Category: "Bellator"

MMA Quick Hits 9/9/11: Carlos Condit realizes a dream, Nick Diaz feels stuck in fighting game

In an interview with MMAJunkie.com, Carlos Condit discusses his upcoming fight with Georges St-Pierre. “This has been a dream of mine since I was a kid. I’ve been fighting professionally for close to a decade now. I’ve had some ups an…

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MMA Quick Hits 9/7/11: Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem, Nick Diaz no-shows at UFC 137 press event

Multiple published reports are stating that Alistair Overeem has signed an exclusive deal with the UFC, and has turned down a chance at the winner of Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos. Instead, he has ask for, and been granted, a fight with former c…

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MMA Quick Hits 9/5/11: Anderson Silva discusses why he drops his hands, Josh Barnett says Antonio Silva only a decent fighter

Anderson Silva told Brazilian site Veja the reason he sometimes “drops” his guard. “Sometimes people think I’m being authoritarian when doing that. But there are strikes that cannot be ‘read’ if the hands are at the …

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[VIDEO] ESPN’s MMA Live, 9/1/11

Welcome to this week’s MMA Live. This week’s panel welcomes UFC Middleweight Chael Sonnen, and the discuss the happenings in the MMA World, as well as take a in depth look back at UFC 134. Side note: Listen to McNeil closely. [Check it out. →]

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MMA Quick Hits 9/2/11: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos on Fox, Jon Jones denies spying on Rampage

UFC President Dana White revealed during a conference call on Friday that the the UFC’s historic debut on network television will be headlined by a heavyweight title fight between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos. The two will meet in the mai…

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MMA Quick Hits 8/31/11: Jon Jones spies on Rampage, Shogun vs. Jones 2

Quinton Jackson claims a fan on Twitter told him there was a spy for Jon Jones in his camp, so he decided to make up a fake hand injury and spread the word in camp to see if it would get out. Rampage said it only took four hours before his camp heard f…

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MMA Quick Hits 8/29/11: Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre, Forrest Griffin was distracted at UFC 134

During the post-fight press conference for UFC 134, Dana White talked about the potential match-up between Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre. “I think there’s a couple of other fights out there for him at 185. It’s very clear, Numb…

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MMA Quick Hits 8/26/11: Brendan Schaub vs. Brock Lesnar, The end of Strikeforce

Brendan Schaub talks to ESPN.com about his fight with Antonio Nogueira, as well as future fights he’d like to have. “I think I’m up to the challenge [of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira]. It doesn’t get much bigger than this. No doubt it

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