Monthly Archives: September 2007

The Ultimate Fighter — episode 2

Team Serra fighter Matt Arroyo More funny stuff from the boys … we start off with Team Hughes fighter Dorian Price stressing out over fighting – he thinks he’ll be called next. Coach Matt Serra has the pick, and he … Continue reading

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Two local fighters seek “Vengeance”

Two York County fighters, Mike Oberdick and Adam King, will be fighting this weekend at Cage of Vengeance, an amateur MMA event in New Jersey. To find out more about the event, click here. Stay tuned here to see how … Continue reading

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Forrest’s Finger

Got this off Sherdog.com. Someone said it was when Shogun landed an elbow to Forrest’s dome (not the one that split him open) and someone in Shogun’s corner yelled like they thought the fight was in hand. Forrest then gave … Continue reading

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The IFL – making moves

I happened to catch the IFL finals, where Renzo Gracie’s team won, and I think the federation’s got a good thing going. As I’ve said before, it’s free MMA (in York, it’s on the My Network TV -Philadelphia channel), so … Continue reading

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How’d you like to have this guy check your ID?

So people have been wondering what former UFC heavyweight champ Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski has been up to … well, on Wednesday, he was a guest bouncer on Jerry Springer’s show. I was reading that some fans weren’t too thrilled … Continue reading

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Old School MMA

A new MMA federation has risen up, harkening back to the old days — I’m talking Royce Gracie-era UFC, or the Brazil-based IVC, where guys went at it bare knuckle. Now, some people say this isn’t true MMA; well, it … Continue reading

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Enter the Counterstriker

Ryoto “Lyoto” Machida is MMA’s best-kept secret. He is undefeated, has wins over Stephan Bonnar, B.J. Penn and Rich Franklin, and as others have said, makes fighters look stupid with the way he moves around the ring/cage. I had two … Continue reading

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UFC 76 Weighs-Ins

Chuck Liddell – The Pants Man So UFC weigh-ins took place Friday for the pay-per-view event, Knockout, to take place Saturday. I’m not big on what the UFC names its events, like Stacked was anything but. What happens if at … Continue reading

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The Ultimate Fighter – episode 1

Welterweight fighter Roman Mitichyan The shows starts with former welterweight champ Matt Hughes and current champ Matt Serra picking their teams. Serra takes Joe Scarola, George Sotiropolous, Matt Arroyo, John Kolosci, Ben Saunders, Roman Mitichyan, Troy Mandalowiz and Richie Hightower. … Continue reading

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Ken-Flo wins at Fight Night

Could we be looking at the next UFC lightweight contender? Kenny “I Should Have a Better Nickname Than ‘Ken-Flo’” Florian, beat Din Thomas tonight at Fight Night by rear-naked choke. Although I was able to watch the fight at work … Continue reading

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