Martin Kampmann: Engineering a run up the middleweight ladder

Elliot Worsell, UFC – A world-class fighter is never born a world-class fighter. The nature and nurture debate can be saved for a rainy day but, on the whole, a fighter is usually a combination of the two. The desire to fight is often planted from an early age and the ability to fight is often learned at a later stage.

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Don't Forget About Sherk

It’s been all BJ all the time the last couple of weeks here, as we ramped up to UFC 84 with a few detailed reports of his fights. Today marks the release of the career TPR Report for BJ Penn and we have an article up at Yahoo Sports with some really interesting information about BJ’s jiu-jitsu and the way he passes guard.

But don’t think we forgot about Sherk. While the majority of his fights have been in smaller organizations, and thus, do not have readily accessible video, we are doing the best we can to learn what we can about Sherk’s time in the UFC. The first product of that study is released today, a detailed report on his fight with Nick Diaz. This is one of those odd fights where all three judges agree precisely on the scoring, but the fan community is up in arms. As the stats show, the fight was extremely close, nearly a draw. What are the chances that Penn-Sherk is that close?

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Nate Marquardt: No stone unturned, no move unlearned

Elliot Worsell, UFC – There are 10 seconds left to go. Nate Marquardt has worked his way to an irreversible points deficit after two deductions for inadvertent fouls. He’s running out of options, ideas and alternatives. He’s about to lose a fight he feels he’s winning. The fortunate, albeit hurting, Thales Leites yanks for a single leg takedown…

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