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LA firefighter busted for MMA fights while on workers comp
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Raphael Davis (Credit: CBS Los Angeles) (CBS News) On the surface, it doesn't seem like a big deal: A firefighter in Los Angeles competes in mixed martial arts fights in his spare time. The problem is, the fireman's "spare time" happened to be while he
Arrested fireman also MMA fighter?FOXSports.com
LAFD firefighter arrested for MMA fights while on workers compabc7.com
LA firefighter arrested for fighting MMA bouts while on workman's compYahoo! Sports (blog)
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Let MMA's Cinderella Man Come Full Circle: The Case For Mark Hunt vs. Junior
Inside Fights
He has done the same in MMA as well, having famously nearly completed an Americana on Fedor at the peak of his abilities. His record might not be spectacular but he has a who's who of MMA on his record. Unlike many heavyweights there are no slouches on
Hunt offers stylish choice to face Dos SantosUSA TODAY
For Overeem, positive test could be the endESPN (blog)
MMA News: Overeem Tests Positive for Elevated TestosteroneOpposing Views
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Wrestling Inc.
Brock Lesnar Is Better Off Without MMA In His Life … And So Are We
Inside Fights
by Scott "Kubryk" Sawitz on April 4, 2012 When Brock Lesnar retired from MMA and the UFC on December 30th, it was fairly surprising at the time. For as much as he'd gone through to get back in the cage, Lesnar's acknowledgement that he couldn't hang
MMA Crossfire – UFC 141: Lesnar vs Overeem DVD releasedCanada.com (blog)
Loud-mouth Lesnar belongs in WWEToronto Sun

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Top 10 under-the-radar fights
ESPN (blog)
By Brett Okamoto Rod Mar for ESPN.com If you're like most MMA fans, you probably can't wait to see Stephen Thompson in the cage again. If you're a mixed martial arts fan, things are about to get crazy. The UFC, Strikeforce and Bellator have announced
UFC 145's Brendan Schaub eyes rebound runUSA TODAY
Following second career defeat, UFC 145's Brendan Schaub eyes rebound runMMAjunkie.com
Brendan Schaub: 'I Think I'm Going To Be World Champ'FightLine.com

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Bellator 64 main card set with Bezerra vs. Sandro, two bantamweight tourney fights
MMAjunkie.com
Bezerra (13-1 MMA, 5-0 BFC) should be a familiar name to Bellator fans, as the Brazilian has competed four times for the promotion in non-tournament contests. All four fights ended via stoppage and three came in the very first round.

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When looking at UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos ‘ record inside the Octagon, it’s a pretty impressive list of victories. The Brazilian started out on day one facing countryman Fabricio Werdum, who was at the time a top ten heavyweight and considered an extremely tough test for any fighter, much less someone making his UFC debut. Dos Santos knocked him out in the first round. From there Dos Santos went on to wreak havoc in the UFC’s biggest division picking up wins over Stefan Struve, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Gilbert…


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If you haven’t yet noticed, Cung Le has other things he can do.

No fewer than three movies featuring Le are scheduled for release this year. In one of them, “The Man with the Iron Fists,” he co-stars with Hollywood heavyweights Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu.

Le is 39 years old and has been fighting in one way or another since his tweens. He has another way to make a living in which it’s far less likely he’ll have his nose rearranged. So why keep doing it?



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Conventional wisdom would tell you to close the distance against a prolific striker such as Chidi Njokuani, right?

Welterweight opponent Jonathan Harris put the plan to the test this past month at Legacy Fighting Championships 10.

In this week’s installment of HDNet Fights Video Vault, our
fight-of-the-week feature, we take a look at the full fight video of the bout to see if Harris’ plan worked.



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An injury to Mike Easton has shuffled the bantamweight deck.

Now meeting Yves Jabouin at UFC on FUEL TV 3 is Jeff
Hougland, whose originally scheduled opponent,
Renan Barao, is now set to meet Ivan Menjivar in a possible No. 1 contender bout at UFC 148.

Sources close to the event today confirmed the news to MMAjunkie.com following a tweet from reporter Joe Ferraro, host of
Sportsnet’s “UFC Central.”



