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 June 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
UFC 161 would run into a familiar problem in the UFC as injuries would change the look of the card completely. The card would look completely change the card and would take away some of the biggest names on the card away. In the end it ended up hurting the card with fights that were good but not as good as it could have been.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on July 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The UFC made their first trip to Calgary this weekend as they held UFC 149 in the Saddledome bringing another fight to the Canadian fans. For many though the card was a shadow of its former self with injuries changing almost every fight in the card. In some last second problem solving by the UFC fights were rescheduled and rematched to put together a pretty good card.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on July 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The UFC has continued to grow in the sports world but along with their growth has come a strange trend. Injuries have continued to pile up in the UFC and have begun to wreak havoc on fight cards. Injuries have always been a part of every sport including the UFC but it seems more and more that injuries have taken hold of the championship.
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