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Email This Article – Click for Printer-Friendly PageOr Spread the World Below… __ May 18, 2012 – 12:40:01 PMBy: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief ***image1***Lavar Johnson picked up a big win earlier this month at UFC on Fox 3, earning extra bonus money with a “Knockout of the Night” win over Pat Barry on the May 5 card...
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Last year alone, UFC grossed over 200 million US dollars, and attracted millions of fans worldwide. “The sport bears no resemblance to what it was when it started in 1993. Anyone who thinks so has been living under a stone for the last 14 and a half years,” says CEO White. “UFC is here...
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It took a year-and-a-half, but a Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix champion will finally be crowned Saturday in San Jose as former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett meets undefeated late tournament entry Daniel Cormier. Also on tap is a rubber match for the Strikeforce lightweight championship as Gilbert Melendez defends his title against longtime rival...
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by Josh Nason on May 18, 2012 9:00 AM EDT in UFC News Tweet 11 comments Email Print A favorite to get a shot against Urijah Faber for the interim UFC Bantamweight title, Michael McDonald will not get his opportunity in July as a hand injury has put him on the shelf. Wrestling Observer...
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The television ratings from UFC on FOX 3 are bringing the worst out of the MMA community, and it’s all for nothing. Almost immediately after the fight, viewing numbers were tossed around. At the end, the show had managed to pull in 2.4 million viewers—a huge drop from UFC on FOX 1’s 5.7 million...
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UFC heavyweight champ Junior dos Santos was supposed to play a video game against former champ Frank Mir once. This was months ago, before they found themselves thrust together by circumstance and high testosterone levels. This was before Dos Santos’ original opponent — Alistair Overeem — was pulled from the main event of UFC...
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UFC on Fuel 3 was fun. A lot of fun actually. And other than Amir Sadollah and Jorge Lopez stinking up the joint in a lackluster performance, for the most part the card was very entertaining and well worth the price (free for those of you scoring at home). It did feel strange watching...
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Ed Mulholland for ESPN.comExtra-ordinary: Amir Sadollah looked mediocre against a less-than-imposing Jorge Lopez.It would probably be generous to say that Amir Sadollah’s split decision win over Jorge Lopez received mixed reviews this week. Unless by “mixed” you mean that A.) A lot of people thought Lopez should’ve gotten the nod from the judges and...
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SAN JOSE, CALIF. – The storyline stays pretty much the same each time Gilbert Melendez steps into the cage to defend his Strikeforce lightweight title. How much longer is he going to have to do this? It’s a question Melendez has posed, both in person and through the media, over and over again to...
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UFC lightweight Donald Cerrone ($60,000) and co-feature participant Amir Sadollah ($48,000) were the top earners at Tuesday’s UFC on FUEL TV 3 event. They accounted for 22 percent of the event’s $481,000 payroll. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today requested and received the list of official disclosed paydays from Virginia’s Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. UFC...
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