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Behind the scenes of “Coalition Fight Music’s” Nick Diaz entrance theme for UFC 137

By The Fight Nerd on Oct 28, 2011 in Features

brightcove.createExperiences(); Coalition Fight Music, who have been sponsoring many fighters lately in the MMA world, have provided this exclusive behind the scenes vlog for TheFightnerd.com to preview their latest track, “I Rise”, a custom entrance theme for Nick Diaz for his fight against BJ Penn this weekend at UFC 137. We check out the musicians [...]

A Fight Nerd’s Betting Guide: UFC 137- Penn VS Diaz

By Peter Lampasona on Oct 27, 2011 in Features

With a new UFC Pay Per View coming to the Mandalay Bay event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, this Saturday presents a whole new set of opportunities for bystanders to make money on the toil and suffering of others by using math. While the main event of UFC 137, a welterweight tilt between Nick Diaz [...]

GSP injured and off UFC 137, Diaz VS Penn upgraded to main event

By The Fight Nerd on Oct 19, 2011 in News

Big news came out of the UFC world yesterday when Dana white announced via twitter that next weekend’s UFC 137 has just undergone a major change of plans. DFW, who is currently in New York, tweeted that welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre injured his knee and will be out for a few months. His opponent, [...]

“Ultimate Matt Hughes” DVD Review

By The Fight Nerd on Oct 03, 2011 in Features, Product Reviews

Matt Hughes ruled the UFC’s 170-pound weight class with an iron first over two title reigns that included victories over Georges St-Pierre, BJ Penn, Royce Gracie, Sean Sherk, Frank Trigg, and Carlos Newton. Now you can relive all of his greatest moments in the Ultimate Matt Hughes DVD collection. From the knockout slam of Newton [...]

Matt Hughes returns to gym with Pat Miletich and former rival, BJ Penn

By The Fight Nerd on Sep 15, 2011 in News

“It had been years since Pat and I had worked together, probably since I left the gym, which was right after “The Ultimate Fighter 6” show in 2007.” Matt Hughes wrote in his blog for ESPN. The former UFC welterweight champ has returned to his roots to train with an MMA OG, Pat Miletich, for [...]

Round 5 Releases New Line Of Collectible Figures – “UFC Titans”

By The Fight Nerd on Aug 23, 2011 in Nerd Stuff

Round 5 President Damon Lau announces an all-new line of collectible figures, UFC Titans, the latest brand extension of Round 5’s incredibly popular UFC license. “For the last 3 years, we have had a great time working on our Ultimate Collector Series and the complementary UFC Live and UFC Versus collections. We are incredibly excited [...]

Fighters react to Nate Marquardt’s explanation of UFC termination

By The Fight Nerd on Jun 29, 2011 in Nerd Stuff, News

Earlier today on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Nate Marquardt revealed that he suffers from a testosterone deficiency for which he took prescribed testosterone and sought a therapeutic exemption to continue his career. Despite that knowledge, Marquardt’s levels of testosterone were too high for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission, who decided to not clear [...]

Top 10 fastest MMA Knockouts in under 15 seconds

By The Fight Nerd on Apr 25, 2011 in Features, Lead Story

You would be surprised how many knockouts happen a mere minute into the fight, let alone even just 30 seconds into the first round. That is what led me to this challenge – to create a countdown list of the true fastest knockouts in MMA, the kind that end in under 15 seconds. I did [...]

Wave 3 of UFC two-pack action figure sets revealed

By The Fight Nerd on Feb 16, 2011 in Nerd Stuff, News

Jakks Pacific has revealed the third line of their UFC action figure two-packs! Slated for a release in mid-April, this new wave is sadly not that new. The two-packs consist of famous meetings in MMA, and this time we get BJ Penn VS Kenny Florian, Chuck Liddell VS Tito Ortiz and a classic bout from [...]

Phil Nurse on GSP VS Koscheck, Frankie Edgar & MMA in NY

By The Fight Nerd on Nov 24, 2010 in Interviews, Lead Story, Uncategorized, Videos

brightcove.createExperiences(); The Fight Nerd spoke with Kru Phil Nurse at the MMA World Expo 2010 to talk about training Georges St. Pierre for his upcoming UFC welterweight title fight against Josh Koscheck, Frankie Edgar’s recent successes over BJ Penn for the UFC Lightweight title, and how he takes people from different pedigrees and brings their [...]