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Review: UFC Collector Series 2 figures by Round 5 MMA
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Review: UFC Collector Series 2 figures by Round 5 MMA

The Fight Nerd, with Tomopop.com, takes a look at the second wave of the “UFC Collector” series from Round 5 MMA collectibles. This line includes five-inch caricatured versions of UFC headliners BJ Penn, Randy Couture, Forrest Griffin, Michael Bisping, Tito Ortiz and Kimbo Slice. Are these vinyl figures worth your hard-earned cash or should you [...]

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EA Sports MMA Career Mode Preview pics and video
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EA Sports MMA Career Mode Preview pics and video

Electronic Arts is gearing up for the October release of EA Sports MMA for the next-gen consoles, which you can see the cover of the game at this link here, and has just released a cornucopia of images (which are after the jump) and a keen video to give you a preview of what is [...]

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Pat Audinwood off M-1 Global show, replaced by Josh Thorpe

Attention New Jersey fight fans! M-1 Global is returning to Atlantic City in a few weeks on August 7 for their third American show (with a guest appearance from Fedor). However, a slight change has been made to the card and we have the breaking news!
MMAWeekly first reported that Pat “Awesomely Awesome” Audinwood, who [...]

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Real men sleep in replica cages
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Real men sleep in replica cages

We all know that Bellator FC welterweight champion Lyman Good sleeps in a cage at his Tiger Schulman’s gym, but now you can replicate his winning ways from the comfort of home! Throwdown has made a bed that looks like one of their cage set-ups, if that cage was rectangular that is. This structure is [...]

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FEG and PUJI CAPITAL partner to take K-1 and Dream global

For years, MMA fans have clamored over who has better fighters, America or Japan? Now, that question will be answered in a more comprehensive answer (as opposed to having Pride fighters out of their prime competing in the UFC). According to excellent Japanese MMA website, Nightmare of Battle, a new partnership is occurring that should [...]

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Ken Shamrock on UFC 9, Frank Shamrock retiring & mainstream athletes in MMA
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Ken Shamrock on UFC 9, Frank Shamrock retiring & mainstream athletes in MMA

In part 2 of this exclusive interview with The Fight Nerd, MMA legend Ken Shamrock explains his side of the story on UFC 9, where he fought Dan Severn for 35 minutes and lost by decision in a dull match. Ken tells us if this match was strategic or just boring, and also gives his [...]

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First Look At Round 5 “Versus” Series figures
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First Look At Round 5 “Versus” Series figures

Round 5 MMA has released images of several prototypes of its “Versus” line, pairs of distinctly new figures highlighting battle scenes from great UFC matchups. The prototypes were first seen at the Round 5 booth at the UFC Fan Expo in Las Vegas in May. In fact, we spoke with the owner of Round [...]

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Fight Nerd Vlog: Evolution AMMA 3 7.10.2010
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Fight Nerd Vlog: Evolution AMMA 3 7.10.2010

It’s time for another day in the life of a roaming MMA journalist, or whatever it is that I am. Last time, me and Peter Lampasona went to the M-1 Global Selection Americas 2 show in Jersey where we ran into Tom Lawlor and many others. This time, we are headed back to Jersey (specifically [...]

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Watch Showtime and enjoy... Elite XC?
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Watch Showtime and enjoy… Elite XC?

Remember Elite Extreme Combat, more affectionately called Elite XC? The little that company that could that had such stars as Gina Carano, Kimbo Slice and the entire roster of Strikeforce? That is, they could until they couldn’t and eventually flopped one fateful Fall day. It was a sad day for MMA as another organization collapsed [...]

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Roxanne Modafferi talks Strikeforce Championship fight against Sarah Kaufman
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Roxanne Modafferi talks Strikeforce Championship fight against Sarah Kaufman

Coming up on July 23 on Showtime, undefeated women’s MMA fighter Sarah Kaufman will make the first defense of her Strikeforce Bantamweight championship, five months after winning it. Standing in her way is an MMA veteran by the name of Roxanne Modafferi. The last time we met with Roxy was when we interviewed her after [...]

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