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I read that Mike Dolce may have thought he was overtrained going into his fight. My bad on that. The thing about Mike Dolce being overtrained is that a lot of those guys came into the show training real hard because they were cast months in advance, and my dumb ass was not aware of that. My whole theory is to not to overtrain guys, just to have them do enough to be ready to fight. Mike Dolce said that he was at his breaking point, but I did not catch it or understand what he was talking about, so we kept pushing him. Had he been more specific or explicit in not wanting to go any further, I would have let up a lot. I made a lot of mistakes with him because I didn’t have enough time to get to know him and what he’d respond to in training. I blame myself for that loss. Mike, if you readin’ this, I’m sorry man

For the second time in a week, an EliteXC fighter will be featured on “E:60.”

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In an interview with mmafightweekly, Roger Huerta stated he would like to one day hold the Lightweight AND Welterweight titles in the UFC.
Those, my friend, are lofty, lofty goals.
First, standing in his way of a title shot is the increasingly dangerous KenFlo, Kenny Florian.  Second, (damn, that nickname gets worse each time i look at […]

Spike TV announced today its coaches for the 8th season of The Ultimate Fighter season, interim Heavyweight Champion and Former Champion Frank Mir.
While the notoriety of “former title holder” Frank Mir has sounds quite prestigious, it just underlines the sad state of the UFC’s Heavyweight Division. Since his comeback from a near-fatal motorcycle accident, […]

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DREAM.3 is now in the books. Three quarterfinal matches in DREAM’s Lightweight Grand Prix took place as well as a welterweight title contender bout between Nick Diaz and Katsuya Inoue and a middleweight grand prix round match between Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller and Katsuyori Shibata. Melvin Mahoef and Kim Dae Won squared off […]

Representatives from DREAM and ProElite, parent company of EliteXC, announced a new partnership between their respective organizations at the DREAM.3 pre-fight press conference. The partnership will include the sharing of fighters and referees, in addition to co-promoting events in both the US and Japan.
ProElite executive William Kelly explains:
“In the last year ProElite and EliteXC […]