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Quoteworthy:
“Hopefully by October I’ll be competing. We’re finishing the contract I’d say with CBS, Showtime, and Strikeforce and making a deal that UFC can’t match. I feel sorry for the person they have me fight, but I do need one warm-up fight. I managed to come off a huge back surgery. It’s been a […]

Skip ahead to about the four minute mark:

“Certain things didn’t go well leading up to that fight, during practice I popped a few ribs — it was really painful at the time but I thought it wouldn’t have a big impact on the fight, but as you could see it obviously did. I could feel that I couldn’t get any power in […]

“Well, to start it off, I think Machida will win by what Joe Rogan calls, ‘elusiveness!’ or in my words ‘hit and run.’ This will be a great test for Evans to find the range to get the takedown. Machida is the favorite in my experience with both fighters. Never mind there’s only one of […]

“I actually just got released from my doctor to start doing my weight training, which I’ve been doing the last seven days. I kind of need to hold myself back a bit because I want to go harder. But the doctor says, ‘Take your time, take your time.’ I’m six months out now. I’ve got […]

… and maybe even getting back in the cage against Renato “Babalu” Sobral:

… or so he says:

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Quoteworthy:
“Retired porn star Jenna Jameson gave birth to two little boys Monday morning. These are the first children for 43-year-old Jameson and her boyfriend of two years, UFC fighter Tito Ortiz, 33, and they are said to be in ‘very good health.’”
Congrats to the happy parents on their mini cagefighters. While the dynamic duo […]

“Wow! That’s all I got to say. Vitor at 185 pounds. I don’t know. I see him beating the, uh, what was it, Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart because you have two great boxers, and, man, that was amazing. That was the old Vitor Belfort that we all want to see. Him […]

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It’s interesting to see Swedor and Tito ring the opening bell in a state they can’t even compete in. Perhaps “The Baddest Sweater on the Planet” will one day see action in the Empire State as MMA’s biggest stars continue to ground and pound their way into pop culture.