6 Reasons Fans Need to Tune into UFC on Fox 6 Fight Card

UFC on Fox 6 is just a few short hours away. The highly stacked card features some of the UFC’s greatest fighters. In the main event, The Ultimate Fighter 14 winner John Dodson will challenge Demetrious Johnson for the UFC flyweight champions…

UFC on Fox 6 is just a few short hours away. 

The highly stacked card features some of the UFC’s greatest fighters. 

In the main event, The Ultimate Fighter 14 winner John Dodson will challenge Demetrious Johnson for the UFC flyweight championship. 

Also featured is Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in what is most likely his final UFC fight against tough striker Glover Teixeira. 

The night should be full of exciting action. Here is why you should tune in. 

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Pettis, Koch & More to Have Motivational Speaker in Their Corners at UFC on FOX 6

Vitor Belfort isn’t the only life coach in MMA anymore. Eric Thomas, the motivational speaker whose words are behind videos like this, has been working with Roufusport fighters and will even be backstage with Anthony Pettis, Erik Koch, and Pascal Krauss tonight as they prepare to fight at UFC on Fox 6 in Chicago.

“Eric was so excited to work with our athletes that he decided to come in of his own accord and speak to our guys on the day of their fights. So he’ll be backstage with them, getting them mentally ready to put on the best show they can. It’s going to be awesome,” head coach Duke Roufus says.

“Eric is a huge influence in my life, and has been a daily motivation to me.”

Thomas recently went to Milwaukee to get Duke Roufus’ boys (check out video of the talk above) all wound up. We suppose the idea that “when you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, you will succeed,” that Thomas preaches has a more literal-than-usual meaning and application for pro fighters, so the pairing makes sense.

What we’re wondering, though, is how much motivational shouting fighters can take back stage. Burt Watson may not take kindly to having to share platitude air space with another guy. We’ll keep you apprised of any beef that may or may not develop tonight backstage at UFC on Fox 6.

Elias Cepeda

Vitor Belfort isn’t the only life coach in MMA anymore. Eric Thomas, the motivational speaker whose words are behind videos like this, has been working with Roufusport fighters and will even be backstage with Anthony Pettis, Erik Koch, and Pascal Krauss tonight as they prepare to fight at UFC on Fox 6 in Chicago.

“Eric was so excited to work with our athletes that he decided to come in of his own accord and speak to our guys on the day of their fights. So he’ll be backstage with them, getting them mentally ready to put on the best show they can. It’s going to be awesome,” head coach Duke Roufus says.

“Eric is a huge influence in my life, and has been a daily motivation to me.”

Thomas recently went to Milwaukee to get Duke Roufus’ boys (check out video of the talk above) all wound up. We suppose the idea that “when you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, you will succeed,” that Thomas preaches has a more literal-than-usual meaning and application for pro fighters, so the pairing makes sense.

What we’re wondering, though, is how much motivational shouting fighters can take back stage. Burt Watson may not take kindly to having to share platitude air space with another guy. We’ll keep you apprised of any beef that may or may not develop tonight backstage at UFC on Fox 6.

Elias Cepeda

Johnson vs. Dodson Fight Card: Three Fights You Don’t Want to Miss

When a card is as stacked as UFC on Fox 6, it is hard to pick just one must-see fight. Seeing a UFC title fight for free alone should get people interested in the fight card. But it also features a disgruntled former UFC light heavyweight cha…

When a card is as stacked as UFC on Fox 6, it is hard to pick just one must-see fight. 

Seeing a UFC title fight for free alone should get people interested in the fight card. 

But it also features a disgruntled former UFC light heavyweight champion in his final UFC fight, two potential title eliminator fights and a hyper former lightweight making his featherweight debut in his home state. 

If all goes well, this could be one of the best free cards the UFC has ever put on. 

Here are the three fights that you should not miss. 

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Five Reasons You Can’t Miss the UFC on Fox 6 Fight Card

Tonight marks the second year that the UFC will be on Fox. The first year had mixed results. The second Fox show averaged 4.7 million viewers, the third 2.4 million, the fourth 2.4 million and the fifth 4.4 million.The sixth installment takes plac…

Tonight marks the second year that the UFC will be on Fox. The first year had mixed results. The second Fox show averaged 4.7 million viewers, the third 2.4 million, the fourth 2.4 million and the fifth 4.4 million.

The sixth installment takes place tonight at the United Center in Chicago. Like UFC on Fox 5, we have a title fight in the main event, as Demetrious Johnson defends the flyweight title against John Dodson. In the co-feature, we have what could be the final UFC fight for Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, as he faces off with Glover Teixeira.

There are a lot of great fights and story lines coming into the first Fox show of 2013. Let’s take a look and see why you can’t miss the show tonight.

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UFC on FOX 6: 5 Things to Watch for During Johnson vs Dodson Fight Card

UFC on Fox 6 is live tonight from Chicago, Ill. The stacked card is headlined by Demetrious Johnson defending his flyweight title for the first time against The Ultimate Fighter 14 winner John Dodson. Also featured on the care is Quinton “Ram…

UFC on Fox 6 is live tonight from Chicago, Ill. 

The stacked card is headlined by Demetrious Johnson defending his flyweight title for the first time against The Ultimate Fighter 14 winner John Dodson

Also featured on the care is Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in his last UFC fight against rising star Glover Teixeira. 

Lightweights Anthony Pettis and Donald Cerrone will also go at it in a match with strong title implications. 

Here is what to watch for in tonight’s fights. 

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UFC on FOX 6 Fight Card: Looking Back at the Career of Rampage Jackson

Love him or hate him, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is one of MMA’s most memorable personalities. The former UFC light heavyweight champion may not be the man he used to be inside the Octagon, but he is still out to prove something. Even if he is…

Love him or hate him, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is one of MMA’s most memorable personalities. 

The former UFC light heavyweight champion may not be the man he used to be inside the Octagon, but he is still out to prove something. 

Even if he is the only many on earth that believes he can still be the “Rampage of Old,” Jackson has left us with memorable performances both in and out of the cage. 

Tonight at UFC on Fox 6 we could see the last fight of Jackson’s memorable career. 

Here is a look at what brought him to this point. 

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