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Dana White’s So You Wanna Be a Fighter? Part 2: “Leave Everything In There!” (TUF 18 Video)

BAD MMA News — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 22:27:11 +0000

One of the most memorable moments in The Ultimate Fighter history was UFC president Dana White ‘s memorable “who wants to be a (expletive) fighter” speech from the inaugural season. To be sure, White is outspoken, but he parlays his candor into some inspiring moments. Tapping into the spirit of that inaugural season, he kicks off Season 18, The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate , channeling his inner Tony Robbins .

Dana White’s So You Wanna Be a Fighter? Part 2: “Leave Everything In There!” (TUF 18 Video) – MMA Weekly

How a Firework Nearly Put David Rickels’ Bellator 97 Title Fight with Michael Chandler in Jeopardy

BAD MMA News — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 04:30:24 +0000

Bellator MMA’s David “The Caveman” Rickels earned a lightweight title fight with champion Michael Chandler by winning the Bellator Season 8 Lightweight Tournament. He defeated Lloyd Woodard, Jason Fischer and Saad Awad to get to the title fight, but an Independence Day firework accident nearly caused his championship aspirations to go up in flames. “I nearly blew up my hand on the Fourth of July. It didn’t affect my training at all. Everything is great, but I had a big open wound on my hand, and I had to be really careful as far as not getting infected,” Rickels told MMAWeekly.com. “I’ve done a really good job, surprisingly. I’ve got a resilient body and I’m feeling great going into this fight.” “I was lighting another one and the spark jumped over into the one in my hand and blew up. It was a really weird deal. It was a freak accident that could have cost me my damn hand let alone my title fight,” he explained. At first, Rickels didn’t know how much damage the firework caused, but his first thoughts were that it wasn’t good. “I said holy (expletive). I was like, how am I going to explain this? I didn’t know how bad it was because it was really dark and I couldn’t see anything. I could feel my finger, so I was like, okay, that’s there at least,” he said.

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Lyoto Machida Thinks Daniel Cormier Should Have to Earn a Light Heavyweight Title Shot

BAD MMA News — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:07:25 +0000

Undefeated heavyweight Daniel Cormier has talked about making the move to the 205-pound division well before he even arrived in the UFC . Following his final Strikeforce bout on Jan. 12, the former Olympian said he planned to drop to the light heavyweight division by the end of 2013 and kick Jon Jones ’ (expletive). During a recent episode of UFC Tonight , it was revealed that Cormier’s UFC 166 match-up with Roy Nelson would be his final fight in the heavyweight division and he plans to ask for an immediate title shot in the 205-pound weight class if he’s victorious on Oct.

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Dana White on Fighter Pay: “When you look at the lives we’ve changed, I’m (expletive) proud of it”

BAD MMA News — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 07:00:47 +0000

In the 13 years that Zuffa has owned the Ultimate Fighting Championship, it has taken the promotion from the brink of extinction to one of the hottest sports properties on the planet. Over the course of that time, they’ve also provided the opportunity for numerous fighters to not only make a living in their chosen sport, but to thrive. Several have gone on to become millionaires, and many have cemented legacies. But along with any success story come the critics who believe that things can always be better. Such has been the case with the UFC recently with a few of the promotion’s former fighters, and even current UFC fighter Tim Kennedy , discussing the issue of fighter pay and whether or not it’s enough.

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Dana White on Fighter Pay: “When you look at the lives we’ve changed, I’m (expletive) proud of it” – MMA Weekly

Seth Petruzelli Sees King Mo Fight as an Opportunity to Help Validate His MMA Legacy

BAD MMA News — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:27:43 +0000

Following a two-year layoff, former UFC light heavyweight Seth Petruzelli made his return to MMA this past March at Bellator 85 against Jacob Noe . Unfortunately for Petruzelli, the fight ended in a TKO loss and a quick end to what was looking like the start of a comeback. “It was really heartbreaking for the last Bellator tournament to go down the way it did, especially because I knew I was better than the guy I was fighting,” said Petruzelli. “I felt really good in there and it was just a matter of time before I knocked him out. For it to end the way it did, it was just like, ‘What the (expletive)?!’ “I definitely want to come back and prove my last fight was just a (expletive) fluke.

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Why Did Forrest Griffin Retire Now? Because UFC President Dana White Asked Him To (video)

BAD MMA News — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:00:44 +0000

Former UFC light heavyweight champion and original Ultimate Fighter Forrest Griffin has been on the sidelines since late 2012 with an MCL and ACL injury. He and UFC president Dana White announced his retirement at the UFC 160 post-fight press conference on May 25. So why now? “I was (expletive) all over him to retire. I wanted him to retire,” said White. It took some plodding and pleading, but White said he was finally able to convince Griffin a couple months ago that there was really little left for him to accomplish. He could step away from the Octagon, but still have a future with the UFC outside of fighting. And although the decision was made, it took this long to coordinate schedules and finally make the announcement.

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Why Did Forrest Griffin Retire Now? Because UFC President Dana White Asked Him To (video) – MMA Weekly