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The Decade's Top Stories in MMA: The Death of Evan Tanner
Sherdog has a wrap-up of what they consider the top MMA stories of the 2000's. Here's number 8: 8. The Death of Evan Tanner (2008) Heath Herring once told me that, while mired in the Texas circuit, he came out for a fight with Evan Tanner in a ring set up over a dirt-encrusted rodeo floor. A...
MMA veteran Justin Levens and wife found shot dead in California home
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) and International Fight League (IFL) veteran, Justin Levens, was found dead Wednesday afternoon in his Laguna Niguel, Calif., condominium, according to several published reports. The wife of the 28-year-old mixed martial...
Affliction results for 'Banned' at Honda Center on July 19
Affliction: ‘Banned’ will begin at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on the Fox Sports Net channel in the United States and The Fight Network in Canada. The broadcast will run for one hour on those networks, featuring two bouts before moving directly to pay-per-view (PPV). MMAmania.com will provide LIVE...
Affliction card for 'Banned' fights from Anaheim, California, on July 19
Event: Affliction: "Banned" Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, at 9 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV) Location: The Honda Center in Anaheim, California Main Event: Fedor Emelianenko (27-1) vs. Tim Sylvia (24-4) Main card (Televised on PPV): 265 lbs.: Andrei Arlovski (12-5) vs. Ben Rothwell (29-5) 265...
Former UFC champ Tanner begins new career
Back in November, former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner (32-6) sent out a plea through MySpace for help building a Web site. Here's a snip: I need a website to tell the story, and begin this new journey. I need someone to help me put up my website. I've got the domain name and the space...
Silva and Evans dominate UFC Ultimate Fight Night
Look out Rich Franklin ... Anderson Silva is a beast. The Brazilian destroyed middleweight tough guy Chris Leben last night in 49 seconds of the first round during the main event of Ultimate Fight Night on SpikeTV. It wasn't even close. Rashad Evans was also impressive, outperforming the...
UFC Ultimate Fight Night set to go off
On the heels of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 3 finale on Saturday, the UFC is serving up what promises to be another exciting event with Ultimate Fight Night 5 tonight. Give us some time to recover, Dana, and savor the memories. But we're not really complaining. The first five fights of the...
UFC 59 doesn't disappoint
In the immortal words of Forrest Griffin, "It wasn't pretty." But, "UFC 59: Reality Check" was certainly worth the price of admission. Unless, of course, you're Ken Shamrock. There was controversy, blood and surprise — all the ingredients for an entertaining evening at The Pond. Check out the...
The Hidden Cost Paid by Professional Mixed Martial Artists
Jake Rossen of Sherdog has a powerful piece on the real costs of trying to make a career out of MMA: J.R. Minkel, a Scientific American contributor, recently wrote an article for Real Fighter exploring the brain matter of combat athletes -- not the abuse suffered, but the neural pathways created...
Quote of the Day: Deadspin Shines Again
"I'm not sure what in Levens' background may have led him to this, but with the MMA we're not exactly dealing with your typical athlete. Another fighter at the Affliction event, Sergei "The Pit Bull" Arlovsky, is featured on his web site with vampire fangs." -- Rick Chandler, Associate Editor...
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