UFC 131 Fight Card: Can Brock Lesnar Overcome Junior Dos Santos’ Striking?

There’s something that never sat quite right with me in the latest round of Star Wars films—and no, I’m not talking about George Lucas’s complete inability to render believable human interaction on the screen. That’s a dea…

There’s something that never sat quite right with me in the latest round of Star Wars films—and no, I’m not talking about George Lucas’s complete inability to render believable human interaction on the screen. That’s a dead horse anyways. No, this is more of a storytelling problem. In Revenge of the Sith it’s established pretty […]

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UFC 131 Fight Card: Can Brock Lesnar Overcome Junior Dos Santos’ Striking?

UFC 129 Results: Expect a Quantum Leap in Jake Shields’ Standup Striking

Looking in the mirror in his locker room right after his futile and adrenaline-challenged (spectator-wise, that is) attempt to wrest the UFC Middleweight Title from champion Georges “Rush” St-Pierre, Jake Shields must have thought, “D…

Looking in the mirror in his locker room right after his futile and adrenaline-challenged (spectator-wise, that is) attempt to wrest the UFC Middleweight Title from champion Georges “Rush” St-Pierre, Jake Shields must have thought, “Do I look like the beaten fighter?”   It would’ve been no surprise, really. Everybody who saw the still champion’s face […]

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UFC 129 Results: Expect a Quantum Leap in Jake Shields’ Standup Striking

UFC in 2011: Power and Prowess, Top 15 Striking Displays so Far

2011 is shaping up to be the UFC’s best year yet. Every year that the sport grows, so does the breadth of fighters and depth of skill. The fighters in the UFC have been putting on a show this year. There are some fighters that you would expect to…

2011 is shaping up to be the UFC’s best year yet. Every year that the sport grows, so does the breadth of fighters and depth of skill. The fighters in the UFC have been putting on a show this year. There are some fighters that you would expect to see on a list like this, […]

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UFC in 2011: Power and Prowess, Top 15 Striking Displays so Far

Brock Lesnar’s Horrible Striking: 10 Camps He Should Work With

Brock Lesnar is a tremendous athlete.  He is fast, strong and agile.  His wrestling, Jiu Jitsu and ground-and-pound have all looked excellent in his past bouts. But his striking sucks. He looks scared and timid while standing.  At the fi…

Brock Lesnar is a tremendous athlete.  He is fast, strong and agile.  His wrestling, Jiu Jitsu and ground-and-pound have all looked excellent in his past bouts. But his striking sucks. He looks scared and timid while standing.  At the first sign of adversity, he turtles up and runs away like he is being attacked by […]

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Brock Lesnar’s Horrible Striking: 10 Camps He Should Work With

Brock Lesnar Looking for Striking Partners? Brock Meets Up with Vitor Belfort

Yesterday, Around the Octagon reported that Brock Lesnar stopped by Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas and met with Vitor Belfort. Belfort is known to many right now as the man who will try to dethrone middleweight champion Anderson Silva this Satur…

Yesterday, Around the Octagon reported that Brock Lesnar stopped by Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas and met with Vitor Belfort. Belfort is known to many right now as the man who will try to dethrone middleweight champion Anderson Silva this Saturday at UFC 126 in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay. Not much of a surprise here in […]

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Brock Lesnar Looking for Striking Partners? Brock Meets Up with Vitor Belfort