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Dominick Cruz on Renan Barao: “I Can Trick Him Out In A Lot of Different Ways”

BAD MMA News — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:05:32 +0000

UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has been in physical exile for the past two years due to consecutive knee surgeries while interim bantamweight titleholder Renan Barao has ruled his kingdom. The landscape of the division has changed during the time Cruz has been sidelined. Barao was crowned the interim champion and has defended his title twice. Cruz is on track to return to action in early 2014 and face Barao to determine the true bantamweight champion. And Cruz isn’t concerned with potential ring rust arising from 24 months of inactivity.

Dominick Cruz on Renan Barao: “I Can Trick Him Out In A Lot of Different Ways” – MMA Weekly

After Kampmann loss, UFC on FOX 8′s Jake Ellenberger hitting on new formula

BAD MMA News — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:00:00 +0000

SEATTLE – Thirty-five fights into his career, Jake Ellenberger might finally be coming into his own – in a couple different ways. One that’s been very much on display for Ellenberger (29-6 MMA, 8-2 UFC) in the buildup to his fight this week is the level at which he’s hyped his UFC on FOX 8 co-main event with Rory MacDonald (14-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC). Ellenberger has upped the trash-talk quotient to the nth degree compared to past fights. “People take this sport too seriously – that’s my opinion,” Ellenberger told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) on Wednesday in Seattle, where he meets MacDonald on Satuday at KeyArena. “I did it for a while, too. I came from the Marine Corps, in the military

After Kampmann loss, UFC on FOX 8′s Jake Ellenberger hitting on new formula – MMA Junkie

The Sunday Junkie: June 9 edition

BAD MMA News — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:00:00 +0000

In a week that started with headlines involving former UFC standouts like Quinton Jackson , Jon Fitch and Jacob Volkmann taking their former employer to task, it ended with a whole bunch of people tapping. The Sunday Junkie, MMAjunkie.com’s weekly reader-feedback feature, got lots of entries about the aforementioned fighters, as well as the glut of submissions on Saturday’s UFC on FUEL TV 10 card. But this week’s winner, “SheepOverflow,” of Santa Ana, Calif., wants to see MMA announcers step up their game when it comes to accuracy in fighter name pronunciation. Offering up more than 25 different ways to pronounce “Magalhaes” is effort worth the read. For the winning entry, “SheepOverflow” wins a free one-year subscription to ” Fighters Only ” magazine, the world’s leading MMA and lifestyle magazine. Want to submit to next week’s edition of The Sunday Junkie? Scroll to the bottom of the page for instructions. Also, as a reminder, please be sure to include your hometown and stick within the 150-word limit (and include your submission in the body of an email, not in an attachment)

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The Sunday Junkie: June 9 edition – MMA Junkie