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Recapping the crazy day in MMA
Today started with the expectation that Fedor Emelianenko’s opponent for the August 1st Affliction: Trilogy main event would be named. Well, we didn’t get that, but we got a whole bunch of other news.
First, Affliction announced that the event planned for August 1st had been cancelled. It appears that Showtime was the main reason for [...]
Franklin vs. Henderson II set for UFC 103 Main Event
In need of a main event for their September 19th show in Dallas, Texas, the UFC signed a rematch between former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin, and former PRIDE middleweight and light heavyweight champion Dan Henderson. The first contest between the two at UFC 93 ended with Henderson emerging with a controversial split decision victory. The [...]
UFC 99 Preview
MMA Record- 134-80 (63%)
UFC 99 hasn’t received a lot of attention because it takes place in Germany and is sandwiched between two high profile cards (Machida/Evans at UFC 98 and Mir/Lesnar, GSP/Alves at UFC 100) but it features many very good matchups and is one of the better cards of the year. Here is my [...]
