamweight, faces number eight-ranked Amanda Nunes at UFC Fight Night in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Saturday August 8th.With the hardest part of her weight cut still a few days away, McMann manages.“I struggle with keeping a nice, sweet sun-shiny voice around my daughter,” McMann says. “She does things a typic … Read the Full Article Here

Chris Camozzi has heard that when a man reaches the age of 30, he obtains super powers that he can apply to his life and his career.“I’m not quite 30 yet, but when I am, I’m hoping I get some man strength,” the 28-year-old middleweight quipped.Camozzi faces Tom “Kong” Watson this Saturday, and he is fully expecting a stand-up war that will contend for Fight of the Night.Watson, at age 33, already has that man strength, according to Camozzi’s philosophy, and while he’s impressed, there’s not much he’s too worried about. “Tom&rs … Read the Full Article Here