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Nick Diaz Tests Positive for Marijuana after UFC 143.. was the athletic commission the last to know?

Nick Diaz Tests Positive for Marijuana after UFC 143.. was the athletic commission the last to know?

| February 9, 2012

Isn’t it common knowledge by now that Nick Diaz was a pot smoker? Doesn’t he have a medical card that allows him to use Marijuana legally for Social Anxiety? Listen.. it’s not like it will enhance it’s game, if anything, it might hinder his performance. Today, executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Keith [...]

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Carlos Condit accepts rematch with Nick Diaz

Carlos Condit accepts rematch with Nick Diaz

| February 7, 2012

Always expect the unexpected, or so the saying goes. Just when it appeared that Carlos Condit was willing to sit out for several months and wait for Georges St-Pierre to get healthy… well, that’s not going to happen. Condit instead has agreed to an immediate rematch with Nick Diaz, according to tweets by UFC president [...]

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Josh Koscheck reveals the reason why he is leaving AKA

Josh Koscheck reveals the reason why he is leaving AKA

| February 6, 2012

Following Josh Koscheck‘s win at UFC 143 on Saturday night over Mike Pierce, the former ‘Ultimate Fighter’ season 1 competitor revealed at the post fight press conference that he had split with his longtime team at American Kickboxing Academy and immediately the MMA world was taken back. Fighters switching teams or working with different training [...]

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Josh Koscheck open to fight Nick Diaz or Condit and parts ways with AKA in San Jose after UFC 143

Josh Koscheck open to fight Nick Diaz or Condit and parts ways with AKA in San Jose after UFC 143

| February 5, 2012

A long hard fought battle greeted Josh Koscheck when he stepped foot in the Octagon on Saturday night, but when it was over he still walked away with a victory. After being called out by Mike Pierce to make the fight happen, Koscheck had to use everything in his power to pull out a very [...]

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UFC 143 Live Weigh-Ins

| February 3, 2012

UFC 143 features a main event interim welterweight title fight between former Strikeforce champ Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit, plus a co-main event heavyweight fight between TUF 10 winner Roy Nelson and Fabricio Werdum and a welterweight bout between Josh Koscheck and Mike Pierce.

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Say Hello to the Bad Guy, Josh Koscheck

Say Hello to the Bad Guy, Josh Koscheck

| February 2, 2012

A lot of kids growing up read comic books and aspire to be superheroes like Superman or Batman one day. It’s not very often, however, when a child hopes to become Lex Luthor or the Joker. Well, don’t paint Josh Koscheck as a bad guy or villain just yet, but he certainly is not a [...]

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Would Sonnen have complained if Bisping would have gotten the decision?

Would Sonnen have complained if Bisping would have gotten the decision?

| January 29, 2012

The blogosphere, the Internet, the social network… whatever you call it now, exploded following the decision for the Chael Sonnen vs. Michael Bisping middleweight showdown at UFC on Fox 2 on Saturday night. By most accounts – no matter what side of the fence you fall on – it was a close fight. Sonnen earned [...]

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Chael Sonnen vs Spitsping

| January 26, 2012

by SixthMinute Columnist Bill Larkin OK, I’ve been hearing all the hype and the commentary over this with a few people saying that Chael is going to beat down The Count, now… there are also a lot of delusional bloggers out there who are obviously smoking something they must’ve gotten from Joe Rogan, because the [...]

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$45,000 Bonuses Awarded for Impressive Performances on UFC on FX

$45,000 Bonuses Awarded for Impressive Performances on UFC on FX

| January 22, 2012

The Ultimate Fighting Championship made its FX Network debut on Friday night with several UFC on FX 1: Guillard vs. Miller fighters giving officials several options to choose from for the company’s usual post-fight bonuses. The fighters that scored the awards in Nashville pocketed an extra $45,000 for their efforts. Almost any of the fights [...]

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Jorge Rivera Calls It Quits

Jorge Rivera Calls It Quits

| January 21, 2012

After his TKO victory last night over Eric Schafer, Jorge “The Conquistador” Rivera decided to call it quits. After a decade long mixed martial arts (MMA) career, eight years of which were spent competing inside the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Octagon, an emotional Jorge Rivera has called it quits, announcing his decision to hang up [...]

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