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A UFC 160 breakdown ~ Who wins and why

UFC 160 takes place this Saturday from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event isn’t something we haven’t seen before, but could the outcome be different this time around? Cain Velasquez will defend the UFC heavyweight title for the first time since recapturing it at UFC 155. Also, the heavyweight…

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Who do you want to see Main Event UFC on FOX Sports1?

August 17th from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts will be an event that the UFC and its fans will never forget. At least that’s what Dana White and company are hoping for. UFC on FOX Sports 1 has been quoted by White to be one of the biggest events of the year. If this…

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A UFC on FX8 intangible ~ All great men fall, some find TRT

Vitor Belfort is on an unprecedented run this late in a fighter’s career, much less in a time in the MMA world where the new, younger athletes constantly replace the old. “I think it was just this burning inside of me that said, ‘You didn’t accomplish what you [could have].’ I lacked so many things…

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Jon Jones has options, which one secures #1 P4P status?

After beating his second bulked up middleweight in a row in Chael Sonnen at UFC 159, Jon Jones stands (controversially over GSP I might add) at second place in the world, or at least according to fightmetric.com’s official UFC rankings. What we already know about Jones is that he has ardently marched through every elite…

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Even after Mayweather retires, boxing still won’t die

Boxing has been around forever and after watching Saturday’s fight, a lot of fans and spectators think that without Mayweather, boxing will die. I completely have to disagree. Boxing fans are the epitome of fight fans. With fans, a sport will never die. Now, I do agree that without Mayweather, the boxing PPV buy rates will go…

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MMA’s top 10 forgotten fighters, who won’t stay forgotten long

~ Alistair Overeem ~ Overeem has fallen hard three times in the last couple years of his career. Firstly, he popped on a piss test for steroids and was taken out of the title line up when he was coming off the most momentum in his career from a first round TKO destruction of Brock…

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The UFC’s top 10 contender worthy matchups of this summer

Title fights galore will grace this summer’s fight cards. Four title fights will be up for grabs between now and August. With this in mind, the UFC does what they have shown to do best over the years, and that’s plan ahead. As fighters fight for belts, others fight for their shot at gold as…

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Take note ~ Another ‘Silva’ will prevent Chael Sonnen’s retirement

Before Chael Sonnen comes on UFC Tonight on Fuel TV and talks a big game about a potential retirement, let’s break this down. Sonnen started his MMA career in 1997 (aged 19) and made his UFC debut (age 27) in a light heavyweight bout against former IFC Light Heavyweight Champion Renato Sobral at UFC 55 where…