Archive for March 2009

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – When Carlos Condit walks into the UFC Octagon for the first time on Wednesday night, he’ll be a little lighter than usual. No, he’s not dropping to the lightweight division for his match against Martin Kampmann, but there won’t be those extra couple of pounds he’s carried since March 24, 2007, [...]

Frank Curreri, WEC – It’s not easy being perfect, but Joseph Benavidez doesn’t want to stop now. 10-0 will be there for the taking on Sunday. The unbeaten 23-year-old will stand on the biggest stage of his career, in a nationally televised contest (VERSUS 9pm ET / 6pm PT), with a long-awaited opportunity to shine. [...]

Click below for the official weigh-in results for Wednesday night’s UFC Fight Night card. UFC Fight Night, which features the welterweight showdown between Carlos Condit and Martin Kampmann, will air on Spike TV from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee beginning at 8pm ET / PT.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Technique is everything. Just ask Cole Miller, who returns to the Octagon against Junie Browning this Wednesday night with the intent of putting the ‘art’ back in mixed martial arts.”Being technical is the most important thing in being a fighter, as well as being a mixed martial artist – the key [...]

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) is proud to announce a stellar headlining match for The Ultimate Fighter® Season 9 finale, which will take place Saturday, June 20 from The Pearl at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas’ Palms Hotel, live on Spike TV. Both winners of their last three matches, [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – It was supposed to be a vacation for the kid from Aarhus, Denmark. Little did Martin Kampmann know that his first trip to Las Vegas in the summer of 2006 would eventually turn into a permanent one. Funny what an addiction to the fight game can do to you.
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Ricky Hatton thinks Manny Pacquiao’s big win over Oscar De La Hoya in December was a fluke. Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) is counting on beating the Filipino star on May 2 in Las Vegas. “Any win against Oscar is a magnificent one. Is that the Oscar De La Hoya we have come to love? I [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – As Clint Eastwood’s character in the Oscar-winning film “Million Dollar Baby” noted, sometimes “tough ain’t enough.” In lightweight up and comer Jeremy Stephens’ case, being the guy stepping in on short notice may gain you fans and prove your willingness to scrap anytime, anyplace, against anyone, but it can also lead [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – I’m sure every time Jerry Seinfeld goes out, people expect him to rip off a side-splitting one-liner every time he opens his mouth. When Mike Tyson walks down the street, maybe a couple of people jokingly cover one of their ears. As for UFC lightweight prospect Junie Browning, one of the [...]

Fernando Montiel won the vacant WBO bantamweight title by stopping Diego Silva in the third round on Saturday night at Plaza de Toros. Montiel (39-2-1, 29 KOs) stole the show on a night when fellow Mexicans Humberto Soto and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. also were in action. Montiel, a former super flyweight champion, has won [...]

Humberto Soto retained his WBC super featherweight title on Saturday, knocking Antonio Davis down four times en route to a fourth-round technical knockout victory.
News Source: Yahoo Sports.
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It took him a year, but Eddie Chambers is back in title conversation. Chambers landed solid straight punches all night, outboxing former heavyweight champion Samuel Peter to win a majority decision Friday at the Nokia Theatre. Chambers, who has won four straight since losing an IBF title eliminator, turned it up in the ninth round, [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Day by Day. It’s what Jorge Rivera tells himself to get out of bed in the morning, to go to the gym and train for his April 1st fight against Nissen Osterneck, and to simply function in a world that was irrevocably changed for him on August 5, 2008, the [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Nick Catone won’t reveal whether he wore cloves of garlic around his neck while avoiding black cats and refusing to walk under ladders in the lead-up to his February bout with Derek Downey. So let’s just say that when the bell rang that night in Tampa, he was happy that someone [...]

Fernando Montiel’s career path was all but destined.
News Source: Yahoo Sports.
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