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MMA History for the Holidays
For Boxing Day, a celebration of Britain's feudal past, I thought I'd share my aging MMA History series. I wasn't as diligent as planned in 2010, only adding two installments, but I swear I'll do more this year! Read a few you might learn something! I: UFC 1 Pancrase meets BJJ II: The...
Snapshot of the Day: Oleg Taktarov on the Set of "Predators"
Along with Adrien Brody. Predators (aka Predator 3) is expected for a summer 2010 release. HT: aintitcool.com
5 Easily Misinterpreted Fighter Nicknames
1. Mike "Quick" Swick What it probably refers to: the speed with which Mike Swick dispatches his opponents. What it sounds like it refers to: the speed with which Mike Swick dispatches his sperm. 2. Oleg "The Russian Bear" Taktarov What it probably refers to: He's big like a bear. He's...
The Week in Quotes: October 18th - 24th
PLEASE! THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HAPPY OCCASION. LET'S NOT BICKER AND ARGUE ABOUT WHO KILLED WHO. "Anybody can be beat, but that's what motivates me to keep going out there, training hard, staying focused, and my goal is that every time I have the opportunity to present myself in the Octagon." -...
Old School UFC Legend Oleg Taktarov Talks About Steroids
And pulls no punches, from ValeTudo.ru (translation via the UG): It was hard to grapple with Ken Shamrock because he used steroids. It was especially noticeable when he couldn't make it through 12 minutes on a practice, but before the fight with me he became much stronger and at the bout made it...
The USA TODAY/Bloody Elbow Top 50 MMA Fights in History: 1993-1996
Beau Dure at USA Today has posted the first two installments of our top 50 fights in MMA history series. Again here's the criteria: Some of the 50 fights we'll list aren't necessarily the best MMA bouts, but all of them are milestones for one reason or another, for better or for worse. The idea is...
UFC 6: The Legend of Tank Abbott Is Born
Dave Meltzer continues his UFC retrospective as we approach UFC 100, this time focusing in on UFC 6. Meltzer explains the significance: The show took place July 14, 1995, in Casper, Wyo., and featured Ken Shamrock’s win over Dan Severn with a guillotine in 2:15 to become the UFC Superfight...
Quote of the Day: Oleg Taktarov Talks Fedor Emelianenko's Trainer Vladimir Voronov
"Vladimir is naturally a gifted fighter, more gifted even than Fedor originally. He was born with better qualities, body and everything else. Just mentally he falls short." Oleg Taktarov talking to Josh Gross about his friend Vladimir Voronov. There's lots more good stuff in the piece,...
MMA History XIX: The Humbled PRIDE of Nobuhiko Takada
We're blowing out some writer's block here and pressing forward with the MMA History series. I haven't done an installment since January, so new readers can be forgiven for not knowing the darn thing even exists. I've got links to all the earlier installments in the full entry so you can catch...
Oleg Taktarov Better Than Chuck Liddell?
As I slog away compiling the November meta-rankings, I came across something I just had to share from FIGHT! Magazine's light heavyweight rankings. I'm not trying to mock them, its very hard to put together a computer model to do accurate rankings, but check out #19 and #20. Seems like a human...
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