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Submission of the Year Watch: July 2013 Edition

Only midway through the 2013 calender, many great candidates have emerged for Submission of the Year honors. In June, Josh Burkman joined the race for the award by submitting former UFC welterweight title challenger Jon Fitch. Despite being overlooked …

Only midway through the 2013 calender, many great candidates have emerged for Submission of the Year honors. In June, Josh Burkman joined the race for the award by submitting former UFC welterweight title challenger Jon Fitch. Despite being overlooked heading into the matchup, Burkman required only 41 seconds to put Fitch to sleep in decisive […]

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Stefan Struve Calls for Fight Against Big Nog When He Returns to UFC This Year

It’s hard to keep a good fighter down, and even while healing up a broken jaw, UFC Stefan Struve is already eyeing his return to action later this year where he hopes to face a true legend in the sport. Struve is currently spending some time in Los Angeles training and just waiting for a […]

It’s hard to keep a good fighter down, and even while healing up a broken jaw, UFC Stefan Struve is already eyeing his return to action later this year where he hopes to face a true legend in the sport. Struve is currently spending some time in Los Angeles training and just waiting for a […]

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Submission of the Year Watch: June 2013 Edition

The pace certainly slowed in the realm of MMA in May, especially after the UFC’s extraordinarily busy April. The UFC produced just two events in May, while smaller organizations like Bellator MMA and the World Series of Fighting each laid dormant.  Even with just a small cluster of fights to choose from, a submission from one […]

The pace certainly slowed in the realm of MMA in May, especially after the UFC’s extraordinarily busy April. The UFC produced just two events in May, while smaller organizations like Bellator MMA and the World Series of Fighting each laid dormant.  Even with just a small cluster of fights to choose from, a submission from one […]

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Submission of the Year Watch: May 2013 Edition

The UFC had it’s busiest month ever in April, putting on events in four consecutive weeks. While there were a number of submissions in those events, none broke into the Submission of the Year watch for 2013. Instead, it was rising women’s promotion Invicta FC that produced the flashiest submissions in April. Bumped out of […]

The UFC had it’s busiest month ever in April, putting on events in four consecutive weeks. While there were a number of submissions in those events, none broke into the Submission of the Year watch for 2013. Instead, it was rising women’s promotion Invicta FC that produced the flashiest submissions in April. Bumped out of […]

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Mike Easton Looking for Fight of the Year Performance at UFC on Fuel 9

UFC bantamweight Mike Easton tasted defeat for the first time inside the Octagon last December when the ringside judges unanimously agreed that his opponent, Raphael Assuncao, did enough work to best him.  “The Hulk” hopes to parlay the experience of losing into improvement and will look to rebound on April 6 when he takes on […]

UFC bantamweight Mike Easton tasted defeat for the first time inside the Octagon last December when the ringside judges unanimously agreed that his opponent, Raphael Assuncao, did enough work to best him.  “The Hulk” hopes to parlay the experience of losing into improvement and will look to rebound on April 6 when he takes on […]

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UFC 158: Where Does Condit vs. Hendricks Rank in Fight of the Year Talks?

Putting on a ”Fight of the Year”-caliber scrap entails extraordinary action from both opponents in essentially every facet of the game. Although Johny Hendricks didn’t throw many kicks or attempt any submissions, and Carlos Condit failed to shoot for a takedown, the bout between “Bigg Rigg” and “The Natural Born Killer” at UFC 158 contained captivating action from start to finish, […]

Putting on a ”Fight of the Year”-caliber scrap entails extraordinary action from both opponents in essentially every facet of the game. Although Johny Hendricks didn’t throw many kicks or attempt any submissions, and Carlos Condit failed to shoot for a takedown, the bout between “Bigg Rigg” and “The Natural Born Killer” at UFC 158 contained captivating action from start to finish, […]

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