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There is much more at stake for Jose Aldo Saturday night at UFC 142 in addition to his featherweight championship belt. He’s considered the world’s finest at 145 pounds, a cobra whose ruthless execution has cleaned out much of the division. After surviving his first taste of adversity against a game Mark Hominick, Aldo took [...]
Win or lose, whether he fulfills the media obligations he doesn’t enjoy, or blows off his mandatory invite to the ball, watching Nick Diaz compete inside the cage – which will be the Octagon Saturday night in the main event of UFC 137 – is an absolute treat. The life and career of the Stockton, [...]
Melvin Guillard was brash and confident – and ultimately suffocated by Joe Lauzon and consumed by the moment. Frankie Edgar was being pummeled by a larger opponent. His nose was broken and, like in his second bout against Gray Maynard, seconds from losing his UFC lightweight title. Then “The Answer” did what he does best, [...]
His whole life, “Big” John McCarthy has gone with his gut, or as eloquently put by Bas Rutten while writing the forward for McCarthy’s memoir, “Let’s Get It On,” he’s had the sense to both listen and follow omens and prophecies like the shepherd boy Santiago in The Alchemist. McCarthy has not only taken risks, [...]
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UFC strikes hard, strikes fast with dynamite end to 2011
0 Comments | Posted by Jon Lane in MMA News, UFC
“Ideas are the beginning of all achievement.” – Bruce Lee Contrary to some revisionist history there was never a time the UFC wasn’t evolving and making adjustments to benefit its short and long-term future. A part of the group from Day 1, referee Big John McCarthy tells author Loretta Hunt in his memoir, “Let’s Get [...]
In the 1970s and ’80s broadcast television promoted and aired major boxing main events. I became a boxing fan growing up watching Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini perform on CBS, his first-round smashing of Arturo Frias to win the WBA lightweight championship and successful title defense turned tragic with the death of Duk Koo Kim come [...]
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Why Ben Henderson deserves the next title shot
0 Comments | Posted by Jon Lane in MMA News, UFC
A few words on Shawn Tompkins, who tragically passed away on Sunday at the age of 37: I feel deprived not having an opportunity to speak with one of the great coaches and people in MMA. The mere thought of a young man so beloved taken from us way to soon is very shocking. It [...]