With the UFC welterweight championship snatched from the clutches of chaos by Georges St. Pierre (Pictures), fight fans finally get to see the Canadian superstar take on grizzled collegiate wrestler turned equally grizzled mixed martial artist Jon Fitch
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Numbers and Notes UFC 87
Just hours away from the opening bell for UFC 87, Sherdog.com crunches some numbers and notes some minutiae on the UFC’s first show in Minnesota
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It's Fedor Week!
In honor of Fedor’s first consequential fight in nearly three years, we’ll be devoting our coverage this week to the career of one of the sport’s all-time greats. We’ll be releasing new stats and analysis every day this week. Here’s the Fedor Week schedule:
Monday: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Semmy Schilt
Tuesday: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira I
Wednesday: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira III
Thursday: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mirko “CroCop” Filipovic
Friday: Fedor Emelianenko Career TPR Report
Check out how Fedor fared in his first Pride fight and make sure to come back this week for more Fedor fun.
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Fantasy Preview – UFC 87
Stephen Quinn, UFC – The biggest mixed martial arts card of the Summer of 2008 hits Minneapolis’ Target Center this Saturday night. But who will emerge victorious in the pivotal bouts between Georges St-Pierre and Jon Fitch, Heath Herring and Brock Lesnar, and Kenny Florian and Roger Huerta? If you want to get the inside edge in your UFC Fantasy Game league, you need to read on…
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Savage Dog Show Steve Bruno
Greg Savage and Jeff Sherwood returned to the Sherdog Radio Network on Wednesday, and were joined by UFC welterweight Steve Bruno (Pictures)
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Georges St-Pierre: In no ‘Rush’ to leave the limelight
Elliot Worsell, UFC – Georges ‘Rush’ St-Pierre is as bilingual inside the Octagon as he is outside it. He speaks French to family and friends, Portuguese when honing his jiu-jitsu in Brazil and English when dealing with the majority of the world’s media. He stopped Matt Serra with knees, Matt Hughes via armbar and Frank Trigg via rear naked choke. You’d be hard pressed to find a weakness in GSP’s MMA arsenal or his adaptability to culture. Well-rounded. Faultless.
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