“… in this fight it looks like I’m going to be able to use a lot of half guard and closed guard maneuvers, because that’s his style. And no matter what training he’s done, even if he tries to throw punches and back up to use his wrestling to counter my takedowns, eventually he’s going […]

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Props: MySpace.com
Quoteworthy:
“I was ready for a war and so was Swick. I saw it in his eyes at the press conference, weigh-ins and the staredown I thought it would be a war! But when the fight started Swick realized he was not the better fighter… he was in there with a better fighter than […]

Poor thing needs our help (click on the image below to vote):

Former Octagon strumpet, Amber Nichole Miller, is also soliciting our votes.
Too bad the presidential primaries aren’t this difficult to decide.
Hmm …

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Keeping with the Canadian flavor of UFC 83, Kalib Starnes (8-2-1) — a product of Surrey, British Columbia — will take on Nate Quarry (9-2) at the Bell Centre in Montreal on April 19, according to a report picked up by MMAonTap.com.
Starnes is a former middleweight contestant on season three of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF). […]

The star-studded UFC Fight Night 13 SpikeTV special set for April 2 at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colo., just got more star-studded.
Light heavyweights Houston Alexander (8-2) and James Irvin (13-4) have been added to the fight card, according to MMAWeekly.com. The two were originally booked to throwdown at the phantom UFC 83 show […]

EliteXC recently announced that Ryan Shamrock (1-0) — son of UFC hall of famer Ken Shamrock — will fight Giorgio Andrews (2-0) at Cage Rage 25: “Bring It On” on March 8 in England.
Shamrock is only 19 years old and has just one professional fight under his belt — a first round submission (guillotine) over […]

Frank Mir on Brock Lesnar:

Brock Lesnar on his Octagon debut:

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Multiple sources are indicating that UFC 83 — which was originally supposed to go down on March 8 in Newcastle, England — has been scrapped altogether and the UFC 84 event booked for April 19 in Montreal, Canada, will now be referred to as UFC 83.
Earlier this month, the Houston Chronicle first reported that the […]

Props: Matt-Hughes.com
The grand opening of the Granite City, Illinois, MMA training facility is slated for February 9. For more details click here and here.
(Thanks to BloodyElbow.com for the assist.)

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