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The traditional stereotype of steroids springs to mind pictures of muscle-bound meatheads shooting up to get ripped, but in a sport where injury is commonplace if not expected, does it makes sense to provide your athletes with all the healing remedies available? Read the rest of this entry »

UFC 115 was one for the record books from the onset as it marked the fastest sellout in Ultimate Fighting Championship history.  In only 30 minutes, fans bought up enough tickets to fill General Motors Place to its capacity.  The Vancouver crowd inside the Canucks home arena was not left disappointed as the high energy event lived up to its record breaking billing.  Here is a look at what when down, both the good and the bad.

Highlights:

Rich Franklin – As a replacement for Tito Ortiz, who withdrew from his matchup with Chuck Liddell after undergoing neck surgery, Franklin put on an impressive performance, knocking out Liddell as the first round wound down.  Proving more than man enough to trade blows with one of the sport’s most revered fighters, Franklin fought through a broken arm on his way to a gritty victory. Read the rest of this entry »

At The Ultimate Fighter 12 Media day in Las Vegas, fighter Josh Kosheck made some remarks about UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre that more or less accused him of illegal steroid use. He further announced that he would be willing to submit random blood tests to ensure both fighters are clean when they head into their fight after the taping of TUF 12.

Two days after these accusations, Koscheck issued an apology for pointing his finger. He claimed he was not directly accusing GSP of being a steroid user, and did not intend for it to come across that way.  He emphasized that his comments were in no way factual and the rumors were part of his hype for TUF. The two are scheduled to fight after the TUF 12 in December and Koscheck does not want his slip of tongue to invalidate GSP’s hard work or talent.  He claims he was simply passing on what he’d heard from other sources. Read the rest of this entry »

A mere month after his release from UFC by President Dana White, rumor has it Kimbo Slice is looking to try his hand at bare-knuckle boxing once again.  While this style of fighting is no doubt more fitting to Kimbo Slice’s well known talents as a street brawler, it will lack the same attention and recognition he enjoyed as a UFC member.  From his relative anonymity as a former collegiate football player at both the University of Miami and Bethune-Cookman to his seemingly overnight transition to an internet street-fighting icon, Kimbo Slice has come to epitomize the idea of a viral celebrity.   Perhaps, Slice attempted the jump from simple street throw downs to the professionally trained arena of MMA long before he was well seasoned enough to have real success.   Read the rest of this entry »

Since Brock Lesnar’s defection from WWE and professional wrestling to the MMA circuit, there has not been a more polarizing figure in the sport.  Whether you like admire his macho male image, despise his often off-putting, even chauvinistic attitude or hold your tongue on the subject out of sheer fear he might actually come find you, there is no disputing that Brock Lesnar is a bad, bad man.  With his return from illness scheduled for later this summer in UFC 116, it’s time to rehash an old debate that unfortunately has yet to be settled man to man in the ring.  The matter at hand concerns who is the rightful heir to the title Mike Tyson once claimed undisputedly as “Baddest Man on the Planet.”  The only other conceivable choice is heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko, the most feared Russian export since Ivan Drago.  Though the Cold War is over with and Lesnar lacks the likeable, heroic quality that endured movie goers to Rocky Balboa, a matchup between the two towering men would conceivably be the biggest fight (both literally and figuratively) in mixed martial arts history, and potentially gain the type of mainstream media following the fighting world hasn’t seen since the glory days of boxing.    Read the rest of this entry »

After former NFL running back Herschel Walker and Major League Baseball’s tell-all bad boy Jose Conseco became the most recognizable mainstream athletes to test their mixed martial arts skills professionally, curiosity is calling for an quick review or strongest, fastest and most cunning ballplayers who might (in theory of course) find a second home in the octagon.  Prior to the never ending Manny Pacquiao build up, Floyd Mayweather had expressed interest in matching up with a MMA pro in what would be sure to be a Pay-per-view extravaganza.  While his boxing technique and ability is matched by few, if any, for the purpose of this discussion, consider athletes with no fighting experience, except maybe the school yard.  Read the rest of this entry »

With the release of his new movie The A-Team, where Rampage Jackson reprised Mr. T’s legendary role of B.A. Baracus, coming just 10 days after his losing UFC 114 bout with Rashad Evans, one can only wonder if the outcome of the match might have been different had Jackson dedicated a little more focus to his fighting and spent less time posing for the camera.  Rampage himself referred to acting as “kind of gay,” continuing “It makes you soft. You got all these people combing your hair and putting a coat over your shoulders when you’re cold.”  So looking back at the fight, should we ‘pity the fool’ for losing his edge? Read the rest of this entry »

The showcase fight for UFC 114 was the postponed pairing of Rashad Evans and Rampage Jackson, in a rivalry that has been simmering since the two fighters with no love lost were originally scheduled to meet on December 12^th.  From the two feuding top dogs to the undercard leading up the main event, let’s take a look at the nights highlights and lowlights:

Highlights:

Rashad Evans – Whether Jackson was at the top of his game or not, give credit to Evans for not buying into all the media hoopla and sticking to his plan.  His combination of savvy wrestling technique and quick lateral movement to avoid Jackson’s devastating hook, liable to strike in one quick blow at any point in the match, wore a less sharp Jackson down and earned him a unanimous decision.

Jon Hathaway – While Paul Revere was noticeably absent to announce his arrival in America, the young chap from the mother country impressed yet again improving to 4-0 in UFC competition.

Lowlights: Read the rest of this entry »