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Archive for July, 2007

A few more fights were officially announced today for the upcoming UFC Fight Night 11 which is scheduled for September 19 in Las Vegas.
Nate “the Rock” Quarry will make his return to the UFC after nearly two years away from MMA action. Quarry last fought at UFC 56 in November, 2005 when he was [...]

I normally don’t like to speculate on fights that I haven’t been able to get a reasonable amount of confirmation on, but with the lack of news stories lately, the MMA world is abuzz today with news that Andre Arlovski and Brandon Vera might fight at UFC 78 in November. UFCMania.com is reporting the [...]

UFC Title Picture

July 26th, 2007

I want to take a minute to look over the current UFC landscape and the title holders at each weightclass. Every weightclass will have one more title fight before the end of 2007 (with the probably exception of the lightweight division due to the Sherk steroid suspension appeal). Which current UFC champions will [...]

Postive drug tests continue to sweep over the MMA landscape much like the AIDS crisis is currently ravaging the content of Africa.
Today, the California State Athletic Commission reveals that UFC Lightweight champion Sean Sherk has tested positive for Nandrolone Metabolite, a banned substance.

Sean Sherk, the reigning UFC World Lightweight Champion, who last competed on July [...]

The Frank Mir Mystique

July 19th, 2007

Frank Mir - the baddest man on the planet. Or at least that’s what Frank has always claimed on his personal website.
The UFC rounded out the full UFC 74 fight card yesterday when they announced the fight between Frank Mir and Antoni Hardonk. According to the UFC’s website:

Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir [...]

The UFC officially announced today that UFC 75: Champion vs Champion will be shown on tape-delay free on SpikeTV starting at 9pm EST. The September 8 event is scheduled to take place in London, England and feature the Light Heavyweight title fight between current UFC champion Quinton Jackson and current PrideFC champion Dan Henderson. [...]

Didn’t I mention yesterday, during the middle of all this furor surrounding the Chuck vs Wandy announcements that I wasn’t holding my breath and wouldn’t believe this fight was happening until it was officially announced. Well, yeah, looks like that was a good perspective to take.
Kevin Iole at Yahoo Sports, who seems to have [...]

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