Posted by thesportsjunky on June 7, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Age is a funny thing in sports as one year an older athlete can be the savvy veteran and the next year he or she is over the hill.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on June 4, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Another week means another fight Night for the UFC as promotion gets right back to work with another night where fighters try to prove their worth.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 14, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The heavyweights got back to work on Saturday when UFC on FOX 13 featured three main card fights between some of the top heavyweights in the division. With Cain Velasquez on the sidelines for the time being after injuries have derailed his hopes of defending his belt. I the meantime the rest of the division is trying to figure themselves out. It has been a strange weight class in the last few years as the UFC has gone away from the usual recipe for combat sports.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on March 2, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The UFC would travel once again to Asia as it is clear that they are trying to grow the sport in a MMA crazy region. Asia was the home of Pride Fighting Championship and is still the home of many big fight promotions. The UFC is looking to become one of those promotions as they continue to try to grow their brand in the region. That is a big task for the UFC as they continue to try and make UFC the global brand for MMA and to do that they will need stars from all over the world.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 16, 2012 · 1 Comment
The Ultimate Fight 16 would finish off this weekend when the two finalists form Team Carwin and Team Nelson would face off for a UFC contract. The Ultimate Fighter franchise continues to grow as international shows move on and the format continues to change. The franchise is not slowing down either as the next season of the show is already being filmed to begin in January.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 13, 2012 · 1 Comment
It is the 16th season of the show that changed the face of the UFC as a new fighter will enter the UFC after winning a contract. The Ultimate Fighter is everything to Dana White and to the UFC as it was the tipping point for rapid growth of the sport throughout the world. As the seasons have moved on the fighter roster has continued to grow and with the next season already underway it does not seem to be slowing down.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on October 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The artist who makes the fight posters was busy over the last few months and not only because there were a lot of fights. There was a stretch of 4 fights at the beginning of the month and there will be another stretch of 4 events starting with UFC 137. This was the least of the artist’s worries as the poster for UFC 137 took enough work with the fight changing three times.
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