LAS VEGAS — World Extreme Cagefighting champions Carlos Condit (Pictures) and Brian Stann (Pictures) both made weight on Saturday afternoon inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
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The Mother of All Battles
We’ve uploaded a huge amount of content in the last few days, you should check out the homepage for career reports for Rampage Jackson and Forrest Griffin, along with a bunch of their fights.
But the biggest addition is the biggest fight in MMA history: the match between Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar to conclude the first season of The Ultimate Fighter.
The stats are interesting for the sheer volumes we’re dealing with. The total effectiveness scores are 459 and 405. Remember that an average 15-minute fight would have an average score of 180. The combined total of 864 points is, by a large margin, the highest-scoring fight we’ve ever come across. The next highest total was for the Diego Sanchez-Karo Parisyan fight, with a total of 756.
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‘El Matador’s March to UFC 87 – Fight Week
Roger Huerta – Fight week is a mellow time. It’s make the weight week, so we definitely concentrate and focus on trying to make the weight while still focusing on the gameplan and going over some drills. We start tapering down now because we’ve got to fight on Saturday. I have to let my body start resting and healing up from all the sparring and all the grueling training that we’ve done, and you want to fight as healthy as possible.
Unarmed Fighting Techniques of the Samurai by Masaaki Hatsumi
A couple of weeks ago I reviewed an audio book by Eugene Robinson called “Fight”. The audio book was pretty cool and I highly suggest you pick it up.
I have recently received a copy of a hardcover book entitled “Unarmed Fighting Techniques of the Samurai”, by Masaaki Hatsumi. Hatsumi has studied Judo, Kendo, Karate, […]
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Arlovski Confirms Barnett Showdown at Affliction
Andrei Arlovski (Pictures) will have to wait at least one more bout before he gets his crack at the world’s No. 1 heavyweight
UFC HITS CHICAGO FOR UFC 90: SILVA vs. COTE
Sports fans in Chicago unite! The UFC® is coming to town and it is bringing the world’s greatest pound for pound fighter, Anderson "The Spider" Silva, for a middleweight title fight against his number one contender, Patrick "The Predator" Cote. The UFC will make its historic first trip to Chicago this fall when it presents UFC 90: SILVA vs. COTE live from Allstate Arena on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008.