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Bellator MMA’s ‘Fight Master’ episode No. 5 recap

BAD MMA News — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 06:55:00 +0000

As the fifth episode of “Fight Master” gets underway, it’s right to the next matchup. Xtreme Couture’s Mike Bronzoulis reveals he considers his role as an MMA fighter to be that of a modern day gladiator. Meanwhile, Team Rino Sport’s Jason Norwood is a former soldier who promises to come right after his opponent. Norwood was the No.

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Tim Kennedy apologizes for fighter pay comments, says taken out of context

BAD MMA News — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Two days after directing pointed criticism at the pay of UFC fighters, Tim Kennedy has apologized to the fight promotion’s executives. “The intent of these statements was to highlight that professional fighters incur significant expense associated with their preparations to fight and that fighter compensation is still not on par with other major sports,” wrote the middleweight on his official Facebook fan page . Kennedy (15-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC), 33, is scheduled to meet Roger Gracie (6-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) next Saturday at UFC 162, but as of late, most of the MMA media’s attention has been focused on a controversial interview he gave this week with the Grapple Talk podcast . It was during the appearance that the decorated soldier said it was “pathetic” that fighters had to take second jobs to support their careers, and mused that he’d be better off collecting trash than accepting low pay for his services.

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King of the Cage Champ Wes Combs Just Following the Blueprint Laid Out Before Him

BAD MMA News — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:00:09 +0000

It took just over a minute for King of the Cage cruiserweight champion Wes “Soldier” Combs to successfully defend his title at KOTC: World Championships on May 25, raising his winning streak to four fights in a row. Following the game plan set up for him by coach Rob Nickerson of Reaction MMA, Combs knocked out Esteves Jones and finished his third fight out of four in fewer than two minutes. “My coach planned it all out and he told me to stick to the game plan, trust it, and that’s exactly what I did and I knocked him out,” said Combs. “The game plan was basically to go forward and throw the right hand. He liked to throw a lot of hooks, so I just had to beat him to the punch. So when he kept doing it, I stuck the game plan and dropped the right hand every time I saw him flinch and landed it on the button.” Ever since Combs relocated back to Kentucky and began working with Nickerson, he feels he’s peaking all over again. “I feel like the best I’ve felt in years,” said Combs

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