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I’ve got to admit, it’s been a while since I’ve been as excited about an upcoming event as I am for the Shamrock vs Baroni Strikeforce/EliteXC card on June 22. Enjoy this preview that recently aired on Showtime.
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UFC 72: Victory takes place this Saturday afternoon at 3pm EST as the UFC holds their first show in Dublin, Ireland. Headlined by a good matchup between Rich Franklin and Yushin Okami, this fight card seems to lack some of the luster recent UFC events have held. Injuries have shortened the event to [...]

Remember Johnny Morton’s tough knockout in his MMA debut at the K-1 show? You probably also remember the fact that he refused to take a post fight drug test. Well, we now know why.

In order to receive a license to fight, Morton, 35, was required to undergo a pre-fight urinalysis. According to Garcia, [...]

What an excellent, exciting night of MMA fights. The main event was action packed and exciting to watch from start to finish, and every other fight shown on the SpikeTV show was exciting to watch as well.

Spencer Fisher vs Sam Stout - This fight definitely lived up to, and probably exceeded most people’s expectations. [...]

The MMA-loaded month of June continues tomorrow night with another UFC Fight Night. There are several very strong fights on this card, and personally I’m looking forward more to this event than the upcoming UFC 72.
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Sam Stout vs Spencer Fisher - This rematch of a great battle from UFC 58: UFC vs Canada [...]

As some of you know, long-time MMA HQ reader Amir recently attended UFC 71 in Las Vegas. Well, Amir was kind enough to write up a few thoughts on his UFC experience and send me a few photos. So, here is Amir’s recap and some of the great photos he was able to [...]

KRQE News 13 in Albequerque, New Mexico is reporting that Albequerque native Diego Sanchez will be fighting Hayato “Mach” Sakurai at UFC 74 in August.
Diego Sanchez, of course, last fought at UFC 69 where he received his first loss at the hands of Josh Koscheck by decision. A lot of news circulated around Sanchez [...]