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Vitali Klitschko beat challenger Albert Sosnowski by technical knock-out Saturday.
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Super middleweight Librado Andrade earned a win Friday night when Eric Lucas was unable to continue in the eighth round because of a cut over his left eye. Andrade (29-3, 22 KOs) was leading on all three scorecards when referee Michael Griffin stopped the fight on the advice of the ringside physician.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Matt Hughes is probably tired of me bringing up this topic (you can even see it as the lead to the defining moments piece linked below), but as the two-time welterweight champion celebrates his induction into the UFC Hall of Fame tonight, I couldn’t help but remind him of his words [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – In the sport of mixed martial arts, confidence needs to be a part of your makeup if you have designs on being among the best in the world. This aspect of fighting is not lost on former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans, who has had no lack of faith in himself [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – “I don’t know what it is that draws people to him. Maybe it’s just his whole energy and his whole persona. Everybody wants to be a tough guy. He kicks people’s asses, he don’t take no mess, and he’s got those cool sayings.”
The above quote comes from the mouth of one [...]

Souleymane Mbaye of France has earned a unanimous decision over Antonin Decarie of Canada to win a vacant interim welterweight title. Mbaye knocked down Decarie in the fourth round and won all three judges’ scorecards. Jose Ignacio Martinez and John Coyle scored the bout 116-113, and Pierluigi Poppi had it 116-112.
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Former cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek will fight Michael Grant on Aug. 21 at the Prudential Center in his fourth fight at heavyweight. Main Events and Ziggy Promotions, along with X-Cel Worldwide, announced the fight Friday. After beating Chris Arreola in a slugfest in his last outing, Adamek had hoped to get a title shot against [...]

Heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will have a significant size advantage when he defends his title Saturday night against Albert Sosnowski. The WBC titleholder weighed 247 pounds on Friday, while Sosnowski weighed 224. The fight at Veltins Arena will be the fifth for Klitschko (39-2, 37 KOs) since he returned from an injury that sidelined him [...]

Miguel Cotto has sold more tickets to boxing events in New York City over the past decade than anyone. The Puerto Rican star has won titles in two weight divisions, and long ago stamped himself as one of the most exciting fighters of his generation. Yet all that success didn’t mean much when he hooked [...]

It isn’t Vitali Klitschko’s fault he’s fighting Albert Sosnowski in this era.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) – UFC announced today that tickets for UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. are officially sold out. The war of words between former UFC light heavyweight champions Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and “Suga” Rashad Evans has created one of the fiercest rivalries in the [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Jason Brilz didn’t hesitate to say ‘yes’ when UFC matchmaker Joe Silva called him up and asked him to step in on short notice to fight at UFC 114 in Las Vegas this weekend. He didn’t even blink when told his opponent would be longtime light heavyweight contender Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – The last thing people heard from Jesse Forbes after he was eliminated from the third season of The Ultimate Fighter in 2006 was that he would be back.
Nearly four years later, he delivered on that promise.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Who says you can never go home again? Not Diego Sanchez.
So after a whirlwind ride in 2009 that saw him drop from 170 to 155 pounds, defeat Joe Stevenson and Clay Guida, and then go four-plus rounds in a lightweight championship bout with BJ Penn, Sanchez decided that home in Albuquerque, [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Memorial Day weekend is more than the unofficial start of summer and a time for barbecues and ballgames; it is a day to remember the men and women who died in service of their country as members of the United States Armed Forces, and to also celebrate all servicemen and women.
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