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NewsCoach: Wand will stop Rampage in Round 1
Andre Dida: “We know [Rampage] likes to brawl, and that’s great for the fans, who will watch a great fight, and for Wanderlei, because the style matches up well for him.”
NewsBarnett statement on departure from UFC
Josh Barnett: “I long to go back more to the way of the early days of MMA, traveling the world to exotic places fighting in different rules, rings or cages …”
NewsFormer MMA fighter aims to be first indigenous woman in Congress
“I felt like I would regret it at the end of my life if I didn’t at least try to get into the UFC. If I didn’t do something at this time in history, at the end of my life, I would certainly feel regret.”
NewsTwo-division African champ signs with Brave CF
EFC Bantamweight champion J P Buys, 22, has signed a multi-fight contract with Brave Combat Federation.
NewsAlabama AC head calls on all regulators to address weight cutting
Jody McCormick: “To do nothing would be turning our backs to the fighters we are here to protect. I call for all regulators to simply do something.”
NewsStudy finds BJJ belt whipping ceremony doesn’t build bonds
Christopher Kavanagh: “This result suggests that people who run martial arts/sports groups need to be wary about making any hazing-type promotional activities mandatory.”
NewsVolkanovski attributes success to unusual base sport
Alexander Volkanovski: “When they’re teaching moves, they’ll teach me something that I’ve sort of always done… It’s nice to know that that’s an actual move.”
