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Dennis Hallman Credits Celiac Discovery for UFC Rebirth

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — MMA Fighting spoke to veteran Dennis Hallman following his UFC 123 win over Karo Parisyan about his performance, his rebirth in the UFC and why a discovery that he had celiac helped turn his career around.

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — MMA Fighting spoke to veteran Dennis Hallman following his UFC 123 win over Karo Parisyan about his performance, his rebirth in the UFC and why a discovery that he had celiac helped turn his career around.

Dennis Hallman Credits Celiac Discovery for UFC Rebirth

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — MMA Fighting spoke to veteran Dennis Hallman following his UFC 123 win over Karo Parisyan about his performance, his rebirth in the UFC and why a discovery that he had celiac helped turn his career around.

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — MMA Fighting spoke to veteran Dennis Hallman following his UFC 123 win over Karo Parisyan about his performance, his rebirth in the UFC and why a discovery that he had celiac helped turn his career around.

UFC 123 Undercard Live Blog: Parisyan vs. Hallman, Griffin vs. Lentz, More

Filed under: UFCAUBURN HILLS, Mich. — This is the UFC 123 live blog for all the preliminary bouts on tonight’s card at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

The four unaired bouts are Dennis Hallman vs. Karo Parisyan, Edson Barboza vs. Mike Lullo, Paul Kelly v…

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — This is the UFC 123 live blog for all the preliminary bouts on tonight’s card at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

The four unaired bouts are Dennis Hallman vs. Karo Parisyan, Edson Barboza vs. Mike Lullo, Paul Kelly vs. T.J. O’Brien
and Nik Lentz vs. Tyson Griffin.

The live blog is below.

UFC 123: By the Odds

Filed under: UFCIn at least one way, UFC 123 is already a disappointment. To me, anyway.

I would have thought that when you put Lyoto Machida – a fighter known for drinking his own urine – together with “Rampage” Jackson – a fighter known for his pla…

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In at least one way, UFC 123 is already a disappointment. To me, anyway.

I would have thought that when you put Lyoto Machida – a fighter known for drinking his own urine – together with “Rampage” Jackson – a fighter known for his played out bad breath jokes – we would have had comedy gold by now. I would have thought the combination of necessity and opportunity would help break some new ground in the field of bad breath jokes. Sort of like the polio vaccine, only much, much less helpful to society.

No such luck so far. Guess that means we’ll have to put our hopes in the fights themselves to entertain us. Let’s start with a look at how oddsmakers think Saturday night’s event will play out, along with some suggestions on where they might be wrong.

Lyoto Machida (-280) vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (+220)

My First Fight: Dennis Hallman

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveThis Saturday at UFC 123 in Detroit, welterweight Dennis Hallman faces Karo Parisyan in a battle of two MMA veterans who have 25 years worth of experience between them. For the 34-year-old Hallman, it will be his 62n…

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This Saturday at UFC 123 in Detroit, welterweight Dennis Hallman faces Karo Parisyan in a battle of two MMA veterans who have 25 years worth of experience between them. For the 34-year-old Hallman, it will be his 62nd pro fight, at least according to one version of his record, though the true number is a little tougher to pin down, even for Hallman. Now, in the second installment of MMA Fighting’s new feature “My First Fight“), Hallman looks back at his initial foray into the sport that would one day become his career.

In the winter of 1995 Dennis Hallman got a strange phone call. He didn’t know what to make of it at first, though in retrospect it probably changed the course of his life.

“There was a kid named Bobby Jacobsen who was a couple years older than me, and he was sending videotapes into [MMA organization] Battlecade of himself sparring and fighting and stuff,” Hallman remembers. “He got my number from someone in our high school and he called me up and said, ‘I want to fight you on tape.’ I was like, what? You want to fight me? For what? I don’t even know you.”

The Cut List: Who Desperately Needs a Win at UFC 123?

Filed under: UFCThe main event at UFC 123 may feature two former champs battling it out for another shot at glory, but the undercard includes several fighters who are just struggling to stay employed.

Let’s face it, with the WEC fighters being brought…

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The main event at UFC 123 may feature two former champs battling it out for another shot at glory, but the undercard includes several fighters who are just struggling to stay employed.

Let’s face it, with the WEC fighters being brought into the fold, the UFC is bound to trim a little of the fat off the roster soon, jettisoning some of the guys who have underperformed of late. The good news is, the fighters on the chopping block probably know who they are and what they have to do to keep the paychecks coming.

At least most of the time, that adds up to exciting fights. And after the yawn-inducing display at UFC 122, the UFC needs an adrenaline boost like “Rampage” Jackson needs new bad breath jokes. Below, a detailed look at who might spend Thanksgiving looking over the want ads if they can’t pull out a victory on Saturday.