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USA TODAY: In a nation of legends, UFC 163′s Jose Aldo is the people’s champion

BAD MMA News — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:20:00 +0000

(This story appears in today’s edition of USA TODAY .) RIO DE JANEIRO – It takes a small army of security personnel to usher Jose Aldo into the van that awaits the UFC’s featherweight titleholder. Along the way, he answers as many reporters’ questions as possible, smiles for camera click after camera click and signs a few dozen autographs. Thursday’s swirl of activity follows a three-hour engagement in which Aldo participated in a news conference, put on a public workout session that featured a soundtrack by a live rock band and then waded through a sea of fans and reporters to answer even more questions as microphones, cameras and recorders were shoved in his face. It was time for Aldo to retreat to his hotel, but his removal from the scene was anything but easy. “You get more experienced with fighting, and you get more experienced with everything else that goes with it, too,” Aldo told USA TODAY Sports and MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) through a translator. “I’m OK with it. Just go in there and do my job. I feel like that makes me more comfortable with everything.” In his native Brazil, Aldo is a superstar, plain and simple

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Anderson Silva All Smiles UFC 162 Pre-Fight Press Conference (video)

BAD MMA News — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 00:55:50 +0000

UFC middleweight Anderson Silva was all smiles at Thursday’s UFC 162 pre-fight press conference. Several other UFC fighters have been picking his UFC 162 opponent, Chris Weidman, to be the man to finally upset him, but Silva looked as relaxed and confident as ever. Check out Anderson Silva at the UFC 162 pre-fight press conference. Be sure to Like MMAWeekly.com on Facebook and Follow @MMAWeeklycom on Twitter .

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UFC 161 results/photos: Shawn Jordan flattens Pat Barry in less than a minute

BAD MMA News — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:15:00 +0000

WINNIPEG – Despite smiles and smirks and hugs, Shawn Jordan didn’t let his friendship with Pat Barry get in his way one bit. Jordan swarmed his fellow Louisianan early in their fight and earned a quick TKO win. The heavyweight bout kicked off today’s UFC 161 main card at MTS Centre in Winnipeg. It aired on pay-per-view after prelims on FX and Facebook. After a bro hug, Jordan and Barry got down to business. A head kick from Barry prompted a smile from his opponent, and a counter from Jordan got Barry to take him seriously. But it was an uppercut from close range that put former LSU football player Jordan in the driver’s seat. Charging forward, he continued to batter Barry, who slumped to the canvas at the cage before the ref finally halted the attack.