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Kenny Florian’s most vivid memory of Boston is cutting class in first grade to see his first live Red Sox game.
But he also has history with the old Boston Garden. He remembers watching Disney on Ice there, as well as countless Celtics games. He remembers hating the Lakers.
He’s now fulfilling a lifelong dream of fighting in his hometown. The old Garden is now the TD Garden, but the history is still there. And in a way, he feels he’s already succeeded.
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Fighting at TD Garden means coming full circle for UFC welterweight Marcus Davis.
Davis, who recently turned 37, is the only competitor on Saturday’s UFC 118 card who’s fought in the storied arena (the original Boston Garden, not the corporate-sponsored version seen today).
He was 21 when he knocked out Joe LaRoux for the second time in what he said was the last boxing card held at the 67-year-old arena
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MMAjunkie.com lead staff reporter John Morgan is a guest on today’s edition of “The Mouthpiece MMA Show.”
The MMA talk show airs on Boston’s Sports Station – AM1510 “The Zone” – at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT). Morgan and co-hosts Tim O’Connor and Mark Daniels discuss the fallout from UFC 114, look forward to UFC 115, and touch on many other recent topics in the world of MMA.
Bostonians can listen to the show on the AM dial, or listen online at www.1510thezone.com.
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With his impressive and vital victory over Jonathan Goulet at this past weekend’s UFC 113 event, Marcus Davis is laying off the usual post-event food binges and today settled for a boring lunch salad.
Why the discipline?
Davis – and UFC officials – hope to get the Maine native and Massachusetts-based Team Sityodtong fighter on an Aug. 28 UFC 118 card slated to take place at Boston’s TD Garden, the fighter today told MMAjunkie.com Radio.
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