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Bantamweight gold will be on the line at Tachi Palace Fights 13, as local favorite Casey Olson will meet former UFC talent Francisco Rivera for the company’s vacant 135-pound title in the May 10 headliner.

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  • Strikeforce Heavyweight GP FInal Press Conference Quotes
    SAN JOSE, Calif. (May 17, 2012) -- The main players took the stage Thursday in the final press conference before Saturday's STRIKEFORCE: World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament Final when Josh Barnett faces Daniel Cormier, live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from the HP Pavilion. The powerful Barnett (31-5), of Fullerton, Calif. […]
  • Complete Bellator 69 Weigh In Results
    Lake Charles, La. – The Bellator 69 weigh-ins have been completed from Lake Charles, Louisiana in preparation for Bellator’s Friday night event at L’Auberge Casino Resort, which features the Bellator Season 6 Middleweight Tournament Finals between Maiquel Falcao and Andreas Spang. Also, Megumi Fujii will square off against Jessica Aguilar in a women’s featur […]
  • UFC Featherweight Division: Murky Waters
    By MATT MOLGAARD MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer On Tuesday night Chan Sung Jung a.k.a. the Korean Zombie turned an emerging title contender into a nearly helpless victim. Dustin Poirier entered the headlining bout of UFC on Fuel TV 3 as a generally perceived favorite, riding a four fight promotional win streak, having stomped two highly touted prospects in the pro […]
  • Josh Koscheck Accepts Fight Against BJ Penn, Waiting For Answer
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer There have been rumblings over the last couple of months that former UFC Lightweight and Welterweight Champion BJ Penn has the itch to climb back into the cage after just announcing his retirement in October at UFC 137. The rumblings have apparently turned to contract talks as Josh Koscheck dropped news via Twitter tod […]
  • Junior Dos Santos Looking For War Against Frank Mir At UFC 146
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos will look to continue his dominance in the UFC's heavyweight division when he faces Frank Mir in a few shorts weeks at UFC 146 and talked to MMAFighting.com this week about what he expects from his challenger when they step inside the cage: "He likes to talk a lot, a […]
  • UFC To Announce Urijah Faber's New Opponent On TUF Friday
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer Fans curious as to who Urijah Faber will be facing at UFC 148 can tune into The Ultimate Fighter: Live this Friday to find out as the UFC will make the announcement during this week's broadcast. Faber was to face Dominick Cruz for the UFC Bantamweight title but a torn ACL forced Cruz out of the fight. The two are […]
  • TUF: Brazil Debuts On FUEL TV June 10th At 7pm
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer The Ultimate Fighter Brazil airs each Sunday in Brazil on Globo TV and is available to U.S viewers via the internet but that will change in June as FUEL TV has announced it will begin airing the season June 10th. The announcement came this past Tuesday during UFC on FUEL TV 3. The show will air at 10pm ET (7pm PT) and […]
  • Renzo Gracie Blames Himself For Nick Diaz No Show
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer This past weekend, Nick Diaz no-showed at BJJ match at the World BJJ Expo in Long Beach, CA. against Braulio Estima. Fingers were pointed, blame was placed and each side tried to walk away looking like the good guy but one side of the story no one has heard yet was that of the event coordinator, Renzo Gracie. Gracie sp […]
  • Fedor Emelianenko Plans To Retire Soon
    By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer Fedor Emelianenko has a fight coming up June 21st in St. Petersburg, Russia but it could be one of the last time's he climbs into the ring or cage. A press conference was held this week to announce the bout which will be against Pedro Rizzo at the Ice Palace and when asked about his future and his thoughts on the […]
  • UFC On FUEL TV 3: "Korean Zombie vs. Poirier" Results
    By MATT BOONE MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer The following are quick-match results from the UFC On FUEL TV 3: “Korean Zombie vs. Poirier” event, which emanated from the Patriot Center on Tuesday, May 15, 2012: Preliminary Card Bouts: -Francisco Rivera def. Alex Soto via Unanimous Decision after 3 Rounds. -Johnny Eduardo def. Jeff Curran via Unanimous Decision afte […]
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