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--Hallelujah! Now that we’ve got our official cast, we can finally have the classic TUF entrance video (“Matt…Amir…CB…Brandon”) and TUF entrance song (“You’re gonna be a man…this is the ultimate”). Ah, now the series is starting to feel like a warm pair of slippers. We get var »»
“We’ve matched you up already, and now we’re going to see who the real f---ing fighters are and who the poseurs are.” We start with the usual montage of the guys whose careers have been made (Forrest, Bonnar, Rashad, Bisping, Serra, Mac Danzig, and others) and broken (Joey Scarola, Noah I »»
So we're going to have the fight of the year in roughly ten hours, and now--as a special treat--you're going to get what our panel of experts think is going to happen in tonight's very special events. So, without further ado, let me introduce you to Inside Fights' Three Musketeers of roundtabling: »»
Rich Clementi defeated Melvin Guillard by submission (rear naked choke)at 4:10 of the first round. This was a fairly one-sided fight, with Clementi putting Guillard on his back several times and trying to advance from there. Guillard had Clementi in trouble very briefly after landing a huge loop »»
So Skip Kassidy over at the DVD Lounge got this terrific King of the Cage set and asked if we were interested in reviewing it; it seemed like a pretty interesting set of fights, so I thought I'd give it a shot. It's a five-disc set and this is just the first, so look for more coming up very shortly. »»
People love Randy Couture. Honestly, we've reached the point where that's not just conjecture--that's fact. In other news, sun comes up in morning, water discovered to be wet. Hacks like myself have written thousands of words and worn out all of the old faithful clichés describing Randy's »»
INSIDE FIGHTS: UFC 74 Roundtable Welcome to our roundtable about tonight's card, UFC 74: Respect. As usual, our panel of pundits are myself, the ultra-versatile Kevin Wong, our boxing guru, Mr. Trent Pusey, and in a real treat, our DVD-reviewing rock star from across the pond, Scott Newman. Enoug »»
Unless you've been living in a really deep cave for the last six months, you're aware that all of the excitement surrounding this season of The Ultimate Fighter has been leading up to this: the rematch between the series' two coaches, former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver and former UFC welter »»
With the fight just a little over a month away, I thought I'd open the floor to a little prognostication. I'm a little biased when it comes to BJ: he's my favorite fighter, and there aren't a whole lot of dull moments in most of his fights. Yes, he is 1-3 since 2004, but let's look at those for s »»
According to his website, former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin will now face rising Japanese star Yushin Okami in the main event of UFC 72: Victory in Belfast, Northern Ireland on June 16th. Martin Kampmann, scheduled to be Franklin's original opponent, suffered what his trainers belie »»
Sorry about the obvious delay in getting this to you: personal conflicts plus eight (!) fights to review do not a speedy recap make. While I'm disappointed that we're going back to the typical manufactured reality-TV drama with the next episode, at least I'll be able to turn this around more quickly »»
The Backstory: One of the most popular stars in UFC history, Ken Shamrock was coming off a one-sided loss to bitter rival Tito Ortiz at UFC 40 and at a major crossroads in his career: with losses in three of his previous four fights, was he finished? Proud as hell, Shamrock bit the bullet and got hi »»
With an 'interim' heavyweight title fight and Brock Lesnar's long-awaited UFC debut on Saturday's card, UFC 81 is going to take on a proper level of historical importance. With that in mind, we've rounded up the usual suspects for this week's roundtable, namely: Trent Pusey: Inside Fights editor »»
From The Clinch: WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran --Live from the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. --Your hosts are Todd Harris and Frank Mir. --To open the show, we get a hype package featuring all of the fighters squaring off tonight, and the Filho/Sonnen staredown actually lo »»
Welcome to Inside Fights' roundtable for UFC 78: Validation. Feel free to take our picks as advice, but don't blame us if Vegas doesn't count "but Inside Fights said he'd win" as an excuse for a refund. Our contributors this week: Trent Pusey: Inside Fights editor and boxing aficionado. Kevin Wong »»
Welcome to the Inside Fights Roundtable for UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion! Without further ado, let's get to our esteemed panelists: Trent Pusey: Inside Fights editor and boxing guru. Kevin Wong: Ubiquitous and expecting superstar of Inside Pulse. JJ Botter: Inside Fights and Pulse Wrestling c »»
Welcome to Inside Fights' first-ever roundtable, where our writers offer their predictions on MMA's biggest and most important cards. This week, we take on the Ultimate Fighter 5 finale, headlined by the long-awaited rematch between lightweight superstars BJ Penn and Jens Pulver. Our panelists ar »»
From The Clinch: UFC 70: Nations Collide --Coming to you live (sort of) from the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England. --Your hosts, as always, are Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan. Cheick Kongo vs. Assuerio Silva: Kongo shows up in ridiculously good shape; between the longer hair and thicker mid »»
For those of you who haven't read it yet, Joe Lauzon (one of Team Penn's lightweights) has been blogging on each episode of The Ultimate Fighter for the Boston Herald, his hometown paper. Lauzon's a clever and observant guy with good writing skills, and as such, his blogs provide an interesting »»
The UFC will return to the UK in June for UFC 72: Victory, which will take place in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The UFC hasn't finalized the undercard yet, but they've set the top of the card in stone: the main event will pit former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin against rising star Mart »»
