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Trading Shots: On injuring to win, and the rules within the MMA rules
Jon Jones In this week’s Trading Shots, retired UFC and WEC fighter Danny Downes joins MMAjunkie columnist Ben Fowlkes to talk about the rules within the rules when two people lock themselves in a cage...
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Twitter Mailbag: Best, worst moments of 2015 (and suggested resolution for 2016)
Robbie Lawler In the last Twitter Mailbag of 2015, we look back at the best and worst MMA moments of the year – plus make a New Year’s resolution and discuss what just happened in Japan. Got a question...
View ArticleTrading Shots: In MMA, is it quality or personality that really sells?
In this week’s Trading Shots, how much do fans really care about the overall quality of competition, anyway? In a world where Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson is a star and Demetrious Johnson isn’t, it’s a...
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PRIDE Never Die: A decade after its last event, how do we remember the crown...
Put yourself there, in a floor seat at Saitama Super Arena. It’s early April 2007. Easter Sunday in Tokyo and even in the dark you can feel the enormity of the place stretching out all around you, like...
View ArticleTrading Shots: On toughness, tapping to strikes, and the things that only...
Is tapping to strikes a reassuring sign that at least someone knows when to quit, or do non-fighters fail to understand just how much toughness – both mental and physical – matters in MMA? Former UFC...
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Bob Sapp snaps 14-fight losing skid in comical affair at Rizin FF 13
Gallery Bobb Sapp def. Abdelrahman Shalan at Rizin FF 13: Best photos view 19 images Bob Sapp returned to the win column for the first time in more than eight years at Rizin FF 13. And it was...
View ArticleRizin FF 13 results: Horiguchi edged out by Nasukawa, Prochazka and...
There were a lot of expectations around the headlining matchup between former UFC title challenger Kyoji Horiguchi and 20-year-old Japanese striking star Tenshin Nasukawa. After three rounds, it’s safe...
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Trading Shots: As Alexander Gustafsson says goodbye, Urijah Faber says he's back
Is Alexander Gustafsson’s retirement going to stick? What factors give us the best hope of predicting that, and which reasons make the most sense for coming back? Retired UFC and WEC fighter Danny...
View ArticleFree fight: Bob Sapp snaps eight-and-a-half-year losing streak at Rizin FF 13
The sense of anticipation was in the air as one of the darlings of Japanese martial arts, America’s Bob Sapp, took on Abdelrahman Shalan, who fought under his sumo name of “Kintaro Osunaarashi” at...
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In 2002, Bob Sapp was one of the scariest human beings on the planet – and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was just beginning to establish his reputation as one of the greatest heavyweights in the history of...
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