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Five Ways of Looking at UFC Fight Night 33

BAD MMA News — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 20:18:15 +0000

Imagine jumping in your time machine and going back to 2010 just so you could tell UFC President Dana White that some day soon he’d have a true heavyweight classic on his hands, and he’d have Mark Hunt (9-8-1 MMA, 4-2-1 UFC) and Antonio Silva (18-5-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC) to thank for it. As in, the same Mark Hunt the UFC had once decided it would rather pay off than put to work, and the same “Bigfoot” Silva who was just then plugging along as a heavyweight also-ran in Strikeforce after briefly fleeing to Japan to avoid a steroid suspension in the U.S. Imagine telling White that Hunt, he of the six-fight losing streak, and Silva, known more for looking like an Easter Island statue come terrifyingly to life than for any of his athletic accomplishments, would be the two heavyweights he’d be practically ready to kiss after a five-round slugfest in Brisbane, Australia, near the close of 2013.

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Five Ways of Looking at UFC Fight Night 33

BAD MMA News — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 20:18:15 +0000

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30 post-event facts about ‘UFC Fight Night 33: Silva vs. Hunt’

BAD MMA News — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 18:39:11 +0000

While many believed the conversations for “Fight of the Year” were over, Mark Hunt (9-8-1 MMA, 4-2-1 UFC) and Antonio Silva (18-5-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC) threw a worthy candidate into the discussion in the UFC Fight Night 33 main event. The event, which took place from the Brisbane Entertainment Center in Australia, saw the two heavyweights put on a legendary five-round round fight where even after 25 minutes, a winner could not be determined. For the first time since UFC 125 in January 2011, a UFC main event was ruled a draw. Even though the ending of the fight was inconclusive, Hunt and Silva put on a display of fighting spirit that left most everyone in awe

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Eight fighters transported to hospital following UFC Fight Night 33

BAD MMA News — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 07:26:50 +0000

BRISBANE, Australia – If you attended the post-event press conference for UFC Fight Night 33, you might have noticed the dais was a little light on fighters. That’s because eight of them were transported to the hospital following the event, according to Tom Wright, the UFC’s director of Canadian, Australian and New Zealand operations. Not surprisingly, the list included heavyweight Antonio Silva and Mark Hunt , who fought to a bloody draw in the night’s headliner.

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UFC Fight Night 33 results: Caio Magalhaes perseveres, tops Nick Ring

BAD MMA News — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 02:02:57 +0000

BRISBANE, Australia – Caio Magalhaes had enough gas in the tank to grind out three full rounds, and Nick Ring simply didn’t. In the end, that likely made all the difference, as Magalhaes outgrappled Ring to win a unanimous decision victory (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) in a fight that likely won’t make anyone’s list for the year’s best. The middleweight bout was part of the preliminary card of today’s UFC Fight Night 33 event at Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Australia. It aired on FOX Sports 2 following a single prelim on MMAjunkie and ahead of the main card on FOX Sports 1. Judging from the first round, you might have thought that this one would be decided on the feet – and quickly. Both fighters traded heavy shots in the early going, with Magalhaes attacking Ring’s body and Ring countering with knees to the head from the clinch

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Caio Magalhaes confident after prepping with Teixeira, Machida for UFC Fight Night 33

BAD MMA News — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 18:53:11 +0000

After a whirlwind world training tour, Brazil’s Caio Magalhaes believes he’s more prepared than ever before for his fight tonight. Magalhaes (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) meets Nick Ring (13-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 33 tonight at Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Australia. Their fight on the prelims airs on FOX Sports 1. To get ready, Magalhaes, from Fortaleza, Brazil, trained in Connecticut with upcoming UFC light heavyweight title challenger Glover Teixeira. Before that, he trained in California getting former champ Lyoto Machida ready for his UFC Fight Night 30 main event against Mark Munoz in England.

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